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Administrative penalties not needed to reimburse the commission for
additional expenses associated with the enforcement activities that
resulted in the collection of the penalty must be deposited in
transferred to the General Fund of the State Treasury.

 
Sec. 14. 35-A MRSA §703, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. A,
§2, is repealed.

 
Sec. 15. 35-A MRSA §704, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 547, Pt. B,
§76 and affected by §80, is repealed.

 
Sec. 16. 35-A MRSA §704, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A,
§6 and amended by PL 1999, c. 547, Pt. B, §78 and affected by
§80, is further amended to read:

 
4. Property loss suffered by a customer. Upon a finding by
the District Court of a property loss suffered by a customer
causally related to a willful or reckless violation by a public
utility set out in subsection 3 of any substantive rule adopted
by the commission pursuant to the authority granted in this
section, the court may order the public utility to compensate the
customer for the actual loss, less any set off setoff for a
balance found to be due the utility by the customer for unpaid
utility service. That loss may not include consequential
damages. No action for damages resulting from a termination
which that was in willful or reckless violation of the
commissions commission's rules may be commenced until at least 60
days after notice of a claim setting forth the nature of the
termination and the damages suffered has been provided to the
utility. That notice shall must be provided to the utility in
writing within 30 days of the termination.

 
Sec. 17. 35-A MRSA §707, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A,
§6, is repealed.

 
Sec. 18. 35-A MRSA §709, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A,
§6, is repealed.

 
Sec. 19. 35-A MRSA c. 15 is amended by repealing the chapter
headnote and enacting the following in its place:

 
CHAPTER 15

 
SANCTIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES

 
Sec. 20. 35-A MRSA §§1503 to 1507, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt.
A, §6, are repealed.

 
Sec. 21. 35-A MRSA §1507-A is enacted to read:


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