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CHAPTER 432

 
S.P. 36 - L.D. 94

 
An Act To Allow Administrative Penalties Imposed by the

 
Public Utilities Commission To Be Applied To Benefit

 
Customers

 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §117, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2003, c. 505, §13,
is further amended to read:

 
3. Administrative penalties. All Except as provided in this
subsection, all administrative penalties collected by the
commission must be deposited into the Public Utilities Commission
Reimbursement Fund. 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 transferred to the General Fund of the State
Treasury.

 
A.__The commission may use amounts collected as
administrative penalties and deposited in the Public
Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fund to reimburse the
commission for additional expenses associated with the
enforcement activities that resulted in the collection of
the penalty.

 
B.__After deducting any amount used pursuant to paragraph A, the
commission may, to the extent practicable and in as equitable and
fair a manner as possible, apply administrative penalties, along
with any accrued interest, in accordance with this paragraph.__
The commission shall


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