(1)__In the form of a direct payment or credit to the customers or group or class of customers affected or potentially affected by the violation resulting in the administrative penalty;

(2)__To supplement a low-income assistance or outreach program that the commission determines would benefit customers affected or potentially affected by the violation resulting in the administrative penalty;

(3)__To supplement the conservation program fund established pursuant to section 3211-A, subsection 5;

(4)__To supplement the telecommunications education access fund established pursuant to section 7104-B; or

(5)__To supplement any other program or fund that the commission determines would benefit customers affected or potentially affected by the violation.

Amounts applied pursuant to this paragraph to supplement an existing program or fund may not result in a reduction in other funding provided for the program or fund unless the reduction is outside the commission's control and the commission finds that application of the penalty amount to the fund or program is the most appropriate use of the penalty and the net effect will be an increase in total funding available to the program or fund.

Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §1510-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 505, §26, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§1510-A. Disposition of administrative penalty

The disposition of administrative__penalties collected by the commission is governed by section 117, subsection 3.