§269-122  Public benefits feeadministrator; establishment.  (a)  The public utilities commission maycontract with a third-party administrator, to operate and manage any programsestablished under section 269-121.  The administrator shall not be deemed to bea "governmental body" as defined in section 103D-104; provided thatall moneys transferred to the third-party administrator shall be comprisedsolely of public benefit fees collected pursuant to section 269-121 or fromfunds provided by the federal government or by private funding sources.  Theadministrator shall not expend more than ten per cent of the collected publicbenefits fees in any fiscal year, or other reasonable percentage determined bythe public utilities commission, for administration of the programs establishedunder section 269-121.

(b)  The public benefits fee administratorshall be subject to regulation by the public utilities commission under anyprovision applicable to a public utility in sections 269-7, 269-8, 269-8.2,269-8.5, 269-9, 269-10, 269-13, 269-15, 269-19.5, and 269-28, and shall reportto the public utilities commission on a regular basis.  Notwithstanding anyother provision of law to the contrary, the public benefits fee administratorshall not be an electric public utility or an electric public utilityaffiliate. [L 2006, c 162, pt of §1; am L 2008, c 118, pt of §2; am L 2009, c155, §16]