Section 269-33 - Public utilities commission special fund(a) There is established in the state treasury a public utilities commission special fund to be administered by the public utilities commission. The proceeds of the fund shall be used by the public utilities commission and the division of consumer advocacy of the department of commerce and consumer affairs for all expenses incurred in the administration of chapters 269, 271, 271G, 269E, and 486J, and for costs incurred by the department of commerce and consumer affairs to fulfill the department's limited oversight and administrative support functions; provided that the expenditures of the public utilities commission shall be in accordance with legislative appropriations. On a quarterly basis, an amount not exceeding thirty per cent of the proceeds remaining in the fund after the deduction for central service expenses, pursuant to section 36-27, shall be allocated by the public utilities commission to the division of consumer advocacy and deposited in the compliance resolution fund established pursuant to section 26-9(o); provided that all moneys allocated by the public utilities commission from the fund to the division of consumer advocacy shall be in accordance with legislative appropriations.(b) All moneys appropriated to, received, and collected by the public utilities commission that are not otherwise pledged, obligated, or required by law to be placed in any other special fund or expended for any other purpose shall be deposited into the public utilities commission special fund including, but not limited to, all moneys received and collected by the public utilities commission pursuant to sections 92-21, 243-3.5, 269-28, 269-30, 271-27, 271-36, 271G-19, 269E-6, 269E-14, and 607-5.(c) The public utilities commission shall submit an update as part of its annual report submitted pursuant to section 269-5 detailing all funds received and all moneys disbursed out of the fund.(d) All moneys in excess of $1,000,000 remaining on balance in the public utilities commission special fund on June30 of each year shall lapse to the credit of the state general fund; provided that this ceiling shall not apply to the subaccount established in subsections (e) and (f).(e) There is established within the public utilities commission special fund an electric vehicle charging system subaccount. The public utilities commission shall expend moneys in the subaccount for the purposes of funding the electric vehicle charging system rebate program established pursuant to sections 269-72 and 269-73. The funds in this subaccount shall not be subject to the special fund ceiling in subsection (d).(f) There is established within the public utilities commission special fund a hydrogen fueling system subaccount. The public utilities commission shall expend moneys in the subaccount for the purposes of funding the zero-emission vehicle fueling system rebate program established pursuant to section 269-. The funds in this subaccount shall not be subject to the special fund ceiling in subsection (d).Amended by L 2022, c 241,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by L 2021, c 75,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by L 2014, c 108,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2014.Amended by L 2013, c 24,§ 2, eff. 4/19/2013.L 1994, c 226, §1; am L 1998, c 11, §17; am L 1999, c 129, §6; am L 2004, c 141, §§ 3, 7 §§3, 7 .The source note to this section is supplemented by "am L 2005, c 22, §51; am L 2009, c 72, §3 ".