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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 5-109 as follows:
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6 | (220 ILCS 5/5-109) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 5-109)
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7 | Sec. 5-109. Reports; false reports; penalty. Each public | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | utility in the the
State, other than a commercial
mobile radio | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | service provider, shall each year furnish to
the Commission, in | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | such form as the Commission shall require, annual
reports as to | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | all the items mentioned in the preceding Sections of this
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12 | Article, and in addition such other items, whether of a nature | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | similar
to those therein enumerated or otherwise, as the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Commission may
prescribe. Such annual reports shall contain all | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the required information
for the period of 12 months ending on
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16 | June 30 in each year, or ending on December 31 in
each year, as | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the Commission may by order prescribe for each class of
public | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | utilities, except commercial mobile radio service providers,
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19 | and shall be filed with the Commission at its office in | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Springfield
within 3 months after the close of the year for | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | which
the report is made. The Commission shall have authority | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | to require any
public utility to file monthly reports of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | earnings and expenses of such
utility, and to file other |
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1 | periodical or special, or both periodical and
special reports | ||||||
2 | concerning any matter about which the Commission is
authorized | ||||||
3 | by law to keep itself informed. All reports shall be under | ||||||
4 | oath.
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5 | When any report is erroneous or defective or appears to the | ||||||
6 | Commission
to be erroneous or defective, the Commission may | ||||||
7 | notify the public
utility to amend such report within 30 days, | ||||||
8 | and before
or after the termination of such period the | ||||||
9 | Commission may examine the
officers, agents, or employees, and | ||||||
10 | books, records, accounts, vouchers,
plant, equipment and | ||||||
11 | property of such public utility, and correct such
items in the | ||||||
12 | report as upon such examination the Commission may find
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13 | defective or erroneous.
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14 | All reports made to the Commission by any public utility | ||||||
15 | and the contents
thereof shall be open to public inspection, | ||||||
16 | unless otherwise ordered by the
Commission. Such reports shall | ||||||
17 | be preserved in the office of the Commission.
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18 | Any public utility which fails to make and file any report | ||||||
19 | called for by
the Commission within the time specified; or to | ||||||
20 | make specific answer to any
question propounded by the | ||||||
21 | Commission within 30 days from the
time it is lawfully required | ||||||
22 | to do so, or within such further time, not
to exceed 90 days, | ||||||
23 | as may in its discretion be allowed by the
Commission, shall | ||||||
24 | forfeit up to $100 for each and every day it may so be in
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25 | default if the utility collects less than $100,000 annually in | ||||||
26 | gross revenue;
and if the utility collects $100,000 or more |
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1 | annually in gross revenue,
it shall forfeit $1,000 per day for | ||||||
2 | each and every day it is in default.
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3 | Any person who willfully makes any false return or report | ||||||
4 | to the
Commission or to any member, officer, or employee | ||||||
5 | thereof,
any
person who willfully, in a
return or report, | ||||||
6 | withholds or fails to provide material information to which
the | ||||||
7 | Commission
is entitled under this Act and which information is | ||||||
8 | either required to be filed
by statute, rule, regulation, | ||||||
9 | order, or decision of the Commission or has been
requested by | ||||||
10 | the Commission,
and any
person who willfully aids or abets such | ||||||
11 | person shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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