220 ILCS 5/5-109
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 220 - UTILITIES|220 ILCS 5/ - Public Utilities Act.|Article V - Duties Of Public Utilities - Accounts And Reports

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