(220 ILCS 5/10-107) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-107)
Sec. 10-107.
The Commission, each commissioner and each
employee of the Commission properly authorized thereby shall
have the right, at any and all times to inspect the papers, books, accounts
and documents, plant, equipment or other property of any public utility, and
the Commission, each commissioner and any administrative law judge of the Commission
authorized to administer oaths shall have the power
to examine under oath any officer, agent or employee of such public utility
in relation to any matter within the jurisdiction of the Commission. A
person other than a commissioner or administrative law judge demanding such
inspection shall produce under the seal of the Commission his authority to
make such inspection. A written record of the testimony or statement so
given under oath shall be made and filed with the Commission. Information
so obtained shall not be admitted in evidence or used in any proceeding
except in proceedings provided for in this Act.
Any party to a proceeding before the Commission shall have the right to
inspect the records of all hearings, investigations or inquiries conducted
by or under the authority of the Commission, which may relate to the issues
involved in such proceeding; and to submit suggestions as to other matters
to be investigated or as to questions to be propounded. If the Commission
is satisfied that such suggested investigation should be made or such
suggested questions answered, and that the information desired is within
the power of either party to furnish, it shall enter an order requiring the
investigation to be made or the questions to be answered, and upon failure
or refusal to comply with such order, the Commission shall either refuse to
grant the relief prayed for by the party refusing to comply, or may grant the
relief prayed for by the opposing party against the party refusing to comply.
(Source: P.A. 100-840, eff. 8-13-18.)
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