40-204. Reports by public service corporations
to commission; duty of corporation to deliver documents to
commission; confidential nature of information furnished;
exception; classification
A. Every public service corporation shall furnish to the commission, in the form
and detail the commission prescribes, tabulations, computations, annual reports, monthly
or periodical reports of earnings and expenses, and all other information required by it
to carry into effect the provisions of this title and shall make specific answers to all
questions submitted by the commission. If a corporation is unable to answer any
question, it shall give a good and sufficient reason therefor.
B. When required by the commission, a public service corporation shall deliver to
the commission copies of any maps, profiles, contracts, franchises, books, papers and
records in its possession, or in any way relating to its property or affecting its
business, and also a complete inventory of all its property in the form the commission
directs.
C. No information furnished to the commission by a public service corporation,
except matters specifically required to be open to public inspection, shall be open to
public inspection or made public except on order of the commission entered after notice
to the affected public service corporation, or by the commission or a commissioner in the
course of a hearing or proceeding.
D. Any officer or employee of the commission who knowingly divulges any such
information is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
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