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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, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 10-106 as follows:
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6 | (220 ILCS 5/10-106) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 10-106)
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7 | Sec. 10-106. All subpoenas issued under the
the terms of | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | this Act may be served
by any person of full age. The fees of | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | witnesses for attendance and travel
shall be the same as fees | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of witnesses before the circuit courts of this
State, such fees | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | to be paid when the witness is excused from further
attendance, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | when the witness is subpoenaed at the instance of the
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13 | Commission, or any commissioner or hearing examiner; and the
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14 | disbursements made in the payment of such fees shall be audited | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | and paid in
the same manner as are other expenses of the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Commission. Whenever a
subpoena is issued at the instance of a | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | complainant, respondent, or other
party to any proceeding | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | before the Commission, the Commission may require
that the cost | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | of service thereof and the fee of the witness shall be borne
by | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | the party at whose instance the witness is summoned, and the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Commission
shall have power, in its discretion, to require a | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | deposit to cover the cost
of such service and witness fees and | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | the payment of the legal witness fee
and mileage to the witness |
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1 | when served with subpoena. A subpoena issued as
aforesaid shall | ||||||
2 | be served in the same manner as a subpoena issued out of a
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3 | court. | ||||||
4 | Any person who shall be served with a subpoena to appear | ||||||
5 | and testify, or
to produce books, papers, accounts or | ||||||
6 | documents, issued by the Commission
or by any commissioner or | ||||||
7 | hearing examiner, in the course of an inquiry,
investigation or | ||||||
8 | hearing conducted under any of the provisions of this Act,
and | ||||||
9 | who refuse or neglect to appear, or to testify, or to produce | ||||||
10 | books,
papers, accounts and documents relevant to said inquiry, | ||||||
11 | investigation or
hearing as commanded in such subpoena, shall | ||||||
12 | be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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13 | Any circuit court of this State, upon application
of the | ||||||
14 | Commission, or a commissioner or hearing examiner, may, in its
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15 | discretion, compel the attendance of witnesses, the production | ||||||
16 | of
books, papers, accounts and documents, and the giving of | ||||||
17 | testimony before
the Commission, or before any such | ||||||
18 | commissioner or hearing examiner, by
an attachment for contempt | ||||||
19 | or otherwise, in the same manner as production
of evidence may | ||||||
20 | be compelled before the court.
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21 | The Commission or a commissioner or hearing examiner or any | ||||||
22 | party may in
any investigation or hearing before the | ||||||
23 | Commission, cause the deposition
of witnesses residing within | ||||||
24 | or without the State to be taken in the manner
prescribed by | ||||||
25 | law for like depositions in civil actions in the courts of
this | ||||||
26 | State and to that end may compel the attendance of witnesses |
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1 | and the
production of papers, books, accounts and documents.
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2 | The Commission may require, by order served on any public | ||||||
3 | utility in the
manner provided herein for the service of | ||||||
4 | orders, the production within
this State at such time and place | ||||||
5 | as it may designate, of any books,
accounts, papers or | ||||||
6 | documents kept by any public utility operating within
this | ||||||
7 | State in any office or place without this State, or, at its | ||||||
8 | option,
verified copies in lieu thereof, so that an examination | ||||||
9 | thereof may be made
by the Commission or under its direction.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 84-617.)
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