Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 40-204 (2026)

Reports by public service corporations to commission; duty of corporation to deliver documents to commission; confidential nature of information furnished; exception; classification

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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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1987–1987 · leading case: Arizona Pub. Serv. Co. v. Arizona Corp. Comm'n, 746 P.2d 4 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1987).
Arizona Pub. Serv. Co. v. Arizona Corp. Comm'n, 746 P.2d 4 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 7× “As a public service corporation, APS is required by the broad and unrestricted language of article 15, § 13 of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 40-204 to make such reports to the Corporation Commission as the Commission requires.”
Metro Mobile CTS, Inc. v. Newvector Commc'ns, Inc., 661 F. Supp. 1504 (D. Ariz. 1987). “section 40-204(A) and (B). It can inspect the accounts, books, papers and documents of any public service corporation at any time, and can examine under oath any officer, agent or employee of a public service corporation in relation to the business and affairs of the corporation.”
Elec. Dist. No. 2 v. Arizona Corp. Comm'n, 745 P.2d 1383 (Ariz. 1987). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to the Commission’s authority granted to it by Article XV of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 40-204(B), the Commission shall require APS to work with its staff in order that the Commission’s maps of APS’s certificated areas shall correctly reflect the boundaries…”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 40-204(A) — 2 cases
Arizona Pub. Serv. Co. v. Arizona Corp. Comm'n, 746 P.2d 4 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1987). “As a public service corporation, APS is required by the broad and unrestricted language of article 15, § 13 of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 40-204 to make such reports to the Corporation Commission as the Commission requires.”
Metro Mobile CTS, Inc. v. Newvector Commc'ns, Inc., 661 F. Supp. 1504 (D. Ariz. 1987). “section 40-204(A) and (B). It can inspect the accounts, books, papers and documents of any public service corporation at any time, and can examine under oath any officer, agent or employee of a public service corporation in relation to the business and affairs of the corporation.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 40-204(B) — 1 case
Elec. Dist. No. 2 v. Arizona Corp. Comm'n, 745 P.2d 1383 (Ariz. 1987). “Pursuant to the Commission’s authority granted to it by Article XV of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S. § 40-204(B), the Commission shall require APS to work with its staff in order that the Commission’s maps of APS’s certificated areas shall correctly reflect the boundaries…”
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