Illinois Compiled Statutes

220 ILCS 5/5-108 (2026)

Any officer or employee of the Commission who divulges any fact or information coming to his knowledge during the course of an inspection, examination or investigation of any account, record, memorandum, book or paper of a public utility, except in so far as he may be authorized by the Commission or by a circuit court, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor

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(220 ILCS 5/5-108) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 5-108)
    Sec. 5-108. Any officer or employee of the Commission who divulges any fact or information coming to his knowledge during the course of an inspection, examination or investigation of any account, record, memorandum, book or paper of a public utility, except in so far as he may be authorized by the Commission or by a circuit court, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 84-617.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2007–2007 · leading case: Bluestar Energy Servs., Inc. v. Illinois Com. Comm'n (Ill. App. Ct. 2007).
Bluestar Energy Servs., Inc. v. Illinois Com. Comm'n (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “1-06-1277 agreement to staff, upon their representation that the agreement would remain confidential pursuant to section 5/5-108 of the Act (220 ILCS 5/5-108 and the ICC’s rules. Carmen Fosco, a staff attorney, filed a letter in the proceeding initiated by BlueStar that stated…”
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