Section 1376.10  Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

a)         All Illinois Commerce Commission licenses common or contract motor carriers of property, and each receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, or assignee of any such carrier, shall comply with generally accepted accounting principles for use in the keeping and recording of their accounts and bookkeeping records.

b)         As generally accepted accounting principles, the commission incorporates by reference "Accounting Standards" (June 1992) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and any subsequent revisions thereof.

Section 1376.20  Classification of Carriers

For the purpose of accounting and reporting regulations, common and contract carriers of property by motor vehicle subject to the Illinois Commerce Commission (Intrastate authority) are grouped into the following four classes:

a)         Class I – Carriers having annual gross operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of $5 million or more from motor carrier operations.

b)         Class II – Carriers having annual gross operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of $1 million, but less than $5 million, from motor carrier operations.

c)         Class III – Carriers having annual gross operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of $100,000, but less than $1 million, from motor carrier operations.

d)         Class IV – Carriers having annual gross operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of less than $100,000 from motor carrier operations.

Section 1376.30  Records

a)         Each carrier shall keep its general accounting books and all other books, records and memoranda which support in any way the entries to such accounting books and analyses of general ledger account balances so that it can furnish at any time full information as to any account.  Moreover, it shall support each entry to each account with such detailed information as will provide a ready analysis and verification of the facts recorded therein.  All expenditures must be definitely supported by vouchers, payrolls, receipted bills, canceled checks, receipts for petty cash payments, or other evidences of the expenditures incurred.  All revenues must be supported by freight bills or, in the case of income from a leasee, other documentation which evidences the revenue received.

b)         The books referred to in this Part include not only books of account in a limited technical sense but all other correspondence, memoranda, etc., which will be useful in developing the history of or facts regarding any transaction.

c)         Every motor carrier engaged directly or indirectly in any other than a transportation business shall keep separate and distinct records for the transportation operation.

d)         Each carrier shall keep its books on the basis of an accounting year of 12 months ending on the 31st day of December of each year.

e)         Such books, accounts, records or memoranda shall be preserved for a period of at least three years.

f)         Unless otherwise authorized by the Commission in writing, each motor carrier shall have an office in this State and shall keep in said office all such books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda as listed in Section 1376.30(a) above.

Section 1376.40  Examination and Audit

Officers and employees of the Commission shall have the authority under the direction of the Commission to inspect, examine, copy and reproduce any and all books, accounts, papers, records and memoranda kept by such motor carrier, authorized personnel or motor carrier agent.