§ 116 — Reports of common carriers

§ 116. Reports of common carriers. Every common carrier shall file an\nannual report with the commissioner verified by the oath of the\npresident, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, general manager or\nreceiver, if any, of such carrier or by the person required to file the\nsame. The verification shall be made by said official holding office at\nthe time of the filing of the said report, and if not made upon the\nknowledge of the person verifying the same shall set forth the sources\nof his information and the grounds of his belief as to any matters not\nstated to be verified upon his knowledge. The commissioner shall\nprescribe the form of such reports and the character of the information\nto be contained therein, and may from time to time make such changes and\nsuch additions in regard to form and contents thereof as he may deem\nproper, and on or before June thirtieth in each year shall furnish a\nblank form for such annual reports to every such carrier and person. The\ncontents of such report and the form thereof shall conform in the case\nof railroad companies as nearly as may be to that required of common\ncarriers under the provisions of the act of congress, entitled "An act\nto regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and\neighty-seven, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.\nThe commissioner may require such report to contain information in\nrelation to rates or regulations concerning fares or freights,\nagreements or contracts affecting the same, so far as such rates or\nregulations pertain to transportation within the state. When the report\nof any such carrier or person is defective, or believed to be erroneous,\nthe commissioner shall notify the carrier or person to amend the same\nwithin a time prescribed by the commissioner. The originals of the\nreports, subscribed and sworn to as prescribed by law, shall be\npreserved in the office of the commissioner. The commissioner may also\nrequire such carriers and persons to file periodic reports in the form,\ncovering the period and at the time prescribed by the commissioner. The\ncommissioner may require of any such carrier or person specific answers\nto questions upon which the commissioner may need information. The\nannual report required to be filed by a common carrier shall be so filed\nat the time prescribed by the commissioner or within such extended time\nas the commissioner shall allow. If such carrier or person shall fail to\nmake and file the annual report within the time above specified or\nwithin the time as extended by the commissioner, or shall fail to amend\nsuch report within such reasonable time as may be prescribed by the\ncommissioner, or shall fail to make specific answer to any question, or\nshall fail to make the periodic reports when required by the\ncommissioner as herein provided, within the time and in the form\nprescribed by the commissioner for the making and filing of any such\nreport or answer, such carrier or person shall forfeit to the state the\nsum of one hundred dollars for each and every day it shall continue to\nbe in default with respect to such annual report, amendment, answer or\nperiodic report. Such forfeiture shall be recovered in an action brought\nby the commissioner in the name of the people of the state of New York.\nThe amount recovered in any such action shall be paid into the state\ntreasury and credited to the general fund.\n