§ 13-11-1. Definitions.

For purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply:

A.

"Person" means any natural individual, firm, trust, estate, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, municipal corporation, and state of or any political subdivision thereof, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, or other representative appointed by order of any court or by operation of law.

B.

"Person maintaining a place of business in this state" means any person having or maintaining within the State, directly or by a subsidiary or other affiliate, an office, generation facility, distribution facility, transmission facility, sales office, or other place of business, or any employee, agent, or other representative operating within the State under the authority of the Person or its subsidiary or other affiliate, irrespective of whether such place of business or agent or other representative is located in the State permanently or temporarily, or whether such Person, subsidiary, or other affiliate is licensed or qualified to do business in this State.

C.

"Public Utility"shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act and shall include telecommunications carriers as defined in Section 13-202 of that Act and alternative retail electric suppliers as defined in Section 16-202 of that Act.

D.

"Purchase at Retail" means any acquisition of electricity by a purchaser for purposes of use or consumption, and not for resale, but shall not include the use of electricity by a public utility as defined in section 8-11-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/8-11-2) directly in the generation, production, transmission, delivery, or sale of electricity.

E.

"Purchaser" means any person who uses or consumes, within the corporate limits of the Village, electricity acquired in a Purchase at Retail.

F.

"Tax Collector" means the Person delivering electricity to the Purchaser.

(Ord. No. 4398-2013, § 2, 10-21-13)