In this Act:
     “Agreement” means a public-private agreement.

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 3407/45-10

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • Units of local government: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.28
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.

     “Contractor” means a person that has been selected to enter or has entered into a public-private agreement with the Department on behalf of the State for the development, financing, construction, management, or operation of the Hotel Florence pursuant to this Act.
     “Department” means the Department of Natural Resources.
     “Hotel Florence” means real property in City of Chicago located within the Pullman Historic District that is owned by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and was acquired in 1991, at the address of 11111 S. Forrestville Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, as well as the adjacent Hotel Florence Annex building located at 537 East 111th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60628 and any associated grounds connected to either property.
     “Maintain” or “maintenance” includes ordinary maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, capital maintenance, maintenance replacement, and any other categories of maintenance that may be designated by the Department.
     “Offeror” means a person that responds to a request for proposals under this Act.
     “Operate” or “operation” means to do one or more of the following: maintain, improve, equip, modify, or otherwise operate.
     “Person” means any individual, firm, association, joint venture, partnership, estate, trust, syndicate, fiduciary, corporation, or any other legal entity, group, or combination thereof.
     “Public-private agreement” means an agreement or contract between the Department on behalf of the State and all schedules, exhibits, and attachments thereto, entered into pursuant to a competitive request for proposals process governed by this Act, for the development, financing, construction, management, or operation of the Hotel Florence under this Act.
     “Revenues” means all revenues, including, but not limited to, income, user fees, earnings, interest, lease payments, allocations, moneys from the federal government, the State, and units of local government, including, but not limited to, federal, State, and local appropriations, grants, loans, lines of credit, and credit guarantees; bond proceeds; equity investments; service payments; or other receipts arising out of or in connection with the financing, development, construction, management, or operation of the Hotel Florence.
     “State” means the State of Illinois.