As used in this Act:
     “Administrative decision” has the meaning given to that term in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 1842/5

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Municipalities: 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 70/1.27
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

     “City council” means the city council or board of trustees of a municipality.
     “General obligation bond” means a bond that has any part of its principal or interest paid by taxation.
     “Governing and administrative body” means all of the city councils of the participating municipalities.
     “Governmental agency” means the federal government, a state or local government, or any subdivision of the federal, state, or local government.
     “Navigable waters” means any public waters that are or can be made usable for water commerce.
     “Participating municipality” means the City of Rock Island or a municipality that has all or any part of the municipality annexed into the Port District.
     “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association. “Person” includes, without limitation, a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof.
     “Port District” means the Rock Island Regional Port District created by this Act.
     “Port facilities” means any public and other buildings, structures, works, improvements, and equipment that are upon, in, over, under, adjacent, or near navigable waters, harbors, slips, and basins and that are necessary or useful for or incident to the furtherance of water and land commerce and the operation of small boats and pleasure craft. “Port facilities” includes, without limitation, (i) improvements to the widening and deepening of basins, slips, harbors, and navigable waters and (ii) any lands, buildings, structures, improvements, equipment, and appliances located on Port District property that are used for industrial, manufacturing, commercial, or recreational purposes. “Port facilities” does not include terminal facilities
     “Revenue bond” means a bond that has its principal and interest paid solely from revenues or income derived from ports, harbors, or any other buildings or facilities of the Port District.
     “Terminal” means a public place, such as a station or depot, for receiving and delivering of baggage, mail, or freight in connection with the transportation of persons and property on water or land.
     “Terminal facility” means any land, building, structure, improvement, equipment, or appliance useful in the operation of a public warehouse, a storage, transportation, or railway facility, or industrial, manufacturing, or commercial activities for the accommodation of or in connection with commerce by water or land for the handling, docking, and serving small boats and pleasure craft.