§ 6-165. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

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

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.

Purchase at retail means any acquisition of electricity by a purchaser for the 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.

Purchaser means any person who uses or consumes, within the corporate limits of the village electricity acquired in a purchase at retail.

Tax collector means the person delivering electricity to the purchaser.

Village means the Village of Wilmette, Illinois.

(Code 1993, § 6-7.1; Ord. No. 98-O-64, 7-28-1998)