Certain words or terms used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
ACT: The "local government taxpayers' bill of rights act".
CORPORATE AUTHORITIES: The village of Beecher's president and board of trustees.
LOCAL TAX ADMINISTRATOR: The village of Beecher is charged with the administration and collection of the locally imposed and administered taxes, including staff, employees or agents, to the extent they are authorized by the local tax administrator to act in the local tax administrator's stead. The village clerk shall serve as the local tax administrator and shall have the authority to implement the terms of this chapter to give full effect to this chapter. The exercise of such authority by the local tax administrator shall not be inconsistent with this chapter and the act.
LOCALLY IMPOSED AND ADMINISTERED TAX OR TAX: Each tax imposed by the village of Beecher that is collected or administered by the village of Beecher, not an agency or department of the state. It does not include any taxes imposed upon real property under the property tax code or fees collected by the village of Beecher other than infrastructure maintenance fees.
NOTICE: Each audit notice, collection notice or other similar notice or communication in connection with each of the village of Beecher's locally imposed and administered taxes.
TAX ORDINANCE: Each ordinance adopted by the village of Beecher that imposes any locally imposed and administered tax.
TAXPAYER: Any person required to pay any locally imposed and administered tax and generally includes the person upon whom the legal incidence of such tax is placed and with respect to consumer taxes includes the business or entity required to collect and pay the locally imposed and administered tax to the village of Beecher.
VILLAGE: The village of Beecher, Illinois. (Ord. 1155, 4-23-2012)