For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY. The City of Berwyn.
PERSON. Any natural person, individual, firm, trust, estate, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint adventure, corporation, limited liability company, municipal corporation, the state or any of its political subdivisions, any state university created by statute, or a receiver, trustee, conservator or other representative appointed by order of the court.
PERSON MAINTAINING A PLACE OF BUSINESS IN THIS STATE. Any person having or maintaining within this 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 the place of business or agent or other representative is located in this state permanently or temporarily, or whether the person, subsidiary or other affiliate is licensed or qualified to do business in this state.
PURCHASE AT RETAIL. Any acquisition of electricity by a purchaser for purposes of use or consumption, and for resale, but shall not include the use of electricity by a public utility, as defined in ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 8-11-2, directly in the generation, production, transmission, delivery or sale of electricity.
PURCHASER. Any person who uses or consumes, within the corporate limits of the city, electricity acquired in a purchase at retail.
TAX COLLECTOR. The person delivering electricity to the purchaser.
(Ord. 99-12, passed 3-23-1999)