For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PERSON. Any natural individual, firm, trust, estate, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint adventure, corporation, limited liability company, municipal corporation, the state or any of its political subdivsions, any state university created by statute, or a receiver, trustee, conservator or other representative appointed by order of any 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 this 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 not for resale, but shall not include the use of electricity by a public utility, as defined in ILCS Chapter 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. 012599A, passed 1-25-1999)