Illinois Statutes Chapter 20. Executive Branch § 861/10. Definitions

§ 10. Definitions.

“Contractor” means a person who has been selected to enter or has entered into a public-private agreement with the Department on behalf of the State for the development, financing, management, or operation of the World Shooting and Recreational Complex pursuant to this Act.

“Department” means the Department of Natural Resources.

“Director” means the Director of Natural Resources.

“Maintain” or “maintenance” includes ordinary maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, capital maintenance, replacement, and any other categories of maintenance that may be designated by the Department.

“Offeror” means a person who responds to a request for proposals under this Act.

“Operate” or “operation” means to do one or more of the following: maintain, improve, equip, modify, or otherwise operate.

“Person” means any individual, firm, association, joint venture, partnership, estate, trust, syndicate, fiduciary, corporation, or any other legal entity, group, or combination thereof.

“Public-private agreement” means an agreement or contract between the Department and the contractor on behalf of the State and all schedules, exhibits, and attachments thereto, entered into pursuant to a competitive request for proposals process governed by this Act, for the financing, management and operation of the World Shooting and Recreational Complex under this Act.

“Revenues” means all revenues, including, but not limited to, income, user fees, earnings, interest, lease payments, allocations, moneys from the federal government, the State, and units of local government, including, but not limited to, federal, State, and local appropriations, grants, loans, lines of credit, and credit guarantees; bond proceeds; equity investments; service payments; or other receipts arising out of or in connection with the financing, development, management, or operation of the World Shooting and Recreational Complex.

“World Shooting and Recreational Complex” means real property in Sparta, Illinois, consisting of approximately 1,620 acres including a 117-acre lake, over 1,000 camping sites, 120 trap houses, 2 sporting clays courses, 24 combination trap skeet fields, a cowboy action shooting area, a vendor mall, and a restaurant.