“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.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 861/10

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • Units of local government: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.28
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.

     “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.