As used in this Act:
     “Contractor” means a person who contracts with a governmental entity to improve real property or to perform or manage construction. “Contractor” does not mean a person licensed under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989, or the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 557/5

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.

     “Governmental entity” means a county, a municipality, a township, a public educational institution, a special district, or any political subdivision thereof. “Governmental entity” does not include the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
     “Improve” means to build, alter, repair, or demolish an improvement on, connected with, or beneath the surface of any real property; to excavate, clear, grade, fill, or landscape any real property; to construct driveways or roadways; or to perform labor on improvements.
     “Improvement” includes, but is not limited to, all or any part of any building, structure, erection, alteration, demolition, excavation, clearing, grading, filling, landscaping, trees, shrubbery, driveways, or roadways on real property.
     “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, governmental entity, or any other legal entity.
     “Real property” means the real estate that is improved, including, but not limited to, lands, leaseholds, tenements, hereditaments, and improvements placed on the real estate.