In this Act:
     “Board” means the elected members of the Illinois Pork Producers Association board of directors.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 510 ILCS 101/10

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

     “Council” means the Illinois Swine Market Development Council created by this Act.
     “Director” means a member of the Illinois Swine Market Development Council.
     “Market agent”, “market agency”, “collection agent”, or “collection agency” means any person who sells, offers for sale, markets, distributes, trades, or processes swine that has been purchased or acquired from a producer or that is marketed on behalf of a producer. The term also includes meat packing firms, and their agents, that purchase or consign to purchase swine.
     “Market” means to sell or to otherwise dispose of a swine animal, pork, or pork product in commerce.
     “Person” means any natural person, partnership, corporation, company, association, society, trust, or other business unit or organization.
     “Pork” means the meat from swine.
     “Pork product” means a product produced or processed in whole or in part from swine.
     “Producer” means any person engaged in this State in the business of producing or marketing swine, unless otherwise defined in the marketing program.
     “Swine” means all domesticated animals of the family Suidae.