§ 1 Short title
§ 5 Definitions
§ 10 Dispensing contact lenses
§ 15 Rules
§ 20 Nonresident mail-order ophthalmic provider registration
§ 25 Fees
§ 30 Violation; civil penalty
§ 35 Deposit of civil penalties; appropriations

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes > 225 ILCS 83 - Mail Order Contact Lens Act

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Audit: means an agreed-upon procedures engagement in accordance with Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (AICPA Professional Standards, AT-C Section 315 (Compliance Attestation)). See Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 355/10-15
  • 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.
  • Department: means the Department of Revenue. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 355/5-5
  • Department: means the Department of Revenue. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 355/10-15
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Financial information: means the information provided to the municipality or county by the Department under Section 11 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act that is reported to the Department by a business located in a given municipality or county. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 355/5-5
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • In forma pauperis: In the manner of a pauper. Permission given to a person to sue without payment of court fees on claim of indigence or poverty.
  • 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
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Misallocation: means tax paid by the taxpayer and allocated to one unit of local government that should have been allocated to a different unit of local government. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 355/10-15
  • Monitoring disbursements: means keeping track of payments from the Department by a municipality, county, or third party for the limited purpose of tracking previous misallocations. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 355/5-5
  • Participating taxpayer: means any person subject to the revenue laws administered by the Department who is the subject of a tax compliance referral by a municipality, county, or third party, who enters into an engagement with a qualified practitioner for a limited-scope tax compliance review under this Act, and who is approved by the Department under the local government revenue recapture certified audit pilot project. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 355/10-15
  • 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.
  • Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, corporation, registered limited liability partnership, limited liability company, partnership, professional service corporation, or any other form of organization. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 355/5-5
  • Qualified practitioner: means a certified public accountant who is licensed or registered to perform accountancy activities in Illinois under Section 8. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 355/10-15
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Third party: means a person, partnership, corporation, or other entity or individual registered to do business in Illinois who contracts with a municipality or county to review financial information related to the disbursement of local taxes by the Department to the municipality or county. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 355/5-5
  • 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