Section 520.100  Definitions

"Act" means the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act [20 ILCS 655].

"Agency" means each officer, board, commission, and agency created by the Constitution in the executive branch of State government, other than the State Board of Elections; each officer, department, board, commission, agency, institution, authority, university, body politic and corporate of the State; and each administrative unit or corporate outgrowth of the State government that is created by or pursuant to statute, other than units of local government and their officers, school districts and boards of election commissioners; each administrative unit or corporate outgrowth of the above and as may be created by executive order of the Governor.  No entity shall be considered an "agency" for the purposes of this Act unless authorized by law to make rules and regulations.

"Block groups" shall have the same meaning as defined in the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing Users' Guide, Part B. Glossary.

"Census tract" shall have the same meaning as defined in the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing Users' Guide, Part B. Glossary.

"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.

"Depressed area" means an area in which pervasive poverty, unemployment, and economic distress exist.

"Designated Zone Organization" (DZO) means an association or entity:

The Members of which are substantially all residents of the Enterprise Zone;

The Board of Directors of which is elected by the members of the organization;

Which satisfies the criteria set forth in Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 USC 501(c)(3) or (4)); and

Which exists primarily for the purpose of performing within such area or zone for the benefit of the residents and businesses therein any of the functions set forth in Section 8 of the Act [20 ILCS 655/3].

For the purpose of this definition, "resident" means an individual whose place of residence is within the Enterprise Zone, or a partnership, corporation, association, or sole proprietorship whose principal business office is within the Enterprise Zone.

"Enabling ordinance" means a certified ordinance passed by a city or county to designate, establish and provide for an Enterprise Zone as specified in Section 5(c) of the Act.

"Enterprise Zone" means an area of the State certified by the Department as an Enterprise Zone pursuant to the Act.

"Enumeration districts" shall have the same meaning as defined in the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing Users' Guide, Part B. Glossary.

"Larger geography" means the area to which the Enterprise Zone is being related or compared in order to complete calculations required to establish zone eligibility under either the unemployment or low-income criteria.

In the case of an Enterprise Zone application from a single unit of government:

If the zone includes less than all of a city, the larger geography is the city;

If the zone includes all of the city, the larger geography is the county; and

If the zone includes only some portion of the unincorporated area of one county, the larger geography is the county.

In the case of a joint application from more than one unit of government:

If the zone is located in one county and includes all or part of two or more cities, or one or more cities plus the county, the larger geography is the county; and

If the zone is located in two or more counties and includes all or part of two or more cities, or cities and counties in any combination, the larger geography is the aggregate of the counties.

"Minor civil division" shall have the same meaning as defined in the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing Users' Guide, Part B. Glossary.

"Poverty" shall have the same meaning as defined in the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing Users' Guide, Part B. Glossary.

"Unemployment" shall have the same meaning as defined in the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing Users' Guide, Part B. Glossary.

(Source:  Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 3282, effective February 14, 2003)