225 ILCS 735/2

(225 ILCS 735/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 702)

Sec. 2. Definitions. When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:

"Agent" means any person acting on behalf of a timber buyer, employed by a timber buyer, or under an agreement, whether oral or written, with a timber buyer who buys timber, attempts to buy timber, procures contracts for the purchase or cutting of timber, or attempts to procure contracts for the purchase or cutting of timber.

"Buying timber" means to buy, barter, cut on shares, or offer to buy, barter, cut on shares, or take possession of timber with the consent of the timber grower.

"Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.

"Director" means the Director of Natural Resources.

"Good standing" means any person who is not:

(1) currently serving a sentence of probation, or conditional discharge, for a violation of this Act or administrative rules adopted under this Act;

(2) owes any amount of money pursuant to a civil judgment regarding the sale, cutting, or transportation of timber;

(3) owes the Department any required fee, payment, or money required under this Act; or

(4) is currently serving a suspension or revocation of any privilege that is granted under this Act.

"Liability insurance" means not less than $500,000 in insurance covering a timber buyer's business and agents that shall insure against the liability of the insured for the death, injury, or disability of an employee or other person and insurance against the liability of the insured for damage to or destruction of another person's property.

"Payment receipt" means copy or duplicate of an original receipt of payment for timber to a timber grower or duplicate of electronic or direct payment verification of funds received by timber grower.

"Person" means any person, partnership, firm, association, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation.

"Proof of ownership" means a printed document provided by the Department that serves as a written bill of lading.

"Resident" means a person who in good faith makes application for any license or permit and verifies by statement that the person has maintained the person's permanent abode or headquarters in this State for a period of at least 30 consecutive days immediately preceding the person's application and who does not maintain a permanent abode or headquarters or claim residency in another state for the purposes of obtaining any of the same or similar licenses or permits covered by this Act. A person's permanent abode or headquarters is the person's fixed and permanent dwelling place or main location where the person conducts business, as distinguished from a temporary or transient place of residence or location.

"Timber" means trees, standing or felled, and parts thereof which can be used for sawing or processing into lumber for building or structural purposes or for the manufacture of any article. "Timber" does not include firewood, Christmas trees, fruit or ornamental trees, or wood products not used or to be used for building, structural, manufacturing, or processing purposes.

"Timber buyer" means any person licensed or unlicensed, who is engaged in the business of buying timber from the timber growers thereof for sawing into lumber, for processing or for resale, but does not include any person who occasionally purchases timber for sawing or processing for the person's own use and not for resale.

"Timber grower" means the owner, tenant, or operator of land in this State who has an interest in, or is entitled to receive any part of the proceeds from the sale of timber grown in this State and includes persons exercising authority to sell timber.

"Transporter" means any person acting on behalf of a timber buyer, employed by a timber buyer, or under an agreement, whether oral or written, with a timber buyer who takes or carries timber from one place to another by means of a motor vehicle.

(Source: P.A. 103-218, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)