Section 270.10  Definitions

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms shall have the following meanings:

            "Authorized Vehicle" is an on-road or off-road vehicle operated by the Department of Agriculture.

"Business Day" is a day that the State of Illinois is open for operations.

"Calendar Day" is the period of time from one midnight to the following midnight.

            "Concessionaire/Commercial Exhibitor" means any person selling directly to the public or taking orders for future sales pursuant to an annual space rental contract.

            "Division" means the Division of Fairs and Promotions, Department of Agriculture, State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9281.

"DuQuoin State Fair" means only that annual event at DuQuoin.

            "Exhibitor" means any person who displays his/her goods, displays his/her person, or distributes information and is not engaged in sales pursuant to an annual space rental contract, or participates in programs offered by the Department.

"Illinois State Fair" means only that annual event at Springfield.

            "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental or religious entity.

            "Space Rental Contract" means a written contract entered into between the persons desiring to put on an exhibit or operate a concession and the Department.

            "Space Rental Office" means the office in charge of space rental, Division of Fairs and Promotions, Department of Agriculture, State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9427 or the office in charge of space rental for the DuQuoin State Fair, Division of Fairs and Promotions, Department of Agriculture, Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, Illinois 62832.

            "Special Agreement" means a multiple year or single year lease subject to a negotiated rate.  This type of agreement would include persons building permanent structures, multiple year off season rentals, single or multiple year fair-time leases, etc.

            "State Fair" means the annual event that is held at Springfield or the annual event that is held at DuQuoin for the purposes as set forth in Section 270.15.

            "State Fairgrounds" means all the land and water areas, including all buildings and facilities located thereon, known as the State Fairgrounds at Springfield or DuQuoin.

"State Fairgrounds at DuQuoin" means only the State Fairgrounds at DuQuoin.

"State Fairgrounds at Springfield" means only the State Fairgrounds at Springfield.

            "Superintendent of the Division of Fairs and Promotions" means the Superintendent of the Division of Fairs and Promotions, Department of Agriculture, State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9281.

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 19143, effective December 1, 2011)