Section 547.20  Definitions

The following words and phrases, for the purposes of this Part, have the same meaning respectively ascribed to them in Section 10 of the High Speed Internet Services and Information Technology Act.

"Act" means the High Speed Internet Services and Technology Act [20 ILCS 661].

"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. [20 ILCS 661/10]

"Director" means the Director of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

"Grant Agreement" means a written and signed contractual document between the Grantee and the Department that includes a description of the activities to be performed, budget, and all terms and conditions of the contract.

"High speed Internet services", "advanced telecommunications services", "advanced services", or "broadband" means services capable of supporting, in at least one direction, a speed in excess of 200 kilobits per second (kbps) to the network demarcation point at the subscriber's premises.  [220 ILCS 5/13-517]

"Local technology planning team" means entities representing a cross section of the community, including, but not limited to, representatives of business, K-12 education, health care, libraries, higher education, community-based organizations, local government, tourism, parks and recreation, and agriculture. [20 ILCS 661/20]

"Nonprofit organization" means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of that Code and is organized under, subject to, and has all the powers and duties of a not-for-profit corporation under the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 [805 ILCS 105].  [20 ILCS 661/10]

"Program" means the High Speed Internet Services and Information Technology Program.