Section 640.10  Definitions

Client – an individual who provides, or who has provided on his or her behalf, financial or other consideration to an outfitter in exchange for the use of the outfitter's goods and services.

Guide – an individual providing guide services to clients of an outfitter.

Guide Services – providing any of the following: providing advice to the hunter while hunting about how and/or where to conduct his hunt, setting decoys, calling, stalking, pursuing, tracking, field dressing, caring for meat, field preparation of trophies including skinning or capeing, carriage of hunters, carriage of hunter's equipment or carriage of deer or turkey harvested by hunters.

Outfitter – a person (as defined in the Wildlife Code [520 ILCS 5/1.2 l]) who provides or offers to provide, for compensation, outfitting services for deer or wild turkey hunting.

Outfitting Services – providing deer and/or wild turkey hunting for compensation and:

providing guides, guide services, equipment, stands, blinds or transportation to and from the field; or

is on land leased or rented by the provider primarily for the purpose of deer and/or wild turkey hunting; or

is on land subleased for deer or wild turkey hunting or the sublease includes deer or wild turkey hunting.  (A hunting lease by a hunter or group of hunters from a landowner does not, in itself, make the landowner an outfitter, nor does providing transportation to or from a place of accommodation or hub of public transportation.)

Resident Corporation – for the purpose of outfitter permitting, a resident corporation shall be:

an Illinois corporation that has been in existence for at least 30 days prior to submitting an application for an outfitter permit; and

a corporation in which more than 50% of the stock is owned by Illinois resident individuals.

Resident Limited Liability Company – for the purpose of outfitter permitting, a resident limited liability company (LLC) shall be:

an Illinois LLC that has been in existence at least 30 days prior to submitting an application for an outfitter permit; and

an LLC in which more than 50% of the ownership is held by Illinois resident individuals.