Section 110.30  Definitions

            "Act" shall mean Section 106(d), as amended, of Section 304 of Title III of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-35) (42 USC 5301).

            "Application" shall mean a request for program funds including the required forms and attachments.

            "Application on Behalf Of" shall mean any application submitted by one eligible applicant requesting funds for one or more other eligible applicants.

            "Community" shall mean any eligible applicant.

            "Community Development Assistance Program" or "CDAP" shall mean the State Community Development Block Grant program administered by the Department, authorized by Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 USC 5301).

            "Department" shall mean Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

            "Director" shall mean the Director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

            "Economic Development" shall mean job creation/retention and the alleviation of economic distress through the stimulation of private investment and community revitalization.

            "Eligible Applicant" shall mean any incorporated municipality, township, or county within the State of Illinois, except those designated as entitlement areas by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

"Eligible Lines of Credit" shall mean committed revolving line of credit facilities that are subject to loan agreements with financial institutions and are structured for the purpose of funding the project.  Such agreements shall be satisfactory to the Department and shall be for terms of at least 2 years from the time funds are awarded and in amounts equal to or greater than the resource leveraging amount.

            "Entitlement City" shall mean a city designated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to receive an amount of funds which the city is entitled to receive under the Entitlement Grant Program, as determined by formula set forth in section 106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

            "Entitlement Government" shall mean a unit of government that is any incorporated community with a population over 50,000 or any county with a population over 500,000.

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 10017, effective June 28, 2005)