§ 9.36.030. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

Commission means the Collinsville Human Relations Commission.

Commission panel or panel means a panel, comprised of three (3) or more members of the commission, designated by the chairman of the commission, to investigate and to attempt to conciliate a complaint filed or made under this chapter.

Lease includes sublease, assignment, and rental (or rental), and includes any contract to do any of the foregoing.

Lending institution means any bank, insurance company, savings and loan association, or any other person in the business of lending money or guaranteeing loans; any person in the business of obtaining, arranging or negotiating loans or guarantees as agent or broker; and any person in the business of buying or selling loans or instruments for the payment of money which are secured by title to, or a security interest in, real estate.

National origin includes the national origin of an ancestor.

Owner means any person who holds legal or equitable title to, or owns any beneficial interest in, any real property, or who holds legal or equitable title to shares of, or holds any beneficial interest in, any real estate cooperative which owns any real property.

Person includes one (1) or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, legal representatives, mutual companies, unincorporated organizations, trusts, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and fiduciaries.

Purchase includes any contract to purchase.

Real estate agent means any real estate broker, any real estate salesman, and any other who, as employee or agent or otherwise, engages in the management or operation of any real property.

Real estate broker means any person licensed as a real estate broker in accordance with the provisions of 225 ILCS Act 455, or required thereby to be so licensed.

Real estate salesman means any person licensed as a real estate salesman in accordance with the provisions of 225 ILCS Act 455, or required thereby to be so licensed.

Real estate transaction means the purchase, sale, exchange, rental or lease of any real property, or an option to do any of the foregoing.

Real property means any building, trailer coach, or mobile home, whether or not on a permanent foundation, structure, or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one (1) or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure, or portion thereof.

Sale includes any contract to sell, exchange or to convey, transfer or assign legal or equitable title to or a beneficial interest in real property.

(Prior Code, § 6.04.030; Code 1996, § 9.36.030)

State law reference

Similar provisions, 775 ILCS 5/3-103, 775 ILCS 5/3-101.