{"data":{"id":"us-il/220-ilcs-40-3","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"220 ILCS 40/3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this Act:\n(a) \"Commission\" means the Illinois Commerce Commission, or its successor agency.\n(b) \"Small business\" means any Illinois based business which meets the requirements under Section 3 of the \"Illinois Small Business Purchasing Act\", approved September 1, 1972, as now or hereafter amended.\n(c) \"Customer\" means a small business, as herein defined, which has agreed with a utility to pay for gas, electric, telecommunication, water or sanitary sewer utility service.\n(d) \"User\" means a small business, as herein defined, which receives gas, electric, telecommunication, water or sanitary sewer utility service.\n(e) \"Utility service\" means electricity, gas telecommunications, water or sanitary sewer service supplied by a public utility.\n(f) \"Public utility\" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 3 of the \"Citizens Utility Board Act\", certified December 1, 1983, as now or hereafter amended.\n(g) \"Small Business Utility Advocate\" or \"Advocate\" means the person appointed pursuant to Section 4 of this Act.","path":["CHAPTER 220 UTILITIES","Small Business Utility Advocate Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1284\u0026ChapterID=23\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:30Z","sha256":"236429ea74b19826649e3bbbbd42fb24a17802965ee05a4ad207fe13ea318c6a","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/220-ilcs-40-2","next":"us-il/220-ilcs-40-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}