Section 3-66-3 - DefinitionsAs used in the Municipal Event Center Funding Act:
A. "bonds" means revenue bonds issued by a municipality to pay for some or all of the costs of acquiring land for and designing, purchasing, constructing, remodeling, rehabilitating, renovating, improving, equipping and furnishing a municipal event center;B. "chief executive officer" means the mayor or chief administrative officer of a municipality when designated in writing by the mayor to perform duties required by the Municipal Event Center Funding Act;C. "debt service payments" means rentals, receipts, fees or other charges paid to a municipality for the rights to use, operate or manage a municipal event center by any person, corporation or other entity;D. "event center revenues" means rentals, receipts, fees or other charges imposed by and paid to a municipality pursuant to the Municipal Event Center Funding Act for the rights to use, operate or manage a municipal event center by any person, corporation or other entity;E. "event center surcharge" means a surcharge to be included in each vendor contract on tickets, parking, souvenirs, concessions, programs, advertising, merchandise, corporate suites or boxes, broadcast revenues and all other products or services sold at or related to the municipal event center or related to activities occurring at the event center;F. "governing body" means the council, commission or other group of elected officials of a municipality in which is vested the legislative authority of a municipality;G. "municipal event center" means an event center providing seating for a minimum of four thousand people, including land, buildings and related improvements, primarily designed and intended for cultural, educational, entertainment and sporting events, but does not include a civic or convention center;H. "municipality" means a political subdivision of the state, organized and operating under a home-rule charter or the Municipal Code;I. "vendor" means every person, corporation, partnership or other entity, including a division or department of a municipality, providing products or services sold at or related to the municipal event center; andJ. "vendor contract" means a contract, agreement or other written arrangement between a municipality and a vendor pursuant to which the vendor provides products or services sold at or related to the municipal event center.