805 ILCS 180/1-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 805 - BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS|805 ILCS 180/ - Limited Liability Company Act.|Article 1 - General Provisions

Sec. 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless  the context otherwise requires:"Anniversary" means that day every year exactly one or  more years after:  (i) the date the articles of organization  filed under Section 5-5 of this Act were filed by the Office  of the Secretary of State, in the case of a limited liability  company; or (ii) the date the application for admission to  transact business filed under Section 45-5 of this Act was  filed by the Office of the Secretary of State, in the case of  a foreign limited liability company."Anniversary month" means the month in which the  anniversary of the limited liability company occurs."Articles of organization" means the articles of  organization filed by the Secretary of State for the purpose  of forming a limited liability company as specified in  Article 5 and all amendments thereto, whether evidenced by articles of amendment, articles of merger, or a statement of correction affecting the articles."Assumed limited liability company name" means any  limited liability company name other than the true limited  liability company name, except that the identification by a  limited liability company of its business with a trademark or  service mark of which it is the owner or licensed user shall  not constitute the use of an assumed name under this Act."Bankruptcy" means bankruptcy under the Federal Bankruptcy  Code of 1978, Title 11, Chapter 7 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute."Business" includes every trade, occupation, profession, and other lawful  purpose, whether or not carried on for profit."Company" means a limited liability company."Contribution" means any cash, property, services  rendered, or other benefit, or a promissory note or other binding obligation to  contribute cash or property, perform services, or provide any other benefit, that a  person contributes to the limited liability company in that  person's capacity as a member or in order to become a member."Court" includes every court and judge having  jurisdiction in a case."Debtor in bankruptcy" means a person who is the subject of an order for  relief  under Title 11 of the United States Code, a comparable  order under a successor statute of general application, or a comparable order  under federal, state, or foreign law governing insolvency."Distribution" means a transfer of money, property, or other benefit from a limited liability company to a member in the member's capacity as a  member or to a transferee of the member's distributional interest."Distributional interest" means a member's right to receive distributions of    the limited liability company's assets, but no other rights or interests of a member."Entity" means a person other than an individual."Foreign limited liability company" means an unincorporated entity organized  under laws other than the laws of this State that afford  limited liability to its owners comparable to the liability under Section 10-10  and is not required to register to transact business under any law of  this State other than this Act."Insolvent" means that a limited liability company is  unable to pay its debts as they become due in the usual  course of its business."Legal representative" means, without limitation, an executor, administrator, guardian, personal representative and agent, including an appointee under a power of attorney."Limited liability company" means a limited liability  company  organized under this Act."L3C" or "low-profit limited liability company" means a for-profit limited liability company which satisfies the requirements of Section 1-26 of this Act and does not have as a significant purpose the production of income or the appreciation of property."Manager" means a person, whether or not a member of a manager-managed  company, who is vested with authority in an operating agreement as provided in Section 15-1."Manager-managed company" means a limited liability company that vests authority in a manager or managers in an operating agreement as provided in Section 15-1."Member" means a person  who becomes a member of the limited liability company upon formation of the  company or in the manner and at the time provided in the operating agreement  or, if the operating agreement does not so provide, in the manner and at the  time provided in this Act."Member-managed company" means a limited liability company other than a  manager-managed company."Operating agreement" means the agreement under Section 15-5, whether or not referred to as an operating agreement and whether oral, in a record, implied, or in any combination thereof, of all of the members of a limited liability company, including a sole member, concerning the  relations among the members, managers, and limited  liability company.  The term "operating agreement" includes amendments to the  agreement."Organizer" means one of the signers of the original  articles of organization."Person" means an individual, partnership, domestic or  foreign limited partnership, limited liability company or  foreign limited liability company, trust, estate,  association, corporation, governmental body, or other  juridical being."Professional limited liability company" means a limited liability company that provides professional services licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and that is organized under the Professional Limited Liability Company Act and this Act."Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form."Registered office" means that office maintained by the  limited liability company in this State, the address,  including street, number, city and county, of which is on  file in the office of the Secretary of State, at which, any  process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law may be  served upon the registered agent of the limited liability  company."Registered agent" means a person who is an agent for  service of process on the limited liability company who is  appointed by the limited liability company and whose address  is the registered office of the limited liability company."Restated articles of organization" means the articles  of organization restated as provided in Section 5-30."Sign" means, with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:(1)  to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or(2) to attach to or logically associate with the     record an electronic symbol, sound, or process."State" means a state, territory, or possession of the  United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth  of Puerto Rico."Transfer" includes an assignment, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease,  mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, and gift.  (Source: P.A. 100-894, eff. 8-14-18; 101-553, eff. 1-1-20.)