Certain words or terms herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them as follows:

    "Act" means the "Local Government Taxpayers’  Bill of Rights Act."

    "City" means the city of Columbia, Illinois.

    "Corporate authorities" means the Columbia city council.

    "Locally imposed and administered tax" or "tax" means each tax imposed by the city that is collected or administered by the city not an agency or department of the state. It does not include any taxes imposed upon real property under the Property Tax Code or fees collected by the city other than infrastructure maintenance fees.

    Local Tax Administrator. The city’ s treasurer is charged with the administration and collection of the locally imposed and administered taxes, (including staff employees or agents to the extent they are authorized by the local tax administrator to act in the local tax administrator’ s stead). The local tax administrator shall have the authority to implement the terms of this chapter to give full effect to this chapter. The exercise of such authority by the local tax administrator shall not be inconsistent with this chapter and the Act.

    "Notice" means each audit notice, collection notice or other similar notice or communication in connection with each of the city’ s locally imposed and administered taxes.

    "Tax ordinance" means each ordinance adopted by the city that imposes any locally imposed and administered tax.

    "Taxpayer" means any person required to pay any locally imposed and administered tax and generally includes the person upon whom the legal incidence of such tax is placed and with respect to consumer taxes includes the business or entity required to collect and pay the locally imposed and administered tax to the city. (Ord. 1904 § 3, 2001)