As used in this Act:
"Adjusted for inflation" means increased in accordance with the formula for inflation adjustment set forth in Exhibit C to the Master Settlement Agreement.
"Affiliate" means a person who directly or indirectly owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, another person. Solely for purposes of this definition, the terms "owns", "is owned", and "ownership" mean ownership of an equity interest, or the equivalent thereof, of 10% or more, and the term "person" means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or any other organization or group of persons.
"Allocable share" means Allocable Share as that term is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement.
"Cigarette" means any product that contains nicotine, is intended to be burned or heated under ordinary conditions of use, and consists of or contains:
"Master Settlement Agreement" means the settlement agreement (and related documents) entered into on November 23, 1998 by the State of Illinois and leading United States tobacco product manufacturers.
"Qualified escrow fund" means an escrow arrangement with a federally or State chartered financial institution having no affiliation with any tobacco product manufacturer and having assets of at least $1,000,000,000 where such arrangement requires that such financial institution hold the escrowed funds' principal for the benefit of releasing parties and prohibits the tobacco product manufacturer placing the funds into escrow from using, accessing, or directing the use of the funds' principal except as consistent with subdivision (a)(2)(B) of Section 15 of this Act.
"Released claims" means Released Claims as that term is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement.
"Releasing parties" means Releasing Parties as that term is defined in the Master Settlement Agreement.
"Tobacco Product Manufacturer" means any entity that, after the effective date of this Act directly (and not exclusively through any affiliate):
"Units sold" means the number of individual cigarettes sold in the State of Illinois by the applicable tobacco product manufacturer (whether directly or through a distributor, retailer, or similar intermediary or intermediaries) during the year in question, as measured by excise taxes collected by the State on packs (or "roll-your-own" tobacco containers) bearing the excise tax stamp of the State. The Illinois Department of Revenue shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to ascertain the amount of State excise tax paid on the cigarettes of such tobacco product manufacturer for each year.
30 ILCS 168/10