As used in this Act:
"Accommodation" means any apartment, condominium or cooperative unit, cabin, lodge, hotel or motel room, or other private or commercial structure containing toilet facilities therein that is designed and available, pursuant to applicable law, for use and occupancy as a residence by one or more individuals, or any unit or berth on a commercial cruise line ship, which is included in the offering of a timeshare plan.
"Assessment" means the share of funds required for the payment of common expenses which is assessed from time to time against each purchaser by the managing entity.
"Developer" means and includes any person or entity, other than a sales agent, acquisition agent, or resale agent, who creates a timeshare plan or is in the business of selling timeshare interests, or employs agents to do the same, or any person or entity who succeeds to the interest of a developer by sale, lease, assignment, mortgage, or other transfer, but the term includes only those persons who offer timeshare interests for disposition in the ordinary course of business.
"Managing entity" means the person who undertakes the duties, responsibilities, and obligations of the management of a timeshare plan.
"Managing entity lien" means a lien created pursuant to Section 5.
"Purchaser" means any person, other than a developer, who by means of a voluntary transfer acquires a legal or equitable interest in a timeshare plan other than as security for an obligation.
"Timeshare instrument" means one or more documents, by whatever name denominated, creating or governing the operation of a timeshare plan.
"Timeshare interest" means and includes either:
"Timeshare plan" means any arrangement, plan, scheme, or similar device, other than an exchange program, whether by membership agreement, sale, lease, deed, license, or right-to-use agreement or by any other means, whereby a purchaser, in exchange for consideration, receives ownership rights in or the right to use accommodations for a period of time less than a full year during any given year, but not necessarily for consecutive years. A timeshare plan may be:
"Timeshare property" means one or more accommodations subject to the same timeshare instrument, together with any other property or rights to property appurtenant to those accommodations.
770 ILCS 103/3