N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2607: Definitions

§ 2607. Definitions. The following terms, whenever used or referred to

in this title, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the

following meanings:

1. The term "olympic facility" shall mean any publicly owned,

administered or supervised facility located in the olympic region and

suitable for use in connection with athletic training, housing or

competition, or with recreational or physical educational activities.

The fact that any such facility is also suitable for other uses in

addition to those specified shall not exclude such facility from the

scope of this definition.

2. The term "authority" shall mean the New York state olympic regional

development authority as created by section twenty-six hundred eight of

this title.

3. The term "events" shall mean any organized athletic competition,

organized athletic training, recreational activity, educational

activity, entertainment activity or other activity suitable to be

conducted in any olympic facility.

4. The term "park district" shall mean the town of North Elba, public

parks and playgrounds district, a special district created by chapter

four hundred seventy-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-eight.

5. The term "olympic region" shall mean the county of Essex, state of

New York.

6. The term "participating olympic facility" shall mean any olympic

facility subject to an agreement entered into by the authority pursuant

to section twenty-six hundred twelve or twenty-six hundred fourteen of

this title.

7. The term "state" shall mean the state of New York.