N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 901: Definitions

§ 901. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a

different meaning clearly appears from the context:

1. "Authority" means the corporation created by section nine hundred

two of this title.

2. "Bonds" means the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness

issued by the authority pursuant to this title and the provisions of

this title relating to bonds and bondholders shall apply with equal

force and effect to notes and noteholders, respectively, unless the

context otherwise clearly requires.

3. "Civil service commission" means the civil service commission of

the county of Suffolk.

4. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the state.

5. "Construction" or "constructed" means the acquisition, erection,

building, alteration, improvement, increase, enlargement, extension,

reconstruction, renovation or rehabilitation of the authority; the

inspection and supervision thereof; and the engineering, architectural,

legal, fiscal and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs,

plans, working drawings, specifications, procedure and other actions

preliminary or incidental thereto and claims arising therefrom.

6. "Cost", as applied to any project, includes the cost of

construction, the cost of the acquisition of all property, including

real property and other property, both real, personal and mixed,

improved and unimproved, the cost of the demolishing, removing or

relocating any buildings or structures on lands so acquired, including

the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures

may be moved or relocated, the cost of all machinery, apparatus and

equipment, financing charges, interest prior to, during and after

construction to the extent not paid or provided for from revenues or

other sources, the cost of engineering and architectural surveys, plans

and specifications, the cost of consultant and legal services, the cost

of guarantee, bond insurance or other credit support devices and the

cost of other expenses necessary or incidental to the construction of

any such project and the financing of the construction thereof,

including the amount authorized in the resolution of the authority

providing for the issuance of bonds to be paid into any reserve or other

special funds from the proceeds of such bonds and the financing of the

placing of any project in operation, including reimbursement to any

municipality, state agency, the state, the United States government, or

any other person for expenditures that would be costs of the project

hereunder had they been made directly by the authority.

7. "County" means the county of Suffolk, New York.

8. "County executive" means the county executive of the county.

9. "County legislature" means the county legislature of the county.

10. "Governing body" means the members of the authority constituting

and acting as the governing body of the authority.

11. "Municipality" means any county, city, town, village, special or

improvement district located or operating within or partly within the

service area.

12. "Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership, limited

liability company, association, joint venture or corporation, exclusive

of a public corporation as defined pursuant to article two-A of the

general construction law.

13. "Project" means a regional wholesale market facility operated

primarily for perishable agricultural commodities and commercial fishing

products, including the lands, building, fixtures, equipment and other

appurtenances necessary or incidental thereto, constituting an

integrated market for the service area and which serves as a significant

source of supply of such commodities to such area.

14. "Real property" means lands, structures, franchises, rights and

interests in land, air space, waters, land underwater, riparian rights

and air rights and any and all things and rights included within said

term and includes not only fees simple absolute, but also any and all

lesser interests including, but not limited to, easements,

rights-of-way, uses, leases, licenses and all other incorporeal

hereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or equitable,

including terms for years and liens thereon by way of judgments,

mortgages or otherwise.

15. "Revenues" means all rates, fees, charges, payments and other

income and receipts derived from the operation of the properties of the

authority including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

investment proceeds and proceeds of insurance, condemnation, and sale or

other disposition of assets, together with all federal, state or

municipal aid, if any.

16. "Service area" means the area comprising the entirety of the

county of Suffolk.

17. "State" means the state of New York.

18. "State agency" means any state officer, public benefit

corporation, department, board, commission, bureau or division, or other

agency or instrumentality of the state.