N.Y. Rural Electric Cooperative Law § 2: Definitions

§ 2. Definitions. As used in this chapter:

(a) "Cooperative" means any corporation organized under this chapter

or which becomes subject to this chapter in the manner hereinafter

provided;

(b) "Person" means any natural person, firm, association, corporation,

business trust, partnership, federal agency, state or political

subdivision or agency thereof, or any body politic; and

(c) "Rural areas" means any area of the state not included within the

boundaries of any city or village having a population in excess of

twenty thousand inhabitants.