NY Pub Auth L § 2577 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 27-A - Greater Rochester Sports Authority 2577 - Definitions.

§  2577.  Definitions.  As used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following  terms   shall mean and include:1.  "Authority".  The corporation created by section two thousand five   hundred seventy-eight of this title.2. "City". The City of Rochester.3. "Board". The members of the authority constituting  and  acting  as   the governing body of the authority.4. "Bonds". 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.5.  "Construct",  "construction"  or  "constructed".  The acquisition,   erection,  building,  alteration,  improvement,  increase,  enlargement,   extension,   reconstruction,   renovation   or   rehabilitation   of   a   professional soccer stadium; the inspection and supervision thereof; and   the   engineering,   architectural,   legal,   fiscal    and    economic   investigations  and  studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings,   specifications, procedures and other actions preliminary  or  incidental   thereto.6.  "Cost".  As applied to any project, means and includes the cost of   construction, the cost of the acquisition  of  all  property,  including   real  property and other property, real, personal and mixed and improved   and unimproved, the cost of demolishing, removing or relocating  of  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 the professional soccer stadium, machinery,   apparatus and equipment,  the  cost  of  engineering  and  architectural   surveys,  plans  and  specifications,  the  cost of consultant and legal   services, the cost of other expenses  necessary  or  incidental  to  the   construction of any project or facility for the purposes of professional   soccer  and  the financing of the construction thereof and the financing   of the placing of any  such  project  or  such  facility  in  operation,   including reimbursement to the county or any municipality, state agency,   the  state,  the  United  States  government  or  any  other  person for   expenditures that would be costs of a project hereunder  had  they  been   made directly by the authority.7. "Controller". The controller of the county of Monroe.8. "County". The county of Monroe.9. "County legislature". The Monroe county legislature.10. "Notes". The notes authorized by the title.11.  "Person".  Any  natural  person,  partnership, association, joint   venture or corporation, exclusive of a public corporation.12. "Project". Any real property or improvements  located  within  the   state  of  New  York  and  within  Monroe  county, whether or not now in   existence or under construction, which shall be  necessary  or  suitable   for  use  as  a  sports  facility  or  for  a use incidental to a sports   facility, including, but not limited to, machinery, equipment and  other   facilities  deemed  necessary  or  desirable in connection therewith, or   incidental thereto.13. "Real property". Lands, including air and  subsurface  rights  and   lands under water, structures, franchises and interests in lands and any   and  all  things  usually  included within the said terms, including not   only fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests, such as   easements,  rights  of  way,  uses,  leases,  licenses,  and  all  other   incorporeal  hereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or   equitable, including terms  of  years,  and  liens  thereon  by  way  of    judgments,  mortgages  or  otherwise, and also claims for damage to real   estate.14.  "Revenues".  All  fees,  charges, tolls, rentals, rates and other   income and receipts derived from the operation of  any  sports  facility   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.15.  "Sports  facility". Real property and improvements and structures   thereon in the county, constituting a professional  soccer  stadium  and   other  structures  or  related  facilities,  suitable for the holding of   professional soccer events, including parking therefor.16. "State". The state of New York.17. "State agency". Any  state  office,  public  benefit  corporation,   department,  board,  commission,  bureau,  division  or  other agency or   instrumentality of the state.