NY Transp L § 40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TRA - Transportation Article 2-D - Utica Transit Authority 40 - Definitions.

§ 40. Definitions.  Whenever  used in this article, unless a different   meaning clearly appears from the context:1. "Authority" shall mean a  public  benefit  corporation  created  by   section  forty-one of this article for the purposes specified in article   five-I of the general municipal law.2. "Government" shall include the state, municipality and the  federal   government,  and  any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise,   or any of them acting for and on behalf of the state, a municipality  or   the federal government.3. "State" shall mean New York State.4.  "Municipality"  shall  mean  a  city,  town, village or county not   wholly contained within a city.5. "Municipal corporation" shall mean a city, town, village, or county   not wholly contained within a  city,  special  transportation  district,   public  benefit  corporation or other public corporation, or two or more   of the foregoing acting jointly.6. "Real Property" shall include lands, waters,  rights  in  lands  or   waters,  structures,  franchises  and interests in land, including lands   under water, riparian rights, and air rights,  and  any  and  all  other   things  and  rights  usually  included within the said term and includes   also any and all interests in such property less than full  title,  such   as  easements,  permanent  or  temporary,  rights-of-way,  uses, leases,   licenses and all  other  incorporeal  heriditaments  and  every  estate,   interest or right legal or equitable.7.  "Personal  property" shall mean chattels and other tangible things   of a movable or removable nature.8. "Property" shall mean both real and personal property.9.  "Capital  project"  shall  mean  the  acquisition,   construction,   reconstruction  or  improvement  of any omnibus, transportation or other   omnibus transportation capital facility and real  property  and  capital   equipment  used  in  connection  therewith; including the preparation of   feasibility  studies,  plans,  specifications  and  estimates  of   cost   therefor.10.  "Municipal project" shall mean any omnibus transportation capital   project undertaken by a municipal corporation.11. "Federal project" shall mean a municipal project aided or financed   in whole or in part by the federal government.12. "State Project" shall mean a municipal project aided  or  financed   in whole or in part by the state.13.  "Project" shall mean a specific work or improvement to effectuate   all or any part of a plan. A project may be a federal project,  a  state   project, a municipal project or any combination of these.14.  "Project  cost"  shall  mean  the  actual  cost  of any municipal   project, or the estimated cost of such  project  as  determined  by  the   commissioner  of  transportation,  whichever  is  lower, plus any direct   incidental costs approved by the commissioner and the state comptroller.15. "Plan" shall mean a plan or undertaking to carry into  effect  any   municipal project.16.   "Governing  body"  shall  mean  (1)  In  a  county,  the  county   legislative body; (2) in  a  city,  the  board  of  aldermen,  a  common   council,  commission  or  other  body vested by its charter or other law   with jurisdiction to enact ordinances or local laws, except  that  in  a   city  having a population of one million or more, if there be a board of   estimate, the term "governing body" shall mean such board  of  estimate;   (3)  in  a  town,  the  town  board; and, (4) in a village, the board of   trustees.17. "Federal assistance" shall mean funds  available,  other  than  by   loan  from the federal government to the Utica transit authority, either    directly  or  through  allocation  by  the  state,   for   any   omnibus   transportation capital project.18.  "State  Assistance"  shall  mean  funds  available from the state   government to any omnibus transportation capital project.