NY Pub Auth L § 1232-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority 1232-B - Definitions.

§  1232-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context:1. "Attorney general" means the state attorney general.2. "Authority" means the public benefit corporation created by section   twelve hundred thirty-two-c of this title.3. "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.4. "Comptroller" means the state comptroller.5.  "Construction"  means  the  negotiation,  acquisition,   erection,   building,   alteration,  improvement,  testing,  increase,  enlargement,   extension, reconstruction, interconnection, renovation or rehabilitation   of storm water resources facility,  sewerage  facility  or  storm  water   resources  and  sewerage facility as the case may be; the inspection and   supervision  thereof;  and  the   engineering,   architectural,   legal,   appraisal,  fiscal,  environmental and economic investigations, services   and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings,  specifications,   procedures and other actions preliminary or incidental thereto.6.   "Cost"   as   applied  to  any  project,  includes  the  cost  of   construction, the cost of the acquisition of all property both real  and   personal, and improved and unimproved; the cost of 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  systems,   facilities, machinery,  apparatus,  fixtures  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  lease  guarantee  or   bond  insurance;  and the cost of other expenses necessary or incidental   to  the  construction  of  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 fund from the proceeds of such  bonds  and  the   financing  of  the  placing  of  any  project  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 the project hereunder had they  been   made directly by the authority.7. "County" means the county of Nassau.8.  "County  charter"  or  "charter  of  the  county" means the county   government law of Nassau county.9. "County executive" means the county executive of the county.10. "County legislature" means the county legislature of the county.11. "District" means the Nassau county sewer and storm water resources   district created by the chapter of the laws of two thousand  three  that   added this title.12.  "Facility" or "facilities" means collectively a sewerage facility   or sewerage facilities and storm water resources facility or storm water   resources facilities.13. "Governing body" means the members of the  authority  constituting   and acting as the governing body of the authority.14.  "Municipality" means any county, city, town, village, improvement   district under the town law, commissioner-run district, any  other  such   instrumentality,  including  any  agency,  or  public corporation of the   state, or any of the foregoing or any combination thereof. 15. "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, joint   venture, limited liability company or corporation, exclusive of a public   corporation  as  defined  pursuant  to  article  two-A  of  the  general   construction law.16.  "Prior districts" means the twenty-seven county sewage collection   districts  and  three  county  sewage  disposal   districts   heretofore   established by the county pursuant to the county charter and existing on   the day immediately prior to the effective date of this title.17.  "Project"  means  any  storm  water  resources facility, sewerage   facility or storm water resources and sewerage facility, as the case may   be, including  the  acquisition,  planning,  development,  financing  or   construction thereof.18.  "Properties"  means the storm water resources, sewerage and storm   water resources and sewerage system or systems of the authority, whether   situated within or without  the  territorial  limits  of  the  district,   including  the  plants,  works,  structures,  instrumentalities or parts   thereof and appurtenances thereto, real property, storm water  resources   facilities,  sewerage facilities or any other property incidental to and   included  in  such  system  or  systems  or  part   thereof,   and   any   improvements, extensions and betterments.19.  "Real  property"  means lands, structures, franchises, rights and   interests in lands, waters, lands 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.20. "Revenues" means  all  payments  and  other  income  and  receipts   derived  by  the authority including, without limiting the generality of   the  foregoing,  investment  proceeds  and  proceeds  of  insurance  and   condemnation, together with all federal, state or municipal aid.21.  "Sewage"  means  the  water-carried  human  or animal wastes from   residences,  buildings,  industrial  establishments  or  other   places,   together with such ground water infiltration and surface water as may be   present.  The  admixture  of  sewage with industrial or other waste also   shall be considered "sewage" within the meaning of this title.22. "Sewerage facility" or "sewerage  facilities"  means  any  plants,   structures  and other real and personal property acquired, rehabilitated   or constructed or planned for  the  purpose  of  collecting,  conveying,   pumping,  treating,  neutralizing,  storing  and  disposing  of  sewage,   including but not limited  to  main,  trunk,  intercepting,  connecting,   lateral,  outlet  or other sewers, outfalls, pumping stations, treatment   and disposal plants, ground water recharge basins, back-flow  prevention   devices,   sludge  dewatering  or  disposal  equipment  and  facilities,   clarifiers, filters, phosphorus  removal  equipment  and  other  plants,   works,  structures,  equipment,  vehicles, conveyances, contract rights,   franchises, approaches, connections, permits, real or personal  property   or  rights  therein  and  appurtenances  thereto necessary or useful and   convenient  for  the   collection,   conveyance,   pumping,   treatment,   neutralizing,  storing  and  disposing  of  sewage and to the extent not   covered by the foregoing, any facilities operated and maintained by  the   prior districts.23.  "Sewerage  services" means the collection, treatment and disposal   of sewage, any services provided by a sewerage facility  and  any  other   service related thereto.24. "State" means the state of New York. 25.   "State   agency"   means   any  state  officer,  public  benefit   corporation, department, board, commission, bureau or division,  or  any   other agency or instrumentality of the state.26.  "Storm  water  resources  facility"  or  "storm  water  resources   facilities" means any plants, structures and  other  real  and  personal   property acquired, rehabilitated, constructed or planned for the purpose   of  providing  storm water resources services, including but not limited   to accumulating, transmitting or treating surface water, storm water  or   ground water, including but not limited to surface water, storm water or   ground  water  reservoirs,  basins, dams, canals, aqueducts, standpipes,   outfalls, conduits, pipelines, mains, pumping stations, pumps,  ditches,   wells,  injection  wells,  treatment  plants and works, contract rights,   franchises, approaches, connections, permits, meters, rights of  flowage   or   diversion   and  other  plants,  structures,  equipment,  vehicles,   conveyances,  real  or  personal  property   or   rights   therein   and   appurtenances  thereto  necessary  or  useful  and  convenient  for  the   accumulation, transmission, or treatment  of  surface  water  or  ground   water;  provided,  however,  that  such facilities shall not include any   facility for the provision of potable water.27. "Storm water resources services" means the  collection,  treatment   and  disposal  of  storm  water and contaminated surface water or ground   water; the development, implementation and monitoring of insect  control   programs;  the  monitoring  and  testing  of  surface  and  ground water   quality; the development and implementation of hazardous  waste  testing   programs; the development and implementation of hydro-geological studies   and reports of the territory encompassing the district; and any services   provided  by  a  storm  water  resources  facility and any other service   related thereto; provided, however, that such services shall not include   the provision of potable water; provided further that in  no  way  shall   the  provisions of this title be construed to expand storm water related   services for which the authority is authorized to  provide  beyond  such   services  provided by the county department of public works prior to the   effective date of this title.