NY Pub Auth L § 1226-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 10 - Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Finance Authority 1226-B - Definitions.

§  1226-b. 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  one  thousand   two hundred twenty-six-c of this title.2.  "Board  of  water  supply"  means the board of water supply of the   city.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. "City" means the city of Utica, Oneida county.5. "Civil service commission" means the civil  service  commission  of   the county of Oneida.6. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the state.7.  "Construction"  or  "constructed" means the acquisition, erection,   building, alteration,  improvement,  increase,  enlargement,  extension,   reconstruction,  renovation  or  rehabilitation of a water facility; 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.8.  "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 water facilities,  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.9. "Council" means the common council of the city.10. "County" means the county of Oneida, New York.11. "County executive" means the county executive of the county.12. "County legislature" means the county legislature of the county.13.  "Governing  body" means the members of the authority or the water   board, as the case may be, constituting and acting as the governing body   of the authority or the water board, as the case may be.14. "Mayor" means the mayor of the city.15. "Municipality" means any county, city, town, village,  special  or   improvement  district  under  the  town law or the county law, any other   such instrumentality, including any agency, or public corporation of the   state and the board of water supply, or any  of  the  foregoing  or  any   combination  thereof  located  or  operating within or partly within the   service area. 16. "Person" means any natural person, firm, partnership, association,   joint venture or corporation,  exclusive  of  a  public  corporation  as   defined pursuant to article two-A of the general construction law.17.  "Project"  means  any  water  facility,  including  the planning,   development, financing or construction thereof.18. "Properties" means the water facility or facilities of  the  water   board,  whether situated within or without the territorial limits of the   service area, including the plants, works, structures, instrumentalities   or part thereof and appurtenances thereto, real property, or  any  other   property  incidental  to  and included in such facility or facilities or   part thereof, and any improvements, extensions and betterments.19. "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.20. "Revenues" means all rates,  fees,  charges,  payments  and  other   income  and receipts derived from the operation of the properties of the   water board 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.21.  "Service  area"  means  the  area comprising the entirety of each   municipality in which water was provided by the city  or  the  board  of   water  supply on the date on which this title becomes effective, as such   area shall hereinafter be expanded or decreased, from time to  time,  by   special act of the state legislature.22. "State" means the state of New York.23.   "State   agency"   means   any  state  officer,  public  benefit   corporation, department, board, commission, bureau or division, or other   agency or instrumentality of the state.24. "Water board" means the corporation created by special act of  the   state  legislature  as  provided  in  section  one  thousand two hundred   twenty-six-e of this title.25.  "Water  facility"  or  "water  facilities"  means   any   plants,   structures  and  other  property,  real,  personal  or  mixed, acquired,   rehabilitated, constructed or planned for the purpose  of  accumulating,   supplying,  transmitting,  treating or distributing water, including but   not limited to surface or groundwater reservoirs, basins, dams,  canals,   aqueducts,   aqueduct  taps,  standpipes,  conduits,  pipelines,  mains,   pumping  stations,  pumps,  water  distribution  systems,   compensating   reservoirs,  intake  stations,  waterworks  or  sources of water supply,   wells, purification or filtration plants or other treatment  plants  and   works,  contract  rights,  franchises, approaches, connections, permits,   water  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,  supply,  transmission, treatment or   distribution of water.