NY Pub Auth L § 1021-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 1-B - North Country Power Authority 1021-A - Definitions.

§  1021-a. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context:1. "Acquire" means, with respect to any right, title or interest in or   to any property, either the act of taking by the exercise of  the  power   of eminent domain, or the acquisition by purchase or otherwise.2.  "Act"  means  the  North  Country  power authority act, being this   title.3. "Authority" means the North Country power authority established  by   section one thousand twenty-one-b of this title.4. "Commission" means the Public Service Commission.5. "Comptroller" means the state comptroller.6. "Directors" means the board of directors of the authority.7.  "Federal  government"  means  the United States of America and any   agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United  States   of America.8.  "Final  determination"  or  "finally  determined" means a judicial   decision (a) by the highest court of competent jurisdiction, or (b) by a   court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal has been taken  and   the time within which to appeal has expired.9.  "NCPA" means the North Country power authority, and its successors   and assigns.10. "Municipality" means any county, city,  town,  village,  municipal   corporation,  school  district  or  other  political  subdivision of the   state, including any agency, authority  or  public  corporation  of  the   state  or  any  of the foregoing, or any combination thereof, other than   the authority.11. "Property" means the power distribution system or systems  of  the   authority,  whether  completed  facilities  or projects in construction,   whether situated within or without the territorial limits of the service   area, including the plants, works, structures, poles,  lines,  conduits,   mains,  systems,  instrumentalities  or  parts thereof and appurtenances   thereto, lands, franchises and interest in land, including  lands  under   water and riparian rights, space rights and air rights, contract rights,   substations,   and   distribution  facilities,  or  any  other  property   incidental to and included in such  system  or  part  thereof,  and  any   improvements,  extensions or betterments. The term "property" shall also   include any and all interests in real property  less  than  full  title,   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  for  years  and  liens  thereon  by way of   judgments, mortgages or otherwise,  and  also  all  claims  for  damages   related to such real estate.12.  "Revenues"  means  all  rates, rents, fees, charges, payments and   other income and receipts derived by the authority from the operation of   the properties of the authority other than the proceeds of the sales  of   its  securities,  including, but not limited to, investment proceeds and   proceeds of insurance, condemnation, and sales or other  disposition  of   assets, together with all federal, state or municipal aid.13.  "Security" means any bond, note or other obligation issued by the   authority.14. "State" means the state of New York.15. "State agency" means any  board,  authority,  agency,  department,   commission,  public  corporation, body politic or instrumentality of the   state.