NY Pub Auth L § 1199-BB-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-E* - Orange County Water Authority 1199-BB*2 - Definitions.

* § 1199-bb. 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   one hundred ninety-nine-dd of this title.2. "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.3. "Civil service commission" means the civil  service  commission  of   the county.4. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the state.5.   "Construction"   means   the   acquisition,  erection,  building,   alteration,    improvement,    increase,     enlargement,     extension,   reconstruction,  renovation  or  rehabilitation  of  a water system; 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.6.  "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 and  personal  and  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 systems, facilities,  machines,  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, other credit support device 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 funds   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 Orange.8. "County executive" means the county executive of the county.9. "County legislature" means the county legislature of the county.10. "District" means the  Orange  county  water  district  created  by   section one thousand one hundred ninety-nine-cc of this title.11.  "Distribution  system"  means  the  water  facility or facilities   employed to deliver water from a transmission facility, or  where  there   is  no  transmission  facility,  from a supply facility, to the ultimate   consumers of such water.12. "Governing body" means the members of the  authority  constituting   and acting as the governing body of the authority.13.  "Municipality" means any county, city, town, village, improvement   district under the town law, any other such  instrumentality,  including   any  agency, or public corporation of the state, or any of the foregoing   or any combination thereof.14. "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, joint   venture or corporation, exclusive of a public corporation.15. "Project" means any water facility. 16. "Properties" means the water system or systems of  the  authority,   whether  situated  within  or  without  the  territorial  limits  of the   district, including the plants, works, structures, instrumentalities  or   part thereof and appurtenances thereto, real property, water facilities,   or  any  other  property  incidental  to  and included in such system or   systems or part thereof, any improvements, extensions and betterments.17. "Real property" means lands,  structures,  franchise,  rights  and   interests  in  land,  waters,  land under water, 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.18.  "Revenues"  means  all  rates,  fees, charges, payments and other   income and receipts derived from the operation of the properties of  the   authority  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.19. "State" means the state of New York.20.   "State   agency"   means   any  state  officer,  public  benefit   corporation, department, board, commission, bureau or division, or other   agency or instrumentality of the state.21.  "Supply  facility"  means  a  water  facility  employed  to  make   groundwater, surface water or water to be purchased from the city of New   York, the New York city municipal water finance authority, New York city   water  board  or  any  agency  or instrumentality thereof, available for   delivery into a transmission facility or distribution system.22. "Transmission facility" means a water facility used to carry water   from a supply facility to a distribution system.23.  "Water  facility"  or  "water  facilities"  means   any   plants,   structures  and other real and personal property acquired, rehabilitated   or 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.* NB There are 2 § 1199-bb's