NY Pub Auth L § 1115-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 6 - Albany Municipal Water Finance Authority 1115-A - Definitions.

§  1115-a. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning clearly appears from the context:1. "Agreement" shall mean any  agreement  entered  into  by  the  city   pursuant  to  section  one thousand one hundred fifteen-g or section one   thousand one hundred fifteen-h of this title.2. "Authority" shall mean  the  corporation  created  by  section  one   thousand one hundred fifteen-b of this title.3.  "Bonds"  shall  mean  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" shall mean the city of Albany.5.  "Common council" or "council" shall mean the common council of the   city.6. "Civil service commission" shall mean the civil service  commission   of the city.7. "Comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state.8.  "Construction"  shall  mean  the  acquisition, erection, building,   alteration,    improvement,    increase,     enlargement,     extension,   reconstruction,  renovation  or  rehabilitation  of a water, sewerage or   water, and  sewerage  system  or  project,  as  the  case  may  be;  the   inspection  and supervision thereof; and the engineering, architectural,   legal, fiscal and economic and environmental investigations and studies,   surveys, designs, plans, working  drawings,  specifications,  procedures   and  other  actions preliminary or incidental thereto and claims arising   therefrom.9. "Contracting agency" shall mean the authority or the  water  board,   as the case may be.10.   "Cost",  as  applied  to  any  project,  includes  the  cost  of   construction, the cost of the acquisition  of  all  property,  including   both  real,  personal  and  mixed,  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  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  city, 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.11. "Governing body" shall mean 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.12. "Mayor" shall mean the mayor of the city.13.  "Municipality"  shall  mean  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" shall mean any natural person or any  firm,  partnership,   association,   joint   venture   or  corporation,  exclusive  of  public   corporations as  defined  pursuant  to  article  two-A  of  the  general   construction law.15.  "Project"  shall  mean  any  water facility, sewerage facility or   water  and  sewerage  facility,  including  the  planning,  development,   financing or construction thereof.16.  "Properties"  shall mean the water supply and distribution system   or systems of the water board, and sewerage system  or  systems  of  the   water  board,  whether situated within or without the territorial limits   of the city, including the plants, works, structures,  instrumentalities   or   part  thereof  and  appurtenances  thereto,  real  property,  water   facilities, sewerage facilities or any other property incidental to  and   included   in  such  system  or  part  thereof,  and  any  improvements,   extensions and betterments.17. "Real property"  shall  mean  lands,  structures,  franchises  and   interests  in  land,  waters,  lands  underwater, ground 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"  shall  mean rates, rents, fees, charges, payments and   other income and receipts derived  from  users  of  a  water  system  or   sewerage  system  of  the  city  or  the  water board including, without   limiting the  generality  of  the  foregoing,  investment  proceeds  and   proceeds  of  insurance,  condemnation, sale or other disposition of any   part  thereof,  together  with  all  federal,  state  or  municipal  aid   therefor.19.  "Sewage" shall mean the water-carried human or animal wastes from   residences,  buildings,  industrial  establishments  or  other   places,   together  with such groundwater infiltration and surface water as may be   present. The admixture with sewage of industrial  or  other  waste  also   shall be considered "sewage" within the meaning of this title.20.  "Sewerage  facility"  or  "sewerage  facilities"  shall  mean any   plants, structures  and  other  real  and  personal  property  acquired,   rehabilitated  or  constructed or planned for the purpose of collecting,   treating 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,  groundwater   recharge  basins,  back-flow  prevention  devices,  sludge dewatering or   disposal  equipment  and  facilities,  clarifiers,  filters,  phosphorus   removal  equipment,  and  other plants, structures, equipment, vehicles,   conveyances,  real  or  personal  property   or   rights   therein   and   appurtenances  thereto  necessary  or  useful  and  convenient  for  the   collection, conveyance, pumping, neutralizing, storing and disposing  of   sewage.21.  "Sewerage  system"  shall  mean  the  sewage collection, pumping,   treatment, neutralizing, storage and disposal system  or  systems  owned   by,  in  the possession of, or under the jurisdiction and control of the   city  or  the  water  board,   including   all   additions,   increases,   enlargements, extensions or improvements thereto.22. "State" shall mean the state of New York.23.  "State  agency"  shall  mean any state office, department, board,   commission, bureau or division, or other agency  or  instrumentality  of   the state. 24.  "Water board" shall mean the corporation created by a special act   of the state legislature at the request  of  the  city  as  provided  in   section one thousand one hundred fifteen-e of this title.25.  "Water  facility"  or  "water  facilities" shall mean any plants,   structures and other real and personal property 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,   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, connections, 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.26. "Water system" shall mean the water supply and distribution system   or  systems  owned  by, in the possession of, or under the jurisdiction,   control and regulation of the city or the  water  board,  including  all   additions, increases, enlargements, extensions or improvements thereto.