NY Pub Auth L § 1199-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8-D - Rensselaer County Water and Sewer Authority 1199-A - Definitions.

§  1199-a. 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-c 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,  sewerage  or   water  and  sewerage  system,  as  the  case  may be; the inspection and   supervision thereof; and the engineering, architectural,  legal,  fiscal   and  economic  investigations  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,  including   real  property  and  other 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   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 Rensselaer.8. "County executive" means the county executive of the county.9. "County legislature" means the county legislature of the county.10.  "District"  means  the Rensselaer county water and sewer district   created by section one thousand one hundred ninety-nine-b 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, sewerage facility or water and   sewerage facility.16.  "Properties"  means  the  water,  sewerage and water 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 part thereof and appurtenances thereto,   real property,  water  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.17. "Real property" means lands, structures,  franchises,  rights  and   interests  in  land,  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.18.  "Revenues"  means  all  rates, rents, 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.19. "Sewage" means 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"  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, groundwater 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.21. "State" means the state of New York.22.   "State   agency"   means   any  state  officer,  public  benefit   corporation, department, board, commission, bureau or division, or other   agency or instrumentality of the state.23.  "Supply  facility"  means  a  water  facility  employed  to  make   groundwater  or surface water available for delivery into a transmission   facility or distribution system.24. "Transmission facility" means a water facility used to carry water   from a supply facility to a distribution system.25.  "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,   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.