NY Pub Auth L § 2642-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 28-AA - Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany and Steuben Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority 2642-B - Definitions.

§  2642-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a   different meaning appears from the context:1.  "Authority"  shall  mean  the  corporation  created   by   section   twenty-six hundred forty-two-c of this title.2.   "Authority   facilities"  shall  mean  the  authority's  railroad   facilities and operations pursuant  to  joint  service  arrangements  as   defined in subdivision eight of this section.3. "Commonwealth" shall mean the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.4.  "Commonwealth  agency"  or "agency of the Commonwealth" shall mean   any officer, department, board, commissioner, bureau,  division,  public   benefit  corporation,  agency  or instrumentality of the Commonwealth of   Pennsylvania.5. "Comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state of New York.6. "Equipment" shall mean rolling stock,  vehicles,  motors,  boilers,   engines,   wires,  ways,  conduits  and  mechanisms,  machinery,  tools,   implements, materials, supplies, instruments and devices of every nature   whatsoever used  or  useful  for  railroad  and  related  transportation   purposes or for the generation or transmission of motive power including   but  not  limited to all power houses, and all apparatus and all devices   for signaling, communications  and  ventilation  as  may  be  necessary,   convenient  or  desirable  for  the  operation  of a railroad or related   transportation facility.7. "Federal government" shall mean the United States of  America,  and   any   officer,   department,   board,   commission,   bureau,  division,   corporation, agency or instrumentality thereof.8. "Joint service arrangements" shall mean agreements between or among   the authority and any common carrier or freight  forwarder,  the  state,   the  Commonwealth,  any  state agency or agency of the Commonwealth, the   federal government,  any  other  state  or  Commonwealth  or  agency  or   instrumentality  thereof,  any  public  authority  of  this or any other   state,  any  participating  county,  or  any  political  subdivision  or   municipality   of  this  or  any  other  state,  relating  to  property,   buildings,   structures,    facilities,    services,    rates,    fares,   classifications,   divisions,   allowances   or  charges,  or  rules  or   regulations pertaining thereto, for or in connection with or  incidental   to  transportation in part in or upon railroad facilities located within   the counties of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany  and  Steuben  and  in   part in or upon railroad facilities located outside said counties.9. "Legislative body" or "legislative bodies" shall mean any or all of   the  governing  boards  of  the  counties  of  Chautauqua,  Cattaraugus,   Allegany and Steuben.10. "Municipality" shall mean any county, including  the  counties  of   Chautauqua,  Cattaraugus,  Allegany  and  Steuben,  city, town, village,   school district, improvement district, any other  such  instrumentality,   including  an  agency or public benefit corporation of the state, or any   of the foregoing, or any combination thereof.11. "Participating counties" shall  mean  those  of  the  counties  of   Chautauqua,  Cattaraugus, Allegany and Steuben that shall have appointed   members of the authority.12.  "Railroad  facilities"  shall  mean  right-of-way   and   related   trackage,  rails, cars, locomotives, other rolling stock, signal, power,   fuel, communication and ventilation  systems,  power  plants,  stations,   terminals,  parking lots, garages, warehouses, storage yards, intermodal   facilities, repair and maintenance shops, yards,  equipment  and  parts,   offices  and  other  real  estate  or  personalty  used  or  held for or   incidental to  the  operation,  rehabilitation  or  improvement  of  any   railroad  operating  or to operate between points within the counties of   Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany  and  Steuben  or  pursuant  to  joint    service   arrangements,   including   but   not  limited  to  buildings,   structures, and areas notwithstanding that portions thereof may  not  be   devoted  to  any  railroad purpose other than the production of revenues   available  for  the  costs  and expenses of all or any facilities of the   authority.13. "Real property"  shall  mean  lands,  structures,  franchises  and   interests  in  land,  waters, lands 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.14. "State" shall mean the state of New York.15.  "State  agency"  shall  mean  any  officer,  department,   board,   commissioner,  bureau,  division,  public benefit corporation, agency or   instrumentality of the state of New York.16. "Southern tier extension railroad line" shall  mean  the  railroad   line  generally  described  as  located between the city of Hornell, New   York (Cass street interlocking, at approximately milepost 331.8) and the   New York-Pennsylvania state line in the county of Chautauqua.