Section 44-0103. Definitions

As  used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the
  following meanings unless the context  indicates  another  or  different
  meaning or intent:
    1.  "Hudson  river  valley" shall mean the areas of Bronx and New York
  counties designated pursuant to section 44-0109  of  this  article,  the
  counties  of  Westchester,  Rockland,  Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster,
  Columbia, Greene, Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Washington, excluding
  any area of Greene county  within  the  Catskill  park,  as  defined  in
  subdivision two of section 9-0101 of this chapter.
    2. "Compact"  or  "greenway  compact"  shall mean the overall greenway
  plan adopted by the council pursuant to section 44-0119 of this article.
    3. "Conservancy" or "greenway heritage  conservancy"  shall  mean  the
  greenway  heritage  conservancy  for  the  Hudson river valley, a public
  benefit corporation, reestablished pursuant to section 44-0111  of  this
  article.
    4. "Council"  shall  mean the Hudson river valley greenway communities
  council reenacted pursuant to section 44-0105 of this article.
    5. "Countryside" shall mean the cities, towns and villages within  the
  greenway which do not border the Hudson river.
    6. "Greenway  criteria"  or "criteria" shall mean natural and cultural
  resource protection, regional  planning,  economic  development,  public
  access  and heritage environmental education identified as the basis for
  attaining the goal of a Hudson river valley greenway.
    7. "Greenway" shall mean the  area  designated  as  the  Hudson  river
  valley greenway pursuant to section 44-0109 of this article.
    8.  "Greenway  districts"  or  "districts"  shall  mean  areas made of
  neighboring communities  within  the  greenway  and  designated  by  the
  council for the purpose of regional planning.
    9. "Greenway trail" or "trail" means the trail established pursuant to
  section 44-0121 of this article.
    10. "Participating  community"  shall  mean  a  county,  city, town or
  village which has adopted the regional plan for its district pursuant to
  section 44-0119 of this article.
    11. "Riverside" shall mean the cities, towns and villages  within  the
  greenway which border the Hudson river and shall include the city of New
  York,  with  respect  to areas of Bronx and New York counties designated
  pursuant to section 44-0109 of this article.
    12. "Chief elected  official  of  a  county"  shall  mean  the  county
  executive,   or  if  there  is  none,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of
  supervisors, or if there  is  neither,  any  other  officers  possessing
  similar powers and duties.
    13.   "Fund"   shall  mean  the  Hudson  river  valley  greenway  fund
  established in section ninety-seven-n of the state finance law.