Section 51-0101. Definitions

As used in this article the following terms shall mean and include:
    1.   "Commissioner"  shall  mean  the  commissioner  of  environmental
  conservation except that within and for the purposes of title eleven  of
  this article, the commissioner of parks and recreation.
    2.   "Department"   shall   mean   the   department  of  environmental
  conservation.
    3. "Federal assistance" except for  federal  public  works  act  funds
  granted for New York city's Betts avenue incinerator and Hamilton avenue
  transfer  station  and  as otherwise defined in this article, shall mean
  funds available, other than by loan, from the federal  government  to  a
  municipality,  either  directly  or  through allocation by the state for
  construction or program purposes pursuant to any federal law or program.
    4. "Governing body" shall mean
    a. in the case of a town, a town board;
    b. in the case of a county outside of the city of New York, the county
  board of supervisors or other elective governing body;
    c. in the case of a  city  or  village,  the  local  legislative  body
  thereof, as the term is defined in the municipal home rule law;
    d.  in  the  case  of  a  public  benefit  corporation,  the  board of
  directors, members or trustees thereof;
    e. in the case of a school district, the board of education thereof;
    f. in the case of a supervisory district,  the  board  of  cooperative
  educational services thereof.
    5.  "Lands"  shall  mean lands, improvements and structures thereon or
  rights,  franchises,  and  interests  therein,  lands  under  water  and
  riparian rights, and shall also mean any and all interests in lands less
  than  full title, including without limitations, easements, permanent or
  temporary, rights of way, uses, leases, licenses, and any other  estate,
  interests or right in lands, legal or equitable.
    6.  "Municipality,"  except  as otherwise defined within this article,
  shall mean a city, county, town, village, public benefit corporation  or
  school  district  or an improvement district within a city, county, town
  or village, or any combination thereof.
    7. "Office" shall mean the office of parks and recreation.