Section 75.05. Definitions  


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  • As used in this article the following words and phrases shall have the
      following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the
      context:
        1. "Company", "community mental health services company" or "community
      mental  retardation  services  company".  A  company,  duly incorporated
      pursuant to the provisions of the  not-for-profit  corporation  law  and
      this  article,  for  the  purpose  of providing for the care, treatment,
      training, education, and residence of the mentally  disabled,  and  such
      facilities as may be incidental or appurtenant thereto.
        2. "Project", "community mental health services project" or "community
      mental  retardation  services  project". A specific work or improvement,
      including lands, buildings,  improvements,  fixtures,  and  articles  of
      personal  property, constructed, acquired, reconstructed, rehabilitated,
      managed, owned, or operated by a company pursuant to  this  article,  to
      provide  community  residential  facilities for operation as hostels for
      the mentally disabled or for the care, treatment, training, education of
      the mentally disabled, or both, including  such  facilities  as  may  be
      incidental or appurtenant thereto.
        3. "Local  governmental  unit."  A local governmental unit established
      pursuant to the provisions of article eleven of this chapter.
        4. "Project cost", "community mental health services project cost"  or
      "community  mental  retardation services project cost". The sum total of
      all costs incurred by a company  as  approved  by  the  commissioner  as
      reasonable and necessary for carrying out all works and undertakings and
      providing  all necessary equipment for the development of a project less
      any portion of any state, federal or municipal assistance grant, as  the
      commissioner  shall,  prior  to the making of a mortgage loan by the New
      York state  housing  finance  agency  to  a  company,  determine  to  be
      available to reimburse the company for the payment of such project costs
      prior to the initial occupancy of the project, and all costs relating to
      the refinancing of existing indebtedness associated with the development
      of  the  project  which constitutes a lien or other encumbrance upon the
      real property or assets of  a  company  to  be  mortgaged  or  otherwise
      pledged  to  the  agency.  These  shall  include but are not necessarily
      limited to the carrying charges during construction up to and  including
      the  occupancy  date,  working capital not exceeding three per centum of
      the estimated total cost or three percentum of the  actual  total  final
      cost,  whichever  is larger, the cost of all necessary studies, surveys,
      plans and specifications, architectural, engineering,  legal,  or  other
      special  services,  the cost of acquisition of land and any improvements
      thereon, site preparation and development, construction, reconstruction,
      rehabilitation,   improvement   and   equipment,   including   fixtures,
      equipment,  and articles of personal property required for the operation
      of care, treatment, training, educational, and  residential  facilities,
      the  reasonable  cost of financing incurred by the company in the course
      of the development of the project, up to  and  including  the  occupancy
      date,  the  fees  imposed  by the commissioner and by the New York state
      housing finance agency;  other  fees  charged,  and  necessary  expenses
      incurred  in  connection  with the initial occupancy of the project, and
      the cost of such other items as the commissioner  may  determine  to  be
      reasonable  and necessary for the development of a project, less any and
      all rents and  other  net  revenues  from  the  operation  of  the  real
      property,  improvements or personal property on the project site, or any
      part thereof, by the company on and after the date on which the contract
      between the company and the New York state housing  finance  agency  was
      entered into and prior to the occupancy date.
    
        5. "Occupancy  date". The date defined in the document providing for a
      mortgage loan between a company and the New York state  housing  finance
      agency.
        6. "Lending  Institution"  means  the  original  lender under the loan
      agreement or participants therein and its successors  and  assigns,  and
      may  include a banking institution, insurance company, foundation, labor
      union, employers association, trustees, fiduciaries or  any  combination
      of the foregoing.