Section 901. 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  nine  hundred
  two 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 of Suffolk.
    4. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the state.
    5. "Construction" or "constructed" means  the  acquisition,  erection,
  building,  alteration,  improvement,  increase,  enlargement, extension,
  reconstruction, renovation  or  rehabilitation  of  the  authority;  the
  inspection  and supervision thereof; and the engineering, architectural,
  legal, fiscal and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs,
  plans, working drawings, specifications,  procedure  and  other  actions
  preliminary or incidental thereto and claims arising therefrom.
    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,  personal  and mixed,
  improved and unimproved,  the  cost  of  the  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 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 guarantee, bond insurance or other credit  support  devices  and  the
  cost  of  other  expenses necessary or incidental to the construction of
  any  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 funds from the proceeds of such bonds and the financing  of  the
  placing  of  any  project  in  operation, including reimbursement to 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 Suffolk, New York.
    8. "County executive" means the county executive of the county.
    9. "County legislature" means the county legislature of the county.
    10. "Governing body" means the members of the  authority  constituting
  and acting as the governing body of the authority.
    11.  "Municipality"  means any county, city, town, village, special or
  improvement district located or operating within or  partly  within  the
  service area.
    12.  "Person"  means  any  natural  person, firm, partnership, limited
  liability company, association, joint venture or corporation,  exclusive
  of  a  public  corporation  as  defined pursuant to article two-A of the
  general construction law.
    13. "Project" means a  regional  wholesale  market  facility  operated
  primarily for perishable agricultural commodities and commercial fishing
  products,  including  the lands, building, fixtures, equipment and other
  appurtenances  necessary  or   incidental   thereto,   constituting   an
  integrated market for the service area and which serves as a significant
  source of supply of such commodities to such area.

    14.  "Real  property"  means lands, structures, franchises, rights and
  interests in land, air space, waters, land 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.
    15.  "Revenues"  means  all  rates,  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, if any.
    16.  "Service  area"  means  the  area  comprising the entirety of the
  county of Suffolk.
    17. "State" means the state of New York.
    18.  "State  agency"  means  any   state   officer,   public   benefit
  corporation, department, board, commission, bureau or division, or other
  agency or instrumentality of the state.