Section 2350-B. Definitions  


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  • As used or referred to in this title, unless a
      different meaning clearly appears from the context:
        1. "Agency" means the  corporation  created  by  section  twenty-three
      hundred fifty-c of this title.
        2.  "Bonds"  means the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
      issued by the agency 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 requires.
        3. "Civil service law" means the civil service law of the state.
        4. "John P. Cohalen court complex" means the  John  P.  Cohalen  court
      complex, Islip, Suffolk county.
        5. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the state.
        6. "Construct", "Construction" or "Constructed" means the acquisition,
      erection,  building,  alteration,  improvement,  increase,  enlargement,
      extension, reconstruction, renovation or rehabilitation of the  John  P.
      Cohalen  court  complex and the new replacement correctional facility at
      Yaphank; 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.
        7.  "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  and
      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  apparatus  and  equipment,
      financing charges and bond discount, 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 bond or lease guarantee, bond insurance or any other  credit  support
      device  and  the  cost  of other expenses necessary or incidental to the
      construction of any  project  and  the  financing  of  the  construction
      thereof, including the amount authorized in the resolution of the agency
      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  the
      county for expenditures that would be costs of the project hereunder had
      they been made directly by the agency.
        8. "County" means the county of Suffolk.
        9.  "County executive" means the county executive of the county, being
      the chief executive officer of the county.
        10. "County legislature" means the county legislature of the county.
        11. "Governing body" means the members of the agency constituting  and
      acting as the governing body of the agency.
        12. "Governor" means the governor of the state.
        13.  "New  replacement  correctional  facility  at  Yaphank" means the
      Suffolk county correctional facility at Yaphank, New York  or  any  part
      thereof or appurtenances or any property incidental thereto.
        14. "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, joint
      venture or corporation, exclusive of a public corporation.
        15.  "Project"  means any acquisition, erection, building, alteration,
      improvement,    increase,    enlargement,     extension,     renovation,
      rehabilitation or relocation of the John P. Cohalen court complex or the
      new replacement correctional facility at Yaphank or any part thereof.
    
        16.  "Project  labor agreement" means a pre-hire collective bargaining
      agreement between the agency and a labor organization  establishing  the
      labor  organization  as the collective bargaining representative for all
      persons who will perform work on the project, and  which  provides  that
      only  contractors  and subcontractors who sign a prenegotiated agreement
      with the labor organization can perform project work.
        17. "Properties" means the John P. Cohalen court complex  or  the  new
      replacement  correctional  facility  at  Yaphank, or any part thereof or
      appurtenances or any property incidental thereto.
        18. "Real property" means lands,  structures,  franchise,  rights  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  simply  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.
        19.  "Revenues"  means  all  rates, rents, fees, charges, payments and
      other income and receipts derived from the operation of  the  properties
      of  the  agency  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.
        20. "Secretary of state" means the secretary of state of the state.
        21. "State" means the state of New York.
        22.  "State  agency"  means  any   state   officer,   public   benefit
      corporation, department, board, commission, bureau or division, or other
      agency or instrumentality of the state.