§ 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.