§ 1021-a. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a
different meaning clearly appears from the context:

1. "Acquire" means, with respect to any right, title or interest in or
to any property, either the act of taking by the exercise of the power
of eminent domain, or the acquisition by purchase or otherwise.

2. "Act" means the North Country power authority act, being this
title.

3. "Authority" means the North Country power authority established by
section one thousand twenty-one-b of this title.

4. "Commission" means the Public Service Commission.

5. "Comptroller" means the state comptroller.

6. "Directors" means the board of directors of the authority.

7. "Federal government" means the United States of America and any
agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States
of America.

8. "Final determination" or "finally determined" means a judicial
decision (a) by the highest court of competent jurisdiction, or (b) by a
court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal has been taken and
the time within which to appeal has expired.

9. "NCPA" means the North Country power authority, and its successors
and assigns.

10. "Municipality" means any county, city, town, village, municipal
corporation, school district or other political subdivision of the
state, including any agency, authority or public corporation of the
state or any of the foregoing, or any combination thereof, other than
the authority.

11. "Property" means the power distribution system or systems of the
authority, whether completed facilities or projects in construction,
whether situated within or without the territorial limits of the service
area, including the plants, works, structures, poles, lines, conduits,
mains, systems, instrumentalities or parts thereof and appurtenances
thereto, lands, franchises and interest in land, including lands under
water and riparian rights, space rights and air rights, contract rights,
substations, and distribution facilities, or any other property
incidental to and included in such system or part thereof, and any
improvements, extensions or betterments. The term "property" shall also
include any and all interests in real property less than full title,
such as 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, and also all claims for damages
related to such real estate.

12. "Revenues" means all rates, rents, fees, charges, payments and
other income and receipts derived by the authority from the operation of
the properties of the authority other than the proceeds of the sales of
its securities, including, but not limited to, investment proceeds and
proceeds of insurance, condemnation, and sales or other disposition of
assets, together with all federal, state or municipal aid.

13. "Security" means any bond, note or other obligation issued by the
authority.

14. "State" means the state of New York.

15. "State agency" means any board, authority, agency, department,
commission, public corporation, body politic or instrumentality of the
state.