§ 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.