New York § 481 - 481Definitions

§ 481. 481Definitions

§ 481. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Transportation infrastructure project" shall mean a project undertaken with funds provided in whole or in part by the rebuild and renew New York transportation bond act of two thousand five, for those transportation programs set forth in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section four hundred eighty of this article. 2. "Municipality" shall mean a city; a county not wholly contained within a city; a town; a village; a public benefit corporation or other public authority or corporation, or two or more of the foregoing acting jointly. Provided, however, that "municipality" shall not include the port authority of New York and New Jersey. 3. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of transportation of the state of New York. 4. "Department" shall mean the department of transportation of the state of New York. 5. "Federal assistance" shall mean funds available from the federal government for any municipal transportation infrastructure project. 6. "Municipal transportation infrastructure project" shall mean a transportation infrastructure project undertaken by a municipality with funds provided in whole or in part by the rebuild and renew New York transportation bond act of two thousand five, for those transportation programs set forth in subdivision two of section four hundred seventy of this article, pursuant to an agreement between such municipality and the commissioner. 7. "Municipal project cost" shall mean the actual cost of a municipal transportation infrastructure project or the estimated reasonable cost thereof as determined by the commissioner, whichever is less, and less any federal assistance received or to be received for such project. 8. "Bond proceeds" shall mean moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds and/or notes sold pursuant to the rebuild and renew New York transportation bond act of two thousand five for uses set forth in subdivision a of section four of the rebuild and renew New York transportation bond act of two thousand five. 9. "Canal corporation" shall mean the New York state canal corporation created as a subsidiary corporation of the New York state thruway authority pursuant to chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-two and continued and reconstituted as a subsidiary corporation of the power authority of the state of New York pursuant to subdivision one of section one thousand five-b of the public authorities law. 10. "Canal system" shall mean the "New York state canal system" shall mean all of the canals, canal lands, feeder canals, reservoirs, canal terminals, canal terminal lands and other property under the jurisdiction of the canal corporation of the state of New York pursuant to article one-A of the canal law. 11. "Metropolitan transportation authority" shall mean the corporation created by section twelve hundred sixty-three of the public authorities law. 12. "New York city transit authority" shall mean the corporation created by section twelve hundred one of the public authorities law. 13. "Triborough bridge and tunnel authority" shall mean the corporation created by section five hundred fifty-two of the public authorities law. 14. "Port Authority of New York and New Jersey" shall mean that body corporate and politic created pursuant to article three of chapter one hundred fifty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, and designated as "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey" by such chapter.