New York Laws
Title 32 - Albany County Airport Authority
2778 - Definitions.

§ 2778. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a
different meaning clearly appears from the context:

1. "Airport" (a) shall mean any area of land or water which is used or
intended for use, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any
appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport
buildings, parking facilities or other airport facilities or
rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities
located thereon; and (b) includes any heliport.

2. "Airport hazard" shall mean any structure or object of natural
growth located on or in the vicinity of an airport, or any use of land
near such an airport, which obstructs the airspace required for the
flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at such airport or is
otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft.

3. "Authority" shall mean the corporation created by this title.

4. "Aviation facilities" shall mean any airport facility or terminal
including but not limited to any facility, property or equipment
necessary, convenient or desirable for the landing, taking off,
accommodation or servicing of aircraft of all types, and shall include
such other facilities, equipment, property, structures and appurtenances
as may be necessary or convenient in the operation, maintenance,
development or improvement of an airport including facilities,
equipment, property, structures, and appurtenances, leased by the
authority to persons, engaged in air transportation or the production or
development of materials, goods or equipment for an airport or air
transportation or in providing facilities or equipment for the
accommodation, safety, security or comfort of the traveling public and
for purposes related or incidental to one or more of the foregoing
purposes. It shall include, without limitation, runways, aprons,
hangars, control towers, ramps, taxiways, navigation aids, warehouses,
office and service buildings, structures, parking facilities, concession
facilities, maintenance facilities, fuel facilities, facilities for the
overnight accommodation of passengers and carrier employees, including
hotels and motels located at the authority's airport, and facilities for
the loading, unloading, holding, interchange or transfer of such
passengers, freight, baggage or cargo. It shall also mean any property
necessary to remove, mitigate, prevent or limit airports hazards. It
shall also mean facilities and equipment providing access to an airport
facility or terminal, including appropriate mass transportation terminal
facilities at and within the airport facility or terminal itself. It
shall also mean pollution control facilities, highways, bridges, access
roads, driveways and approaches in the vicinity of an airport facility
or terminal providing improved access to such airport facility or
terminal.

5. "Bonds" shall mean 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 bond holders which shall
apply with equal force and effect to notes and note holders unless the
context otherwise clearly requires.

6. "Construction" shall mean the acquisition, erection, building,
alteration, repair, improvement, increase, enlargement, extension,
installation, reconstruction, renovation or rehabilitation of a project
including any appurtenances thereto which may be necessary or desirable
to promote the efficiency or effectiveness of such project; the
inspection and supervision thereof; and the engineering, consulting,
architectural, legal, fiscal and economic and environmental
investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings,
specifications, procedures and other actions incidental thereto and
claims arising therefrom.

7. "Cost", as applied to any project, shall include the cost of
construction, the cost of the acquisition of all property both real and
personal, improved and unimproved, the cost of demolishing, removing or
relocating any buildings or structures on lands so acquired, including
the cost of relocating tenants or other occupants of the buildings or
structures on such land and the cost of acquiring any lands to which
such buildings or structures may be moved or relocated, the cost of all
systems, facilities, 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 consultants and legal services, the cost of lease, guarantees, credit
enhancement or bond insurance, other expenses necessary or incidental to
the construction of 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 fund from the proceeds of such bonds and the
financing of the placing of any project in operation, including
reimbursement to any public corporation, the state, the federal
government or any other person for expenditures, that would be costs of
the project hereunder had they been made directly by the authority.

8. "County" shall mean Albany county.

9. "Equipment" shall mean snow removal vehicles, fire fighting and
rescue vehicles, passenger and freight vehicles, aircraft, motors,
boilers, engines, wires, ways, conduits and mechanisms, machinery,
tools, implements, materials, supplies, instruments and devices of every
nature whatsoever used or useful for aviation and transportation
purposes or for the generation or transmission of motive power including
but not limited to all power houses, and all apparatus and all devices
for navigation, security, safety, signaling, communications and
ventilation as may be necessary, convenient or desirable for the
operation of aviation facilities and pollution control facilities.

10. "Facility" shall mean, among other things, such properties,
structures, appurtenances, utilities, terminals, railroad trackage,
warehouses, elevators and such other works, properties, buildings or
allied items necessary or desirable in connection with development,
operation, maintenance or improvement of airport and public
transportation needs and for the accommodation, safety, security or
comfort of the public and of commercial enterprise.

11. "Federal government" shall mean the United states of America, and
any department, board, commission, bureau, division, corporation, agency
or instrumentality thereof.

12. "Joint service arrangements" shall mean agreements between or
among the authority and any person, the state, the county, any other
public corporation, the federal government, any other state or agency or
instrumentality thereof, relating to property, buildings, structures,
facilities, services, rates, fares, classification, divisions,
allowances or charges (including charges between operators of railroad,
omnibus and aviation facilities), or rules or regulations pertaining
thereto, for or in connection with or incidental to transportation in
part in or upon railroad, omnibus or aviation facilities located within
the county and in part in or upon railroad, omnibus or aviation
facilities located outside the county.

13. "Municipality" shall mean a county, city, town, village or school
district.

14. "Person" shall mean any natural person, firm, partnership
association, joint venture or corporation, exclusive of a public
corporation.

15. "Personal property" shall mean chattels and other tangible things
of a moveable or removable nature.

16. "Pollution control facilities" shall mean any equipment,
improvement, structure or facility or any land and any building,
structure, facility or other improvement thereon, or any combination
thereof, and all property deemed necessary therewith, having to do with
or the end purpose of which is the control, abatement or prevention of
land, sewer, water, air, noise or general environmental pollution
deriving from the operation of aviation facilities, including, but not
limited to, any air pollution control facility, noise abatement or
suppression facility (including physical barriers, landscaping and sound
proofing for the purpose of diminishing the effect of aircraft noise on
any area adjacent to an airport), water management facility, waste water
collecting systems, waste water treatment works, sewage treatment works
system, or sewage treatment system or site.

17. "Property" shall mean both real and personal property.

18. "Project" shall mean any property or improvements located within
the state of New York and within or outside or partially outside Albany
county, including, but not limited to, machinery, equipment and other
facilities deemed necessary or desirable in connection therewith, or
incidental thereto, whether or not now in existence or under
construction, which shall be necessary or suitable for aviation purposes
and airport development and which may include or mean aviation
facilities and pollution control facilities provided, however, the
authority shall not use its funds in respect of any part of a project
located wholly or partially outside the county without the prior consent
thereto by the governing body of any other county in which a part or
parts of the project is, or is to be located. It shall also mean any
property necessary to remove, mitigate, prevent or limit airport noise
or hazards.

19. "Public corporation" shall mean a county, city, town, village,
school district or special district, any public benefit corporation,
agency or instrumentality of the state or of any municipality, or two or
more of any of the foregoing acting jointly.

20. "Real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises and
interests in land, airspace, waters, lands under water, riparian rights,
air rights, any fixtures, equipment and articles of personal property
affixed to or used in connection therewith, 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.

21. "Revenues" shall mean all rates, fees, rents, revenues, charges
and other income derived by the authority from the operation, leasing,
sale or other disposition of the airport or airport related facilities.

22. "State" shall mean the state of New York.