2. As used in sections 1 through 10 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.40A:12A-64 et seq.): "Authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established pursuant to P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.), the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-23), a county improvement authority established pursuant to P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-44 et seq.), or other instrumentality created by law of the State with the power to incur debt and issue bonds and other obligations. The issuance of debt in accordance herewith is hereby deemed an essential public, governmental, and corporate purpose of all such authorities. "Board" means the Local Finance Board established in the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. "Bonds" mean bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the authority, including any State entity, or a municipality to finance or refinance redevelopment projects, and in connection therewith, to finance or refinance any other cost or expense of an authority, a State entity or a municipality pursuant to the "Redevelopment Area Bond Financing Law," sections 1 through 10 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.40A:12A-64 et seq.), the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law", P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et seq.), or other applicable law. "Electric vehicle charging station" means an electric component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles by permitting the transfer of electric energy to a battery or other storage device in an electric vehicle. "Environmental remediation" means the investigation, analysis, planning, monitoring, acquisition, removal, containment, remediation, construction, or improvement of any real property or facility necessary or desirable for the cleanup of actual, potential, or perceived environmental contamination or pollution, including without limitation, water pollution, air pollution, pollution caused by solid waste disposal, thermal pollution, radiation contamination, or other general environmental contamination or pollution which is or may become injurious to the environment or to the public health, safety, or welfare. "Financial agreement" means an agreement that meets the requirements of a financial agreement under P.L.1991, c.431 (C.40A:20-1 et seq.) or, in the event that real property within a redevelopment area is exempt from taxation or has been or will be abated pursuant to applicable law, an agreement among, as applicable, a State entity or a municipality or both, and a State entity redeveloper providing for payment of payments in lieu of taxes or special assessments by the State entity redeveloper with respect to a redevelopment project, or part thereof, to be carried out pursuant to a State entity redevelopment agreement. "Municipality" means the municipal governing body or an entity acting on behalf of the municipality if permitted by the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or, if a redevelopment agency or redevelopment entity is established in the municipality pursuant to P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et seq.) and the municipality so provides, the redevelopment agency or entity so established. "Public electric vehicle charging station" means an electric vehicle charging station located at a publicly available parking space. "Public hydrogen fueling station" means publicly available equipment to store and dispense hydrogen fuel to vehicles according to industry codes and standards. "Publicly available parking space" means a parking space that is available to, and accessible by, the public and may include on-street parking spaces and parking spaces in surface lots or parking garages, but shall not include: a parking space that is part of, or associated with, a private residence; or a parking space that is reserved for the exclusive use of an individual driver or vehicle or for a group of drivers or vehicles, such as employees, tenants, visitors, residents of a common interest development, or residents of an adjacent building. "Redeveloper" means any person, firm, corporation, or public body, including the New Jersey Economic Development Authority or the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority to the extent permitted by law, that shall enter into or propose to enter into a contract with a municipality or other redevelopment entity for the redevelopment or rehabilitation of an area in need of redevelopment, or an area in need of rehabilitation, or any part thereof, under the provisions of the "Redevelopment Area Bond Financing Law," sections 1 through 10 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.40A:12A-64 et seq.), or for any construction or other work forming part of a redevelopment or rehabilitation project. "Redevelopment" means clearance, replanning, development, and redevelopment; the conservation and rehabilitation of any structure or improvement, the construction and provision for construction of residential, commercial, industrial, public, or other structures, the grant or dedication of spaces as may be appropriate or necessary in the interest of the general welfare for streets, parks, playgrounds, or other public purposes, including recreational and other facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto, environmental remediation, the construction, enhancement, or mitigation of wetlands impacted by a redevelopment project, and any other related costs and expenses including preliminary planning and development costs and any financing costs and expenses in accordance with a redevelopment plan. "Redevelopment bond financing agreement" means a contract between a municipality and a redeveloper for any work or undertaking for the redevelopment of a redevelopment area, or part thereof, under the provisions of the "Redevelopment Area Bond Financing Law," sections 1 through 10 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.40A:12A-64 et seq.) or the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et seq.), as the case may be. "Redevelopment area" means an area which has been delineated a "redevelopment area" or "area in need of redevelopment" pursuant to the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et seq.) or with respect to a State entity, an area in need of, or suitable for, redevelopment delineated by a resolution of a State entity or a State entity redevelopment agreement, in either case, in accordance with the provisions of the enabling statute governing that State entity. "Redevelopment plan" means a plan for the redevelopment or rehabilitation of all or any part of a redevelopment area as described in the redevelopment plan adopted pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-7) or as described in the resolution adopted by a State entity determining the location, type, and character of a redevelopment project. "Redevelopment project" means any work or undertaking pursuant to a redevelopment plan; such undertaking may include any buildings, land, including demolition, clearance, or removal of buildings from land, equipment, facilities, or other real or personal properties which are necessary, convenient, or desirable appurtenances, such as but not limited to streets, sewers, utilities, parks, site preparation, landscaping, and administrative, community, health, recreational, educational, and welfare facilities and any other related costs and expenses including preliminary planning and development costs and any financing costs and expenses, and zero-emission vehicle fueling and charging infrastructure. "Special assessment" means an assessment upon the lands or improvements on such lands, or both, in the redevelopment area benefitted by improvements undertaken pursuant to the "Redevelopment Area Bond Financing Law," sections 1 through 10 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.40A:12A-64 et seq.), or the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et seq.), and assessed pursuant to chapter 56 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes, R.S.40:56-1 et seq., except as otherwise provided in subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.2001, c.310 (C.40A:12A-66). "State entity" means the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority established pursuant to P.L.1971, c.137 (C.5:10-1 et seq.) or any other entity created by State law which undertakes a redevelopment project directly or through a State entity redeveloper and which has the power to determine the location, type, and character of projects on land owned or controlled by it. "State entity redeveloper" means any person, firm, or corporation that shall enter into or propose to enter into a State entity redevelopment agreement with a State entity for the redevelopment or rehabilitation of a redevelopment area under the enabling legislation governing the actions of the State entity or for any construction or other work forming a part of a redevelopment project. "State entity redevelopment agreement" means an agreement between a State entity and a State entity redeveloper for any work or undertaking in a redevelopment area. "Zero-emission vehicle" means a vehicle certified as a zero emission vehicle pursuant to the California Air Resources Board zero emission vehicle standards for the applicable model year, including but not limited to, battery electric-powered vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. "Zero-emission vehicle fueling and charging infrastructure" means infrastructure to charge or fuel zero-emission vehicles, including but not limited to, public electric vehicle charging stations and public hydrogen fueling stations. L.2001, c.310, s.2; amended 2004, c.112, s.1; 2018, c.97, s.12; 2021, c.168, s.3.