§ 350 — Definitions

§ 350. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context shall\notherwise require, the following terms shall mean:\n 1. "State university." The state university created by this article.\n 2. "Community colleges." Colleges established and operated pursuant to\nthe provisions of article one hundred twenty-six, and providing two-year\npost secondary programs in general and technical educational subjects\nand receiving financial assistance from the state.\n 3. "Statutory or contract colleges." Colleges furnishing higher\neducation, operated by independent institutions on behalf of the state\npursuant to statute or contractual agreements; provided, that an\ninstitution not otherwise a statutory or contract college shall not\nbecome a statutory or contract college because of its receipt of state\nfunds or financial assistance pursuant to section three hundred\nfifty-eight hereof, or by entering into any contract pursuant to that\nsection.\n 4. "State-operated institutions." Institutions comprising the state\nuniversity as provided for in subdivision three of section three hundred\nfifty-two hereof, but not including statutory or contract colleges.\n 5. "State university health care facility" shall mean a hospital, as\ndefined in section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law,\noperated by the state university, or a clinic, as defined in subdivision\nsix of this section, of a state university health sciences center at\nBrooklyn, Buffalo, Stony Brook and Syracuse, or the College of\nOptometry.\n 6. "Clinic" shall mean a facility located either within or outside of\na state university health care facility providing services related to\nthe medical education mission of the university, but shall not include\nstate university student health services.\n * 7. "University centers" shall mean the university centers at Albany,\nBinghamton, Buffalo and Stony Brook.\n * NB Repealed July 1, 2027\n * 8. "NY-SUNY 2020 challenge grant program" ("NY-SUNY 2020") shall\nmean a long-term economic and academic plan, which shall include a\nfinancial aid program, submitted by each state university of New York\nuniversity center, subject to the approval by the governor and the\nchancellor of the state university of New York.\n * NB Repealed July 1, 2027\n 9. "SUNY Challenge Grant Program" shall mean a long-term economic and\nacademic plan submitted by a college, university or community college as\ndefined by this section, excluding university centers as defined by this\nsection, subject to the approval by the Governor and the Chancellor of\nthe State University of New York.\n 10. "Dormitory facilities revenue fund" means the fund established\npursuant to section sixteen hundred eighty-q of the public authorities\nlaw.\n 11. "Dormitory facilities revenues" means all moneys, including rents,\nfees and charges, derived from the use or occupancy of dormitory\nfacilities.\n 12. "Dormitory facility" means a dormitory, as such term is defined in\nparagraph (a) of subdivision two of section sixteen hundred seventy-six\nof the public authorities law.\n 13. "Dormitory facility revenue bond" means any note or bond of the\ndormitory authority (i) issued on or after the first day of April, two\nthousand thirteen for the purposes of financing dormitory facilities or\nrefinancing notes or bonds previously issued in connection with\ndormitory facilities, including notes or bonds issued to pay costs\nincurred in connection with the issuance of such notes or bonds, to fund\nany reserve for the payment of debt service on such bonds or notes, to\nfund any reserve established for the improvement, repair, maintenance or\noperations of dormitory facilities, or to pay or provide for the payment\nof any note or bond previously issued for any such purpose, and (ii) is\npayable from moneys on deposit in the dormitory facilities revenue fund\nand is not payable from any revenue of the state.\n