§ 1299-a. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Authority" shall mean the corporation created by section twelve\nhundred ninety-nine-c of this title.\n 2. "Authority facilities" shall mean the authority's railroad,\nomnibus, marine and aviation facilities and operations pursuant to joint\nservice arrangements.\n 3. "Comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state of New York.\n 4. "Equipment" shall mean rolling stock, omnibuses, vehicles, air,\nmarine or surface craft, motors, boilers, engines, wires, ways, conduits\nand mechanisms, machinery, tools, implements, materials, supplies,\ninstruments and devices of every nature whatsoever used or useful for\ntransportation purposes or for the generation or transmission of motive\npower including but not limited to all power houses, and all apparatus\nand all devices for signalling, communications and ventilation as may be\nnecessary, convenient or desirable for the operation of a transportation\nfacility.\n 5. "Federal government" shall mean the United States of America, and\nany officer, department, board, commission, bureau, division,\ncorporation, agency or instrumentality thereof.\n 6. "Governor" shall mean the governor of the state of New York.\n 7. "Joint service arrangements" shall mean agreements between or among\nthe authority and any common carrier or freight forwarder, the state,\nany state agency, the federal government, any other state or agency or\ninstrumentality thereof, any public authority of this or any other\nstate, any political subdivision or municipality of the state, or the\nnation, relating to property, buildings, structures, facilities,\nservices, rates, fares, classifications, divisions, allowances or\ncharges (including charges between operators of railroad, omnibus,\nmarine and aviation facilities), or rules or regulations pertaining\nthereto, for or in connection with or incidental to transportation in\npart in or upon railroad, omnibus, marine or aviation facilities located\nwithin the district and in part in or upon railroad, omnibus, marine or\naviation facilities located outside the district.\n 8. "Marine and aviation facilities" shall mean equipment and craft for\nthe transportation of passengers, mail and cargo between points within\nthe district or pursuant to joint service arrangements, by marine craft\nand aircraft of all types including but not limited to hydrofoils,\nferries, lighters, tugs, barges, helicopters, amphibians, seaplanes or\nother contrivances now or hereafter used in navigation or movement on\nwaterways or in the navigation of or flight in airspace. It shall also\nmean port facilities in the transportation district including, but not\nlimited to, (a) one or more docks, elevators, wharves, piers, bulkheads,\nslips, basins, harbors, railroad connections, side tracks or sidings,\nfreight terminals, warehouses, bridges, tunnels, and areas for storage\nof cargoes, materials, goods, wares, and merchandise of any kind and for\nthe loading, unloading, interchange or transfer of any such cargoes,\nmaterials, goods, wares and merchandise; (b) other buildings,\nstructures, facilities or improvements necessary to accommodate\nsteamships or other vessels and their cargoes or passengers; and (c) all\nreal and personal property, driveways, roads, approaches, mechanical\nequipment and all appurtenances and facilities either on, above or under\nthe ground which are necessary, convenient or desirable for the\ndevelopment, control and operation of port facilities in the\ntransportation district. It shall also mean any airport facility within\nthe transportation district, including but not limited to any facility\nor real property necessary, convenient or desirable for the landing,\ntaking off, accommodation or servicing of such aircraft and shall\ninclude such facilities, property, structures and appurtenances as may\nbe necessary or convenient in the operation, maintenance, development or\nimprovement of airports including facilities, property, structures, and\nappurtenances, leased by the Authority to persons, firms or corporations\nengaged in air transportation or the production or development of\nmaterials, goods or equipment for airports or air transportation or in\nproviding facilities for the accommodation, safety or comfort of the\ntraveling public and for purposes related or incidental to one or more\nof the foregoing purposes. It shall also mean any airport facility\nwithin the transportation district or within ten miles of the boundaries\nthereof.\n 9. "Omnibus facilities" shall mean motor vehicles, of the type\noperated by carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the public service\ncommission, engaged in the transportation of passengers and their\nbaggage, express and mail between points within the district or pursuant\nto joint service arrangements, and equipment, property, buildings,\nstructures, improvements, loading or unloading areas, parking areas or\nother facilities, necessary, convenient or desirable for the\naccommodation of such motor vehicles or their passengers, including but\nnot limited to buildings, structures and areas notwithstanding that\nportions may not be devoted to any omnibus purpose other than the\nproduction of revenues available for the costs and expenses of all or\nany facilities of the authority.\n 10. "Railroad facilities" shall mean right of way and related\ntrackage, rails, cars, locomotives, other rolling stock, signal, power,\nfuel, communication and ventilation systems, power plants, stations,\nterminals, storage yards, repair and maintenance shops, yards, equipment\nand parts, offices and other real estate or personalty used or held for\nor incidental to the operation, rehabilitation or improvement of any\nrailroad operating or to operate between points within the district or\npursuant to joint service arrangements, including but not limited to\nbuildings, structures, and areas notwithstanding that portions thereof\nmay not be devoted to any railroad purpose other than the production of\nrevenues available for the costs and expenses of all or any facilities\nof the authority.\n 11. "Real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises and\ninterests in land, waters, lands under water, riparian rights and air\nrights and any and all things and rights included within said term and\nincludes not only fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser\ninterests including but not limited to easements, rights of way, uses,\nleases, licenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every\nestate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years\nand liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise.\n 12. "State" shall mean the state of New York.\n 13. "State agency" shall mean any officer, department, board,\ncommissioner, bureau, division, public benefit corporation, agency or\ninstrumentality of the state.\n 14. "Transportation facility" shall mean any railroad, omnibus, marine\nor aviation facility and any person, firm, partnership, association or\ncorporation which owns, leases or operates any such facility or any\nother facility used for service in the transportation of passengers,\nUnited States mail or personal property as a common carrier for hire and\nany portion thereof and the rights, leaseholds or other interest therein\ntogether with routes, tracks, extensions, connections, parking lots,\ngarages, warehouses, yards, storage yards, maintenance and repair shops,\nterminals, stations and other related facilities thereof, the devices,\nappurtenances, and equipment thereof and power plants and other\ninstrumentalities used or useful therefor or in connection therewith.\n 15. "Transportation district" and "district" shall mean the Niagara\nFrontier transportation district created by section twelve hundred\nninety-nine-b of this title.\n 16. "Niagara Frontier Port Authority" shall mean the corporation\ncontinued by a chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-nine\nentitled "An act to effect a consolidation of the Niagara Frontier port\nauthority and the Niagara Frontier transportation authority, and to\namend the public authorities law and chapter two hundred sixty of the\nlaws of nineteen hundred fifty-seven, entitled 'An act to designate the\nNiagara Frontier port authority to receive certain future payments from,\nand subsequent to July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two, to exercise\njurisdiction over the property and assets acquired and held in the state\nof New York by the Buffalo and Fort Erie public bridge authority, and\nmaking other provision with respect to such payments, property and\nassets', in relation thereto".\n 17. "Nation" shall mean the Seneca Nation of Indians.\n 18. "Transit dependent individual" shall mean an individual who is\nlimited to public transit as their primary mode of transportation\nbecause the individual has a permanent disability.\n