§ 1326. 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 thirteen\nhundred twenty-eight of this title.\n 2. "Transportation district" and "district" shall mean the central New\nYork regional transportation district created by section thirteen\nhundred twenty-seven of this title.\n 3. "Participating county" shall mean any of the counties defined in\nsection thirteen hundred twenty-seven of this title.\n 4. "Federal government" shall mean the United States of America, and\nany officer, department, board, commission, bureau, division,\ncorporation, agency or instrumentality thereof.\n 5. "Governor" shall mean the governor of the state of New York.\n 6. "Comptroller" shall mean the comptroller of the state of New York.\n 7. "Director of the budget" shall mean the director of the budget of\nthe state of New York.\n 8. "State" shall mean the state of New York.\n 9. "State agency" shall mean any officer, department, board,\ncommission, bureau, division, public benefit corporation, agency or\ninstrumentality of the state.\n 10. "Municipality" shall mean a city, town, village or county not\nwholly contained within a city.\n 11. "Municipal corporation" shall mean a city, town, village, county\nnot wholly contained within a city, special transportation district,\npublic benefit corporation or other public corporation, or two or more\nof the foregoing acting jointly.\n 12. "Personal property" shall mean chattels and other tangible things\nof a movable or removable nature.\n 13. "Property" shall mean both real and personal property.\n 14. "Master plan" shall mean the long range regional transportation\nplan for the central New York area including, but not limited to that\nprepared by the Syracuse metropolitan transportation study and the\nOswego-Fulton area transportation study and approved by the\ncommissioner.\n 15. "Joint service arrangement" 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, or any political subdivision or municipality of the state,\nrelating to property, buildings, structures, facilities, services,\nrates, fares, classifications, divisions, allowances or charges\n(including charges between operators of railroad, omnibus, marine and\naviation facilities) or rules or regulations pertaining thereto, for or\nin connection with or incidental to transportation in part or upon\nrailroad, omnibus, marine or aviation facilities located within the\ndistrict and in part in or upon railroad, omnibus, marine or aviation\nfacilities located outside the district.\n 16. "Project" shall mean any undertaking by the authority within the\ndistrict including but not limited to port or harbor facilities,\ntransportation properties, access and service roads and bridges, serving\nrailroad, omnibus, marine and air facilities, equipment, appurtenances,\nairport facilities and any other improvement under authority\njurisdiction within the district.\n 17. "Facility" shall mean, among other things, such properties,\nstructures, appurtenances, terminals, wharves, docks, piers, railroad\ntrackage, warehouses, elevators, equipment for handling freight,\npassengers and vehicles and such other works, properties, buildings or\nallied items necessary or desirable in connection with development,\noperation, maintenance or improvement of port, airport and public\ntransportation needs for the accommodation, safety or comfort of the\npublic and commercial enterprise for the regional transportation\ndistrict.\n 18. "Equipment" shall mean rolling stock, omnibuses, vehicles, air,\nmarine or surface craft, motors, boilers, engines, and other\ninstrumentalities used or useful therefor or in connection therewith.\n 19. "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,\nberthing facilities or other facilities, necessary, convenient or\ndesirable for the accommodation of such motor vehicles or their\npassengers, including but not limited to buildings, structures and areas\nnotwithstanding that portions may not be devoted to any omnibus purpose\nother than the production of revenues available for the costs and\nexpenses of all or any facilities of the authority.\n 20. "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 21. "Real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchise and\ninterests in land, waters, lands under water, riparian rights and any\nand all things and rights included within said term and includes not\nonly fees simple absolute but also any and all lesser interests\nincluding but not limited to easements, rights-of-way, uses, leases,\nlicenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every estate,\ninterest or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years and\nliens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise.\n 22. "Marine and aviation facilities" shall mean equipment and craft\nfor the transportation of passengers, mail and cargo between points from\nand to and within the district or pursuant to joint service\narrangements, by marine craft and aircraft of all types including but\nnot limited to hydrofoils, ferries, lighters, tugs, barges, helicopters,\namphibians, seaplanes or other contrivances now or hereafter used in\nnavigation or movement on waterways or in the navigation of or flight in\nairspace. It shall also mean any airport facility within the\ntransportation district, including but not limited to any facility or\nreal property necessary, convenient or desirable for the landing, taking\noff, accommodation or servicing of such aircraft, and shall include such\nfacilities, property, structures and appurtenances as may be necessary\nor convenient in the operation, maintenance, development or improvement\nof 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 port facilities in the\ntransportation district including but not limited to, (a) one or more\ndocks, elevators, wharves, piers, bulkheads, slips, basins, harbors,\nrailroad connections, side tracks or sidings, freight terminals,\nwarehouses, bridges, tunnels, and areas for storage of cargoes,\nmaterials, goods, wares, and merchandise of any kind and for the\nloading, 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.\n 23. "Transportation facility" shall mean any railroad, omnibus, marine\nor aviation or parking facility and any person, firm, partnership,\nassociation or corporation which owns, leases or operates any such\nfacility or any other facility used for service in the transportation of\npassengers, United States mail or personal property as a common carrier\nfor hire and any portion thereof and the rights, leaseholds or other\ninterest therein together with routes, tracks, extensions, connections,\nparking lots, garages, warehouses, yards, storage yards, maintenance and\nrepair shops, terminals, stations and other related facilities thereof,\nthe devices, appurtenances, and equipment thereof and power plants and\nother instrumentalities used or useful therefor or in connection\ntherewith.\n 24. "Commissioner" shall mean commissioner of transportation of the\nstate of New York.\n 25. "Action plan" shall mean a plan for implementation and improvement\nof such means of public transportation and related services by omnibus,\nrailroad and marine and aviation facilities as the authority may\ncontemplate within the transportation district to effectuate the\npurposes of this act.\n 26. "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