§ 2778. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a\ndifferent meaning clearly appears from the context:\n 1. "Airport" (a) shall mean any area of land or water which is used or\nintended for use, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any\nappurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport\nbuildings, parking facilities or other airport facilities or\nrights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities\nlocated thereon; and (b) includes any heliport.\n 2. "Airport hazard" shall mean any structure or object of natural\ngrowth located on or in the vicinity of an airport, or any use of land\nnear such an airport, which obstructs the airspace required for the\nflight of aircraft in landing or taking off at such airport or is\notherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft.\n 3. "Authority" shall mean the corporation created by this title.\n 4. "Aviation facilities" shall mean any airport facility or terminal\nincluding but not limited to any facility, property or equipment\nnecessary, convenient or desirable for the landing, taking off,\naccommodation or servicing of aircraft of all types, and shall include\nsuch other facilities, equipment, property, structures and appurtenances\nas may be necessary or convenient in the operation, maintenance,\ndevelopment or improvement of an airport including facilities,\nequipment, property, structures, and appurtenances, leased by the\nauthority to persons, engaged in air transportation or the production or\ndevelopment of materials, goods or equipment for an airport or air\ntransportation or in providing facilities or equipment for the\naccommodation, safety, security or comfort of the traveling public and\nfor purposes related or incidental to one or more of the foregoing\npurposes. It shall include, without limitation, runways, aprons,\nhangars, control towers, ramps, taxiways, navigation aids, warehouses,\noffice and service buildings, structures, parking facilities, concession\nfacilities, maintenance facilities, fuel facilities, facilities for the\novernight accommodation of passengers and carrier employees, including\nhotels and motels located at the authority's airport, and facilities for\nthe loading, unloading, holding, interchange or transfer of such\npassengers, freight, baggage or cargo. It shall also mean any property\nnecessary to remove, mitigate, prevent or limit airports hazards. It\nshall also mean facilities and equipment providing access to an airport\nfacility or terminal, including appropriate mass transportation terminal\nfacilities at and within the airport facility or terminal itself. It\nshall also mean pollution control facilities, highways, bridges, access\nroads, driveways and approaches in the vicinity of an airport facility\nor terminal providing improved access to such airport facility or\nterminal.\n 5. "Bonds" shall mean the bonds, notes or other evidences of\nindebtedness issued by the authority pursuant to this title and the\nprovisions of this title relating to bonds and bond holders which shall\napply with equal force and effect to notes and note holders unless the\ncontext otherwise clearly requires.\n 6. "Construction" shall mean the acquisition, erection, building,\nalteration, repair, improvement, increase, enlargement, extension,\ninstallation, reconstruction, renovation or rehabilitation of a project\nincluding any appurtenances thereto which may be necessary or desirable\nto promote the efficiency or effectiveness of such project; the\ninspection and supervision thereof; and the engineering, consulting,\narchitectural, legal, fiscal and economic and environmental\ninvestigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings,\nspecifications, procedures and other actions incidental thereto and\nclaims arising therefrom.\n 7. "Cost", as applied to any project, shall include the cost of\nconstruction, the cost of the acquisition of all property both real and\npersonal, improved and unimproved, the cost of demolishing, removing or\nrelocating any buildings or structures on lands so acquired, including\nthe cost of relocating tenants or other occupants of the buildings or\nstructures on such land and the cost of acquiring any lands to which\nsuch buildings or structures may be moved or relocated, the cost of all\nsystems, facilities, machinery, apparatus and equipment, financing\ncharges, interest prior to, during and after construction to the extent\nnot paid or provided for from revenues or other sources, the cost of\nengineering and architectural surveys, plans and specifications the cost\nof consultants and legal services, the cost of lease, guarantees, credit\nenhancement or bond insurance, other expenses necessary or incidental to\nthe construction of such project and the financing of the construction\nthereof, including the amount authorized in the resolution of the\nauthority providing for the issuance of bonds to be paid into any\nreserve or other special fund from the proceeds of such bonds and the\nfinancing of the placing of any project in operation, including\nreimbursement to any public corporation, the state, the federal\ngovernment or any other person for expenditures, that would be costs of\nthe project hereunder had they been made directly by the authority.\n 8. "County" shall mean Albany county.\n 9. "Equipment" shall mean snow removal vehicles, fire fighting and\nrescue vehicles, passenger and freight vehicles, aircraft, motors,\nboilers, engines, wires, ways, conduits and mechanisms, machinery,\ntools, implements, materials, supplies, instruments and devices of every\nnature whatsoever used or useful for aviation and transportation\npurposes or for the generation or transmission of motive power including\nbut not limited to all power houses, and all apparatus and all devices\nfor navigation, security, safety, signaling, communications and\nventilation as may be necessary, convenient or desirable for the\noperation of aviation facilities and pollution control facilities.\n 10. "Facility" shall mean, among other things, such properties,\nstructures, appurtenances, utilities, terminals, railroad trackage,\nwarehouses, elevators and such other works, properties, buildings or\nallied items necessary or desirable in connection with development,\noperation, maintenance or improvement of airport and public\ntransportation needs and for the accommodation, safety, security or\ncomfort of the public and of commercial enterprise.\n 11. "Federal government" shall mean the United states of America, and\nany department, board, commission, bureau, division, corporation, agency\nor instrumentality thereof.\n 12. "Joint service arrangements" shall mean agreements between or\namong the authority and any person, the state, the county, any other\npublic corporation, the federal government, any other state or agency or\ninstrumentality thereof, relating to property, buildings, structures,\nfacilities, services, rates, fares, classification, divisions,\nallowances or charges (including charges between operators of railroad,\nomnibus 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 or aviation facilities located within\nthe county and in part in or upon railroad, omnibus or aviation\nfacilities located outside the county.\n 13. "Municipality" shall mean a county, city, town, village or school\ndistrict.\n 14. "Person" shall mean any natural person, firm, partnership\nassociation, joint venture or corporation, exclusive of a public\ncorporation.\n 15. "Personal property" shall mean chattels and other tangible things\nof a moveable or removable nature.\n 16. "Pollution control facilities" shall mean any equipment,\nimprovement, structure or facility or any land and any building,\nstructure, facility or other improvement thereon, or any combination\nthereof, and all property deemed necessary therewith, having to do with\nor the end purpose of which is the control, abatement or prevention of\nland, sewer, water, air, noise or general environmental pollution\nderiving from the operation of aviation facilities, including, but not\nlimited to, any air pollution control facility, noise abatement or\nsuppression facility (including physical barriers, landscaping and sound\nproofing for the purpose of diminishing the effect of aircraft noise on\nany area adjacent to an airport), water management facility, waste water\ncollecting systems, waste water treatment works, sewage treatment works\nsystem, or sewage treatment system or site.\n 17. "Property" shall mean both real and personal property.\n 18. "Project" shall mean any property or improvements located within\nthe state of New York and within or outside or partially outside Albany\ncounty, including, but not limited to, machinery, equipment and other\nfacilities deemed necessary or desirable in connection therewith, or\nincidental thereto, whether or not now in existence or under\nconstruction, which shall be necessary or suitable for aviation purposes\nand airport development and which may include or mean aviation\nfacilities and pollution control facilities provided, however, the\nauthority shall not use its funds in respect of any part of a project\nlocated wholly or partially outside the county without the prior consent\nthereto by the governing body of any other county in which a part or\nparts of the project is, or is to be located. It shall also mean any\nproperty necessary to remove, mitigate, prevent or limit airport noise\nor hazards.\n 19. "Public corporation" shall mean a county, city, town, village,\nschool district or special district, any public benefit corporation,\nagency or instrumentality of the state or of any municipality, or two or\nmore of any of the foregoing acting jointly.\n 20. "Real property" shall mean lands, structures, franchises and\ninterests in land, airspace, waters, lands under water, riparian rights,\nair rights, any fixtures, equipment and articles of personal property\naffixed to or used in connection therewith, and any and all things and\nrights included within said term and includes not only fees simple\nabsolute but also any and all lesser interests including but not limited\nto easements, rights of way, uses, leases, licenses and all other\nincorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest or right, legal or\nequitable, including terms for years and liens thereon by way of\njudgments, mortgages, or otherwise.\n 21. "Revenues" shall mean all rates, fees, rents, revenues, charges\nand other income derived by the authority from the operation, leasing,\nsale or other disposition of the airport or airport related facilities.\n 22. "State" shall mean the state of New York.\n