* § 471. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Transportation infrastructure project" shall mean a project\nundertaken with funds provided in whole or in part by the Transportation\nInfrastructure Bond Act of 2000, for those transportation programs set\nforth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision two of section four\nhundred seventy of this article.\n 2. "Municipality" shall mean a city; a county not wholly contained\nwithin a city; a town; a village; a public benefit corporation or other\npublic authority or corporation, or two or more of the foregoing acting\njointly. Provided, however, that "municipality" shall not include the\nport authority of New York and New Jersey.\n 3. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner
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* § 471. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Transportation infrastructure project" shall mean a project\nundertaken with funds provided in whole or in part by the Transportation\nInfrastructure Bond Act of 2000, for those transportation programs set\nforth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision two of section four\nhundred seventy of this article.\n 2. "Municipality" shall mean a city; a county not wholly contained\nwithin a city; a town; a village; a public benefit corporation or other\npublic authority or corporation, or two or more of the foregoing acting\njointly. Provided, however, that "municipality" shall not include the\nport authority of New York and New Jersey.\n 3. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of transportation of the\nstate of New York.\n 4. "Department" shall mean the department of transportation of the\nstate of New York.\n 5. "Municipal transportation infrastructure project" shall mean a\ntransportation infrastructure project undertaken by a municipality with\nfunds provided in whole or in part by the Transportation Infrastructure\nBond Act of 2000, for those transportation programs set forth in\nparagraph (a) or (b) of subdivision two of section four hundred seventy\nof this article, pursuant to an agreement between such municipality and\nthe commissioner.\n 6. "Federal assistance" shall mean funds available from the federal\ngovernment for any municipal transportation infrastructure project.\n 7. "Municipal project cost" shall mean the actual cost of a municipal\ntransportation infrastructure project or the estimated reasonable cost\nthereof as determined by the commissioner, whichever is less, and less\nany federal assistance received or to be received for such project.\n 8. "Bond proceeds" shall mean moneys received by the state from the\nsale of bonds and/or notes sold pursuant to the Transportation\nInfrastructure Bond Act of 2000 for uses set forth in subdivisions a and\nb of section four of the Transportation Infrastructure Bond Act of 2000.\n 9. "Canal corporation" shall mean the New York state canal corporation\ncreated pursuant to section three hundred eighty-two of the public\nauthorities law.\n 10. "Canal system" shall mean the "New York state canal system", as\nsuch term is defined by subdivision ten of section three hundred\nfifty-one of the public authorities law.\n 11. "Metropolitan transportation authority" shall mean the corporation\ncreated by section twelve hundred sixty-three of the public authorities\nlaw.\n 12. "New York city transit authority" shall mean the corporation\ncreated by section twelve hundred one of the public authorities law.\n 13. "Triborough bridge and tunnel authority" shall mean the\ncorporation created by section five hundred fifty-two of the public\nauthorities law.\n 14. "Port Authority of New York and New Jersey" shall mean that body\ncorporate and politic created pursuant to article three of chapter one\nhundred fifty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-one, and\ndesignated as "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey" by such\nchapter.\n * NB Not effective due to defeat of the Transportation Bond Act of\n2000\n