§ 481 — Definitions

§ 481. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Transportation infrastructure project" shall mean a project\nundertaken with funds provided in whole or in part by the rebuild and\nrenew New York transportation bond act of two thousand five, for those\ntransportation programs set forth in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of\nsection four hundred eighty 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. "Federal assistance" shall mean funds available from the federal\ngovernment for any municipal transportation infrastructure project.\n 6. "Municipal transportation infrastructure project" shall mean a\ntransportation infrastructure project undertaken by a municipality with\nfunds provided in whole or in part by the rebuild and renew New York\ntransportation bond act of two thousand five, for those transportation\nprograms set forth in subdivision two of section four hundred seventy of\nthis article, pursuant to an agreement between such municipality and the\ncommissioner.\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 rebuild and renew New\nYork transportation bond act of two thousand five for uses set forth in\nsubdivision a of section four of the rebuild and renew New York\ntransportation bond act of two thousand five.\n 9. "Canal corporation" shall mean the New York state canal corporation\ncreated as a subsidiary corporation of the New York state thruway\nauthority pursuant to chapter seven hundred sixty-six of the laws of\nnineteen hundred ninety-two and continued and reconstituted as a\nsubsidiary corporation of the power authority of the state of New York\npursuant to subdivision one of section one thousand five-b of the public\nauthorities law.\n 10. "Canal system" shall mean the "New York state canal system" shall\nmean all of the canals, canal lands, feeder canals, reservoirs, canal\nterminals, canal terminal lands and other property under the\njurisdiction of the canal corporation of the state of New York pursuant\nto article one-A of the canal 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