* § 2350-b. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless
a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

1. "Agency" means the corporation created by section twenty-three
hundred fifty-c of this title.

2. "Bonds" means the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
issued by the agency pursuant to this title and the provisions of this
title relating to bonds and bondholders shall apply with equal force and
effect to notes and noteholders, respectively, unless the context
otherwise requires.

3. "Civil service law" means the civil service law of the state.

4. "John P. Cohalen court complex" means the John P. Cohalen court
complex, Islip, Suffolk county.

5. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the state.

6. "Construct", "Construction" or "Constructed" means the acquisition,
erection, building, alteration, improvement, increase, enlargement,
extension, reconstruction, renovation or rehabilitation of the John P.
Cohalen court complex, the new replacement correctional facility at
Yaphank, the H. Lee Dennison building and the North County Complex; the
inspection and supervision thereof; and the engineering, architectural,
legal, fiscal and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs,
plans, working drawings, specifications, procedure and other actions
preliminary or incidental thereto.

7. "Cost" as applied to any project, includes the cost of
construction, the cost of the acquisition of all property, including
real property and other property, both real, personal and mixed and
improved and unimproved, the cost of the demolishing, removing or
relocating any buildings or structures on lands so acquired, including
the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures
may be moved or relocated, the cost of all apparatus and equipment,
financing charges and bond discount, interest prior to, during and after
construction to the extent not paid or provided for from revenues or
other sources, the cost of engineering and architectural surveys, plans
and specifications, the cost of consultant and legal services, the cost
of bond or lease guarantee, bond insurance or any other credit support
device and the cost of other expenses necessary or incidental to the
construction of any project and the financing of the construction
thereof, including the amount authorized in the resolution of the agency
providing for the issuance of bonds to be paid into any reserve or other
special funds from the proceeds of such bonds and the financing of the
placing of any project in operation, including reimbursement to the
county for expenditures that would be costs of the project hereunder had
they been made directly by the agency.

8. "County" means the county of Suffolk.

9. "County executive" means the county executive of the county, being
the chief executive officer of the county.

10. "County legislature" means the county legislature of the county.

11. "Governing body" means the members of the agency constituting and
acting as the governing body of the agency.

12. "Governor" means the governor of the state.

12-a. "H. Lee Dennison building" means the H. Lee Dennison building of
the Suffolk county government located in Hauppauge, New York.

13. "New replacement correctional facility at Yaphank" means the
Suffolk county correctional facility at Yaphank, New York or any part
thereof or appurtenances or any property incidental thereto.

13-a. "North County Complex" means one or more of the buildings of the
government of the county of Suffolk designated by the county legislature
in the North County Complex in Hauppauge, New York to be sold, leased or
assigned to the agency pursuant to subdivision one of section
twenty-three hundred fifty-f of this title.

14. "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, joint
venture or corporation, exclusive of a public corporation.

15. "Project" means any acquisition, erection, building, alteration,
improvement, increase, enlargement, extension, renovation,
rehabilitation or relocation of the John P. Cohalen court complex, the
new replacement correctional facility at Yaphank, the H. Lee Dennison
building and the North County Complex, or any part thereof.

16. "Project labor agreement" means a pre-hire collective bargaining
agreement between the agency and a labor organization establishing the
labor organization as the collective bargaining representative for all
persons who will perform work on the project, and which provides that
only contractors and subcontractors who sign a prenegotiated agreement
with the labor organization can perform project work.

17. "Properties" means the John P. Cohalen court complex, the new
replacement correctional facility at Yaphank, the H. Lee Dennison
building and the North County Complex, or any part thereof or
appurtenances or any property incidental thereto.

18. "Real property" means lands, structures, franchise, rights and
interests in land, waters, lands under water, riparian rights and air
rights and any and all things and rights included within said term and
includes not only fees simply absolute, but also any and all lesser
interests including, but not limited to, easements, rights-of-way, uses,
leases, licenses and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every
estate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years
and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise.

19. "Revenues" means all rates, rents, fees, charges, payments and
other income and receipts derived from the operation of the properties
of the agency including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, investment proceeds and proceeds of insurance, condemnation,
and sale or other disposition of assets, together with all federal,
state or municipal aid, if any.

20. "Secretary of state" means the secretary of state of the state.

21. "State" means the state of New York.

22. "State agency" means any state officer, public benefit
corporation, department, board, commission, bureau or division, or other
agency or instrumentality of the state.

* NB Repealed December 31, 2023