Terms Used In New York Laws > General Municipal > Article 11 - Acquisition of Lands By the United States

• Comptroller: means the comptroller of the county. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• costs: means costs to finance (a) amounts necessary to finance a portion of the operating costs of the county or any covered organization as provided in sections thirty-nine hundred fifty-six and section thirty-nine hundred fifty-seven of this title, to the extent approved by the authority, (b) amounts necessary to accomplish a refunding, repayment or restructuring of all or a portion of the county's outstanding indebtedness or that of any covered organization, (c) cash flow needs of the county or any covered organization, (d) any object or purpose of the county or any covered organization, for which a period of probable usefulness is prescribed in § 11. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• County: means Erie county. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• County charter: means the county government law of Erie county, as amended. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• County executive: means the county executive of the county. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• Covered organization: means any governmental agency, public authority or public benefit corporation which receives or may receive moneys directly, indirectly or contingently from the county, but excluding the authority and (a) any other governmental agency, public authority or public benefit corporation specifically exempted from the provisions of this title by order of the authority upon application of such agency, public authority, or corporation to the authority or on the authority's own motion upon a finding by the authority that such exemption does not materially affect the ability of the county to adopt and maintain a budget pursuant to the provisions of this title, or (b) any state public authority defined in § 201 of the civil service law, unless specifically named above; provided, however, no municipality or school district shall be treated as a covered organization solely because it shares sales and compensating use tax revenue with the county, provided further, that the authority may terminate any exemption granted by order of the authority pursuant to this subdivision upon a determination that the circumstances upon which such exemption was granted are no longer applicable. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• Director of the budget: means the director of the budget of the state. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• Financial plan: means the financial plan of the county and the covered organizations to be developed pursuant to section thirty-nine hundred fifty-seven of this title, as from time to time amended. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Legislature: means the legislature of the county. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Revenues: means revenues of the authority consisting of county tax revenues, state aid revenues, and all other aid, rents, fees, charges, payments and other income and receipts paid or payable to the authority or a trustee for the account of the authority to the extent such amounts are pledged to bondholders. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• State: means the state of New York. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• State comptroller: means the comptroller of the state. See N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3951
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}