§ 3. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise\nrequires:\n 1. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the state of New York.\n 2. "Community mental health and developmental disabilities facility"\nshall mean a building, a unit within a building, a laboratory, a\nclassroom, a housing unit, a dining hall, an activities center, a\nlibrary, or any structure on or improvement to real property, or an\ninterest in real property, including an interest in, and proprietary\nlease from, an organization formed for the purpose of cooperative\nownership of real property, of any kind or description, including\nfixtures and equipment which are an integral part of such building, unit\nor structure or improvement, a walkway, a roadway or a parking lot and\nimprovements and connections for water, sewer, gas, electrical,\ntelephone, heating, air conditioning and other utility services, or a\ncombination of any of the foregoing, whether for patient care and\ntreatment or staff, staff family or service use, located in a city, or\nin a county not wholly included within a city, authorized to provide\ncommunity mental health services in accordance with the provisions of\narticle 41 of the mental hygiene law, which is utilized or to be\nutilized for the administration and conduct of programs for persons with\nmental illness or developmental disabilities, or both, and for the\nprovision of services therefor, or utilized or to be utilized in the\nperformance of services benefitting or assisting the care, treatment,\nrehabilitation or maintenance of persons with mental disabilities, and\napproved to provide such services, pursuant to a written agreement with\nthe appropriate commissioner of an office of the department of mental\nhygiene. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to supercede the\nprovisions of article 41 of the mental hygiene law, where applicable. A\ncommunity mental health and developmental disabilities facility shall\nalso mean and include a residential facility to be operated as a\ncommunity residence for persons with mental disabilities and a treatment\nfacility for use in the conduct of an alcoholism treatment program or of\na substance abuse treatment program as defined in the mental hygiene\nlaw.\n 2-a. "Department" means the department of mental hygiene and the\noffices of mental health, and alcoholism and substance abuse services\nand the office for people with developmental disabilities of such\ndepartment.\n 2-b. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of mental health, the\ncommissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities,\nthe commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services.\n 3. "Corporation" means the facilities development corporation created\nby this act.\n 3-a. "Dormitory authority" means the dormitory authority created by\nthe dormitory authority act as amended, being title four of the public\nauthorities law.\n 3-b. "Facility for the department of corrections and community\nsupervision" means real property, a building, a unit within a building,\nor any structure on or improvement to real property of any kind or\ndescription essential, necessary or useful in the program of the\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision, including all usual\nattendant and related facilities, fixtures, equipment, and connections\nfor utility services or any combinations thereof, designed, acquired,\nconstructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated and improved, or otherwise\nprovided for the department of corrections and community supervision.\n 4. "Federal government" means the United States of America, and any\nofficer, department, board, commission, bureau, division, corporation,\nagency or instrumentality thereof.\n 5. "Governing body" means the board of supervisors, county\nlegislature, board of aldermen, common council, council, commission, or\nother elective governing board or body now or hereafter vested by state\nstatute, charter or other law with jurisdiction to init
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