§ 2702. Definitions. As used in this title, the following words and\nterms shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates\nanother or different meaning or intent:\n 1. "Authority" shall mean the public benefit corporation created by\nsection twenty-seven hundred three of this title, known as the\ndevelopment authority of the north country.\n 2. "Bonds" shall means the bonds, notes or other evidences of\nindebtedness issued by the authority pursuant to this title and the\nprovisions of this title relating to bonds and bondholders shall apply\nwith equal force and effect to notes and noteholders, respectively,\nunless the context otherwise clearly requires.\n 3. "Construction" shall mean the acquisition, erection, building,\nalteration, improvement, increase, enlargement, extension,\nreconstruction, renovation or rehabilitation of any project financed\nunder the provisions of this title; the inspection and supervision\nthereof; and the engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal and economic\ninvestigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings,\nspecifications, procedures and other actions preliminary or incidental\nthereto.\n 4. "Cost" as applied to a project or any portion thereof financed\nunder the provisions of this title embraces all or any part of the cost\nof construction and acquisition of all lands, structures, real or\npersonal property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements and\ninterests acquired or used for a project, the cost of demolishing or\nremoving any buildings or structures on land so acquired, including the\ncosts of relocating tenants or other occupants of the building or\nstructures on such land and the cost of acquiring any lands to which\nsuch buildings or structures may be moved, the cost of all machinery and\nequipment, financing charges, interest, reserves for principal and\ninterest and for extensions, enlargements, additions, replacements,\nrenovations and improvements, cost of engineering, financial and legal\nservices, plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of cost and\nof revenues, administrative expenses, expenses necessary or incident to\ndetermining the feasibility or practicability of constructing the\nproject and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the\nconstruction and acquisition of the project, the financing of such\nconstruction and acquisition and the placing of the project in\noperation, including all costs relating to the refinancing or\nsatisfaction of existing indebtedness; and any reimbursements to any\nmunicipality, state agency, the state, the United States or any other\nperson or public corporation for expenditures that would be costs of any\nproject hereunder had they been made directly by the authority.\n 5. "Existing sewer system" shall mean all sewers, including, without\nlimitation, trunk, intercepting, connecting, lateral and other sewers,\nstorm water drains, pumping stations, disposal or treatment plants or\nworks, structures, appliances, equipment and other adjuncts thereto,\ncomprising the portion of the system of sewerage owned by any\nparticipating county or municipality within a participating county, as\ndelineated on a map filed by the governing body of such county or\nmunicipality with the secretary of the state of New York pursuant to\nthis title.\n 6. "Municipality" shall mean any county, city, town, village, refuse\ndistrict under the county law, improvement district under the town law,\nany other such instrumentality, including any agency, authority or\npublic corporation of the state, or any of the foregoing, or any\ncombination thereof.\n 7. "Participating counties" shall mean the counties of Jefferson, St.\nLawrence and Lewis.\n 8. "Person" shall mean any natural person, partnership, association,\njoint venture or corporation, exclusive of a public corporation.\n 9. "Project" shall mean a sewerage facility, solid waste management\nfacility, water facility, or any portion of whi
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