As used in this Article the following words and terms shall have thefollowing meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or differentmeaning or intent:
(1) The word "authority" shall mean an authoritycreated under the provisions of this Article or, if such authority shall beabolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to the principal functionsthereof or to whom the powers given by this Article to the authority shall begiven by law.
(2) The word "Commission" shall mean the EnvironmentalManagement Commission.
(3) The word "cost" as applied to a water system or asewer system shall include the purchase price of any such system, the cost ofconstruction, the cost of all labor and materials, machinery and equipment, thecost of improvements, the cost of all lands, property, rights, easements andfranchises acquired, financing charges, interest prior to and duringconstruction and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for one year aftercompletion of construction, cost of plans and specifications, surveys andestimates of cost and of revenues, cost of engineering and legal services, andall other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility orpracticability of such construction, administrative expense and such otherexpenses, including reasonable provision for working capital, as may benecessary or incident to the financing herein authorized. Any obligation orexpense incurred by the authority or by any political subdivision prior to theissuance of bonds under the provisions of this Article in connection with anyof the foregoing items or cost may be regarded as a part of such cost.
(4) The term "governing body" shall mean the board,commission, council or other body, by whatever name it may be known, in whichthe general legislative powers of the political subdivision are vested.
(5) The word "improvements" shall mean such repairs,replacements, additions, extensions and betterments of and to a water system ora sewer system as are deemed necessary by the authority to place or to maintainsuch system in proper condition for its safe, efficient and economic operationor to meet requirements for service in areas which may be served by theauthority and for which no existing service is being rendered.
(6) The word "person" shall mean any and all persons,including individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, public or privateinstitutions, municipalities, or political subdivisions, governmental agencies,or private or public corporations organized and existing under the laws of thisState or any other state or country.
(7) The term "political subdivision" shall mean anycounty, city, town, incorporated village, sanitary district or other politicalsubdivision or public corporation of this State now or hereafter incorporated.
(7a) The word "revenues" shall mean all moneys receivedby an authority from or in connection with any sewer system or water systemincluding, without limitation, any moneys received as interest grants.
(8) The word "sewage" shall mean the water‑carriedwastes created in and carried or to be carried away from residences, hotels,schools, hospitals, industrial establishments, commercial establishments or anyother private or public building together with such surface or groundwater or householdand industrial wastes as may be present.
(9) The term "sewage disposal system" shall mean andshall include any plant, system, facility, or property used or useful or havingthe present capacity for future use in connection with the collection, treatment,purification or disposal of sewage (including industrial wastes resulting fromany processes of industry, manufacture, trade or business or from thedevelopment of any natural resources), or any integral part thereof, includingbut not limited to septic tank systems or other on‑site collection ordisposal facilities or systems, treatment plants, pumping stations,intercepting sewers, trunk sewers, pressure lines, mains and all necessaryappurtenances and equipment, and all property, rights, easements and franchisesrelating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient by the authority for theoperation thereof.
(10) The word "sewers" shall include mains, pipes andlaterals for the reception of sewage and carrying such sewage to an outfall orsome part of a sewage disposal system, including pumping stations where deemednecessary by the authority.
(11) The term "sewer system" shall embrace both sewersand sewage disposal systems and all property, rights, easements and franchisesrelating thereto.
(12) The term "water system" shall mean and include allplants, systems, facilities or properties used or useful or having the presentcapacity for future use in connection with the supply or distribution of wateror the control and drainage of stormwater runoff and any integral part thereof,including but not limited to water supply systems, water distribution systems,stormwater management programs designed to protect water quality by controllingthe level of pollutants in, and the quantity and flow of, stormwater andstructural and natural stormwater and drainage systems of all types, sources ofwater supply including lakes, reservoirs and wells, intakes, mains, laterals,aqueducts, pumping stations, standpipes, filtration plants, purificationplants, hydrants, meters, valves, and all necessary appurtenances and equipmentand all properties, rights, easements and franchises relating thereto anddeemed necessary or convenient by the authority for the operation thereof. (1955, c. 1195, s. 2; 1969, c. 850; 1971, c. 892, s.1; 1979, c. 619, s. 8; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 43; 1991, c. 591,s. 3; 2000‑70, s. 5.)
As used in this Article the following words and terms shall have thefollowing meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or differentmeaning or intent:
(1) The word "authority" shall mean an authoritycreated under the provisions of this Article or, if such authority shall beabolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to the principal functionsthereof or to whom the powers given by this Article to the authority shall begiven by law.
(2) The word "Commission" shall mean the EnvironmentalManagement Commission.
(3) The word "cost" as applied to a water system or asewer system shall include the purchase price of any such system, the cost ofconstruction, the cost of all labor and materials, machinery and equipment, thecost of improvements, the cost of all lands, property, rights, easements andfranchises acquired, financing charges, interest prior to and duringconstruction and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for one year aftercompletion of construction, cost of plans and specifications, surveys andestimates of cost and of revenues, cost of engineering and legal services, andall other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility orpracticability of such construction, administrative expense and such otherexpenses, including reasonable provision for working capital, as may benecessary or incident to the financing herein authorized. Any obligation orexpense incurred by the authority or by any political subdivision prior to theissuance of bonds under the provisions of this Article in connection with anyof the foregoing items or cost may be regarded as a part of such cost.
(4) The term "governing body" shall mean the board,commission, council or other body, by whatever name it may be known, in whichthe general legislative powers of the political subdivision are vested.
(5) The word "improvements" shall mean such repairs,replacements, additions, extensions and betterments of and to a water system ora sewer system as are deemed necessary by the authority to place or to maintainsuch system in proper condition for its safe, efficient and economic operationor to meet requirements for service in areas which may be served by theauthority and for which no existing service is being rendered.
(6) The word "person" shall mean any and all persons,including individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, public or privateinstitutions, municipalities, or political subdivisions, governmental agencies,or private or public corporations organized and existing under the laws of thisState or any other state or country.
(7) The term "political subdivision" shall mean anycounty, city, town, incorporated village, sanitary district or other politicalsubdivision or public corporation of this State now or hereafter incorporated.
(7a) The word "revenues" shall mean all moneys receivedby an authority from or in connection with any sewer system or water systemincluding, without limitation, any moneys received as interest grants.
(8) The word "sewage" shall mean the water‑carriedwastes created in and carried or to be carried away from residences, hotels,schools, hospitals, industrial establishments, commercial establishments or anyother private or public building together with such surface or groundwater or householdand industrial wastes as may be present.
(9) The term "sewage disposal system" shall mean andshall include any plant, system, facility, or property used or useful or havingthe present capacity for future use in connection with the collection, treatment,purification or disposal of sewage (including industrial wastes resulting fromany processes of industry, manufacture, trade or business or from thedevelopment of any natural resources), or any integral part thereof, includingbut not limited to septic tank systems or other on‑site collection ordisposal facilities or systems, treatment plants, pumping stations,intercepting sewers, trunk sewers, pressure lines, mains and all necessaryappurtenances and equipment, and all property, rights, easements and franchisesrelating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient by the authority for theoperation thereof.
(10) The word "sewers" shall include mains, pipes andlaterals for the reception of sewage and carrying such sewage to an outfall orsome part of a sewage disposal system, including pumping stations where deemednecessary by the authority.
(11) The term "sewer system" shall embrace both sewersand sewage disposal systems and all property, rights, easements and franchisesrelating thereto.
(12) The term "water system" shall mean and include allplants, systems, facilities or properties used or useful or having the presentcapacity for future use in connection with the supply or distribution of wateror the control and drainage of stormwater runoff and any integral part thereof,including but not limited to water supply systems, water distribution systems,stormwater management programs designed to protect water quality by controllingthe level of pollutants in, and the quantity and flow of, stormwater andstructural and natural stormwater and drainage systems of all types, sources ofwater supply including lakes, reservoirs and wells, intakes, mains, laterals,aqueducts, pumping stations, standpipes, filtration plants, purificationplants, hydrants, meters, valves, and all necessary appurtenances and equipmentand all properties, rights, easements and franchises relating thereto anddeemed necessary or convenient by the authority for the operation thereof. (1955, c. 1195, s. 2; 1969, c. 850; 1971, c. 892, s.1; 1979, c. 619, s. 8; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 43; 1991, c. 591,s. 3; 2000‑70, s. 5.)
As used in this Article the following words and terms shall have thefollowing meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or differentmeaning or intent:
(1) The word "authority" shall mean an authoritycreated under the provisions of this Article or, if such authority shall beabolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to the principal functionsthereof or to whom the powers given by this Article to the authority shall begiven by law.
(2) The word "Commission" shall mean the EnvironmentalManagement Commission.
(3) The word "cost" as applied to a water system or asewer system shall include the purchase price of any such system, the cost ofconstruction, the cost of all labor and materials, machinery and equipment, thecost of improvements, the cost of all lands, property, rights, easements andfranchises acquired, financing charges, interest prior to and duringconstruction and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for one year aftercompletion of construction, cost of plans and specifications, surveys andestimates of cost and of revenues, cost of engineering and legal services, andall other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility orpracticability of such construction, administrative expense and such otherexpenses, including reasonable provision for working capital, as may benecessary or incident to the financing herein authorized. Any obligation orexpense incurred by the authority or by any political subdivision prior to theissuance of bonds under the provisions of this Article in connection with anyof the foregoing items or cost may be regarded as a part of such cost.
(4) The term "governing body" shall mean the board,commission, council or other body, by whatever name it may be known, in whichthe general legislative powers of the political subdivision are vested.
(5) The word "improvements" shall mean such repairs,replacements, additions, extensions and betterments of and to a water system ora sewer system as are deemed necessary by the authority to place or to maintainsuch system in proper condition for its safe, efficient and economic operationor to meet requirements for service in areas which may be served by theauthority and for which no existing service is being rendered.
(6) The word "person" shall mean any and all persons,including individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, public or privateinstitutions, municipalities, or political subdivisions, governmental agencies,or private or public corporations organized and existing under the laws of thisState or any other state or country.
(7) The term "political subdivision" shall mean anycounty, city, town, incorporated village, sanitary district or other politicalsubdivision or public corporation of this State now or hereafter incorporated.
(7a) The word "revenues" shall mean all moneys receivedby an authority from or in connection with any sewer system or water systemincluding, without limitation, any moneys received as interest grants.
(8) The word "sewage" shall mean the water‑carriedwastes created in and carried or to be carried away from residences, hotels,schools, hospitals, industrial establishments, commercial establishments or anyother private or public building together with such surface or groundwater or householdand industrial wastes as may be present.
(9) The term "sewage disposal system" shall mean andshall include any plant, system, facility, or property used or useful or havingthe present capacity for future use in connection with the collection, treatment,purification or disposal of sewage (including industrial wastes resulting fromany processes of industry, manufacture, trade or business or from thedevelopment of any natural resources), or any integral part thereof, includingbut not limited to septic tank systems or other on‑site collection ordisposal facilities or systems, treatment plants, pumping stations,intercepting sewers, trunk sewers, pressure lines, mains and all necessaryappurtenances and equipment, and all property, rights, easements and franchisesrelating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient by the authority for theoperation thereof.
(10) The word "sewers" shall include mains, pipes andlaterals for the reception of sewage and carrying such sewage to an outfall orsome part of a sewage disposal system, including pumping stations where deemednecessary by the authority.
(11) The term "sewer system" shall embrace both sewersand sewage disposal systems and all property, rights, easements and franchisesrelating thereto.
(12) The term "water system" shall mean and include allplants, systems, facilities or properties used or useful or having the presentcapacity for future use in connection with the supply or distribution of wateror the control and drainage of stormwater runoff and any integral part thereof,including but not limited to water supply systems, water distribution systems,stormwater management programs designed to protect water quality by controllingthe level of pollutants in, and the quantity and flow of, stormwater andstructural and natural stormwater and drainage systems of all types, sources ofwater supply including lakes, reservoirs and wells, intakes, mains, laterals,aqueducts, pumping stations, standpipes, filtration plants, purificationplants, hydrants, meters, valves, and all necessary appurtenances and equipmentand all properties, rights, easements and franchises relating thereto anddeemed necessary or convenient by the authority for the operation thereof. (1955, c. 1195, s. 2; 1969, c. 850; 1971, c. 892, s.1; 1979, c. 619, s. 8; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 43; 1991, c. 591,s. 3; 2000‑70, s. 5.)
