§ 890 Wayne county industrial development agency
§ 890-A City of Dunkirk industrial development agency
§ 890-B County of Cattaraugus industrial development agency
§ 890-C Counties of Warren and Washington industrial development agency
§ 890-D City of Port Jervis industrial development agency
§ 890-E City of Salamanca industrial development agency
§ 890-H County of Saratoga industrial development agency
§ 890-I City of Amsterdam industrial development agency
§ 890-J City of Saratoga Springs industrial development agency
§ 891 Town of Wallkill industrial development agency
§ 891-A Erie county industrial development agency
§ 891-E Town of Shawangunk, Ulster county industrial development agency
§ 892 Town of Brookhaven industrial development agency
§ 892 Cayuga county industrial development agency
§ 892-A Schuyler county industrial development agency
§ 892-D Town of Malone county of Franklin industrial development agency
§ 892-E Jefferson county industrial development agency
§ 892-F Ontario county industrial development agency
§ 892-G Town of Corinth Industrial development agency
§ 892-G County of Orleans industrial development agency
§ 893 Madison county industrial development agency
§ 893-A Seneca county industrial development agency
§ 893-B Yates county industrial development agency
§ 893-C Town of Addison industrial development agency
§ 894-C Town of Moreau industrial development agency
§ 895 Onondaga county industrial development agency
§ 895-A Broome county industrial development agency
§ 895-B Tompkins county industrial development agency
§ 895-C Fulton county industrial development agency
§ 895-D Montgomery county industrial development agency
§ 895-E Genesee county industrial development agency
§ 895-F County of Clinton industrial development agency
§ 895-H County of Chautauqua industrial development agency
§ 895-I Steuben county industrial development agency
§ 895-J Greene county industrial development agency
§ 895-K Livingston county industrial development agency
§ 895-L Columbia county industrial development agency
§ 896 Chemung county industrial development agency
§ 896-A The city of Cohoes industrial development agency
§ 897 Town of Erwin industrial development agency
§ 897-A The village of Sackets Harbor industrial development agency
§ 898 Herkimer county industrial development agency
§ 898-A Town of Lancaster industrial development agency
§ 898-B Town of Islip industrial development agency
§ 900-A Village of Port Chester industrial development agency
§ 901 Oneida county industrial development agency
§ 901-A Town of Clarence, Erie county, industrial development agency
§ 901-B Wyoming county industrial development agency
§ 902 Cortland county industrial development agency
§ 902-A County of Lewis industrial development agency
§ 902-B City of Hudson industrial development agency
§ 902-C City of Mount Vernon industrial development agency
§ 903 City of Yonkers industrial development agency
§ 903-A City of Albany industrial development agency
§ 903-B Albany county industrial development agency
§ 903-C City of Rensselaer industrial development agency
§ 903-D Rensselaer county industrial development agency
§ 903-E City of Schenectady industrial development agency
§ 904-A Town of Warwick industrial development agency
§ 905 Town of Hempstead industrial development agency
§ 905-A Schoharie county industrial development agency
§ 906 County of Sullivan industrial development agency
§ 906-A Allegany county industrial development agency
§ 907-A Town of Babylon industrial development agency
§ 908 County of Delaware industrial development agency
§ 908-B City of New Rochelle industrial development agency
§ 909 County of Franklin industrial development agency
§ 909-A Town of Guilderland industrial development agency
§ 909-B Town of Bethlehem industrial development agency
§ 910-A County of Otsego industrial development agency
§ 910-B Village of Fairport industrial development agency
§ 910-C Village of Coxsackie industrial development agency
§ 910-D Village of Depew industrial development agency
§ 911 Town of Dunkirk industrial development agency
§ 911-A Suffolk county industrial development agency
§ 911-B County of Oswego industrial development agency
§ 911-C Town of Montgomery industrial development agency
§ 911-D Town of Colonie industrial development agency
§ 912
§ 912 Orange county industrial development agency
§ 912-A County of Putnam industrial development agency
§ 913 City of Newburgh industrial development agency
§ 914 St. Lawrence county industrial development agency
§ 914-A Essex county industrial development agency
§ 914-A Town of Amherst industrial development agency
§ 914-A County of Chenango industrial development agency
§ 916 County of Monroe industrial development agency
§ 916-A The Niagara county industrial development agency
§ 917 City of Poughkeepsie industrial development agency
§ 917 New York City Industrial Development Agency
§ 918 Village of Buchanan industrial development agency
§ 919 Glen Cove industrial development agency
§ 919-A City of Peekskill industrial development agency
§ 920 City of Hornell industrial development agency
§ 921 Village of Liberty industrial development agency
§ 922 Nassau county industrial development agency
§ 922-A Village of Hastings-on-Hudson industrial development agency
§ 923 Ulster county industrial development agency
§ 923-A County of Westchester industrial development agency
§ 923-B City of Glens Falls industrial development agency
§ 924 Southeast industrial development agency
§ 925 Dutchess county industrial development agency
§ 925-H Schenectady county industrial development agency
§ 925-K City of Mechanicville and town of Stillwater industrial development agency
§ 925-L County of Rockland industrial development agency
§ 925-M Village of Green Island industrial development agency
§ 925-P Town of Riverhead industrial development agency
§ 925-P Town of Clifton Park industrial development agency
§ 925-R Town of Hamptonburgh industrial development agency
§ 925-T Town of Concord industrial development agency
§ 925-V Town of Hamburg industrial development agency
§ 925-Z Town of Waterford industrial development agency
§ 926 City of Syracuse industrial development agency
§ 926-D City of Middletown industrial development agency
§ 926-O Town of Niagara industrial development agency
§ 926-R Hamilton county industrial development agency
§ 927 Town of Mount Pleasant industrial development agency
§ 927-A Town of North Greenbush industrial development agency
§ 927-A City of Geneva industrial development agency
§ 927-B Village of Seneca Falls industrial development agency
§ 927-D City of Utica industrial development agency
§ 927-E Town of Sand Lake industrial development agency
§ 927-F Putnam county industrial development agency
§ 928 Town of Lockport industrial development agency

Terms Used In New York Laws > General Municipal > Article 18-A > Title 2 - Municipal Industrial Development Agencies

  • Acid deposition: means the wet or dry deposition from the atmosphere of chemical compounds, usually in the form of rain or snow, having the potential to form an aqueous compound with a pH level lower than the level considered normal under natural conditions, or lower than 5. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Act: means the Federal Clean Air Act, 42 U. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Actions: include :
    (i) projects or activities directly undertaken by any agency; or projects or activities supported in whole or part through contracts, grants, subsidies, loans, or other forms of funding assistance from one or more agencies; or projects or activities involving the issuance to a person of a lease, permit, license, certificate or other entitlement for use or permission to act by one or more agencies;
    (ii) policy, regulations, and procedure-making. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 8-0105
  • Active mode: means the condition in which the input of a power supply or consumer audio and video equipment is connected to the line voltage AC and the output is connected to a DC or an AC load, fulfilling one or more of its main functions and drawing a fraction of the power supply's nameplate power output greater than zero. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Adirondack park: shall include all lands located in the forest preserve counties of the Adirondacks within the following described boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the most southerly corner of lot 166 of the John Glen and 44 Others Patent in the line between such patent and the twenty-first allotment of the Kayaderosseras Patent; thence northeasterly along the said line and along the southerly bounds of John Glen and 44 Others Patent and of the Sanders Patent to the southeasterly corner of the Sanders Patent; thence continuing northeasterly along the division line between the twenty-second and twenty-fourth allotments of the Kayaderosseras Patent to the southeasterly corner of the twenty-fourth allotment of the Kayaderosseras Patent; thence northerly along the division line between the twenty-fourth and the twenty-fifth allotments of that patent to the northeasterly corner of the twenty-fourth allotment; thence easterly along the north line of the twenty-fifth allotment and the southerly lines of John Glen and 44 Others Patent, the Luzerne Tract and the Glen Patent to the southeasterly corner of the Glen Patent; thence northerly along the easterly lines of the Glen Patent and the Luzerne Tract to the northwesterly corner of the Queensbury Patent; thence easterly along the northerly bounds of the Queensbury Patent to the northeasterly corner thereof; thence southerly along the easterly bounds of the Queensbury Patent to the northwesterly corner of the Kingsbury Patent; thence easterly along the northerly bounds of the Kingsbury Patent to the southwesterly corner of the Artillery Patent; thence northerly along the westerly line of the Artillery Patent to the northwesterly corner of the Artillery Patent; thence easterly along the northerly bounds of the Artillery Patent to the southwesterly corner of the town of Whitehall; thence northerly along the westerly line of the town of Whitehall to the southern boundary of the town of Dresden; thence in a general northerly and easterly direction along the town line to the state boundary at the outlet of South Bay; thence in a northerly direction along the state boundary to the northeastern corner of the town of Peru in Clinton county; thence in a westerly direction to the low water line of Valcour Island; thence in a general northerly and westerly direction along the northern shore of Valcour Island to the northern boundary of the town of Peru; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundary of the town of Peru to the eastern edge of the Delaware and Hudson railroad right-of-way; thence southerly along said eastern edge of the railroad right-of-way to the intersection of said right-of-way with the eastern edge of the right-of-way of U. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-0101
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Administrator: means the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Advisory committee: means the New York invasive species advisory committee established by section 9-1707 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Agency: means any state or local agency. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 8-0105
  • Agricultural purpose: shall mean the practice of farming for crops, plants, vines and trees, and the keeping, grazing, or feeding of livestock for sale of livestock or livestock products, and the on-farm processing of crops, livestock and livestock products. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Air compressor: means a compressor designed to compress air that has an inlet open to the atmosphere or other source of air, and is made up of a compression element (bare compressor), driver or drivers mechanical equipment to drive the compressor element, and any ancillary equipment. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Air contaminant: means a dust, fume, gas, mist, odor, smoke, vapor, pollen, noise or any combination thereof. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Air contamination: means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants which contribute or which are likely to contribute to a condition of air pollution. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Air contamination source: means any source at, from or by reason of which there is emitted into the atmosphere any air contaminant, regardless of who the person may be who owns or operates the building, premises or other property in, at or on which such source is located or the facility, equipment or other property by which the emission is caused or from which the emission comes. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Air pollution: means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in quantities, of characteristics and of a duration which are injurious to human, plant or animal life or to property or which unreasonably interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property throughout the state or throughout such areas of the state as shall be affected thereby; excluding however all conditions subject to the requirements of the Labor Law and Industrial Code. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Application: means an application for a certificate. See N.Y. Energy Law 18-101
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Area of the state: means any county, city, town, village, or other geographical area of the state as may be designated by the department. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Asset forfeiture: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Authority: means the New York state energy research and development authority. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Ballast: means a device used with an electric discharge lamp to obtain necessary circuit conditions (voltage, current, and waveform) for starting and operating the lamp. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Best available control technology: means an emission limitation or equipment standard based on the maximum degree of reduction which the department determines is achievable on a case-by-case basis taking into account energy, economic, environmental and health impacts and other costs related to the source. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Board: means the state board on temporary nuclear waste repository siting established by section 18-105 of this article. See N.Y. Energy Law 18-101
  • Bottle-type: means a water dispenser that uses a bottle or reservoir as the source of potable water. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Cannabinoid: means the phytocannabinoids found in hemp and does not include synthetic cannabinoids as that term is defined in subdivision (g) of schedule I of section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law. See N.Y. Cannabis Law 90
  • Cannabinoid hemp: means any hemp and any product processed or derived from hemp, that is used for human consumption provided that when such product is packaged or offered for retail sale to a consumer, it shall not have a concentration of more than three tenths of one percent delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol. See N.Y. Cannabis Law 90
  • Catskill park: shall include all lands located in the counties of Greene, Delaware, Ulster and Sullivan within the following described boundaries, to wit: Beginning in Ulster county at the intersection of the easterly line of the Hardenburgh Patent with the southerly bounds of the Rondout Reservoir; thence running southwesterly along the easterly line of Great Lot 4 of the Hardenburgh Patent to the southeasterly corner of lot one of the East Allotment, east division of Great Lot 4; thence northwesterly along the southerly bounds of lots one, 7, 8, 14, 17, 22, 26, 33, 37 and 46 of said East Allotment, east division of Great Lot 4 and along the southerly bounds of lots 67, 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42 and 41 of the Middle Allotment, east division of Great Lot 4 to the center of the Neversink creek; thence northerly along the center of the Neversink creek to the southeasterly corner of lot 37 of the West Allotment, east division of Great Lot 4; thence northwesterly along the southerly bounds of lots 37, 27, 22, 11 and 6 of said West Allotment, east division of Great Lot 4 to a point in the easterly line of the town of Rockland in Sullivan county; thence southerly along the easterly line of the town of Rockland in Sullivan county to the northeasterly corner of the town of Liberty; thence northwesterly along the northerly line of the town of Liberty in Sullivan county to the southwesterly corner of lot 120 of the East Allotment, middle division of Great Lot 4; thence northwesterly along the southerly bounds of lots 119 and 118 of the East Allotment, middle division of Great Lot 4 to a point in the center of the Willowemoc creek; thence westerly down the center of the Willowemoc creek to its confluence with the Beaver Kill; thence northwesterly down the center of said Beaver Kill to the southwesterly line of the town of Colchester in Delaware county; thence northwesterly along said southwesterly line of the town of Colchester in Delaware county to the westerly bank of the east branch of the Delaware river; thence along the westerly bank of the said east branch of the Delaware river and the westerly bounds of the Pepacton reservoir to its intersection with the mouth of the Bush Kill at or near the village of Arkville; thence up along the center of said Bush Kill to the New York Central Railroad; thence along the said New York Central Railroad easterly to the line between the counties of Delaware and Ulster; thence northeasterly along that line to the southerly line of Greene county; thence northwesterly along the southerly line of Greene county to the southwesterly corner of Great Lot No. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-0101
  • Ceiling fan: means a non-portable device that is suspended from a ceiling for circulating air via the rotation of fan blades. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Ceiling fan light kit: means the equipment used to provide light from a ceiling fan. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Certificate: means a temporary nuclear waste repository siting certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this article. See N.Y. Energy Law 18-101
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Charge to the jury: The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Clean alternative fuels: means fuels, for use in motor vehicles which meet the requirements of section 7511a(c)(4) of the Act. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Clean fuel vehicle: means a vehicle in a class or category of vehicles which has been certified to meet, for any model year, the clean fuel vehicle standards for clean fuel vehicles specified in this article pursuant to section 7583 of the Act. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Coal: means bituminous coal, anthracite coal or lignite. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Coastal communities: shall mean those areas on Long Island where the Magothy aquifer is either absent or contaminated with chlorides. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Coastal waters: means lakes Erie and Ontario, the St. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 14-0105
  • Commercial and industrial fans and blowers: means a rotary-bladed machine used to convert power to air power, with a brake horsepower greater than or equal to either one kilowatt or one horsepower, and an air horsepower less than or equal to one hundred fifty, and used for commercial and industrial purposes. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Commercial clothes dryer: means a clothes dryer designed to dry fabrics in a tumble-type drum with forced air circulation and is designed for use in:
    (a) Applications in which the occupants of more than one household will be using the clothes dryer, including multi-family housing common areas and coin laundries; or
    (b) Other commercial applications. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Commercial dishwasher: means a machine designed to clean and sanitize plates, pots, pans, glasses, cups, bowls, utensils, and trays by applying sprays of detergent solution (with or without blasting media granules) and a sanitizing rinse and is not a "compact dishwasher" or "standard dishwasher" (capacity less than eight place settings plus six serving pieces as specified in ANSI/AHAM DW-1 using the test load specified in section 2. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Commercial fryer: means an appliance for non-residential use, including a cooking vessel, in which oil is placed to such a depth that the cooking food is essentially supported by displacement of the cooking fluid rather than by the bottom of the vessel. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Commercial oven: means a chamber designed for heating, roasting, or baking food by conduction, convection, radiation, and/or electromagnetic energy. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environmental conservation. See N.Y. Energy Law 18-101
  • Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Compact basin commission: shall mean an interstate commission having jurisdiction with respect to the regulation of water resources within a basin in the state, created by interstate compact or federal-interstate compact, including but not limited to, the Susquehanna river basin commission and the Delaware river basin commission. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • compartment steamer: means a device for non-residential use with one or more food-steaming compartments in which the energy in the steam is transferred to the food by direct contact. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Compost: means the biologically stable humus-like material derived from composting or the aerobic, thermophilic decomposition of organic matter. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 17-2101
  • Compressor: means a machine or apparatus that converts different types of energy into the potential energy of gas pressure for displacement and compression of gaseous media to any higher-pressure values above atmospheric pressure and has a pressure ratio at full-load operating pressure greater than 1. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Computer: means a device that performs logical operations and processes data. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Computer monitor: means an analog or digital device of size greater than or equal to seventeen inches and less than or equal to sixty-one inches, that has a pixel density of greater than five thousand pixels per square inch, and that is designed primarily for the display of computer-generated signals for viewing by one person in a desk-based environment. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Consumer audio and video product: means a mainsconnected product that amplifies audio, offers optical, offers disc player functionality, and/or receives and plays audio and/or video content. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Control: means , as appropriate, eradicating, suppressing, reducing, or managing invasive species populations, preventing spread of invasive species from areas where they are present, and taking steps such as restoration of native species and habitats to reduce the effects of invasive species and to prevent further invasions. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
  • Conversion or modification: means any construction, reconstruction, addition to or alteration of any facility or stationary source or other physical changes to allow burning of coal as a boiler fuel. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Council: means the New York invasive species council established by section 9-1705 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
  • Council: means the New York ocean and Great Lakes ecosystem conservation council created by section 14-0107 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 14-0105
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
  • Covered fleet: means ten or more motor vehicles which are owned or operated by a single person in an area designated as being a severe ozone non-attainment area by the administrator pursuant to Title I of the Act. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. Source: OCC
  • Criteria: shall mean the state smart growth public infrastructure criteria provided in section 6-0107 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 6-0103
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Decorative gas fireplace: means a vented fireplace, including appliances that are freestanding, recessed, zero clearance, or a gas fireplace insert, that is fueled by natural gas or propane, is marked for decorative use only, and is not equipped with a thermostat or intended for use as a heater. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Demand flexibility: means the capability to schedule, shift, or curtail the electrical demand of a load-serving entity's customer through direct action by the customer or through action by a third party, the load-serving entity, or a grid balancing authority, with the customer's consent. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Draft environmental impact statement: means a preliminary statement prepared pursuant to section 8-0109 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 8-0105
  • Dual-duct portable air conditioner: means a portable air conditioner that draws some or all of the condenser inlet air from outside the conditioned space through a duct attached to an adjustable window bracket, may draw additional condenser inlet air from the conditioned space, and discharges the condenser outlet air outside the conditioned space by means of a separate duct attached to an adjustable window bracket. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Dual-flush effective flush volume: means the average flush volume of two reduced flushes and one full flush. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Dual-flush water closet: means a water closet incorporating a feature that allows the user to flush the water closet with either a reduced or a full volume of water. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Duv: means a metric that quantifies the distance between the chromaticity of a given light source and a blackbody radiator of equal correlated color temperature (CCT) on a CIE 1976 (u, v) chromatic diagram demonstrating how different two light sources of the same color temperature appear. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Ecosystem: means the complex of a community of organisms and its environment. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
  • Efficiency standard: means a standard that defines performance metrics and/or defines prescriptive design requirements associated with the regulated category of product in order to reduce energy consumption, reduce water consumption, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy consumption and/or increase demand flexibility. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Electric vehicle: means an on-road vehicle that draws electricity for propulsion from a traction battery with a least five kilowatt-hours (kWh) of capacity, and uses an external source of energy to recharge the battery. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Emission: means the release of acid deposition precursors into the atmosphere from any facility or stationary source. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • emission reduction credit: means the actual decrease in emissions of a regulated air contaminant in tons per year. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Energy code: means the New York state energy conservation construction code adopted pursuant to article eleven of this chapter. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Enforcement officer: shall mean any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this title or the building code in the municipality in which the water well drilling activities are taking place. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Environment: means the physical conditions which will be affected by a proposed action, including land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, noise, objects of historic or aesthetic significance, existing patterns of population concentration, distribution, or growth, and existing community or neighborhood character. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 8-0105
  • Environmental impact statement: means a detailed statement setting forth the matters specified in section 8-0109 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 8-0105
  • Environmental threshold value: means a deposition rate, expressed in kilograms of sulfate per hectare per year, at which no significant damaging chemical or biological effects of acid deposition have been reported, and above which there is high probability that such effects would occur. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Environmentally sound and economically feasible water conservation measures: shall mean those measures, methods, technologies or practices for efficient water use and for reduction of water loss and waste or for reducing a withdrawal, consumptive use or diversion that:
    (i) are environmentally sound; (ii) reflect best practices applicable to the water use sector; (iii) are technically feasible and available; (iv) are economically feasible and cost effective based on an analysis that considers direct and avoided economic and environmental costs; and (v) consider the particular facilities and processes involved, taking into account the environmental impact, age of equipment and facilities involved, the processes employed, energy impacts and other appropriate factors. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. Source: OCC
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • facility: means a steam electric generating facility with a generating capacity of fifty thousand kilowatts or more which burns fossil fuel. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Faucet: means a lavatory faucet, kitchen faucet, metering faucet, public lavatory faucet, or replacement aerator for a lavatory, public lavatory or kitchen faucet. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Federally exempt fluorescent lamp: means any linear lamps excluded from the definition of general service fluorescent lamps in 10 CFR 30. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fertilizer: means the same as "specialty fertilizer" as defined in section one hundred forty-three of the agriculture and markets law. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 17-2101
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Final control target: means a limitation, expressed in terms of fuel sulfur content or equivalent emissions reductions, that will reduce the New York state share of total measured or estimated wet sulfate deposition in sensitive receptor areas by the percentage derived according to the following formula: (Total measured or estimated New York's contribution to wet sulfate deposition) minus total measured or esti- (Environmental threshold value) mated wet sulfate deposition, X _______________________________ expressed as a percentage Total measured or estimated wet sulfate deposition
    N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Foreign country: means a government other than:
    N.Y. Civil Practice Law and Rules 5301
  • Foreign country judgment: means a judgment of a court of a foreign country. See N.Y. Civil Practice Law and Rules 5301
  • forest fire: is a fire which is burning forest or wood lands, or which, if permitted to extend, would burn forest or upon forest lands. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-0101
  • Forest land: includes not only lands which may be covered with tree growth but also lands which are best adapted to forests. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-0101
  • forest preserve: shall include the lands owned or hereafter acquired by the state within the county of Clinton, except the towns of Altona and Dannemora, and the counties of Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga, Saint Lawrence, Warren, Washington, Greene, Ulster and Sullivan, except:
    N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-0101
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fossil fuel: means coal, petroleum products and fuel gases. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Fugitive emissions: means those emissions of regulated air contaminants which could not reasonably pass through a stack, chimney, vent or other functionally-equivalent openings. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Gas fireplace: means a decorative gas fireplace or a heating gas fireplace. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • General service incandescent lamp: means a standard incandescent or halogen type lamp that is intended for general service applications, has a medium screw base, has a lumen range of not less than three hundred ten lumens and not more than two thousand six hundred lumens, or in the case of a modified spectrum lamp, not less than two hundred thirty-two lumens and not more than one thousand nine hundred fifty lumens, and is capable of being operated at a voltage range at least partially within one hundred ten and one hundred thirty volts; provided, however, that this definition shall not apply to the following incandescent lamps:
    (i) Appliance lamps;
    (ii) Black light lamps;
    (iii) Bug lamps;
    (iv) Colored lamps;
    (v) G shape lamps (as defined in ANSI C78. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • General service lamp: means a lamp that has an ANSI base, is able to operate at a voltage of twelve volts or twenty-four volts, at or between one hundred to one hundred thirty volts, at or between two hundred twenty to two hundred forty volts, or of two hundred seventyseven volts for integrated lamps, or is able to operate at any voltage for non-integrated lamps, has an initial lumen output of greater than or equal to three hundred ten lumens (or two hundred thirty-two lumens for modified spectrum general service incandescent lamps) and less than or equal to three thousand three hundred lumens, is not a light fixture, is not an LED downlight retrofit kit, and is used in general lighting applications. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • GIS: means geographic information system. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Greenhouse gas: means "greenhouse gas" as defined in subdivision seven of section 75-0101 of the environmental conservation law. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Hand-held showerhead: means a showerhead that can be held or fixed in place for the purpose of spraying water onto a bather and that is connected to a flexible hose. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
  • Heating gas fireplace: means a vented fireplace, including appliances that are freestanding, recessed, zero clearance, or a gas fireplace insert, that is fueled by natural gas or propane and is not a decorative fireplace. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Hemp: means the plant Cannabis sativa L. See N.Y. Cannabis Law 90
  • Hemp extract: means all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers derived from hemp, used or intended for human consumption, for its cannabinoid content, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than an amount determined by the board in regulation. See N.Y. Cannabis Law 90
  • Imaging equipment: means copiers, printers, scanners, fax machines, and multifunction devices used both in homes and businesses. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Industrial air purifier: means an indoor air cleaning device manufactured, advertised, marketed, labeled, and used solely for industrial use that are marketed solely through industrial supply outlets or businesses and prominently labeled as "Solely for industrial use. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Interbasin diversion: shall mean the transfer of water or wastewater from one New York major drainage basin to another drainage basin. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Interim control target: means a limitation, expressed in terms of fuel sulfur content, that achieves a level of sulfur deposition reduction that is approximately forty per centum of the final control target. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Introduction: means the intentional or unintentional escape, release, dissemination, or placement of a species into an ecosystem as a result of human activity. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
  • Invasive species: means a species that is:
    (a) nonnative to the ecosystem under consideration; and
    (b) whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
  • Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
  • 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.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Lamp: means an electrical appliance that includes a glass envelope and produces optical radiation for the purpose of visual illumination, designed to be installed into a light fixture by means of an integral lamp-holder or socket. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Land acquisition projects: means open space acquisition projects undertaken with willing sellers including, but not limited to, the purchase of conservation easements, undertaken by a municipality, a not-for-profit corporation, or purchase of conservation easements by a soil and water conservation district. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-3301
  • Landscape irrigation controller: means a device intended to remotely control valves to operate an irrigation system for landscapes, which may consist of grass, shrubs, trees and/or other vegetation. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Least emissions dispatch: means the utilization of the cleanest facility or other stationary source on a priority basis so that less clean facilities or stationary sources are operated at full capacity only when need arises. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. Source: U.S. Mint
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • License: means a license issued pursuant to this article. See N.Y. Cannabis Law 90
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Light fixture: means a product designed to provide light that includes at least one lamp-holder or socket and parts to distribute the light, to position or protect one or more lamps and to connect one or more lamps to a power supply. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Lloyd Sands: shall mean that geological strata generally known to be the deepest and oldest water-bearing layer of the Long Island aquifer system and shall not include bedrock. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Local agency: means any local agency, board, district, commission or governing body, including any city, county, and other political subdivision of the state. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 8-0105
  • Major industrial grouping: means all activities belonging to the same major group identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual (1987) published by the United States department of commerce. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • major stationary source: means any stationary source or any group of stationary sources located within a contiguous area and under common control and belonging to a single major industrial grouping that:
    N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • Metal halide lamp: means a high intensity discharge lamp in which the major portion of the light is produced by radiation of metal halides and their products of dissociation, possibly in combination with metallic vapors. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Metering faucet: means a faucet that, when turned on, will gradually shut itself off over a period of several seconds. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Municipal centers: shall mean areas of concentrated and mixed land uses that serve as centers for various activities, including, but not limited to, central business districts, main streets, downtown areas, brownfield opportunity areas, downtown areas of local waterfront revitalization program areas, transit-oriented development, environmental justice areas, and hardship areas. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 6-0103
  • Municipality: means the same as such term as defined in section 56-0101 of this chapter. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-3301
  • Municipality: means a county, city, town or village. See N.Y. Energy Law 18-101
  • Native species: means , with respect to a particular ecosystem, a species that, other than as a result of an introduction, historically occurred or currently occurs in that ecosystem. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • non-agricultural turf: means any non-crop land area that is covered by any grass species. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 17-2101
  • non-economic loss: includes but is not limited to pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of consortium or other damages for non-economic loss. See N.Y. Civil Practice Law and Rules 1600
  • Not-for-profit corporation: means a corporation formed pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law and qualified for tax-exempt status under the federal internal revenue code. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-3301
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • offset: means emission reductions or emission reduction credits which are required to be obtained by an air contamination source in order to obtain approval for a permit to construct a new air contamination source, or modify an existing air contamination source, in a non-attainment area pursuant to Title I of the Act. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Operating permit: means a permit issued pursuant to section 19-0311 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Outdoor lighting: means electrical lighting used to illuminate outdoor areas, including parking lots, streetlights, highways and area luminaires. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: shall mean any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision, government agency, department or bureau of the state, municipality, industry, co-partnership, association, firm, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Person: means any individual, trustee, agency, partnership, association, corporation, company, municipality, political subdivision, or other legal entity. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Person: means any individual, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation, other than the state or a public corporation, as the latter is defined in subdivision 1 of section 3 of the General Corporation Law. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-0101
  • Person: means any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision, agency, board, department or bureau of the state, municipality, partnership, association, firm, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, public benefit corporation, municipality, political subdivision, governmental agency (including any agency of the federal government), trust, estate, or other legal entity. See N.Y. Energy Law 18-101
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Phosphorus fertilizer: means fertilizer in which the available phosphate (P205) content is greater than 0. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 17-2101
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plan: means the plan developed pursuant to section 9-1705 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Plug-in luminous signs: means a self-contained, luminous sign unit that plugs into 120V AC building mains power and is intended for indoor use only. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Plumbing fixture: means an exchangeable device, which connects to a plumbing system to deliver and drain away water and waste. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Portable air conditioner: means a portable encased assembly, other than a packaged terminal air conditioner, room air conditioner, or dehumidifier, that delivers cooled, conditioned air to an enclosed space, and is powered by single-phase electric current. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Potable water: shall mean water intended for human consumption that meets the requirements for a public water system as set forth in the state sanitary code. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Potential to emit: means the maximum capacity of a stationary source to emit any regulated air contaminant under its physical and operational design. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Power supply: means a single voltage external AC to DC or AC to AC power supply included with other retail products and single voltage external AC to DC or AC to AC power supply sold separately. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
  • President: means the president of the New York state energy research and development authority. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Pressure regulator: means a device that maintains constant operating pressure immediately downstream from the device, given higher pressure upstream. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Processing: means extracting, preparing, treating, modifying, compounding, manufacturing or otherwise manipulating cannabinoid hemp to concentrate or extract its cannabinoids, or creating product, whether in intermediate or final form, used for human consumption. See N.Y. Cannabis Law 90
  • Product: means any appliance or equipment, other than a motor vehicle, which in operation consumes or is designed to consume energy or to result in the consumption of energy, including any water-related appliance, equipment or fixture that is designed to consume or result in the consumption of energy in its operation or use. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public lavatory faucet: means a fitting intended to be installed in nonresidential bathrooms that are exposed to walk-in traffic. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Public water supply system: shall mean a permanently installed water withdrawal system including its source, collection, pumping, treatment, transmission, storage and distribution facilities used in connection with such system, which provides piped potable water to the public for potable purposes, if such system has at least five service connections used by year-round residents. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • pull-down temperature application: means a commercial refrigerator with doors that, when fully loaded with twelve ounce beverage cans at ninety degrees Fahrenheit, can cool these beverages to an average stable temperature of thirty-eight degrees Fahrenheit in twelve hours or less. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Ranking minority member: The highest ranking (and usually longest serving) minority member of a committee or subcommittee.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Recreational vehicle: means a van or utility vehicle used for recreational purposes. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • reflector lamp: means any lamp in which light is produced by a filament heated to incandescence by an electric current, which: contains an inner reflective coating on the outer bulb to direct the light; is not colored; is not designed for rough or vibration service applications; is not an R20 short lamp; has an R, PAR, ER, BR, BPAR, or similar bulb shapes with an E26 medium screw base; has a rated voltage or voltage range that lies at least partially in the range of one hundred fifteen and one hundred thirty volts; has a diameter that exceeds 2. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Regulated air contaminant: means the following:
    N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Replacement aerator: means an aerator sold as a replacement, separate from the faucet to which it is intended to be attached. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Residential ventilating fan: means a fan with the purpose to actively supply air to or remove air from the inside of a residence. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Revolving credit: A credit agreement (typically a credit card) that allows a customer to borrow against a preapproved credit line when purchasing goods and services. The borrower is only billed for the amount that is actually borrowed plus any interest due. (Also called a charge account or open-end credit.) Source: OCC
  • room air cleaner: means an electric, cord-connected, portable appliance with the primary function of removing particulate matter from the air and which can be moved from room to room. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Secretary: means the secretary of state. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • self-contained condensing unit: means a factory-made assembly of refrigerating components designed to compress and liquefy a specific refrigerant that is an integral part of the refrigerated equipment and consists of one or more refrigerant compressors, refrigerant condensers, condenser fans and motors, and factory supplied accessories. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Sensitive receptor areas: means regions of the state, encompassing geographically significant land areas not wholly contained within any county, that the department determines to be susceptible to the impacts of acid deposition based upon:
    N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Showerhead: means a device through which water is discharged for a shower bath and includes a hand-held showerhead but does not include a safety shower showerhead. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Single-duct portable air conditioner: means a portable air conditioner that draws all of the condenser inlet air from the conditioned space without the means of a duct and discharges the condenser outlet air outside the conditioned space through a single-duct attached to an adjustable window bracket. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Single-voltage external AC to DC or AC to AC power supply: means a device that:
    (a) is designed to convert line voltage AC input into lower voltage DC or AC output;
    (b) is able to convert to only one DC or AC output voltage at a time;
    (c) is sold with, or intended to be used with, a separate end-use product that constitutes the primary load;
    (d) is contained within a separate physical enclosure from the end-use product;
    (e) is connected to the end-use product via a removable or hard-wired male/female electrical connection, cable, cord, or other wiring;
    (f) does not have batteries or battery packs that physically attach directly (including those that are removable) to the power supply unit;
    (g) does not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and an indicator light; or does not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and a state of charge meter;
    (h) has a nameplate output power less than or equal to two hundred fifty watts. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Small network equipment: means a device whose primary function is to pass internet protocol (IP) traffic among various network interfaces or ports intended for use in residential and small business settings. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Soil and water conservation district: means the same as such term as defined in section three of the soil and water conservation districts law. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-3301
  • Special limitation: means a special fuel use limitation for a specific facility, stationary source, or specified area of the state promulgated by the department in rules and regulations that permits the sale, offering for sale, purchase and use of oil or coal with a sulfur content in excess of established sulfur limits, when acceptable diffusion analyses have demonstrated to the department's satisfaction that such use would not contribute to the contravention of any applicable federal ambient air quality standard nor significantly increase acid deposition at sensitive receptor areas. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Species: means a group of organisms all of which have a high degree of physical and genetic similarity, generally interbreed only among themselves, and show persistent differences from members of allied groups of organisms. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 9-1703
  • Spray sprinkler body: means the exterior case or shell of a sprinkler incorporating a means of connection to the piping system designed to convey water to a nozzle or orifice. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Standby-passive mode: means the condition in which a power supply or consumer audio and video product is connected to a power source, and does not fulfill its main function, and can be switched to active mode with the remote control unit or an internal signal. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • State agency: means any state department, agency, board, public benefit corporation, public authority or commission. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 8-0105
  • State infrastructure agency: shall mean the department, the department of transportation, the department of education, the department of health, the department of state, the New York state environmental facilities corporation, the New York state housing finance agency, the housing trust fund corporation, the dormitory authority, the thruway authority, the port authority of New York and New Jersey, the empire state development corporation, the New York state urban development corporation and all other New York authorities. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 6-0103
  • state-regulated BCS: means a battery charger coupled with its batteries or battery chargers coupled with their batteries, which together are referred to as stateregulated battery charger systems. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Stationary source: means any source other than major steam electric generating facilities that emits acid deposition precursors in excess of one hundred tons per year. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0903
  • Stationary source: means any building, structure, facility or installation that emits or may emit any regulated air contaminant. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 19-0107
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Submerged aquatic vegetation: means native underwater plants found in coastal waters, including but not limited to, eelgrass (Zostera marina), widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima), wild celery (Vallisineria Americana), and pondweed (Potomageton crispus). See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 14-0105
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Telephone: means an electronic product whose primary purpose is to transmit and receive sound over a distance using a voice or data network. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Temporary nuclear waste repository: means any facility where spent fuel rods from nuclear reactors are received on or after the effective date of this article and are stored pending further or final disposal, except a facility located in the immediate vicinity of a nuclear power generating facility or an operating nuclear reactor which is used to store, on an interim or temporary basis, spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power generating facilities or operating nuclear reactors located in this state. See N.Y. Energy Law 18-101
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Threshold volume: shall mean the withdrawal of water of a volume of one hundred thousand gallons or more per day, determined by the limiting maximum capacity of the water withdrawal, treatment, or conveyance system; provided that for agricultural purposes the threshold volume shall mean a withdrawal of water of a volume in excess of an average of one hundred thousand gallons per day in any consecutive thirty-day period. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Torchiere lighting fixture: means a portable electric lighting fixture with a reflective bowl that is designed to direct light upward onto a ceiling so as to produce indirect illumination on the surfaces below. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • 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.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trough-type urinal: means a urinal designed for simultaneous use by two or more persons. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Tub spout diverters: means the following definitions:
    (a) A bath and shower diverter whose diverter mechanism is located in the tub spout; and/or
    (b) Bath and shower diverter means a device used to direct the flow of water either toward a tub spout or toward a secondary outlet intended for showering purposes, including a showerhead or body spray. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Uniform code: means the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code adopted pursuant to article eighteen of the executive law. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • 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
  • Uninterruptable power supply: means a battery charger consisting of a combination of convertors, switches and energy storage devices (such as batteries), constituting a power system for maintaining continuity of load power in case of input power failure. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Unit heater: means a self-contained, vented fan-type commercial space heater that uses natural gas or propane, and that is designed to be installed without ducts within a heated space, except that such term does not include any products covered by federal standards established pursuant to 42 U. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Urinal: means a plumbing fixture that receives only liquid body waste and, conveys the waste through a trap into a drainage system. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Used for human consumption: means intended by the manufacturer or distributor to be:
    (a) used for human consumption for its cannabinoid content; or
    (b) used in, on or by the human body for its cannabinoid content. See N.Y. Cannabis Law 90
  • Vehicular traffic signal module: means an electrically operated standard 8-inch (200mm) or 12-inch (300mm) round traffic control device composed of one or more indications which is erected for the exclusive purpose of directing vehicular traffic at signalized locations. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
  • Water closet: means a plumbing fixture having a water-containing receptor that receives liquid and solid body waste through an exposed integral trap into a drainage system. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Water cooler: means a freestanding device that consumes energy to cool and/or heat potable water. See N.Y. Energy Law 16-102
  • Water well: shall mean any groundwater excavation for the purpose of obtaining water. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Water well driller: shall mean a person who, for compensation or as part of property development and sale, engages in water well drilling activities; provided, however, that, for the purposes of this subdivision, the term "person" shall not include a public corporation, political subdivision, government agency, department, or bureau of the state or a municipality. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • water well drilling activities: shall mean the construction and reconstruction of water wells, the establishment or repair of a connection through the well casing and the repair of water wells including repairs which require the opening of the well casing. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Water withdrawal system: shall mean any equipment or infrastructure operated or maintained for the provision or withdrawal of water including, but not limited to, collection, pumping, treatment, transportation, transmission, storage, and distribution. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • withdrawal of water: shall mean the removal or taking of water for any purpose from the waters of the state. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 15-1502
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.