N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3552 – Definitions
§ 3552. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Authorities Law 3552
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
1. "Board" shall mean the board of directors of the corporation as established by section thirty-five hundred fifty-three of this title.
2. "Bonds" shall mean the bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the corporation pursuant to this title, and the provisions of this title relating to bonds and bondholders shall apply with equal force and effect to notes and noteholders, respectively, unless the context otherwise clearly requires.
3. "Corporation" shall mean the public corporation created by section thirty-five hundred fifty-three of this title, known as the Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation.
4. "County" shall mean the county of Erie.
5. "Department" shall mean the department of health of the state of New York.
6. "Director" shall mean a voting director appointed to the board of directors of the corporation pursuant to section thirty-five hundred fifty-three of this title.
7. "Health facility" shall mean a building, structure or unit or any improvement to real property, including all necessary and usual attendant and related equipment, facilities or fixtures, or any part or parts thereof, or any combination or combinations thereof, including, but not limited to, a general hospital, ambulatory clinic or center, chronic disease hospital, dispensary or laboratory or any other related facility, or any combination of the foregoing, constructed, acquired or otherwise provided by or for the use of the corporation or the state in providing basic medical research, health and medical services to the public.
8. "President" shall mean the president of the corporation selected by the board of directors.
9. "Transfer" shall mean the effective date of the contract between the corporation and the commissioner of health as authorized by subdivision two of § 403 of the public health law.