68-A - Definitions.
§ 68-a. Definitions. 1. "Authorized issuer" shall mean the following public authorities and public benefit corporations, and any successors thereto: (a) the dormitory authority of the state of New York; (b) the urban development corporation; (c) the New York state thruway authority; (d) the New York state environmental facilities corporation; (e) the New York state housing finance agency. 2. "Authorized purpose" for purposes of this article and section ninety-two-z of this chapter shall mean any purposes for which state-supported debt, as defined by section sixty-seven-a of this chapter, may or has been issued except debt for which the state is constitutionally obligated thereunder to pay debt service and related expenses, and except (a) as authorized in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section three hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law, (b) as authorized for the department of health of the state of New York facilities as specified in paragraph a of subdivision two of section sixteen hundred eighty of the public authorities law, (c) state university of New York dormitory facilities as specified in subdivision eight of section sixteen hundred seventy-eight of the public authorities law, and (d) as authorized for mental health services facilities by section nine-a of section one of chapter three hundred ninety-two of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-three constituting the New York state medical care facilities financing act. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (d) of this subdivision, for the period April first, two thousand nine through March thirty-first, two thousand eleven, mental health services facilities, as authorized by section nine-a of section one of chapter three hundred ninety-two of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-three constituting the New York state medical care facilities financing act, shall constitute an authorized purpose. 3. "Revenue bonds" for the purposes of this article and section ninety-two-z of this chapter shall mean any bonds, notes or obligations issued or incurred pursuant to section sixty-eight-b of this article.