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     § 6003.  Definitions.
        The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
     shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
     context clearly requires otherwise:
        "Authority" or "Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority."
     An agency and public instrumentality of the Commonwealth and a
     body politic and corporate created pursuant to this chapter or
     created under the former provisions of section 4 of the act of
     June 27, 1986 (P.L.267, No.70), known as the Pennsylvania
     Convention Center Authority Act, formerly codified at 53 Pa.C.S.
     Ch. 59 (relating to Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority).
        "Board."  The governing body of the authority.
        "Bonds."  Notes, bonds, refunding notes and bonds, interim
     certificates, debentures and other evidence of indebtedness or
     obligations which the authority is authorized to issue pursuant
     to this chapter or was authorized pursuant to the former
     provisions of sections 7 and 8 of the act of June 27, 1986
     (P.L.267, No.70), known as the Pennsylvania Convention Center
     Authority Act, formerly codified at 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 59 (relating
     to Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority).
        "City."  Any city or county of the first class.
        "Construction."  The acquisition, design, erection,
     extension, renovation, rehabilitation, conversion, furnishing,
     fixturing, equipping, enlargement or substantial repair of a
     convention center or part of a convention center and activities
     substantially related to such acquisition, design, erection,
     extension, renovation, rehabilitation, conversion, furnishing,
     fixturing, equipping, enlargement or substantial repair of a
     convention center or part of a convention center.
        "Convention center."  Any land, improvement, structure,
     building or part of a building, or a property interest in any
     land, improvement, structure, building or part of a building,
     whether owned by or leased by or to or otherwise acquired by the
     authority, and appropriate for large public assemblies; the
     holding of conventions; conferences; trade exhibitions; and
     other business, social, cultural, scientific and public interest
     events. The term includes a main convention area and other
     buildings, structures or facilities for use in conjunction with
     the main convention area, including provision for off-street
     parking, retail areas and other improvements related to the
     convention center owned by or leased by or to the authority for
     the purpose of producing revenue to assist in defraying any
     costs or expenses of the convention center.
        "Cost of a project."  All or any part of the cost of
     construction, acquisition, alteration, enlargement, furnishing,
     fixturing and equipping, reconstruction and rehabilitation of a
     convention center project. The term includes all of the
     following:
            (1)  Cost of all lands, structures, real or personal
        property, rights, rights-of-way, roads, franchises, easements
        and interests acquired or used for or in connection with a
        project.
            (2)  Cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or
        structures on acquired land, including the cost of acquiring
        lands to which buildings or structures may be moved or
        located.
            (3)  Cost of all utility lines, structures or equipment.
            (4)  Charges and interest prior to, during and for a
        period of six months after completion of construction and
        acquisition.
            (5)  Provisions for reserves for principal and interest
        and for extensions, enlargements, additions and improvements.
            (6)  Cost of architectural, engineering, financial and
        legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys,
        estimates of cost and of revenue.
            (7)  Expenses necessary or incident to determining the
        feasibility or practicability of constructing the project.
            (8)  Other capital cost or expense as necessary or
        incident to the construction, development and acquisition of
        the project, to the financing of the construction,
        development and acquisition and to the placing of the project
        in operation. This paragraph includes a proper allowance for
        contingencies and the provisions of reasonable initial
        working capital for operating the project.
        "Expansion or substantial renovation."  Any construction with
     an estimated total cost of more than $300,000,000 initiated
     after substantial completion.
        "Federal agency" or "Federal Government."  The United States
     of America, the President of the United States of America and
     any department or corporation, agency or instrumentality
     designated or established by the United States of America.
        "Main convention area."  All facilities, furniture, fixtures
     and equipment necessary or incident to the purposes of a
     convention center. The term includes:
            (1)  meeting rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, ballrooms,
        reception areas, registration and prefunction areas, truck
        loading areas and access to truck loading areas, accessways,
        common areas, lobbies and offices; and
            (2)  areas appurtenant to any of the areas listed in
        paragraph (1).
        "Obligee of the authority" or "obligee."  Any bondholder,
     trustee or trustees for any bondholders when a party to any
     contract with the authority.
        "Philadelphia Metropolitan Statistical Area."  The
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Division of the
     Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania-New Jersey
     Delaware-Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area as announced on
     June 6, 2003, by the United States Office of Management and
     Budget pursuant to Standards for Defining Metropolitan and
     Micropolitan Statistical Areas by the Office of Management and
     Budget for the 2000 Decennial Census of the United States Census
     Bureau, as published in the Federal Register, Vol. 65, No. 249,
     on December 27, 2000, comprising the Pennsylvania counties of
     Philadelphia, Delaware, Bucks, Montgomery and Chester.
        "Project."  Any site, building, structure, equipment,
     furnishing and other facilities or undertaking in respect of a
     convention center which the authority is authorized to acquire,
     construct, improve, install, maintain or operate under the
     provisions of this chapter.
        "State public body."  The Commonwealth and its executive,
     administrative and independent agencies, its departments, its
     officers, its boards, its authorities, its commissions and its
     instrumentalities.
        "Substantial completion."  Construction which is sufficiently
     completed in accordance with contract documents and certified by
     a convention center authority's architect or engineer, as
     modified by change orders which are subject to review and
     approval by the Secretary of the Budget and the chief financial
     officer of a city, so that a main convention area can be used,
     occupied or operated for its intended use. In no event shall a
     project be certified as substantially complete until at least
     90% of the work on the main convention area is completed.

        Cross References.  Section 6003 is referred to in section
     6025 of this title.

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