§ 2. Definitions.

In the interpretation hereof the following words and terms shall be taken to include the following meanings when the context shall require or permit:

(1)

The term "bonds" means and embraces bonds, notes, certificates, and other financial obligations issued by the authority for financing or refinancing purposes, and except where otherwise required by the context, notes, and other instruments executed to evidence obligations of the authority for the repayment of borrowed funds.

(2)

The term "county" means the County of Duval.

(3)

The term "city" or "City of Jacksonville" means the consolidated government of the City of Jacksonville created pursuant to section 9, Article VIII of the State Constitution.

(4)

The term "federal agency" means and includes the United States, the President of the United States, and any department of, or corporation, agency, or instrumentality thereof, heretofore or hereafter created, designated, or established by the United States.

(5)

Words importing singular number shall include the plural number in each case and vice versa, and words importing persons shall include firms and corporations.

(6)

The term "project" embraces any one or any combination of 2 or more of the following, to wit: facilities for the construction, manufacture, repair, or maintenance of boats, ships, and watercraft of all kinds, and other facilities, directly or indirectly related to the promotion and development, of waterborne and maritime activities and commerce, travel, exploration, and researching, and other harbor, port, shipping, and seaport facilities of all kinds, including, but not limited to, harbors, channels, turning basins, anchorage areas, jetties, breakwaters, waterways, canals, locks, tidal basins, wharves, docks, piers, slips, bulkheads, warehouses, terminals, refrigerating, and cold storage plants and facilities, parking areas and facilities, intermodal and railroad and motor terminals for passengers, freight, exploration, and research, rolling stock, ferries, boats, conveyors, and appliances of all kinds for the handling, storage, inspection, and transportation of freight and the handling of passenger traffic, mail, express, and freight, administration and service buildings, toll highways, tunnels, causeways, and bridges connected therewith or incident or auxiliary thereto, and may include all property, structures, facilities, rights, easements, and franchises relating to any such project deemed necessary or convenient for the acquisition, construction, purchase, or operation thereof. The authority is authorized to use such of its real property as it deems fit for facilities for recreational programs and activities, provided, however, that such programs and activities are approved by a simple majority vote of the Jacksonville City Council.

(7)

The term "cost," as applied to improvements, means the cost of constructing or acquiring improvements as hereinabove defined and shall embrace the cost of all labor and materials, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, the cost of engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to such construction or acquisition.

(8)

The term "cost," as applied to a project acquired, constructed, extended, or enlarged, includes the purchase price of any project acquired, the cost of improvements, the cost of such construction, extension, or enlargement, the cost of all lands, properties, rights, easements, and franchises acquired, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest during construction, and if deemed advisable, for up to 1 year after completion of construction, cost of investigations and audits, and of engineering and legal services, and all other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of such acquisition or construction, administrative expense, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing herein authorized and to the acquisition or construction of a project and the placing of the same in operation. Any obligation or expense incurred by the authority prior to the issuance of revenue bonds under the provisions of this act for engineering studies and for estimates of cost and of revenue and for other technical, financial, or legal services in connection with the acquisition or construction of any project may be regarded as a part of the cost of such project.

(Laws of Fla., Ch. 2004-465, § 1)