Definitions.

(a) The term €œauthority€ means the corporation created by § 46-24-2. (b) The term €œboard€ means the members of the authority. (c) The term €œparticipating community€ means the towns of Coventry, West Warwick, and Scituate, and the cities of Warwick and Cranston. (d) The term €œproject€ means the Pawtuxet River authority project. (e) The term €œproperty€ means any or all properties of any public works facilities or part thereof, including plants, works, instrumentalities, incinerators, waste disposal facilities, and all properties used or useful in connection therewith and all parts thereof and all appurtenances thereto, including lands, easements, rights, and lands and water rights, rights of way, contract rights, franchises, approaches, connections, sewer mains, and pipe lines, or any other property incidental to and included in any garbage disposal or incinerator system or part thereof situated within or without the authority€™s jurisdiction. (f) The term €œpublic works€ means and include any function which may be performed by any governmental agency, proprietary or otherwise. (g) The term €œtreasurer€ means the treasurer of the authority.