(a) Applicant means a certified program operated by a municipality or a voluntary agency or a proposed incorporator of a voluntary agency applying for a State aid grant pursuant to article 25 of the Mental Hygiene Law; or a certified program operated by a county, city or voluntary agency applying for DASNY financing pursuant to section five of the Facilities Development Corporation Act.

(b) Capital costs means the costs to a program operated by an applicant with respect to the acquisition of real property estates, interests, and cooperative interests in realty, their design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement, original furnishings and equipment, site development, and appurtenances of a facility.

(c) DASNY loan means a loan to an eligible applicant from proceeds of a DASNY bond sale for all or part of the actual approved capital costs of a facility for the treatment of addictive disorders, subject to the terms and conditions of a mortgage and financing agreement.

(d) Local governmental unit (LGU) means the unit of local government given authority to provide local or unified services to persons and their families who suffer from addictive disorders.

(e) Letter of understanding and intent (LOUI) means a commitment letter issued by the commissioner authorizing an eligible applicant to secure private financing for the maximum amount approved by Division of Budget for a capital project, such private financing to be subsequently refinanced with a DASNY loan.

(f) State aid grant means State aid, pursuant to article 25 of the Mental Hygiene Law, for all or part of the actual approved capital costs of a facility for the treatment of addictive disorders, subject to a lien, mortgage or other security required by the commissioner.

(g) State Aid Grant Lien means a recorded lien on a facility improved with financing from a State aid grant or refinanced by a DASNY loan, such lien to secure for a term of years the exclusive use of the improved facility for the provision of office certified services.

(h) Voluntary agency means a corporation organized or existing pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law for the purpose of providing local services including substance use disorder treatment, compulsive gambling treatment, prevention or other authorized addiction disorder services.