The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“AMTRAK.” The National Railroad Passenger Corporation.

“Bond.” The term includes bond, note, instrument, refunding bond, refunding note or other evidence of indebtedness or obligation.

“Department.” The Department of Community and Economic Development of the Commonwealth.

“Deteriorated property.” The term shall have the same meaning as in section 103 of the act of October 6, 1998 (P.L. 705, No. 92),¹ known as the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act.

“Eligible project.” Development or improvement within a TRID, including construction, infrastructure and site preparation, reconstruction or renovation of a facility within a TRID which will result in economic development or transit-oriented development in accordance with the TRID and the TRID planning study.

“Management entity.” Any of the following:

“Military installation remediation project.” A project or use of money by a qualified authority under section 303-A(a).²

“Project costs.” Any expenditures made or estimated to be made, or monetary obligations incurred or estimated to be incurred, which are listed in a TRID plan or agreement as costs of improvements that create economic development or revitalization within a TRID district, plus any costs incidental thereto. Project costs include, but are not limited to, the capital, financing, real property assembly, professional service, administrative, relocation, organizational and other necessary or convenient costs delineated in the act of July 11, 1990 (P.L. 465, No. 113),³ known as the Tax Increment Financing Act.

“Public transportation agency.” A public transit authority or similar entity, created through the laws of this Commonwealth, charged with the provision of mass transit services to the traveling public, that owns and maintains or is authorized to own and maintain a physical plant, including rolling stock, stations, maintenance and support facilities.

“Public transportation provider.” A public or private entity that operates or is authorized to operate intercity or local commuter passenger rail services within this Commonwealth that are open to the general public and that owns and maintains or is authorized to own and maintain a physical plant, including rolling stock, stations, maintenance and support facilities.

“Qualified authority.” A municipal authority established under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 56 (relating to municipal authorities) after the effective date of this definition⁴ by a qualified municipality for the purpose of funding military installation remediation projects.

“Qualified former military installation.” A parcel that was previously used by a branch of the United States Armed Forces for a military installation that was officially disestablished based on the recommendation of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission no more than 15 years prior to the effective date of this definition.⁵ The term shall not include a parcel which was used exclusively for housing.

“Qualified municipality.” A municipality which has within its geographic bounds a qualified former military installation.

“Qualified tax.” All of the following:

The term does not include a cigarette tax.

“Qualified taxpayer.” A person conducting business for profit in a parcel designated under section 301-A(a)(4) or an individual whose primary residence is in a parcel designated under section 301-A(a)(4). The term does not include a person conducting business for profit that moved operations from a non-designated parcel in a county in which a qualified former military installation is located to the designated parcel after the effective date of this definition.⁷

“Redevelopment authority.” An authority created pursuant to the act of May 24, 1945 (P.L. 991, No. 385),⁸ known as the Urban Redevelopment Law.

“Tax Reform Code of 1971.” The act of March 4, 1971 (P.L. 6, No. 2),⁹ known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971.

“Transit-oriented development.” Development concentrated around and oriented to transit stations in a manner that promotes transit riding or passenger rail use. The term does not refer to a single real estate project but represents a collection of projects, usually mixed use, at a neighborhood scale that are oriented to a transit node.

“TRID.” A Transit Revitalization Investment District created in accordance with this act.

“TRID planning study.” A study required to be undertaken by one or more municipalities, with the active involvement of a public transportation agency and the pertinent county or counties, for the purpose of establishing the boundaries, existing environmental conditions, existing and proposed land use, property availability, real estate market conditions, development potential, including use of air space rights, required zoning amendments, desired infrastructure and necessary transportation-related improvements and a financial plan, including funding sources, a proposed amortization schedule where applicable and estimated future maintenance requirements, to support the designation and implementation of a proposed TRID.

“Value capture area.” An area coincident with the boundaries of a TRID, established simultaneously with TRID designation, in accordance with this act, in which real estate tax revenues and any other designated tax revenues shall, at a minimum, be shared by the participating local jurisdiction or jurisdictions and public transportation agency or agencies for the purpose of implementing a TRID.