

(3) "Authority" means the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority created by § 24-12-2, or, if the authority shall be abolished, the board, body, or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon whom the powers given by the chapter to the authority shall be given by law. (2) "Annual period" means the one-year fiscal period of the state commencing on the first day of July of any year and ending the last day of June of the following year. (1) "Additional facility" means any bridge, approach or feeder road, highway, road, freeway, tunnel, overpass, underpass, parking facility or toll facility, in the state, equipment or signal and information system, which the authority is authorized by this chapter or any other law to construct, reconstruct, renovate, acquire, maintain, repair, operate, or manage after or any portion thereof. As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning:
