Words and phrases used in Sections 57-1-251 through 57-1-261 shall have meanings as follows, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
"Bonds" means general obligation bonds, interim notes and other evidences of debt of the State of Mississippi issued pursuant to Sections 57-1-251 through 57-1-261.
"Department" means the Department of Economic and Community Development.
"Facility related to the project" means and includes any of the following, as the same may pertain to the project: (i) facilities to provide potable and industrial water supply systems and sewage and waste disposal systems to the site of the project; (ii) airports, airfields and air terminals; (iii) rail lines; (iv) port and marine terminal facilities; (v) pipelines; (vi) storage facilities; (vii) highways, streets and other roadways, including curbing, guttering and storm water sewers; (viii) public school buildings, classrooms and instructional facilities, day care centers, including any functionally related facilities; (ix) parks, outdoor recreation facilities and athletic facilities; (x) auditoriums, pavilions, campgrounds, art centers, cultural centers, folklore centers and other public facilities; (xi) health care facilities, public or private; (xii) buildings and appurtenances used in support of the project; (xiii) security systems, fire suppression and prevention systems, utility distribution systems; and (xiv) on-site utilities, including, but not limited to, electricity, natural gas, telephone and other telecommunications facilities.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, governmental unit, public agency, political subdivision, or any other group acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular.
"Project" means the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, proposed to be constructed by the Department of Energy, any successor agency thereto, or a private entity engaged in the business of purchasing, storing, and offering for sale or resale, petroleum products or natural gas, together with all real property required for construction, maintenance and operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and all building, tunneling and other supporting land facilities required or useful for construction, maintenance and operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; or any project specifically designed to produce, manufacture, mine, or temporarily store a source of energy, either as primary energy or as a secondary energy for distribution or sale, or both, to persons located at or near the site of production, manufacture, mining, or storage, when such production, manufacturing, mining and temporary storage activities are limited to the indigenous natural resources of the state, including oil, natural gas, lignite and other coal resources, bioenergy resources, salt domes, depleted underground reservoirs and aquifers suited for the temporary storage of hydrocarbons to be used as primary energy sources.
"Public agency" means and includes:
Any department, board, commission, institution or other agency or instrumentality of the state;
Any city, town, county, political subdivision, school district or other district created or existing under the laws of the state or any public agency of any such city, town, county, political subdivision or district;
Any department, commission, agency or instrumentality of the United States of America; and
Any other state of the United States of America which may be cooperating with respect to location of the project within the state, or any agency thereof.
"State" means State of Mississippi.