Sec. 201. Definitions
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In this title: The term affiliate means, in addition to the definition made applicable in a case under this title by section 243(a)— for a Territory, any municipality of the Territory; and for a municipality, the governing Territory and any of the Territory's other municipalities. The term Bond means a bond, loan, line of credit, note, or other borrowing title, in physical or dematerialized form, of which— the issuer, borrower, or guarantor is the municipality or Territory as defined by paragraphs
(5)and (11); and the date of issuance or incurrence of debt precedes the date of enactment of this Act. The term court means the district court for the territory in which the debtor is located or, for any territory in which the debtor is located that does not have a district court, the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. The term debtor means the Territory or municipality concerning which a case under this title has been commenced. The term municipality — includes any political subdivision, public agency, instrumentality or instrumentality of a Territory; and should be broadly construed to effectuate the purposes of this title. The term property of the estate , when used in section 541 of title 11, United States Code, made applicable in a case under this title by section 243(a) means property of the debtor. The term special revenues means receipts derived from the ownership, operation, or disposition of projects or systems of the debtor that are primarily used or intended to be used primarily to provide transportation, utility, or other services, including the proceeds of borrowings to finance the projects or systems. The term special tax payer means record owner or holder of legal or equitable title to real property against which a special assessment or special tax has been levied the proceeds of which are the sole source of payment of an obligation issued by the debtor to defray the cost of an improvement relating to such real property. The term special tax payer affected by the plan means special tax payer with respect to whose real property the plan proposes to increase the proportion of special assessments or special taxes referred to in paragraph
(2)assessed against such real property. The term State when used in a section of title 11, United States Code, made applicable in a case under this title by section 243(a) means State or Territory when used in reference to a the relationship of a State to the municipality of the State. The term Territory means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the United States Virgin Islands. The term trustee when used in a section of title 11, United States Code, made applicable in a case under this title by section 243(a) means debtor, except as provided in section 926 of title 11, United States Code.