Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Board" means the community economic revitalization board.

(2) "Public facility" or "facility" means any facility for public purposes financed in whole or in part by any port district, county, city, town, or special utility district of the state of Washington, including, but not limited to, sewer or other waste disposal facilities, arterials, bridges, access roads, port facilities, or water distribution and purification facilities.

(3) "Public facility costs" means any direct or indirect cost incurred or to be incurred by a political subdivision in financing any public facility, including the cost of acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, alteration, expansion, or improvement of the facilities.

(4) "Responsible official" means the person so designated in the resolution of the legislative body of the political subdivision authorizing or approving submittal of the application.