§ 11-81-277 — Exemptions from Taxation

All properties of an authority, whether real, personal, or mixed, and the income therefrom, all bonds and other securities issued by an authority and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom, and all indentures and other instruments executed as security therefor, all leases made pursuant to this article and all revenues derived from any such leases, and all deeds and other documents executed by or delivered to an authority shall be exempt from any and all taxation by any public person, including, without limitation, license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which an authority may engage. An authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the probate judge in connection with the amendment of its articles or the recording of any document. The gross proceeds of the sale of any property used in a road improvement project or the construction and equipping of any road improvement facility for an authority, regardless of whether or not the sale is to an authority or any contractor or agent thereof, shall be exempt from the sales tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, and from all other sales and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to the gross proceeds of any such sale by a public person; and any property used in a road improvement project or the construction and equipping of any road improvement facility for an authority, regardless of whether the property has been purchased by an authority or any contractor or agent thereof, shall be exempt from the use tax imposed by Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40, and all other use and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to property by a public person.

Legislative History

(Act 2021-408, §18.)