§ 40A:66-23 — Public property; tax exemption.

23. Every electric supply project or facility within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members that is owned by the authority, including any pro rata share of any property within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members that is owned by the authority in conjunction with any other person or public agency and used in connection with the generation, transmission, and production of electric power and energy, and all other property of the authority within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members, is hereby declared to be public property and devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose, and the property within the corporate limits and franchise areas of the members, the authority and its income shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any subdivision of the State. All bonds of the authority are hereby declared to be issued by a political subdivision of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be a public instrumentality in the bonds, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom and all service charges, funds, revenues, and other monies pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes, and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death. L.2015, c.129, s.23.