As set forth in § 23-50.16:3, the Authority will be performing essential governmental functions in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this chapter. Accordingly, the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any project or any property or upon any operations of the Authority or the income therefrom, or any taxes or assessments upon any project or any property or local obligation acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income therefrom. The exemptions hereby granted shall not extend to persons or entities conducting on the Authority’s property businesses for which payment of state or local taxes would otherwise be required. Any bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this chapter, the transfer thereof and the income therefrom, and all rents, fees, charges, gifts, grants, revenues, receipts and other moneys received or pledged to pay or secure the payment of such notes or bonds, shall at all times be free from taxation and assessment of every kind by the Commonwealth and by the local governments and other political subdivisions of the Commonwealth.

History

1996, cc. 905, 1046.