§ 2-285. Moneys received; exemption from taxation; covenant of state.  


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  • It is found, determined, and declared that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its corporate purpose is in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and that the authority is an institution of purely public charity and will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the power conferred upon it by this Act, and this state covenants with the holders of the bonds issued by the authority that the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any of the property acquired or leased by it or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision or upon its activities in the operation or maintenance of the projects erected by it or any fees, tolls, or other charges for the use of such projects or other income received by the authority, and that the bonds of the authority, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the state. The exemption from taxation provided in this section shall not extend to tenants nor lessees of the authority and shall not include exemptions from sales and use taxes on property purchased by the authority or for use by the authority.

(1999 Ga. Laws (Act No. 283, page 4815, § 25)