All personal property owned or leased by a nonprofit corporation, which does not accept advertising for a consideration and is engaged exclusively in the production of programs for educational television, and all personal property owned or leased by a nonprofit educational organization, which is engaged exclusively in the production of programs as a noncommercial educational FM or AM broadcast station, shall be exempt from taxation, if such personal property is used solely and exclusively for the purposes of such organization or corporation and no part of the corporation’s or organization’s net earnings inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.

(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1394.)

Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 215.5

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.