Tennessee Code 7-36-121 – Tax exemption
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-36-121
- Authority: means an authority created pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 7-36-102
- Bonds: means bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, lease-purchase agreements, and all other evidences of indebtedness either issued by or the payment of which has been assumed by the authority. See Tennessee Code 7-36-102
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- System: means any plant, works, facility, property, or parts thereof, together with all appurtenances thereto, used or useful in connection with the furnishing of any of the services and commodities authorized to be provided in this chapter, including generation or production facilities, transmission facilities, storage facilities, and distribution facilities, and all real and personal property of every nature comprising part of or used or useful in connection with a "system" and all appurtenances, contracts, leases, franchises, and other intangibles relating to a "system". See Tennessee Code 7-36-102
So long as the authority owns any of the systems, the property and revenue of such system shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxation. Any bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter, and the income therefrom, shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxation, except inheritance, transfer and estate taxes, and except as otherwise provided by the laws of this state.