Virginia Code 37.2-609: Exemption from taxation
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The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall be in all respects for the benefit of persons in the authority‘s service area and for the promotion of their safety, health, welfare, convenience, and prosperity. As the operation and maintenance of any behavioral health project that the authority is authorized to undertake will constitute the performance of an essential governmental function, the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any behavioral health project acquired or constructed by it or on the revenues generated by its operation.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 37.2-609
- authority: means a public body and a body corporate and politic organized in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6 (§ 37. See Virginia Code 37.2-100
- Behavioral health: means the full range of mental health, developmental, and substance abuse services and treatment modalities. See Virginia Code 37.2-600
- Behavioral health project: means any facility suitable for providing adequate care for concentrated centers of population and includes structures, buildings, improvements, additions, extensions, replacements, appurtenances, lands, rights in land, franchises, machinery, equipment, furnishings, landscaping, approaches, roadways, and other necessary or desirable facilities. See Virginia Code 37.2-600
- Service area: means the city or county or combination of cities and counties or counties or cities that is served by a community services board or behavioral health authority or the cities and counties that are served by a state facility. See Virginia Code 37.2-100
1995, c. 693, § 15.1-1683; 1997, c. 587, § 37.1-249; 2005, c. 716; 2012, cc. 476, 507.