Section 2052-N. Exemption from taxes, assessments and certain fees  


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  • 1. It
      is hereby determined that the creation of the authority and the carrying
      out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of  the
      people of the town and the state and is a public purpose and a matter of
      state  concern  and  the  authority  shall  be  regarded as performing a
      governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by
      this title and shall not be  required  to  pay  any  taxes,  special  ad
      valorem  levies  or special assessments upon any property owned by it or
      under its jurisdiction, control or supervision or upon  its  activities,
      or  any  filing,  recording  or  transfer  fees  or taxes in relation to
      instruments filed, recorded or transferred  by  it  or  on  its  behalf;
      provided,   however,   that   any  real  property  owned  or  under  the
      jurisdiction, supervision or control of the  authority  outside  of  the
      district  shall be exempt from real property taxes, ad valorem levies or
      special assessments only pursuant to and to the extent  provided  by  an
      agreement with the governing body of the municipality in which said real
      property  is located. The construction, use, occupation or possession of
      any property owned by the authority or the town, including  improvements
      thereon,  by  any  person or public corporation under a lease, lease and
      sublease or any other agreement shall not operate to abrogate  or  limit
      the foregoing exemption, notwithstanding that the lessee, user, occupant
      or  person  in  possession  shall claim ownership for federal income tax
      purposes.
        2. Any bonds issued pursuant to this title together  with  the  income
      therefrom  shall  be exempt from taxation except for transfer and estate
      taxes. The revenues, moneys and all other property and all activities of
      the authority shall be exempt from all taxes and  governmental  fees  or
      charges,  whether  imposed  by  the state or any municipality, including
      without limitation real estate taxes, franchise taxes,  sales  taxes  or
      other excise taxes.
        3.  The  state  hereby  covenants  with  the  purchasers  and with all
      subsequent holders and transferees of  bonds  issued  by  the  authority
      pursuant  to  this  title,  in  consideration  of  the acceptance of and
      payment for the bonds, that the bonds of the authority  issued  pursuant
      to  this  title  and  the  income  therefrom  shall  be exempt from such
      taxation, as aforestated in subdivision two of this  section,  and  that
      all  revenues,  moneys, and other property pledged to secure the payment
      of such bonds shall at all times be free from such taxes as  aforestated
      in such subdivision.
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