12-5509


Chapter 12.--CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES


Article 55.--PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES

     
12-5509.   Same; property tax exemption; reduction of payments.
All real and personal property used for the performance of
a public service may be exempt from ad valorem taxation to the extent
such property is used exclusively for the performance of such public
service. If any portion of the facility, title to which is vested in the
private contractor, provides direct revenue to the private contractor in
addition to payments from the municipality, that revenue producing
portion of the property shall be assessed and taxed as any other property.
Any direct revenue of the private contractor used to reduce payments
required of the municipality, such as may occur in the sale of recycled
materials, shall be considered as a payment from the municipality.

     
History:   L. 1990, ch. 64, § 9; July 1.