10-35-17. Alternative annual tax on wind farm property and solar facilities. Any company owning or holding under lease, or otherwise, real or personal property used, or intended for use, as a wind farm producing power for the first time after June 30, 2007, and before April 1, 2015, shall pay the alternative annual taxes provided in §§ 10-35-18 and 10-35-19. A wind farm that produces power for the first time after March 31, 2015, or a solar facility, shall pay the alternative annual taxes provided in §§ 10-35-18 and 10-35-19.1. The alternative taxes imposed by §§ 10-35-18, 10-35-19, and 10-35-19.1, are in lieu of all taxes levied by the state, counties, municipalities, school districts, or other political subdivisions of the state on the personal and real property of the company which is used or intended for use as a renewable facility, but are not in lieu of the retail sales and service tax imposed by chapter 10-45, the use tax imposed by chapter 10-46, or any other tax.
Source: SL 2008, ch 49, § 2; SL 2015, ch 66, § 1, eff. Apr. 1, 2015; SL 2016, ch 61, § 2.