Sec. 379B.011. TAX EXEMPTIONS. (a) An authority's property, income, and operations are exempt from taxes imposed by the state or a political subdivision of the state.

(b) Section 25.07(a), Tax Code, applies to a leasehold or other possessory interest in real property granted by an authority for a project designated under Section 379B.009(a) in the same manner as it applies to a leasehold or other possessory interest in real property constituting a project described by Section 505.161, except for the requirement in Section 505.161 that the voters of the municipality that created the authority have authorized the levy of a sales and use tax for the benefit of the authority.

(c) A commercial aircraft to be used as an instrumentality of commerce that is under construction inside the authority is presumed to be in interstate, international, or foreign commerce and not located in this state for longer than a temporary period for purposes of Sections 11.01 and 21.02, Tax Code.

(d) Tangible personal property located inside the authority is presumed to be in interstate, international, or foreign commerce and not located in this state for longer than a temporary period for purposes of Sections 11.01 and 21.02, Tax Code, if the owner demonstrates to the chief appraiser for the appraisal district in which the authority is located that the owner intends to incorporate the property into or attach the property to a commercial aircraft described by Subsection (c).

(e) In this section, "commercial aircraft" means an aircraft under construction that is designed to be used as described by Section 21.05(e), Tax Code.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1221, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code Sec. 378.011 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(108), 3(35), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 873 (S.B. 1090), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.25, eff. April 1, 2009.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1378 (H.B. 1348), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.