(1) A lease agreement between a local building authority and its creating local entity may: (a) provide that the creating local entity, as part of the lease payments for the leased property: (i) pay all taxes and assessments levied against or on account of the leased property or rentals from it; (ii) maintain insurance on the leased property for the benefit of the local building authority and the holders of the local building authority's bonds; and (iii) assume all responsibility for any repair, replacement, alteration, or improvement to the leased property during the term of the lease agreement; and (b) authorize the local entity to sublease all or specified portions of a project to: (i) the state; (ii) another local entity; or (iii) a private party, including a nonprofit corporation, if the local building authority or local entity: (A) intends to own the project throughout the useful life of the project; and (B) determines that the local building authority or local entity's ownership of the project furthers a legitimate public purpose.

(a) provide that the creating local entity, as part of the lease payments for the leased property: (i) pay all taxes and assessments levied against or on account of the leased property or rentals from it; (ii) maintain insurance on the leased property for the benefit of the local building authority and the holders of the local building authority's bonds; and (iii) assume all responsibility for any repair, replacement, alteration, or improvement to the leased property during the term of the lease agreement; and

(i) pay all taxes and assessments levied against or on account of the leased property or rentals from it;

(ii) maintain insurance on the leased property for the benefit of the local building authority and the holders of the local building authority's bonds; and

(iii) assume all responsibility for any repair, replacement, alteration, or improvement to the leased property during the term of the lease agreement; and

(b) authorize the local entity to sublease all or specified portions of a project to: (i) the state; (ii) another local entity; or (iii) a private party, including a nonprofit corporation, if the local building authority or local entity: (A) intends to own the project throughout the useful life of the project; and (B) determines that the local building authority or local entity's ownership of the project furthers a legitimate public purpose.

(i) the state;

(ii) another local entity; or

(iii) a private party, including a nonprofit corporation, if the local building authority or local entity: (A) intends to own the project throughout the useful life of the project; and (B) determines that the local building authority or local entity's ownership of the project furthers a legitimate public purpose.

(A) intends to own the project throughout the useful life of the project; and

(B) determines that the local building authority or local entity's ownership of the project furthers a legitimate public purpose.

(2) A local entity that subleases some or all of a project under Subsection (1)(b) continues to be responsible for lease payments due under the lease agreement with the local building authority.