1. (a) An authority's property, income, and operations are exempt from taxes imposed by the state or a political subdivision of the state.
2. (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 4B(k), Development Corporation Act of 1979 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), except for the requirement in Section 4B(k) 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.

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.

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