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Accordingly, the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any project or any property or upon any operations of the Authority or the income therefrom, or any taxes or assessments upon any project or any property or local obligation acquired, credit enhanced or used by the Authority under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income therefrom. Any bonds and credit enhancements issued by the Authority under the provisions of this chapter, the transfer thereof and the income therefrom, including any profit on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation and assessment of every kind by the Commonwealth and by the local governments and other political subdivisions of the Commonwealth.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253094,"text":"As set forth in \u00a7 62.1-200, the Authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this chapter. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 699 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1985, chapter 67; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0399\">399<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75414,"section_number":"62.1-200","catch_line":"Creation of Authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":268767,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70080,"identifier":"62.1-219","token":"62.1\/21\/62.1-219","url":"\/62.1-219\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-219\/","token":"62.1\/21\/62.1-219","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemption from taxation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-219","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>As set forth in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Creation of Authority\" href=\"\/62.1-200\/\">62.1-200<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Authority<\/span> will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this chapter. 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Accordingly, the Authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or\nassessments upon any project or any property or upon any operations of the\nAuthority or the income therefrom, or any taxes or assessments upon any project\nor any property or local obligation acquired, credit enhanced or used by the\nAuthority under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income therefrom. Any\nbonds and credit enhancements issued by the Authority under the provisions of\nthis chapter, the transfer thereof and the income therefrom, including any\nprofit on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation and\nassessment of every kind by the Commonwealth and by the local governments and\nother political subdivisions of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 699; 1985, c. 67; 1998, c. 399.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}