The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
004
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FORM AND NATURE OF BONDS AND NOTES
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 641)
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§ 641. Tax exemption
(a) All property of the Agency is public property devoted to an essential public and governmental
function and purpose and is exempt from all taxes, franchise fees, and special assessments
of whatever nature of the State or any subdivision. All bonds or notes issued under
this chapter are issued by a body corporate and public of this State and for an essential
public and governmental purpose and those bonds and notes, and the interest thereon
and the income therefrom, and all activities of the Agency and fees, charges, funds,
revenues, incomes, and other monies of the Agency whether or not pledged or available
to pay or secure the payment of those bonds or notes, or interest thereon, are exempt
from all taxation, franchise fees, or special assessments of whatever kind except
for transfer, inheritance, and estate taxes.
(b) The Agency is not required to make or file any reports, statements, or informational
returns required of any other bodies corporate except as provided in this chapter.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a tax lien on real property that has
attached pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5061 shall not be extinguished as a result of the acquisition by the Agency of property
subject to such lien. No real property owned by the Agency on April 1 of any year
shall be assessed for taxes by any municipality and no lien for taxes pursuant to
32 V.S.A. § 5061 shall attach to such property whether or not the Agency subsequently transfers the
property to a taxable person prior to April 1 of the following year. (Added 1973, No. 260 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 11, 1974; amended 1983, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 10, 1984.)