Section 11-97-18 - Exemption from taxation(a) Every corporation shall exercise its powers in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for their well being, and for the improvement of their health, welfare, and social condition, and the exemptions from taxation hereinafter described are hereby granted in order to promote the more effective and economical exercise of such powers.(b) No income, sales, use, or other excise or license tax shall be levied upon or collected in the state with respect to any corporate activities of a corporation or any of its revenues, income, or profit. No ad valorem tax or assessment for any public improvement shall be levied upon or collected in the state with respect to any property during any time that title to such property is held by a corporation, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any time that such property is leased to a provider by a corporation pursuant to a lease which provides that title to such property shall automatically pass to such provider upon expiration of the lease term or which gives such provider the right to purchase such property from such authority for a nominal consideration and any time that title to such property is retained by a corporation pursuant to a contract of sale with a provider which provides that title to such property shall not pass to such provider until the purchase price thereof has been paid in full; provided that any corporation may require any provider to pay to such corporation or to any county, municipality, or the state payments in lieu of any such ad valorem taxes that would be payable with respect to such property but for the application of the provisions of this section.(c) No privilege or license taxes payable in respect of the recording or filing for record of any mortgage, deed, or other instrument, including, without limitation, the privilege taxes now imposed by Chapter 22 of Title 40, shall be levied, charged, or collected in connection with the recording or filing for record of any mortgage, deed, or other instrument evidencing a conveyance to or the creation of any property interest in a corporation, any agreement or instrument to which a corporation is a party, and any mortgage, deed, or other instrument evidencing a conveyance from a corporation to another party or the creation by a corporation of any property interest in another party.(d) If, pursuant to any contractual agreement between a corporation and a provider, any facility has been or is to be acquired by such corporation and leased or sold to such provider or has been or is to be financed by a loan from such corporation, then in such case the gross proceeds of the sale of any property used in the construction and equipment of such facility, regardless of whether such sale is to such corporation, such provider or any contractor or agent of either thereof, shall be exempt from the sales tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40 and from all other sales and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to the gross proceeds of any such sale by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of any thereof. Further, if, pursuant to any contractual arrangement between a corporation and a provider, any facility has been or is to be acquired by such corporation and leased or sold to such provider or has been or is to be financed by a loan from such corporation, then in such case any property used in the construction and equipment of such facility, regardless of whether such property has been purchased by such corporation, such provider or any contractor or agent of either thereof, shall be exempt from the use tax imposed by Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40 and all other use and similar excise taxes now or hereafter levied on or with respect to any such property by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of any thereof.(e) All bonds issued by any corporation, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including the interest income thereon and any profits made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes.Ala. Code § 11-97-18 (1975)
Acts 1984, No. 84-314, p. 695, §18.