(a) The authority shall be exempt from the payment of any taxes or fees to the state or any subdivision thereof, or to any officer or employee of the state or any subdivision thereof. The property of an authority shall be exempt from all local and municipal taxes. Bonds, notes, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness of an authority are declared to be issued for a public purpose and to be public instrumentalities and, together with interest thereon, shall be exempt from taxes.
(b) All representatives of a housing authority, acting within the scope of carrying out the business and conducting the affairs of a housing authority, shall be exempt from all licensing requirements imposed by any law with respect to the sale, rental or management of real property or the improvement or development thereof, including requirements imposing any fee or charge.
Structure West Virginia Code
§16-15-2. Legislative Declaration of Necessity for Creation of Housing Authority Corporations
§16-15-3a. Regional Housing Authorities
§16-15-3b. Consolidated Housing Authorities
§16-15-5. Organization, Officers and Employees of Housing Authority
§16-15-6. Commissioner to Receive No Compensation; Reimbursement for Necessary Expenditures
§16-15-7. Authority a Body Corporate and Politic; Powers; Investigations or Examinations
§16-15-7a. Power of Authority to Include Certain Stipulations in Contracts
§16-15-7b. Joint Undertakings by Authorities; Areas of Operation
§16-15-8. Power to Acquire Lands, etc., by Purchase or by Right of Eminent Domain
§16-15-10. Amount and Nature of Indebtedness; Rights of Creditors
§16-15-12. Report to Mayor or County Governing Body
§16-15-13. Community and Economic Development Fund
§16-15-14. Tax and Licensing Exemptions
§16-15-15. Security for Funds of Authority Deposited in Bank
§16-15-17. Policy of State as to Rentals
§16-15-18. Duties of Authority and Limitation of Powers
§16-15-19. Power to Issue Bonds; How Bonds Secured
§16-15-24. Housing Authorities Empowered to Provide Housing for Farmers of Low and Moderate Income