Laws, Regulations & Annotations

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490.0000 GOVERNMENT-OWNED PROPERTY

Annotation 490.0010

490.0010 Joint Powers Agency. The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes two or more public entities to enter into an agreement to exercise jointly any power common to them and specifically provides that a mutual water company can become a member a joint powers agency under certain circumstances. However, there is no provision in the Joint Exercise of Powers Act which provides that a mutual water company is considered an exempt public entity when such a company becomes a member of a joint powers agency.

When a mutual water company owns taxable land located within its boundaries and the company is a member of a joint powers agency, such land is not exempt and remains subject to assessment. Likewise, when taxable privately-owned land located within the boundaries of a joint powers agency is to be developed by the joint powers agency, such land is also not exempt and remains subject to assessment. The mere creation of the joint powers agency does not transmute the character of the land from taxable property to exempt property. C 8/14/2001.