Abatement of state property taxes.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law of this state, qualified property shall be entitled to an abatement of state property taxes provided the conditions of this section are satisfied.

(b) In lieu of paying the state property tax increment on qualified property, any owner of qualified property not exempt from ad valorem taxation must pay the state property tax increment on such qualified property to the public entity that created the tax increment district in which the qualified property is located for each year commencing on the October 1 following the date when property first becomes qualified property under this chapter, and each October 1 thereafter, until the tax increment district in which such qualified property is located is terminated in accordance with Section 11-99-7.

(c) State property tax increments received by the public entity which created the tax increment district in which the qualified property is located shall be used for both of the following:

(1) To pay for project costs.

(2) To repay tax increment obligations issued to fund project costs.

(Act 2010-184, p. 262, §4.)