Section 58-18-18 - Tax exemptionA. It is determined that the creation of the authority is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health and welfare and for the promotion of the economy and that those purposes are public purposes. The authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the Mortgage Finance Authority Act, and the state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of bonds and notes issued by the authority, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds and notes, that the bonds and notes of the authority issued pursuant to that act and the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation, except for estate or gift taxes and taxes on transfers.B. The income and operations of the authority and any secondary market facility shall be exempt from taxation of every kind and nature, provided that the authority shall be obligated to pay all ad valorem taxes and special assessments. The authority and any secondary market facility shall pay any recording fee for instruments recorded by it or on its behalf but shall not be required to pay any transfer tax of any kind on account of instruments recorded by it or on its behalf.1953 Comp., § 13-19-18, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 303, § 18; 1981, ch. 190, § 1; 1985, ch. 232, § 3; 1995, ch. 9, § 28.