57-06-17.4. Pipeline authority exemption

57-06-17.4. Pipeline authority exemption Property, not including land, is exempt from taxation during construction and for the first ten full taxable years following initial operation if it consists of a pipeline owned by the authority and constructed after 2006, and necessary associated equipment for the transportation or storage of energy-related commodities if constructed under chapter 54-17.7. Pipeline facilities property described in subsection 6 of section 54-17.7-02 is subject to payments in lieu of property taxes during the time it is exempt from taxation. For the purpose of these payments, pipeline facilities property described in subsection 6 of section 54-17.7-02, whether or not it crosses multiple geographic taxing districts, must be valued annually by the state board of equalization and certified in the manner that other pipeline valuations are certified. The county auditor shall calculate taxes on the pipeline facilities property described in subsection 6 of section 54-17.7-02 in the same manner that taxes are calculated on other pipeline property. Not later than December twenty-sixth of each year, each county auditor shall submit a statement of the amount of taxes that would have been assessed against pipeline facilities property exempted under this section to the state treasurer for payment. The state treasurer shall make the required payment to each county not later than March first of the following year, and the county auditor shall distribute the payments to the political subdivisions in which the exempt pipeline facilities property is located.