KRS 132.096 — Exemption from state and local ad valorem tax of various classes of property

The following classes of property shall be exempt from state and local ad valorem taxes,
including the county, city, school, and other taxing district in which it has a taxable situs:
(1) Farm implements and farm machinery owned by or leased to a person actually
engaged in farming and used in his or her farm operations;
(2) Livestock, ratite birds, and domestic fowl;
(3) Tangible personal property located in a foreign tra de zone established pursuant to
19 U.S.C. secs. 81a to 81u, provided that the zone is activated in accordance with
the regulations of the United States Customs Service and the Foreign Trade Zones
Board;
(4) Property that is certified as an alcohol producti on facility as defined in KRS
247.910;
(5) Property that is certified as a fluidized bed energy production facility as defined in
KRS 211.390;
(6) Computer software, except prewritten computer software as defined in KRS
139.010;
(7) Trucks, tractors, and b uses used on routes or in systems that are partly within and
partly outside this state, and that are subject to the fee imposed by KRS 136.188;
(8) Semitrailers and trailers, as defined in KRS 189.010, if the semitrailers or trailers
are used on a route or in a system that is partly within and partly outside this state.
Semitrailers or trailers required to be registered under KRS 186.655 that are used
only in this state shall be subject to the ad valorem tax imposed by KRS 132.487;
(9) All intangible personal property, except intangible personal property assessed under
KRS 132.030 or KRS Chapter 136. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit local
taxation of franchises of:
(a) Corporations;
(b) Financial institutions as provided in KRS 136.575; or
(c) Domestic life insurance companies;
(10) All real and personal property owned by another state or a political subdivision of
another state that is used exclusively for public purposes, if a comparable
exemption is provided in that state or political subdivision for property owned by
the Commonwealth of Kentucky or its political subdivisions;
(11) Every fraternal benefit society organized or licensed under Subtitle 29 of KRS
Chapter 304 that is a charitab le and benevolent institution, and its funds shall be
exempt from all state, county, district, city, and school taxes, other than taxes on
real property and office equipment; and
(12) (a) Any bridge built by an adjoining state, by the government of the Uni ted
States, or by any commission created by an Act of Congress, over a boundary
line stream between this state and an adjoining state, which is:
1. Not operated for profit and, if it connects with a primary highway of this
state, is declared to be public property used for public purposes; and
2. Exempt from taxation unless the adjoining state, or other public body
constructing the bridge, taxes similar bridges built by this
Commonwealth in like manner.
(b) The issuance of bonds for the purpose of amortizing the cost of construction
of the bridges, as described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, shall not affect
the tax exemption granted.