KRS 132.200 — Property subject to state tax only

All property subject to taxation for state purposes shall also be subject to taxation in the
county, city, school, or other taxing district in which it has a taxable situs, except the
class of property described in KRS 132.030 and the following classes of property, which
shall be subject to taxation for state purposes only:
(1) Capital stock of savings and loan associations;
(2) Machinery actually engaged in manufacturing, products in the course of
manufacture, and raw material actually on hand at the plant for the purpose of
manufacture. The printing, publication, and distribution of a newspaper or operating
a job printing plant shall be deemed to be manufacturing;
(3) (a) Commercial radio and television equipment used to receive, capture, produce,
edit, en hance, modify, process, store, convey, or transmit audio or video
content or electronic signals which are broadcast over the air to an antenna;
(b) Equipment directly used or associated with the equipment identified in
paragraph (a) of this subsection, inc luding radio and television towers used to
transmit or facilitate the transmission of the signal broadcast, but excluding
telephone and cellular communications towers; and
(c) Equipment used to gather or transmit weather information;
(4) Unmanufactured agricultural products. They shall be exempt from taxation for state
purposes to the extent of the value, or amount, of any unpaid nonrecourse loans
thereon granted by the United States government or any agency thereof, and except
that cities and counties may each impose an ad valorem tax of not exceeding one
and one -half cents ($0.015) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the fair cash
value of all unmanufactured tobacco and not exceeding four and one -half cents
($0.045) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the fair cash value of all other
unmanufactured agricultural products, subject to taxation within their limits that are
not actually on hand at the plants of manufacturing concerns for the purpose of
manufacture, nor in the hands of the producer or any agent of the producer to whom
the products have been conveyed or assigned for the purpose of sale;
(5) All privately owned leasehold interest in industrial buildings, as defined under KRS
103.200, owned and financed by a tax -exempt governmental unit, or tax -exempt
statutory authority under the provisions of KRS Chapter 103, except that the rate
shall not apply to the proportion of value of the leasehold interest created through
any private financing;
(6) Tangible personal property which has been certified as a pollution control facility as
defined in KRS 224.1 -300. In the case of tangible personal property certified as a
pollution control facility which is incorporated into a landfill facility, the tangibl e
personal property shall be presumed to remain tangible personal property for
purposes of this subsection if the tangible personal property is being used for its
intended purposes;
(7) On and after January 1, 1977, the assessed value of unmined coal shall be included
in the formula contained in KRS 132.590(9) in determining the amount of county
appropriation to the office of the property valuation administrator;
(8) Motor vehicles qualifying for permanent registration as historic motor vehicles
under the p rovisions of KRS 186.043. However, nothing herein shall be construed
to exempt historical motor vehicles from the usage tax imposed by KRS 138.460;
(9) All motor vehicles:
(a) Held for sale in the inventory of a licensed motor vehicle dealer, including
motor vehicle auction dealers, which are not currently titled and registered in
Kentucky and are held on an assignment pursuant to the provisions of KRS
186A.230;
(b) That are in the possession of a licensed motor vehicle dealer, including
licensed motor vehi cle auction dealers, for sale, although ownership has not
been transferred to the dealer; and
(c) With a salvage title held by an insurance company;
(10) Machinery or equipment owned by a business, industry, or organization in order to
collect, source separate, compress, bale, shred, or otherwise handle waste materials
if the machinery or equipment is primarily used for recycling purposes as defined in
KRS 139.010;
(11) New farm machinery and other equipment held in the retailer's inventory for sale
under a floor plan financing arrangement by a retailer, as defined under KRS
365.800;
(12) New boats and new marine equipment held for retail sale under a floor plan
financing arrangement by a dealer registered under KRS 235.220;
(13) Aircraft not used in the bus iness of transporting persons or property for
compensation or hire if an exemption is approved by the county, city, school, or
other taxing district in which the aircraft has its taxable situs;
(14) Federally documented vessels not used in the business of transporting persons or
property for compensation or hire or for other commercial purposes, if an
exemption is approved by the county, city, school, or other taxing district in which
the federally documented vessel has its taxable situs;
(15) Any nonferrous metal that conforms to the quality, shape, and weight specifications
set by the New York Mercantile Exchange's special contract rules for metals, and
which is located or stored in a commodity warehouse and held on warrant, or for
which a written request has been made to a commodity warehouse to place it on
warrant, according to the rules and regulations of a trading facility. In this
subsection:
(a) "Commodity warehouse" means a warehouse, shipping plant, depository, or
other facility that has been design ated or approved by a trading facility as a
regular delivery point for a commodity on contracts of sale for future delivery;
and
(b) "Trading facility" means a facility that is designated by or registered with the
federal Commodity Futures Trading Commissi on under 7 U.S.C. secs. 1 et
seq. "Trading facility" includes the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and the New York Mercantile Exchange;
(16) Qualifying voluntary environmental remediation property for a period of thr ee (3)
years following the Energy and Environment Cabinet's issuance of a No Further
Action Letter or its equivalent, pursuant to the correction of the effect of all known
releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, petroleum, or petroleum
products located on the property consistent with a corrective action plan approved
by the Energy and Environment Cabinet pursuant to KRS 224.1 -400, 224.1-405, or
224.60-135, and provided the cleanup was not financed through a public grant
program of the petroleum storage tank environmental assurance fund;
(17) Biotechnology products held in a warehouse for distribution by the manufacturer or
by an affiliate of the manufacturer. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Biotechnology products" means those produ cts that are applicable to the
prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition of human beings and
that are produced using living organisms, materials derived from living
organisms, or cellular, subcellular, or molecular components of living
organisms. Biotechnology products does not include pharmaceutical products
which are produced from chemical compounds;
(b) "Warehouse" includes any establishment that is designed to house or store
biotechnology products, but does not include blood banks, plasma centers, or
other similar establishments;
(c) "Affiliate" means an individual, partnership, or corporation that directly or
indirectly owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, or is under common
ownership or control with, another individual, partnership, or corporation;
(18) Recreational vehicles held for sale in a retailer's inventory;
(19) A privately owned leasehold interest in residential property described in KRS
132.195(2)(g), if an exemption is approved by the county, city, school, or other
taxing district in which the residential property is located; and
(20) Prefabricated homes held for sale in a manufacturer's or retailer's inventory.