(a) General rule.--To the extent that revenues or optional user fees received by a development entity pursuant to a public-private transportation partnership agreement are subject to a tax imposed by a political subdivision prior to the effective date of this section, the revenues or user fees shall continue to be subject to the tax and to future increases in the rate of the tax.

(b) New taxation barred.--After the effective date of this section, no new tax shall be imposed by a political subdivision or the Commonwealth on the revenues or optional user fees received by a development entity pursuant to a public-private transportation partnership agreement.

(c) Realty transfer tax.--No public-private transportation partnership agreement, lease, concession, franchise or other contract involving real property of a public-private transportation project shall be subject to a Commonwealth or local realty transfer tax imposed under the act of December 31, 1965 (P.L. 1257, No. 511),¹ known as The Local Tax Enabling Act, the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L. 6, No. 2),² known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, or a successor statute.

(d) Property.--Property used in connection with a public-private transportation project shall be considered public property and shall be exempt from ad valorem property taxes and special assessments levied against property by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision.