7-15-2115. Authorization for payment of rentals in lieu of taxes. (1) Any housing authority established pursuant to this part and/or the federal government may pay annual sums from rentals in lieu of taxes to any state and/or political subdivision thereof with respect to any real property, including improvements thereon, owned or held by either such housing authority or the federal government.

(2) The amount so paid for any year upon such property shall not exceed the taxes which would be paid to the state and/or subdivision thereof, as the case may be, upon such property if it were not exempt from taxation, with such allowances as may be considered to be appropriate for expenditures by the government for streets, utilities, or other public services to serve such property.