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               We hold that the private business use test is not met.                  
          Accordingly, the proposed bonds will not be private activity                 
          bonds.23  Interest on those bonds will be excludable from gross              
          income under section 103(a).                                                 
                                                        Decision will be               
                                                   entered for petitioner.             

























               23A bond issue meets the private business tests of sec.                 
          141(b) if it meets both the private business use test and the                
          private security or payment test.  City of New York v.                       
          Commissioner, 103 T.C. at 498.  Because the bond issue in the                
          instant case fails to meet the private business use test, it is              
          unnecessary for us to discuss whether the private security or                
          payment test is met.                                                         




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