Show Refuge payment made to county Herbert G. G G Refuge Manager for Ouray National Wildlife Refuge delivered a revenue sharing check for to Uintah County This money was paid under the Refuge Revenue Sharing Act of 1964 and is based on three- three fourths of one percent of the appraised value of land bought for Ouray Refuge THE TIU AMOUNT is larger than last year for two reasons First the lands are reappraised every five years and this payment is larger because of this Second In Hi 1976 the Federal went to a fiscal year beginning on October 1 so there was a transition quarter from July 1 to October 1 This check is for fifteen months The money is used half for schools and half for roads in the county On October 20 1976 President Ford signed P PL L 94 to increase increase increase in in- crease Federal payments to counties where Federal lands cannot be taxed locally Federal Federa lands covered are National Forests National Parks lands administered by bythe bythe bythe the Bureau of Land Management wilderness areas and reservoirs controlled by Bureau of Reclamation and Army Corp of Engineers Lands administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service were excluded however early sessions of the Congress will include a review of the adequacy of the National Wildlife Refuge System sharing revenue-sharing program by bythe bythe bythe the Subcommittee of Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the Merchant Merchant Merchant Mer Mer- chant Marine and Fisheries Committee |