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Show BLAA in lieu tax payments More than SS.fiivi.POO will he received hy Utah Counties from the Bureau of Iand Management as their share of payments under the In Lieu of Taxes Act for fiscal year 1981. Basin counties will receive the following BLM payments: Uintah $561,250, Duchesne J.1PS.043 and Daggett $36,070. According to Roland Rohison. Utah StateDirector. the payment program is designed to provide funds to local (Continued on Paee 2) BLAA in lieu - - (Continued from Page 1) governments to partially offset the fiscal impact of certain tax-exempt federal lands. The payments supplement sup-plement other federal land payments received by the local units of government. govern-ment. Robison said that over the years, Congress has passed various laws to help state and local units of governments govern-ments recoup lost revenue on various tax-exempt federal land. During fiscal year 1981, additional payments were made to local governments under programs administered by a number of federal agencies. ' "Payments in lieu of taxes shouldn't be confused with other payments made annually by the BLM and other agencies to local governments as their share of revenues derived from leasing of public lands for timber cutting, mineral extraction and grazing" Robison said. Since the Act authorized such payments for fiscal years beginning on and after Oct. 1, 1976, Utah counties will have received more than $30,000,000. |