Show Uintah County Governments cov Receive in Revenue Sharing Funds Local units In Uintah County have received re reo in Federal revenue shar v shar-v ing funds since enactment of the pro pro- gram Included in this total are allocations alto allo totaling 2 for far the 1972 calendar cal ender year plus f for r the first half Of f 1973 THESE FACTS PACTS were brought out by Utah Foundation n the private research organization in a comprehensive analysis of Federal revenue sharing and grant grant- in aid programs The Foundation report shows that the Uintah County Government has re received re allocations totaling Federa Federal Fed era eral revenue sharing distributions to the city of af Vernal have amounted to for or the month eighteen period TOTAL REVENUE sharing allocations to all local units in Uintah County for the 1972 calendar year were equal to 1765 per capita If these funds w were re raised from a local tax an Increase increase in crease of mills mills mills' per 1000 assessed v valuation would have been required re reo In n the overall levy within the county In th the case of af the Uintah County Gov the 1972 Federal revenue sharing allocation was equal to 1246 per capita and the property tax equivalent was equal to mills Revenue sharing funds to Vernal for 1972 were equal to 1683 per capita have required an increase of 1420 I mills in the Vernal municipal levy to raise False an equivalent amount of revenue revenue THE FEDERAL revenue sharing program program pro pro- gram was enacted last year by Congress which appropriated more mare than 30 billion billion bil lion lIan in Federal funds to state and local units across the nation over a a year five year period third One-third of the funds allocated to each eath state is to the state stale government with the remaining two-thirds two going to local units Foundation analyst observe that there is apparently concern among state and local officials across the nation natlan that the revenue sharing program may not be continued They point out that many mapy state and local units have allocated their revenue revenue revenue re re- venue sharing funds for capital outlay and other ather nonrecurring expenditure items THE FOUNDATION points out that the general sharing program program pro pro- gram passed by Congress last year was only part of a comprehensive administration administration adminis proposal to overhaul the entire Federal grant structure In addition to general revenue sharing the administration Lion tion plan would have Congress consolidate consolidate consoli consoli- date many of af the purpose narrow purpose categorical categorical cate Federal grant programs into a of purpose broad-purpose special revenue sharing programs Thus far however Congress has balked at adopting any of the special revenue snaring sharing pro pro- During recent years increased criticism has been leveled at the growing com comple pic- pic of the Federal grant systems The Foundation notes that the latest tabulation tabulation tion lion lists 1051 separate Federal grant programs in operation across the nation Ten years ago there were approximately Federal grant programs Cost Coat of Federal aid to sUite state and local lacal governments govern gavern- ments in the United States has risen from 31 billion in 55 1954 to an estimated 43 45 billion In tI the e 73 1972 fiscal year MORE THAN million in Federal grants were distributed to state stale and nd local units in Utah during the 72 1971 fiscal year Utah received percent of oC all Federal grant distributions made to all state and local units in the nation natlan last year On the other hand the Foundation e estimates that residents of Utah pay about percent of at all aU Federal taxes Although it may appear that Utah realizes re reo a profit from the present Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral grant system the report stresses that these comparisons do not include the costs of Federal and state overhead and supervision Moreover the present system also fails falls to consider whether or ar not the grants are expended for the best possible use within the state AMONG THE reasons for the apparent than larger Federal grant distributions distributions dis to Utah are that some sonie of the allocation formulas reorganize the large land area and the high proportion of owned Federally-owned land the relatively low financial resources and the large num ber of children to be education in the state Even so so when Fed Federal ral aid forthe for forthe forthe the public schools In on a per per- student basis th the amount to Utah is 12 percent below the US U.S. aver average ge |