Show Moss urges signing I LI in in lieu of taxes bill Senator Frank E E. E Moss DUtah J DUtah D D- Utah urged President Ford to sign the Payments in Lieu of 01 t Taxes bill bil saying the federal I government has an obligation f to make payments to state and local governments to com compensate compensate pen pen- 1 sate for the tax immunity of 01 federal lands I II I Moss SAID the bill which passed passed pass pass- ed the Senate on October 1 j i will mean over 7 million annually an an- anI annually I in additional federal revenues rev rev- I i for Utah Uintah County's Coun Coun- I tys ty's share would be I I Daggett County is Every acre of public land which is tax immune diminishes diminish diminish- I es the tax base proportionately proportions tely within its governmental jurisdiction Moss said He added added added ad ad- ded that the tax immunity enjoyed by the federal government government government govern govern- ment places an unfair burden on the taxpayers residing in ini those iose areas i I UTAH 19 isone one of five states I j which are over 50 percent fedI fed fed- owned he said These five states suffer sulCer this Inequitable Inequitable Inequitable able tax burden the greatest great great- est Moss said he supported the concept of payments being made to state and local governments governments gov gov- based upon the a amount amount a a- mount of qualified public lands within their boundaries long beCore before before be be- fore Core he came to the Senate In fact fact he said while I served in local government I became involved in trying to work out a payment system in order to ease the burden on taxpayers who were also supporting public lands because those public properties were not part of the tax base MAS AS LONG LING as western states like Utah have large amounts of their land owned by the Federal government then the Federal government must compensate the local governments governments governments govern govern- ments for maintaining vital services in those areas Moss said It is only just and fair that this be done as r I r i Pr 5 i I tat t tf s t f J Jy It f I f 11 f. f roi r 1 y r 1 IJ I i J Y 1 UTAH district of the American Cancer Society members are left to Ida M M. Phillips Roosevelt Public Education chairman Gladys Ross Roosevelt Colene Hancock Vernal unit presidents 77 1976 William Robinson Manila Monila unit vice-president vice 77 1976 Janet Lauderback Vernal Crusade chairman 76 1975 Marie Godfrey Vernal and Kerry Frandsen Duchesne public education chairmen Dorothy Rowen Vernal unit president 76 1975 and Virginia Conkling Salt Lake City division service chairman |