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Show Ocaucr Bounty gots $20G,18G in-licu help state and local units of government recoup lost revenue rev-enue on various tax exempt federal lands. During fiscal year 1980, additional payments pay-ments were made to states and local governments under un-der programs administered by a, number of federal feder-al agencies, including the BLM, Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Payments in lieu of taxes should not be confused with other payments made annually an-nually by the BLM and other agencies to various state and local governments as their share of revenues derived de-rived from leasing of the public lands for timber cutting, cut-ting, mineral extraction and grazing. The funds are allocated under a formula which established es-tablished allocations to eligible eli-gible units of government and considerations are made based on acreage, population, popula-tion, and other revenue producing pro-ducing programs such as existing timber, grazing and mineral lease payments. Payments for fiscal year 1980 were prorated by 1.5 due to a reduction in the funds appropriated for the Payments totaling $101.8 i million are being paid by ; the BLM to more than 1,600 local government units nationwide. Beaver County's share of the in lieu of tax payment is $206,136. Iron County received re-ceived $449,436, Washington Wash-ington $538,257, Millard $323,080 of the $8,146,654 distributed to Utah counties. The payment program under un-der the payments in Lieu of Taxes Act is designed to provide pro-vide funds to local governments govern-ments to partially offset off-set the fiscal impact of certain cer-tain tax exempt federal lands within their boundaries. Over the years, Congress has passed various laws to program. Congress elected elect-ed to defer $5 million of the appropriation to 1981. |
