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Show Co unty to get $4 70, 206 for in-lieu-of-taxes Robison, Utah State director, the payment program is designed to provide funds to local governments to partially offset the fiscal impact of certain tax-exempt federal lands. The payments supplement 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 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 should not 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 October 1, 1976, Utah Counties will have received more than $30,000,000. Iron County will soon be receiving $470,206 as its share of more than $8,600,000 from the Bureau of Land Management as payments under the In Lieu of Taxes Act for fiscal year 1981. Although speculation has centered around the use of the money toward financing a new jail and law enforcement facility for the County, no decision has been made. The monies are not part of the general County budget, but are used, if and when they are alloted, for projects the County Commission deems needful. According to Roland |