| Show Revenue Sharing r Provides to County Sanpete County will receive as Its portion of Federal Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral revenue sharing funds to be distributed In 1972 under the compromise agreed to by the US U.S. Senate-House Senate Conference Committee This was disclosed in an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation the private re research research research re- re search organization According to the Foundation study allocations to the county government in Sanpete te Count County will total while distributions distributions distributions dis dis- to cities and towns within the county will vilI amount to Altogether the revenue- revenue sharing compromise worked out by the conference committee will provide state and local units in Utah with million million mil mil- lion In new revenue this year Approximately million of this federal money will beallo- beallo be allocated allocated allo allo- to cities and counties and million will go to the state government Previously two differing versions of Federal revenue sharing had been passed passed one one by the US U.S. House of Representatives Representatives Representatives and one by the US U.S. Senate The allocation formula contained In the passed House-passed bill favored the heavily industrial states The Senate Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate version on the other hand favored the poorer populated states Foundation analysts note that Utah along with most low- low income states will benefit by bythe bythe bythe the compromise over what would have been provided in the passed House-passed revenue sharing bill In the original House bill Utah would have received a total allocation of million in 1972 The Senate bill would have given Utah about million in Federal Federal sharing revenue revenue sharing funds As noted the compromise com com- compromise compromise promise will provide Utah with million approximately or nine per cent below the Senate version but eight per cent above the House bill The Foundation analysis also points out that in the original passed House-passed bill Utah was the only state ranking among the lower third in per capita in income income income in- in come that would have received a per person sharing revenue allocation above the US U.S. aver aver- age Under the Senate House-Senate compromise however 14 of the 17 states ranking among the lower third In per capita income in income income in- in come will receive per person reve sharing revenue n u e s h a r i n g allocations allocations allocations alloca alloca- above the US U.S. average Over the next five years more than 30 billion in Federal Feder Feder- al revenue will be allocated to state and local units across the nation Distributions in 1972 will total 53 billion This sum will be gradually increased to 65 billion by 1976 |
