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Resolution Urging Reauthorization of the
Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program
WHEREAS, Much of the land in the western United States is owned by the federal government, and it
is common that some counties located in the west have more than 90 percent of their jurisdiction occupied by
federal land; and
WHEREAS, Because this land is now held by the United States Government, it is removed from the
local property tax rolls and exempt from local property tax; and
WHEREAS, A number of federal agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Park Service,
the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, account for nearly 640 million acres
owned and occupied in the United States; and
WHEREAS, In 1976 Congress passed and President Ford signed legislation to create the Federal
Payment in Lieu of Taxes program (PL 94-565) to provide payments to counties and other local governments to
offset losses in tax revenues due to the presence of tax-exempt federal land within their jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, The Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes program replaces the lost property tax revenue and
provides county government funding for essential services such as law enforcement, firefighting, search-and-
rescue operations, construction and maintenance of roads, and other vital services; and
WHEREAS, The Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes program was reformed in 2008 under the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (PL 110-343) to modify the program from a discretionary program which
is subject to annual appropriations of Congress to a fully-funded mandatory program until Federal Fiscal Year
2012; and
WHEREAS, There have been two one-year reauthorizations, the most recent as part of the enactment
of both H.R. 3979, the National Defense Authorization Act, and H.R. 83, the Federal Fiscal Year 2015 Omnibus
Spending Bill, which, when combined, provide nearly $450 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2015 funding for the
Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes program; and
WHEREAS, A number of efforts were made in the 113th Congress in both the United States House of
Representatives and the United States Senate to reauthorize the Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes program for
several consecutive years as a mandatory program in order for counties to budget accordingly:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors respectfully urges
the 114th Congress to reauthorize and fund the Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes program for several years,
commencing with Federal Fiscal Year 2016, in order to provide a long-term, stable source of funding for counties
in order to maintain vital programs and avoid any interruption in county services.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 13th day of January 2015, by
the following votes:
AYES: Supervisors ConneUy, Wahl, Kirk, Lambert and Chair Teeter
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
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Doug Teeter, Chair
Board of Supervisors
ATTEST: