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Resolution No. 15-002
Resolution Urging Reauthorization of the
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
WHEREAS, Counties across the United States expressed concern that large areas of land designated
under the 1891 Forest Reserve Act would no longer be available for economic development, thwarting all future
tax proceeds intended to support local community development; and
WHEREAS, Congress took action to mitigate the impact on county government, and in 1907 began
providing counties with 10 percent of gross receipts from timber harvests in national forests to help offset the
revenue loss, which then grew to more than 25 percent through enactment of the National Forest Revenue Act
of 1908 to support county roads and public schools; and
WHEREAS, From 1908 to 2000, the United States Forest Service managed forest resources on
national forest lands for long-term revenues and during that same period of time counties across the United
States shared in these revenues in lieu of tax revenues that could have otherwise been generated had these
lands remained in private hands; and
WHEREAS, In the 1990s, the volume and value of timber harvested on national forest lands was
drastically reduced, which led Congress to enact the Federal Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 7101 et seq.), which provided a six-year guarantee payment option
that was independent of the revenue generated on the national forest lands; and
WHEREAS, The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, which has
been extended several times, most recently by the"Helium Stewardship Act of 2013(Public Law 113-40), expired
on September 30, 2013, resulting in a lapse in funding in 2014 and future years to critical programs in schools
and counties across the United States, including California; and
WHEREAS, California's forested counties and schools located within those counties are dependent on
federal revenue-sharing programs, including federal forest payments, for maintaining local roads, and providing
vital local services and programs; and
WHEREAS, County public works and forest fire prevention programs will be negatively impacted
without stable, predictable, long-term funding supported by the Federal Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act, causing the local road network to suffer long-term degradation, and putting communities
at risk for public safety emergencies due to cuts in staffing and operational activities; 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 Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000 Act:
NOW, THEREFORE, E IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors respectfully urges
the 114th Congress to reauthorize and fund the Federal Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 to provide a long-term, stable source of funding for counties and schools to maintain
vital programs and avoid any interruption in county services and school operations.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 13th day of January, 2015, by
the following votes:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Wahl, Kirk, Lambert and Chair Teeter
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None 4\1
Doug Teter, Chair
Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Chief Administrative Officer
And clerk of the, oar of Supervis/rs
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