EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

1-1 Whereas, The Federal Government manages and controls

1-2 approximately 87 percent of the land in the State of Nevada, and in several

1-3 counties in the State of Nevada the Federal Government manages and

1-4 controls between 97 and 99 percent of the land; and

1-5 Whereas, Because the land managed and controlled by the Federal

1-6 Government in the State of Nevada is not taxable, counties that have an

1-7 extensive amount of such land located within their boundaries experience

1-8 tremendous fiscal burdens; and

1-9 Whereas, Congress enacted the Act of October 20, 1976, which, as

1-10 amended, is commonly known as the Payments In Lieu of Taxes Act, and

1-11 which requires the Federal Government to make annual payments to local

1-12 governments to compensate the local governments for the loss of revenue

1-13 they experience because of the presence of certain land within their

1-14 boundaries that is managed and controlled by the Federal Government; and

1-15 Whereas, Pursuant to the Act, the Secretary of the Interior is required

1-16 to make a payment for each fiscal year to each of the 17 counties in the

1-17 State of Nevada because those counties have such land within their

1-18 boundaries, including land that is administered by the Bureau of Land

2-1 Management, the National Park Service, the United States Fish and

2-2 Wildlife Service and the United States Forest Service; and

2-3 Whereas, The Bureau of Land Management was chosen by the

2-4 Secretary of the Interior to administer the payments required to be made

2-5 pursuant to the Act; and

2-6 Whereas, Congress appropriates money each year that the Bureau of

2-7 Land Management distributes to the counties in the State of Nevada and

2-8 other states pursuant to a statutory formula set forth in the Act; and

2-9 Whereas, From the inception of the payments in 1977 to the end of the

2-10 1997-98 fiscal year, the money appropriated by Congress has been

2-11 insufficient to provide full payment to the counties in the State of Nevada

2-12 pursuant to the statutory formula; now, therefore, be it

2-13 Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada,

2-14 Jointly, That the members of the 70th session of the Nevada Legislature

2-15 hereby urge Congress to appropriate for distribution to the counties in the

2-16 State of Nevada the amount of money necessary to correct the

2-17 underpayments to those counties pursuant to the Act for the previous fiscal

2-18 years; and be it further

2-19 Resolved, That in lieu of an appropriation by Congress to correct such

2-20 underpayments, the members of the 70th session of the Nevada Legislature

2-21 hereby urge Congress to authorize the transfer of land of equivalent value

2-22 from the Federal Government to the affected counties in the State of

2-23 Nevada; and be it further

2-24 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate of the Nevada Legislature

2-25 prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Vice President of the

2-26 United States as presiding officer of the United States Senate, the Speaker

2-27 of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Interior, the Director

2-28 of the Bureau of Land Management and each member of the Nevada

2-29 Congressional Delegation; and be it further

2-30 Resolved, That this resolution becomes effective upon passage and

2-31 approval.