Senate Bill sb1818

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SM 1818

    By Senator Lynn





    7-1863-03                                           See HB 889

  1                     Senate Memorial No. ____

  2         A memorial to the Congress of the United

  3         States, urging Congress to fully fund the

  4         Payment In Lieu Of Taxes Program for federally

  5         owned lands.

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  7         WHEREAS, the Federal Government and the nation benefit

  8  from federal acquisition of lands, and

  9         WHEREAS, the citizens of the United States of America

10  benefit from the continued expansion of federal lands for

11  conservation, recreation, parks, wildlife preservation, and

12  other national-interest purposes, and

13         WHEREAS, the natural characteristics and location of

14  Florida's lands offer attractive expansions of current federal

15  facilities and acquisition of new facilities, and

16         WHEREAS, current federal payments authorized under the

17  Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act are dependent upon annual

18  appropriations by Congress, and

19         WHEREAS, on average, Congress has funded the Payment in

20  Lieu of Taxes Program at less than the full amount, and

21         WHEREAS, Florida's local governments could have

22  received $10.4 million in addition to the $10.5 million they

23  received between 1998 and 2002, and

24         WHEREAS, federal as well as state and local communities

25  benefit from the range and quality of services local

26  governments provide, and

27         WHEREAS, the continuation of range and quality of local

28  government services is dependent upon the overall continued

29  fiscal health of Florida's local governments, NOW, THEREFORE,

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31  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SM 1818
    7-1863-03                                           See HB 889




  1         That the Congress of the United States is encouraged to

  2  fully fund the Payment In Lieu of Taxes Program established

  3  under the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act of 1976.

  4         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

  5  dispatched to the President of the United States, the

  6  President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the

  7  United States House of Representatives, and each member of the

  8  Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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