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<br />As previously stated, the maximum payment available to any <br />county under either formula is determined on a population basis. <br />"Population" is defined in the act as the population determined on the <br />same basis as resident population is determined by the Bureau of the <br />Cencus for general statistical purposes. For counties with a population <br />of 5,000 or more, population is figured to the nearest thousand. For <br />counties with less than 5,000 population, the computation is based on <br />actual population. <br /> <br />The maximum payment which can be made to any county under <br />the PILT Act is one million dollars. Such payment requires a population <br />of 50,000 or over and at least 1,333,333 acres of federal entitlement <br />lands. Only Mesa County meets this criteria and will therefore receive <br />total federal payments of one million dollars. In contrast, Hinsdale <br />County, which also has a great amount of eligible federal land within <br />its boundaries, will receive a payment of only about $175. This great <br />disparity comes about because of population differences. <br /> <br />In order to determine the actual payments to be made to the <br />counties, the following information must be developed: <br /> <br />1. The amount of eligible federal land within the boundaries <br />of each county. <br /> <br />2. The maximum amount payable to each county based upon the <br />population formula. <br /> <br />3. Using the first formula, multiply the total acres of <br />eligible land by 75 cents. From the resulting figure, <br />deduct payments received by the county under the Mineral <br />Leasing Act and the other specified acts. <br /> <br />4. Using the second formula, multiply the total acres of <br />eligible land by 10 cents. <br /> <br />5. The actual payment to be made to the county will there- <br />fore be the larger of the two sums arrived at in steps 3 <br />and 4, but not to exceed the sum arrived at in step 2. <br /> <br />All of the steps are relatively simple with one major <br />exception. That exception is in determining what payments must be <br />deducted as the result of federal funds received by the counties pur- <br />suant to the Mineral Leasing Act and the other specified acts. Some of <br />'the covered federal distribution is made directly to the counties and <br />there will be no difficulty in determining those amounts. However, <br />mineral leasing funds are paid directly to the state and then distrib- <br />uted by the state for various public purposes. It is possible that this <br />distribution could be troublesome in determining that portion which must <br />be charged to the counties under the PILT Act. A tabular summary of the <br />interrelationship of the PILT Act with the pending S.B. 35 is attached <br />hereto. This summary covers only the ten counties most affected by both <br />the PILT Act and S.B. 35. These ten counties currently receive_' about <br />75 percent of the total county share of mineral leasing fund distribution. <br />Hence, they give a reasonably accurate indication of the total state <br />picture. <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />,January 24, 1977 <br /> <br />2462 <br /> <br />\ <br />\ <br />