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RAPPAHANNOCK County would receive an estimated $24,047 from the Federal Government if a proposed bill, commonly known as “Payments-in-lieu,” is passed. The bill, H. R. 9719, would provide for a system of payments to counties to compensate them partially for the tax immunity of federal natural resource lands such as parks.
In a letter from RappahannockRapidan Planning District Commission Executive Director Arthur S. Warren to Commission Chairman E. P. Luke, Warren said the bill is expected to go to the U. S. House of Representatives in late May or early June.
Many counties, Warren said, have long worked for recognition of the property tax immunity burden created by large holdings of tax-exempt federally-owned land. Warren estimated that the federal government now owns approximately one third of the U. S. land area that escapes local taxes, affecting more than 1,000 counties in 48 states.
In the letter, Warren states that payments would be based on acreage and limited to a per capita ceiling, so that no county would receive a “windfall.” Payment would not amount to as much revenue as counties would receive
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