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MARICOPA COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. C-20-15-005-M-00 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MARICOPA COUNTY, PHOENIX, ARIZONA RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPPORT FULL FUNDING FOR THE PAYMENT-IN-LIEU-OF-TAXES PROGRAM (PILT) AND THE SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT (SRS) IN FISCAL YEAR 2015, AND FIND A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE INTO THE FUTURE. WHEREAS, the Payment-In-Lieu-of-Taxes program was established in 1976 to offset costs incurred by counties for services provided to the federal government and to the users of federal lands located within a county, and WHEREAS, the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act was established in 2000 to restore stability and predictability to the annual payments made to States and counties containing federal lands for use by the counties, primarily, on public schools and roads, and WHEREAS, the County of Maricopa is comprised of 5,903,360 acres, of which 2,441,551 acres, 41 percent, is held by the federal government and unavailable for economic development and not part of the property tax base, and WHEREAS, the State of Arizona contains 113,417 square miles of land, with federally owned land, excluding tribal lands, comprising 42 percent of the land mass, while private land in Arizona comprises only 17 percent, and WHEREAS, Maricopa County is required to provide law enforcement, search and rescue, emergency services, road building and maintenance, and other community services on, or associated with tax- exempt federal public lands, and WHEREAS, a lack of PILT and SRS funding places the large, unsustainable burden of providing services on federal lands squarely on the back of Maricopa County taxpayers, while the presence of that federal land creates barriers to further economic opportunities, and WHEREAS, failure to provide PILT and SRS funding to Arizona counties in a timely manner will critically impact the budget process and structural solvency of Maricopa County, and substantially compromise the county’s ability to provide essential services. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County hereby respectfully requests that the United States Congress provide full funding to the PILT and SRS programs for Fiscal Year 2015 without delay, and find a solution for sustainable funding into the future. AUTHORZED this 22nd day of October, 2014 by Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Phoenix, Arizona. _________________________ Chairman, Board of Supervisors ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: _________________________ _________________________ Clerk of the Board Attorney for the County