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SUBJECT: Resolution to Elect
Expenditures of National Forest Re"Payments
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SUMMARYSTATEMENT:
Resolution to Elect Expenditures of National Forest Related Safety-
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Net Payments under PL 106 -393.
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COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
2002 -309 6/13/2002: Approved 7-0, Res. #2002 -034
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PROPOSED BY: County Executive
INTRODUCTION DATE: 8/13/02
RESOLUTION NO. 2002 -034
In the Matter of the Election to Receive National Forest Related
Safety -Net Payments Under P.L. 106 -393
WHEREAS, Congress enacted in 1908 and subsequently amended a law that requires
that 25 percent of the revenues derived from National Forest lands be paid to states for
use by the counties in which the lands are situated for the benefit of public schools and
roads; and
WHEREAS, the sharing of revenues from the National Forest lands is, in part, a
recognition that these lands are not subject to local taxation, and also that counties
provide services that directly benefit the lands and the people who use the lands; and
WHEREAS, the principal source of revenues from National Forest lands is from the
sale and removal of timber, which has been sharply curtailed in recent years; and
WHEREAS, the volume of timber sold annually from most National Forest lands has
declined precipitously, with a corresponding precipitous decline in revenues shared with
counties; and
WHEREAS, the United States Congress recognized a need to stabilize education and
road maintenance funding through predictable payments to the affected counties, job
creation in those counties, and other opportunities associated with restoration,
maintenance and stewardship of federal lands, and to achieve those goals enacted P.L.
106 -393 in 2000; and
WHEREAS, P.L. 106 -393 provides for guaranteed minimum payments for the benefit of
affected counties, as well as an opportunity to invest a portion of the guaranteed
minimum payments in projects on federal lands or that benefit resources on federal
lands, or in county projects or activities; and
WHEREAS, per Title 1, Section 102 of P.L. 106 -393, Whatcom County in Resolution
2001 -47 elected to receive the full payment amount from the National Forest lands
pursuant to the Act of May 23, 1908 and Section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911.
WHEREAS, an election to receive the full payment amount is effective for all federal
fiscal years through fiscal year 2006; and
WHEREAS, any county electing to receive the full payment amount must further elect
to expend an amount not less than 15 percent nor more than 20 percent of its full
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payment amount as project funds in accordance with Title 1, Section 102(d)(1)(B) of
P.L. 106 -393; and
WHEREAS, Title I, Section 102(d)(1)(B) of P.L. 106 -393 requires that counties electing
to receive the full payment amount must yearly allocate its project funds for expenditure
between projects in accordance with Title II of P.L. 106 -393, projects in accordance with
Title III of P.L. 106 -393, and a return of the balance unspent under Titles II and III to the
General Treasury of the United States, and communicate such allocation to the
Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture; and
WHEREAS, Title II of P.L. 106 -393 provides for special projects on federal lands or that
benefit resources on federal lands, which projects are recommended by local resource
advisory committees ( "RACs "); and
WHEREAS, RACs recommend projects for consideration by the Secretary of
Agriculture, with project funding supplied in whole or in part out of monies allocated for
such purposes by participating counties; and
WHEREAS, Title III of P.L. 106 -393 provides for county projects or services, some of
which are associated with the federal lands, with Title III authorizing expenditures for
search, rescue and emergency services, staffing of community service work camps, the
purchase of easements, forest related educational opportunities, fire prevention and
county planning, and community forestry pursuant to the Cooperative Forest Assistance
Act of 1978;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved as follows
1. Whatcom County hereby allocates 20 percent of its full payment amount for
expenditure on projects under Title II and Title III of P.L. 106 -393. Whatcom
County will return none of its payment amounts to the General Treasury of the
United States pursuant to Title I, Section 102(d)(1)(B)(iii).
2. Of the amount allocated to Title II and Title III projects above, hereinafter
referred to as the "Project Funds," Whatcom County further allocates between
such Titles for federal fiscal year 2002 (for expenditure after federal fiscal year
2002) on the following basis:
100 percent of the Project Funds for expenditure on Title II projects.
3. A copy of this Resolution shall be transmitted as rapidly as possible to the
Association of Washington Counties with instructions to re- convey the Resolution
to the Office of Governor of the State of Washington with a request that the
Governor communicate the elections made herein to the Secretary of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
ADOPTED this 13 day of August, 2002.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
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ATTEST:
�pyDana Brown - Davis, C rk of the Council
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Civil- Deprity Prosecutor
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County Executive
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