September 5, 2016 - This week, Mariposa County Supervisor Kevin Cann will be traveling with Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) staff to Washington, D.C. for the National Association of Counties (NACo) 2016 Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Fly-In to continue advocacy efforts in support of the Federal PILT program. 

Federal PILT provides payments to counties to help offset losses in property tax revenues due to nontaxable federal lands within their jurisdictions.

Federal PILT was last reauthorized as part of the Federal budget negotiations in December 2014, and provided roughly $450 million to help support a variety of county activities and programs.  California’s counties received their 2015 Federal PILT payments in June of this year; however, future Federal PILT payments will need to be secured through the Federal budget process. 

RCRC will continue to advocate for a multi-year reauthorization and will urge Congress to take action to reauthorize the program before the end of the Federal government’s fiscal year on September 30, 2016.
Source" RCRC