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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                     HOUSE CONCURRENT
                      RESOLUTION NO. 45
                             103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                           INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE HARBISON.
    7170H.01I                                                               JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk



           WHEREAS, in 1976, Congress passed legislation creating "Payment in Lieu of
 2 Taxes" (PILT), which sends federal payments to local governments to help offset lost property
 3 taxes; and
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 5         WHEREAS, more than 1.7 million acres of land in Missouri is owned by the federal
 6 government; and
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 8         WHEREAS, the four counties in Missouri receiving the most PILT payments in 2022
 9 were Wayne, Shannon, Reynolds, Oregon, and Taney; and
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11         WHEREAS, three of those five counties are in the top ten poorest counties in the
12 state; and
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14         WHEREAS, PILT payments should be adjusted in a manner to better serve Missouri's
15 poorest counties who have a larger share of federal land:
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17         NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of
18 Representatives of the One Hundred Third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the
19 Senate concurring therein, hereby urge the federal government to issue PILT payments
20 equivalent to the tax assessment on the land if the land were assessed as level 7 agricultural
21 land when the 16% of the residents of the county are at or below the federal poverty level; and
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23         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of
24 Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the
25 members of the Missouri congressional delegation.
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