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ID HJM013
JM
Status
2/12/2018
Primary Sponsor
Resources and Conservation Committee
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AI Summary
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Sixty-three percent of Idaho's land is publicly managed by the federal government and exempt from property taxation, with eight counties having 75 percent or more of their lands federally managed.
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Federal land holdings in Idaho increased from 32,462,088 acres in 1999 to 32,622,422 acres in 2017, an increase of 160,334 acres, reducing taxable property values and shifting tax burdens to remaining private property owners.
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Existing federal payment programs to counties fail to fully cover actual property tax losses from land transfers to federal ownership, straining rural Idaho counties' ability to provide critical public services.
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Idaho Legislature urges Congress to enact federal legislation requiring entities that sell or donate land to the federal government for conservation purposes to pay annual fees in lieu of taxes to affected counties.
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Idaho Legislature encourages federal land management agencies to consider the effects of private-to-federal land transfers on counties' tax bases and their ability to provide local government services.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and urging Congress to enact federal legislation to require entities that sell or donate land to the federal government for conservation purposes to pay an annual fee in lieu of taxes to such counties, and encouraging federal land management agencies to take into account the effect of transferring private land to federal ownership on counties and their taxpayers, including the ability of local governments to provide necessary public services and the extent of any tax shift that will occur as a result of such land transfers.
FEDERAL LANDS
Last Action
Reported Printed and Referred to Resources & Conservation
2/13/2018