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U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE = PRESENTATION OF REFUGE REVENUE SHARING <br />PAYMENT <br />Paul Tritak of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife read aloud the <br />following letter and presented to the -Commission a check in the <br />amount of $12,025.00. <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />1875 Cennuy Boulevard <br />Adana. Georgia 30345 <br />LA -Payments to Counties <br />The Fish and Wildlife Service is pleased to present rnri i an R ivPr <br />County/Parish its refuge revenue sharing payment in the amount of $ n s _ n This <br />payment for fiscal year 1993 (October 1, 1992 - September 30, 1993) is authorized by the <br />Refuge Revenue Sharing Act of 1978, Public Law 95-469. Funds credited to the National <br />Wildlife Refuge Fund are derived from income generated nationally on Service lands, such as <br />oil and gas revenues, sale of timber products, gravel, grazing receipts, and other products. <br />The Act authorizes payment to counties in which Fish and Wildlife Service -owned lands are <br />located, based upon the following methods of computation, whichever is greater: <br />(1) Three-fourths of 1 percent (0.75 percent) of the fair'market (appraised) value of <br />fee lands located within the county. <br />(2) Seventy-five cents per acre of the fee lands located within the county. <br />(3) Twenty-five percent of net receipts collected by the Fish and Wildlife Service for <br />certain activities permitted on fee lands located within the county. <br />This year's fund did not contain sufficient receipts to make full payment to counties as computed <br />above. Although Congress, as authorized, did_ appropriate additional funds, the amount <br />appropriated was not sufficient to provide for a full entitlement payment. The amount of <br />payment for fiscal year 1993 represents 77.8 percent of the total entitlement. <br />In addition, the reason that payments to certain counties have significantly increased or decreased <br />from last year's may be due to reappraisals or the acquisition of additional lands. <br />Should you have any questions about this payment, please do not hesitate to contact us. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />James W. Pulliam, Jr. <br />Regional Director <br />13 <br />BOOK 92 P,AGF.3-83 <br />J <br />