Title I – Secure Payments for States and Counties Containing Federal Land

Payment Elections and Allocations

Each county in an eligible state must elect to receive one of the following payments:

(1) a share of the State’s 25-percent rolling average payment, OR
(2) a share of the State payment (formula payment). 

A county in California, Louisiana, Oregon, Texas, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, or Washington that elects the “State payment” is electing to receive a share of the State’s transition payment in lieu of the State payment (formula payment).

A county election to receive a share of the 25-percent payment is effective for 2 years, and, a county must again make the election to receive a share of the State payment or the State’s 25-percent payment by August 1, 2010. 

A county that initially elects to receive a share of the State payment (formula or transition payment as applicable) may not change its election in subsequent years—it will receive it’s share of that payment for FY2008-FY2011.

• For a county that elects to receive the 25% percent rolling average payment, no additional information is needed.
  
  
• For a county that elects to receive a share of the “State payment”, the following additional information is needed each year:
  
  
  • If the county share of the State payment (or State transition payment) is greater than $100,000 but less than $350,000, the county must allocate a total of 15% to 20% of its share to Title II, Title III, or a combination.  The total of percentage amounts in allocated to Title II and III must be no less than 15% and no greater than 20%.
    
    
  • If the county share of the State payment (or State transition payment) is $350,000 or greater, the county must allocate a total of 15% to 20% of its share to Title II to Title III, except that the allocation for Title III projects may not exceed 7%.  The total of percentage amounts allocated to Title II and Title III combined must be no less than 15% and no greater than 20%.
    
    
  • If the county share of the State payment (or State transition payment) is less than $100,000, the county may, but is not required to, allocate its share in the same manner as a county with a share that is greater than $100,000 but less than $350,000.

By law, failure to submit these elections by the deadline will result in the county being considered to have elected to receive a share of the State payment (the formula payment) and to return 15-percent of its share to the Treasury in lieu of allocating 15 to 20-percent for Title II or Title III projects.

This link will take you to a diagram of the county election and allocation decision points.