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HJM005....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
FOREST SERVICE - Stating findings of the Legislature that the state of
Idaho recognizes the burden inflicted upon counties by reduced and
unpredictable payments from the United States Forest Service and urging our
congressional delegation to support legislation to stabilize Forest Service
payments to counties.
03/10 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/11 Rpt prt - to Res/Con
03/12 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
Rules susp - ADOPTED - 59-1-10
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley,
Hammond, Hansen(23), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Judd, Kellogg,
Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Linford, Mader, Marley,
McKague, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Stevenson,
Stoicheff, Stone, Tilman, Tippets, Watson, Wheeler, Williams,
Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Ringo
Absent and excused -- Barrett, Campbell, Hansen(29), Jones,
Loertscher, Meyer, Smylie, Taylor, Trail, Wood
Floor Sponsor - Cuddy, Bell
Title apvd - to Senate
03/15 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/16 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
03/17 To enrol
03/18 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/19 To Secretary of State
HJM005|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 5 BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE 1 A JOINT MEMORIAL 2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- 3 TIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL 4 DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED 5 STATES. 6 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 7 State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth Idaho 8 Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that: 9 WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Forest Service law of May 23, 1908, 10 35 Stat. 259, 260, 267 and as subsequently amended by the National Forest Man- 11 agement Act and the Federal Land Policy Management Act, the United States For- 12 est Service pays to counties through the State Treasurer twenty-five percent 13 of gross revenues from timber sales, grazing permits and leases, recreation 14 fees, power line rights-of-way, special use permits and other programs; and 15 WHEREAS, the payments are made to states from each national forest, then 16 are apportioned to counties according to the proportion of acreage of each 17 national forest in each county; and 18 WHEREAS, the law mandates that these funds be used for public roads and 19 public schools; and 20 WHEREAS, counties with large amounts of federal lands have few sources of 21 revenue and rely on these payments to maintain their public roads and their 22 public schools; and 23 WHEREAS, the Forest Service payments have become unpredictable due to for- 24 est planning processes over the past ten years that have reduced timber har- 25 vests on national forests; and 26 WHEREAS, demands on counties to provide necessary services such as good 27 public roads, public schools, sanitation services, and search and rescue have 28 increased; and 29 WHEREAS, stabilizing payments required by the 1908 Forest Service law is 30 essential for responsible fiscal planning by the counties. 31 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session 32 of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and the 33 Senate concurring therein, that we strongly support stabilization of payments 34 of the United States Forest Service to county governments through the State 35 Treasurer and urge our congressional delegation representing the state of 36 Idaho in the Congress of the United States to support legislation that will 37 stabilize payments made by the United States Forest Service to the counties of 38 the state of Idaho by increasing the annual timber harvest from federal lands 39 within the state of Idaho to the allowable sales quantity levels outlined in 40 the current forest plans and by increasing to fifty percent the amount of fed- 41 eral funds returned to the counties from the sale of federal timber under the 42 provisions of the Forest Service law of May 23, 1908, 35 Stat. 259, 260, 267 43 and as subsequently amended by the National Forest Management Act and the Fed- 44 eral Land Policy Management Act. 2 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa- 2 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this 3 Memorial to the President of the United States, the President of the Senate 4 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Congress, and the congres- 5 sional delegation representing the state of Idaho in the Congress of the 6 United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS09200
This Memorial is to ask the United States Congress to restore
economic stability to those counties throughout Idaho and the
west by restoring federal timber harvest to annual sales quantity
levels.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund.
CONTACT: Rep. Chuck Cuddy
332-1000
Rep. Maxine Bell
332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE Bill No. HJM 5