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SJM102.........................................................by EDUCATION
CRAIG-WYDEN BILL - Stating findings of the Legislature and expressing
support for the reauthorization of the "Secure Rural School and Community
Self-Determination Act" or the Craig-Wyden bill and requesting the support
of the Congress and the President of the United States.
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]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE SENATE
SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 102
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
3 AGRICULTURE, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, TO THE
4 SECRETARY OF THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TO THE CHIEF OF THE
5 UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
6 OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELE-
7 GATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
8 STATES.
9 We, your Memorialists, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
10 State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho
11 Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
12 WHEREAS, bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Senators Larry Craig and
13 Ron Wyden has financially assisted counties with large tracts of federal
14 timberland within the county boundaries; and
15 WHEREAS, the Craig-Wyden bill set annual payments to counties with large
16 tracts of federal timberland, providing crucial funding for schools and roads
17 and providing millions of dollars for a variety of natural resource conserva-
18 tion projects from weed control to bridge replacements, from thinning forests
19 to trail building; and
20 WHEREAS, the Craig-Wyden bill's reauthorization is necessary to help rural
21 counties with timberlands plan and maintain their transportation infrastruc-
22 ture; and
23 WHEREAS, certain counties of Idaho are hamstrung in their ability to col-
24 lect property taxes by a supermajority of federal land ownership within their
25 boundaries; and
26 WHEREAS, if the Craig-Wyden bill is not reauthorized, it will have little
27 effect on the federal budget but could devastate timber counties and towns in
28 the Northwest and Idaho; and
29 WHEREAS, more than fifty percent of the Idaho Panhandle is owned by the
30 federal government and counties cannot collect property tax on federal lands
31 to support schools and to build and maintain roads; and
32 WHEREAS, it is crucial in tight economic times that the U.S. government
33 meet its obligation to the counties;
34 WHEREAS, in some counties the reauthorization of the Craig-Wyden bill
35 means the difference between $22,000 and $1,080,000 in support for schools and
36 roads; and
37 WHEREAS, in other counties, failure to reauthorize the Craig-Wyden bill
38 means the per capita loss of $235 in support.
39 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
40 of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
41 tives concurring therein, that we support reauthorization of the "Secure Rural
42 Schools and Community Self-Determination Act" or the Craig-Wyden bill by the
43 Congress of the United States and we request the President of the United
44 States to support this effort.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is
2 hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to the Pres-
3 ident of the United States, George W. Bush, the Secretary of the Department of
4 Agriculture, the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of
5 the federal Department of Education, the Chief of the United States Forest
6 Service, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Represen-
7 tatives of Congress, and the congressional delegation representing the State
8 of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16747
This memorial to representatives of the federal government is
intended to intensify the resolve of the State of Idaho for
correction of the federal funding shortfall caused by the failure
to reauthorize Craig Wyden funding
FISCAL IMPACT
none
Contact
Name: Senator John Goedde
Phone: 332-1322
Senator John McGee,
Representatives Bob Nonini & JoAn Wood
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SJM 102