Nevada counties to get more than $7 million

Friday, Sept. 24, 1999 | 11:59 a.m.

The federal program was set up two decades ago to compensate states which lose significant amounts of tax revenue because of non-taxable government property within their boundaries. Nevada is 87 percent federally controlled.

And since property taxes go primarily to county and local governments, they suffer the most.

Under the fiscal 1999 federal Bureau of Land Management budget, the biggest payments will go to Washoe, Clark and Elko counties.

Washoe tops the list with $999,774. Clark will receive $991,677. Elko, which is almost entirely federal land, is budgeted for $953,285.

Carson City, which contains the smallest percentage of federal land of any Nevada county, will get just $34,463. Douglas is budgeted to receive $204,028.

The smallest amount goes to Storey County which will get $9,586.

Several counties with relatively small populations do get big checks under PILT. Nye will get $685,535, Lyon $645,344 and Churchill $615,182.

White Pine County gets $349.064; Pershing, $249,348; Mineral, $271,971; Lander, $307,820; Humboldt, $491,801; Eureka, $92,658; Esmeralda, $58,098, and Lincoln, $221,171.