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GGD-78-41 1 (1978-01-27)

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                         . OCUIMENT IFESUME,

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(Review of Impact of Clr s of Engineers Owned land in McCormick
County, South Carolina l GGD-78-41; E-146285. January 27, 1978.
12 pp.

Report to Sen. Strom Oiond; by Victcr L. Love, Director,
General Government Div'.

Issue Area: Intergove .i etal Policies and Fiscal Relations:
    Fiscal PLoblers 44  Potential Solutions (407).
Contact: General Governhent Div.
Budget Function: Rev .wSharing and General Purpose Fiscal
    Assistance: Other Leral Purpose Fiscal Assistance (852).
Orqanization ConcernA|I'°;epartment of the Army: Corps of
    Engineers; McCormlk- County, SC.
Conqressional Relevan's6f -Sen. Strom Thurmond.
Authority: Payment inftieu of Taxes Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-565).
    National Forest Gan..agement Act of 1976. Knutson-Vandenberg
    Act of 1930. 16 TIS.C. 831z.

         McCormick CQJ.(y, South Carolina, has experienced
financial problems due to Federal ownership of large portions of
county land. Legislat!e alternatives suggested to alleviate
this problem include:t '(1) require the Corps of Engineers to pay
a percentaqe of timbqr, harvest sales receipts to local
qovernments; (2) require that a portion of powerplant revenues
be paid to local cou~ ies; (3) permit local governments to tax
the value of Corps of Engineers land leased to private groups
and individualz; and.4   require Federal agencies to pay
lz calities an amount equal to the tax revenue such property
wculd qenerate it privately owned. A proposed develepment
compiisinq approximately 800 acres which would include a motel,
marina, cabins, picnic areas, and a commercial service center
has been leased from the corps by the Clark Hill Authority, a
State agency, and will be sublet to private developers.
Auctioninq a 128 acreviarcel would enable the county tc retain
other lands and would 4 compatible with the Ccrps master plan
for development. AsiA, from this project, McCormick County has
no long-range plan for optimal lake development. Ancther
situation whic  may coztXibute to the county's financial
difficulties is tie 1qy property assessment rate. The Advisory
Commissicn in Intergqpvenmental Relations has found that Federal
land ownership qenerolly does not adversely affect local
qovernment finances, . {S)

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