[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR1881.12]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 1880_FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 1881_Payments in Lieu of Taxes
 
Sec. 1881.12  How does BLM define terms used in this subpart?

    Entitlement land means land owned by the United States:
    (1) That is in the National Park System or the National Forest 
System, including wilderness areas, and national forest lands in 
northern Minnesota described in 16 U.S.C. 577d--577d-1;
    (2) That is administered by the Secretary of the Interior through 
the Bureau of Land Management;
    (3) That is dedicated to the use of the Government for water 
resource development projects;
    (4) On which there are semi-active or inactive installations, 
excluding industrial installations, that the Department of Army keeps 
for mobilization and reserve component training;
    (5) That is a dredge disposal area under the jurisdiction of the 
Army Corps of Engineers;
    (6) That is located in the vicinity of Purgatory River Canyon and 
Pinon Canyon, Colorado, and acquired by the United States after December 
23, 1981, to expand the Fort Carson military installation; or
    (7) That is a reserve area as defined in 16 U.S.C. 715s(g)(3), which 
is an area of land withdrawn from the public domain and administered, 
either solely or primarily, by the Secretary of the Interior, through 
the Fish and Wildlife Service.
    Payments in lieu of taxes (PILT) means Federal payments disbursed to 
units of general local government to compensate for the exemption of 
real estate taxes on entitlement lands within their boundaries.
    Section 6902 (31 U.S.C. 6902) payments means Federal payments 
disbursed to units of general local government containing entitlement 
lands.
    Section 6904 (31 U.S.C. 6904) payments means Federal payments 
disbursed to units of general local government for acquisitions or 
interest in lands acquired for addition to the National Park System or 
National Forest Wilderness Areas.
    Section 6905 (31 U.S.C. 6905) payments means Federal payments 
disbursed to units of general local government for lands in the Redwood 
National Park or Lake Tahoe Basin.

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    Unit of general local government means:
    (1) A county, parish, township, borough, or city, (other than in 
Alaska), where the city is independent of any other unit of general 
local government, that:
    (i) Is within the class(es) of such political subdivision in a State 
that the Secretary of the Interior determines, in his discretion, to be 
the principal provider(s) of governmental services within the State; and
    (ii) Is a unit of general local government, as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior on the basis of the same principles as were 
used by the Secretary of Commerce on January 1, 1983, for general 
statistical purposes.
    (2) Any area in Alaska that is within the boundaries of a census 
area used by the Secretary of Commerce in the decennial census, but that 
is not included within the boundaries of a governmental entity described 
under paragraph (1) of this definition.
    (3) The Governments of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.