Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/1063

 PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982

96 STAT. 1021

§ 6711. State variation of local government allocations (a) A State government may provide by law for the allocation of amounts among county areas or units of general local government (except county governments) in the State on the basis of population multiplied by the general tax effort factors or relative income factors of the county areas or units of general local government (determined under sections 6708(a) and 6709 (a) and (b) of this title), or a combination of those factors. A State government providing for a variation on an allocation formula provided under section 6708(a) or 6709 (a) or (b) shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury of the variation by the 30th day before the beginning of the first entitlement period in which the variation applies. A variation shall— (1) provide for allocating the total amount allocated under section 6708(a) or 6709 (a) or (b) of this title; (2) apply uniformly in the State; and (3) apply only to entitlement periods beginning before October 1, 1983. (b) A variation by a State government under this section may apply only when the Secretary certifies that the variation complies with this section. The Secretary may certify a variation only when the Secretary is notified of the variation at least 30 days before the first entitlement period in which the variation applies. § 6712. Adjustments of local government allocations (a)(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the per capita amount allocated to a county area or unit of general local government (except a county government) in a State for an entitlement period shall be at least 20 percent but not more than 145 percent of the amount allocated to the State under section 6707 of this title, divided by the State population. (2) The amount allocated to a unit of general local government for an entitlement period may be not more than 50 percent of the amount of the— (A) adjusted taxes of the unit of general local government; and (B) transfers (except transfers under this chapter) of revenue to the unit of general local government from another government as a share in financing, or a reimbursement for, the carrying out of governmental duties and powers, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce for general statistical purposes. (3) When the amount allocated to a unit of general local government (except a county government, an Indian tribe, or an Alaskan native village) for an entitlement period would be less than $200 but for this paragraph or is waived by the governing authority of the unit of general local government, the Secretary of the Treasury shall add the amount for that period to the amount allocated to the county government in the county area in which the unit of general local government is located, instead of paying the amount allocated to the unit of general local government. The Secretary shall add the amount of allocation waived by a governing body of an Indian tribe or an Alaskan native village to the amount allocated to the county government in the county area in which the tribe or village is located. (b) When the Secretary makes an adjustment in an amount allocated to a county area or unit of general local government, the Secretary shall make adjustments in the following order:

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