Distribution of Funds.

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9-4-401. Distribution of funds.

(a) All funds received by the state of Wyoming, as its distributive share of the amounts collected by the United States government under the provisions of the act of congress of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), known as the Taylor Grazing Act, and any act amendatory thereof, shall be deposited with the state treasurer. Upon receipt the state treasurer shall distribute the money to the several counties of the state in which the public lands are located. The state treasurer shall ascertain from the proper United States officers having the records of receipt from leased or sold public lands the amount of receipts from the sources in this state for each year for which money is received by the state. A separate account shall be kept of the sum received from sale or lease rentals from public lands, which sum shall be segregated by the state treasurer and paid to the county in which the leased or sold public land is located. If any leased or sold land lies in more than one (1) county of the state, each county shall receive a proportional amount of the revenue as the area of the leased or sold public land included within the boundary of the county bears to the total area of the leased or sold public land.

(b) In the case of monies received from grazing fees, the state treasurer shall distribute the fees attributable to the following federal grazing districts as constituted prior to the reorganization of the district boundaries as implemented in 1974 by the bureau of land management to the following county treasurers to be held on behalf of the state grazing districts encompassing the county in the percentages indicated:

(i) Worland grazing district:

(A) Big Horn county treasurer (state grazing district 1)-42.23%;

(B) Hot Springs county treasurer (state grazing district 1)-15.93%;

(C) Park county treasurer (state grazing district 1)-10.04%;

(D) Washakie county treasurer (state grazing district 1)-31.80%.

(ii) Rawlins grazing district:

(A) Fremont county treasurer (state grazing district 2)-31.57%;

(B) Natrona county treasurer (state grazing district 2)-5.46%;

(C) Carbon county treasurer (state grazing district 3)-33.71%;

(D) Albany county treasurer (state grazing district 3)-.03%;

(E) Sweetwater county treasurer (state grazing district 3)-29.23%.

(iii) Rock Springs grazing district:

(A) Sweetwater county treasurer (state grazing district 4)-48.56%;

(B) Fremont county treasurer (state grazing district 4)-3.00%;

(C) Lincoln county treasurer (state grazing district 4)-17.66%;

(D) Uinta county treasurer (state grazing district 4)-8.27%;

(E) Sublette county treasurer (state grazing district 5)-22.51%.


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