Small County PILT Parity Act
Sponsored By: Senator Steve Daines
Introduced
Summary
Recalculates PILT payments for small counties. This bill redraws which local governments count as "low-population" and replaces the old payment table with a new tiered per‑person schedule covering populations from 1,000 to 50,000.
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- Local governments in small counties: The bill lowers the population triggers used in Payments In Lieu of Taxes so more units fall under the low‑population rules by changing the cutoffs from 4,999/5,000 down to 999/1,000.
- Payment rates: It replaces the prior table with a detailed per‑capita schedule. Rates start at $394.15 for the 1,000 tier and decline to $90.12 at the 50,000 tier.
- How the limit is calculated: For each tier the payment cap is the population figure multiplied by the per‑population amount for that tier, using steps from 1,000 up to 50,000.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More federal payments for small counties
This bill would change Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) rules for very small local governments. It would lower the numeric cutoff in paragraph (1) from 4,999 people to 999 people. It would also replace the old table that began at 5,000 people with a new per-person schedule starting at 1,000 people. For units with 1,000 through 50,000 people the PILT limitation would equal that unit's population multiplied by a listed per-person dollar amount (for example, $394.15 at 1,000 people and $90.12 at 50,000 people). No effective date or sunset is specified in the bill text.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Steve Daines
MT • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 3/27/2025
Mike Crapo
ID • R
Sponsored 9/29/2025
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 9/29/2025
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
MT • R
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Jacky Rosen
NV • D
Sponsored 10/6/2025
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
AK • R
Sponsored 10/7/2025
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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