§6708 Adjustments of Local Government Allocations

Summary

Local governments can get payments only up to the amount of their adjusted local taxes as set under section 6705(b)(3). If a payment would be larger than those adjusted taxes, the extra money must go to the Governor of the state. If a local government (except an Indian tribe or an Alaska Native village) would get less than $5,000 for a payment period or chooses to give it up, that money must also go to the Governor. The Governor must spend those funds on the programs listed in section 6701(a)(2) in the areas where the local governments are located. If an Indian tribe or an Alaska Native village would get less than $5,000 or waives the amount, that money is not paid directly to them. Instead, similar small amounts are combined and the Attorney General uses the pooled money to make competitive grants during the payment period to tribes and villages for the programs in section 6701(a)(2) or to renovate or build prisons and other correctional facilities.