37-723. Distribution of money received from
United States; appropriations to counties
A. All monies received by the state as its distributive shares of the amounts
collected by the United States government under the provisions of the act of Congress of
June 28, 1934 known as the Taylor grazing act, and acts amendatory thereof, shall be
deposited with the state treasurer. The treasurer shall distribute the funds to the
several counties of the state in which the public lands are located.
B. The state treasurer shall ascertain from the proper United States officers
having the records of receipts from grazing permits and leased public lands the amount of
receipts from sources in this state for each year for which money is received by the
state. A separate account shall be kept of the amount received from each grazing
district and lease of public lands, and the state treasurer shall pay the county in which
the grazing district or leased public land is located. If the grazing district or leased
land lies in more than one county, each county shall receive the proportional part of the
amount as the area of the grazing district or leased public land included within the
boundary of the county bears to the total area of the grazing district or lease.
C. For the purposes of this section the monies deposited with the state treasurer
as provided by subsection A are appropriated to the several counties of the state in the
proportions in which the counties are entitled thereto, as shown by the records of the
United States officers and transmitted to the state treasurer.
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