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Municipal Bonds Action Center

Municipal bonds remain the primary method used by states and local governments to finance public capital improvements and public infrastructure projects.
Tax & Finance

Legislative Presentation

Call to Action: Protect Municipal Bonds
Tax & Finance

Policy Brief

Oppose Efforts to Eliminate or Limit the Tax-Exempt Status of Municipal Bonds

Urge your Members of Congress to oppose any legislation that would eliminate or limit the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds
Tax & Finance

Policy Brief

State and Local Fiscal Facts 2016

In the past few years, state and local government revenues have been slowly improving. While challenges remain, offi cials have been taking steps to replenish rainy day funds and address long-term structural imbalances.

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Payments in Lieu of Taxes Action Center

The Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program was created in 1976 and provides payments to counties and other local governments to offset losses in tax revenues due to the presence of substantial acreage of federal land in their jurisdictions.
Public Lands

Advocacy

PILT Advocacy Toolkit

In this toolkit you will find several useful resources designed to help county officials educate Congress, the administration and the public on the importance of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program
Public Lands

Policy Brief

Continue Revenue Sharing Payments to Forest Counties: Support the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Program

Urge your members of Congress to enact a long-term legislative solution for continued revenue sharing payments to forest counties through the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. The SRS program expired in September 2015 and has not been reauthorized for FY 2016 or beyond. Forest counties received their last authorized SRS payments (FY 2015) in calendar year 2016 and the availability of future SRS payments remains in jeopardy.
Public Lands

Policy Brief

Provide Full Mandatory Funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program

Urge your members of Congress to support mandatory full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. Unless Congress acts, counties will have received their last fully funded PILT disbursement in 2017. Without mandatory full funding, PILT will remain a discretionary program (subject to the annual appropriations process) and could fall back to pre-2008 funding levels, which would devastate local government service delivery in areas with significant federal land ownership.

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Marketplace Fairness Action Center

Marketplace fairness legislation would level the playing field between online retailers and Main Street businesses by enabling state and local governments to collect already-existing sales and use taxes on online purchases.
Tax & Finance

Legislative Presentation

Counties Urge Congress to Pass Remote Sales Tax Legislation

To help county officials in their outreach to Congress on this issue in 2017, NACo has developed a new presentation, "Counties Urge Congress to Pass Remote Sales Tax Legislation." The presentation includes background on the remote sales tax issue, an overview of federal remote sales tax legislation and how counties can take action.
Tax & Finance

Policy Brief

Support Local Economies by Allowing the Collection of Existing Sales Taxes on Out-of-State Catalog and Online Sales

ACTION NEEDED: Contact your House and Senate members and urge them to support legislation that would allow counties to enforce their existing sales tax laws regardless of whether a purchase is made in a store, online or through a catalog retailer.
Tax & Finance

County Profiles

Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) profiles

NACo’s Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) Profiles report the amount of revenue counties are not able to collect in each state, as well as the growth rate of that uncollected revenue from 2011 to 2013 and the critical services that this missing revenue could support.

Health

Legislative Presentation

Medicaid and Counties: Understanding the program and why it matters to counties

As Congress considers changes to the nation’s health care system, NACo urges them to consider implications of reforms that would merely shift costs to counties.
Health

Legislative Presentation

NACo Report: Medicaid Coverage and County Jails

In order to educate federal policymakers on issues around Medicaid and justice-involved individuals, NACo recently released a new report titled, "Medicaid Coverage and County Jails: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Health Outcomes for Justice-Involved Individuals."

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Resilient Counties Initiative

Hurricanes, wildfires, economic collapse, and other disasters can be natural or man-made, acute or long-term, foreseeable or unpredictable. Preparation for and recovery from such events requires both long-term planning and immediate action
Community & Economic Development

Conference Agenda

Cost-Saving Strategies to Improve County Economic and Energy Resilience: A Resilient Counties Forum

Jul. 23, 2017 , 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

The Resilient Counties Forum is an opportunity for county leaders to gain a better understanding of how they can help meet county disaster management, energy cultivation and protection, resource recycling and infrastructure financing goals. This forum is an opportunity for county leaders and the private sector to discuss successful resilience strategies, and create action plans for specific county resilience goals. The day will be split into two with presentations in the morning, and a “conversation café,” or round table discussion, in the afternoon. The full agenda is available online and in the app. THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES.
Community & Economic Development

Conference Agenda

Improving Your County’s Drinking Water Quality: A Resilient Counties Discussion

Jul. 22, 2017 , 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Counties across the nation are grappling with significant water challenges, including aging infrastructure and poor water quality. These challenges can have lasting impacts on the health of residents and economy of the county.

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The Stepping Up Initiative

In May 2015, NACo and partners at the CSG Justice Center and APA Foundation launched Stepping Up: A National Initiative to Reduce the Number of People with Mental Illnesses in Jails.
Health

Publication

Reducing Mental Illness in Rural Jails

As part of the Stepping Up initiative, NACo has published a new report that outlines some of the challenges rural counties face when trying to reduce incarceration of people with mental illnesses. Jails across the nation serve an estimated 2 million people with serious mental illnesses each year.
Health

County Profiles

Stepping Up for Mental Health Resolutions

NACo, the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) lead a national initiative to advance counties’ efforts to reduce the number of adults with mental and co-occurring substance use disorders in jails. These profiles show the resolutions of participating counties.

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Waters of the U.S.

On May 27, 2015 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) finalized their Definition of Waters of the U.S. under the Clean Water Act.
Energy

Policy Brief

"Waters of the U.S." Rule

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