Stating findings of the Legislature and urging Congress to enact federal legislation to require entities that sell or donate land to the federal government for conservation purposes to pay an annual fee in lieu of taxes to such counties, and encouraging federal land management agencies to take into account the effect of transferring private land to federal ownership on counties and their taxpayers, including the ability of local governments to provide necessary public services and the extent of any tax shift that will occur as a result of such land transfers.

FEDERAL LANDS -- Stating findings of the Legislature and urging Congress to enact federal legislation to require entities that sell or donate land to the federal government for conservation purposes to pay an annual fee in lieu of taxes to such counties, and encouraging federal land management agencies to take into account the effect of transferring private land to federal ownership on counties and their taxpayers, including the ability of local governments to provide necessary public services and the extent of any tax shift that will occur as a result of such land transfers.