Essential Services Payments to Local Governments Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Essential Services Payments to Local Governments Act - Provides for quarterly entitlement payments to units of local government for essential services (public health services, public safety protection, and public transportation facilities and services) for FY 1987 through 1989. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make such payments out of the Local Government Essential Services Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations to such trust fund for each entitlement period. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for FY 1987 through 1989 for certain determinations required under this Act. Sets forth qualifications to be met by units of local government in order to receive entitlements. Provides sanctions for noncompliance with regulations governing such qualifications. Provides a special formula for entitlements for Indian tribes, Alaskan Native villages, and the District of Columbia. Directs the Secretary to allocate entitlement funds to each State (for subsequent allocation to local governments) according to a specified formula based on the need factor, the general tax effort factor, and the relative fiscal capacity factor, as defined in this Act, for each State. Entitl…