Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-704
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Apportionment and use of proceeds of tax
Official statutory text
A. The purpose of Section 701 et seq. of this title is to
provide revenue for general governmental functions of state
government and for the construction and maintenance of state and
county highways and bridges. The tax, including penalties and
interest collected under the levy in Section 703 of this title,
shall be apportioned monthly for use as follows:
1. An amount equal to the revenue, including penalties and
interest thereon, accruing from four cents ($0.04) per gallon of the
five and one-half cents ($0.055) per gallon collected of the tax
levied by Section 703 of this title, shall be apportioned monthly
and used for the following purposes:
a. three percent (3%) shall be paid by the Tax Commission
to the State Treasurer and placed to the credit of the
General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury,
b. seventy-two and three-fourths percent (72 3/4%) shall
be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of
the State Transportation Fund, and
c. twenty-four and one-fourth percent (24 1/4%) shall be
transmitted by the Tax Commission to various counties
of the state, in the percentage which the population
and area of each county bears to the population and
area of the entire state. The population shall be as
shown by the last Federal Census or the most recent
annual estimate provided by the U.S. Bureau of the
Census;
2. An amount equal to the revenue, including penalties and
interest thereon, accruing from one cent ($0.01) per gallon of the
five and one-half cents ($0.055) per gallon collected of the tax
levied by Section 703 of this title, shall be apportioned monthly
and shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the
State Transportation Fund; and
3. An amount equal to the revenue, including penalties and
interest thereon, accruing from one-half cent ($0.005) per gallon of
the five and one-half cents ($0.055) per gallon collected of the tax
levied by Section 703 of this title, shall be apportioned monthly
and distributed as follows:
Forty percent (40%) of such sum shall be distributed to the
various counties in that proportion which the county road mileage of
each county bears to the entire state road mileage as certified by
the State Transportation Commission, and the remaining sixty percent
(60%) of such sum shall be distributed to the various counties on
the basis which the population and area of each county bears to the
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total population and area of the state. The population shall be as
shown by the last Federal Census or the most recent annual estimate
provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
B. The funds apportioned or transmitted pursuant to the
provisions of subparagraph c of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this
section and paragraph 3 of subsection A of this section shall be
used in accordance with and subject to the provisions of subsection
B of Section 500.6 of this title.
provide revenue for general governmental functions of state
government and for the construction and maintenance of state and
county highways and bridges. The tax, including penalties and
interest collected under the levy in Section 703 of this title,
shall be apportioned monthly for use as follows:
1. An amount equal to the revenue, including penalties and
interest thereon, accruing from four cents ($0.04) per gallon of the
five and one-half cents ($0.055) per gallon collected of the tax
levied by Section 703 of this title, shall be apportioned monthly
and used for the following purposes:
a. three percent (3%) shall be paid by the Tax Commission
to the State Treasurer and placed to the credit of the
General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury,
b. seventy-two and three-fourths percent (72 3/4%) shall
be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of
the State Transportation Fund, and
c. twenty-four and one-fourth percent (24 1/4%) shall be
transmitted by the Tax Commission to various counties
of the state, in the percentage which the population
and area of each county bears to the population and
area of the entire state. The population shall be as
shown by the last Federal Census or the most recent
annual estimate provided by the U.S. Bureau of the
Census;
2. An amount equal to the revenue, including penalties and
interest thereon, accruing from one cent ($0.01) per gallon of the
five and one-half cents ($0.055) per gallon collected of the tax
levied by Section 703 of this title, shall be apportioned monthly
and shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the
State Transportation Fund; and
3. An amount equal to the revenue, including penalties and
interest thereon, accruing from one-half cent ($0.005) per gallon of
the five and one-half cents ($0.055) per gallon collected of the tax
levied by Section 703 of this title, shall be apportioned monthly
and distributed as follows:
Forty percent (40%) of such sum shall be distributed to the
various counties in that proportion which the county road mileage of
each county bears to the entire state road mileage as certified by
the State Transportation Commission, and the remaining sixty percent
(60%) of such sum shall be distributed to the various counties on
the basis which the population and area of each county bears to the
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total population and area of the state. The population shall be as
shown by the last Federal Census or the most recent annual estimate
provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
B. The funds apportioned or transmitted pursuant to the
provisions of subparagraph c of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this
section and paragraph 3 of subsection A of this section shall be
used in accordance with and subject to the provisions of subsection
B of Section 500.6 of this title.
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