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 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.

Added by Laws 1953, p. 329, § 4, eff. May 31, 1953. Renumbered from § 727.4 of this title by Laws 1965, c. 215, § 1. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 194, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 223, § 38, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 284, § 12, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1989, 1st Ex.Sess, c. 1, § 16, eff. July 1, 1990; Laws 1997, c. 284, § 12, eff. July 1, 1997.