Exemptions - Disposition of revenues. A. In addition to the excise taxes levied by Sections 703 and 705 of this title, there is hereby levied an excise tax of two and one-half cents ($0.025) upon the use within this state of each and every gallon of special fuel, which shall be reported and collected in the same manner as provided by law for the reporting and collecting of all other tax levies upon the use of special fuel within this state. B. The tax levied by this section shall not apply to special fuel which is exempt from tax under the provisions of Section 708 of this title. C. The excise tax of two and one-half cents ($0.025) per gallon of special fuel levied in this section, together with any interest and penalties thereon, collected by the Tax Commission shall be apportioned monthly as follows: Two cents ($0.02) of the two and one-half cents ($0.025), together with any interest and penalties thereon, shall be apportioned according to the provisions of paragraph 1 of Section 704 of this title. Eighty-seven and five-tenths of one percent (87.5 of 1%) of the one-half of one cent ($0.005) of the two and one-half cents ($0.025), together with any interest and penalties thereon, shall be distributed to the various counties of the state for deposit into the County Bridge and Road Improvement Fund of each county based on a formula developed by the Department of Transportation and approved by the Department of Transportation County Advisory Board created pursuant to Section 302.1 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes to be used for the purposes set forth in the County Bridge and Road Improvement Act. The formula shall be similar to the formula currently used for the distribution of monies in the County Bridge Program funds, but shall also take into consideration the effect of the terrain and traffic volume as related to county road improvement and maintenance costs. Twelve and five-tenths of one percent (12.5 of 1%) of the one-half of one cent ($0.005) of the two and one-half cents ($0.025), together with any interest and penalties thereon, shall be transmitted by the Tax Commission to the Statewide Circuit Engineering District Revolving Fund as created in Section 687.2 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 1984, c. 139, § 5, emerg. eff. April 16, 1984. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 179, § 83, operative July 1, 1985; Laws 1997, c. 284, § 14, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2010, c. 256, § 3, eff. July 1, 2010.
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