Exemptions - Intent of Legislature - Apportionment of revenues. A. In addition to the excise taxes levied by Sections 703, 705, 707.1 and 707.2 of this title, there is hereby levied an excise tax of six cents ($0.06) 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. The basis for computation of the amount due shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the net gallonage reported to the Tax Commission for taxation, after all deductions allowed by law have been made. B. The tax levied by this section shall not apply to special fuel which is exempt from tax pursuant to the provisions of Section 708 of this title. C. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature that the total state excise tax, levied by this section and Sections 703, 705, 707.1 and 707.2 of this title, shall be sixteen cents ($0.16) upon each gallon of special fuel used within Oklahoma and that no special fuel shall be subject to the total tax more than one time. D. The additional excise tax of six cents ($0.06) per gallon of special fuel levied by this section, together with any interest and penalties thereon, collected by the Tax Commission shall be apportioned monthly as follows: 1. Five cents ($0.05) of the six cents ($0.06), together with any interest and penalties thereon, shall be apportioned to the State Transportation Fund; and 2. One cent ($0.01) of the six cents ($0.06), together with any interest and penalties thereon, shall be distributed to the various counties in the following manner: thirty percent (30%) based upon area, thirty percent (30%) based upon population according to the latest Federal Decennial Census or the most recent annual estimate provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and forty percent (40%) based upon county road mileage on the basis which the respective area, population and county road mileage of each county bear to the total area, population and county road mileage of the state. The funds so transmitted shall be used in accordance with and subject to the provisions of subsection B of Section 500.6 of this title. Added by Laws 1987, c. 113, § 10, operative May 18, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 1, § 17, eff. July 1, 1990; Laws 1997, c. 284, § 16, eff. July 1, 1997.
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