5735.291 Gasoline excise tax fund - highway operating fund.
5735.291 Gasoline excise tax fund - highway operating fund.
(A) The treasurer of state shall place to the credit of the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code, out of receipts from the tax levied by section 5735.29 of the Revised Code, amounts equal to the refunds certified by the tax commissioner pursuant to sections 5735.142 and 5735.29 of the Revised Code. The refunds provided for by sections 5735.142 and 5735.29 of the Revised Code shall be paid from such fund. The treasurer of state shall then transfer the amount required by section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to the waterways safety fund and the amount required by section 5735.053 of the Revised Code to the motor fuel tax administration fund.
The specified portion of the balance of taxes collected under section 5735.29 of the Revised Code, after the credits to the tax refund fund and the transfers to the waterways safety fund and the motor fuel tax administration fund, shall be credited to the gasoline excise tax fund. Subject to division (B) of this section, forty-two and eighty-six hundredths per cent of the specified portion shall be distributed among the municipal corporations within the state in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code, thirty-seven and fourteen hundredths per cent of the specified portion shall be distributed among the counties within the state in accordance with division (A)(3) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code, and twenty per cent of the specified portion shall be combined with twenty per cent of any amounts transferred from the highway operating fund to the gasoline excise tax fund through biennial appropriations acts of the general assembly pursuant to the planned phase-in of a new source of funding for the state highway patrol, and shall be distributed among the townships within the state in accordance with division (A)(5)(b)of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code. Subject to division (B) of this section, the remainder of the tax levied by section 5735.29 of the Revised Code after receipt by the treasurer of state of certifications from the commissioners of the sinking fund certifying, as required by sections 5528.15 and 5528.35 of the Revised Code, that there are sufficient moneys to the credit of the highway improvement bond retirement fund created by section 5528.12 of the Revised Code to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code due and payable during the current calendar year, and that there are sufficient moneys to the credit of the highway obligations bond retirement fund created by section 5528.32 of the Revised Code to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of highway obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code due and payable during the current calendar year, shall be credited to the highway operating fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and shall be used solely for the purposes enumerated in section 5735.29 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
(B)(1) Effective August 15, 2003, prior to the distribution from the gasoline excise tax fund to municipal corporations of the forty-two and eighty-six hundredths per cent of the specified portion as provided in division (A) of this section, the department of taxation shall deduct thirty-three and one-third per cent of the amount specified in division (A)(5)(c) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code and use it for distribution to townships pursuant to division (A)(5)(b) of that section.
(2) Effective August 15, 2003, prior to the distribution from the gasoline excise tax fund to counties of the thirty-seven and fourteen hundredths per cent of the specified portion as provided in division (A) of this section, the department of taxation shall deduct thirty-three and one-third per cent of the amount specified in division (A)(5)(c) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code and use it for distribution to townships pursuant to division (A)(5)(b) of that section.
(3) Effective August 15, 2003, prior to crediting any revenue resulting from the tax levied by section 5735.29 of the Revised Code to the highway operating fund, the department of taxation shall deduct thirty-three and one-third per cent of the amount specified in division (A)(5)(c) of section 5735.27 of the Revised Code and use it for distribution to townships pursuant to division (A)(5)(b) of that section.
(C) As used in this section, “specified portion” means all of the following:
(1) Until August 15, 2003, none of the taxes collected under section 5735.29 of the Revised Code;
(2) Effective August 15, 2003, one-eighth of the balance of taxes collected under section 5735.29 of the Revised Code, after the credits to the tax refund fund and the transfers to the waterways safety fund and the motor fuel tax administration fund;
(3) Effective August 15, 2004, one-sixth of the balance of taxes described in division (C)(2) of this section;
(4) Effective August 15, 2005, three-sixteenths of the balance of taxes described in division (C)(2) of this section.
Effective Date: 06-26-2003