Sec. 9.5. (a) Before the twentieth day of each month the bureau shall do the following:

(1) Determine the amount of excise taxes that would have been collected for each county for the preceding month based on the tax rate schedule that was in effect on January 1, 1995.

(2) Determine and report to the auditor of state the difference between what was actually collected for each county for that month and what would have been collected at the January 1, 1995, rates.

(b) For the months of January through November, the auditor of state shall determine a monthly uniform disbursement percentage to be applied in determining the amount of motor vehicle excise tax replacement money to be disbursed to each county. The monthly uniform disbursement percentage equals the quotient of the sum of the amounts transferred under IC 4-30-17-3.5 plus the amounts transferred under subsection (f) to the motor vehicle excise tax replacement account in the month of the bureau's report divided by the sum of the total differences for all counties, as determined under subsection (a) and identified in the bureau's report for that month.

(c) For December, the auditor of state shall determine an annual uniform disbursement percentage to be applied in determining the amount of motor vehicle excise tax replacement money to be disbursed to each county in December as an annual adjustment.

(d) The annual uniform disbursement percentage equals the quotient of the sum of the amounts transferred under IC 4-30-17-3.5 plus the amounts transferred under subsection (f) to the motor vehicle excise tax replacement account in the months of January through December divided by the sum of the total differences for all counties, as determined under subsection (a) and identified in the bureau's reports for the months of January through December.

(e) For the months of January through November, the auditor of state shall distribute to the county the amount of the difference determined under subsection (a) in the month of the bureau's report for that county, multiplied by the monthly uniform disbursement percentage for that month. For December, the auditor shall distribute to the county the total difference in the bureau's reports determined under subsection (a) in the months of January through December for that county, multiplied by the annual uniform disbursement percentage, less the amounts distributed to the county in January through November. However, the total distribution to a county in a calendar year may not exceed the total difference in the bureau's reports determined under subsection (a) in the months of January through December for that county in the year.

(f) This subsection applies only after December 31, 1995, and applies only if insufficient money is available in the lottery surplus fund to make the distributions to the state general fund motor vehicle excise tax replacement account that are required under IC 4-30-17-3.5. Before the twenty-fifth day of each month, the auditor of state shall transfer from the state general fund to the state general fund motor vehicle excise tax replacement account the difference between:

(1) the amount that IC 4-30-17-3.5 requires the auditor of state to distribute from the lottery surplus fund to the state general fund motor vehicle excise tax replacement account; and

(2) the amount that is available for distribution from the lottery surplus fund to the state general fund motor vehicle excise tax replacement account.

The transfers required under this subsection are annually appropriated from the state general fund.

(g) Any money remaining in the motor vehicle excise tax replacement account after the last county distribution in December shall be transferred to the lottery surplus fund. The auditor of state shall make the distribution before the end of the month the auditor receives the bureau's report.

(h) The money needed for the distribution shall be withdrawn from the motor vehicle excise tax replacement account. There is appropriated from the state general fund motor vehicle excise tax replacement account, the amount needed to make the distributions required by this section.

(i) Distributions made under this section are considered motor vehicle excise taxes for purposes of allocating revenue among taxing units under this chapter.

As added by P.L.33-1990, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.25-1995, SEC.58; P.L.26-1996, SEC.9; P.L.186-2002, SEC.13; P.L.108-2019, SEC.124.