39-17-111. Distribution.

(a) All gasoline license taxes and fees received under this article shall be credited to the proper accounts as specified by the department and in subsection (d) of this section.

(b) The department shall deposit all license fees under W.S. 39-17-106 into the state highway fund with receipt and acknowledgement submitted to the state treasurer.

(c) The department shall credit to appropriate accounts based upon deductions from the taxes collected under this article in the following order:

(i) Deduct the pro rata share of the cost of collecting the taxes received from gasoline used for aircraft at any municipal or county airport and distribute the remainder to the city, town or county where the airport is located. These funds shall be used for the maintenance of the airport;

(ii) Deduct an amount collected on fuel used in snowmobiles, computed by multiplying the number of snowmobiles for which registration and user fees have been paid during the current fiscal year under W.S. 31-2-404(a)(i) and 31-2-409(a)(ii) times twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($28.75) plus the number of gallons of gasoline used by snowmobiles for which registration fees have been paid during the current fiscal year under W.S. 31-2-404(a)(ii) times the current gasoline tax rate as defined by W.S. 39-17-104(a)(i). The number of gallons used by commercial snowmobiles shall be reported to the department by all businesses offering commercial snowmobile recreational leasing. The amounts computed shall be credited to a separate account to be expended by the department of state parks and cultural resources to improve snowmobile trails in Wyoming;

(iii) Deduct an amount collected on fuel used in motorboats, computed by multiplying the number of motorboats numbered during the current fiscal year under W.S. 41-13-102 plus the number of nonresident motorboats for which aquatic invasive species fees have been paid during the immediately preceding fiscal year in accordance with W.S. 23-4-204 times twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($28.75). The amount computed shall be credited to a separate account to be expended by the department of state parks and cultural resources to improve facilities for use by motorboats and motorboat users at state parks and state recreation areas and to provide grants to governmental entities for improvement of publicly owned boating facilities at public parks and recreational facilities;

(iv) Deduct an amount collected on fuel used in off-road recreational vehicles, computed by multiplying the number of off-road recreational vehicles for which user registration fees have been paid during the current fiscal year under W.S. 31-2-703(a) times eighteen dollars and forty cents ($18.40). The amount computed shall be credited to a separate account to be expended by the department of state parks and cultural resources to improve off-road recreational vehicle trails in Wyoming.

(d) After crediting the amounts provided by subsection (c) of this section, the department shall deposit the balance of taxes collected under this article into the accounts within the state highway fund created under this subsection, with receipt and acknowledgement submitted to the state treasurer, as follows:

(i) Thirteen and one-half percent (13.5%) shall be distributed monthly to county treasurers. Each county treasurer shall credit such revenues to the county road fund for the improvement and maintenance of county roads. The distribution to each county shall be based on:

(A) One-third (1/3) in the ratio in which the area of the county bears to the total area of the state;

(B) One-third (1/3) in the ratio in which the rural population including the population within the cities and towns with less than one thousand four hundred (1,400) bears to the total rural population of the state;

(C) One-third (1/3) in the ratio in which the assessed valuation of the county bears to the last total assessed valuation of the state.

(ii) Fourteen percent (14%) shall be credited to the county treasurers of the various counties for their road construction funds, except that an amount equal to the contribution required of the counties for the cost of the university's technology transfer program under W.S. 21-17-115(a)(ii) or thirty-one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($31,250.00), whichever is less shall be first distributed to the highway fund, plus an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) per year shall first be distributed to the highway fund for the University of Wyoming technology transfer program s county road inventory program. Each county treasurer shall credit the revenues to the road construction fund in that county. The department shall allocate to each county a share based fifty percent (50%) upon the ratio which the rural population of each county including the population within the cities and towns with less than one thousand four hundred (1,400) bears to the total rural population of the state and fifty percent (50%) based on the ratio which the area of the county bears to the total area of the state. Any interest earned on invested funds allocated to counties shall be retained by each county and shall be used for project costs as provided by W.S. 24-2-110(a);

(iii) Fifteen percent (15%) shall be distributed as follows:

(A) To the highway fund, an amount equal to the contribution required of the cities and town for the cost of the university's technology transfer program under W.S. 21-17-115(a)(iii) or thirty-one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($31,250.00), whichever is less;

(B) The remainder to be distributed monthly to incorporated cities and towns to be used in their street and alley programs as follows:

(I) Seventy-five percent (75%) based on the taxes paid upon gasoline sold to and distributed by dealers located within each incorporated city and town;

(II) Twenty-five percent (25%) in the ratio which the population of each city or town bears to the total population of all cities and towns.

(iv) Fifty-seven and one-half percent (57.5%) to the state highway account. Any funds deposited to the highway fund under this paragraph which are attributable to the increase in fuel taxes authorized by 2013 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 49, Section 1 and effective July 1, 2013 shall be separately accounted for by the department of transportation. The department shall provide a comprehensive report on revenue and expenditures attributable to the 2013 increase to the joint appropriations interim committee and the joint transportation, highways and military affairs interim committee on or before November 15 of each year, from the effective date of this act through November 15, 2020.

(e) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 170, § 2.

(f) All taxes collected under W.S. 39-17-104(a)(iii) shall be deposited into the state highway fund with receipt and acknowledgement submitted to the state treasurer. The provisions of this section and W.S. 39-17-105(c) shall not apply to the tax imposed by W.S. 39-17-104(a)(iii). Any refund for any overpayment of this one cent ($.01) tax shall be taken from the taxes collected pursuant to W.S. 39-17-104(a)(iii).

(g) Repealed By Laws 2003, Ch. 15, § 2.

(h) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 105, § 2,