(A) For the purpose of providing funds to pay the state's share of the cost of constructing and reconstructing highways and eliminating railway grade crossings on the major thoroughfares of the state highway system and urban extensions thereof, to pay that portion of the construction cost of a highway project which a county, township, or municipal corporation normally would be required to pay, but which the director of transportation, pursuant to division (B) of section 5531.08 of the Revised Code, determines instead will be paid from moneys in the highway operating fund, to pay the interest, principal, and charges on 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, to pay the interest, principal, and charges on highway obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code, to provide revenues for the purposes of sections 1547.71 to 1547.78 of the Revised Code, and to pay the expenses of the department of taxation incident to the administration of the motor fuel laws, a motor fuel excise tax is hereby imposed on all motor fuel dealers upon their receipt of motor fuel within the state, at the rate of one cent on each gallon so received, to be reported, computed, paid, collected, administered, enforced, refunded, and subject to the same exemptions and penalties as provided in this chapter of the Revised Code.
The tax imposed by this section shall be in addition to the tax imposed by sections 5735.05, 5735.25, and 5735.29 of the Revised Code.
(B) 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 this section, amounts equal to the refunds certified by the tax commissioner pursuant to this section. The refund provided for by division (A) of this section shall be paid from such fund. The treasurer 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 balance of taxes for which the liability has become fixed prior to July 1, 1955, under this section, after the credit to the tax refund fund, shall be credited to the highway operating fund.
(C)
(1) The moneys derived from the tax levied by this section, after the credit and transfers required by division (B) of this section, during each calendar year, shall be credited to the highway improvement bond retirement fund created by section 5528.12 of the Revised Code, until the commissioners of the sinking fund certify to the treasurer of state, as required by section 5528.17 of the Revised Code, that there are sufficient moneys to the credit of the highway improvement bond retirement fund 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 during the next succeeding calendar year.
(2) All moneys received in the state treasury from the tax levied by this section, after the credit and transfers required by division (B) of this section, shall be credited to the highway operating fund, except as provided in division (C)(3) of this section.
(3) From the date of the receipt by the treasurer of state of certification from the commissioners of the sinking fund, as required by section 5528.18 of the Revised Code, certifying that the moneys to the credit of the highway improvement bond retirement fund are sufficient to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of all bonds and other obligations which may be issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code, the moneys derived from the tax levied by this section, after the credit and transfers required by division (B) of this section, shall be credited to the highway operating fund.
Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 53, ยง101.01, eff. 7/1/2015.
Effective Date: 06-26-2003
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