Missouri Laws 142.345 – Motor fuel tax fund created — disbursement, transfer
1. There is created the “Motor Fuel Tax Fund”. All revenues derived from the motor fuel tax imposed upon highway users as an incident to their use of the highways of the state shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of this fund.
2. The moneys deposited to the credit of the motor fuel tax fund shall be disbursed or transferred as follows:
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 142.345
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: the department of revenue. See Missouri Laws 142.800
- Motor fuel: gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene and blended fuel. See Missouri Laws 142.800
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(1) The amount of the tax collected with respect to fuel not used for propelling motor vehicles on state highways shall be transferred to the state highways and transportation department fund to be refunded by the state as provided by law;
(2) The amount of actual costs of collection, apportionment and of making refunds shall be transferred to the state highways and transportation department fund for reimbursement by appropriation, to the agencies or departments of government incurring these costs, subject to the limitations of section 226.200;
(3) A percentage of the net proceeds shall be transferred to the county aid road trust fund as provided in Article IV, Section 30(a) of the State Constitution;
(4) A percentage of the net proceeds shall be allocated to the several cities, towns and villages entitled thereto pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, Section 30(a) of the State Constitution;
(5) All the remaining net proceeds in excess of the allocations to counties and cities, towns and villages shall be transferred to the state highways and transportation department fund.