Missouri Laws 231.460 – Distribution formula — highways and transportation commission rules not ..
1. Of the total amount appropriated each year, five percent shall be paid to the city of St. Louis, and the city of St. Louis shall not otherwise participate in any distribution from the appropriation as either a city or county.
2. Of the remainder, two-thirds shall be paid to the various counties of the state on the same basis as county aid road trust funds are distributed as provided in Article IV, § 30(a)(1) of the Missouri Constitution, and shall be expended as provided in section 231.441.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 231.460
- 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
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- 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
3. The remainder shall be distributed to the various cities of the state in the same manner as road funds are distributed to the incorporated cities, towns and villages within the state as provided in Article IV, § 30(a)(2), Constitution of Missouri, and for the same purposes enumerated therein, but the distribution shall not take into account whether or not a city, town, or village once levied a motor fuel tax. The state highways and transportation commission shall not have any authority to promulgate rules and regulations concerning the expenditure of such funds.