North Carolina General Statutes 105-449.125. Distribution of tax revenue among various funds and accounts
(a) Distribution to Funds. – The Secretary shall allocate the amount of revenue collected under this Article from an excise tax of one-half cent (1/2¢) a gallon to the following funds and accounts in the percentages indicated:
Fund or Account Amount
Commercial Leaking Petroleum
Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Sixty-two and one-half
percent (62.5%)
Water and Air Quality Account Twenty-eight and one-
tenth percent (28.1%).
(b) Distribution of Remaining Revenue. – The Secretary shall allocate the remaining excise tax revenue collected under this Article, including any revenue that is allocated but not distributed under subsection (a) of this section, as follows:
(1) Seventy-five percent (75%) to the Highway Fund.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 105-449.125
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Twenty-five percent (25%) to the Highway Trust Fund.
(c) Accounting. – The Secretary shall charge a proportionate share of a refund allowed under this Article to each fund or account to which revenue collected under this Article is credited. The Secretary shall credit revenue or charge refunds to the appropriate funds or accounts on a monthly basis. (1995, c. 390, s. 3; 2015-241, s. 29.27B(a), (b); 2016-5, s. 4.11(a), (b); 2016-94, s. 14.3; 2020-91, s. 4.6(a)-(c).)