A. Effective January 1, 2005, in addition to the tax levied in Sections 302, 302-1, 302-2, 302-3 and 302-4 of this title, there is hereby levied upon the sale, use, gift, possession, or consumption of cigarettes, as defined in Sections 301 through 325 of this title, within this state, a tax at the rate of forty (40) mills per cigarette.
B. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, the revenue resulting from the additional tax levied in subsection A of this section shall be apportioned by the Oklahoma Tax Commission and transmitted to the State Treasurer as follows:
1. Twenty-two and six-hundredths percent (22.06%) shall be placed to the credit of the Health Employee and Economy Improvement Act Revolving Fund created in Section 1010.1 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. Three and nine-hundredths percent (3.09%) shall be placed to the credit of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Debt Service Revolving Fund created in Section 160.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. Before July 1, 2008, seven and fifty-hundredths percent (7.50%) shall be placed to the credit of the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in Section 1-2530.9 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. On and after July 1, 2008, seven and fifty-hundredths percent (7.50%) shall be allocated as follows:
4. Three and nine-hundredths percent (3.09%) shall be placed to the credit of the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Revolving Fund created in Section 160.2 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
5. Twenty-six and thirty-eight-hundredths percent (26.38%) shall be placed to the credit of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Medicaid Program Fund created in Section 5020 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purposes of maintaining programs and services funded under the federal “Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003”, reimbursing city/county-owned hospitals, increasing emergency room physician rates, and providing TEFRA 134, also known as “Katie Beckett” services;
6. Two and sixty-five-hundredths percent (2.65%) shall be placed to the credit of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Revolving Fund created in Section 2-303 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes;
7. Forty-four-hundredths of one percent (0.44%) shall be placed to the credit of the Belle Maxine Hilliard Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Revolving Fund created in Section 1-559 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
8. One percent (1%) shall be placed to the credit of the Teachers’ Retirement System Revolving Fund created in Section 158 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
9. Two and seven-hundredths percent (2.07%) shall be placed to the credit of the Education Reform Revolving Fund created in Section 41.29b of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
10. Sixty-six-hundredths percent (0.66%) shall be placed to the credit of the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Revolving Fund created in Section 1-105d of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
11. Sixteen and eighty-three-hundredths percent (16.83%) shall be placed to the credit of the General Revenue Fund; and
12. For fiscal years beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2006, fourteen and twenty-three-hundredths percent (14.23%) shall be apportioned to municipalities and counties that levy a sales tax, in the proportions which total municipal and county sales tax revenue was apportioned by the Tax Commission in the preceding month.
For fiscal years beginning July 1, 2006, and thereafter, the apportionment percentage specified in paragraph 12 of this subsection will be adjusted by dividing the total municipal and county sales tax revenue collected in the calendar year immediately preceding the commencement of the fiscal year by the sum of the state sales tax revenue and total municipal and county sales tax revenue collected in the same year. This ratio shall be divided by the ratio of the total municipal and county sales tax revenue collected in the calendar year beginning January 1, 2004, and ending December 31, 2004, divided by the sum of the state sales tax revenue and total municipal and county sales tax revenue collected in the same year. The resulting quotient shall be multiplied by fourteen and twenty-three-hundredths percent (14.23%) to determine the apportionment percentage for the fiscal year.
For fiscal years beginning July 1, 2006, and thereafter, any adjustment to the percentage of revenues apportioned to municipalities and counties shall be reflected in the percent of revenues apportioned to the General Revenue Fund.
C. The tax shall be evidenced by tax stamps as now provided for; however, as to cigarette packages of less than ten cigarettes for free distribution as samples, the tax herein levied shall be computed and paid as provided for other cigarette taxes without affixing stamps on each such package.
D. The net amount of any revenue resulting from a payment in lieu of excise taxes on cigarettes levied by this section, pursuant to a compact with a federally recognized Indian tribe or nation after deductions for deposits into trust accounts pursuant to such compacts, shall be apportioned by the Tax Commission and transmitted to the State Treasurer as follows:
1. Thirty-three and forty-nine-hundredths percent (33.49%) shall be placed to the credit of the Health Employee and Economy Improvement Act Revolving Fund created in Section 1010.1 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. Four and sixty-nine-hundredths percent (4.69%) shall be placed to the credit of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Debt Service Revolving Fund created in Section 160.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. Before July 1, 2008, eleven and thirty-nine-hundredths percent (11.39%) shall be placed to the credit of the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in Section 1-2522 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. On and after July 1, 2008, eleven and thirty-nine-hundredths percent (11.39%) shall be allocated as follows:
4. Four and sixty-nine-hundredths percent (4.69%) shall be placed to the credit of the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Revolving Fund created in Section 160.2 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
5. Forty and six-hundredths percent (40.06%) shall be placed to the credit of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Medicaid Program Fund created in Section 5020 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the purposes of maintaining programs and services funded under the federal “Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003”, reimbursing city/county-owned hospitals, increasing emergency room physician rates, and providing TEFRA 134, also known as “Katie Beckett” services;
6. Four and one-hundredths percent (4.01%) shall be placed to the credit of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Revolving Fund created in Section 2-303 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes;
7. Sixty-seven-hundredths percent (0.67%) shall be placed to the credit of the Belle Maxine Hilliard Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Revolving Fund created in Section 1-559 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
8. One percent (1%) shall be placed to the credit of the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Revolving Fund created in Section 1-105d of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
E. No part of the revenues resulting from the additional taxes levied in this section shall be used in determining the amount of cigarette tax collections to be paid into:
1. The State of Oklahoma Building Bonds of 1961 Sinking Fund pursuant to the provisions of Sections 57.31 through 57.43 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. The State of Oklahoma Institutional Building Bonds of 1965 Sinking Fund pursuant to the provisions of Sections 57.61 through 57.73 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. The State of Oklahoma Institutional Building Bonds of 1965 Sinking Fund Series C and Series D pursuant to Sections 57.81 through 57.112 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
4. The State of Oklahoma Building Bonds of 1968 Sinking Fund pursuant to the provisions of Sections 57.121 through 57.193 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or
5. The Oklahoma Building Bonds of 1992 Sinking Fund pursuant to the provisions of Sections 57.300 through 57.313 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
F. The cigarette taxes levied in this section shall be collected and administered in all respects not inconsistent with as now or hereafter provided for by law for other cigarette taxes now levied, collected, and administered pursuant to the provisions of Sections 301 through 325 of this title.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 322, § 2, eff. Dec. 1, 2004 (State Question No. 713, Legislative Referendum No. 336, adopted at election held Nov. 2, 2004). Amended by Laws 2008, c. 393, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.