Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 15. TAXATION

CHAPTER 36. OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION TAX

Part 3. Oil and Gas Production Tax Act

Distribution Of Taxes

15-36-331. Distribution of taxes. (1) (a) For each calendar quarter, the department shall determine the amount of tax, late payment interest, and penalties collected under this part.

(b) For the purposes of distribution of oil and natural gas production taxes to county and school district taxing units under 15-36-332 and to the state, the department shall determine the amount of oil and natural gas production taxes paid on production in the taxing unit.

(2) (a) The amount of oil and natural gas production taxes collected for the percentage of privilege and license tax established by the board pursuant to 82-11-131 must be deposited, in accordance with the provisions of 17-2-124, in the account in the state special revenue fund for the purpose of paying expenses of the board, as provided in 82-11-135.

(b) After the allocation provided for in subsection (2)(a), up to 0.08% of the tax collected pursuant to 15-36-304(7) must be deposited in the oil and gas natural resource distribution account established in 90-6-1001(1) for distribution pursuant to 15-36-332(7).

(c) Any funds remaining after the allocations provided for in subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b) must remain in the account provided for in 82-11-135 as reserves for the board or for legislative transfer for purposes related to the impacts of oil and gas production.

(3) (a) For each tax year, the amount of oil and natural gas production taxes determined under subsection (1)(b) is allocated to each county according to the following schedule:

Big Horn 45.05%
Blaine 58.39%
Carbon 48.27%
Chouteau 58.14%
Custer 69.53%
Daniels 50.81%
Dawson 47.79%
Fallon 41.78%
Fergus 69.18%
Garfield 45.96%
Glacier 58.83%
Golden Valley 58.37%
Hill 64.51%
Liberty 57.94%
McCone 49.92%
Musselshell 48.64%
Petroleum 48.04%
Phillips 54.02%
Pondera 54.26%
Powder River 60.9%
Prairie 40.38%
Richland 47.47%
Roosevelt 45.71%
Rosebud 39.33%
Sheridan 47.99%
Stillwater 53.51%
Sweet Grass 61.24%
Teton 46.1%
Toole 57.61%
Valley 51.43%
Wibaux 49.16%
Yellowstone 46.74%
All other counties 50.15%

(b) The oil and natural gas production taxes allocated to each county must be deposited in the state special revenue fund and transferred to each county for distribution, as provided in 15-36-332.

(4) The department shall, in accordance with the provisions of 17-2-124, distribute the state portion of oil and natural gas production taxes remaining after the distributions pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) as follows:

(a) 2.16% to the natural resources projects state special revenue account established in 15-38-302;

(b) 2.02% to the natural resources operations state special revenue account established in 15-38-301;

(c) 2.95% to the orphan share account established in 75-10-743;

(d) 2.65% to the state special revenue fund to be appropriated to the Montana university system for the purposes of the state tax levy as provided in 15-10-109; and

(e) all remaining proceeds to the state general fund.

(5) A payment required pursuant to this section may be withheld if, for more than 90 days, a local government fails to:

(a) file a financial report required by 15-1-504;

(b) remit any amounts collected on behalf of the state as required by 15-1-504; or

(c) remit any other amounts owed to the state or another taxing jurisdiction.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 522, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 522, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 5, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 527, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 603, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 432, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 475, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 33, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 57, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 173, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 3, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 414, L. 2019.