98 Local Agency Audit of Hwy Trust Funds

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Local Agencies' Use of Highway Funds Performance Audit OVERVIEW (Continued) ~ A. Process for the Distribution of State Highway Funds. (Continued) ~ . ~ - county to the total registered in the state at December.31 of the precedingfiscal year. ;y Counties may receive an advance on their distribution if they are unable to paybonded indebtedness, secured by State Highway Fund monies, when, it is due. An additional sum of $250,000 from the"Department of Transportation's allocation plus $500,000 of ~rti ^ ~ .o' -'1 the original county allocat<ori is to be reallocated, by the Department of Transportation, _ _ to the counties whose federal .and state dedicated resources per equivalent road mile rate are the lowest in the state: - These supplemental monies may be used only for ~ m , . _ aintenance, repair and improvement of existing roads. ~ _ . - . . The allocation to individual c"rties is based upon each cities' ,population to the total population of all cities. An =additional sum of $500,000 from ;the.' Department of Transportation's allocation :plus $500,000 of the cities' original allocation is to be reallocated by the Department of Transportation to small cities. These supplemental monies are to be used to maintain, repair or improve highways that are not part of the - state highway system and that are within cities of populations of 5,000 or less.. ~ - - - _ B. State Highway Funds Distributed During Fiscat 1996-97. For fiscal year 1996-97 the Department of Transportation distributed the following State Hi hwa Fun g y d monies to the counties and cities: - couNnES cinEs TYPE 1000 $1000 Motor Transportation Fees $ 47,277 $ 30,193 Motor Vehicles Fuels Tax 87,082 56,614 Motor Vehicle Licenses and 4,637 2,g61 Operator Fees Road Use Assessment Fees 209 133 Transfer to Special Allotment (500) (500) One time transfer from Highway Fund (DMV System Cost) 1,906 1,217 Total $ 140,611 $ 89,618 Talbot, Korvola 8 Wa~rvick, ctP 8