§45-27-246.01. Distribution of funds for county purposes.

One-third of all net funds when received pursuant to Section 40-20-8(e), by Escambia County from the severance tax levied pursuant to Section 40-20-2, shall be paid and distributed among the incorporated municipalities of Escambia County on the basis of population, each municipality receiving the same percentage of these net funds as its population is of the total population of all incorporated municipalities within the county. The last federal decennial census of population, as officially revised or amended, shall be used in determining the percentages for the distribution of such net funds. The provisions of this section shall be retroactively effective upon the receipt of funds pursuant to Sections 40-20-2 and 40-20-8, respectively.

(Act 82-744, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 215, §2; Act 84-543, p. 1168, §1.)