Examples of use of severance tax
1. He enacted the state‘s first severance tax on minerals mined and pumped from Wyoming, and created a permanent trust fund where severance tax money was invested, earning enough to run a major portion of the state‘s government operations today.
2. For every ton of mined coal, Kentucky and West Virginia levy a 4.5 percent and 5 percent severance tax, respectively.
3. Legislators, however, had the chance for a do–over this week when Beebe convened a special session to consider a hike in the state‘s severance tax on natural gas.