Providing all coal severance tax be provided to county that produced coal

SB 77 would direct 5 percent of the coal severance tax (the tax on coal mining) to the specific counties where coal was extracted, after increasing the allocation from 1% in 2012 to 5% by 2016. Funds would be distributed quarterly based on each county's share of the state's coal production, capped at $20 million annually. Counties must use these funds exclusively for economic development and infrastructure projects like roads, broadband, or water systems, and cannot deposit them into general county funds.