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	Severance Tax State Revenue
	State's Gross Natural Gas Severance Tax Revenue by Month1
	Month		2011		2010		2009
	January		$3,716,094		$3,520,721
	February		5,057,577		4,164,290
	March		5,107,397		5,850,846		$2,688,512	*
	April		4,704,608		4,792,180		2,214,303
	May		4,554,209		4,998,390		2,923,238
	June		5,013,655		4,194,603		2,282,888
	July		5,611,603		4,425,026		3,103,538
	August		5,340,008		4,281,839		1,937,861
	September		5,482,001		5,145,005		3,514,729
	October		5,348,209		5,127,797		3,006,797
	November		5,129,143		3,812,008		2,309,699
	December		3,841,379		4172116		3,487,406
	Total		$58,905,883		$54,484,821		$27,468,970
	Year to Date		$58,905,883		$54,484,821		$27,468,971
	Monthly Average**		$4,908,824		$4,540,402		$2,746,897
	* The new severance tax went into effect January 2009.
	** Average YTD for 2011 vrs total year for 2010 and 2009
	1. The distribution month is two months after the production
	month, for example, taxes on January production are paid
	in February and recorded in March.
	Data source, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
	The new severance tax rate began March 2009
	Annual Severance Tax  State Revenue
	Year				Gross Revenue
	2011				$58,905,883
	2010				$54,484,821
	2009				$27,468,970
	2008				$1,314,723
	2007				$800,330
	2006				$603,753
	2005				$530,737
	2004				$516,136
	2003				$506,136
	1 New severance tax rates went into effect January 2009.
	Revenues for January were paid in February and reported in March and distributed in April
	Five percent of the revenues go to the State General Funds and  ninety five percent goes
	to the Arkansas Department of Highways and Transportation (ADHT). Fifteen percent
	of ADHT's share goes to counties and fifteen percent to local municipalities.
	Data Source: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration