LIVE FROM THE KOIN
CENTER IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND.
THIS IS KOIN 6 NEWS,
WATCHING
OUT FOR YOU.
JENNIFER: OREGON HAS COLLECTED
NEARLY $75 MILLLION FROM TAXES
ON RECRECRATIONAL MARIJUANA
SALES, BUT NONE OF THE MONEY HAS
BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
TONIGHT, WE WANT TO KNOW WHY.
THIS IS KOIN 6 NEWS AT 11:00.
I'M JENNIFER HOFF.
JEFF: AND I'M JEFF GIANOLA.
$75 MILLION IS SEVEN TIMES THE
REVUNUE ORIGINALLY EXPECTED.
SO, WHEN WILL IT BE HANDED OUT
TO SCHOOL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT?
OUR CHRIS HOLMSTROM IS GETTING
ANSWERS.
REPORTER: POT SALES IN OREGON
ARE THROUGH THE ROOF, AS THE
STATE COLLECTS MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THROUGH TAXES, BUT NONE
OF IT HAS GONE TO THE INTENDED
RECIPIENTS, LIKE SCHOOLS, MENTAL
HEALTH PROGRAMS, OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
MARK IS WITH
THE OLCC.
HE SAYS
IT COULD TAKE A FEW MORE
MONTHS BEFORE THE $75 MILLION
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
THE WAY THE LEGISLATION WAS
WRITTEN WAS, THE OLCC AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ARE TO BE
RINSE -- ARE TO BE
REIMBURSED OF THEIR EXPENSES
PRIOR TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF
TAXES.
REPORTER: THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT
$12 MILLION, MOST OF IT START UP
COSTS TO RUN THE PROGRAM.
WE ARE TO RECONCILE OUR
BUDGET, SO ESSENTIALLY BALANCE
THE BOOKS.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT
BALANCED OUT BY SEPTEMBER.
REPORTER: AFTER THE MAJORITY
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED, 40% GOES TO
THE COMMON SCHOOL FUND.
THAT'S MORE THAN $30 MILLION.
THE MONEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO
OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT IS UP TO
EACH DISTRICT.
NOT THE STATE.
MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG SERVICES,
THEY WILL GET AN EXTRA $15
MILLION.


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