…Vicky Steiner, executive director of the organization, said if western communities don’t get their share of oil tax revenue, residents will be forced to pay higher taxes to support the growth.
“We don’t want to see the burden rise on the taxpayers in the west,” said Steiner, who also is a Republican legislator from Dickinson.
An analysis by Headwaters Economics showed that North Dakota stands out among its peers for providing the least direct funding for oil-impacted communities. North Dakota governments received directly 8 percent of the total state revenue from oil and natural gas in fiscal year 2011, and about 11 percent for 2012-13, the report said…