36-770. Tobacco products tax fund



(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies)



A. The tobacco products tax fund is established consisting of revenues deposited in
the fund pursuant to section 42-3251.01 and interest earned on those monies. The Arizona
health care cost containment system administration shall administer the fund.


B. Forty-two cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the proposition
204 protection account established by section 36-778.


C. Five cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the health research
fund established by section 36-275.


D. Twenty-seven cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the
medically needy account established by section 36-774.


E. Twenty cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the emergency
health services account established by section 36-776.


F. Four cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the health care
adjustment account established by section 36-777.


G. Two cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the health education
account established by section 36-772.


H. Except as provided in section 36-776, monies in the fund:


1. Are continuously appropriated.


2. Do not revert to the state general fund.


3. Are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of
appropriations.