§ 28-11-10 — Vaping Licensing and Enforcement Fund; Disposition of Funds

The Vaping Licensing and Enforcement Fund is created in the State Treasury. All fees and other monies collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the fund. Amounts deposited into the fund shall be budgeted and allotted in accordance with Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96 and Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-12. Monies in the fund shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Forty percent to the Licensing and Compliance Division of the board for operational costs of enforcing this chapter and providing tobacco and nicotine prevention education.
(2) Twenty percent to the Public Safety Fund of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to be used for the enforcement of this chapter.
(3) Twenty percent to the State Board of Education for the establishment and administration of vape awareness, education, and prevention programs and the provision of drug education and prevention curriculum, as provided in Section 16-41A-1.
(4) Twenty percent to the Unified Judicial System for the provision of drug education and prevention curriculum and court-ordered nonresidential addiction or substance abuse rehabilitation courses under Section 28-11-13(d).

Legislative History

(Acts 1997, No. 97-423, p. 721, §10; Act 2025-403, §1.)