§ 36-770 — Tobacco products tax fund

Arizona § 36-770

• Jurisdiction: Arizona
• Title 36: Arizona Revised Statutes
• Ch. 6: PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL
• Art. 8: Tobacco Tax Funds

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(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.