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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND APPROPRIATION TO THE 1 2 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. There is appropriated from 1 3 the tobacco settlement fund created in section 12.65 to the 1 4 Iowa department of public health for the fiscal year beginning 1 5 July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, the following amount, 1 6 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose 1 7 designated: 1 8 To the Iowa department of public health to be used for core 1 9 public health functions, including home health care and public 1 10 health nursing services, contracted through a formula by local 1 11 boards of health, to enhance disease and injury prevention 1 12 services: 1 13 .................................................. $ 1,500,000 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 12.65, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 15 follows: 1 16 12.65 TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND. 1 17 1. A tobacco settlement fund is created in the office of 1 18 the treasurer of state. After payment of litigation costs, 1 19 the state portion of any moneys paid to the state by tobacco 1 20 companies in settlement of the state's lawsuit for recovery of 1 21 public expenditures associated with tobacco use shall be 1 22 deposited in the tobacco settlement fund. Moneys deposited in 1 23 the fund shall be used only as provided in appropriations from 1 24 the fundto the department of human services for the medical1 25assistance program and to the Iowa department of public health1 26 for health care-related programsto reduce smoking by teenage1 27youth. For purposes of this section, "litigation costs" are 1 28 those costs itemized by the attorney general and submitted to 1 29 and approved by thegeneral assemblyexecutive council. 1 30 2. On June 30, 2001, the balance remaining in the tobacco 1 31 settlement fund shall be transferred to the general fund of 1 32 the state. Beginning July 1, 2001, the tobacco settlement 1 33 fund shall be considered part of the general fund of the 1 34 state. However, the state portion of the moneys received 1 35 shall only be appropriated for health care-related programs. 2 1 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section in this Act amending 2 2 section 12.65, being deemed of immediate importance, takes 2 3 effect upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to July 2 4 1, 1999. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 This bill relates to the tobacco settlement fund, makes 2 7 appropriations from the fund to the Iowa department of public 2 8 health, and provides conforming provisions relating to the 2 9 expenditure of the funds. 2 10 The bill appropriates $1,500,000 to the Iowa department of 2 11 public health for core public health functions including home 2 12 health care and public health nursing services contracted 2 13 through a formula by local boards of health to enhance disease 2 14 and injury prevention services. 2 15 The bill also amends codified provisions relating to the 2 16 tobacco settlement fund and to the provisions of the bill. 2 17 The bill amends Code section 12.65, the tobacco settlement 2 18 fund, to provide that moneys deposited in the fund shall be 2 19 used only as provided in appropriations from the fund and for 2 20 health care-related programs. The amendment to the section 2 21 also provides that litigation costs, which are to be paid 2 22 prior to deposit of moneys in the fund, are to be submitted to 2 23 and approved by the executive council, which as provided in 2 24 Code section 7D.1 includes the governor, secretary of state, 2 25 auditor of state, treasurer of state, and the secretary of 2 26 agriculture. The bill also amends Code section 12.65 to 2 27 provide that the balance remaining in the tobacco settlement 2 28 fund shall be transferred to the general fund of the state. 2 29 Additionally, beginning July 1, 2001, the tobacco settlement 2 30 fund is to be considered part of the general fund of the 2 31 state. However, the state portion of the tobacco settlement 2 32 funds are to continue to only be appropriated for health care- 2 33 related programs. Code section 12.65 as amended in the bill 2 34 is effective upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to 2 35 July 1, 1999. 3 1 LSB 5479XS 78 3 2 pf/as/5.1
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