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Senate approves Attorney General appropriation that adds tobacco settlement compliance officer
Summary
The Senate passed House Bill 1003, the Attorney General's appropriations bill, which includes funding for a full-time tobacco settlement compliance officer to protect the state's $20 million annual Master Settlement Agreement revenue and to strengthen enforcement and data collection.
The Senate approved House Bill 1003, the appropriations bill for the Office of the Attorney General, which adds funding for a full-time tobacco settlement compliance officer and increases resources for cybercrime investigations, human-trafficking prevention, and victim services.
"We would ask the chamber to adopt the conference committee report for 10/2003," said Senator Sickler, chairing the conference committee on the bill. The conference committee recommended replacing the Senate-adopted amendment with a new conference amendment. Lawmakers adopted the report and the bill passed final passage by a vote of 45 yes to 2 no.
Senator Sickler and other conferees described the new full-time equivalent position as a preventive…
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