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Senate advances substitute bill clarifying uses and priority of tobacco settlement funds
Summary
First substitute SB 106 clarifies statutory treatment of enforcement and administrative uses of the Tobacco Settlement Account and places certain enforcement appropriations (attorney general, State Tax Commission) as priorities; senators discussed deleted legacy language and sponsor offered follow-up with GOPB staff.
The Senate moved first substitute Senate Bill 106 forward after floor debate clarifying how the Tobacco Settlement Account is administered. Senator Hilliard explained the substitute inserts into statute the longstanding practice of using restricted tobacco-settlement funds to pay attorney-general enforcement costs and a small enforcement allocation for the State…
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