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91_HB1467
LRB9102903SMdvA
1 AN ACT to provide for the deposit and expenditure of
2 funds received from settlement of litigation against tobacco
3 companies.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
7 Sections 5.490 and 6z-43 as follows:
8 (30 ILCS 105/5.490 new)
9 Sec. 5.490. The Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund.
10 (30 ILCS 105/6z-43 new)
11 Sec. 6z-43. Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund.
12 (a) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund
13 to be known as the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund into
14 which shall be deposited all monies paid to the State
15 pursuant to (1) the Master Settlement Agreement entered in
16 the case of People of the State of Illinois v. Philip Morris,
17 et al. (Circuit Court of Cook County, No. 96-L-13146) and (2)
18 any settlement with or judgment against any tobacco product
19 manufacturer other than one participating in the Master
20 Settlement Agreement in satisfaction of any released claim as
21 defined in the Master Settlement Agreement, as well as any
22 other moneys as provided by law. All earnings on Fund
23 investments shall be deposited into the Fund.
24 (b) The moneys deposited into the Fund shall be
25 appropriated for the following purposes:
26 (1) To fund a comprehensive statewide public
27 information and enforcement campaign to eliminate teenage
28 smoking and tobacco use by distributing grants, either
29 directly or indirectly, to the appropriate private or
30 public entities.
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1 (2) To finance coordinated smoking and tobacco use
2 prevention and cessation programs to assist people with
3 their addiction to tobacco.
4 (3) To fund research and prevention programs
5 related to cancer and other diseases that resulted from
6 tobacco use or exposure to second-hand smoke.
7 (4) To pay all or part of the cost of providing
8 health care services or health benefit coverage to
9 persons in this State for smoking or tobacco related
10 illnesses.
11 (5) To expand funding for the Office of Women's
12 Health to provide research and education on the effect
13 that smoking and tobacco have on women's health
14 including, but not limited to, cancer, heart disease, and
15 osteoporosis.
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.