36-770. Tobacco products tax fund
(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.