(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be transferred annually from the General Fund to the Tobacco Settlement Fund an amount, not to exceed one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) out of funds not otherwise appropriated, as a loan to cover appropriations from the fund when moneys from the Master Settlement Agreement have not been received by the state.
(b) This loan from the General Fund shall be repaid on or before June 30 of each year, without interest, from the funds received pursuant to the Master Settlement Agreement.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 230, Sec. 9. Effective August 11, 2003.)