BILL NUMBER: SB 680	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to tobacco settlement moneys.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 680, as introduced, Wolk. Tobacco Settlement Fund.
   Under existing law, states' attorneys general and various tobacco
product manufacturers have entered into a Master Settlement
Agreement, in settlement of various lawsuits, that provides for the
allocation of money to the states and certain territories. Existing
law establishes in the State Treasury the Tobacco Settlement Fund for
the deposit of the state's share of moneys received under the Master
Settlement Agreement. Existing law provides for the annual
appropriation of moneys from the fund by the Legislature for
specified health care programs and services, including expansions in
the Medi-Cal program.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would revise the provisions governing the Tobacco
Settlement Fund.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would revise the provisions governing the Tobacco
Settlement Fund.