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Bills / H.B. 229

H.B. 229 Restricted Account Modifications

Did not passWritten by Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost · carried in the Senate by Sen. Evan J. Vickers

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee (stopped here)
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

The bill would remove fixed dollar amounts from the state law governing the tobacco and electronic cigarette restricted account, while keeping the order in which programs are funded. The Legislature's appropriations process would instead set the amounts based on the tax revenue actually collected.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the sponsor’s presentation in committee and on the floor. Check the official text below.

Official description
  • modifies provisions that govern the permissible uses of funds in the Tobacco Settlement Restricted Account and the Electronic Cigarette Substance and Nicotine Product Proceeds Restricted Account
  • directs how to satisfy legislative appropriations from the Tobacco Settlement Restricted Account or the Electronic Cigarette Substance and Nicotine Product Proceeds Restricted Account when the total appropriated amounts exceed actual revenue
  • makes a technical correction to add a sunset review for certain provisions related to the Electronic Cigarette Substance and Nicotine Product Proceeds Restricted Account before the provisions are repealed in accordance with existing statute
  • makes technical and conforming changes
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