Arizona Revised Statutes Title 36. Public Health and Safety § 36-2901.02. Arizona tobacco litigation settlement fund; nonlapsing

1. Withdraw an amount necessary in each fiscal year to fully implement and fully fund the programs and services required as a result of the expanded definition of an eligible person pursuant to § 36-2901.01.

2. Withdraw an amount necessary in each fiscal year to fully implement and fully fund each of the programs listed in § 5-522, subsection E, as amended pursuant to the initiative measure approved by the voters on November 5, 1996, at funding levels that when annually adjusted for inflation, as provided in said initiative, are equal to or greater than those provided for in that election. The joint legislative budget committee shall compute these adjusted levels and provide this information to the director of the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. The director shall transfer these monies to the agencies responsible for administering each of the programs. The legislature may modify the funding provided pursuant to this subsection by simple majority vote not less than ten years after the effective date of this section.

1. Shall be used to supplement and not supplant existing and future appropriations to the Arizona health care cost containment system administration for existing and future programs.

2. Do not revert to the state general fund.

3. Are exempt from the provisions of § 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

4. Are continuously appropriated.