(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.