SECTIONS 22990-22991 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 22990-22991

22990. (a) All moneys collected pursuant to this division shall be
deposited in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Compliance Fund,
which is hereby created in the State Treasury. No moneys in the
Cigarette and Tobacco Products Compliance Fund shall be used to
supplant state or local General Fund money for any purpose.
(b) All moneys in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Compliance
Fund are available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, solely for the purpose of implementing, enforcing, and
administering the California Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing
Act of 2003.

22991. The amount of eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) is
appropriated from the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Compliance Fund
during the 2003-04 fiscal year to the State Board of Equalization for
the purpose of implementing, enforcing, and administering the
California Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003,
subject to the following provisions:
(a) Spending under the appropriation made by this subdivision is
limited solely to revenues in the fund that are derived from fees
imposed on cigarette and tobacco product manufacturers, wholesalers,
distributors, importers, and retailers.
(b) Of the total amount appropriated under this subdivision, five
million four hundred thousand dollars ($5,400,000) is available for
reimbursement to the Department of Justice through an interagency
agreement with the board for investigation and enforcement
assistance.
(c) The expenditure of any funds from the appropriation made by
this subdivision shall require the prior approval of the Director of
Finance. The amounts appropriated may be approved for expenditure on
an allotment basis and shall be limited to the amounts necessary to
carry out the operating and staffing plans for the implementation of
the California Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003
as approved by the Department of Finance. The Department of Finance
shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of its approval
of any expenditure authorization 30 days prior to that approval.