Budget Amendment ID: FY2020-S3-682

EHS 682

Dedicate Portion of Tobacco Tax Revenues to Tobacco and Nicotine Prevention and Cessation

Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Keenan, Feeney, Eldridge, Crighton, Tarr, Moore, deMacedo, O'Connor and Cyr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4590-0300, by striking out the figure “$4,117,730” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “$8,000,000

General Fund………………………………………………………………..50%

Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction Prevention and Cessation Fund……….50%”;

and in section 29, by inserting after the words “chapter 29”, in line 163, the following words:-

“; provided, that one-third of all revenue received from the excise shall be credited to the Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction Prevention and Cessation Fund established under section 2DDDDD of chapter 29”;

and  by adding the following new section:-

“SECTION____. Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following new section:-

Section 2DDDDD: There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction Prevention and Cessation Fund. The fund shall be credited with one third of all excise tax revenue collected from the sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems as defined under section 7E of chapter 64C. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, subject to appropriation, to support tobacco and nicotine addiction prevention and cessation programs. Monies deposited into the fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year."