Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 40, Sec. 2. (SB 159) Effective June 29, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2035, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2036, by its own provisions.
(a)The Electronic Cigarette Settlements Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
(b)The State Department of Public Health shall administer the Electronic Cigarette Settlements Fund.
(c)Upon order of the Department of Finance, the Controller shall transfer funds received in the Litigation Deposits Fund payable to the Department of Justice from the settlement of People of the State of California v. JUUL Labs Inc., et al. (Alameda County Superior Court, No. RG19043543, April 17, 2023) that are allocated for People v. JUUL Labs, Inc. E-Cigarette Programs to the Electronic Cigarette Settlements Fund.
(d)Upon
appropriation by the Legislature, moneys from the Electronic Cigarette Settlements Fund shall be used for activities in accordance with the terms of the People of the State of California v. JUUL Labs, Inc., et al. settlement and the Department of Justice’s Notices re: State of California JUUL Settlement Funding dated November 13, 2023.
(e)This section shall remain operative only until July 1, 2035, and as of January 1, 2036, is repealed.
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