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2024 Special Session I

Budget Bill - HB6001 (Enrolled)

Central Appropriations

Item 468

Item 468

First Year - FY2025Second Year - FY2026
Distribution of Tobacco Settlement (74500)
     a sum sufficient, estimated at
$41,265,060$41,265,060
Payments to Tobacco Producers and Tobacco Growing Communities (74501)FY2025 $30,000,000FY2026 $30,000,000
Payments for Tobacco Usage Prevention (74502)FY2025 $11,265,060FY2026 $11,265,060
Fund Sources:  
Trust and AgencyFY2025 $41,265,060FY2026 $41,265,060

Authority: Title 3.2, Chapters 31, 42 and 46, and Title 32.1, Chapter 14, Code of Virginia.


A.1. There is hereby appropriated a sum sufficient estimated at $30,000,000 the first year and $30,000,000 the second year from nongeneral funds for expenditures of securitized proceeds and earnings up to the amount transferred from the endowment to the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund in accordance with § 3.2-3104, Code of Virginia. Such expenditures shall be made pursuant to § 3.2-3108, Code of Virginia.


2. From the amount deposited into the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund pursuant to § 3.2-3106, Code of Virginia, shall be paid 50 percent of the costs associated with the diligent enforcement of the non-participating manufacturer statute of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, § 3.2-4201, Code of Virginia, and Item 49, Paragraph B of this act. These costs shall be paid pursuant to the transfer to the general fund directed by § 3-1.01, Paragraph N.1, of this act.


B.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 32.1-354, 32.1-360 and 32.1-361.1, Code of Virginia, the State Comptroller shall deposit 8.5 percent of the Commonwealth's Allocation pursuant to the Master Settlement Agreement with tobacco product manufacturers to the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Fund. There is hereby appropriated a sum sufficient estimated at $11,265,060 the first year and $11,265,060 the second year from available balances in the fund for the purposes set forth in § 32.1-361, Code of Virginia. From the amounts deposited in the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Fund, no less than $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year shall be allocated for obesity prevention activities.


2. From the amount deposited into the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Fund shall be paid 8.5 percent of the costs associated with the diligent enforcement of the non-participating manufacturer statute of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, § 3.2-4201, Code of Virginia, and Item 49, Paragraph B, of this act. These costs shall be paid pursuant to the transfer to the general fund directed by § 3-1.01, Paragraph N.2, of this Act.


C. The amounts deposited by the State Comptroller pursuant to paragraph B.1. of this Item shall be included in the general fund revenue calculations for purposes of subsection C of § 58.1-3524, Code of Virginia.


D. The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth shall prioritize in its marketing and education efforts information regarding the health effects of vaping by teens and young adults. The foundation shall include such information in marketing materials, advertising, outreach, and social media channels.


E. The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth shall provide or develop additional educational materials, resources, and professional development webinars as necessary for the Department of Education to comply with the eighteenth and nineteenth enactments of Chapter 550 of the 2021 General Assembly, Special Session I.