PRINTER'S NO. 294
No. 226 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, WOGAN, ARGALL, BARRAR, BATTISTO, BROWNE,
BUNT, CIVERA, CORNELL, DEMPSEY, DRUCE, FICHTER, GEORGE,
GIGLIOTTI, HARHAI, HERSHEY, MARSICO, MASLAND, MAYERNIK,
McCALL, MELIO, S. MILLER, NAILOR, PLATTS, RAMOS, READSHAW,
SAINATO, SCHRODER, SEMMEL, SERAFINI, SEYFERT, STEVENSON,
E. Z. TAYLOR, WILT, YOUNGBLOOD AND ZIMMERMAN,
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
AN ACT
1 Providing for a designated percentage of tobacco litigation
2 master settlement agreement funds to be utilized for cancer
3 research facilities.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Set aside for research facilities.
7 (a) General rule.--Annually, 25% of all moneys received by
8 the Commonwealth under the tobacco litigation master settlement
9 agreement shall be set aside for appropriation by the General
10 Assembly to cancer research facilities located within this
11 Commonwealth.
12 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "tobacco
13 litigation master settlement agreement" means the master
14 settlement agreement relating to tobacco litigation entered into
15 in 1998 by the Commonwealth and leading United States tobacco
1 product manufacturers.
2 Section 2. Effective date.
3 This act shall take effect immediately.
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