THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2493
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO USE OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  To enable the John A. Burns school of medicine to continue to operate and graduate new physicians, funding from the tobacco settlement needs to continue.  Act 264, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, contains a sunset date that will eliminate the ability of the John A. Burns school of medicine to continue receiving these funds.

     The purpose of this Act is to continue the funding to the John A. Burns school of medicine until 2015.

     SECTION 2.  Chapter 328L, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§328L-   Reporting. The department of health and the University of Hawaii shall prepare a detailed accounting of all revenues and expenditures relating to:

(1) Moneys appropriated to, and expended by, the department of health for purposes of section 328L-4;

(2) Moneys appropriated into, and expended from, the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund under section 328L-5;

(3) Moneys appropriated into, and expended from, the university revenue-undertakings fund created in section 304A-2167.5; and

(4) Any moneys used for the operating costs of the medical school facility,

and shall submit this information to the legislature no later than thirty days after the close of each fiscal year."

     SECTION 3.  Act 264, Session Laws Hawaii 2007, as amended by section 22 of Act 16, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, is amended by amending section 4 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007, and shall be repealed on June 30, [2011;] 2015; provided that section 328L-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on the day before the effective date of this Act."

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010.

Report Title:

Tobacco Fund Settlement Continued for UH Medical School

Description:

Extends sunset date in Act 264, relating to tobacco fund settlement, for continued use by John A. Burns School of Medicine.  Requires reporting by the Department of Health and the University of Hawaii.  (SB2493 HD1)

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