Use of Collected Fees and Penalties for Youth Programs

All fines and fees assessed and collected under this Chapter shall be distributed and deposited within fifteen (15) days of the following month in which the fines and fees were collected, in the following manner by the Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation: (a) twenty percent (20%) to the Better Public Service Fund for the Department of Revenue and Taxation to assist with compliance and enforcement of tobacco and nicotine laws, rules and regulations pursuant to this Chapter; (b) thirty percent (30%) to the Health and Human Services Fund for the Department of Public Health and Social Services’ Division of Public Health, Bureau of Non-Communicable Diseases for the purposes of providing tobacco, nicotine, and electronic cigarette prevention and education programs, comprehensive cancer, breast cancer, and cervical cancer care; and (c) fifty percent (50%) to the Youth Tobacco Education and Prevention Fund. SOURCE: Added as § 6122 by P.L. 24-278:3 (Oct. 16, 1998). Repealed and reenacted as § 6504 by P.L. 28-170:1 (Jan. 29, 2007). Renumbered to adhere to the Compiler’s general codification scheme pursuant to 1 GCA § 1606. Amended by P.L. 37-078:2 (Mar. 6, 2024).