Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 105/5.792

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     There is hereby created in the State treasury the Attorney General Tobacco Fund to be used, subject to appropriation, exclusively by the Attorney General for enforcement of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement and for law enforcement activities of the Attorney General.