Iowa Code 453A.35A – Health care trust fund
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1. A health care trust fund is created in the office of the treasurer of state. The fund consists of the revenues generated from the tax on cigarettes pursuant to section 453A.6, subsection 1, and from the tax on tobacco products as specified in section 453A.43, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 4, that are credited to the health care trust fund, annually, pursuant to section 453A.35. Moneys in the fund shall be separate from the general fund of the state and shall not be considered part of the general fund of the state. However, the fund shall be considered a special account for the purposes of section 8.53 relating to generally accepted accounting principles. Moneys in the fund shall be used only as specified in this section and shall be appropriated only for the uses specified. Moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33 and shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered, except as provided in this section. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 453A.35A
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Tobacco products: means cigars; little cigars as defined in section 453A. See Iowa Code 453A.1
- Use: means the exercise of any right or power incidental to the ownership of tobacco products. See Iowa Code 453A.42
2. Moneys in the fund shall be used only for purposes related to health care, substance abuse treatment and prevention, and tobacco use prevention, cessation, and control.