§ 42-9-19. Acceptance of settlements - Attorney General settlement restricted account. (a) The attorney general is hereby authorized and empowered to accept in the name of the state any settlement resulting from a multi-state initiative. The attorney general is additionally authorized and empowered to recover attorney's fees and costs that shall be considered settlement proceeds for purposes of this chapter.
(b) The settlement proceeds shall be transferred to the general treasurer for deposit in the general fund. The general treasurer shall transfer ten percent (10%) of such proceeds, up to sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) in any fiscal year, to the "attorney general multi-state initiative restricted-receipt account." The restricted-receipt account shall be used to pay for staff, operational, and litigation costs associated with multi-state initiatives.
(c) Expenditure of all settlement proceeds accepted by the attorney general as part of the terms of the relevant master settlement agreement shall be subject to the annual appropriation process and approval by the general assembly.
History of Section. (P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 39, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 2, § 11.)
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