AN ACT TO CREATE THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANNUALLY DETERMINING THE ALLOCATION OF MONIES RECEIVED FROM OPIOID LITIGATION SETTLEMENTS AND DEPOSITED INTO THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND; TO DESIGNATE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE; TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONVENE THE COMMITTEE WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER PASSAGE OF THIS ACT; TO STATE CERTAIN PURPOSES FOR WHICH GRANTS FROM OPIOID LITIGATION SETTLEMENT MONIES MAY BE AWARDED BY THE COMMITTEE; TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REMIT ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS OF FUNDS TO THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND; TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ANNUALLY SUBMIT AN ITEMIZED FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE STATE AUDITOR ON DISBURSEMENTS MADE FROM THE FUND BY THE COMMITTEE; TO AMEND SECTION 27-103-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 27-103-305
As Passed by the House: 27-103-305