SCHOENBERG-SOTO-ERWIN-YARBROUGH. New Act 30 ILCS 105/5.545 new Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Fund. Creates the Investment of Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act. Provides that a portion of the proceeds received by the State from a tobacco settlement shall be deposited into the Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Fund. Provides that moneys in the fund shall be distributed to universities with medical schools in this State and used by those universities for programs relating to tobacco-related illness research. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Public Health) If HB 142 creates a fiscal impact at all upon the Department, it is very minimal, and is indeterminable at this time. JAN-04-2001 H PREFILED WITH CLERK JAN-10-2001 H FIRST READING JAN-10-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-31-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TOBACCO FEB-01-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SOTO FEB-14-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ERWIN MAR-14-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED MAR-14-2001 H COMMITTEE TOBACCO MAR-16-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR YARBROUGH MAR-16-2001 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary