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Report to Congressional Requesters: 

March 2004: 

TOBACCO SETTLEMENT: 

States' Allocations of Fiscal Year 2003 and Expected Fiscal Year 2004 
Payments: 

[Hyperlink, http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-518]: 

GAO Highlights: 

Highlights of GAO-04-518, a report to congressional requesters 

Why GAO Did This Study: 

In the 1990s, states sued major tobacco companies to obtain 
reimbursement for health impairments caused by the public’s use of 
tobacco. In 1998, 46 states and four of the nation’s largest tobacco 
companies signed a Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) that requires the 
tobacco companies to make annual payments to the states in perpetuity 
as reimbursement for past tobacco-related health care costs. The MSA 
commits the tobacco companies to pay the states approximately $206 
billion over the first 25 years. Some of the states have arranged to 
receive upfront proceeds based on the amounts that tobacco companies 
owe by issuing bonds backed by future payments. 

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 requires GAO to 
report annually on the amount of MSA payments states receive through 
fiscal year 2006.

This third report provides information on the 

* payments the 46 states received in fiscal year 2003 and expect to 
receive in fiscal year 2004, and

* states’ allocations of these funds to various program categories and 
changes from prior years.

To conduct this study, GAO surveyed the 46 states. 

What GAO Found: 

The 46 states party to the Master Settlement Agreement expect to 
receive about $24.2 billion in fiscal years 2003 and 2004. States 
reported they received about $12.8 billion in fiscal year 2003 and 
expected to receive about $11.4 billion in fiscal year 2004. Over the 
three prior years—fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002—states also 
reported receiving a total of about $24 billion. These amounts include 
payments from tobacco companies and, for some states, the proceeds of 
the sale of bonds backed by payments tobacco companies will make in the 
future (securitized proceeds). Of the $12.8 billion states received in 
2003, about $6.3 billion came from the tobacco companies and about $6.5 
billion came from securitized proceeds. Similarly, of the $11.4 billion 
states expect to receive in 2004, about $5.2 billion will be payments 
from tobacco companies and $6.2 billion will be from securitized 
proceeds.

The Master Settlement Agreement allows states to use their tobacco 
settlement payments for any purpose. States reported that they used the 
largest portions of the fiscal year 2003 payments to address budget 
shortfalls and to fund health-related programs. The portion allocated 
to meet budget shortfalls is expected to increase from 36 percent in 
fiscal year 2003 to 54 percent in fiscal year 2004. The portion 
allocated to health-related programs is expected to decline from 24 
percent in fiscal year 2003 to 17 percent in 2004. Also, allocations 
for debt service on states’ securitized proceeds are expected to 
increase from about 2 percent in fiscal year 2003 to 7 percent in 
fiscal year 2004. 

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Contents: 

Letter: 

Results in Brief: 

States Expect to Receive about $24.2 Billion in MSA Payments and 
Securitized Proceeds in Fiscal Years 2003 and 2004: 

States Allocated the Largest Portions of their Funds to Cover Budget 
Shortfalls and Health-Related Programs: 

Appendixes: 

Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology: 

Survey Methodology and Categorization of States' Allocations: 

Appendix II: Percent Allocation of MSA Payments for 46 States: 

Appendix III: States' Allocations of Combined MSA Payments and 
Securitized Proceeds for Fiscal Years 2000-2004: 

Appendix IV: State-Specific Information on Amounts of Master Settlement 
Agreement Payments and Securitized Proceeds Received and Allocated: 

Appendix V: GAO Survey on States' Allocations Fiscal Years 2003 and 
2004 Master Settlement Agreement Payments: 

Appendix VI: GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments: 

GAO Contact: 

Acknowledgments: 

Tables: 

Table 1: MSA Payments and Securitized Proceeds States Reported 
Receiving in Fiscal Year 2003 and Are Expecting to Receive in Fiscal 
Year 2004: 

Table 2: Amount of Securitized Proceeds Received by States Prior to 
Fiscal Year 2003: 

Table 3: Allocation of States' Combined MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds, Fiscal Year 2003: 

Table 4: Expected Allocation of States' Combined MSA Payments and 
Securitized Proceeds, Fiscal Year 2004: 

Table 5: Percentage of MSA Payments and Securitized Proceeds Allocated 
or Expected to Be Allocated to Various Categories, Fiscal Years 2003 
and 2004: 

Table 6: Alabama's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 7: Alaska's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 8: Arizona's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 9: Arkansas's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 10: California's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Table 11: Colorado's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 12: Connecticut's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 13: Delaware's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 14: Georgia's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 15: Hawaii's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 16: Idaho's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 17: Illinois's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 18: Indiana's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 19: Iowa's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 20: Kansas's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 21: Kentucky's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 22: Louisiana's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 23: Maine's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 24: Maryland's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 25: Massachusetts's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 26: Michigan's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 27: Missouri's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 28: Montana's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 29: Nebraska's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 30: Nevada's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 31: New Hampshire's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 32: New Jersey's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Table 33: New Mexico's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 34: New York's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Table 35: North Carolina's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 36: North Dakota's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 37: Ohio's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 38: Oklahoma's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 39: Oregon's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Table 40: Pennsylvania's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 41: Rhode Island's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 42: South Carolina's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 43: South Dakota's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Table 44: Tennessee's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 45: Utah's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 46: Vermont's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 47: Virginia's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 48: Washington's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Table 49: West Virginia's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Table 50: Wisconsin's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Table 51: Wyoming's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Figure: 

Figure 1: States' Allocations of Combined MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds for Fiscal Years 2000-2001, 2002, and 2003 and Expected 
Allocations for Fiscal Year 2004: 

Abbreviations: 

MSA: Master Settlement Agreement: 

Letter March 19, 2004: 

Congressional Requesters: 

In the 1990s, states sued major tobacco companies to obtain 
reimbursement for health impairments caused by the public's use of 
tobacco. During 1997 and 1998, 4 states--Florida, Minnesota, 
Mississippi, and Texas--settled their lawsuits with the tobacco 
industry by negotiating independent agreements.[Footnote 1] In November 
1998, four of the nation's largest tobacco companies--Philip Morris, 
USA;[Footnote 2] R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson 
Tobacco Corporation; and Lorillard Tobacco Company--negotiated and 
signed an agreement with the attorneys general of the remaining 46 
states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. territories, 
thereby settling a number of lawsuits brought by these parties against 
the companies.[Footnote 3] This agreement is known as the Master 
Settlement Agreement (MSA). The MSA commits the tobacco companies to 
make annual payments to the 46 states in perpetuity as reimbursement 
for health care costs, such as Medicaid expenditures, related to 
tobacco use. These payments will total approximately $206 billion over 
the first 25 years.[Footnote 4] The MSA imposed no requirements on how 
states spend their payments.

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (the 2002 Farm Bill) 
requires GAO to report annually on payments made by tobacco companies 
for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 and how states use these funds. In 
addition, 13 of the 46 states have received substantial upfront 
proceeds based on the amounts that tobacco companies owe by issuing 
bonds backed by payments to be made in the future, a process known as 
securitization. This report also includes information about states' 
receipt and allocation of these securitized proceeds.[Footnote 5] This 
report is the third in a series of reports responding to the 2002 Farm 
Bill requirement.[Footnote 6] We also reported in June 2001 on states' 
receipt and use of MSA payments for fiscal years 2000 and 
2001.[Footnote 7] This report discusses (1) the amount of payments, 
including securitized proceeds, received by the 46 states party to the 
MSA during fiscal year 2003, and the amount of payments these states 
expect to receive in fiscal year 2004; and (2) the states' allocation 
of these funds to various program categories for fiscal year 2003 and 
expected allocations for fiscal year 2004.

To address our objectives, we surveyed state budget officials, or their 
designees, in each of the 46 states to obtain MSA payment and 
allocation information for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.[Footnote 
8],[Footnote 9] We asked the states to categorize their MSA payment 
allocations for fiscal year 2003 and their expected allocations for 
fiscal year 2004 using 12 categories. We also asked how much the states 
did not allocate. In addition, we asked states if they securitized 
their payments and, if so, the amount of proceeds they received from 
securitization and the categories to which they allocated the 
securitized proceeds. Although we did not independently verify the 
accuracy of the information provided to us by the states, we performed 
some reliability testing and determined that the data were reliable 
enough for our purposes. In addition, we compared the data we obtained 
for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 with the payment and allocation 
information we collected from states for our earlier reports for fiscal 
years 2000 and 2001 combined, and for fiscal year 2002. We conducted 
our work from May 2003 through February 2004 in accordance with 
generally accepted government auditing standards. See appendix I for 
more information on our scope and methodology and for detailed 
definitions of the categories used in this report (categories include 
such areas as education, health, budget shortfalls, and debt service on 
securitized funds). Appendix II shows each state's share of the annual 
MSA payments, which are based on a fixed percentage identified in the 
MSA.

Results in Brief: 

The 46 states party to the MSA expect to receive about $24.2 billion in 
MSA payments and securitized proceeds in fiscal years 2003 and 2004. 
These states reported receiving a total of about $12.8 billion in 
fiscal year 2003, and they expect to receive about $11.4 billion in 
fiscal year 2004. About half of these amounts will be MSA payments from 
the tobacco companies, and the other half will be securitized proceeds. 
In the three prior years--fiscal years 2000 through 2002--states also 
reported receiving a total of about $24 billion: about $19.4 billion in 
MSA payments from the tobacco companies and about $4.6 billion in 
securitized proceeds.

States allocated the largest portions of their fiscal year 2003 tobacco 
settlement funds to address budget shortfalls and for health-related 
programs, and states expect the same to hold true for fiscal year 2004. 
States allocated 60 percent of their tobacco settlement funds to these 
categories in fiscal year 2003 and anticipate increasing the 
allocations to these categories to 71 percent in fiscal year 2004. 
Compared with fiscal year 2003, states in fiscal year 2004 expect to 
increase allocations to budget shortfalls and to decrease allocations 
to health-related programs. More specifically, for fiscal year 2003, 
states allocated about 36 percent of tobacco settlement funds to budget 
shortfalls and expected to allocate about 54 percent in fiscal year 
2004. For health-related programs, states allocated about 24 percent in 
fiscal year 2003 and expected to allocate about 17 percent in fiscal 
year 2004. Overall, the portion of allocations going to budget 
shortfalls has been increasing and the portion going to health costs 
has been decreasing.

States Expect to Receive about $24.2 Billion in MSA Payments and 
Securitized Proceeds in Fiscal Years 2003 and 2004: 

The 46 states party to the MSA reported receiving a total of about 
$12.8 billion in fiscal year 2003: about $6.3 billion in MSA payments 
from the tobacco companies and, for 5 of the states, about $6.5 billion 
in securitized proceeds. For fiscal year 2004, the 46 states are 
expecting to receive a total of about $11.4 billion: about $5.2 billion 
in MSA payments and, for 2 of the states, $6.2 billion in securitized 
proceeds. In fiscal years 2000 through 2002, states reported receiving 
a total of about $24 billion: about $19.4 billion in MSA payments from 
the tobacco companies and about $4.6 billion in securitized proceeds. 
Table 1 shows the amount of MSA payments and securitized proceeds each 
of the 46 states reported receiving in fiscal year 2003 and the amount 
each state expects to receive in fiscal year 2004.

Table 1: MSA Payments and Securitized Proceeds States Reported 
Receiving in Fiscal Year 2003 and Are Expecting to Receive in Fiscal 
Year 2004: 

State: Alabama; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $118,558,077; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $99,876,883; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Alaska; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $26,257,704; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $21,400,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Arizona; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $106,926,757; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $91,856,500; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Arkansas; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $60,067,457; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $59,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: California; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $474,066,000; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $2,485,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $399,372,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: 
$2,000,000,000.

State: Colorado; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $100,584,727; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $87,700,580; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Connecticut; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $137,914,440; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $113,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Delaware; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $28,734,700; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $29,800,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Georgia; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $178,041,093; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $146,123,673; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Hawaii; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $43,663,626; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $38,619,584; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Idaho; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $26,653,835; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $22,449,666; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Illinois; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $341,497,849; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $269,747,300; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Indiana; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $148,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $127,600,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Iowa; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $63,083,784; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $56,400,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Kansas; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $61,169,272; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $56,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Kentucky; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $130,829,140; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $109,100,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Louisiana; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $165,482,878; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $143,767,098; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Maine; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $56,320,959; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $49,654,499; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Maryland; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $171,300,000; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $149,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Massachusetts; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $300,036,966; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $250,700,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Michigan; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $318,400,000; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $273,900,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Missouri; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $166,919,334; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $143,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Montana; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $31,166,018; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $28,223,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Nebraska; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $43,158,793; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $36,700,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Nevada; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $44,753,037; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $38,168,550; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: New Hampshire; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $48,900,000; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $42,600,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: New Jersey; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $283,700,000; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $2,751,814,469; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $122,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: New Mexico; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $43,759,134; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $35,724,987; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: New York; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $498,300,000; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $334,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: 
$4,200,000,000.

State: North Carolina; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $169,200,688; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $155,479,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: North Dakota; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $26,549,833; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $22,972,067; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Ohio; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $368,998,102; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $297,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Oklahoma; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $76,024,898; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $72,571,034; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Oregon; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $85,254,750; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $450,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $71,818,209; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Pennsylvania; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $416,918,000; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $360,528,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Rhode Island; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $52,748,551; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $46,876,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: South Carolina; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $86,312,915; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $74,995,918; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: South Dakota; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $25,603,357; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $278,045,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $23,772,672; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Tennessee; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $179,101,745; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $147,800,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Utah; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $32,642,875; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $27,674,200; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Vermont; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $30,629,527; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $25,200,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Virginia; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $150,029,894; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $126,206,153; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Washington; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $150,654,530; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $517,905,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $124,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: West Virginia; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $65,042,592; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $56,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Wisconsin; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $153,923,150; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $135,617,112; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

State: Wyoming; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $18,448,472; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $12,133,528; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: $0.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003: MSA payments received: $6,306,329,459; 
Fiscal year 2003: Securitized proceeds received: $6,482,764,469; 
Fiscal year 2004: MSA payments expected to be received: $5,156,128,213; 
Fiscal year 2004: Securitized proceeds expected to be received: 
$6,200,000,000.

Sources: State budget offices or their designees.

[A] The amounts of MSA payments received and expected by California and 
New York do not include MSA payments made to the counties and cities in 
those states.

[End of table]

Besides the six states that received or expect to receive securitized 
proceeds in fiscal years 2003 and/or 2004, eight states received 
securitized proceeds prior to fiscal year 2003. Two states, Alabama and 
Alaska, received securitized proceeds in more than one year.

Table 2: Amount of Securitized Proceeds Received by States Prior to 
Fiscal Year 2003: 

State: Alabama; 
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $50,000,000; 
Securitized proceeds: Fiscal year received: 2000.

State: Alabama;
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $103,760,000; 
Securitized proceeds: Fiscal year received: 2002.

State: Alaska; 
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $93,000,000; 
Securitized proceeds: Fiscal year received: 2001.

State: Alaska;
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $110,000,000; 
Securitized proceeds: Fiscal year received: 2002.

State: Arkansas; 
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $58,268,549; 
Securitized proceeds: Fiscal year received: 2002.

State: Iowa; 
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $579,596,212; 
Securitized proceeds: Fiscal year received: 2002.

State: Louisiana; 
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $1,069,510,894; 
Securitized proceeds: Fiscal year received: 2002.

State: Rhode Island; 
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $544,238,410; 
Securitized proceeds: Fiscal year received: 2002.

State: South Carolina; 
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $785,900,000; 
Securitized proceeds: Fiscal year received: 2001.

State: Wisconsin; 
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $1,275,002,400; 
Securitized proceeds: Fiscal year received: 2002.

Total; 
Securitized proceeds: Amount received: $4,669,276,465.

Sources: [Hyperlink, http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-01-851] and 
[Hyperlink, http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03- 407].

[End of table]

States Allocated the Largest Portions of their Funds to Cover Budget 
Shortfalls and Health-Related Programs: 

The 46 states reported that in fiscal year 2003, they allocated the 
largest portion of their combined MSA payments and securitized 
proceeds--36 percent--to budget shortfalls and the next largest 
portion--24 percent--to health-related programs. In fiscal year 2004, 
the states expected to allocate the largest portion of their funds--54 
percent--to budget shortfalls and the next largest portion--17 percent-
-to health-related programs. States' allocations to health-related 
programs peaked at 38 percent over fiscal years 2000 and 2001. Examples 
of these health-related programs receiving state allocations include 
Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and cancer research 
and prevention. Also, allocations for debt service on securitized 
proceeds are expected to increase--from about 2 percent in fiscal year 
2003 to about 7 percent in fiscal year 2004. Figure 1 provides more 
detail on states' allocations of their combined MSA payments and 
securitized proceeds for fiscal years 2000-2001, 2002, and 2003, and 
expected allocations for fiscal year 2004.

Figure 1: States' Allocations of Combined MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds for Fiscal Years 2000-2001, 2002, and 2003 and Expected 
Allocations for Fiscal Year 2004: 

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Note: Percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding.

[A] We did not obtain data for budget shortfalls and debt service on 
securitized funds for fiscal years 2000-2001.

[End of figure]

Tables 3 and 4 show the percentage of the combined MSA payments and 
securitized proceeds that individual states allocated, and expected to 
allocate, to various categories in fiscal years 2003 and 2004, 
respectively.

Table 3: Allocation of States' Combined MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds, Fiscal Year 2003: 

Alabama; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 11%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 12%; 
General purposes: 7%; 
Health: 44%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 26%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 1%; 
Unallocated: 0%%. 

Alaska; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 77%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 6%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 17%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 


Arizona; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 100%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Arkansas; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 8%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 5%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 87%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 1%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

California; 
Budget shortfalls: 83%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 17%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Colorado; 
Budget shortfalls: 52%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 13%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 27%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 1%; 
Social services: 1%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 6%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Connecticut; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 100%; 
Health: 0%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Delaware; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 3%; 
General purposes: 3%; 
Health: 76%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 1%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 17%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Georgia; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 42%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 46%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 4%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 8%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Hawaii; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 35%; 
Infrastructure: 28%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 24%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 12%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Idaho; 
Budget shortfalls: 92%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 2%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 1%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 2%; 
Unallocated: 3%. 

Illinois; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 1%; 
Health: 64%; 
Infrastructure: 3%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 25%; 
Tobacco control: 2%; 
Unallocated: 5%. 

Indiana; 
Budget shortfalls: 14%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 2%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 23%; 
Infrastructure: 6%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 16%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 12%; 
Unallocated: 28%. 

Iowa; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 40%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 60%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Kansas; 
Budget shortfalls: 39%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 12%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 13%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 36%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 1%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Kentucky; 
Budget shortfalls: 4%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 43%; 
Education: 8%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 36%; 
Infrastructure: 5%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 4%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Louisiana; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 60%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 4%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 5%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 1%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 30%. 

Maine; 
Budget shortfalls: 49%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 8%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 19%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 6%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 18%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Maryland; 
Budget shortfalls: 1%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 5%; 
General purposes: 10%; 
Health: 54%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 2%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 7%; 
Unallocated: 21%. 

Massachusetts; 
Budget shortfalls: 52%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 1%; 
Health: 39%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 4%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 4%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Michigan; 
Budget shortfalls: 43%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 30%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 26%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 1%; 
Unallocated: 1%. 

Missouri; 
Budget shortfalls: 65%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 2%; 
Health: 31%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 2%. 

Montana; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 58%; 
Health: 40%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 2%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Nebraska; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 43%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 6%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 50%. 

Nevada; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 43%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 27%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 19%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 10%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

New Hampshire; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 82%; 
General purposes: 12%; 
Health: 0%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 6%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

New Jersey; 
Budget shortfalls: 11%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 9%; 
Infrastructure: 31%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 49%. 

New Mexico; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 66%; 
Health: 26%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 8%; 
Unallocated: 0%%. 

New York; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 92%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 8%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

North Carolina; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 51%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 45%; 
Health: 4%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

North Dakota; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 45%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 0%; 
Infrastructure: 45%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 10%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Ohio; 
Budget shortfalls: 76%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 4%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 2%; 
Infrastructure: 12%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 4%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 1%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Oklahoma; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 2%; 
Health: 45%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 26%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 27%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Oregon; 
Budget shortfalls: 73%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 25%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 1%. 

Pennsylvania; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 100%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Rhode Island; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 99%; 
Health: 0%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 1%. 

South Carolina; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 100%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 0%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

South Dakota; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 20%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 80%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 0%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Tennessee; 
Budget shortfalls: 100%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 0%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 0%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Utah; 
Budget shortfalls: 13%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 34%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 35%; 
Social services: 6%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 12%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Vermont; 
Budget shortfalls: 17%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 67%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 17%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 


Virginia; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 37%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 40%; 
Health: 0%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 13%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 10%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Washington; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 4%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 75%; 
Health: 18%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 3%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

West Virginia; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 91%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 9%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Wisconsin; 
Budget shortfalls: 80%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 18%; 
Health: 0%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 0%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 2%; 
Unallocated: 0%. 

Wyoming; 
Budget shortfalls: 0%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 0%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 0%; 
Education: 0%; 
General purposes: 0%; 
Health: 42%; 
Infrastructure: 0%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 11%; 
Tax reductions: 0%; 
Tobacco control: 16%; 
Unallocated: 31%. 

Percent of allocations for all states; 
Budget shortfalls: 36%; 
Debt service on securitized funds: 2%; 
Economic development for tobacco regions: 2%; 
Education: 4%; 
General purposes: 8%; 
Health: 24%; 
Infrastructure: 7%; 
Payments to tobacco growers: 0%; 
Reserves/rainy day funds: 0%; 
Social services: 1%; 
Tax reductions: 1%; 
Tobacco control: 2%; 
Unallocated: 12%.

Sources: State budget offices or their designees (data); GAO 
(analysis).

Notes: Percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding.

Categories where the percentage allocated by a state is zero means 
either (1) the state allocated no funds to the category or (2) the 
amount allocated was less than 1 percent. Appendix IV shows the dollar 
amounts each state allocated to the various categories.

[End of table]


Table 4: Expected Allocation of States' Combined MSA Payments and 
Securitized Proceeds, Fiscal Year 2004: 

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Sources: State budget offices or their designees (data); GAO 
(analysis).

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding.

Categories where the percentage allocated by a state is zero means 
either (1) the state expects not to allocate funds to the category or 
(2) the expected allocation is less than 1 percent. Appendix IV shows 
the dollar amounts each state expects to allocate to the various 
categories.

[End of table]

The states' allocations of MSA payments differed from the allocations 
of securitized proceeds made by the few states that received proceeds. 
In fiscal year 2003, the categories to which the 46 states allocated 
the greatest portion of their MSA payments were health-related programs 
(49 percent) and budget shortfalls (17 percent). In contrast, the 6 
states[Footnote 10] that allocated securitized proceeds in fiscal year 
2003 allocated the greatest portion to budget shortfalls (55 percent); 
about 21 percent of the proceeds were unallocated. In fiscal year 2004, 
the categories to which the 46 states expected to allocate the greatest 
portion of their MSA payments were health-related programs (41 percent) 
and servicing the debt on securitized funds (16 percent). In contrast, 
the 3 states[Footnote 11] that expected to allocate securitized 
proceeds for fiscal year 2004 planned to allocate the greatest portion 
to budget shortfalls (87 percent) and about 8 percent of the funds to 
infrastructure. (See table 5.): 

Table 5: Percentage of MSA Payments and Securitized Proceeds Allocated 
or Expected to Be Allocated to Various Categories, Fiscal Years 2003 
and 2004: 

Category: Budget shortfalls; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 17; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 6; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 55; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 87.

Category: Debt service; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 4; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 16; 
[Empty]; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 0; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0.

Category: Economic development; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 4; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 5; 
[Empty]; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 0; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0.

Category: Education; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 4; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 6; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 3; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0.

Category: General purposes; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 8; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 13; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 7; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0.

Category: Health; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 49; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 41; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 0; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0.

Category: Infrastructure Reserves; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 1; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 1; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 13; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 8.

Category: Payments to tobacco growers; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 1; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 1; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 0; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0.

Category: Reserves/rainy day funds; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 0; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 0; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0.

Category: Social services; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 2; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 2; 
[Empty]; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 0; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0.

Category: Tax reductions; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 2; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 1; 
[Empty]; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 0; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0.

Category: Tobacco control; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 4; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 4; 
[Empty]; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 0; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 0.

Category: Unallocated; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 3; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 3; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 21; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 5.

Category: Total percent; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 99; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 99; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: 99; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 100.

Category: Total amount allocated[A]; 
MSA payments: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: $7 billion; 
MSA payments: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: $5.4 
billion; 
Securitized proceeds: Allocated in fiscal year 2003: $7 billion; 
Securitized proceeds: Expected to be allocated in fiscal year 2004: 
$7.7 billion. 

[End of table]

Sources: State budget offices or their designees (data); GAO 
(analysis).

[A] Some states received MSA payments and/or securitized proceeds in 
one fiscal year and allocated them the next fiscal year. The amount of 
funds allocated may not equal the amount of funds received because of 
carry-over funds and interest earned.

We are sending copies of this report to interested congressional 
committees and others upon request. Copies are also available at no 
charge on the GAO Web site at [Hyperlink, http://www.gao.gov]. 
Please contact me at (202) 512-3841 or [Hyperlink, dyckmanl@gao.gov], 
if you or your staff have any questions concerning this report. Major 
contributors to this report are listed in appendix VI.

Signed by: 

Lawrence J. Dyckman 
Director, Natural Resources and Environment: 

List of Congressional Requesters: 

The Honorable Thad Cochran: 
Chairman: 
The Honorable Tom Harkin: 
Ranking Democratic Member: 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 
United States Senate: 

The Honorable Robert Goodlatte: 
Chairman, Committee on Agriculture: 
House of Representatives: 

The Honorable Jim Bunning: 
United States Senate: 

[End of section]

Appendixes: 

Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology: 

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) 
requires GAO to report annually on the amount of Master Settlement 
Agreement (MSA) payments states receive and how they use these payments 
for the years 2002 through 2006. This report is the third in a series 
of reports responding to the 2002 Farm Bill requirement. In December 
2002, we issued the report Tobacco Settlement: States' Allocations of 
Phase II Funds [Hyperlink, http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-
03-262R], which provides information on the National Tobacco Grower 
Settlement Trust (commonly referred to as the Phase II agreement). In 
February 2003, we issued the report Tobacco Settlement: States' 
Allocations of Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 Master Settlement Agreement 
Payments [Hyperlink, http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/
getrpt?GAO-03-407] AO-03-407). GAO also reported on states' receipt and 
use of MSA payments for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 in a June 2001 
report, Tobacco Settlement: States' Use of Master Settlement Agreement 
Payments [Hyperlink, http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-01-851] 
AO-01-851).

To respond to the Farm Bill requirement, the objectives of this study 
were to provide information on (1) the amount of payments received by 
the 46 states party to the MSA during fiscal year 2003 and the amount 
of payments these states expect to receive during fiscal year 2004, and 
(2) states' allocations of MSA funds to various program categories for 
fiscal year 2003 and states' expected allocations for fiscal year 
2004.[Footnote 12], [Footnote 13]

To address these objectives, we surveyed[Footnote 14] the executive 
budget offices, or their designees, in the 46 states party to the MSA. 
In addition, we obtained and reviewed MSA disbursement data provided by 
the National Association of Attorneys General[Footnote 15] and compared 
it with payment data provided by the states. We also reviewed previous 
GAO reports and other relevant studies. We conducted our work from May 
2003 through February 2004 in accordance with generally accepted 
government auditing standards.

Our study focuses on the states' shares of MSA payments and does not 
include information on allocations of MSA payments to cities and 
counties in California and New York.[Footnote 16] In addition, we did 
not collect information on MSA payments made to the District of 
Columbia or the five U.S. territories that are also party to the MSA. 
Because we completed our fieldwork before states received their fiscal 
year 2004 payments, we were unable to obtain final information on the 
actual MSA payments states received during fiscal year 2004. 
Consequently, we obtained information on states' expected fiscal year 
2004 MSA payments.

Survey Methodology and Categorization of States' Allocations: 

We used a survey instrument similar to the one used to obtain 
information for our February 2003 report. In August 2003, we contacted 
the 46 state budget officials, or their designees, who completed the 
surveys for our February 2003 report. The officials in 35 of these 
states said they would be the respondents for this year's survey. 
Officials in the other 11 states identified new respondents. We e-
mailed the survey to the identified officials in each of the 46 states 
party to the MSA. We received responses from all 46 states. From these 
responses, we obtained information on the MSA payments states received 
in fiscal year 2003 and the MSA payments they expect to receive in 
fiscal year 2004, and the states' allocations and expected allocations 
of MSA payments in fiscal years 2003 and 2004, respectively. We also 
obtained information on the states' proceeds, if any, from 
securitization or expected securitization in fiscal years 2003 and 
2004, respectively, and the allocation of the securitized proceeds. 
Furthermore, in the survey, we asked the states to categorize their 
allocations of MSA payments and securitized MSA proceeds for fiscal 
years 2003 and 2004 using the 12 program categories developed for our 
report. (See the definitions of the 12 categories below.) We also asked 
states to identify the amount of MSA payments that were not allocated.

The level of detail for individual states varies because we are relying 
on state-reported information. Although we did not independently verify 
the accuracy of the information provided to us by the state budget 
offices, we did perform some data reliability testing. We reviewed 
earlier reports, compared payment amounts reported by states with 
amounts reported to the National Association of Attorneys General, and 
contacted many states to clarify the information they provided. Based 
on this work, we determined that the data were reliable enough for our 
purposes.

In addition, there are no sampling errors because this was not a sample 
survey. Nevertheless, the practical difficulties of conducting any 
survey may introduce errors, commonly referred to as nonsampling 
errors. For example, difficulties in how a particular question is 
interpreted, in the sources of information that are available to 
respondents, or in how the data are entered into a database or were 
analyzed can introduce unwanted variability into the survey results. We 
took steps in the development of the survey, the data collection, and 
the data editing and analysis to minimize these nonsampling errors. For 
example, we edited the completed surveys for consistency and contacted 
state budget offices to clarify responses, verified all survey data 
that were entered into our database, and verified that the computer 
programs were written correctly.

We took information on MSA payments and securitized proceeds received 
and allocated for fiscal years 2000-2002 that we collected for previous 
GAO reports dealing with the MSA[Footnote 17] and compared it with 
receipts and allocations for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.

Categories of States' Allocations: 

Budget shortfalls: This category comprises amounts allocated to balance 
state budgets and close gaps or reduce deficits resulting from lower-
than-anticipated revenues or increased mandatory or essential 
expenditures.

Debt servicing of bonds backed by MSA payments: This category comprises 
amounts allocated to service the debt on bonds issued when the state 
securitized all or a portion of its MSA payments.

 Economic development for tobacco regions: This category comprises 
amounts allocated for economic development projects in tobacco states 
such as infrastructure projects, education and job training programs, 
and research on alternative uses of tobacco and alternative crops. This 
category includes projects specifically designed to benefit tobacco 
growers as well as economic development that may serve a larger 
population within a tobacco state.

Education: This category comprises amounts allocated for education 
programs such as day care, preschool, Head Start, early childhood 
education, elementary and secondary education, after-school programs, 
and higher education. This category does not include money for capital 
projects such as construction of school buildings.

General purposes: This category comprises amounts allocated for 
attorneys' fees and other items, such as law enforcement or community 
development, that could not be placed in a more precise category. This 
category also includes amounts allocated to a state's general fund that 
were not earmarked for any particular purpose. Amounts used to balance 
state budgets and close gaps or reduce deficits should be categorized 
as budget shortfalls rather than general purposes.

Health: This category comprises amounts allocated for direct health 
care services; health insurance, including Medicaid and the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); hospitals; medical 
technology; public health services; and health research. This category 
does not include money for capital projects such as construction of 
health facilities.

Infrastructure: This category comprises amounts allocated for capital 
projects such as construction and renovation of health care, education 
and social services facilities; water and transportation projects; and 
municipal and state government buildings. This category includes 
retirement of debt owed on capital projects.

Payments to tobacco growers: This category comprises amounts allocated 
for direct payments to tobacco growers, including subsidies and crop 
conversion programs.

Reserves/rainy day funds: This category comprises amounts allocated to 
state budget reserves such as rainy day and budget stabilization funds 
not earmarked for specific programs. Amounts allocated to reserves that 
are earmarked for specific areas are categorized under those areas--
e.g., reserve amounts earmarked for economic development purposes 
should be categorized in the economic development category.

Social services: This category comprises amounts allocated for social 
services such as programs for the aging, assisted living, Meals on 
Wheels, drug courts, child welfare, and foster care. This category also 
includes amounts allocated to special funds established for children's 
programs.

Tax reductions: This category comprises amounts allocated for tax 
reductions such as property tax rebates and earned income tax credits.

Tobacco control: This category comprises amounts allocated for tobacco 
control programs such as prevention, including youth education, 
enforcement, and cessation services.

Unallocated: This category comprises amounts not allocated for any 
specific purpose, such as amounts allocated to dedicated funds that 
have no specified purpose; amounts states chose not to allocate in the 
year MSA payments were received that will be available for allocation 
in a subsequent fiscal year; interest earned from dedicated funds not 
yet allocated; and amounts that have not been allocated because the 
state had not made a decision on the use of the MSA payments.

[End of section]

Appendix II: Percent Allocation of MSA Payments for 46 States: 

State: Alabama; Percent: 1.6161308.

State: Alaska; Percent: 0.3414187.

State: Arizona; Percent: 1.4738845.

State: Arkansas; Percent: 0.8280661.

State: California; Percent: 12.7639554.

State: Colorado; Percent: 1.3708614.

State: Connecticut; Percent: 1.8565373.

State: Delaware; Percent: 0.3954695.

State: Georgia; Percent: 2.4544575.

State: Hawaii; Percent: 0.6018650.

State: Idaho; Percent: 0.3632632.

State: Illinois; Percent: 4.6542472.

State: Indiana; Percent: 2.0398033.

State: Iowa; Percent: 0.8696670.

State: Kansas; Percent: 0.8336712.

State: Kentucky; Percent: 1.7611586.

State: Louisiana; Percent: 2.2553531.

State: Maine; Percent: 0.7693505.

State: Maryland; Percent: 2.2604570.

State: Massachusetts; Percent: 4.0389790.

State: Michigan; Percent: 4.3519476.

State: Missouri; Percent: 2.2746011.

State: Montana; Percent: 0.4247591.

State: Nebraska; Percent: 0.5949833.

State: Nevada; Percent: 0.6099351.

State: New Hampshire; Percent: 0.6659340.

State: New Jersey; Percent: 3.8669963.

State: New Mexico; Percent: 0.5963897.

State: New York; Percent: 12.7620310.

State: North Carolina; Percent: 2.3322850.

State: North Dakota; Percent: 0.3660138.

State: Ohio; Percent: 5.0375098.

State: Oklahoma; Percent: 1.0361370.

State: Oregon; Percent: 1.1476582.

State: Pennsylvania; Percent: 5.7468588.

State: Rhode Island; Percent: 0.7189054.

State: South Carolina; Percent: 1.1763519.

State: South Dakota; Percent: 0.3489458.

State: Tennessee; Percent: 2.4408945.

State: Utah; Percent: 0.4448869.

State: Vermont; Percent: 0.4111851.

State: Virginia; Percent: 2.0447451.

State: Washington; Percent: 2.0532582.

State: West Virginia; Percent: 0.8864604.

State: Wisconsin; Percent: 2.0720390.

State: Wyoming; Percent: 0.2483449.

Source: Master Settlement Agreement.

[End of table]

[End of section]

Appendix III: States' Allocations of Combined MSA Payments and 
Securitized Proceeds for Fiscal Years 2000-2004: 

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Source: State budget offices or their designees (data); GAO (analysis).

[A] The amounts for each year are in the current year dollars for that 
year. Percentages across years may be compared but not dollars across 
years because the dollars are not adjusted to a constant base year.

[B] We did not obtain information on allocations for budget shortfalls 
and debt service on securitized funds in fiscal years 2000 and 2001.

[End of table]

[End of section]

Appendix IV: State-Specific Information on Amounts of Master Settlement 
Agreement Payments and Securitized Proceeds Received and Allocated: 

This appendix presents the following information for each of the 46 
states party to the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA): 

* the amount of MSA payments received and the categories to which they 
were allocated for fiscal year 2003;

* the amount of MSA payments expected to be received and the expected 
categories to which they will be allocated for fiscal year 2004;

* the amount of securitized proceeds received or expected to be 
received and the categories to which they were allocated or expected to 
be allocated for fiscal years 2003 and 2004, respectively, if 
applicable (applies to seven states); and: 

* the amount, if any, of unallocated funds received for fiscal year 
2003 and the expected amount of unallocated funds for fiscal year 2004.

The tables include only those program categories to which a state 
reported allocating funds. If a category is not listed, it means the 
state did not allocate funds to the category. In some cases, the total 
amounts allocated may exceed the actual MSA payments and securitized 
proceeds because the amounts allocated include carry-over funds from 
prior years and/or the interest earned on those funds. Some states that 
allocated funds to a program category did not provide examples of 
programs receiving funds. Only seven states--California, New Jersey, 
New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin--received or 
expected to receive, or allocated or expected to allocate, securitized 
proceeds in fiscal year 2003 or 2004, respectively. In those cases, we 
combined the securitized proceeds with the MSA payments before 
allocating the funds to categories.

Alabama: 

Alabama reported receiving $118,558,077 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $99,876,883 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 6: Alabama's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $13,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $13,000,000.

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 13,867,301; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 11,413,129; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Alternative schools.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 8,306,872; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 6,836,760; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Juvenile Probation Officers, administration.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 52,182,475; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 42,947,453; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Public health, mental health, Medicaid.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 30,571,097; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 25,160,762; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Child welfare, children's programs, youth services.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 630,332; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 518,779; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco enforcement of minors.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $118,558,077; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $99,876,883; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Alabama Department of Finance, Executive Budget Office.

[End of table]

Alaska: 

Alaska reported receiving $26,257,704 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $21,400,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 7: Alaska's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $20,191,504; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $17,603,396.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 1,554,100; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 1,082,700; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Medicaid and public health.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 4,512,100; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 4,312,900; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Sting operations.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $26,257,704; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $22,998,996[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

[End of table]

Source: Alaska Office of Management and Budget.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

Arizona: 

Arizona reported receiving $106,926,757 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $91,856,500 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 8: Arizona's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Fiscal year 2003 allocation: Fiscal year 2004 expected 
allocation:: Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive 
allocations.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $106,926,757; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $91,856,500
Medical services for an expanded segment of the population.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $106,926,757; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $91,856,500
[Empty].

[End of table]

Source: Arizona Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budget.

Arkansas: 

Arkansas reported receiving $60,067,457 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $59,000,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 9: Arkansas's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $5,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $5,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 2,981,392; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 2,871,217; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
School of Public Health.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 53,804,182; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 51,595,388; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Prevention and cessation, biomedical research, Medicaid, and Minority 
Health.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 394,931; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 600,852; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco control grants.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $62,180,505[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $60,067,457[B]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.

[A] The MSA payments received in fiscal year 2002 were allocated for 
fiscal year 2003.

[B] The MSA payments received in fiscal year 2003 will be allocated for 
fiscal year 2004.

[End of table]

California: 

California reported receiving $474,066,000 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $399,372,000 in fiscal year 2004. In 
addition, California reported receiving $2,485,000,000 of securitized 
proceeds in fiscal year 2003 and expects to receive $2 billion in 
fiscal year 2004. All securitized funds were/expect to be allocated to 
budget shortfalls.

Table 10: California's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $2,495,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $2,000,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 0; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 399,372,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 525,235,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Cancer research, children's health programs.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $3,020,235,000[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $2,399,372,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].



Source: California Department of Finance.

Note: These MSA payments include only payments made to the state, which 
amount to 50 percent of the annual payments made by the tobacco 
companies to California. Cities and counties in the state receive the 
other 50 percent of the annual MSA payments to California.

[A] Includes carry-over funds.

[End of table]

Colorado: 

Colorado reported receiving $100,584,727 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $87,700,580 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 11: Colorado's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $66,851,358; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 15,990,420; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 11,398,410; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Literacy programs for elementary school students, Regional Libraries, 
State Council on the Arts.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 34,542,187; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 33,248,208; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Visiting Nurses, primary and preventive care grants, Children's Health 
Insurance Program+, tobacco research, breast and cervical cancer 
program, dental loan repayment.

Program area: Reserves/rainy day funds; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 1,797,610; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco Trust Fund.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 989,841; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 1,902,681; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
State Veterans' Fund.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 7,347,618; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 4,376,779; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Cessation and prevention grants.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $127,519,034[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $50,926,078[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

[End of table]

Source: Colorado Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

Connecticut: 

Connecticut reported receiving $137,914,440 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $113,000,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 12: Connecticut's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $137,914,440; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $111,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
General Fund revenue.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 0; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 2,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Biomedical Research Trust Fund.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $137,914,440; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $113,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management.

[End of table]
 
Delaware: 

Delaware reported receiving $28,734,700 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $29,800,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 13: Delaware's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $750,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $1,300,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Scholarships for nursing students at Community College.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 854,700; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 104,700; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Fire Suppression Revolving Loan Fund; 
Health Care Commission staff assistance; 
survey of school-age children on alcohol, drug, and tobacco use.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 21,700,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 22,600,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Breast and cervical cancer screening, Senior Prescription Assistance 
Program, several cancer resource/support programs, defibrillators, 
"Strategic Reserve" (funds held in savings for future health-related 
initiatives), and implementation of recommendations of the Governor's 
Council on Cancer Incidence and Mortality.

Program area: Reserves/rainy day funds; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 0; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 250,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 430,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 430,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Attendant Care Services for persons living in the community with 
disabilities.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 5,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 5,100,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco prevention, control and enforcement (e.g., Quitline, smoking 
cessation programs and advertising, undercover kids, enforcement 
agents).

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $28,734,700; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $29,784,700; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Delaware Health and Social Services.

[End of table]
 

Georgia: 

Georgia reported receiving $178,041,093 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $146,123,673 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 14: Georgia's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Economic development for tobacco regions; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $78,051,263; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $65,834,093; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
One Georgia Authority.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 85,945,619; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 89,415,966; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Maintenance of previous Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance 
Program expansions, school nurse programs, Critical Access Hospital 
Medicaid reimbursement, public health programs, Medicaid Home and 
Community- Based Waiver programs, Georgia Cancer Coalition.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 7,149,804; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 7,149,804; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Home and community-based services to the elderly, early intervention 
for families at risk for child abuse.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 14,476,237; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 12,680,897; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco Use Prevention Program, compliance/enforcement for underage 
smoking.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $185,622,923[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $175,080,760[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Georgia Department of Community Health.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

[End of table]

Hawaii: 

Hawaii reported receiving $43,663,626 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $38,619,584 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 15: Hawaii's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $140,108; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $2,800,761; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund of the Attorney General's Office for 
MSA enforcement, assessments for central services and administrative 
expenses.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 15,233,231; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 12,536,588; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Department of Health for public health programs, Department of Human 
Services for children's health insurance programs.

Program area: Infrastructure; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 12,186,585; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 10,029,270; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Debt service on University of Hawaii revenue bonds issued for the new 
Health and Wellness Center, to include a new biomedical research center 
and medical school.

Program area: Reserves/rainy day funds; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 10,663,262; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 8,775,612; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
State of Hawaii's Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 5,440,440; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 4,477,353; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco Prevention and Control Trust Fund.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $43,663,626; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $38,619,584; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance.

[End of table]

Idaho: 

Idaho reported receiving $26,653,835 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $22,449,666 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 16: Idaho's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $70,311,509; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 1,851,400; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 835,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Indigent health care, cancer camp for children, substance abuse data 
repository, planning funds for small business health insurance.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 420,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 270,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Youth courts to address juvenile crime, youth asset building, and 
status offender program for high-risk youth.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 1,257,800; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 1,333,700; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco counter marketing, smoking prevention and cessation, tobacco 
free coalition, law enforcement youth tobacco investigations.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 2,438,700; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 22,449,666; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $76,279,409[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $24,888,366[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Idaho Division of Financial Management.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and/or interest earned.

[End of table]

Illinois: 

Illinois reported receiving $341,497,849 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $269,747,300 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 17: Illinois's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $2,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $2,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
University of Illinois veterinary program.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 3,342,117; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 4,780,998; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Illinois Technology Enterprise Corporation, Court of Claims awards, 
Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund audit.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 282,406,174; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 215,476,450; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Drug program for senior citizens, Medicaid drugs, juvenile diabetes, 
medical research.

Program area: Infrastructure; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 11,253,770; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 17,326,042; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Argonne laboratory accelerator project.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 1,989,004; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 2,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Phone lines for senior care drug program.

Program area: Tax reductions; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 108,761,011; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 37,300,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Senior citizen property tax credit.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 8,850,686; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 13,600,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Local health department grants, youth tobacco prevention, American Lung 
Association grant.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 20,280,087; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $438,882,849[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $292,483,490[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Illinois Governor's Office of Management and Budget.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

[End of table]
 
Indiana: 

Indiana reported receiving $148,000,000 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $127,600,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 18: Indiana's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $30,300,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Economic development for tobacco regions; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 5,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 46,200,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco Farmers and Rural Community Impact Fund.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 48,300,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 86,800,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Community health departments and centers, Hoosier Rx, children's health 
insurance program, minority epidemiology, cancer programs, HIV/AIDS 
services, WIC supplement, seniors' prescription drugs.

Program area: Infrastructure; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 13,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Regional health facilities.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 33,300,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 24,300,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Developmentally disabled client services.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 25,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 10,800,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Trust Fund.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 59,200,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $214,100,000[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $168,100,000[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Indiana State Budget Agency.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

[End of table]
 
Iowa: 

Iowa reported receiving $63,083,784 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $56,400,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 19: Iowa's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $25,240,060; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $46,492,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 37,843,724; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 9,908,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Endowment for Iowa's Health Account.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $63,083,784; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $56,400,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Iowa Department of Management.

[End of table]
 
Kansas: 

Kansas reported receiving $61,169,272 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $56,000,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 20: Kansas's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $28,199,897; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $11,019,144; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 8,525,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 8,525,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Parent education, 4-year- olds at risk, reading and vision research, 
special education, University of Kansas Medical Center.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 9,285,724; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 8,600,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Infants and toddlers, health start home visitors, tele-kid health care 
link.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 26,228,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 28,278,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Juvenile justice grants, children's mental health initiatives, family-
centered systems of care, therapeutic preschool, Medicaid, community 
mental health center grants, school violence prevention.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 500,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 500,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Smoking prevention and cessation.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $72,738,621[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $56,922,144[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Kansas Division of the Budget.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

[End of table]

Kentucky: 

Kentucky reported receiving $130,829,140 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $109,100,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 21: Kentucky's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $5,229,140; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Economic development for tobacco regions; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 56,688,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 43,434,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Governor's Office for Agricultural Policy; 
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environmental Stewardship.

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 9,961,700; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 5,961,700; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development Program, Kentucky 
Higher Education Assistance Authority--Early Childhood Scholarship 
Program.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 47,123,500; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 43,624,200; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Public Health-- Health Access Nurturing Development Services, Folic 
Acid Distribution, Healthy Start; lung cancer research; health 
insurance; Mental Health-- Substance Abuse Services for Medicaid 
Eligible Women with Dependent Children.

Program area: Infrastructure; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 6,112,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 11,116,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Debt service on infrastructure, water resources and rural development 
bond fund.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 5,714,800; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 4,964,100; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Substance abuse policy and smoking cessation.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $130,829,140; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $109,100,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Kentucky Governor's Office for Policy Research.

[End of table]

Louisiana: 

Louisiana reported receiving $165,482,878 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $143,767,098 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 22: Louisiana's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $99,249,176; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $86,260,260; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 6,366,337; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Local and special schools, tuition opportunity program, Education 
Excellence trust fund.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 619,107; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 341,260; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Enforcement of master settlement, expenses of investment banker.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 7,483,844; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 12,046,312; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Children's health insurance program, school based health care centers, 
Medicaid, Health Excellence trust fund.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 1,489,137; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 1,489,137; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Starting-point preschool programs.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 600,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 500,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Smoking prevention and cessation grants.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 49,675,277; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 43,130,129; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $165,482,878; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $143,767,098; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Louisiana Office of Planning and Budget, Division of 
Administration.

[End of table]
 
Maine: 

Maine reported receiving $56,320,959 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $49,654,499 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 23: Maine's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $43,244,794; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $6,656,040; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 7,290,437; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 10,518,839; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Child care and development initiatives, after-school services, and Head 
Start.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 52,100; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 60,089; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Attorney General enforcement and administrative costs.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 16,635,864; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 18,677,172; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Prescription drugs, Medicaid, and other health initiatives.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 5,647,037; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 5,656,686; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Substance abuse prevention, intervention, testing and treatment.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 15,571,085; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 14,957,139; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Community/school grants and statewide coordination to reduce tobacco 
addiction and use; 
tobacco prevention, control, and treatment.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $88,441,317[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $56,525,965[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services, 
Bureau of the Budget.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and/or interest earned.

[End of table]
 

Maryland: 

Maryland reported receiving $171,300,000 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $149,000,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 24: Maryland's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $3,800,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 14,500,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 3,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Local aid programs K-12.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 30,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 30,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Payments to outside counsel.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 161,100,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 155,100,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Cancer, heart, and lung screenings and treatments; 
drug treatments; Medicaid; management.

Program area: Payments to tobacco growers; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 6,300,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 5,100,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tri-County Council of Southern Maryland (buyout payments to farmers).

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 19,600,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 14,300,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco cessation/prevention education advertising.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 64,400,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 5,100,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $299,700,000[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $212,600,000[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Maryland Department of Budget and Management.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

[End of table]
 
Massachusetts: 

Massachusetts reported receiving $300,036,966 from MSA payments in 
fiscal year 2003 and expects to receive $250,700,000 in fiscal year 
2004.

Table 25: Massachusetts's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $174,354,740; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 2,830,672; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 250,700,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Closing costs of Medfield State Hospital, General Fund.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 129,791,226; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Emergency acute free care pool, HIV health services, senior 
prescription drug benefit, community health centers, child and 
adolescent mental health services.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 11,897,237; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Senior home care/assisted living.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 14,658,821; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Smoking cessation programs.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $333,532,696[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $250,700,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Massachusetts Executive Office of Administration and Finance, 
Fiscal Affairs Division.

[A] Includes carry-over funds.
[End of table]

Michigan: 

Michigan reported receiving $318,400,000 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $273,900,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 26: Michigan's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $165,900,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 115,800,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 172,700,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Scholarships and tuition grants for higher education students, testing 
program for K-12 students, postsecondary scholarships, nursing 
scholarships, Michigan Education Savings Plan, general higher education/
community college support.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 300,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 400,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Attorney General administrative expenses.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 101,600,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 108,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Elder pharmaceutical assistance, Medicaid personal needs allowance, 
long term care adviser, respite care, Medicaid support, biomedical 
research and development.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 2,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 1,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Education and cessation programs for youth and senior populations.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 2,733,422; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $388,333,422[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $282,100,000[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Michigan Office of Health and Human Services and Economic 
Development, State Budget Office.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

[End of table]
 
Missouri: 

Missouri reported receiving $166,919,334 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $143,000,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 27: Missouri's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $108,412,043; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $70,715,848; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 2,513,684; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 4,426,858; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Programs funded from general revenue, such as education, Medicaid, and 
corrections.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 51,500,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 69,726,564; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Missouri Senior Rx program, Medicaid, grants to hospitals for graduate 
medical education.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 466,064; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 472,829; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Enforcement of state law on underage tobacco use.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 4,027,543; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $166,919,334; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $145,342,099[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Missouri Office of Administration, Division of Budget and 
Planning.

[A] Includes carry-over funds.

[End of table]

Montana: 

Montana reported receiving $31,166,018 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $28,223,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 28: Montana's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $18,199,611; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $3,104,530; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Children's health insurance program and related Medicaid costs, youth 
challenge program for dropouts.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 12,466,407; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 21,918,470; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Trust fund whose interest is allocated for new or expanded health care 
or tobacco control, tobacco prevention, mental health services, and 
prescription drug coverage for mentally ill.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 500,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 3,200,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco cessation and prevention program.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $31,166,018; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $28,223,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Montana Office of Budget and Program Planning.

[End of table]

Nebraska: 

Nebraska reported receiving $43,158,793 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $36,700,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 29: Nebraska's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $47,509; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $88,437; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
MSA model statute enforcement.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 18,747,566; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 20,866,570; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Behavioral health, public health, minority health, biomedical research, 
children's health insurance, medical assistance.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 2,666,400; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 2,908,800; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Community-based developmental disability services, respite care 
assistance.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 21,697,318; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 12,816,193; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $43,158,793; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $36,700,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Nebraska Department of Administrative Services--Budget 
Division.

[End of table]
 
Nevada: 

Nevada reported receiving $44,753,037 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $38,168,550 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 30: Nevada's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $21,975,217; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $23,254,375; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Scholarship program for students attending a Nevada higher education 
institution.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 251,825; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 257,412; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Attorney General office administrative expenses.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 13,635,758; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 12,973,487; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Grants for child health services and for persons with disabilities, 
prescription drugs and pharmaceutical services for low-income seniors, 
Medicaid waiver program, and endowment fund using interest earnings to 
provide grants for promoting public health.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 9,852,298; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 6,830,546; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Grants assisting seniors to live independently, other senior services, 
and a homemaker program.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 4,861,629; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 4,724,891; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Grants for tobacco cessation programs.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $50,576,727[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $48,040,711[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Nevada Department of Administration, Budget Division.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

[End of table]

New Hampshire: 

New Hampshire reported receiving $48,900,000 from MSA payments in 
fiscal year 2003 and expects to receive $42,600,000 in fiscal year 
2004.

Table 31: New Hampshire's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $40,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $39,600,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Education trust fund (K-12 education funding).

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 5,900,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 3,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Unrestricted use statewide.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 3,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco use prevention and cessation programs (eliminated for fiscal 
year 2004).

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $48,900,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $42,600,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: New Hampshire Legislative Budget Assistant's Office.

[End of table]
 

New Jersey: 

New Jersey reported receiving $283,700,000 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $122,000,000 in fiscal year 2004. In 
addition, New Jersey reported receiving $2,751,814,469 in securitized 
proceeds in fiscal year 2003 but does not expect to receive securitized 
proceeds in fiscal year 2004.

Table 32: New Jersey's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $329,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $872,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 278,700,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 122,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
New Jersey family care, community options for seniors, cancer 
initiatives, senior pharmaceutical assistance program, state cancer 
center.

Program area: Infrastructure; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 946,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 608,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Cancer institute; 
institutional, transportation and other capital projects.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 1,481,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $3,034,700,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $1,602,000,000[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: New Jersey Department of Management and Budget.

[A] Includes some securitized proceeds received in fiscal year 2003.

[End of table]

New Mexico: 

New Mexico reported receiving $43,759,134 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $35,724,987 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 33: New Mexico's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $50,308,895; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $35,724,987; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
General Fund.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 19,497,500; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco research, poison control/drug info center, pediatric oncology, 
telemedicine, trauma and pediatric education, genomics research, 
diabetes control, HIV/AIDS services, prostate cancer, defibrillators, 
primary care infrastructure technology, cancer control breast/cervical 
cancer program, Medicaid, women drug re-entry, female incarceration 
task force.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $5,900,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Anti-smoking cessation and prevention, youth smoking cessation and 
prevention.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $75,706,395[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $35,724,987; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration.

[A] Includes carry-over funds.

[End of table]

New York: 

New York reported receiving $498,300,000 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $334,000,000 in fiscal year 2004. In 
addition, New York reported receiving no securitized proceeds in fiscal 
year 2003 but expects to receive $4,200,000,000 in securitized proceeds 
in fiscal year 2004.

Table 34: New York's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $3,800,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Medicaid, public health, education, etc..

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 458,300,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 297,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Medicaid, indigent care, elderly pharmaceutical program, Family Health 
Plus, health insurance for the uninsured, breast and cervical cancer 
treatment and similar programs.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 40,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 37,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco control and prevention activities.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 0; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 400,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $498,300,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $4,534,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: New York Division of the Budget.

Note: These MSA payments include only payments made to the state, which 
amount to about 51 percent of the annual payments made by the tobacco 
companies to New York. New York City and counties in the state receive 
the other 49 percent of the annual MSA payments to New York.

[End of table]

North Carolina: 

North Carolina reported receiving $169,200,688 from MSA payments in 
fiscal year 2003 and expects to receive $155,479,000 in fiscal year 
2004.

Table 35: North Carolina's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Economic development for tobacco regions; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $89,427,603; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $77,739,500; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco Trust Fund (Golden LEAF).

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 78,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 66,800,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 6,688,732; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 14,939,500; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Health and Wellness Trust Fund, prescription drug program for seniors.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $174,116,335[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $159,479,000[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management.

[A] Includes interest earned in the Tobacco and Health and Wellness 
Trust Funds.

[End of table]
 

North Dakota: 

North Dakota reported receiving $26,549,833 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $22,972,067 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 36: North Dakota's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $11,947,425; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $10,337,430; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
45 percent of the tobacco settlement funds are deposited as principal 
in the common schools trust fund and cannot be spent.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 53,100; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 137,832; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Dental loan repayment program.

Program area: Infrastructure; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 11,947,425; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 10,337,430; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Water projects.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 2,601,883; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 2,159,375; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco cessation programs.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $26,549,833; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $22,972,067; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: North Dakota Office of Management and Budget.

[End of table]
 
Ohio: 

Ohio reported receiving $368,998,102 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $297,000,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 37: Ohio's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $280,517,810; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $235,040,594; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 15,015,123; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 6,585,835; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Technology enhancement in schools.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 770,695; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 786,109; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Administration, oversight, and enforcement activities related to the 
MSA.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 8,467,936; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 8,810,671; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Minority health programs, alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs.

Program area: Infrastructure; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 43,815,021; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 28,210,435; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
School construction, biomedical research, and technology transfer.

Program area: Payments to tobacco growers; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 16,275,517; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 13,205,356; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Indemnity payments.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 3,500,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 3,725,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Funding for uncompensated health care of the uninsured and 
underinsured.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 636,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 636,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Under-age tobacco use enforcement.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $368,998,102; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $297,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Ohio Office of Budget and Management.

[End of table]

Oklahoma: 

Oklahoma reported receiving $76,024,898 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $72,571,034 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 38: Oklahoma's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $1,689,849; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $1,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Attorney General's evidence fund.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 34,462,765; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 34,230,044; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Mental health and substance abuse, Medicaid, and deposit to tobacco 
settlement endowment trust fund on behalf of health programs.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 19,621,590; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 17,340,990; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Child welfare, foster care, services for homebound elders and senior 
nutrition.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 20,250,694; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 20,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco prevention and cessation, and deposit to Tobacco Settlement 
Endowment Trust Fund on behalf of tobacco control programs.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $76,024,898; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $72,571,034; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Oklahoma Office of State Finance.

[End of table]

Oregon: 

Oregon reported receiving $85,254,750 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $71,818,209 in fiscal year 2004. In 
addition, Oregon reported receiving $450,000,000 in securitized 
proceeds in fiscal year 2003 but does not expect to receive securitized 
proceeds in fiscal year 2004.

Table 39: Oregon's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $450,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 0; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 2,156,856; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 155,854,729; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 14,608,216; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Oregon health plan/family health insurance assistance program.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 0; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 379,808; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 8,208,216; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 62,881,545; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $614,062,945[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $80,026,425[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Oregon Department of Administrative Services.

[A] Includes carry-over funds.

[End of table]

Pennsylvania: 

Pennsylvania reported receiving $416,918,000 from MSA payments in 
fiscal year 2003 and expects to receive $360,528,000 in fiscal year 
2004.

Table 40: Pennsylvania's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $433,529,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $416,918,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Health insurance for the uninsured, home and community-based care, 
contributions to the PACE-net program, tobacco use prevention and 
cessation, broad-based health research, medical care for workers with 
disabilities, and uncompensated care.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $433,529,000[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $416,918,000[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Pennsylvania Governor's Office of the Budget, Bureau of Budget 
Analysis.

[End of table]
 

AMSA payments received one year are allocated the next year.

Rhode Island: 

Rhode Island reported receiving $52,748,551 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $46,876,000 in fiscal year 2004. The 
fiscal year 2004 amount is an estimate based on market conditions as of 
June 30, 2002.

Table 41: Rhode Island's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $0; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $46,876,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 52,147,879; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Any program receiving general fund support, which covers all aspects of 
state government.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 600,672; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $52,748,551; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $46,876,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Rhode Island Budget Office.

[End of table]
 

South Carolina: 

South Carolina reported receiving $86,312,915 from MSA payments in 
fiscal year 2003 and expects to receive $74,995,918 in fiscal year 
2004.

Table 42: South Carolina's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $86,312,915; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $74,995,918; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $86,312,915; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $74,995,918; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: South Carolina Office of State Budget.

[End of table]
 
South Dakota: 

South Dakota reported receiving $25,603,357 from MSA payments in 
fiscal year 2003 and expects to receive $23,772,672 in fiscal year 
2004. In addition, South Dakota reported receiving $278,045,000 in 
securitized proceeds in fiscal year 2003 but does not expect to receive 
securitized proceeds in fiscal year 2004.

Table 43: South Dakota's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $60,000,453; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $23,772,672; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Education; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 243,647,904; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Education Enhancement Trust Fund.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $303,648,357; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $23,772,672; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: South Dakota Bureau of Finance and Management.

[End of table]
 
Tennessee: 

Tennessee reported receiving $179,101,745 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $147,800,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 44: Tennessee's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $179,101,745; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 0; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 147,800,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Allocated to the general fund; 
not earmarked.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $179,101,745; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $147,800,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration.

[End of table]
 
Utah: 

Utah reported receiving $32,642,875 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $27,674,200 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 45: Utah's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $4,336,200; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $9,821,500; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
In addition, $40.1 million of previous MSA payments that were in the 
Tobacco Permanent Trust Fund were appropriated in fiscal year 2003 to 
cover budget shortfalls.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 100,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 100,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Attorney General's office.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 11,499,600; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 12,999,600; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Cancer research, immunizations, health promotion.

Program area: Reserves/rainy day funds; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 11,985,200; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 5,534,800; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 2,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 2,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Drug courts, drug board pilot program.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 4,062,700; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 4,062,100; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco quit line, TV campaign, prevention partnerships.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $33,983,700[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $34,518,000[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Utah Governor's Office of Planning and Budget.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

[End of table]
 
Vermont: 

Vermont reported receiving $30,629,527 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $25,200,000 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 46: Vermont's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $5,100,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 20,430,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 20,100,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Medicaid and drug treatment.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 5,100,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 5,100,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $30,630,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $25,200,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Vermont Department of Finance and Management.

[End of table]
 
Virginia: 

Virginia reported receiving $150,029,894 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $126,206,153 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 47: Virginia's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Economic development for tobacco regions; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $55,362,410; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $39,703,077; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Economic development projects, infrastructure, education, job training, 
research, and administration of the Tobacco Indemnification and 
Community Revitalization Commission.

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 60,541,744; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 50,428,461; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Deposits to the general fund, allocated through state budget process.

Program area: Payments to tobacco growers; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 20,314,770; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 23,400,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Indemnification payments to tobacco growers.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 15,135,436; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 12,620,615; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Campaigns to discourage tobacco consumption by minors, research and 
administration of the tobacco settlement foundation.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $151,354,360[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $126,206,153; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

[End of table]

Source: Virginia Department of Planning and Budget.

[A] The amount allocated is based on an estimate of payments.

Washington: 

Washington reported receiving $150,654,530 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $124,000,000 in fiscal year 2004. In 
addition, Washington reported receiving $517,905,000 in securitized 
proceeds in fiscal year 2003 but does not expect to receive securitized 
proceeds in fiscal year 2004.

Table 48: Washington's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty].
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $30,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $36,208,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 517,905,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Earmarked for state debt service and capital expenditures.

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 120,654,530; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 87,792,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Children's Medicaid; 
health insurance for low-income residents; 
grants to community clinics and local public health district 
assistance; and statewide public health programs, including childhood 
immunizations.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 17,500,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 17,500,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco control and prevention programs.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $686,059,530[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $141,500,000[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Washington Office of Financial Management.

[A] Includes carry-over funds.

[End of table]

West Virginia: 

West Virginia reported receiving $65,042,592 from MSA payments in 
fiscal year 2003 and expects to receive $56,000,000 in fiscal year 
2004.

Table 49: West Virginia's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $62,454,159; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $50,149,408; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Institutional facilities operations, medical trust fund.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 5,850,592; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 5,850,592; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco education program, tobacco retailer education program.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $68,304,751[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $56,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: West Virginia Department of Administration, State Budget 
Office.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

[End of table]

Wisconsin: 

Wisconsin reported receiving $153,923,150 from MSA payments in fiscal 
year 2003 and expects to receive $135,617,112 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 50: Wisconsin's Allocations of MSA Payments and Securitized 
Proceeds: 

Program area: Budget shortfalls; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $598,508,150; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: Debt service on securitized funds: [Empty]
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 0; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 135,617,112; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Program area: General purposes; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 138,578,050; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Assistance to schools, University of Wisconsin, and correctional 
systems; 
tax relief for schools, individuals, and organizations; 
medical assistance programs.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 15,345,100; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco cessation and prevention programs.

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $752,431,300[A]; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $135,617,112; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Wisconsin Department of Administration.

[A] Includes $598,508,150 of securitized proceeds received in fiscal 
year 2002 that were allocated in fiscal year 2003.

[End of table]

Wyoming: 

Wyoming reported receiving $18,448,472 from MSA payments in fiscal year 
2003 and expects to receive $12,133,528 in fiscal year 2004.

Table 51: Wyoming's MSA Payment Allocations: 

Program area: Health; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $7,717,391; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $10,525,978; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Substance abuse treatment.

Program area: Social services; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 2,072,569; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 4,679,148; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Adolescence services and drug court.

Program area: Tobacco control; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 3,000,000; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 3,000,000; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
Tobacco prevention, regional prenatal programs, community tobacco 
prevention activities.

Program area: Unallocated; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: 5,658,512; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: 0; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Total; 
Fiscal year 2003 allocation: $18,448,472; 
Fiscal year 2004 expected allocation: $18,205,126[A]; 
Examples of programs receiving or expected to receive allocations: 
[Empty].

Source: Wyoming Substance Abuse Division.

[A] Includes carry-over funds and interest earned.

[End of table]

[End of section] 

Appendix V: GAO Survey on States' Allocations of Fiscal Years 2003 and 
2004 Master Settlement Agreement Payments: 

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[End of section]

Appendix VI: GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments: 

GAO Contact: 

Lawrence J. Dyckman, 202-512-3841: 

Staff Acknowledgments: 

Charles M. Adams, Gary Brown, A. Donald Cowan, Thomas James, Stuart 
Kaufman, Rosellen McCarthy, Judy Pagano, Amelia Shachoy, Bonita Vines, 
and Kristy Williams made key contributions to this report.

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FOOTNOTES

[1] Under these agreements, tobacco companies will pay these 4 states 
$40 billion over 25 years. 

[2] Previously known as Philip Morris Incorporated.

[3] Several other tobacco companies have joined the MSA since the 
agreement was signed. 

[4] The $206 billion includes $204.5 billion in estimated total 
payments to the 46 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. 
territories and an additional $1.8 billion for other initiatives agreed 
to in the MSA, including a national foundation dedicated to 
significantly reducing the use of tobacco products by youth and 
administrative costs of the National Association of Attorneys General. 

[5] While the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories are 
included in the agreement, this study reports only on the 46 states 
that signed the agreement.

[6] U.S. General Accounting Office, Tobacco Settlement: States' 
Allocations of Phase II Funds, GAO-03-262R (Washington, D.C.: Dec. 3, 
2002) and U.S. General Accounting Office, Tobacco Settlement: States' 
Allocations of Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 Master Settlement Agreement 
Payments, GAO-03-407 (Washington, D.C.: Feb. 28, 2003).

[7] U.S. General Accounting Office, Tobacco Settlement: States' Use of 
Master Settlement Agreement Payments, GAO-01-851 (Washington, D.C.: 
June 29, 2001).

[8] Throughout this report, "fiscal year" refers to the state's fiscal 
year. In most states, the fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 
30. The exceptions are in Alabama and Michigan, where the fiscal year 
begins on October 1, and in New York, where the fiscal year begins on 
April 1.

[9] Our study focuses on the states' share of MSA payments and does not 
include information on MSA payments made to counties and cities in New 
York and California.

[10] Six states allocated securitized proceeds for fiscal year 2003: 
California, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington allocated all of the 
securitized proceeds they received in fiscal year 2003; New Jersey 
allocated some of the securitized proceeds it received in fiscal year 
2003; and Wisconsin received securitized funds in fiscal year 2002, and 
allocated them in fiscal year 2003.

[11] Three states expect to allocate securitized proceeds for fiscal 
year 2004: California and New York expect to allocate all of the 
securitized proceeds they expect to receive in fiscal year 2004, and 
New Jersey expects to allocate the remainder of the securitized funds 
it received in fiscal year 2003.

[12] Fiscal year refers to the state's fiscal year.

[13] Allocation refers to funds appropriated or otherwise designated 
(e.g., earmarked for a trust fund or an endowment that has a specific 
purpose). It also includes funds designated for debt servicing on bonds 
issued when a state securitized all or a portion of the MSA funds. 

[14] See appendix V for a copy of the survey that we sent to each of 
the 46 states.

[15] The National Association of Attorneys General monitors the actual 
payments made to states as determined by an independent auditor.

[16] As we reported in 2001, California counties, four California 
cities, New York counties, and New York City each receive a share of 
MSA payments.

[17] GAO-01-851 and GAO-03-407.

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