ARTICLE 2. Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Medical Research Program

Article 2 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5.

§§ 104500–104545 · 10 sections

• § 104500 (a) (1) The Legislature finds that the efforts to reduce smoking in California have led to a drop in the consumption of tobacco. Although not on target to meet…
• § 104505 The Legislature hereby requests the University of California to continue to administer a comprehensive grant program to support research efforts related to the…
• § 104510 For the purposes of this article: (a) “Grantee” means any qualifying public, private, or nonprofit agency or individual including, but not limited to,…
• § 104515 It is the intent of the Legislature that the university establish a scientific advisory committee to provide advice to the president of the university as to…
• § 104520 It is the intent of the Legislature that the university utilize peer review panels modeled upon the National Institutes of Health peer review process to review…
• § 104525 Research projects funded under this article may include, but are not limited to: (a) Individual investigator-generated grants. These grants may be awarded to…
• § 104530 It is the intent of the Legislature that the university, as lead agency, do all of the following: (a) Provide overall direction and coordination of the…
• § 104535 It is the intent of the Legislature that projects funded under this article be reimbursed for actual costs, including direct costs and indirect costs incurred…
• § 104540 It is the intent of the Legislature that no more than 5 percent of the Research Account be used for the purposes of the administration of this article.
• § 104545 No provision of this article shall apply to the University of California unless the regents of the university, by resolution, make that provision so applicable.