Floor Packet Page No. 124
      Amend the House Committee Report on SB 1 by adding the
following text to the end of page XII-8 of Article XII, Tobacco
Settlement Receipts:
      11.  Tobacco Use Goals.
            (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Texas
Department of Health or any other grantee or agency that receives
funds for tobacco reduction or cessation in the State of Texas
create the following goals:
                  (ii) In areas where the state funds tobacco
cessation programs at a level of $3 per capita, there should be a
demonstrated reduction in underage use of cigarettes, snuff and
smokeless tobacco of 60% by the year 2010; and
                  (iii) Across the state of Texas, the use of
cigarettes, snuff and smokeless tobacco by all Texans 22 years and
younger should be eliminated by the year 2018.
            (b) The agency should focus on achieving these goals by
creating and using programs permitted under Section 403.105,
Government Code.
            (c) The Texas Department of Health, or any other
grantee or agency receiving funds for tobacco reduction or
cessation in the state, shall prepare a report by December 1, 2002
on the agency's progress in achieving the above goals.  The report
shall include an evaluation of the agency's progress and
recommendations on how to improve the programs.  The report shall
be submitted to the 78th Legislature.