AGENCY: Attorney General's Office

SERIES: 27931
TITLE: Diligent Enforcement of 1998 Tobacco Settlement records
DATES: 1994-
ARRANGEMENT: chronological by year

DESCRIPTION: This series contains records used to document entitlement to payment mandated by a November 1998 tobacco settlement which grew out of a multi-state legal effort to recover the costs of caring for smokers who had developed tobacco-related illnesses. According to the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) tobacco companies annually compensate states that "diligently enforce" the laws which grew out of the settlement. Most documents were received from the Miscellaneous Tax Unit, Utah State Tax Commission (USTC), which pertain to the enforcement of the 1998 tobacco settlement for the years 1994-2008. These documents are working files used by the Attorney General's Office in the 2003 Diligent Enforcement Arbitration proceedings. Included are the working files of USTC employees.

RETENTION

Retain for 30 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 02/2013

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 1 year and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 29 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Fiscal Legal

This disposition is based on legal and fiscal value of enforcement of the 1999 Tobacco Settlement.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Protected. Taxpayer records and litigation documents

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