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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="2-1603" title_number="2" title_name="Administration by Comptroller" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Tobacco Tax Revenue Distribution">
  <text>After making the distributions required under §§ 2–1601 and 2–1602 of this subtitle, the Comptroller shall distribute:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund established under § 5–206 of the Education Article, the following amount or percentage of the remaining tobacco tax revenue:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>for fiscal year 2025, $88,300,000;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>for fiscal year 2026, 32.6%;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>for fiscal year 2027, 33.2%; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter, 16.2%; and</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the remaining tobacco tax revenue to the General Fund of the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
