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Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement State Profile: Wyoming

The Finance Project has developed state profiles to show how Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) funds have been allocated between 2000 and the present fiscal year. Profiles also highlight how states are using MSA funds to support programs and initiatives for youth.

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Revenue Received by Year (Dollar amounts in thousands)

  Revenue Received Securitized Revenue TOTAL Revenue Notes
2000/2001 $34,834 $0 $34,834  
2002 $18,735 $0 $18,735  
2003 $18,448 $0 $18,448  
2004 $15,594 $0 $15,594  
2005 $15,827 $0 $15,827  
2006 $14,530 $0 $14,530  
2007 $15,208 $0 $15,208  
2008 $21,381 $0 $21,381  
2009 $21,768 $0 $21,768  
2010 $19,454 $0 $19,454  
Total $195,780 $0 $195,780  

FY10 Allocation of Funds

Historical Allocations of Funds (in dollars/ in percentages)

Background

The legislature initially allocated all MSA funds to a Settlement Trust Fund for the purpose of funding tobacco prevention and control. In 2002, the state began to allocate a portion of its MSA funds to support a newly developed state-wide Substance Abuse Plan. The state also began funding a variety of social service programs, including juvenile drug courts, family mentoring, day care, and other community service programs.

Implications for Youth Programs

MSA funds currently support programs and services for youth, including:
• juvenile drug courts;
• tobacco cessation among youth,
• underage drinking prevention programs, and
• tobacco distribution compliance.

For 2010, Wyoming expects to spend approximately $2,500,000 on these programs.

Highlights

  • The Wyoming Substance Abuse Control Plan is an integrated, statewide alcohol and drug control plan enacted by the Legislature and funded with proceeds from the State's share of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. Key elements of the Plan include:
     
    • a statewide adult and juvenile drug-court system,
    • investment in outpatient and residential treatment programs,
    • incentives for establishing drug-free workplaces, and
    • utilizing community coalitions to coordinate local efforts
  • The Plan also requires adherence to treatment standards and certification, and the use of science-based interventions, data reporting and outcome measurements. The Wyoming Substance Abuse Control Plan has significantly increased Wyoming’s capacity to treat and prevent substance abuse, and includes an array of programs and strategies targeting youth

    For more information, see our Promising Practice Profile on Wyoming’s Substance Abuse Control Plan at http://www.financeproject.org/tobacco/WyomingSAP.pdf

Legislative Proposals

None listed
 

Allocation of Funds (Dollar amounts in thousands)
  Health Social Services/ Education Tobacco Control Assistance to Tobacco Farmers/ Economic Development Budget Shortfalls Debt Service on Securitized Funds Infra- structure General Purpose/ Rainy Day Reserves Other Unallocated Funds Tax Reduction Total
2000/2001     $38,155                 $38,155
2002 $18,735   $900                 $19,635
2003 $7,717 $2,073 $3,000             $5,659   $18,448
2004 $7,305 $4,057 $4,232                 $15,594
2005 $6,918 $2,968 $5,680         $261       $15,827
2006 $6,495 $2,686 $5,228         $121       $14,530
2007 $6,795 $2,837 $5,484         $93       $15,208
2008 $7,089 $2,382 $5,724         $196   $5,991   $21,381
2009 $7,710 $4,410 $2,699         $2,956   $3,607   $21,381
2010 $8,403 $4,410 $2,699         $2,956   $986   $19,454

*GAO did not collect data on budget shortfalls in FY2000-2001
*A portion of the 2008 revenue will be allocated during the 2009 Legislative session
*MSA funds are received in april but are not available for expenditure until the following fiscal year.

Allocation of Funds (Percentages)
  Health Social Services/ Education Tobacco Control Assistance to Tobacco Farmers/ Economic Development Budget Shortfalls Debt Service on Securitized Funds Infra- structure General Purpose/ Rainy Day Reserves Other Unallocated Funds Tax Reduction
2000/2001     100%                
2002 95%   5%                
2003 42% 11% 16%             31%  
2004 47% 26% 27%                
2005 44% 19% 36%         2%      
2006 45% 18% 36%         1%      
2007 45% 19% 36%         1%      
2008 33% 11% 27%         1%   28%  
2009 36% 21% 13%         14%   17%  
2010 43% 23% 14%         15%   5%  

ALLOCATION CATEGORIES: The allocation categories used in these charts were developed by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Click on the following link for definitions of these categories.

Sources

  • McKinley, L. Dixon, and A. Devore. National Conference of State Legislatures, State Management and Allocation of Tobacco Settlement Revenue 2003 (September 2003)
  • Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Nine Years Later (December 2007)
  • United States Government Accountability Office, Report to Congressional Requesters, GAO-03-407, Tobacco Settlement: States' Allocations of Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 Master Settlement Agreement Payments (February 2003)
  • United States Government Accountability Office, Report to Congressional Requesters, GAO-04-518, Tobacco Settlement: States' Allocations of Fiscal Year 2003 and Expected Fiscal Year 2004 Payments (March 2004).
  • United States Government Accountability Office, Report to Congressional Requesters, GAO-05-312, Tobacco Settlement: States' Allocations of Fiscal Year 2004 and Expected Fiscal Year 2005 Payments (March 2005)
  • United States Government Accountability Office, Report to Congressional Requesters, GAO-06-502, Tobacco Settlement: States' Allocations of Fiscal Year 2005 and Expected Fiscal Year 2006 Payments (April 2006)
  • 2006-2010 data provided by the Wyoming Department of Health