SECTION 39.
Section 3 of chapter 29D of the General Laws, as amended by sections 7 and 7A of chapter 300 of the acts of 2002, is hereby further amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:- (c) The comptroller shall promptly certify to the executive office of administration and finance, the house and senate committees on way and means, the joint committee on health care and the advisory committee on health care and tobacco control established pursuant to section 5, the amount and date when any payments are made pursuant to the master settlement agreement in the tobacco action and any other payments are made or credited to said fund. The comptroller shall transfer the total amount of payments from the master settlement agreement from the Health Care Security Trust Fund to the General Fund not later than 15 days after the certification of said payments.
