(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money transferred to the California Cancer Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund shall be continuously appropriated and allocated as follows:

(1) To the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller for reimbursement of all costs incurred by the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller in connection with their duties under this article.

(2) To the Regents of the University of California for distribution of grants for the purposes of conducting research on the causes and treatments for cancer, expanding community-based education on cancer, and providing culturally sensitive and appropriate prevention and awareness activities targeted toward communities that are disproportionately at risk or afflicted by cancer, and for reimbursement of any costs incurred by the regents for administering the grants authorized pursuant to this section.

(b) The Legislature requests the Regents of the University of California to report on its Internet Web site the process for awarding money, the amount of money spent on administration, and an itemization of how program funds were awarded, including, but not limited to, information regarding recipients of funds.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 427, Sec. 7. (SB 440) Effective January 1, 2018. Inoperative on or before January 1, 2032, as prescribed in Section 18864. Repealed on or before December 1, 2032, pursuant to Section 18864.)