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County receives $23,102 as share of tobacco funds 

Washington County has received its share of the Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust Account distribution this year.

The county's payment was $23,102, on par with last year's check of $23,128, according to the Texas Comptroller's office.

Comptroller Susan Combs has distributed $92.3 million to Texas communities from the account.

The money will help two cities, 159 counties and 135 hospital districts recover their costs for indigent health care provided during 2007.

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