{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3141.08","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-3141.08","heading":"Graffiti Abatement Fund.","body":"(a)\n(1)\nThere is established as a nonlapsing fund the Graffiti Abatement Fund (“Fund”), into which shall be deposited:\n(A)\nAll fines, penalties, interest, charges and costs, including abatement costs, assessed and collected pursuant to this chapter;\n(B)\nAny funds in the Graffiti Trust Fund, established by § 22-3312.03a(g), [repealed] on the day before September 18, 2010; and\n(C)\nAny civil fines collected as penalties under § 22-3312.04.\n(2)\nThe deposit of these monies shall be subject to the requirements of § 42-3141.09(b).\n\n(b)\nAll funds deposited into the Fund, and any interest earned on those funds, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time, but shall be continually available for the uses and purposes set forth in subsection (c) of this section without regard to fiscal year limitation, subject to authorization by Congress.\n\n(c)\nThe Fund shall be used to offset the costs of implementing this chapter, the costs of graffiti abatement and prevention, and the costs of the Office of Administrative Hearings under this chapter.\n\n(d)\nThe Mayor shall submit to the Council an annual statement of the Fund’s receipts and disbursements for the preceding year.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 31A-i. Abatement of Graffiti."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-3141.08","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"7a61e0b803c9083b8f32ebeadf9bc2e7cb48b3050e2f5a1b2be336ab910e91ba","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3141.07","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-3141.09"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}