{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-1501.06a","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-1501.06a","heading":"Department Laboratory Fund.","body":"(a)\nThere is established as a special fund the Department of Forensic Sciences Laboratory Fund (\"Fund\"), which shall be administered by the Director in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.\n\n(b)\nRevenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund:\n(1)\nAnnual revenue transferred from the United States Department of Homeland Security for the BioWatch program; and\n(2)\nFees collected for forensic science services and public health laboratory services provided by the Department.\n\n(c)\nMoney in the Fund shall only be used to fund the expenses of the Department's laboratories, including the funding of forensic science services, materials, non-grant funded research, equipment, laboratory staff, and trainings.\n\n(d)\n(1)\nThe money deposited into the Fund 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.\n(2)\nSubject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.","path":["Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.","Chapter 15. Department of Forensic Sciences."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-1501.06a","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"8621a4f2d256dd98a71ed810a465b982ee663e6f8c33a7ee45a1bf89f156f05c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-1501.06","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-1501.07"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}