SEC. 10.100-233. PUBLIC WORKS LITTER CONTROL FUND.

   (a)   Establishment of Fund. The Public Works Litter Control Fund is hereby established as a category six fund for the purpose of receiving all cash gifts, donations and contributions of money that may from time to time be offered to the City and County through any of its officers, boards or commissions for litter control.

   (b)   Use of Fund. All monies deposited into the fund shall, consistent with the gift, donation, or contribution, be expended for litter control.

   (c)   Exceptions to Fund Category. All expenditures from the fund shall be made upon the recommendation of the Director of Public Works and subject to the approval of the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee, provided that the Mayor’s designee is not the Director of Public Works or an employee in the Department of Public Works.

(Added by Ord. 316-00, File No. 001911, App. 12/28/2000; amended by Ord. 220-20, File No. 200949, App. 11/6/2020, Eff. 12/7/2020)

SEC. 10.100-234. PUBLIC WORKS LITTERING, NUISANCE AND GRAFFITI VIOLATION REWARD FUND.

   (a)   Establishment of Fund. The Public Works Littering, Nuisance and Graffiti Violation Reward Fund (the "Reward Fund") is established as a category six fund to receive the administrative penalties authorized and collected pursuant to Police Code Section 37(c), Health Code Sections 283.1, 287, and 600, and Public Works Code Section 174.2.

   (b)   Use of Fund. Monies in the fund shall be used exclusively by the Director of Public Works ("the Director") to reward citizens in the following manner:

      (1)   Any person or persons providing information that leads, in the judgment of the Director, to the imposition of administrative penalties under Police Code Section 37(c), Health Code Sections 283.1, 287, and 600, and Public Works Code Section 174.2, shall receive 50 percent of the administrative penalties collected through that information pursuant to any of those sections, provided that the person or persons apply for the reward within 90 days of the imposition of the penalty. Administrative penalties that are not collected as a result of information provided by private persons, or not timely claimed for reward in accordance with this section, shall be used by the Department of Public Works to defray administrative and clean-up costs associated with litter and nuisance abatement and for any rewards specified in subparagraph (b)(2) of this Section.

      (2)   Any person or persons providing information that leads, in the judgment of the Director, to the arrest and conviction of a person who defaces public or private property with graffiti or other inscribed material in violation of California Penal Code Section 594(a)(1) shall receive $250 from this Reward Fund, provided that the person or persons apply for the reward within 90 days of the arrest and conviction.

(Added by Ord. 292-04, File No. 040561, App. 12/24/2004; amended by Ord. 90-05, File No. 050434, App. 5/20/2005)

SEC. 10.100-236. PUBLIC WORKS NUISANCE ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL FUND.

   (a)   Establishment of Fund. The Public Works Nuisance Abatement and Removal Fund is established as a category six fund for the purpose of abating and removing nuisances in accordance with San Francisco Public Works Code Sections 174-174.13. Any monies appropriated by the Board of Supervisors or collected by the Director of Public Works for this purpose and sums received in consideration of the release of liens and payment of special assessments shall be deposited in the special fund.

   (b)   Use of Fund. The fund shall be expended exclusively to pay for the abatement and removal of nuisances as provided by Public Works Code Sections 174-174.13 and to pay for costs which may be incurred by the Department of Public Works in administering its duties pursuant to such code sections.

(Added by Ord. 316-00, File No. 001911, App. 12/28/2000)