Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 18 Parking Violation Trust Fund

There is hereby established within the Treasury of the City of Los Angeles a fund known as the “ Department of Transportation Parking Violations Trust Fund” hereinafter referred to as the “Fund” to be administered by the Department of Transportation:

(a) The Department of Transportation Parking Violations Trust Fund shall be used for the purpose of receiving deposits of money

for fines and bail forfeitures from parking citations.

(b) Monies deposited pursuant to (a) above shall be used to refund bail in cases of over payment, double payments or court

dismissals; shall be used to pay the Los Angeles County Treasurer for the parking citations judicial functions performed by the Los Angeles Municipal Court; shall be used to pay the Los Angeles County Treasurer all amounts designated by current or future statute as County funds, including, but not limited to, Government Code Section 76000 for Robbins Courthouse Construction Fund and the County Criminal Justice Facility Temporary Construction Fund; shall be used to pay the Department of Motor Vehicles for collections services charges; shall be used to reimburse the Treasurer’s revolving fund for the amount of any uncollected check; may be used for payment of contractors on contingency fee contracts whose sole and exclusive efforts have resulted in payment of delinquent parking tickets to the City, subject to applicable contract limitations; shall be used for payment of credit card fees to a merchant bank for processing credit card transactions; and all other net funds on deposit exclusive of suspense monies and contingent obligations shall be transferred to the general fund.

(c) Monies sufficient to meet estimated two months’ bail refunds shall be transferred from the Fund to fund the Bail Refund

Revolving Account established and administered by the Department of Transportation for the purpose of refunding bail.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 161,191, Eff. 6-12-86 Amended by: Subsec. (b), Ord. No. 165,090, Eff. 9-11-89; Subsec. (b), Ord. No. 172,680, Eff. 8-2-99.