District of Columbia Code
Chapter 35A - Rental Housing: Tenant Advocacy
§ 42–3531.16. Emergency Housing and Relocation Assistance Fund

(a) There is established as a special fund the Emergency Housing and Relocation Assistance Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Office of the Tenant Advocate in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section.
(b) Revenue from interest, costs, expenses, fees, fines, penalties, and other charges collected pursuant to §§ 42-3531.11 through 42-3531.15 shall be deposited in the Fund.
(c) Money in the Fund shall be used to offset some of the costs of providing emergency housing and relocation assistance.
(d) The money deposited into the Fund, and interest earned, 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.
(Oct. 20, 2005, D.C. Law 16-33, § 2068h; as added Feb. 18, 2017, D.C. Law 21-211, § 2(c), 63 DCR 15307.)
Section 7023 of D.C. Law 22-33 repealed § 5 of D.C. Law 21-211. Therefore the creation of this section by D.C. Law 21-211 has been implemented.
Applicability of D.C. Law 21-211: § 5 of D.C. Law 21-211 provided that the creation of this section by § 2(c) of D.C. Law 21-211 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.
For temporary (90 days) repeal of § 5 of D.C. Law 21-211, see § 7023 of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-167, Oct. 24, 2017, 64 DCR 10802).
For temporary (90 days) repeal of § 5 of D.C. Law 21-211, see § 7023 of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-104, July 20, 2017, 64 DCR 7032).

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