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Welf. & Inst. Code, § 742.20 · Article 18.5. Graffiti Removal and Damage Recovery Program

Welf. & Inst. Code, § 742.20

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Any moneys collected by the probation officer of the county pursuant to an order rendered pursuant to Section 742.16 shall be distributed by the county to the following persons and entities in the following priority:

(a) Restitution to the owner and possessor of the property defaced by the minor, in the amount determined by the court.

(b) After the restitution described in subdivision (a) has been paid in full, or if restitution was not ordered, the costs of removing graffiti or other material inscribed by the minor and of repairing or replacing property defaced by the minor, to the city, county, or other local public agency that incurred those costs, except that the county may deduct and retain 15 percent of the amount collected for the removal, repair, or replacement costs, or an amount equivalent to its actual costs of collection, whichever is less.

(c) After the costs and damages described in subdivisions (a) and (b) have been paid in full, or if there are no costs or damages, the law enforcement costs of identifying and apprehending the minor, to the city or county that incurred those costs, except that the county may deduct and retain 15 percent of the amount collected for those law enforcement costs, or an amount equivalent to its actual costs of collection, whichever is less.

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History

Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 909, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1995.

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