2015 District of Columbia Code
Division V - Local Business Affairs.
Title 32 - Labor.
Chapter 13 - Wages and Workplace Fraud.
Subchapter I - Payment and Collection of Wages.
§ 32-1307.01. Wage Theft Prevention Fund.
(a) There is established as a special fund the Wage Theft Prevention Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Department of Employment Services in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) The Fund shall consist of the revenue from the following sources recovered under ยง 32-1307:
(1) Civil fines; and
(2) Administrative penalties.
(c) The Fund shall be used to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the Minimum Wage Revision Act, the Sick and Safe Leave Act, and the Living Wage Act.
(d) (1) 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.
(2) Subject 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.
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