Sec. 111.786. - Litter Trust Fund.

There is hereby created the Litter Trust Fund, a permanent fund of the City, into which shall be deposited all monies derived from the fines collected pursuant to Part III, Chapter 741 , Ordinance Code, resulting from the issuance of citations for violations of Section 741.107 . The monies deposited in this fund shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal year and shall remain available for expenditure, upon appropriation of the Council, for the purposes and in the manner set forth herein. The Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this fund as follows: (a) Seventy percent of the fine monies shall be accounted for in a separate subaccount to be utilized by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) for the sole purpose of keeping public bus stops and public bus shelters well-maintained and litter-free pursuant to written criteria adopted by the JTA for that purpose. The Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this subaccount to the JTA, upon appropriation of the Council, upon written request of the Chief Executive Officer of the JTA accompanied by satisfactory documentation of costs incurred or to be incurred by JTA to keep public bus stops and bus shelters well-maintained and litter-free. At the end of each fiscal year, if the accrued and unexpended funds exceed 300 percent of the preceding fiscal year's cost for keeping public bus stops and public bus shelters well-maintained and litter-free, the excess funds over and above the 300 percent shall be transferred to the subaccount created by subsection (b), below. (b) Thirty percent of the fine monies, plus any funds transferred as provided in the last sentence of subsection (a), above, shall be utilized for the administration of the enforcement of Part III of Chapter 741 and to provide funds to conduct public awareness and education programs to advance zero-tolerance for litter. The funds shall be expended exclusively (1) to purchase materials for enforcement of the litter ordinances and for public awareness and education programs, (2) for paying employees hired to enforce those ordinances, and (3) for expenses incurred in such enforcement. Such employees shall be existing employees within the Municipal Code Compliance Division (or successor), or new employees hired on a temporary hours or special purpose employee contract basis, until such time as the Council may increase the employee cap by further ordinance to create permanent positions for them. The Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this Fund, upon Council appropriation, upon written request of the Director of the Neighborhoods Department for such purposes. To the extent that disbursements are made, the funds shall be considered a part of the budget of the Municipal Code Compliance Division (or successor). The Chief of Municipal Code Compliance Division (or successor) shall make a report annually to the Council concerning the utilization of these funds, including therein the nature of public awareness and education programs to advance zero-tolerance for litter that have been administered, the status of enforcement efforts, and staffing levels and needs. (Ord. 2010-253-E, § 12; Ord. 2011-732-E; Ord. 2013-209-E, § 40; Ord. 2016-140-E , § 16)