California Government Code

§ 53069.3

GOV § 53069.3 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 2 · Title 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 1 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)A city, county, or city and county may enact an ordinance to provide for the use of city or county funds to remove graffiti or other inscribed material from publicly or privately owned real or personal property located within the city, county, or city and county and to replace or repair public or privately owned property within that city, county, or city and county that has been defaced with graffiti or other inscribed material that cannot be removed cost effectively.

(b)The ordinance shall authorize only the removal of the graffiti or other inscribed material itself, or, if the graffiti or other inscribed material cannot be removed cost effectively, the repair or replacement of the portion of the property that was defaced, and not the painting, repair, or replacement of other parts of the property that were not defaced.

(c)(1) The removal, repair, or replacement may be performed, in the case of publicly owned real or personal property, only after securing the consent of the public entity having jurisdiction over the property, and in the case of privately owned real or personal property, only after securing the consent of the owner or possessor.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 600, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.