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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Part D · Chapter 81 — Administrative

§ 8103. Application of District of Columbia laws to public buildings and grounds

Statutory text

(a)

Application of Laws.—

Laws and regulations of the District of Columbia for the protection of public or private property and the preservation of peace and order are extended to all public buildings and public grounds belonging to the Federal Government in the District of Columbia.

(b)

Penalties.—

A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both if the person—

(1)

is guilty of disorderly and unlawful conduct in or about those public buildings or public grounds;

(2)

willfully injures the buildings or shrubs;

(3)

pull downs, impairs, or otherwise injures any fence, wall, or other enclosure;

(4)

injures any sink, culvert, pipe, hydrant, cistern, lamp, or bridge; or

(5)

removes any stone, gravel, sand, or other property of the Government, or any other part of the public grounds or lots belonging to the Government in the District of Columbia.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 107–217 · 116 Stat. 1062

    Enacted · 40 U.S.C. § 8103

    (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1205.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1205.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
810340:101.July 29, 1892, ch. 320, § 15, 27 Stat. 325; Pub. L. 90–108, § 2, Oct. 20, 1967, 81 Stat. 277.

In subsection (b), the word “enclosure” is substituted for “inclosure” to use the more understood term.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–217, , 116 Stat. 1205.)

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