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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 25 - Puerto Rico Ports Authority (§§ 331 — 355-357) › § 346 - Commonwealth and political subdivisions not liable on bonds

The bonds and other obligations issued by the Authority shall not be a debt of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any of its municipalities or other political subdivisions, and neither the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico nor any such municipalities or other political subdivisions shall be liable thereon, nor shall such bonds or other obligations be payable out of any funds other than those of the Authority.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 125, p. 710, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 25 - Puerto Rico Ports Authority (§§ 331 — 355-357) › § 347 - Bonds legal investments and security for deposits

The bonds of the Authority shall be lawful investment, and may be accepted as security, for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds, the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the Government of Puerto Rico or any officer or officers thereof.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 125, p. 710, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 25 - Puerto Rico Ports Authority (§§ 331 — 355-357) › § 348 - Tax exemptions

(a) It is hereby found and declared that the purposes for which the Authority is created and shall exercise its powers are the promotion of the general welfare, and the increase of commerce and prosperity, and all are public purposes for the benefit of the people of Puerto Rico, and that therefore the Authority shall not be required to pay taxes, excises or assessments on any of the property acquired by it or under its jurisdiction, control, possession, or supervision, or on its activities in the operation and maintenance of any undertaking, or on the revenues derived from any of its undertakings and activities.
(b) The Authority shall also be exempt from the payment of all kinds of fees, taxes, or imposts heretofore or hereafter required by law for the prosecution of judicial proceedings, the issuing of certifications in all offices and dependencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the execution of public documents and their registration in any public registry of Puerto Rico.
(c) In order to facilitate the procurement of funds by the Authority to enable it to carry out its corporate purposes, the bonds issued by the Authority and the income therefrom shall be and remain at all times exempt from the payment of income tax.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 125, p. 710, § 18; May 14, 1952, No. 444, p. 894, § 1; June 13, 1953, No. 74, p. 250, § 1; June 26, 1959, No. 85, p. 236.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 25 - Puerto Rico Ports Authority (§§ 331 — 355-357) › § 349 - Declaration of public utility

For the purposes of § 336(h) and § 339 of this title, all works, projects, and property and their accessories, which the Authority may deem necessary and convenient to use in carrying out the purposes expressed in §§ 331-352 of this title are hereby declared of public utility.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 125, p. 710, § 19.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 25 - Puerto Rico Ports Authority (§§ 331 — 355-357) › § 350 - Agreement of the Commonwealth Government

The Commonwealth Government does hereby pledge to, and agree with, any person, firm or corporation, or any federal, Commonwealth or state agency, subscribing to or acquiring bonds of the Authority to finance in whole or in part any undertaking or any part thereof, that it will limit or restrict the rights or powers hereby vested in the Authority until all such bonds at any time issued, together with the interest thereon, are fully met and discharged. The Commonwealth Government does further pledge to, and agree with, any federal agency that in the event that any federal agency shall construct, extend, improve, or enlarge, or contribute any funds for the construction, extension, improvement, or enlargement of, any project of the Authority or any portion thereof, the Commonwealth Government will not alter or limit the rights or powers of the Authority in any manner which should be inconsistent with the continued maintenance and operation of the said project or the extension, improvement, or enlargement thereof, or which would be inconsistent with the due performance of any agreements between the Authority and any such federal agency; and the Authority shall continue to have and may exercise all rights and powers herein granted so long as the same shall be necessary or desirable for the carrying out of the purposes of §§ 331—352 of this title and the purpose of any federal agency in constructing, extending, improving or enlarging, or contributing funds for the construction, extension, improvement or enlargement of said project or any portion thereof.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 125, p. 710, § 20; May 14, 1952, No. 463, p. 976, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 25 - Puerto Rico Ports Authority (§§ 331 — 355-357) › § 351 - Injunctions

An injunction shall not be granted to prevent the application of §§ 331-352 of this title or any part thereof.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 125, p. 710, § 21.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 25 - Puerto Rico Ports Authority (§§ 331 — 355-357) › § 352 - Inconsistent provisions superseded

Insofar as the provisions of §§ 331—352 of this title are inconsistent with the provisions of any other act of the Legislature of Puerto Rico, the provisions of §§ 331—352 of this title shall be controlling and no law heretofore or hereafter passed governing the administration of the Commonwealth Government or any parts, offices, bureaus, departments, commissions, dependencies, municipalities, branches, agents, officers, or employees thereof shall be construed to apply to the Authority unless so specifically provided, but the affairs and business of the Authority shall be administered as provided herein.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 125, p. 710, § 22.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 25 - Puerto Rico Ports Authority (§§ 331 — 355-357) › § 354 - Transmitting of funds to Commonwealth Treasury

On or before August 31 of each year the Puerto Rico Ports Authority shall pay into the Commonwealth Treasury the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) from the remainder of the income of said Authority corresponding to the preceding fiscal year, after meeting for the said fiscal year the operating and maintenance expenses of the Authority, the principal of and interest on its outstanding obligations and the reserves established by the Authority for such purposes (the remainder of which income shall be hereinafter known as “net income”). If in any fiscal year the net income is not sufficient to pay in full into the Commonwealth Treasury the sum herein fixed, the Authority shall be bound to pay only so far as the said net income may go, and in such case, the obligation of the Authority to make said payment in excess of its net income shall be cancelled and shall not constitute a future charge against the receipts of the Authority.
History —June 14, 1961, No. 60, p. 116, § 1, eff. July 1, 1961.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings stated below:
(a) Vessel.— Includes any description of sea craft or other manufactured equipment capable of being used as a means of transportation in water.
(b) Harbor pilot.— Means the licensed local harbor pilot or designated certified harbor pilot. A harbor pilot is an experienced trained and skilled person, who, through practice, acquires the knowledge of the place in which he navigates which qualifies him to direct and visually direct the course of the vessels, along the coast or within the port, respectively, as the case may be.
(c) Apprentice harbor pilot.— Harbor pilot apprentice who does not hold a harbor pilot license issued by the Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission.
(d) Probationary harbor pilot.— Harbor pilot who holds a temporary or provisional license for a limited time as granted by the Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission.
(e) Commission.— Means the Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission.
(f) Port.— Place on the coast of Puerto Rico with natural protection from the winds and readied for the safety of the ships and to expedite the operations of seagoing traffic. At present the ports of San Juan, Ponce, Mayagüez, Arecibo, Fajardo, Vieques, Culebra, Guayama (Las Mareas), Guayanilla, Guánica, Yabucoa, Aguirre, Jobos, Aguadilla and Tallaboa are in operation.
(g) Waters subject to pilotage in Puerto Rico.— Means all navigable waters of Puerto Rico as provided by the Congress of the United States in Section 8 of the Federal Relations Act, 48 USC § 749.0, as amended.
(h) Pilot.— The officer who captains and directs a ship while navigating, including the one who knows how to navigate on high seas by observing the stars and/or by using electronic equipment. It is usually the first mate of a merchant ship.
(i) Pilotage.— Means to guide a ship, especially at the entrance, changes and exits of ports, bays, inlets, or through narrow channels and sounds, as well as in navigating from one port to another.
(j) Harbor pilotage or pilotage.— Means the act of pilotage. The science or art that teaches the pilotage profession. Pilotage is also the fee or stipend paid by the ship to the harbor pilot for his pilotage services.
(k) Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.— Means §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3.
(l) License or certificate.— Means the document issued by the Commission to the harbor pilot and apprentice harbor pilots which authorizes them to perform pilotage in Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 2, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361a - Rendering of services

No person may perform pilotage in the ports of Puerto Rico unless he/she fulfills the duties and obligations, which without being limited thereto, are included below:
(a) Render services to any person who requests them, except for security reasons which prevent it, or any others that the Commission may determine by regulations.
(b) Harbor pilots are hereby prevented from unilaterally determining rates or other charges. The Commission shall determine the rates and other fees to be charged for pilotage services.
(c) Harbor pilots, under the supervision of the Commission, shall acquire and maintain ships, office facilities, equipment, a dispatching system, communication equipment and any other facility or equipment that is necessary and will serve as support to a modern, reliable and safe pilotage service.
(d) Harbor pilots, in the ports they perform, have to train the pilotage candidates assigned to them, as provided by the Commission. Failure to comply with these provisions shall bring about disciplinary action against the pilot, pursuant to this chapter. It shall not be construed that this provision will create a relationship as an agency or employer-employee relationship between the harbor pilot and the candidate to the practice of pilotage in Puerto Rico.
(e) An area shall be designated where the harbor pilot’s boat or vessel shall draw up alongside the ship that enters port; provided, that:
(1) The harbor pilot shall board the ship that is entering, before the ship reaches the buoys that mark the harbor entrance.
(2) The harbor pilot shall arrive at the command bridge in time to exchange information with the officer in command before taking over the command, to become familiar with the special steering characteristics of the ship, or any other special requirement.
(3) The harbor pilot shall take command from the captain or officer in charge with sufficient time to align the prow of the ship with the center of the entering channel to thus avoid endangering the ship or risking an accident.
(4) When the vessel leaves port, the harbor pilot shall remain on board until the ship has left the buoys that mark the limits of the entering channel or any possible or foreseeable danger; Provided, That under normal circumstances he/she shall not disembark within the port.
Failure to comply with the obligations provided in this section shall bring about the corresponding disciplinary action pursuant to this chapter.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 4, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361b - Creation

The Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission is hereby created to authorize, regulate, supervise and impose sanctions on pilotage as defined in § 361(j) of this title. The Commission shall have the authority and the budget to establish disciplinary rules, traffic rules, and to acquire and finance any type of vessel, equipment, or materials needed to carry out its functions. The Commission shall adopt and promulgate maritime traffic regulations and establish the limits for the harbor pilots to board or disembark from the ships. The Commission shall fix the pilotage rates and shall possess and exercise the powers related to the protection of maritime traffic in the waters and ports of the Commonwealth. It shall have the capacity to act autonomously, as well as to sue and be sued.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 5, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361c - Commissioners—Composition and term of office

(a) Composition.— The Commission shall be composed of seven (7) Commissioners, one of whom shall be its Chairperson, appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The members of the Commission shall be United States citizens, and residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Chairman of the Commission shall be its executive officer, and may designate an Associate Commissioner to act as chairman in his/her absence. The presiding Commissioner shall have the discretion to assign areas of work, in the adjudicative as well as the quasi legislative and/or operational areas of the agency, to one or more Commissioners. It shall be composed as follows:
Two (2) of the members shall be licensed harbor pilots, who are actively practicing their profession; one to represent the San Juan Harbor Pilots, and the other, the harbor pilots of the Commonwealth, who are nominated by each harbor pilotage association; two (2) of whom shall be actively involved in their professional or business capacity in the shipping business, who are users of the pilotage services and are nominated by the Puerto Rico Shipowners Association; two (2) who are not or were involved financially interested or related to the pilotage profession, shipping business or maritime industry who shall represent the public interest; and one who represents the Government of Puerto Rico, who shall be a Ports Authority employee. For the purposes of this section, a “user of the pilotage services” is any person who is an agent or representative of any person with a proprietary interest in a business that regularly employs harbor pilots with a Puerto Rico license, with the purpose of providing pilotage services, or any person who is a direct employee thereof.
(b) Term of office.— The first Commissioners appointed by virtue of this section, shall hold office for terms of two (2), three (3) and four (4) years, respectively. These terms shall be fixed by the Governor, but their successors shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed solely for the remainder of the term of the Commissioner he/she succeeds. Vacancies that occur in the Commission shall in no way impair the right of the remaining Commissioner[s] to perform all the powers thereof. Upon the expiration of the term of any Commissioner, he/she may continue performing his/her functions until his/her successor has been appointed and has taken office.
The Governor shall have the authority to remove Commissioners for failing to perform the obligations required in this chapter, for incompetence or unprofessional conduct. A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 6, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361d - Commissioners—Certification; site

Immediately, and before taking over the duties of their office, the Commissioners shall take an oath of constitution and shall register it in the Department of State; which shall consequently issue said Commissioner a certificate of his/her appointment. The Commission shall have its seat in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 7, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361e - Organization; meetings

(a) Immediately after the designation, approval and appointment of the Commissioners, the Commission shall meet, organize and establish bylaws for its administration, pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3. The Commission shall elect the Vice Chairman and the Secretary/Treasurer every two (2) years, from its Commissioners. When they attend official meetings of the Commission they shall receive an emolument as per diems of seventy-five dollars ($75) for each day.
(b) The Commission shall hold one or more regular quarterly meetings in a convenient place [in] the Commonwealth, on the day or days selected by the Commission. The special meetings may be called by a majority of the Commissioners. The Secretary of the Commission shall deliver a notice of all the regular and special meetings to all the Commissioners, and also to any person who should be notified by law.
(c) Within fourteen (14) calendar days following each meeting of the Commission, it shall issue a written report to each harbor pilot explaining any action taken by the Commission at the meeting, if any determination is made that affects pilotage conditions.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 8, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361f - Personnel; employment

The Commission shall appoint or hire all necessary personnel to assist in complying and executing each and every one of the powers, duties and obligations established in this chapter. These employees shall not be active harbor pilots, or former pilots, nor ship owners or former ship owners, or members of the Commission. These persons shall be authorized to fulfill and execute all the duties and obligations and the work that is assigned to them by the Commission. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Commission shall provide all legal assistance needed to execute the stipulations of this chapter.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 9, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361g - Number of harbor pilots; reciprocity between ports

The Commission shall determine the number of harbor pilots for each port and shall issue the licenses and certificates it deems necessary based on the demand for pilotage services, to watch over the public interest of maintaining efficient and safe pilotage services. Based on the financial situation of the ports, the Commission shall adopt rules authorizing the transfer of harbor pilots by applying the seniority system. It may also authorize license reciprocity between [ports], if it serves the best public interest.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 10, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361i - Qualifications—Licenses

(a) In addition to any other requirement provided by this chapter, each licensed harbor pilot candidate of Puerto Rico must:
(1) Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age or over, evidenced by a copy of the birth certificate or other legal proof of age, when requesting the license.
(2) Have completed and approved twelve (12) years of formal education, evidenced by a high school diploma or by equivalent evidence thereof, which is satisfactory to the Commission.
(3) Be in good physical and mental health, evidenced by documentary evidence after having passed a complete physical and psychiatric examination administered by a licensed physician and a psychiatrist, respectively, who are accepted by the Commission, within thirty (30) days prior to his/her application for admission or renewal of the harbor pilot license.
(4) The Commission shall adopt rules to establish the parameters of the physical and psychiatric examinations, which shall include minimum patterns of the physical and mental capacity needed to perform the professional duties and obligations of a licensed harbor pilot of Puerto Rico. Said parameters shall include zero tolerance of any consumption of alcohol, drugs, narcotics or any other regulated controlled substance, unless the individual is under the care of a physician or psychiatrist and the controlled substance is prescribed by said physician or psychiatrist. To keep the Puerto Rico pilot license, each licensed harbor pilot shall provide annual documentary proof of having satisfactorily passed a complete medical and psychiatric examination administered by a licensed physician and psychiatrist, respectively. The physician and psychiatrist must have been accepted by the Commission and must know the minimum parameters, and certify that the license meets them satisfactorily. The patterns for licenses shall include drug testing to be performed at random by accredited laboratory technicians, and provide for the submission of biannual police records in evidence of good conduct.
(5) Have completed the required training as apprentice pilot, as approved by the Commission. At the time of submitting the application, each candidate shall have an unlimited valid harbor pilotage license from the United States Coast Guard which covers all the waters of the port or ports for which the Puerto Rico harbor License is requested, and must have completed the pilotage apprenticeship training in the port for which the Puerto Rico pilotage License is requested.
(6) Pilotage candidates shall submit for approval, the training and continuing education certificates that the Commission may require prior to issuing their license.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 12, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361j - Issuance of licenses

The Commission shall issue all original licenses for a trial period that shall not exceed six (6) months. On expiration of this initial period, the Commission may issue another trial license for another period that shall not exceed six (6) months. After completing a term of twelve (12) months with a trial license, the Commission must evaluate the record as a whole and determine whether it shall issue a permanent license or not.
Temporary or trial licenses may contain limits as to tonnage, draft, length of ship, or type of vessel.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 13, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361k - Accreditation

All harbor pilots licensed under Commonwealth and federal laws, statutes and regulations prior to the effectiveness of this act shall be granted all licenses with the same scope and extent as those that the Commission is empowered to grant. This will not relieve them from subsequently complying with the continuing education requirements that the Commission may establish by regulations.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 14, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361n - Reports of maritime incidents

Each collision, grounding, stranding, or other accident in which a vessel on which a licensed pilot or apprentice pilot of Puerto Rico was involved, must be reported by the pilot to the Office of the Commission immediately. In addition, the pilot shall submit a written report to the Commission in the prescribed form and manner within forty-eight (48) hours of the incident. Nevertheless, any maritime incident that involves spillages of oil or other combustible material, evident environmental pollution, significant physical injuries, or death, shall be reported to the Commission and to all pertinent authorities by the pilot, immediately, by telephone or any electronic medium. Besides he shall also submit a written report, within twenty-four (24) hours of the incident.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 17, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361o - Application, examination and fees

(a) The Commission shall impose and collect the following fees:
(1) A fee for each application, to obtain a Puerto Rico pilotage license.
(2) A fee for each examination to obtain the Puerto Rico pilotage license, when applicable.
(3) A fee for each review examination, when applicable.
(b) The Commission shall impose and collect an annual fee from each Puerto Rico licensed harbor pilot, and from each apprentice or probationary pilot.
(c) The Commission shall collect a fee for each license renewal.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 18, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361p - Vessels subject to pilotage

All vessels subject to pilotage and those that are not, but request it, shall have a pilot licensed by Puerto Rico on board to direct the movements of the vessel when they enter or leave the ports of Puerto Rico or when they travel in the navigable waters of the bays, rivers, or any other navigable body of water of Puerto Rico, except:
(a) Vessels exempted from pilotage by the laws of the United States.
(b) Single hulled vessels with a draft of less than seven (7) feet of water.
(c) Any vessel when it is moved from one slip to another within the confines of a dry dock or from the dry dock to a wharf adjacent to the dock.
(d) Any vessel that is being moved to an adjacent or contiguous dock by means of its lines, without weighing anchor, provided the move is less than the length of the vessel.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 19, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361q - Unlicensed pilots; penalties

(a) Any individual who is not a licensed pilot or an apprentice pilot who directs the movements of a vessel that requires a licensed Puerto Rican pilot or an apprentice pilot to be on board, shall be in violation of this chapter. Any person who pilots a vessel without a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be imposed a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense. The court may also impose the payment of costs, expenses and attorney fees.
(b) The vessel, its owner, agent or representative, shall be bound to pay the licensed Puerto Rican pilot, at the port in which the violation of subsection (a) of this section occurs, the pilotage rates that otherwise would apply if the pilot had been used correctly. If the pilots or their representatives resort to legal action to recover said rates, the court may impose the costs, expenses and attorney fees, for the prevailing party.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 20, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361r - Summary suspension of license or certificate; rules

(a) The Commission shall issue an emergency order suspending the license of any pilot or the certificate of any apprentice or probationary pilot, that shall not exceed fifteen (15) days or until a hearing is held, who upon providing pilotage services is under the effects of alcohol, drugs, narcotics, controlled substances, bears arms, or pilots a vessel in an negligent way, and/or is involved in a maritime incident that causes the death of a person, or, as determined by the rules of the Commission, has caused physical harm to a person or significant damage to property or the environment, unless the Commission clearly determines that that incident was not the result of the action or omission of the pilot or the apprentice or probationary pilot.
(b) Prior to February 1, 2000, the Commission shall adopt regulations to administer the provisions of this chapter, after having provided for a process of public hearings to such effect, with the participation of all interested sectors and the public in general.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 21, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361s - Mandatory expiration of license

The licenses of all pilots shall expire when the pilot attains seventy (70) years of age.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 22, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 26 - Puerto Rico Harbor Pilot Commission (§§ 361 — 361v) › § 361v - Welfare and Pension Plan

(a) The Puerto Rico Harbor Pilots Welfare and Pension Plan Trust, as authorized by Resolution No. 8304 of March 11, 1983, of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, as amended by Resolution No. 90-63 of September 19, 1990, shall continue in effect as created and maintained by the documents of the plan, even though all the former powers and obligations held by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority shall become the responsibility of the Puerto Rico Pilotage Commission when this act becomes effective, which shall continue its operations and maintenance.
(b) [The] Puerto Rico Harbor Pilots Pension and Welfare Plan Trust shall be operated and administrated pursuant to the guidelines of the Federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended.
History —Aug. 12, 1999, No. 226, § 25, eff. 30 days after Aug. 12, 1999.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 27 - Docks and Harbors (§§ 381 — 434) › § 433 - Harbor commissions

Whenever pursuant to this act or to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority Act, §§ 331—352 of this title, the Authority shall require or establish port facilities in any city of Puerto Rico, there shall be a harbor commission for said city. The Economic Development Administration shall provide from time to time in its bylaws for the appointment, powers, rights, compensation, duties and procedure of said commissions and the manner and extent to which said commissions shall intervene in the management and operation of said port facilities to the end that their experience and knowledge of commercial conditions of the port shall be fully utilized in the management of said facilities. Said commission shall consist of the mayor of the city, who shall be the chairman, and not less than two (2) nor more than four (4) export or import merchants of said city. The first appointive members shall be appointed for one (1), two (2) and three (3) years respectively and subsequent appointments shall be made for three- (3) years terms or to complete unexpired terms of office in case of vacancies.
History —Apr. 23, 1946, No. 406, p. 1102, § 3, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 27 - Docks and Harbors (§§ 381 — 434) › § 434 - Alienation of property bounded by or adjacent to harbors

No property of the Commonwealth Government, of the Government of the Capital or the municipal governments, or of any other dependency, agency, or instrumentality thereof, bounded by or adjacent to any harbor, shall be sold, leased, or otherwise alienated without the consent of the Economic Development Administration.
History —Apr. 23, 1946, No. 406, p. 1102, § 5, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 29 - Aeronautic Activities (§§ 461 — 470) › § 461 - Airport defined

By airport shall be understood, for the purposes of this chapter, an area whether of sea or of land suitable for the landing and taking-off of airplanes whether or not it provides facilities for the protection, provision, and repair of planes; or a place regularly used to receive and to unload passengers or air cargo.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 6, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 29 - Aeronautic Activities (§§ 461 — 470) › § 462 - Supervision of aeronautic activities; operation of airports

The Puerto Rico Ports Authority shall have the general supervision of the aeronautics activities in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and of the operation, maintenance, and protection of the airports of the Commonwealth.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, § 2, eff. 90 days after May 6, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 29 - Aeronautic Activities (§§ 461 — 470) › § 463 - Rules and regulations—Power to adopt

In the exercise of the powers granted by §§ 461-469 of this title, the Economic Development Administration shall have power to approve and amend general or special rules and regulations for the purpose of protecting and securing the public safety and interest, the safety of the persons who receive instructions or travel in or operate or use airplanes, and of the persons or property in airports, on land or at sea and for the purpose of developing and promoting aeronautic activities in the Commonwealth.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, § 3, eff. 90 days after May 6, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 29 - Aeronautic Activities (§§ 461 — 470) › § 464 - Rules and regulations—Scope; legal force

The object of such rules and regulations shall be to adopt those measures as are fair, safe, reasonably adequate, and practically sufficient to protect and maintain the peace, order, and safety of persons and property; they shall contain all provisions which, in the judgment of the Economic Development Administration, may be necessary for said ends and purposes; and once approved by the Economic Development Administration, they shall have the force of law.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, § 4, eff. 90 days after May 6, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 29 - Aeronautic Activities (§§ 461 — 470) › § 465 - Power of arrest within limits of airport

The Executive Director of the Ports Authority, or any employee of the Ports Authority assigned by him specially to the protection of life and property in an airport, is hereby authorized and empowered to:
(a) Arrest within the limits of an airport and in compliance with a warrant of arrest delivered to him for the purpose, any person accused of committing any violation of the laws of Puerto Rico, or of any rule or regulations adopted hereunder.
(b) Arrest without a warrant of arrest any person committing in his presence, within the limits of an airport, a violation of the laws of Puerto Rico, or of any rule or regulation adopted hereunder.
(c) Arrest without a warrant of arrest, within the limits of the airport, any person he may have reasonable grounds to believe has committed a felony within the limits of the airport.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, § 5, eff. 90 days after May 6, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 29 - Aeronautic Activities (§§ 461 — 470) › § 466 - Power to carry firearms

Any person authorized to make arrests as provided in the preceding section may carry firearms or other arms within the limits of an airport, as the Executive Director of the Ports Authority may by regulation direct or prescribe.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, § 6, eff. 90 days after May 6, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 29 - Aeronautic Activities (§§ 461 — 470) › § 467 - Powers of agents of public order

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed in the sense of impairing or limiting the exercise by agents of the public order of their facilities or functions within the limits of an airport.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, § 7, eff. 90 days after May 6, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 29 - Aeronautic Activities (§§ 461 — 470) › § 468 - Rights of arrested persons

Any person arrested in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be taken, without unnecessary delay, to the presence of a judge of the Court of First Instance to be examined; and any lawyer duly authorized to practice before the courts of Puerto Rico may visit the arrested person upon request of the latter.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, § 8; Jan. 27, 1999, No. 27, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 29 - Aeronautic Activities (§§ 461 — 470) › § 469 - Seizure of aircraft; lien; judicial proceeding

The Executive Director of the Ports Authority or any person authorized by him may seize any aircraft whose owner, lessee, agent, pilot or operator is bound to pay charges and has not done so for the use of airport facilities, after being formally requested to do so. Any amount owed on this account shall constitute a lien on the aircraft. The aircraft subject to this lien shall not leave the airport or any other facilities operated by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, without its owner, lessee, agent, pilot or operator having paid such debt, for which they are jointly and severally liable.
The Authority shall file a duly sworn claim before any Part of the Court of First Instance for the collection of the amount owed for the use of the airport facilities, giving evidence that the owner, lessee, agent, pilot or operator of the aircraft has not paid the airport charges billed, after a formal demand for payment has been made, specifically describing the aircraft subject to seizure.
The proceeding to be followed for the collection of the airport charges owed shall be governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure of 1958, as amended.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, added as § 9 on July 6, 1978, No. 17, p. 408, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 29 - Aeronautic Activities (§§ 461 — 470) › § 470 - Penalties

Any person who violates this chapter, or any rule or regulation adopted hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine which shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both penalties, in the discretion of the court.
History —May 6, 1949, No. 187, p. 590, § 9, renumbered as § 10 and amended July 6, 1978, No. 17, p. 408, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 30 - Investment and Cooperative Development Fund (§§ 481 — 494) › § 483 - Exemptions

It is hereby resolved and stated that the purpose for which the Fund is created and for which it shall exercise its powers, is the strengthening of the cooperative movement, the promotion of economic development, as well as the general welfare, such public purposes being for the benefit of the People of Puerto Rico, and that the exercise of the powers conferred by this chapter constitute compliance of functions of the highest public interest. Therefore:
(a) The Fund, its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, as well as the revenues from all its activities or operations, all its assets, its capital, its reserves and surplus, and those of its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, and the income, dividends, interest paid on account of said stocks and bonds, shall be exempted from all kinds of taxes on income, property, excises licenses and any other taxes imposed or henceforth imposed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any political subdivision thereof.
(b) Furthermore, the Fund, and its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, shall be exempt from the payment of duties, excise taxes, or state or municipal duties, including the payment of charges for licenses, patents, permits, and registrations; the payment of commissions, fees, internal revenue stamps and/or vouchers, related to the issuing of all kinds of public and private documents; the payment of fees, patents, internal revenue stamps and/or vouchers related to the registration of the same in the Property Registry or any other public registry or government office; and the payment of fees, patents, internal revenue stamps and/or vouchers related to issuing of certificates by said registries or any other government office. The Fund and its subsidiaries and/or affiliates shall also be exempted from the payment of fees, patents, internal revenue stamps, excise taxes, or duties required by the courts of Puerto Rico or by any other agency, instrumentality, public corporation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any political subdivision thereof.
(c) The Fund and any securities, instruments, certificates, stocks, shares or other evidence of investment participation issued by said Fund shall be exempted from the application of the provisions of §§ 851 et seq. of Title 10, known as the “Puerto Rico Uniform Securities Act”, of §§ 661 et seq. of Title 10, known as the “Investment Companies of Puerto Rico Act”, and of §§ 1071 et seq. of Title 7, known as the “Financial Intermediation Act”.
History —Aug. 18, 2002, No. 198, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 30 - Investment and Cooperative Development Fund (§§ 481 — 494) › § 485 - Investment commitment

Pursuant to the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in behalf of the development of the cooperative movement through co-investment, the Government Development Bank is hereby empowered and authorized to invest up to the sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), matching the investment made by the cooperative entities to the Fund. It is hereby provided that the Government Development Bank shall make its first investment of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in the Fund, on or before one hundred and twenty (120) days after the incorporation of the fund, without having to wait for the accrual of said sum by the cooperative movement.
Within sixty days after the constitution of the Board of Directors of the Fund, the investment commitment of the Government Development Bank in the Fund shall be set forth in a written co-investment agreement subscribed between said bank and the Fund. Said agreement shall define the terms and conditions under which the investment of the Commonwealth shall be mandatory; the agreement shall have a minimum term of effectiveness of ten (10) years. During the effectiveness of the co-investment agreement, the amounts of the investment commitment of the Government Development Bank, that have not been invested in the Fund, shall be kept segregated and invested pursuant to the investment policy adopted to such purpose by the Board of Directors of the Fund, with the affirmative vote of the government representatives. A reasonable portion of the yield of the funds shall be turned over to the Fund to defray its operating budget, duly approved by the Board of Directors. The unencumbered balance of the yield shall be used to replace the funds available for investment up to the sum of the maximum commitment of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000). Any available surplus may be used to capitalize the Fund or for educational donations or contributions for other uses, as authorized at a regular meeting by the majority of the members of the Fund.
Within sixty (60) days after the approval of this act, the Government Development Bank shall advance the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the Cooperative Development Administration to defray the expenses of the establishment of the Office of the Fund, the organization and initiation of the operations of the fund, including its incorporation procedure, the drafting of the corporate bylaws of the Fund, the drafting of the investment policies of the Fund, the development of eligibility parameters of projects, and the policies and evaluation procedures of the projects. Said advance shall be charged to the first operating budget of the Fund.
History —Aug. 18, 2002, No. 198, § 7.