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) › § 332 - Definitions

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in §§ 331—352 of this title shall have the following meanings except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Authority.— Means the Puerto Rico Ports Authority created by §§ 331—352 of this title.
(b) Bonds.— Means the bonds, temporary bonds, refunding bonds, debentures, notes, provisional or interim bonds, receipts, certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness or obligations which the Authority is authorized to issue pursuant to §§ 331—352 of this title, but shall not include the debts or accounts incurred in the usual course of business for expenses of the Authority.
(c) Executive Director.— Shall mean the Executive Director of the Authority.
(d) Board of Directors.— Shall mean the Board of Directors of the Authority.
(e) Undertaking.— Means any piece or pieces of property, or combination thereof, whether real, personal or mixed, owned, operated, managed, controlled or used by the Authority, or intended to be so owned, operated, managed, controlled or used, in connection with any of its activities, including, but without limitation, any system or systems, ships and aircrafts, offices, equipment, supplies, fuel, energy, services, facilities, structures, plants, vehicles and rolling stock, together with all parts and appurtenances thereof, that are or may be used, useful or convenient in conducting any of the activities or services usually performed by public carriers and shipping and aircraft enterprises devoted to the transportation of persons or cargo or activities or services auxiliary or supplemental thereto.
The word “undertaking” shall also mean air and marine terminals as hereinafter defined:
(1) Air terminal.— Shall mean a development consisting of runways, hangars, control towers, ramps, quays, bulkheads, buildings, structures, parking areas, improvements, facilities, or other real property necessary, suitable, or desirable for the landing, taking off, accommodation, and servicing of aircraft of all types, including airplanes, dirigibles, helicopters, gliders, amphibians, seaplanes, or any other contrivance now or hereafter used for the navigation of or for the flight in space, operated by public carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or cargo; or for the loading, unloading, interchange or transfer of such passengers or their baggage or of such cargo; or otherwise for the accommodation, use or convenience of such passengers, or of the said carriers or their employees, or of persons visiting the airport; or for the landing, taking off, accommodation, and servicing of aircraft owned or operated by persons other than carriers.
(2) Marine terminals.— Means developments consisting of one or more piers, wharves, docks, bulkheads, slips, basins, vehicular roadways, railways, railroad connections, side tracks, sidings or other buildings, structures, facilities or improvements, necessary or convenient to the accommodation of steamships or other vessels and their cargo and passengers.
(f) Federal agency.— Means the United States of America, the President or any department thereof, or any corporation, agency, or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated, or established by the United States of America.
(g) Holder of bonds bondholder or any similar term.— Means any person who is the bearer of any outstanding bond or bonds registered to bearer or not registered or the registered owner of any outstanding bond or bonds which at the time are registered other than to bearer.
(h) Words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa, and words importing persons shall include firms, partnerships of all kinds and corporations.
(i) Emergency.— Shall mean a situation which involves nondeferable, unexpected, and unforeseen public needs that are caused by tragic and unfortunate events or circumstances beyond human control, which require immediate action because the life or health of one or more than one person is in danger, because public property is in danger of being damaged or lost or because public services could be suspended or adversely affected. Said situation must be established through a resolution approved by the Board of Directors of the Authority indicating the nature of said emergency and providing evidence thereof.
History —May 7, 1942, No. 125, p. 710, § 2; May 14, 1952, No. 463, p. 976, § 1; Apr. 19, 1955, No. 17, p. 66; June 26, 1959, No. 85, p. 236, § 1; Aug. 17, 1989, No. 65, p. 270, § 1; Aug. 9, 1990, No. 33, p. 129, § 1; July 26, 1991, No. 28, § 1.