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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111e - Bonds—Agreements and contracts; authorization

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Governor, to negotiate with and grant to any bank, investment entity or any other financial institution, those loan contracts, purchase agreements or any other financing agreement needed to transact the sale of the bonds or of the notes in advance of bonds authorized to be issued in § 111g of this title, under those terms and conditions deemed by the Secretary of the Treasury to be the most convenient in the best interests of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111f - Bonds—Payment of principal

The good faith, the credit and the taxing power of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are irrevocably committed for the prompt payment of the principal and interest on the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay the principal and interest on said bonds as they mature, from any available funds in the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for such a purpose, in the fiscal year said payment is required, and the provisions of this chapter regarding the payment of principal and interest on said bonds, shall be deemed as a continuous appropriation for the Secretary of the Treasury to make said payments even though specific appropriations have not been made for such purposes. Said payments shall be made according to the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which regulate disbursements of public funds.
The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to include the commitment hereby contracted by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the authorizing resolution or resolutions and to specify on the bonds, that the good faith, credit and the taxing power of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are thus committed.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111g - Loan authorization; notes

The Secretary of the Treasury, in advance of a bond issue, and through a Resolution approved by the Governor, is hereby authorized, at any moment, or from time to time, to borrow moneys and issue notes of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico payable solely from the proceeds of said bonds. Said notes shall be designated as “Notes in Advance of Bonds of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for Electronic Information Systems and Infrastructure” and it shall be indicated thereon that they are issued in advance of the said bond issue.
Said notes, including any renewals or extensions thereof, shall be dated, may be issued from time to time with a due date not to exceed five (5) years from the date of first issue, shall accrue interest at a rate not to exceed that which is legally authorized at the time said notes are issued, may be made redeemable before their maturity at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be executed in such a manner and sold at a private or public sale or at such a price or prices not under the price established by law at the time of issue, and shall contain such other terms and conditions as provided by the authorizing resolution or resolutions adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury and approved by the Governor.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111h - Payment of interest

The good faith, credit and the taxing power of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are irrevocably committed for the timely payment of interest on any notes issued under the provisions of this chapter. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay interest on said notes as they fall due, from any funds available in the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for such a purpose, in the fiscal year in which said payment is required. The provisions contained in this chapter with regard to the payment of interest on said notes in advance of the bond issue shall be deemed as a continuing appropriation for the Secretary of the Treasury to make said payments regardless of whether specific appropriations are made for such purposes.
Pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue bonds sufficiently in advance, and in the amount needed to provide the funds required to pay the principal of the notes as they fall due and become payable, and shall apply the proceeds of the bond issue to the payment of said notes.
Any payments made with regard to the notes in advance of the bond issue shall be made according to the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which regulate the disbursement of public funds.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111i - Improvements fund

The proceeds from the sale of the notes and the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter (other than the proceeds from the bonds required for the payment of the principal of said notes) shall be covered into a special fund denominated “Public Improvements Fund for Government Electronic Information Systems and Infrastructure” and shall be disbursed according to the statutory provisions which regulate the disbursement of public funds and for the purposes provided herein.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111j - Provisional advances; authorization

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make provisional advances from any funds available in the Public Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to be used to defray the cost of the development of the infrastructure whose financing is authorized from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter. The Secretary of the Treasury shall reimburse any provisional advance that was made from the first moneys available in the “Public Improvements Fund for Government Electronic Information Systems and Infrastructure”.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111k - Use of unnecessary funds

According to the determinations in consensus with the Governor’s Commission on Information Systems and the Planning Board, and with the approval of the Governor, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to apply any moneys appropriated in this chapter and which shall not be subsequently needed for the purposes contemplated herein, for any other improvements in the development of the information technology infrastructure approved by the Legislature, which are pending and which are to be charged to the General Fund.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111l - Adquisition of chattels or equipment; authorization

The agencies and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in charge of the programs for which the proceeds from the sale of the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are to be applied, are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or on behalf of said agency or instrumentality, as the case may be, by donations or by purchase, to acquire whatever chattels or equipment they may deem is necessary to carry out public improvements in the area of information technology authorized according to the provisions of this chapter.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111m - Expense funds; appropriation

An amount equal to one percent (1%) of the total of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, or the necessary part thereof, is hereby appropriated to be applied to the payment of the expenses incurred with regard to the issue and sale of said bonds.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111n - Tax exemption

All bonds and notes issued under the provisions of this Chapter, as well as the interest they accrue, shall be exempted from the payment of any taxes levied by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its instrumentalities.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111o - Separability

This chapter shall not be deemed to repeal or amend any other prior chapter of the Legislature of Puerto Rico authorizing the issue of bonds of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The bonds authorized by this chapter are in addition to any other bonds of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico previously authorized.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111p - Annual report

The Governor’s Commission on Information Systems and the Planning Board, with the support of all other government programs, shall render a joint annual report to the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Legislature on the expenses and disbursements of the previous fiscal year.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 4a - Bonds, Electronic Information Systems (§§ 111 — 111q) › § 111q - Obligation to obtain maximum federal disbursement rate

The programs which benefit from this chapter have the obligation to make all necessary efforts to obtain the maximum federal disbursement rate for the expenses incurred for each project.
History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 259, § 18.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 121 - Map showing boundaries of municipalities and barrios—Authorization

The Puerto Rico Planning Board is hereby authorized and directed to prepare a map of the Island of Puerto Rico which will show the boundaries of the municipalities of the Island and of their respective barrios.
History —May 7, 1945, No. 68, p. 254, § 1, eff. July 1, 1945.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 122 - Map showing boundaries of municipalities and barrios—Cooperation of other agencies

The officials, employees, departments, agencies, offices, and all dependencies of the Commonwealth and municipal governments, including the Government of the Capital, shall furnish the Puerto Rico Planning Board all such information as it may deem necessary and advisable to have for the ends and purposes of §§ 121—125 of this title, and said Board shall have access to, and shall be entitled to examine, any books, documents, papers, or records of said organizations to the extent that the Board deems it necessary for the preparation of said map.
History —May 7, 1945, No. 68, p. 254, § 3, eff. July 1, 1949.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 123 - Map showing boundaries of municipalities and barrios—Approval

The Planning Board shall, as it completes the various sections of said map showing the boundaries of a municipality and its barrios, send a copy of said section to the respective mayor and municipal legislature for their approval. The municipal legislature, if necessary, and considering the term hereinafter fixed for such action, shall hold such special sessions as may be necessary, which shall be called by the mayor.
If the municipal legislature takes action on said map, the same shall be adopted as approved thereby, but if said municipal body does not take any action on it within the term of ninety (90) days after receipt by the mayor and by the chairman of said municipal legislature, it shall be understood that the municipal legislature agrees with and approves said section as prepared by the Planning Board, except in cases of controversies between adjacent municipalities over their respective boundaries. Any controversy between different municipalities shall be settled pursuant to law.
When all the sections of said map have been finally adopted, the Planning Board shall prepare sufficient copies thereof for the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, who shall keep a record thereof for the proper official purposes after certifying the original.
Any municipality may alter the boundaries of the barrios within its territorial limits, and they shall submit each alteration to the Puerto Rico Planning Board for the purposes of preparing an amended plan showing the new boundaries so fixed. The Puerto Rico Planning Board shall submit such amended plan to the municipal legislature of the municipality concerned, for approval by said municipal legislature, which shall previously hold a public hearing to hear the persons affected thereby, and said approval shall not be effective until the Puerto Rico Planning Board has been notified thereof.
History —May 7, 1945, No. 68, p. 254, § 4; May 2, 1951, No. 185, p. 462.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 124 - Map showing boundaries of municipalities and barrios—Official character of map; changes in boundaries and names

When the boundaries of each municipality and its barrios have been determined in the aforesaid manner, the said map shall be official, and all governmental organizations of Puerto Rico shall take cognizance thereof, including the courts of justice, and changes or modifications of boundaries and names of the municipalities and barrios in said map shall be made solely by the Legislature of Puerto Rico, through an Act approved to that effect.
History —May 7, 1945, No. 68, p. 254, § 5, eff. July 1, 1945.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 125 - Map showing boundaries of municipalities and barrios—Other powers not affected

The provisions of §§ 121—125 of this title in no way limit the powers granted by other acts to the municipalities and other governmental organizations, boards, agencies, or officials to determine zones of action for their laws, rules and regulations, or directions, such as zone classification to differentiate between rural, urban, or others.
History —May 7, 1945, No. 68, p. 254, § 6, eff. July 1, 1945.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 126 - Public Works Progress Office—Creation

A dependency which shall be known as “Public Works Progress Office” is hereby created to carry out the purposes outlined and described in §§ 128—132 of this title.
History —May 12, 1947, No. 349, p. 668, § 1, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 127 - Public Works Progress Office—Annexed to Planning Board

The said office shall be annexed to the Puerto Rico Planning Board, but may be established in any public building.
History —May 12, 1947, No. 349, p. 668, § 2, eff. July 1, 1947.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 128 - Public Works Progress Office—Maps and graphs of government works

The Puerto Rico Planning Board is hereby authorized for and charged with the preparation and up-to-date maintenance of one or more maps in the form of an exhibition table, as well as any other graphs, showing by means of adequate symbols readily understandable by the people, the projects, activities, functions and different expressions of the work of government, including capital works and services, both of the departments, bureaus, boards and other agencies of the government as well as of public enterprises and governmental corporations.
History —Apr. 22, 1946, No. 384, p. 1040, § 1, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 129 - Public Works Progress Office—Details; accessible to public

These maps and graphs shall be sufficiently ample, shall be in places accessible to the general public, and shall show by means of adequate symbols and colors, the works and services already effectuated, those under construction or development, and those authorized for future effectuation.
History —Apr. 22, 1946, No. 384, p. 1040, § 2, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 130 - Public Works Progress Office—Information by Government agencies

It is hereby required and it shall be the duty of every head of department, bureau, board and other agencies of the Government and of public enterprises and governmental corporations, to furnish to the Planning Board detailed and continuous information as to each and every one of the works, services, activities and functions which they carry on or have under construction or development, and as to the progress thereof, so that said board may express them on the maps and graphs authorized by §§ 128—132 of this title, jointly with the works and services included by the Planning Board on its master plans and those authorized under the Planning Act.
History —Apr. 22, 1946, No. 384, p. 1040, § 3, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 131 - Public Works Progress Office—Diffusion of information by other means

The Planning Board is hereby further authorized, for the benefit of the public and of private interests, as well as for the coordination of governmental activities, to diffuse, in any other manner, information on the work of government.
History —Apr. 22, 1946, No. 384, p. 1040, § 4, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 132 - Public Works Progress Office—Personnel

Due to the special nature of the works to be done for the purposes of §§ 128—132 of this title, the Chairman of the Planning Board is hereby authorized to appoint the necessary personnel without subjection to the law and regulations of the Civil Service Commission.
History —Apr. 22, 1946, No. 384, p. 1040, § 6, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › §§ 133, 134 - Repealed. Act June 4, 2012, No. 104, § 3, effective June 4, 2012

History —Nov. 16, 2002, No. 264, § 1; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 5 - Maps (§§ 121 — 134) › § 134 - Repealed

History —Nov. 16, 2002, No. 264, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 141 - Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “New San Juan Center Project”.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 1; July 23, 1974, No. 153, Part 1, p. 705, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 142 - Definitions

The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Corporation.— Shall mean the New San Juan Center Project created by this chapter.
(b) Bonds.— Shall mean bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness or obligations.
(c) Agency.— Shall mean department, bureau, commission, board, office, dependency, instrumentality, public corporation, political subdivision or any other government organization.
(d) Person.— Shall mean every natural or artificial person.
(e) New Center of San Juan.— In its geographical meaning, shall mean the area of land comprised within the following limits: On the North by the Martin Pena channel, on the South by the northern abuttal of plots located at the North of O’Neill Street, the same O’Neill Street in its prolongation, also known as G Street, and in the section of street comprised between Munoz Rivera Avenue and Uruguay Street, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Avenue and its prolongation; on the East by Uruguay Street from the prolongation of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Avenue up to Quisqueya Street and Ponce de Leon Avenue in the section of street comprised between Quisqueya Street and Martin Pena channel; and on the West by Cesar Gonzalez Avenue.
The words importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa, and words importing persons shall include firms, partnerships of all kinds, and corporations.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 2; June 27, 1985, No. 35, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 145 - Approval of construction projects

The Puerto Rico Planning Board shall not approve any public or private construction project to be carried out within the area comprised within the New Center of San Juan without first taking into consideration the recommendations or observations on said project that the Corporation, in the fulfillment of the functions herein assigned, shall formulate.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 147 - Regulations

The Corporation shall not adopt any regulation, nor shall it amend or revoke it, without first holding a public hearing, of an informative character, quasi-legislative, upon the previous corresponding notice to the public in a newspaper of general circulation in Puerto Rico. The said hearing shall be held before the Governing Board or before an examining officer appointed by the Board for such purposes.
Any person directly aggrieved by the provisions of a regulation adopted by the Corporation may, within the term of thirty (30) days from the date on which said regulation is published in accordance with Act No. 112 of May 16, 1958, as amended, request its review before the San Juan Part of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico.
The conclusions of fact reached by the Corporation shall be final, and the modification or revocation of the regulation shall only take place if the Corporation, on adopting it, incurs in any error of law. The filing of the appeal for review shall not produce the suspension of the approved regulation, unless the Court of First Instance determines that its suspension is necessary so as to avoid irreparable damages to the appellant. The judgment rendered by the Court of First Instance, San Juan Part, shall be final and may only be reviewed by the Supreme Court through certiorari issued at its discretion, and in no other way.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 149 - Deposit of moneys

All moneys of the Corporation, including the proceeds of the sale of its bonds, shall be deposited in qualified depositories for funds of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, but they shall be kept in a separate account in the name of the Corporation. Disbursements shall be made by the Corporation in accordance with its own bylaws and budgets.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 151 - Injunction prohibited

No injunction shall be issued to prevent the application of this chapter or any part thereof.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 152 - Reports

The Corporation shall submit to the Governor, to the mayor of San Juan, to the Legislature and to the municipal legislature at the close of each fiscal year:
(1) A report on its financial standing.
(2) A report on the transactions carried out by the corporation during its preceding fiscal year.
(3) A report on the status and progress of all its activities since the creation of the corporation or since the date of its last such reports.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 153a - Modification of San Juan territorial limits

(a) To modify the municipal limits of San Juan through the transfer of the plot of land on which buildings 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, and 136 of Luis Lloréns-Torres Housing Project that belong to the Municipality of Carolina; Building 124 to the South, with Marginal Street of Baldorioty de Castro Avenue; to the East, with Jupiter Street; and to the West with buildings 136, 133, 130, 128, 127, 126, and 125 of Luis Lloréns-Torres Housing Project.
(b) The Planning Board is hereby directed to notify the Municipal, Commonwealth, and Federal agencies concerned, including the Courts of Justice, of the new layout and territorial limits of the Municipalities of San Juan and Carolina, respectively.
(c) The Municipality of Carolina shall amend its Territorial Ordinance Plan pursuant to the purposes of this section.
(d) The Planning Board shall amend and correct the municipal limits in the topographic quadrant of San Juan, as well as in other important official maps in daily use such as the Zoning Map, the Cadastral Map, the Floodable Zones Map, and the Territorial Ordinance Plan Maps of the Municipality of Carolina.
History —Dec. 23, 1998, No. 304, §§ 1—4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 153c - Modification of Municipality of Maunabo territorial limits

(a) The Planning Board is hereby directed to modify the territorial boundaries of the municipality of Maunabo by adding to them the California Sector of Barrio Calzada, which belongs to the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality of Patillas.
(b) Once the change herein provided is made, the Planning Board shall notify government and municipal bodies, including the Courts of Justice, of the changes directed by this section, so that they become aware of the same and remit to the agencies concerned a copy of a map containing the new delimitations of the municipalities of Maunabo and Patillas.
(c) Government and municipal bodies are hereby directed to carry out pertinent modifications to the applicable public policy and other provisions of law or regulations, once the Planning Board adopts the corresponding changes.
History —Apr. 30, 2004, No. 104, §§ 1—3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 154 - Exemption from taxes and duties; exception

It is hereby resolved and declared that the purposes for which the Corporation is created and any subsidiary corporations thereby organized, and the activities which the Corporation and its subsidiaries may develop, must be for public purposes and activities and for the general benefit of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Therefore, the properties and activities of the Corporation and any subsidiaries thereby organized, or which may be organized in the future, under the provisions of this chapter, shall be exempt from the payment of any tariffs, duties or imposts, commonwealth or municipal, as well as from any taxes, except property taxes.
The Corporation shall also be exempt from the payment of every judicial prosecution procedure, from the issuance of certificates in all offices of the Commonwealth and from the granting and registering of any public document in any public registry.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 155 - Public bidding

Every work carried out by the Corporation, whose total cost exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), shall be made through public bidding. The bid shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. All and each one of the bidding forms received as the result of a call for bids may be rejected should it be considered that the bidder lacks responsibility, if the proposal is not in accordance with the terms and conditions of the call for bids or should the quoted prices be considered unreasonable. The Governing Board shall establish through regulations a Board of Awards and, likewise, all details in relation with the procedure of bids and conditions which the bidders must fulfill, in accordance with the provisions of this section.
No call for bids shall be required for professional engineering, architectural or surveying services contracted by the Corporation, but in no case shall there be authorized the payment of a higher tariff than that established by the College of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors of Puerto Rico.
The designs for works of a civic and monumental nature carried out by the Corporation shall be submitted to a contest for the selection of the persons who shall execute said works.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 156 - Discrimination prohibited

In the works or projects carried out by the Corporation or its subsidiaries, or by any private agency or entity, within the scope of the New Center of San Juan, no discrimination shall be established for reasons of race, color, birth, origin or social condition, or because of political or religious ideas. Every contract granted by the Corporation or its subsidiaries, with any agency or private entity, for the carrying out of any work or project, shall contain a clause to such effect and this clause shall also be included in any subcontract granted by any agency or private entity which is a party in a contract, of those herein mentioned, with the Corporation. Violation to the provisions of this section by any person shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined by not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or imprisonment in jail for a term of not less than one (1) year, or both penalties in the discretion of the court.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 6 - New San Juan Center Project (§§ 141 — 157) › § 157 - Applicable provisions

The provisions of §§ 581—595 of Title 7 shall be applicable to the Corporation.
History —June 23, 1971, No. 81, p. 237, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 7 - Historic Zones, Buildings, and Monuments (§§ 161 — 190uu) › § 161 - Ancient or historic zones and touristic interest zones—Building permits

For the purpose of preserving the historic treasures of Puerto Rico, and developing tourism through the conservation and protection of special places and structures, and the orderly planning of the construction of new structures, it is hereby provided that every application for a building permit, use permit or any other kind of application for permit filed with the Permit Management Office to be used within the boundaries of an ancient or historic zone or within the boundaries of a zone of tourist interest shall previously be reviewed and authorized with regard to its details, architectural features, and proper relationship with the character of such zone, in the way hereinafter provided and consistent with the other applicable laws.
In the case of an ancient or historic zone, the Permit Management Office shall require the favorable recommendation of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture before authorizing any building or use permits.
In the case of a zone of tourist interest, no franchise, permit, authorization or license for works, constructions, installations, services, use or activities within said zone may be granted by the Permit Management Office, as determined by law, without the previous favorable report of the Tourist Company.
History —May 14, 1949, No. 374, p. 1144, § 1; June 8, 1972, No. 8, p. 360, § 1; July 15, 1975, No. 4, p. 575, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 7 - Historic Zones, Buildings, and Monuments (§§ 161 — 190uu) › § 162 - Ancient or historic zones and touristic interest zones—Approval of plans; standards

For the purposes of §§ 161—166 of this title and in addition to its other obligations and duties, the Permit Management Office shall pass judgment on the propriety of each and every one of the additions (including signs), architectural features, color and other characteristics of any building, structure, appurtenance, or part thereof which, on and after the effectiveness of this act, it may be desired to build, rebuild, enlarge, alter, restore, demolish or develop in any other way within any ancient or historic zone or zone of tourist interest. In both cases, said judgment shall include the use to which the property is intended, and in the cases of tourist interest the Permit Management Office shall count on the endorsement of the Tourist Company, and in the cases of ancient or historic zones on that of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
The Planning Board shall prepare and adopt for its own guidance and for that of the public, such regulations, standards, plans, architectural drawings, maps, sketches or studies as it may deem requisite for the buildings or projects in these zones. Such regulations, standards, plans, architectural drawings, maps, sketches or studies shall be coordinated with and shall require the endorsement of the Puerto Rico Tourist Company in the case of zones of tourist interest and that of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in the case of ancient or historic zones.
The Planning Board may request the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and the Puerto Rico Tourist Company to prepare the studies, drawings, sketches, plans or maps and to conduct the proceedings the Board may deem pertinent to delegate to them, for the establishment of ancient or historic zones and zones of tourist interest, respectively.
The Planning Board may also delegate to said agencies such functions compatible with their activities as may propitiate the most effective enforcement of §§ 161-166 of this title.
The above-mentioned regulations shall be adopted subject to the provisions of §§ 62-63j and 161-166 of this title.
History —May 14, 1949, No. 374, p. 1144, § 2; Mar. 2, 1951, No. 1, p. 2; June 8, 1972, No. 8, p. 360, § 2; July 15, 1975, No. 4, p. 575, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 7 - Historic Zones, Buildings, and Monuments (§§ 161 — 190uu) › § 163 - Ancient or historic zones and touristic interest zones—Establishment

The Puerto Rico Planning Board is hereby empowered to establish ancient or historic zones in coordination with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and zones of tourist interest in coordination with the Tourist Company anywhere in Puerto Rico. The said zones may include one or more lots or properties, or only a part of same, whether they are public or private property; they shall be established pursuant to the procedure of previous public hearing provided for by § 62z of this title and the resolutions establishing said zones shall be effective and have the force of law fifteen (15) days after being adopted by the Board. The same procedure shall be observed for the discontinuance, enlargement, reduction, or any other modification of the area of said zones.
An ancient or historic zone is an area within which the buildings, structures, appurtenances, and places are of basic and vital importance for the development of culture and tourism because of their association with history; because of their unique Spanish colonial style, including color, proportions, form, and architectural details; because of their being a part of, or related to a plaza, park, or area, the design or general arrangement of which should be preserved and/or developed according to a fixed plan based on cultural, historical, or architectural motives or purposes in general.
A zone of tourist interest is any area of Puerto Rico having as an integral part of its geographical location or within the environs thereof a series of natural and artificial attractions which are at present developed or have tourist potential, such as beaches, lakes, bays, historical sites and places of great natural beauty, within which the buildings, structures, natural beauty and other things are of basic and vital importance for the development of tourism in Puerto Rico.
On and after the effectiveness of this act and for the purpose of preserving the nature of ancient or historic zones, and zones of tourist interest it shall be required to obtain authorization from the Permit Management Office for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, enlargement, removal or partial or total demolition of any building within the areas comprised in the ancient or historic zones, and the zones of tourist interest, pursuant to the procedure established by §§ 161—166 of this title or this regulation.
History —May 14, 1949, No. 374, p. 1144, § 3; Mar. 2, 1951, No. 1, p. 2; June 8, 1972, No. 8, p. 360, § 3; July 15, 1975, No. 4, p. 575, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 7 - Historic Zones, Buildings, and Monuments (§§ 161 — 190uu) › § 164 - Ancient or historic zones and touristic interest zones—Procedure for approval of permits

Every plan, blueprint, elevation, and all other information accompanying each request for a building, use or any other kind of permit to be effected within an ancient or historic zone or within a zone of tourist interest shall be approved or authorized by the Permit Management Office after a favorable report by the Puerto Rico Tourist Company in the case of zones of tourist interest, and that by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in the case of ancient or historic zones. The Permit Management Office shall take into consideration the design and general arrangement, the material, the color, and the architectural style of the building or structure in question, or the use or project to be developed, and the proper relationship thereof with the features and characteristics of the nearby buildings and the immediate neighborhood in general, and may request any information it deems necessary in order to have all the elements of judgment required to appraise and process each application.
In the case of disapproval in whole or in part, the Permit Management Office shall state the reasons for such action, making, in turn, recommendations on the most suitable design, arrangement, material, or color for the property, project, or works in question, on the basis of standards or plans as the Planning Board may have fixed or may deem suitable for the zone where such project is located.
History —May 14, 1949, No. 374, p. 1144, § 4; June 8, 1972, No. 8, p. 360, § 4; July 15, 1975, No. 4, p. 575, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 7 - Historic Zones, Buildings, and Monuments (§§ 161 — 190uu) › § 165 - Ancient or historic zones and touristic interest zones—Review by Reviewing Board

In the event that a building permit or a permit for the development of a project is so denied, the applicant may resort directly to the Reviewing Board for review within the term of twenty (20) days as of the date notice is served of such resolution or agreement of the Permit Management Office or of the authorized professional following the procedure provided for in §§ 9022—9022f of this title.
History —May 14, 1949, No. 374, p. 1144, § 5; Oct. 10, 1987, No. 8, p. 1057, § 1; Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 19.2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 7 - Historic Zones, Buildings, and Monuments (§§ 161 — 190uu) › § 165a - Ancient or historic zones and touristic interest zones—Prior requirements

In harmony with the provisions of §§ 161-166 of this title, known as the “Ancient or Historic Zones and Touristic Interest Zones Act”, no action may be implemented in an old or historic zone or in a tourist interest zone by private persons or government agencies, including municipalities, to modify traffic or alter buildings, structures, property, places, squares, parks, or areas of the zone without the previous approval of the Planning Board or the Permit Management Office, as the case may be. The corresponding agency may not approve any of the actions noted herein without a written recommendation from the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, in the case of old or historic zones, and by the Tourism Company, in the case of a tourist interest zone.
For those actions of the nature indicated in the preceding paragraph that have been implemented prior to the approval of this act or are to be implemented in the future, the Planning Board, motu proprio, and with the advice of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in the case of old or historic zones and of the Tourism Company in the case of tourist interest zones, or at the request of any of said agencies or any official, entity, or interested person, may initiate the corresponding investigation to determine if the action in question conforms to the purposes and objectives of §§ 161-166 of this title. The Planning Board may request the needed information from all sources it may deem pertinent, shall offer the parties a reasonable period of time to express themselves regarding the information received or generated, and may hold an administrative or public hearing to obtain information in such cases the Board may deem it necessary. After evaluating the information and evidence obtained, the Planning Board may order, among other things, the stay of the implementation of the action in question and the return of the zone to its original state, require the modification of the action implemented or in the course of being implemented, or condition the continuance of the implementation of the action on meeting with the corresponding requirements to guarantee that the purposes and objectives of §§ 161-166 of this title are attained.
Any party affected by the determination of the Planning Board may resort to the Court of Appeals for review, whereas any party affected by the determination of the Permit Management Office, Adjudicatory Board, Autonomous Municipalities with I to V granted hierarchy, or an authorized professional may resort to the Reviewing Board for review, except as otherwise provided by law, pursuant to the provisions of § 165 of this title.
History —May 14, 1949, No. 374, p. 1144, added as § 6 on Oct. 10, 1987, No. 8, p. 953, § 2; Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 19.1; Nov. 23, 2010, No. 175, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART I - Public Planning (§§ 1 — 229ccc) › Chapter 7 - Historic Zones, Buildings, and Monuments (§§ 161 — 190uu) › § 166 - Ancient or historic zones and touristic interest zones—Penalty

Any person who violates §§ 161—166 of this title or any regulations related thereto, and promulgated to enforce it, who is found guilty of violating it shall be fined a minimum of five hundred dollars ($500) and a maximum of two thousand dollars ($2,000).
The court shall also specify in the sentence a term, which shall not exceed three (3) years, during which building or use permits may not be issued by the Permit Management Office on properties where §§ 161—166 of this title or any related regulation has been violated. The court shall notify said sentence to the corresponding Registry of Property for its annotation therein.
History —May 14, 1949, No. 374, p. 1144, added as § 5A on June 16, 1953, No. 88; July 15, 1975, No. 4, p. 575, § 6; June 28, 1978, No. 84, § 1; renumbered as § 7 on Oct. 10, 1987, No. 8, p. 953, § 3.