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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VIII - 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System (§§ 1166 — 1166g) › § 1166d - Appropriation of funds

The Office of Management and Budget is hereby directed to make an annual appropriation of funds for the operation of the 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System. The annual appropriation of funds for the operation of the 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System shall be made separate from the appropriation of funds received by the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Corporation for its operation. As an initial appropriation for Fiscal Year 2012-2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OGP, Spanish acronym) shall transfer the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System, unless any other entity of the Government of Puerto Rico provides for its financing. As for the classification of funds, OGP is hereby directed to create a subsidiary structure for the program within the budget of the Conservatory to set aside and separate its funds from those appropriated to the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Corporation.
The 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System may receive contributions in cash, in kind, or real and personal property from private or public entities without limits of any type or nature.
History —May 23, 2012, No. 94 § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VIII - 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System (§§ 1166 — 1166g) › § 1166e - Administration of resources

The funds appropriated to the 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System shall be under the custody of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Corporation as the parent company of such corporation. The Conservatory shall establish the applicable regulations for the administration and accounting of said funds.
The resources appropriated by virtue of this subchapter shall be used to satisfy the needs of the Program, including, but not limited to: administrative and academic expenses, musical instruments, educational materials, travel and incidental expenses to prepare official representatives of the groups within the system for performances in or outside Puerto Rico, which resources shall proceed from:
(a) Annual appropriations of the Legislative Assembly for the development and financing of the 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System.
(b) Contributions from businesses, groups, nonprofit institutions, partnerships, and corporate entities from the private sector, private citizens, and federal, Commonwealth, and municipal government entities.
(c) Interest earned on account of investments made with the funds of the 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System.
(d) Transfers of real or personal property authorized by the Governor through an Executive Order.
(e) Any case in which, pursuant to this section, the Government of Puerto Rico must transfer specific real property to the System, which transfer shall be made by virtue of a certification issued by the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works in the name and on behalf of the Government of Puerto Rico, describing such property and including the annotation of the recordation thereof in the Property Registry. The Property Registrars shall acknowledge said certification when registering the title deed in favor of the grantee.
History —May 23, 2012, No. 94 § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VIII - 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System (§§ 1166 — 1166g) › § 1166f - Application of other statutes

The provisions of this subchapter shall be implemented in accordance with §§ 1163c-1163i of this title, namely the Organic Act of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Corporation.
History —May 23, 2012, No. 94 § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VIII - 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System (§§ 1166 — 1166g) › § 1166g - Aid and assistance from the Conservatory of Music

The Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Corporation is hereby authorized to provide office space, equipment, technical and professional personnel, or any other assistance or service deemed necessary for the operation of the 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestra and Youth and Children’s Choirs System.
History —May 23, 2012, No. 94 § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1195 - Institute of Puerto Rican Culture—Reorganization

The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby reorganized as an official, corporate and autonomous entity whose purpose is to preserve, promote, enrich and diffuse the cultural values of the Puerto Rican people, and achieve a broader and fuller awareness thereof.
History —June 21, 1955, No. 89, p. 374, § 1; July 31, 1985, No. 5, p. 796, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1196 - Institute of Puerto Rican Culture—Board of Directors

From the effective date of this act, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall have a Board of Directors composed of nine (9) members, eight (8) of [whom] shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The ninth member of the Board of Directors shall be the Chairman of the Musical Arts Corporation with full right to voice and vote. The members appointed shall be persons of recognized competence and knowledge of Puerto Rican cultural values and shall be outstanding in their appreciation thereof. Three (3) of the eight (8) members shall be appointed directly by the Governor from among persons of recognized interest and knowledge of Puerto Rican cultural values; three (3) may be selected, upon prior recommendation, from among twelve (12) candidates proposed by the Board of Directors of the following institutions: (a) Ateneo Puertorriqueño, three (3) candidates; (b) Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española, three (3) candidates; (c) Academia Puertorriqueña de la Historia, three (3) candidates, and (d) Academia de Artes y Ciencias, three (3) candidates. The Governor shall appoint two (2) additional members representing the Cultural Centers of the Island, attached to the Institute. One of these shall be a youth eighteen (18) to thirty (30) years of age and his/her appointment shall be for a four (4) -year term. One (1) of the eight (8) members appointed as Directors shall be designated as Chairman of the Board by the Governor. Five (5) of the directors shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and four (4) shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. When the term of the first eight (8) members expires, successive appointments shall be made for a term of four (4) years each and until their successors are appointed and take office. In case a vacancy should occur, the Governor shall make a new appointment for the unexpired term of the person who caused it, subject to the provisions of this section that apply to said appointment. The directors shall not receive a salary, but shall receive per diems of fifty dollars ($50) for each meeting they attend. They shall also be entitled to reimbursement of traveling expenses authorized by the Board. Five (5) directors shall constitute a quorum for the holding of meetings. The meeting to organize the Board shall be called by the Governor. Subsequent meetings shall be held according to the bylaws approved to such effects by the Board of Directors.
History —June 21, 1955, No. 89, p. 374, § 2; July 23, 1974, No. 148, Part 1, p. 683; July 31, 1985, No. 5, p. 796, § 2; Oct. 4, 2007, No. 141, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1197 - Institute of Puerto Rican Culture—Personnel

(a) The Board by a majority of its members shall appoint an Executive Director who shall be a person of recognized background and services in behalf of Puerto Rican culture, subject to the direction or general inspection of the Board, and shall serve at its volition. The Executive Director shall reside in Puerto Rico and shall receive a salary and hold a rank equivalent to a Secretary of the Government.
(b) The Executive Director shall appoint the personnel needed to perform or exercise the functions, powers and duties conferred to the Institute. The Institute shall be an Individual Administrator, as the term is defined in Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”. With the prior written consent of the Administrator of the Central Office of Personnel Administration and of the Director of the Office of Management and the Budget, the Executive Director may contract the services of the employees and officials of any other agency, instrumentality, dependency, public institution or political subdivision of the Commonwealth, and may pay them due compensation for the additional services they give the Institute after their regular working hours as public servants, without being subject to the provisions of § 551 of Title 3 and the provisions of any other act. When requesting said authorization the Executive Director shall justify the need to contract such personnel.
History —June 21, 1955, No. 89, p. 374, § 3; June 28, 1957, No. 109, p. 496; June 30, 1965, No. 122, p. 352; July 31, 1985, No. 5, p. 796, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1199 - Institute of Puerto Rican Culture—Fund

(a) To perform the functions authorized by §§ 1195—1201 of this title the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture Fund is hereby created.
(b) To this fund shall be credited the receipts derived from any operations carried out under such sections, and all funds appropriated, assigned, transferred, or donated to the Institute. The Fund shall be available for the payment of all expenses of the Institute hereunder and may be invested in debentures of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its dependencies and public corporations, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.
(c) The funds of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall be deposited in recognized banking institutions located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The accounts shall be opened in the name of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. Disbursements shall be made according to the norms and regulations approved by the Board of Directors with the recommendation of the Executive Director.
(d) The Institute shall establish an accounting system with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury for the adequate control and registration of all its operations. The Institute’s accounts shall be kept in such a way that they can be separated by activities or programs as the Executive Director of the Institute may determine.
(e) The Institute shall submit to the Legislature each year, through the Office of the Governor, its budget of expenses and the budget of expenses of each one of its programs, according to the provisions of §§ 101 et seq. of Title 23.
History —June 21, 1955, No. 89, p. 374, § 5; July 31, 1985, No. 5, p. 796, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1199a - Special Fund—Creation

A special fund to be designated as the “Special Fund of the Theatrical Division of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture” is hereby created in the books of the Department of the Treasury of Puerto Rico, which shall be attached to the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, and without a specific fiscal year. It shall be governed pursuant to the rules and regulations that the Institute adopts with the prior approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, in harmony with the provisions in force for the administration of similar funds. This fund shall be kept apart from other public funds under its custody. Said fund shall be composed of the following items which shall be used by the Theatrical Division for the promotion of the dramatic arts:
(a) The appropriations provided by §§ 1199a—1199e of this title and those which the Legislature may allot in the future to the special fund created herein.
(b) Any other monies donated, transferred or yielded by bodies of the United States, Commonwealth or municipal governments or by private entities or persons.
These items shall be deposited in said Special Fund by the Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and by the Director of the Theatrical Division, respectively, and shall be used for the purposes provided in §§ 1199a—1199e of this title.
History —Mar. 8, 1988, No. 8, p. 50, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1199b - Special Fund—Utilization; regulation

The Theatrical Division of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall establish, through regulations to such effects, everything concerning the form and manner that said funds shall be used and channeled for the purpose of ensuring their best use.
History —Mar. 8, 1988, No. 8, p. 50, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1199c - Special Fund—Application; requirements

Only those corporations or companies engaged in the production of performances related to theatrical arts and who meet the following requirements, shall be entitled to request said funds:
(a) Must be duly incorporated or registered pursuant to the laws in force;
(b) must be a nonprofit entity;
(c) must be recognized and recommended by the Theatrical Division of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, and
(d) must contribute an amount equal to that of the funds requested, which can be in cash, in kind or a combination of both.
Only an amount which shall not exceed the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) can be requested from the Special Fund for each production or spectacle that is produced.
History —Mar. 8, 1988, No. 8, p. 50, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1199d - Special Fund—Obligation to control

It shall be the duty of the Theatrical Division to see that the funds appropriated to the Special Fund are used for the purposes stated in §§ 1199a—1199e of this title, and shall submit a report to the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture annually, which at the same time shall include it in its annual report to the Legislature regarding the work carried out by the Institute with these funds.
History —Mar. 8, 1988, No. 8, p. 50, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1199e - Special Fund—Guarantee of participation

It shall be the duty of the Theatrical Divison to ensure that those producers who meet the requirements established in § 1199c of this title shall participate in and have access to the monies from the Special Fund.
History —Mar. 8, 1988, No. 8, p. 50, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1199f - Special Fund for Productora Nacional de Teatro, Inc

A special fund for no specific fiscal year to be called “Special Fund for the Productora Nacional de Teatro, Inc.”, attached to the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, is hereby created in the books of the Department of the Treasury of Puerto Rico to be governed according to the norms and regulations that the aforesaid, with the previous approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall adopt pursuant to the provisions in effect for the administration of similar funds. This fund shall be kept separate from other public funds under the custody of the aforesaid. Said fund shall be made up of the following entries:
(a) Monies appropriated by the Legislature to the Special Fund hereby created.
(b) The net receipts from any operation, ticket sales, commercial advertisements and activities carried out for the benefit of Productora Nacional de Teatro, Inc. shall be credited to this Fund.
(c) Any other monies donated, transferred or granted by agencies of the federal, Commonwealth or municipal governments or private entities or persons.
These items shall be deposited by the Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in the aforesaid Special Fund and shall be used to help subsidize the Productora Nacional de Teatro, Inc.
History —Dec. 20, 1991, No. 120, § 1, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1200 - Special Fund for Productora Nacional de Teatro, Inc.—Transfers

The Governor is hereby authorized to transfer to the Institute, upon recommendation of the Board, the functions and such funds, properties, personnel and records of the departments, divisions, dependencies and public corporations of the Commonwealth Government as are in keeping with the functions of the Institute described in § 1198 of this title. Every transfer shall be made by the Governor through an Executive Order and copy thereof shall be transmitted to the Legislature, for its information, at the regular or special session closest to the date said order was issued.
History —June 21, 1955, No. 89, p. 374, § 6, eff. July 25, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1201 - Special Fund for Productora Nacional de Teatro, Inc.—Annual report

The Institute shall submit to the Governor, for transmittal to the Legislature at the beginning of each regular session, an annual report of its operations.
History —June 21, 1955, No. 89, p. 374, § 7, eff. July 25, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1202 - Ateneo Puertorriqueño

(a) The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is hereby appropriated annually for the Puerto Rico Atheneum to help this institution accomplish the public purposes sought by it. If any portion of the funds appropriated is not used during the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, the same shall revert to the Commonwealth Treasury at the close of the fiscal year. It shall be the duty of the directors of the Atheneum to render a detailed annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Office of the Comptroller, stating when, where and how the funds appropriated by this section have been spent. It shall also be the duty of the directors of the Atheneum to send a copy of said report to the Clerk of the House of Representatives when they should be so required.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “operating expenses” shall mean the sums necessary to keep the institution going, including compensation of the employees designated by its Governing Board.
(c) The Ateneo Puertorriqueño may match the funds consigned herein with any other resources available in the Commonwealth, Federal or Municipal Governments, as well as with private gifts.
History —Mar. 1, 1956, No. 5, p. 8, §§ 1, 2; June 19, 1961, No. 81, p. 158, § 1; Aug. 30, 1990, No. 75, p. 460, §§ 2 and 3; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 125, § 2; Aug. 29, 2002, No. 224, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1203 - Fine Arts Center

A center of art is hereby created to be devoted to the development, conservation, enrichment, promotion, divulgation and study of all kinds of fine arts of Puerto Rico and of other countries. The center shall be known as the “Fine Arts Center”.
History —June 19, 1970, No. 11, p. 425, § 1, eff. July 1, 1970.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1204 - Ponce Museum of Art

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico to facilitate for the People of Puerto Rico those activities that foster and propitiate a cultural and artistic development, among others, as a necessary part of a better quality of life, by granting the necessary financial and other related assistance to institutions or organizations such as the Museo de Arte de Ponce.
History —Aug. 2, 2000, No. 227, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1204a - Museum of Contemporary Art

(a) Public policy. — It is hereby stated to be a public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the granting of continuing financial aid to the Museum of Contemporary Art to promote [the] plastic arts [among] our youth, maintain a museum of pictorial and sculptural works of art, carry out educational and cultural activities, and maintain [a] document center on contemporary art accessible to the general public.
(b) Unclaimed funds. — The funds not claimed by the Museum of Contemporary Art at the close of each fiscal year shall be used by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture during the following three fiscal years for the acquisition of works of art.
(c) Regulation. — The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby directed to draw up the pertinent regulations to establish the procedures and requirements under which the funds consigned in the annual budget of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are to be given to the Museum of Contemporary Art. Providing, That in the event said regulations are not in effect for the budget request of fiscal year 1995-1996, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall be governed by the same norms and criteria it currently uses to hand over the items appropriated to the Ponce Art Museum or the Luis Muñoz Marín Foundation.
(d) Additional funds. — The provisions in subsections (a)—(c) of this section shall not limit the authority of the Legislature to appropriate additional funds to the Museum of Contemporary Art from unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth Government Budget through a Joint Resolution approved for such purposes.
(e) Recourse of mandamus. — The Museum of Contemporary Art may resort to a mandamus, pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, in order to enforce the provisions of this section.
History —Aug. 19, 1994, No. 91, §§ 1—7; Jan. 16, 1999, No. 49, § 1; Jan. 3, 2002, No. 2, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1204b - National Library—Duties and functions

The Puerto Rico National Library shall have the following functions and duties:
(a) It shall develop and maintain a broad bibliographic collection on all subjects of human knowledge, and in particular on Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans, open to the general public.
(b) It shall make efforts to identify and to add to its collection any documentary piece produced on the island or abroad related one way or another with Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans.
(c) It shall serve as depository of any documentary work published in Puerto Rico which, due to its nature, is not to be part of the Puerto Rico General Archive, for which the necessary coordination system shall be developed with the latter.
(d) It shall establish a special coordination with the Puerto Rican Collection of the Puerto Rico University General Library and with any other libraries holding Puerto Rican collections, for the purpose of establishing a master registry with all the bibliographic sources in the country about Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans.
(e) It shall disseminate Puerto Rican National Bibliography in Puerto Rico and abroad.
(f) It shall develop and present bibliographic services in accordance with the most advanced notions of the subject and with the most modern technological applications; and it shall address them to the public in general so that the same can freely acquire and increase awareness in all fields of knowledge.
(g) It shall formulate a National Plan of Library Development in collaboration with the Graduate School of Science and Technology of Information, insuring its future realization and its permanent evaluation, and it shall create a National System of Libraries that includes school and municipal libraries, as well as public specialized libraries.
(h) It shall foster the development, evaluation, maintenance, continuous updating and dissemination of a National Collective Catalogue or master registry of bibliographic sources in the country.
(i) It shall be responsible for the conservation of its bibliographic assets in conformity with the most advanced techniques and for aiding the preservation of documentary assets, particularly those of its Puerto Rican collection, through the use of available media other than paper.
(j) It shall participate actively in all projects aimed at the establishment and the development of the Puerto Rico Virtual Library.
(k) It shall develop educational and cultural activities to promote the strengthening of the Puerto Rican national identity.
History —Aug. 17, 2003, No. 188, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1204c - Expres-Arte a Todo Rincón—Objectives

The Expres-Arte a Todo Rincón Program shall have the following main objectives:
(a) To improve the quality of life of special communities through cultural expressions and manifestations;
(b) to diffuse and promote the cultural values of the People of Puerto Rico;
(c) to promote creative experiences through diverse cultural workshops and activities which promote and develop communities which are culturally self-sufficient;
(d) to expose underprivileged sectors in our population to creative experiences which encompass culture, both in its popular and in its more sophisticated manifestations;
(e) to provide cultural and educational experiences which enrich the lives of participants and render them capable to function socially and productively;
(f) to generate social skills through the arts;
(g) to contribute to the formation of our People through the arts and the creation and pursuit of means of expression;
(h) to stimulate and develop in our people new ways in which to relate with their surroundings and in which to create and generate new proposals to improve our quality of life, and
(i) to promote the development of micro-enterprises to market the products generated at the workshops and other activities developed by the Program, thus generating both direct and indirect jobs.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 363, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1204d - Expres-Arte a Todo Rincón—Groups with special needs

The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall establish and develop a plan of action aimed at promoting the participation of minors, persons with disabilities and the elderly in the Expres-Arte a Todo Rincón Program. To such end, the Institute shall procure and receive the collaboration of the Department of the Family, the Department of Education, the Office of the Advocate for Persons with Disabilities, and the Office of Elderly Affairs.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 363, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1204e - Expres-Arte a Todo Rincón—Assessment

The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall conduct an assessment of the results of the implementation of the Program created by virtue of §§ 1204c—1204e of this title and shall include its findings, conclusions, and recommendations as part of a report which it shall submit to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Legislature at the end of each fiscal year.
History —Sept. 16, 2004, No. 363, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1204f - Special Fund for the Matienzo and Music Hall Theaters

(a) Creation and purpose. — It is hereby created in the books of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture a special rotary fund to be known as the “Special Fund for the Administration, Operation and Maintenance of the Matienzo and Music Hall Theaters”, which shall be governed pursuant to the standards and regulations it may adopt in accordance with the provisions in effect for the administration of similar funds. This Fund shall used exclusively to cover the expenses related to the administration, operation and maintenance of the Matienzo and Music Hall Theatrical Complex.
(b) Origin of the funds. — This Fund shall consist of and be nourished from the following items:
(1) Legislative appropriations provided, established pursuant to §§ 3 and 4 of this Act.
(2) The net income received by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture for leasing the halls and for advertisements and donations, among others.
(3) Other appropriations derived from the matching of municipal, Commonwealth and federal funds; as well as donations received from private entities as established in subsection (d) of this section.
These items shall be deposited by the Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in the aforementioned special rotary fund and be exclusively used for the purposes provided in this section without the unspent surplus of the legislative appropriation having to revert to the General Fund at the end of the fiscal year pursuant to the provisions of §§ 283—283p of Title 3. The Fund created in this section is hereby excluded from the provisions of § 107 of Title 23.
(c) Annual report. — The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall be responsible for overseeing that the funds appropriated for the Special Rotary Fund are used for the purposes established in this section. The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall annually render a report to the Legislature and to the Governor setting forth all matters related to the use of the funds herein appropriated and the work carried out in the aforementioned Theatrical Complex.
(d) Matching of funds. — The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby authorized to match the funds herein appropriated with any other Municipal, Commonwealth or Federal funds; and with donations from private entities in order to comply with the provisions of this section.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 511, §§ 1, 2, 5, 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1204h - Bellas Artes del Oeste Center

(a) The Centro de Bellas Artes del Oeste is hereby created to be devoted to the development, conservation, enrichment, promotion, circulation and study of all national and international fine arts.
(b) The construction of the Centro de Bellas Artes del Oeste shall be carried out in the following stages:
(1) A first stage to begin not later than a year after the date of approval of this act, to include the construction of a concert hall with around three thousand (3,000) seats, a stage design workshop, a stage properties storeroom, a wardrobe, a makeup area, dressing rooms, an emergency room, two rehearsal halls and administrative offices.
(2) A second stage to begin not later than the second year after the first stage has concluded, to include the construction of a festivals theater with around two thousand (2,000) seats, plastic arts exhibition halls, a dramatic arts schoolroom and any workshops that may be necessary to study and produce stage plays.
(c) The Municipality of Mayagüez shall identify the land with the most suitable dimensions for the construction of the Centro de Bellas Artes del Oeste from among the lots of land property of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for the subsequent free transfer of the same, or if necessary, the Legislature shall appropriate funds for the acquisition of privately owned land.
(d) The amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) from unencumbered funds of the Commonwealth Treasury is hereby appropriated during fiscal year 2004-2005 to cover administrative expenses and to study, design, and draft the preliminary plans of the Centro de Bellas Artes del Oeste.
(e) The Municipality of Mayagüez is hereby authorized to incur expenses for an amount of up to thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) to acquire land through purchase or expropriation, and to study, design and build the Centro de Bellas Artes del Oeste.
(f) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to advance the funds authorized in subsection (e) of the section. The funds for paying this obligation shall be consigned in the General Budget for fiscal year 2005-2006 and subsequent years, as provided by the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico and the Office of Management and Budget.
(g) The Municipality of Mayagüez is hereby authorized to match the funds herein appropriated through the credit line with Commonwealth, municipal and federal contributions.
History —Aug. 20, 2004, No. 217, §§ 1—7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 77 - Puerto Rican Culture (§§ 1191-1194 — 1204i) › § 1204i - Puerto Rican Music Hall of Fame and Museum

(a) The “Puerto Rican Music Hall of Fame and Museum”, devoted to recognizing Puerto Rican composers, singers, musicians, arrangers, and backing vocalists who have distinguished themselves both locally and internationally, is hereby created.
(b) The Puerto Rican Music Hall of Fame and Museum shall be located in one of the buildings under the jurisdiction of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, the Sports and Recreation Department, the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO), or any other agency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as determined by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall have the responsibility to ensure that the selected building allows for the establishment of the Puerto Rican Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the execution of the necessary contracts and agreements to guarantee its outfitting and maintenance.
(c) The Puerto Rican Music Hall of Fame and Museum shall be attached to the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. The latter shall adopt regulations that include the necessary parameters to allow for its operation by a non-profit organization that meets all the requirements set forth in said regulations, so as to comply with the purposes of this section. The aforesaid non-profit organization shall adopt regulations to govern its operations.
(d) The non-profit organization that shall manage the Puerto Rican Music Hall of Fame and Museum shall establish the necessary guidelines to select inductees into the Puerto Rican Music Hall of Fame and Museum and, in so doing, shall have complete autonomy when making such selection, without pressure from either the government or any political party.
History —Dec. 17, 2014, No. 221, §§ 1—4, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 79 - Educational Agreement (§§ 1221 — 1227) › § 1221 - Authorization

The Governor of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to sign, in the name of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an Educational Agreement with one or more states and territories, and with the Government of the United States of America, aimed at encouraging the interchange of ideas and information with regard to education between the parties to the agreement.
History —June 10, 1966, J.R. No. 20, p. 472, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 79 - Educational Agreement (§§ 1221 — 1227) › § 1223 - Additional provisions

The Educational Agreement hereby authorized may contain, in addition to the provisions authorized in § 1222 of this title, and subject to such provisions and to the other provisions of this chapter, such other provisions as may be deemed proper or desirable, including provisions to the following effects, but without excluding such others as may be deemed proper or desirable:
(a) Provisions aimed at permitting the federal government to sign or cooperate with the agreement, and to participate in the Commission on Education through ten (10) nonvoting representatives.
(b) Provisions aimed at permitting the election, by the Steering Committee of the Commission on Education, of ten (10) additional nonvoting members of the Commission on Education for periods of one year each.
History —June 10, 1966, J.R. No. 20, p. 472, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 79 - Educational Agreement (§§ 1221 — 1227) › § 1224 - Prohibited provisions

The Educational Agreement hereby authorized shall not contain any provision incompatible with the term of this authorization, or which in any way affects or impairs the responsibility and authority of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its executive, legislative and judicial powers with respect to education and instruction.
History —June 10, 1966, J.R. No. 20, p. 472, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 79 - Educational Agreement (§§ 1221 — 1227) › § 1225 - Languages

The Governor of Puerto Rico may sign the Educational Agreement hereby authorized in English; and he shall transmit a copy of the text of the agreement signed by him to each one of the Houses of the Legislature of Puerto Rico, jointly with the Spanish translation of the text in the event he has signed it in English, at the beginning of the next regular session of the said legislative bodies next following the date on which the agreement has been signed.
History —June 10, 1966, J.R. No. 20, p. 472, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 79 - Educational Agreement (§§ 1221 — 1227) › § 1226 - Notice

In case the Governor of Puerto Rico signs the agreement, he shall report such action to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico within the three (3) days next following the date of such signing; and both the Governor and the presiding officers of the legislative bodies of Puerto Rico may, of course, undertake the action contemplated by the agreement, and such other as may be necessary, in order to carry out its provisions.
History —June 10, 1966, J.R. No. 20, p. 472, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 81 - Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans (§§ 1251 — 1256) › § 1251 - Creation; composition

It is the duty of all people to honor their illustrious sons. The monuments erected, either in marble or bronze, to their memory, beside being a token of just recognition, are also perpetual teachings of culture, of noble performance and patriotism. The coming generations should receive them in their early years if they are to profit from them for the formation of their personality.
It is hereby declared as public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to honor the memory of the illustrious sons of this country by erecting statues and monuments to render their memory everlasting. Therefore, the Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans is hereby created, to be composed of seven (7) members to wit: the Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, who shall be the Chairman of the Committee, four (4) persons designated by the Board of Directors of the said Institute, one of whom shall be a mayor; and a Senator appointed by the President of the Senate and a Representative appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
History —May 31, 1968, No. 64, p. 108, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 81 - Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans (§§ 1251 — 1256) › § 1252 - Powers

The Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans, in accordance with norms adopted to the effect, shall designate the Puerto Rican personalities to whose memories monuments will be erected in accordance with the terms of this chapter; shall determine the location of the same and manner in which the designs for the monuments shall be chosen which are to be erected as well as the designation of the architects, sculptors and other artists to whom the erection of such may be ordered.
The Committee shall also adopt bylaws for its internal operation and for the administration of the funds it may have available for the carrying out of its commitment.
History —May 31, 1968, No. 64, p. 108, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 81 - Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans (§§ 1251 — 1256) › § 1253 - Regulations

The norms and regulations provided in § 1252 of this title shall take effect upon the approval of the Governor of Puerto Rico to whose consideration they shall be submitted.
History —May 31, 1968, No. 64, p. 108, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 81 - Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans (§§ 1251 — 1256) › § 1254 - Acceptance of gifts

The Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans is hereby authorized to accept and use, for the purposes of this chapter, gifts from public or private entities or from private persons, whether they be made for an undetermined general character or for any specific use. When the gift be in money, same shall be covered into the Commonwealth Treasury where it shall be withheld at the disposal of the Committee for the purposes indicated by the donor.
History —May 31, 1968, No. 64, p. 108, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 81 - Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans (§§ 1251 — 1256) › § 1255 - Funds

The Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans shall carry out its commitment with the funds appropriated for such purpose by law and the funds derived from gifts.
History —May 31, 1968, No. 64, p. 108, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 81 - Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans (§§ 1251 — 1256) › § 1256 - Annual report

The Committee on Monuments to Illustrious Puerto Ricans shall render an itemized annual report of its work to the Governor of Puerto Rico and to the Legislature.
History —May 31, 1968, No. 64, p. 108, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 83 - Sabbatical Leaves (§§ 1271 — 1279) › § 1271 - Program; establishment

A sabbatical leave program for the teaching personnel of the Department of Education is hereby established to offer opportunities for professional and cultural improvement to said personnel.
History —May 31, 1973, No. 66, p. 302, § 1, eff. July 1, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 83 - Sabbatical Leaves (§§ 1271 — 1279) › § 1272 - Eligibility

Members of the school system engaged in education who have accumulated at least ten (10) years of service shall be entitled to enjoy sabbatical leave subject to the provisions of this chapter and to the regulation promulgated by the Secretary of Education for such purposes.
History —May 31, 1973, No. 66, p. 302, § 2, eff. July 1, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 83 - Sabbatical Leaves (§§ 1271 — 1279) › § 1273 - Members included

There shall be understood as members of the school system engaged in education, all classroom teachers, directors and assistant directors, superintendents and assistant superintendents, curriculum technicians, supervisors, directors of different teaching programs, and teachers of any other class that the Department of Education determines are an integral part of the teaching personnel.
History —May 31, 1973, No. 66, p. 302, § 3, eff. July 1, 1973.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 83 - Sabbatical Leaves (§§ 1271 — 1279) › § 1274 - Regulations

The Secretary of Education is hereby empowered to adopt the necessary rules and regulations to put into effect the provisions of this chapter. When adopting the regulation, the Secretary shall ask the advice of the teachers and the institutions representing them.
History —May 31, 1973, No. 66, p. 302, § 4, eff. July 1, 1973.