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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 102 - Urban Center Revitalization (§§ 1095 — 1095p) › Subchapter IV - Private Projects, Exemptions and Incentives of the Central Government (§§ 1095e — 1095g-1) › § 1095f - Project proposals

Every person shall submit a proposal to the Territorial Ordinance Office of the municipality with an area or historic zone plan, which shall evaluate the proposal, before carrying out or participating in a project for the rehabilitation of an urban center and receiving the tax benefits set forth in this chapter. In the case of a municipality in which said area or zone plan is not in effect, the proposal shall be submitted before the Office of the Director and it shall evaluate the proposal with the participation of the mayor of the municipality in which the project shall be developed and the Planning Board. Said evaluation shall be made pursuant to the Rehabilitation Plan approved for the urban center and the criteria established in § 1095d of this title. The proposal shall include the programming of the project, work plan, estimated time for the initiation and completion of the project, total investment, including sources of funds and financing, and the direct and indirect benefits of the project when established in the corresponding urban center.
The Territorial Ordinance Office of municipalities with area plans or a historic zone or in the case of municipalities that do not have them, the Office of the Director shall establish, by regulations, the additional requirements that said proposals shall include, and the procedure to consider them; notify their approval; program the development of the project; and supervise its compliance. The proposals must be approved or rejected within a term of not more than sixty (60) days.
Once the proponent is notified of the approval of the presented proposal, the Territorial Ordinance Office of the municipalities with area or historic zone plans or in the case of those municipalities lacking them, the Office of the Director, shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury the name, employer’s or social security number (in case of a natural person), the incentives that the proponent shall receive, if the proposed project is performed, the nature and uses of the project, the amount of the investment the starting date of the construction, and the estimated completation date of the project. The notice of the approval of the proposal does not establish the right of the proponent to receive the incentives granted by this chapter; for that to take place, the certification of completion of the project referred to in § 1095g of this title shall be a requirement.
History —Aug. 29, 2002, No. 212, § 4.02; Apr. 23, 2004, No. 102, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 102 - Urban Center Revitalization (§§ 1095 — 1095p) › Subchapter IV - Private Projects, Exemptions and Incentives of the Central Government (§§ 1095e — 1095g-1) › § 1095g-1 - Tax credit for entrepreneurs affected by urban centers revitalization projects

Every entrepreneur operating a business in urban centers and whose clientele has lessened or whose volume of sales has substantially decreased due to the development of revitalization projects carried out at the urban center in which his business is established shall be eligible for the following tax benefit:
(a) Every commercial entity established in the area affected by the construction of the urban center revitalization projects shall be entitled to a tax credit of eight percent (8%) from the fifty percent (50%) of the gross sales generated during the construction works period. The maximum credit amount shall not exceed the total tax liability reported in the income tax return for the previous year. Any taxpayer who receives this credit shall include in his income tax return a certification issued by the Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company identifying his business as a business affected by the construction works. No applications shall be accepted nor any incentives, credits, deductions, and other benefits described in this section shall be granted to projects whose construction has not begun as of June 30 th, 2015, or that have failed to submit a certificate of eligibility to the Department of the Treasury as of June 30 th, 2016; provided, that the aforementioned projects were eligible under the provisions of subsection (a)(5) of § 30210b of Title 13.
History —Aug. 29, 2002, No. 212, added as § 4.04 on Sept. 2, 2004, No. 245, § 1; Nov. 17, 2015, No. 187, § 82.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 102 - Urban Center Revitalization (§§ 1095 — 1095p) › Subchapter V - Municipal Government Exemptions or Exactions (§§ 1095h — 1095k) › § 1095h - Exemption from payment of taxes

The municipal governments concerned may approve ordinances to exempt from the payment of taxes on real and personal property, excise taxes on constructions, and the payment of municipal license taxes, to provide incentives for constructions, improvements, acquisition of machinery and equipment for rehabilitation projects, or businesses established or developed in urban centers pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Each municipality may establish the amount, term of the corresponding exemption and the conditions for its granting and enjoyment in order to attract the development of the revitalization project to the urban center and achieve the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 29, 2002, No. 212, § 5.01.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 102 - Urban Center Revitalization (§§ 1095 — 1095p) › Subchapter V - Municipal Government Exemptions or Exactions (§§ 1095h — 1095k) › § 1095j - Exactions for infrastructure projects

The municipal governments may adopt ordinances establishing the exactions they deem are necessary to finance the infrastructure projects that are partially or totally the responsibility of the municipalities, and are contemplated in the urban center Rehabilitation Plan or the Area Plan.
These exactions shall be imposed on the rise in the market value of the real property thus affected, generated by the effect of the infrastructure project to be built.
History —Aug. 29, 2002, No. 212, § 5.03.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 102 - Urban Center Revitalization (§§ 1095 — 1095p) › Subchapter V - Municipal Government Exemptions or Exactions (§§ 1095h — 1095k) › § 1095k - Exactions on empty lots or uninhabited or ruined structures

Two (2) years after the adoption of the area plan or Rehabilitation Plan for a municipality, the municipality may impose an exaction of up to five percent (5%) per annum of the market value to the owners of real property located in the urban center as delimited in this chapter, who have kept their empty lots, or uninhabited or ruined structures for more than three (3) years without having begun any rehabilitation project on said property.
History —Aug. 29, 2002, No. 212, § 5.04.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 102 - Urban Center Revitalization (§§ 1095 — 1095p) › Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1095l — 1095p) › § 1095l - Special Fund—Creation

A special fund entitled “Urban Centers Rehabilitation Fund,” henceforth “the Fund” is hereby created in the books of the Department of the Treasury to be administered by the Director pursuant to the instructions of the Secretary.
The Fund shall be nourished with:
(a) Legislative appropriations.
(b) Any money donated, transferred or otherwise ceded by any natural or juridical person.
(c) Appropriations from agencies or municipalities of Puerto Rico, or agencies or entities of the federal government.
History —Aug. 29, 2002, No. 212, § 6.01.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 102 - Urban Center Revitalization (§§ 1095 — 1095p) › Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1095l — 1095p) › § 1095m - Transfer of funds and properties

Any agency is hereby authorized to cede or otherwise transfer any right or interest on real or personal property to the Department of Transportation and Public Works, at the request of the Office of the Director and under those terms and conditions deemed reasonable.
Provided, That any procedure, transaction, agreement, contract, including, without being construed as a limitation, the expropriation, acquisition, sale, lease, usufruct, surface rights, constitution of any easement, or any other transfer, alienation, or cession of any real or personal property, or any rights thereon, in which the Department of Transportation and Public Works is part thereof, related to the matters entrusted to the Office of the Director by this chapter, shall not be subject to the applicable provisions of §§ 31–31o of Title 28.
History —Aug. 29, 2002, No. 212, § 6.03.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 102 - Urban Center Revitalization (§§ 1095 — 1095p) › Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1095l — 1095p) › § 1095n - Government offices

Any agency that establishes an office or service center or in the event of the relocation thereof, it shall be established or relocated in the urban center, except for just cause which shall require a written dispensation. Provided, That any contract that contravenes this provision shall be null.
History —Aug. 29, 2002, No. 212, § 6.04.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 102 - Urban Center Revitalization (§§ 1095 — 1095p) › Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1095l — 1095p) › § 1095o - Regulations

The Chair of the Planning Board and the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works shall adopt regulations for their respective agencies needed to: carry out the procedures to request the intervention of the Office of the Director in the development of revitalization projects, at the request of the municipalities as well as private persons; establish the criteria for accepting the requests and methods to expedite the development of the projects; and all the responsibilities corresponding to them pursuant to this chapter. The regulations shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of Puerto Rico”.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish through regulations the requirements in the Department of the Treasury, after the certification, for deductions and credits provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), and (h) of § 1095g of this title and in subsection (a) of § 1095g-1 of this title. This power shall not apply to processes administered by the Office of the Director or the municipalities. Likewise, the necessary criteria to waive or eliminate the distance requirements established in § 9741 of Title 13 for the placement of business that serve alcoholic beverages in the urban centers shall be established through regulations.
History —Aug. 29, 2002, No. 212, § 6.05; Apr. 23, 2004, No. 102, § 3; Sept. 2, 2004, No. 245, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 102 - Urban Center Revitalization (§§ 1095 — 1095p) › Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1095l — 1095p) › § 1095p - Evaluation

Three (3) years after the approval of this act, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Office of the Urbanism Director shall conduct a study to determine the effectiveness of the act regarding the development and rehabilitation of the urban centers. Said study shall take into account the number of completed rehabilitation projects as well as the number of those projects in process.
As part of the study, the impact on the treasury of the benefits or incentives granted under the provisions of this chapter, as well as their multiplying effect for the economy of the urban centers, especially the creation of new jobs resulting from the construction works related to the rehabilitation and improvement carried out in the urban centers shall be determined. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Office of the Director may contract external resources to carry out the study herein specified, the funds for such contracting shall be appropriated to the operating expenses of each agency. If, as a result of this study, it is verified that the fiscal effects of the incentives herein granted do not compensate the economic activity generated by the development and operation of the subsidized projects, the Secretary of the Treasury, upon previous request of the Office of the Director, is hereby empowered to establish an annual limit to the credit available under subsection (f) of § 1095g of this title.
History —Aug. 29, 2004, No. 212, added as § 6.06 on Apr. 23, 2004, No. 102, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 1096 — 1096b) › § 1096a - Creation

A public corporation and government instrumentality is hereby created, attached to the Department of Housing, with its own juridical personality, to be known as the “Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas”.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 1.04.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 1096 — 1096b) › § 1096b - General purposes

The main purposes of the Corporation are to draft, design, process, coordinate and implement in an orderly manner, plans and mechanisms for the revitalization of urban centers and areas and special urban development areas established in the land use plans of the planning board or the municipal territorial plans, as the case may be, through the process of land acquisition, including the method of expropriation, the issue of applications for and adjudication of proposals for their development and the joint development of properties by the public and private sectors and the assistance and support for obtaining the means for the financing needed for said projects.
The revitalization of the urban centers shall be understood to cover and include, without this implying a limitation, the streets, roads, sidewalks, pedestrian walkways, public services, recreational areas, buildings, structures and facilities, as well as all other phases needed to achieve the concept of said urban center. The Corporation may coordinate or take charge of the partial or total maintenance of the reconstruction or revitalization projects of the urban centers and their facilities and may also administer the activities of said urban centers and coordinate them with public and private agencies as provided in this chapter.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 1.05.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter II - Board of Directors; Powers and Duties (§§ 1096c — 1096h) › § 1096e - Acquisition of real and personal property

In order to carry out the functions and achieve the purposes of this chapter, the Corporation shall be entitled to acquire real and personal property through purchase, option to purchase, public bidding, purchase in installments, cession, donation, exchange, expropriation procedure or through any other legal means available.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 2.03.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter II - Board of Directors; Powers and Duties (§§ 1096c — 1096h) › § 1096f - Procedure for expropriation

The procedure for expropriation, whose right is granted by this chapter to the Corporation, shall be exercised by the Department in the name of and for the benefit of the Corporation for the acquisition, use, usufruct, and lease of any right on the real or personal property object of the expropriation.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 2.04.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter II - Board of Directors; Powers and Duties (§§ 1096c — 1096h) › § 1096g - Public benefit statement

Any real or personal property whose expropriation is authorized under this chapter is also declared to be of public benefit.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 2.05.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter II - Board of Directors; Powers and Duties (§§ 1096c — 1096h) › § 1096h - Applicability of procedure for expropriation

The provisions of the General Expropriation Act of March 12, 1903, as amended, §§ 2901 et seq. of Title 32, or any subsequent law, are hereby extended and made available to the Corporation, provided said provisions are not incompatible with any other provision of this chapter, and shall be applicable to the procedures for expropriation and the powers granted to the Corporation under this chapter. In cases whereby the judicial controversy is circumscribed to the price or value of the property object of the expropriation and the requirements of § 2907 of Title 32, part of the General Expropriation Act of March 12, 1903, as amended, or any subsequent law, regarding the statement of acquisition and physical delivery of the property, the Corporation shall meet the requirements of obtaining a bond or making a deposit that, in the opinion of the court, would be sufficient to cover the difference between the amount estimated by the Corporation and the amount required by the owner of the property object of the expropriation as fair compensation, as well as to cover any interest to which the owner of the property object of the expropriation is entitled.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 2.06.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter III - Plan for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and other Urban Areas (§§ 1096i — 1096l) › § 1096i - Revitalization plans

The Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing may adopt, draft, design, transact and implement those plans or programs for the revitalization of urban centers and areas and special urban development areas established in the Land Use Plans of the Planning Board and/or the municipal Territorial Plans, as the case may be, identifying those properties located in urban areas that merit intervention pursuant to the purposes of this chapter.
When an urban area to be the object of a revitalization or development plan or program is identified, the Corporation shall previously consult with the Planning Board, the Land Administration Board and the Department of Housing.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 3.01.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter III - Plan for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and other Urban Areas (§§ 1096i — 1096l) › § 1096j - Competitive negotiation; application for qualifications and application for proposals

The Corporation may initiate and participate in competitive or direct negotiation procedures it may deem convenient with private entities, issue applications for qualifications or for proposals or any combination of these it may deem convenient in order to cause the reconstruction or revitalization of properties located within the urban centers or to foster the revitalization of the urban centers pursuant to the ends and purposes established in this chapter.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 3.02.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter III - Plan for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and other Urban Areas (§§ 1096i — 1096l) › § 1096k - Joint development

The Corporation may enter into the agreements it may deem convenient with public or private entities, including but not limited to, sales, lease, joint enterprise and partnership or society contracts to achieve the purposes of this chapter or that may be necessary or convenient for the exercise of any of its powers. The projects in which the Corporation participates with third parties must be in consonance with the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 3.03.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter III - Plan for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and other Urban Areas (§§ 1096i — 1096l) › § 1096l - Application for proposals or bids—Requirements

Those private entities interested in bidding or submitting proposals under the procedures for application for qualifications or application for proposals to be issued by the Corporation must meet the requirements established in the application for qualifications or application for proposals issued by the Corporation, which must meet the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted by the Corporation for such purposes.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 3.04.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter IV - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1096m — 1096r) › § 1096m - Tax exemption

It is hereby determined and declared that the purposes for which the Corporation is created and for which the Corporation shall exercise its powers are public and for the general welfare of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and that the exercise of the powers and rights conferred under this chapter constitute the performance of essential government functions. Thus, the Corporation shall be exempted from the payment of all taxes, permits, excise taxes, tariffs, costs and fees imposed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its municipalities on the properties of the Corporation or those leased to the latter and on the revenues derived from any activity or enterprise of the Corporation, including, but not limited to, municipal license taxes imposed pursuant to §§ 651–652y of this title, known as the “Municipal License Tax Act”, the municipal taxes on construction imposed pursuant to §§ 4001 et seq. of this title, known as the “Autonomous Municipalities Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of 1991”. The Corporation shall also be exempted from the payment of any type of fees, internal revenue stamps and vouchers, costs or taxes required by law for conducting judicial processes, the issue of certifications in all offices and dependencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the granting of public documents and their presentation and registration in any public registry of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 4.01.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter IV - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1096m — 1096r) › § 1096n - Exemption from the requirements for public bidding procedures

The Corporation shall be exempted from complying with any requirement related to the bidding or auction procedures for the adjudication of construction, services and procurement contracts and any other type of contract when necessary and convenient for the achievement of its purposes and when authorized by the Board, in every case through a resolution to that effect. Every one of such resolutions shall establish the circumstances that justify the Corporation’s exemption from the requirements for public bidding. However, it shall be required to have at least three (3) quotations from different entities. The Corporation shall establish through regulations all the norms and procedures needed for the proper use of its funds and resources, which must comply with sound administration parameters.
The Corporation may use the construction methodology known as construction management or any of its variations, for contracting any of its construction projects. The Corporation may issue any regulations, rules, administrative determinations or circular letters it may deem necessary to implement said method for contracting and its use.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 4.02.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter IV - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1096m — 1096r) › § 1096o - Officers and employees

The Corporation shall be exempted from the application of Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”. The officers and employees of the Corporation shall be entitled to be reimbursed for the necessary travel expenses, or in lieu thereof, for the corresponding per diems authorized by regulations approved by the Board. The officers and employees of any board, committee, agency, instrumentality, public corporation or department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, appointed by the Corporation, who at the time of their appointment were beneficiaries of any retirement system or savings and loan plan shall, after said appointment, continue having the rights, privileges, obligations and status regarding these, as prescribed by the law which covers the officers and employees who hold similar positions in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 4.03.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter IV - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1096m — 1096r) › § 1096p - Funds and accounts; accounting systems

It is hereby provided that the Department shall allocate from its budget, those funds, benefits and resources it may deem convenient for the operations of the administration of the Corporation created pursuant to this chapter.
The monies of the Corporation shall be deposited with acceptable depositories according to law. The disbursements shall be made by the Corporation according to the applicable legal provisions.
The Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall establish the accounting system required to ensure the proper control and registration of all expenses and revenues belonging to or administered or controlled by the Corporation. The accounts of the Corporation shall be maintained so that they may be properly segregated and kept separate, as far as may be advisable, taking into consideration the various types of operations, projects, enterprises and activities of the Corporation.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 4.04.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter IV - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1096m — 1096r) › § 1096q - Transfer of funds and properties

Any legal provision or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the agencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to cede, donate and/or otherwise transfer to the Corporation, at its request and under terms and conditions deemed reasonable, any real or personal property, or any rights on the same (including but not limited to goods already devoted for public benefit), that the Corporation may deem necessary or convenient to achieve any of its corporate goals.
In addition to what is provided in the above paragraph, any procedure, transaction, agreement or contract, including but not understood as a limitation, the expropriation, acquisition, sale, mortgage, lease, usufruct, surface right, constitution of any right of way, or any other transfer, encumbrance or cession of any real or personal property or any rights over these, to which the Corporation is a party, shall not be subject to the applicable provisions of §§ 31–31o of Title 28, or any law succeeding the latter [sic].
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 4.05.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 103 - Corporation for the Revitalization of Urban Centers and Areas (§§ 1096 — 1096r) › Subchapter IV - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1096m — 1096r) › § 1096r - Power to regulate

The Board may issue all regulations, rules, administrative determinations or circular letters it may deem necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter, including rules and regulations for promoting public security for maintaining public order, subject to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
History —Aug. 11, 2004, No. 209, § 4.06.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 104 - Reducing the Digital Gap (§§ 1097 — 1097e) › § 1097 - “Technology within Your Reach” Project

A “Technology within Your Reach” Project is hereby created for the purpose of promoting the use of and access to information technologies as tools for reducing the social and economic gap which separates the various sectors of our society. With this Project, the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, through an interdisciplinary approach, shall act as enabler, facilitator and collaborator in the task of eliminating the technological barriers that keep the Special Communities in isolation. To such effects, the Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management shall provide the special communities with an adequate organizational structure with computer equipment that could be connected to the Internet for the use of the constituents of the community.
History —Aug. 20, 2004, No. 219, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 104 - Reducing the Digital Gap (§§ 1097 — 1097e) › § 1097a - Transfer of computer equipment

The Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management is hereby authorized by the present chapter to carry out the transfer of computer equipment to the special communities denominated as such in §§ 1095–1095o of this title, known as the “Puerto Rico Special Communities Integral Development Act”. The transfer of said equipment shall be carried out according to the applicable standards of the General Services Administration.
The Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management shall determine, through regulations, all matters concerning the transfer of equipment and the minimum requirements which the special communities must meet so as to officially receive the transfer of the property. The regulations shall establish the guidelines needed to ensure that the benefited special communities possess the fiscal and human resources needed to properly operate the equipment that has been transferred. According to the principle of self-management, said regulations shall establish the mechanisms that will allow the special communities to generate the income needed to contribute to defraying the costs for the maintenance and service of said equipment so as to provide continuity to the “Technology within Your Reach” Project. It shall be an indispensable requirement to comply with said guidelines so that the special communities may participate in the Project.
History —Aug. 20, 2004, No. 219, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 104 - Reducing the Digital Gap (§§ 1097 — 1097e) › § 1097b - Reponsibilities of the Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management

The Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management shall be responsible for ensuring the good use of the public funds devoted to this Project and compliance with the provisions of this chapter and with the applicable regulations and thus it shall require that the benefited special communities establish certain control mechanisms that guarantee the good use of the public assets transferred. To such effects, the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall include provisions related to the use of the equipment, the hour by schedule of the facilities where the equipment is located, the minimum physical security measures and guarantee of access to said facilities, among other matters. For the purposes of this chapter, the precepts contained in §§ 1118 et seq. of Title 18, known as the “Act for the Protection of Boys, Girls and Youths in the Use and Management of the Internet”, shall apply to the special communities benefited by the provisions of said act. It shall be the duty of the Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management to give orientation to the benefited special communities regarding the contents of §§ 1118 et seq. of Title 18.
The Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management shall transact the administrative transfer of the property according to the applicable standards.
History —Aug. 20, 2004, No. 219, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 104 - Reducing the Digital Gap (§§ 1097 — 1097e) › § 1097c - Responsibilities of the special communities

According to the principle of self-management, the special communities benefited by this chapter shall be responsible for the proper use of the resources provided and for guaranteeing free access to computer equipment. Said special communities shall be bound to comply with the standards issued by the Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management through Regulations.
History —Aug. 20, 2004, No. 219, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 104 - Reducing the Digital Gap (§§ 1097 — 1097e) › § 1097d - Donations

Pursuant to § 1095 l of this title, part of the “Puerto Rico Special Communities Integral Development Act”, which creates the Fund for the Socio-Economic Development of the Special Communities of Puerto Rico, the Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, all those money contributions or other donations proceeding from private citizens and enterprises that are needed and convenient for the purposes expressed in this chapter.
History —Aug. 20, 2004, No. 219, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 104 - Reducing the Digital Gap (§§ 1097 — 1097e) › § 1097e - Interagency agreements

The Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management is hereby authorized to enter into interagency agreements in order to promote that the aid available in the agencies, instrumentalities and municipalities of the local and the federal governments consonant with the purposes of this chapter may be advantageously used by the special communities.
History —Aug. 20, 2004, No. 219, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 105 - Bilingual Citizen Education and Development Institute (§§ 1098 — 1098f) › § 1098 - Creation

The Bilingual Citizen Education and Development Institute of the Capital City of Puerto Rico is hereby created, attached to the Municipality of San Juan, with the purpose of establishing a teaching curriculum which encourages the learning of the English language [by] the residents of the territorial jurisdiction which comprises said municipality in order to develop a bilingual citizen with the adequate tools to effectively place him/herself in a very competitive working, professional and educational world.
History —May 21, 2005, No. 11, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 105 - Bilingual Citizen Education and Development Institute (§§ 1098 — 1098f) › § 1098a - Administrative organization

The Institute shall be directed by an Executive Director, appointed by the Mayor of the Municipality of San Juan and confirmed by the Municipal Legislature, and shall answer for all matters of the entity created herein. The functions, duties, education, experience and remuneration of the Executive Director shall be established through a municipal ordinance.
The Mayor of the Municipality of San Juan shall determine the corresponding administrative structure of the Institute and shall assign to it the necessary human resources and equipment for its proper operation. He/she shall also have the responsibility of locating the Institute within the territorial limits of any urban center of the capital city, to wit, Santurce, Río Piedras, Condado, and/or Old San Juan. To achieve such purposes, he/she is hereby empowered to carry out all those necessary legal or administrative procedures.
History —May 21, 2005, No. 11, § 3, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 105 - Bilingual Citizen Education and Development Institute (§§ 1098 — 1098f) › § 1098b - Functions

The main function of the Institute is to be a facilitating entity so that all citizens of San Juan may learn English through the establishment of a curriculum which shall promote the development of an integral and integrated citizen, who is sensible and capable of communicating him/herself fluently and correctly in both Spanish and English.
Said curriculum shall be flexible and provide different educational experiences which satisfy the individual interests, capabilities, temperament and needs of students. This shall also apply to texts and other teaching materials. In addition, the English Program herein created shall be diversified in order to enable students to develop oral communications skills, creative writing, and reading comprehension, analysis, and application within a bilingual approach.
Once the curriculum herein provided is developed, the Institute shall offer free English lessons to all the citizens of San Juan, to the extent the human and financial resources allow it. The Institute shall provide materials at no cost, but at times, it may charge for the materials to strengthen its offerings. It shall have the responsibility of dividing the groups according to their age and knowledge of said language. The Institute shall establish lessons for groups with basic, intermediate and advanced knowledge and shall promote through these, the development of experiences and personal and group activities of the students, which shall result in a sense of responsibility and commitment [to] social well-being.
History —May 21, 2005, No. 11, § 4, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 105 - Bilingual Citizen Education and Development Institute (§§ 1098 — 1098f) › § 1098c - Executive Director

The Executive Director, as the chief executive officer of the Institute, shall be in charge of the planning, organization, and attainment of the purposes of this chapter. In addition, he/she shall administer the operating structure of the Institute and shall promulgate the regulations which shall govern the operations thereof.
Furthermore, with the approval of the Mayor of the Municipality of San Juan, he/she shall prepare the bill of budget of the Institute, contract the teaching resources of the Institute and implement the English teaching curriculum, which shall be offered by the Institute.
On the other hand, he/she shall prepare the teaching support material needed to comply with its teaching responsibility, administer the human and fiscal resources of the Institute, supervise the contracted personnel, and perform any other function entrusted by the Mayor. The Executive Director shall have as goal the eventual accreditation of the Institute by the General Education Council and the Council on Higher Education.
The Executive Director shall annually submit a report on the achievements of the Institute to the Mayor of San Juan, the Legislature and the Governor of Puerto Rico.
History —May 21, 2005, No. 11, § 5, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 105 - Bilingual Citizen Education and Development Institute (§§ 1098 — 1098f) › § 1098d - Board of Education of San Juan

The Institute shall answer to the Board of Education of San Juan created through Ordinance Number 12, 2003—2004 Series.
History —May 21, 2005, No. 11, § 6, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 105 - Bilingual Citizen Education and Development Institute (§§ 1098 — 1098f) › § 1098e - Donations

The Executive Director of the Institute is hereby empowered to accept donations or any other type of aid, either in cash or in kind, in order to extend and promote the development of the services to be offered by the Institute. The amounts thus received, whether from natural or juridical persons, shall be exclusively used to attain the purposes of this chapter and shall be covered into the Special Fund to be created.
History —May 21, 2005, No. 11, § 7, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 105 - Bilingual Citizen Education and Development Institute (§§ 1098 — 1098f) › § 1098f - Special Fund

The Municipality of San Juan is hereby authorized to create a special fund separate from any other funds or accounts of said municipality. In addition, any revenues originating from donations, charges for services, or teaching materials and other items consigned through special legislation shall be covered into said Fund. The money deposited in the Fund shall be used solely for the purposes of this chapter. The matching of the moneys of the Fund with any other resources originating from the municipality or federal agencies or the private sector is hereby authorized.
History —May 21, 2005, No. 11, § 8, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 106 - Municipal Day Care Services (§§ 1099 — 1099h) › § 1099 - Authorization

Municipalities in Puerto Rico, in the exercise of their administrative powers and their duty to provide services, are hereby authorized to offer, to the extent permitted by their available resources, access to day care services to preschool-aged children who reside in the municipality, or to children who do not reside in the municipality, but whose parents work in or attend educational or vocational training programs within the territorial limits of the municipality. Such services may be offered either by creating municipal facilities within the territorial limits of the municipality which are duly fitted to operate as child day care centers or by contracting or facilitating access to day care centers to the abovementioned families.
History —Oct. 7, 2009, No. 114, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 106 - Municipal Day Care Services (§§ 1099 — 1099h) › § 1099a - Definition

For the purposes of this chapter, “child day care centers” shall be understood to mean any facility that is duly fitted and accredited by the pertinent authorities to provide daytime care for preschool children.
History —Oct. 7, 2009, No. 114, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 106 - Municipal Day Care Services (§§ 1099 — 1099h) › § 1099b - Use

Whenever a municipality creates and sponsors a child day care center under the provisions of this chapter, all residents shall have the right to use it, and so shall nonresidents who work or participate in accredited educational or training programs within the territorial limits of the municipality who need to leave their preschool-aged dependents in day care in order to fulfill their work-related or educational responsibilities. It is also Provided, That as enrollment capacity allows, children who do not meet all the requirements mentioned above may also be accepted.
History —Oct. 7, 2009, No. 114, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 106 - Municipal Day Care Services (§§ 1099 — 1099h) › § 1099c - Rules and regulations

Within its jurisdictional duties, the municipality is hereby empowered to adopt, through an ordinance, those rules and regulations it deems pertinent and necessary for the adequate planning, direction, and supervision of the centers created under the provisions of this chapter, insofar as such rules and regulations are compatible with those already adopted for similar purposes by the Department of the Family or the Department of Education, as the case may be.
History —Oct. 7, 2009, No. 114, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 106 - Municipal Day Care Services (§§ 1099 — 1099h) › § 1099d - Facilities

For the purposes of the creation and operation of these centers, the municipality is hereby empowered, within its executive duties, to designate and use physical facilities under its ministerial control to establish the corresponding child day care center and to establish the most convenient hours of operation to accommodate the needs of the citizenry; also, to contract and use any facility that may be provided by community or private entities; all of the above, subject to the requirements of §§ 4001 et seq. of this title, known as the “Autonomous Municipalities Act”, including the ratification of the municipal legislature, whenever so provided by law.
History —Oct. 7, 2009, No. 114, § 5.