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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 506 - Public Policy on Energy Diversification by Means of Sustainable and Alternative Renewable Energy in Puerto Rico Act (§§ 8121 — 8136) › Subchapter III - General Provisions (§§ 8134 — 8136) › § 8135 - Conflicts

In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this chapter and those of any other law or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail with respect to all the issues addressed therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the provisions of this Act shall impair the powers conferred to the Authority under § 196(l) of Title 22, and the powers conferred to the Authority under such subsection shall apply to any cost associated with the purchase of sustainable renewable energy and alternative renewable energy, the purchase of RECs (including its environmental and social attributes) related to such energy, and including any other costs associated with the compliance of this chapter.
History —July 19, 2010, No. 82, § 3.2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 506 - Public Policy on Energy Diversification by Means of Sustainable and Alternative Renewable Energy in Puerto Rico Act (§§ 8121 — 8136) › Subchapter III - General Provisions (§§ 8134 — 8136) › § 8136 - Regulations under this chapter

Any regulations promulgated under this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the Puerto Rico “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”. The absence of any regulation contemplated under this chapter shall not impair the application thereof.
History —July 19, 2010, No. 82, § 3.3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8152 - Ban to dispose as regular waste; inclusion of electronic waste in the special waste category

Eighteen (18) months after the approval of this act, no person shall dispose of cathode-ray tube, or electronic or cellular telephone equipment, as defined in subsections (h) and (i) of § 8151 of this title in sanitary landfills, municipal dumpsites or any other site within the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, save for a collection center that is part of a Recycling and Disposal Plan approved by the Solid Waste Authority and the Environmental Quality Board. To such effects, the Board shall include discarded electronic equipment in the Special Waste category under its jurisdiction and shall oversee compliance with the provisions of this section.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 3.01, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8153 - Electronic equipment and cellular telephone mandatory recycling

Any private sector entity that employs eleven (11) or more persons shall have the following obligations:
(a) Establish a recycling, reuse or refurbishing program for any electronic or cellular telephone equipment used to carry out its operations in Puerto Rico in compliance with §§ 8001 et seq. of this title, known as the “Environmental Public Policy Act”, and with §§ 1320 et seq. of this title, known as the “Puerto Rico Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling Act”, and
(b) electronically file an annual report with the Authority, pursuant to regulations, attesting to the mechanisms used for electronic and telephone equipment recycling, reuse, and refurbishing.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 4.01, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8154 - Voluntary program to obtain green business certification

Any private sector entity that is willing to receive from consumers electronic or cellular telephone equipment for the recycling, reuse or refurbishment thereof, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be entitled to obtain the following:
(a) A green business certification issued by the Environmental Quality Board and the Solid Waste Authority that may be displayed by the business through the medium of its choice.
(b) Recognition in a list to be published in the websites of the Board and the Authority asserting that the business has met all the requirements established in this chapter to obtain such certification.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 5.01, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8155 - Electronic or cellular telephone equipment import, distribution, sale or lease requirements

Six (6) months after the approval of this act, exclusive electronic and cellular telephone equipment manufacturers, importers, and distributors in Puerto Rico shall be responsible for the destination of the electronic equipment once they reach the end of their useful life or the consumer decides to return or dispose of them. They shall coordinate with retailers that sell this kind of equipment and are bound to receive even orphan and refurbished equipment, the collection of any equipment once the consumer acquiring it decides to return or dispose of the same. Any electronic or cellular telephone equipment manufacturer, importer and distributor in Puerto Rico shall register with the Environmental Quality Board by submitting the following information:
(1) Letter of intent to engage in the sale of electronic equipment.
(2) Proof of adoption of a recycling and disposal plan as provided in Section 6 of this Act [sic].
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 6.01, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8155a - Official list

The Board and the Authority shall keep an official list of entities and organizations that wish to obtain the certification provided in this chapter. Such list shall be up to date and available over the Internet and on printed copies to inform the public and any entities interested in using their services.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 6.02, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8155b - Information to consumer

Six (6) months after the approval of this act, retailers of electronic equipments shall provide information to consumers on the benefits of recycling and the options provided by the industry to carry out such process, as well as to promote and incentivize the same. Such information shall be conspicuously displayed and accessible to the consumer in the place of sale, lease or service and make reference to the options available for the recycling and proper disposal of used equipment. This information shall include a statement of the business obligation to receive electronic equipment once it is discarded by the consumer.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 6.03, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8156 - Recycling and disposal plan

One (1) year after the approval of this act, electronic equipment manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers, as well as cellular telephone and cable television service providers doing business in Puerto Rico that wish to obtain the certification provided under this chapter shall have or avail themselves of a recycling and disposal plan that includes the measures to be taken for the collection and storage of the equipment to be recycled and identifies the entities that shall recycle the collected equipment and the method employed to process such equipment. This information shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) The recovery and collection methods and sites, as well as the business or persons that shall perform such functions.
(b) The projected volume of the equipment to be processed during the following year.
(c) The specific description of the processes to be employed for the recycling, reuse, collection, and proper disposal of waste.
(d) A report on the units collected and processed during the previous year and the final destination thereof.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 7.01, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8156a - Recycling and disposal plan—Design

The recycling and disposal plan may be designed and individually devised by the business, or may be designed or devised by a contracted business or association or business or trade consortia, in which case the Plan shall encompass the electronic equipment unit volume generated by all the participants. Furthermore, the Plan shall describe in detail the frequency with which such business shall implement its open-door policy to receive electronic and telephone equipment sold by them. Such open-door policy shall be implemented at least once a year.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 7.02, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8156b - Recycling and disposal plan—Review and approval

The recycling and disposal plan shall be submitted to the Authority for the review and approval thereof. Any entities that are doing business six (6) months after the approval of this act and wish to obtain a certification shall submit their plan as provided through regulations. Any other entity that starts doing business after such period and wishes to obtain a certification shall submit their plan as provided through regulations; however, the Authority may design and manage the electronic equipment recycling and disposal plan of any business that so requests. Such request shall be officially made and approved by the Authority prior to commencing operations. Provided, That the Authority shall be empowered to impose to any entity that has requested the authority to devise its plan, any fees it may deem pertinent for the devising thereof.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 7.03, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8156c - Recycling and disposal plan—Change, notification

Any change in the provisions of the recycling and disposal plan made by the business shall be notified to the Authority within sixty (60) days of its effective date.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 7.04, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8156d - Recycling and disposal plan—Services of sale or lease electronic equipment

Any business subject to the authority of the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board that offers or introduces services including the sale or lease of electronic equipment and wish to obtain the certification provided under this chapter shall submit to the regulatory board proof of the filing of its recycling and disposal plan with the Authority.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 7.05, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8156e - Recycling and disposal plan—Penalties

Noncompliance with this section shall be subject to the penalties established in §§ 1320 et seq. of this title, known as the “Puerto Rico Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling Act”.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 6.06[sic.], eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8157b - Authorities and duties—Municipalities

(a) To coordinate, with the support of the Authority and the Board, the control and supervision of any person that stores disposed electronic equipment to ensure compliance with the requirements provided in this chapter.
(b) The municipalities shall approve ordinances in accordance with the provisions of this chapter to make compliance therewith and the development and implementation of activities for the management and disposal of discarded electronic equipment feasible.
(c) The municipalities shall not allow companies whose municipal nonhazardous solid waste transportation services have been contracted to transport disposed electronic equipment together with nonhazardous solid waste or to be deposited in sanitary landfills or dumpsites.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 8.03, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8158 - Collection and recycling programs—Free competition

None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed as nullifying or repealing of any public or private collection and recycling programs in effect, or preventing or hindering in any manner any entity from offering collection services for recycling.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 9.01, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8158a - Organization of businesses for recycling activities

None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed as preventing or limiting the organization of business, consortia, cooperatives or private associations that are independent from the Commonwealth or any municipal government, manufacturers, importers or distributors of electronic or cellular telephone equipment or cathode-ray tubes for the purpose of carrying out for profit or nonprofit activities to recycle, reuse or dispose of these equipments provided that, they comply with the environmental protection regulations.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 9.02, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8158b - Franchises

None of the provisions of this chapter shall compel the Board or the Authority to grant a preferential, exclusive or protected franchise to any entity or group or classification of entities engaged in the collection, transportation, recycling or disposal of electronic or cellular telephone equipment or cathode-ray tubes anywhere within the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 9.03, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8159 - Cellular telephones—Disposal by consumer

When a consumer wishes to dispose of his/her cellular telephone equipment, he/she may do so at any of the facilities made available by the cellular telephone retailer that sold or leased the equipment without it being construed as an obligation or a limitation.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 10.01, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8159a - Cellular telephones—Place for delivery, receipt, and storage

Any cellular telephone retailer that wishes to obtain the certification provided by this chapter shall identify, designate, and keep available an area within its place of business for delivery, receipt, and storage of used cellular telephones that may be reused, recycled or properly disposed of.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 10.02, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8159b - Cellular telephones—Proper system

If a cellular telephone retailer wishes to obtain the certification provided by this chapter, it shall provide a proper recovery and collection system for used cellular telephones to be reused, recycled or properly disposed of. Such system shall include, without it being understood as a limitation:
(a) A procedure whereby consumers shall be able to return used cellular telephone equipment to the cellular telephone retailer that sold or leased such equipment.
(b) A procedure whereby consumers shall hand in cellular telephone equipment to any retailer, regardless of the retailer from which the equipment was acquired, whenever the consumer wants to purchase or lease new equipment.
(c) A procedure whereby consumers shall be allowed to return free of charge their used equipment to the cellular telephone retailer for the latter to reuse, recycle or dispose of the same whenever new equipment is delivered or shipped by cellular telephone retailers to consumers.
(d) Procedures whereby consumers shall deliver their used equipment directly to the service provider in those cases in which a cellular telephone service provider sells pre-paid cellular telephones to retail merchants not exclusively engaged in the electronics or telecommunications field.
(e) The identification of the reuse, recycling or proper disposal methods to be used.
(f) Information to consumers on the benefits of recycling and the options provided therefor by cellular telephone retailers, or in its default, by the Authority, as well as to promote and incentivize recycling. The information to be furnished shall at least:
(1) Be conspicuously displayed and accessible to consumers in the place of sales.
(2) Be included whether textually or through a website link as part of the attachments to the sales, lease or service contract at the time of the sale or lease of the equipment.
(3) Make reference to the options available for recycling and proper disposal of used equipments.
(4) Be provided by the seller directly to the consumer at the time of the sale or lease of the equipment. This shall not apply to those retailers not affiliated to a cellular telephone company that sells pre-paid cellular telephones and do not require the execution of a contract as a sales condition.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 10.03, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8160 - Collectors and transporters

(a) Any natural or juridical person may establish, with the prior authorization of the Board, a site to recover disposed, discarded obsolete or useless electronic equipment which shall subsequently be transported directly to a recycling, storage, processing or final disposal facility. Such collection centers shall comply with the applicable environmental and zoning laws and regulations.
(b) Any transporter or manager of disposed electronic equipment shall be duly authorized by the Board, prior to commencing operations.
(c) The Board shall regulate the amount of disposed, discarded, obsolete, or useless electronic waste that a collector or transporter may accrue and/or transport according to its location and capacity.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 11.01, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8160b - Export of disposed, discarded, obsolete or useless electronic equipment

Any person engaged in the export of electronic equipment shall obtain a permit from the Board and meet the requirements provided in the applicable laws and regulations. The exporter shall fill out the system manifests as created by the Board stating the amount of exported electronic equipment and their final disposal.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 11.03, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8160c - Management requirements

Any electronic and cellular telephone equipment and cathode-ray tubes recycling and disposal processes established by any public or private entity shall be subject to all the requirements of any federal or Commonwealth laws and regulations. Thus, special attention shall be paid to the following provisions without it being construed as a limitation:
(a) Neither the Environmental Quality Board nor the Authority shall authorize, approve, provide technical assistance or incentives for the operation of a cathode-ray tubes, electronic or cellular telephone equipment disposal program, which is based on the transportation thereof to a jurisdiction with less stringent laws or regulations, so as to dispose or destroy them without being processed, or limiting the collection, disassembling, and storage of such equipment without an established plan for their future disposal.
(b) Any transporter, collection center, recyclers, and refurbishers of electronic equipment and cathode-ray tubes shall certify compliance with the most recent version of the guidelines for the safe environmental management of electronic devices contained in the e-Steward developed by Basel Action Network.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 11.04, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8161 - Inter-governmental Agreements—Projects

The Board and the Authority are hereby empowered and authorized to join inter-governmental programs, agreements, or organizations of other states or territories of the United States, as representatives of Puerto Rico, for the devise, establishment, or implementation of electronic waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and proper disposal projects to ensure compliance with this chapter.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 12.01, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8161a - Inter-governmental Agreements—Steps before federal agencies

The Board and the Authority are hereby empowered and authorized to take any necessary steps before the United States Departments of State and of Commerce to obtain authorization for their participation, to the extent their legal capacity so allows, in international programs, covenants or organizations within the Caribbean to further compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 12.02, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 507 - Puerto Rico Electronics Recycling and Disposal Promotion Act (§§ 8151 — 8162) › § 8162 - Federal legislation

In the event that a federal legislation or regulation is implemented to address any of the programmatic or operational areas covered under this chapter, the Commonwealth and municipal agencies shall adjust thereto the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted thereunder that were not rendered invalid by such federal jurisdiction, so as to remain compliant therewith.
History —Jan. 17, 2012, No. 18, § 13.02, eff. 120 days after Jan. 17, 2012.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 4 - Penitentiary carpenter shop excepted; revolving fund

(a) The carpenter shop of the penitentiary shall be operated on a revolving fund system.
(b) Any balances to the credit of the special fund previously created for the institution named in subsection (a) of this section, shown on the books of the Secretary of the Treasury at the time this section becomes effective, shall be transferred to the new revolving fund hereby created, and shall be used for the same purposes of supporting and operating the said institution, any surplus resulting from its operation to be deposited in the Commonwealth Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico shall prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of this institution and for the proper accounting of its income and expenditures.
History —Aug. 16, 1933, J.R. No. 4, p. 140, §§ 1—3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 5 - Schools and roads, use of certain federal contributions

The Secretary of Education is hereby authorized to use for the construction, repair and maintenance of public schools, and the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works to use for the construction, repair and maintenance of public roads, the funds available and that may hereafter be received as contributions from the federal government by virtue of the United States laws of May 23, 1908 and March 1, 1911, consisting of the twenty-five percent (25%) of the revenues derived from the operation of forest reserves in Puerto Rico, and of the twenty five percent (25%) of the income derived from the use of submarginal lands, by virtue of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of July 22, 1937.
History —Apr. 21, 1952, No. 127, p. 248, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 6 - Schools and roads, use of certain federal contributions—Division of funds; accounts

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby empowered to place the federal contributions received and those which may hereafter be received, at the disposal of the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, for the purposes expressed in § 5 of this title. Fifty percent (50%) of each contribution received or that may be received shall be used for the benefit of public schools and the remainder for the benefit of public roads. Such part of the funds devoted to construction and capital improvements, either of schools on roads, shall be kept in the books of the Secretary of the Treasury in an account separate from that of the part devoted to maintenance and repair.
History —Apr. 21, 1952, No. 127, p. 248, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 7 - Fund for Investigation and Audit of Financial Institutions and Gambling Casinos—Creation

A special account denominated “Fund for the Investigation and Audit of Financial Institutions and Gambling Casinos” is hereby created in the books of the Secretary of the Treasury and it is directed that the moneys that the financial institutions and gambling casinos pay annually to the Commissioner of Financial Institutions on account of audits, license applications, license renewals, investigations and any other type of income generated by action of the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, pursuant to legislation in force or that is approved in the future, be covered into such special account.
History —Apr. 9, 1976, No. 20, p. 48, § 1; June 7, 1977, No. 55, p. 119, § 1; May 6, 1988, No. 27, p. 113, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 8 - Fund for Investigation and Audit of Financial Institutions and Gambling Casinos—Use of funds

The money so covered into the Fund shall be used to defray personnel expenses, improvement of employees, and expenses of any other nature which the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions may incur to carry out and strengthen the activities referred to in § 7 of this title. On October 31 st and April 30 th of each year, the sum of five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) shall be transferred from the Fund herein created to the Secretary of the Treasury, for a total of one million, one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) a year. Twenty percent (20%) of the Fund balance at the close of each fiscal year shall be allocated to a reserve fund which shall be increased until it reaches the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and any amount in the Fund in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be transferred annually to the General Fund. Provided, That any deficiency in the Fund during any year in which the expenditures exceed the revenues shall be covered from the reserve. The used portion shall be paid back from the balance, if any, the following year or years. For Fiscal Year 2011-2012, the sum of six million, seven hundred fifty-two thousand dollars ($6,752,000) shall be transferred from this Fund to the 2011-2012 Budget Support Fund. Provided, further, That, for Fiscal Year 2013-2014, the sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be transferred from this Fund to the 2013-2014 Budget Support Fund. Moreover, for Fiscal Year 2014-2015, the sum of sixteen million dollars ($16,000,000) shall be transferred from this Fund to the Legal Liability Fund.
Provided, further, That for Fiscal Year 2015-2016, the sum of twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) in account number 0750000-238-081-1998 of the Department of the Treasury’s accounting system shall be transferred from this Fund to the “Special Education Student’s Therapy and Service Fund”, created by Act No. 73-2014. Provided, further, That for Fiscal Year 2016-2017, the sum of two million, five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) in account number 0750000-238-081-1998 of the Department of the Treasury’s accounting system, shall be transferred from this Fund to the “Special Education Students Service and Therapy Fund” created by Act No. 73-2014. Provided, further, That for Fiscal Year 2016-2017, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be transferred from account number 0750000-238-081-1998 or any other account created for the same purposes in the Department of the Treasury’s accounting system to the “Elections Support Fund”.
History —Apr. 9, 1976, No. 20, p. 48, § 2; June 7, 1977, No. 55, p. 119, § 1; May 6, 1988, No. 27, p. 113, § 1; July 1, 2011, No. 111, § 1; June 30, 2013, No. 43, § 5, eff. July 1, 2013; July 1, 2014, No. 78, § 2; July 2, 2015, No. 105, § 6; July 22, 2016, No. 81, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 8a - Fund for Investigation and Audit of Financial Institutions and Gambling Casinos—Advance of funds

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to make advances to the Fund created by §§ 7—8a of this title from unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth Treasury whenever necessary.
History —Apr. 9, 1976, No. 20, p. 48, added as § 3 on June 7, 1977, No. 55, p. 119, § 1; May 6, 1988, No. 27, p. 113, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 9 - Insurance Industry Supervision and Regulation Fund—Creation

There is hereby created in the books of the Secretary of the Treasury a special account denominated “Insurance Industry Supervision and Regulation Fund”, hereinafter known as the “Fund”, and it is directed that there be covered into said special account the monies paid by every entity, body or person to the Secretary of the Treasury on account of the following: (1) examination expenses and fees, analysis and investigation of the Insurance Industry operations conducted by the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to the legislation in force or approved thereafter, including the fines and interest imposed, as well as every other expense incurred by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner as a result of said examinations and investigations; (2) presentation and registration fees of basic insurance policy forms, application forms, endorsement or rider forms, rate manuals, schedules of rate, classification of risks and rating plans which are subject to approval or registration in accordance with §§ 1111, 1205 and 1908 of Title 26; (3) publications sold by the Insurance Commissioner; (4) fees for participation in courses and seminars offered by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner; pursuant to Rule LII of the Rules and Regulations of the Insurance Code for Puerto Rico, any regulations approved to such effects, and (5) every income generated by the payment of presentation fees, licenses and others, provided in § 701 of Title 26.
The Insurance Commissioner is hereby authorized to adopt adequate rules and regulations to fix the filing and registration fees, and the fees on account of participation in the seminars and courses mentioned in the preceding paragraph. Nevertheless, the fees for participating in seminars and courses shall never be higher than those fixed by the insurance industry for similar seminars and courses.
The moneys appropriated by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to the Office of the Insurance Commissioner shall also be covered into the Fund.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 66, p. 186, § 1; July 26, 1979, No. 2, p. 918, § 2; June 4, 1983, No. 90, p. 218, § 2; June 19, 1987, No. 43, p. 143, § 2; July 23, 1992, No. 36, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 10 - Insurance Industry Supervision and Regulation Fund—Use of funds

The income generated as a result of the provisions in § 9 of this title shall be used to defray the regular operating expenses of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. It shall also be used to defray expenses related to job improvement; information systems; educational programs; scholarships for technical training of employees; the creation, through regulations to such effect, of internship programs in the OIC through the contracting of university students; additional compensation to assistants or employees of said OIC for professional or official services rendered in addition to their regular workday and the regular functions of said assistant or employee; and to carry out research and studies in the insurance field, collect statistics, create a unit to adequately supervise insurance companies and health services organizations, file legal actions, or intervene before judicial forums in cases vested with substantial public interest, sponsor lectures on the insurance field and initiatives of similar nature incurred by the Insurance Commissioner to effectively serve the insurance industry, protect the public interest, and maintain the highest level of excellence and professional competence in supervision and regulation.
Since the annual fee established in former § 207a and § 701, both of Title 26, may only be amended every five (5) years. At the end of each fiscal year the Commissioner shall retain any surplus remaining in the Insurance Industry Investigation and Examination Fund to defray the budgetary needs of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner when the Fund’s income is not sufficient to cover them. For Fiscal Year 2010-2011, the sum of thirteen million five hundred fourteen thousand dollars ($13,514,000) shall be transferred from the Insurance Industry Supervision and Regulation Fund to the Puerto Rico Economic and Social Support Fund. Furthermore, for Fiscal Year 2011-2012, the sum of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) shall be transferred from this Fund to the 2011-2012 Budget Support Fund. Provided, further, That for Fiscal Year 2016-2017, the sum of one million, two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) in account number 0220000-239-081-1998 of the Department of the Treasury’s accounting system shall be transferred from this Fund to the “Special Education Students Service and Therapy Fund”, created by Act No. 73-2014. Provided, further, That for Fiscal Year 2016-2017, the sum of one million, five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) shall be transferred from account 0220000-239-081-1998 or any other account created for the same purposes in the Department of the Treasury’s accounting system to the “Elections Support Fund”.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 66, § 2; July 26, 1979, No. 2, § 2; July 23, 1992, No. 36, § 3; June 29, 1996, No. 62, §§ 13, 14; June 30, 2008, No. 104, § 4; Aug. 1, 2010, No. 119, § 5; July 1, 2011, No. 109, § 1; July 22, 2016, No. 81, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 11 - Insurance Industry Supervision and Regulation Fund—Loans

The Commissioner is hereby authorized to lend funds to syndicates or joint underwriting associations created pursuant to the Puerto Rico Insurance Code or other special legislation, from the unencumbered resources in the budget authorized to cover operating expenses of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner in existence in the funds and accounts created by §§ 9 et seq. of this title, those funds that, according to said official’s criteria and upon petition by any syndicate or joint underwriting association, are required to strengthen the economic solvency of a syndicate or joint underwriting association and comply with the purposes for which they were established, or to assist the Insurance Commissioner in conducting studies on the insurance issues to promote the development and growth of the insurance industry in Puerto Rico. The loans thus granted shall be made with no guarantee from the assets of the syndicate or joint underwriting association, and shall comply with the provisions of § 2930 of Title 26. The amounts disbursed shall be returned to the Commissioner, when he/she deems that the financial situation of the syndicate or joint underwriting association allows it, and allowing the reimbursement to be made in partial installments. The Board of Directors of the syndicate or joint underwriting association to which a loan had been granted pursuant to this legislation, shall determine, together with the Commissioner, the manner and time in which said partial installments shall be made.
Likewise, the Insurance Commissioner is empowered to make contributions from the unencumbered resources in the budget authorized to cover operating expenses of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner in existence in the funds and accounts created by §§ 9 et seq. of this title, in favor of the “Workers Provisional Group Insurance Fund”, with the purpose of increasing the resources available to provide assistance to the Puerto Rican workers served by the fund. Said contributions shall not exceed, the contributions made by the Department of Labor and Human Resources to the fund in any fiscal year.
History —May 27, 1976, No. 66, added as § 3 on Sept. 2, 2000, No. 374, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 14a - Dedicated Sales Tax Fund—Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Fund

The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to establish a fund under its control and custody, to be called the “Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Fund”, and be funded with the proceeds of the bond issues or other financing mechanisms employed and assigned by COFINA. The funds deposited into the Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Fund may only be used for the following purposes: taxpayer relief, boosting businesses and trades, training programs, assistance for displaced employees, and any other purposes as provided through legislation. The Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Fund, also known as the “Stabilization Fund”, may also be funded with the proceeds of the bond issues or other financing mechanisms used by COFINA, from any other funds deposited therein; and all funds deposited therein, may be used for the purposes listed in this section and in §11a of this title.
History —May 13, 2006, No. 91, added as § 6 on Jan. 14, 2009, No. 1, § 5; July 2, 2012, No. 133, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 15 - Dedicated Sales Tax Fund—Additional provisions

The Legislature hereby commits to approving an expenses budget for Fiscal Year 2006—2007 that will allow the Government to keep public servants in regular employment at their jobs and that will ensure the nonimpairment of the continuity in the direct services provided to citizens. This shall include the approval of legislation that shall provide additional recurring funds for an amount estimated to be not less than three hundred million (300,000,000) dollars and not more than four hundred million (400,000,000) dollars in addition to the revenues of the Commonwealth under the current tax system, in order to tend to the structural budget deficit.
Periodically, the Legislature shall evaluate the effectiveness of the collections generated under the tax measures referred to in the above paragraph; Provided, That once the structural budget deficit has been remedied, the use of said additional recurring funds for a purpose other than tending to the structural budget deficit, shall be transferred in its entirety to the two (2) retirement systems, in proportion to the number of their participants.
Likewise, the Government shall generate annual savings in an amount of not less than three hundred fifty million (350,000,000) dollars during the next three (3) years.
History —May 13, 2006, No. 91, § 5; Dec. 26, 2006, No. 291, § 4; renumbered as § 6 on July 5, 2007, No. 56, § 5; renumbered again as § 7 on Jan. 14, 2009, No. 1, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 1 - Treasury Funds and Accounts (§§ 1 — 17) › § 16 - Dedicated Sales Tax Fund—Scope

(a) None of the provisions of §§ 11a—16 of this title shall be interpreted or applied in such a manner as to undermine the power of the Legislature to impose and collect taxes as provided in Section 2 of Article VI of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) None of the provisions of §§ 11a—16 of this title shall be interpreted or applied in such a manner as to undermine the rights of the holders of bonds or notes that constitute public debt of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of Article VI of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —May 13, 2006, No. 91, added as § 7 on July 5, 2007, No. 56, § 6; renumbered as § 8 on Jan. 14, 2009, No. 1, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation and Finance (§§ 1 — 33423) › Subtitle 1 - Governmental Finances (§§ 1 — 155) › Chapter 3 - Government Bonds (§§ 31-34 — 64) › § 35 - Redemption or purchase of government bonds from available surpluses

The Treasurer of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized and directed to redeem or to purchase on the open market or wherever they may be offered for sale, bonds or other certificates of indebtedness of The People of Puerto Rico in the most advantageous form possible, and he may, if necessary for the redemption, pay additional interest or premiums and expenses in connection with those issues where, as they are not redeemable, this additional cost may be justified, for the purpose of saving interest for The People of Puerto Rico; and he is authorized to devote to these operations of payment all the available surpluses on hand belonging to regular funds and to the Insular Emergency Fund, and the surpluses of special appropriations or any other surplus of any kind. There is also hereby appropriated from any available funds in the insular treasury the sum of eight million (8,000,000) dollars, or such part thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of the payment for, or redemption of, the bonds or certificates of indebtedness of The People of Puerto Rico which have been previously authorized and ordered paid. The Treasurer of Puerto Rico is directed, for the purposes of the authorization given him by §§ 35—43 of this title, preferentially to pay or to redeem the following issues of the public debt of The People of Puerto Rico now existing: the issue of three hundred and thirty-seven thousand (337,000) dollars with interest at four and one-half percent (41/2 %), authorized by Act No. 4 of December 14, 1931, (redeemable at any time when interest is to be paid in accordance with the terms of the contract); the issues of six million (6,000,000) dollars authorized by Act No. 13 of August 29,1923, at 5% (redeemable July 1, 1943), and of one million (1,000,000) dollars, at 5% (redeemable January 1, 1944, and authorized by Act No. 62 of July 16, 1921), that is, a total of seven million three hundred and thirty-seven thousand (7,337,000) dollars.
The Treasurer of Puerto Rico is likewise authorized to pay, with the approval of the Governor of Puerto Rico, any municipal bond or certificate of indebtedness when there is in the corresponding sinking fund sufficient balance to make this payment which the Treasurer of Puerto Rico may make on the most advantageous conditions possible, by paying additional interest, premiums, or expenses, provided the operation proves beneficial.
History —Dec. 7, 1942, No. 33, p. 174, § 1, eff. 90 days after Dec. 7, 1942.