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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 81 - Workers of the Agricultural Phase of the Sugarcane Industry (§§ 2001 — 2009b) › § 2001 - Definitions

(a) Sugar factory.— Any natural or [juridical] person, public corporation, government agency or cooperative society who operates one or more sugar mills as owner, lessee or otherwise.
(b) Sugarcane grower.— For the purpose of this chapter, any natural or [juridical] person or public corporation, including proportional-profit farms of the Land Authority of Puerto Rico, which send sugarcane to one or more sugar factories to be ground and processed into sugar.
(c) Secretary.— The Secretary of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Guaranteed income.— The amounts mentioned in subsection (a) of § 2002 of this title for the fiscal years and dates expressed herein.
(e) Income supplements.— The difference between the guaranteed income and any lesser minimum wage per hour prevailing by virtue of the legislation, mandatory decrees, collective agreements or work contracts in force, the last two as of May 31, 1972, whichever is the highest for the work performed during regular hours. The income supplements shall not be affected by any raise in wages bargained on and from June 1, 1972.
History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, § 1; June 7, 1972, No. 5, p. 347, § 2; July 24, 1974, No. 245, Part 2, p. 236, § 1, retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 81 - Workers of the Agricultural Phase of the Sugarcane Industry (§§ 2001 — 2009b) › § 2004 - Applicable labor legislation

In regard to claims and rights which the laborers or workmen may have under this chapter, there shall apply the provisions in the labor legislation in force or that might be approved in the future, including everything in relation to the use of special procedures, faculty to practice investigations and prescriptive terms. In the investigations with regard to the compliance of the provisions of this chapter or to the claims filed by workers under this chapter, the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources is hereby empowered, in accordance with the labor legislation in force, to order the production of books, documents, payrolls or any other materials necessary to the investigation carried out. The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall also have the same powers conferred on him in § 2007 of this title, in order to see to the faithful compliance of this chapter.
History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, § 4; June 7, 1972, No. 5, p. 347, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 81 - Workers of the Agricultural Phase of the Sugarcane Industry (§§ 2001 — 2009b) › § 2005 - Penalty

Every natural or artificial person who violates the provisions of this chapter in connection with the payment of the income supplement herein guaranteed shall be subject to the total payment of the indebted sums, and further, to the payment of an additional sum equal to the unpaid amount.
History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, § 5, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 81 - Workers of the Agricultural Phase of the Sugarcane Industry (§§ 2001 — 2009b) › § 2006 - Rules and regulations

The Secretary is hereby empowered to adopt the necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this chapter. The regulations so adopted shall have force of law once the provisions of Act June 30, 1957, No. 112 have been complied with. The first regulation promulgated by the Secretary as provided in § 2003(c) of this title, being of an urgent character, shall not have to comply with the provisions of Act June 30, 1957, No. 112, and shall have force of law from and after July 1, 1969.
History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, § 6, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 81 - Workers of the Agricultural Phase of the Sugarcane Industry (§§ 2001 — 2009b) › § 2007 - Summons

In compliance with the duties imposed by this chapter, the Secretary or the subaltern officer designated by him, may issue summons requiring the appearance of witnesses and the presentation of data or information that the Secretary or the subaltern officer designated by him, may consider necessary, including payrolls, salaries and hours of work records and accounting books.
If a summons issued by the Secretary or by the subaltern officer designated by him, were not duly complied with, the Secretary or the subaltern officer designated by him, may appear before any Part of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico and request that the court shall order the compliance with the summons. The Court of First Instance shall give preference to the expedition and dispatch of said petitions and shall have the authority to issue orders making compulsory the appearance of witnesses or the presentation of any data or information that the Secretary, or the subaltern officer designated by him, has previously required. The court shall be empowered to punish for contempt disobedience to its orders.
No person may refuse to comply with a summons of the Secretary or of the subaltern officer designated by him, or of a judicial order so issued alleging that the testimony, data or information required might incriminate him or render him liable to a penalty, but said person may not be criminally prosecuted in connection with any transaction, matter or thing, in regard to which he has given testimonial or produced data or information.
History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, § 7, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 81 - Workers of the Agricultural Phase of the Sugarcane Industry (§§ 2001 — 2009b) › § 2008 - Reconsideration and review

Any person impaired by an order or decision of the Secretary may request the reconsideration of said order or decision before the Secretary, within fifteen (15) days from and after the date of the sending by mail or by personal delivery of the notice of the decision or order. The Secretary shall establish, through regulations, the procedure to be followed for the holding of the reconsideration hearings, granting to the interested party the right to be represented by an attorney, to present and to cross-examine witnesses, and to produce evidence. Said reconsideration hearing may be presided by the Secretary or by the officer or officers in whom he may delegate.
Any person affected by the decision of the Secretary in the reconsideration hearing, or to whom it has been denied, may request the review of said decision before the Court of First Instance, which may, at its discretion, grant or deny same. The review petition shall be filed in the court within the fifteen (15) days reckoning from the date of the sending by mail or by personal delivery of the notice of the decision. Once the corresponding appeal for review has been filed, the court shall order the Secretary to submit a certified copy of the records of the proceedings in the reconsideration hearing.
While the appeal for review established by this section is being transacted, the effect of the order or decision shall not be stayed, except in those cases where it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that the execution of the order or decision shall cause irreparable damages to the affected party.
History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, § 8, eff. July 1, 1969.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 81 - Workers of the Agricultural Phase of the Sugarcane Industry (§§ 2001 — 2009b) › § 2009 - Appropriations

(a) For the reimbursement payments which the Department of Agriculture shall make to the sugarcane growers of Puerto Rico, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Agriculture from unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth Treasury the following sums for each one of the three (3) corresponding fiscal years:
(1) For fiscal year 1970-71, five million dollars ($5,000,000) to compensate the advances corresponding to the 1969-70 harvest.
(2) For fiscal year 1971-72, six million dollars ($6,000,000) to compensate the advances corresponding to the 1970-71 harvest.
(3) For fiscal year 1972-73, six million dollars ($6,000,000) to compensate the advances corresponding to the 1971-72 harvest.
(4) The necessary amounts to compensate the advances, if any, corresponding to the subsequent fiscal years, shall be consigned in the Budget proposed annually by the Governor to the Legislature.
(b) The sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year 1969-70, to organize the necessary administrative mechanism for the compliance of the provisions of this chapter.
(c) The Secretary is hereby authorized to use up to three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) from the appropriations provided for each fiscal year to cover the administrative expenses incurred in the execution of the provisions of this chapter. The personnel appointed for such purposes by the Secretary shall be included in the noncompetitive service.
(d) Any surplus of the appropriations provided for any year may be used for the purposes of another similar nature approved during the same legislative session entitled: “An Act to guarantee to the agricultural workers who are eligible in accordance with the regulation promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture, an income of not less than eighty cents ($0.80) per hour during fiscal year 1969-70; not less than ninety cents ($0.90) during fiscal year 1970-71; and not less than one dollar ($1.00) per hour during fiscal year 1971-72, and subsequent years; to appropriate to the Department of Agriculture the necessary sums for the carrying out of a reimbursement program to the farmers of Puerto Rico which may permit them to face the additional expenses entailed by the guaranteed income; to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to classify the farmers into various groups and to promulgate regulations fixing the standards and the costs of the rates of reimbursement for each group and to establish the punishments and penalties for violations of this act.”
History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, § 9; June 7, 1972, No. 5, p. 374, § 6; May 10, 1973, No. 24, p. 82.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 81 - Workers of the Agricultural Phase of the Sugarcane Industry (§§ 2001 — 2009b) › § 2009a - Wage subsidy, establishment

There is hereby established a wage subsidy in substitution of the reimbursement of supplementary payments provided herein, which shall be paid by the Secretary of Agriculture from the appropriations set aside for the fulfillment of this chapter to those sugarcane growers who would have the right to receive reimbursement of supplementary payments in agricultural wages under this chapter, but who may lose the right to receive them, if the workers’ minimum wage applicable to the agricultural phase of the sugar industry under the federal law known as the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, equals or surpasses the income levels guaranteed under this chapter. Said subsidy shall be computed pursuant to the norms and formulas established herein, taking as a basis the difference between the income guaranteed by this chapter and the lower commonwealth minimum wage prevailing, or the lower minimum federal wage prevailing before May 1, 1974, whichever is the highest.
History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, added as § 9-A on July 24, 1974, No. 245, Part 2, p. 236, § 4, retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 81 - Workers of the Agricultural Phase of the Sugarcane Industry (§§ 2001 — 2009b) › § 2009b - Reinstatement of Section V of 1973 Regulation

For the purpose of eliminating the problem emerged in the application of subsections A and B of Section V of the “Regulation to Prescribe Reimbursement of Payment Supplements to Sugarcane Growers who Employ Workers in the Agricultural Phase of the Sugar Industry”, approved April 30, 1974, this Section V is rendered ineffective, and in its place the text of Section V of said Regulation as approved on September 11, 1973 is reinstated, having immediate force and effect of law.
History —June 29, 1969, No. 141, p. 462, added as § 9-B on July 24, 1974, No. 245, Part 2, p. 236, § 5, retroactive to July 1, 1974.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 83A - Wage Subsidy Program for Eligible Farmers (§§ 2031 — 2040) › § 2031 - Definitions

(a) Agricultural worker.— Any person who labors for pay in work that leads to agricultural or livestock production, the maintenance of a farm, or its direct dependencies for the storing, transportation, distribution and marketing of farm produce.
(b) Secretary.— The Secretary of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(c) Eligible farmer.— Any natural or juridical person who legally owns a farm and is engaged in general agriculture, including all of its branches, such as cattle raising, aviculture, bee raising, minor crops, horticulture and others; and who pays agricultural workers at least the wages guaranteed by this chapter.
(d) Regional office.— Each one of the Agricultural Regional Offices established by the Department of Agriculture.
(e) Wage subsidy.— The amount to be reimbursed to eligible farmers, including the corresponding additional charges for interest, workers insurance, unemployment insurance and employers’ social security share, as provided by regulations.
History —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 2, retroactive to July 1, 1989.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 83A - Wage Subsidy Program for Eligible Farmers (§§ 2031 — 2040) › § 2032 - Establishment

(a) Subject to the restrictions imposed by § 2033(b) of this title, a guaranteed wage is hereby established, through a subsidy, for all eligible agricultural workers, of at least four dollars and forty-five cents ($4.45) as of January 1st, 2009, Fiscal Year 2008-2009, of four dollars and eighty cents ($4.80) as of July 1st, 2009, Fiscal Year 2009-2010, and of five dollars and twenty-five cents ($5.25) as of July 1, 2010, Fiscal Year 2010-2011.
(b) The guaranteed subsidized wage established herein shall not alter any existing wage, or any wage to be agreed upon in the future for the various work classifications in the agricultural industry. Any wage increase achieved by agricultural workers through a collective bargaining agreement or work contract as of July 1st, 1989, shall be received by the worker over and above the guaranteed wage level, through the subsidy established herein, without affecting the farmer’s right to reimbursement for the wage subsidy.
The payment of wage subsidies shall not apply for overtime work as it is defined in §§ 271 et seq. of this title.
History —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 3; Dec. 8, 1989, No. 24, p. 591; Dec. 1, 1995, No. 224, § 1; Aug. 7, 2008, No. 185, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 83A - Wage Subsidy Program for Eligible Farmers (§§ 2031 — 2040) › § 2033 - Method of payment

(a) The farmers shall pay the guaranteed wages subsidized under this chapter from their own pocket, or those fixed directly by contractual obligations, legislation, or decrees, whichever are highest. The Government of Puerto Rico, through the Agricultural Development Administration attached to the Department of Agriculture, shall establish, through regulations, the wage subsidy to be reimbursed to the farmers who meet the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The Secretary shall fix, by regulations, as of the first of July of 1989, the criteria to govern the determination of those farmers who shall be eligible to receive the benefits of this chapter. Among those criteria, the Secretary shall consider the number of hours that the workers must work a week with regard to cultivation or seasonal and non-seasonal agricultural activities, the wage subsidies to be paid, taking into consideration the different manpower needs to produce each kind of crop based on the degree of mechanization achieved by each enterprise and group of entrepreneurs, the wages paid in Puerto Rico for each kind of agricultural activity, and any other factor that should be taken into consideration in the judgment of the Secretary. The Secretary shall fix the wage subsidy rate, based on the production unit or area of land planted, or any other basis determined by regulations, taking into consideration the nature of the agricultural enterprise involved, and its marketing systems, but shall not be less than the sum of two dollars and thirty-two cents ($2.32) as of January 1, 2009, Fiscal Year 2008-2009; two dollars and fifty-two cents ($2.52) as of July 1, 2009, Fiscal Year 2009-2010; and two dollars and seventy-two cents ($2.72) as of July 1, 2010, Fiscal Year 2010-2011, per every hour certified as worked.
(c) The farmers shall be bound to submit to the Secretary or the official on whom he delegates, within the term fixed by regulation, those reports that are requested from them to compute the data on which to base the wage subsidies that the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is committed to pay to reimburse the additional expenses they must incur to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(d) The wage subsidy payments shall be paid to the farmers no later than sixty (60) days after the Secretary receives the reports referred to in subsection (c) of this section.
History —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 4, retroactive to July 1, 1989; Aug. 7, 2008, No. 185, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 83A - Wage Subsidy Program for Eligible Farmers (§§ 2031 — 2040) › § 2034 - Violations

Any natural or juridical person who violates the provisions of this chapter or its regulations concerning the payment of the guaranteed subsidized wage shall reimburse the amount of money received in excess of the amount that corresponded to him through regulations.
History —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 5, retroactive to July 1, 1989.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 83A - Wage Subsidy Program for Eligible Farmers (§§ 2031 — 2040) › § 2035 - Regulations

The Secretary is hereby empowered to adopt such rules and regulations as are needed to implement the provisions of this chapter. The rules and regulations thus adopted shall have force of law as soon as the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, are complied with.
History —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 6, retroactive to July 1, 1989.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 83A - Wage Subsidy Program for Eligible Farmers (§§ 2031 — 2040) › § 2036 - Penalties

In complying with the duties imposed by this chapter on the Secretary or the official on whom he delegates, he may issue summons compelling the appearance of witnesses and the production of data or information deemed necessary, including payrolls, evidence of wages paid, hours worked, and accounting books. If a summons issued by the Secretary or by the official designated by him is not duly complied with, the Secretary or said official may appear before any part of the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, and ask the court to order that said summons be obeyed. The Court of First Instance shall give preference to the course and determination of said petition and shall have the authority to issue orders to compel the appearance of witnesses or the production of any data or information that the Secretary or any official designated by him has requested previously. The Court of First Instance shall have the faculty to punish any disobedience of its orders, for contempt of court. No person may refuse to comply with a summons of the Secretary or the official on whom he delegates, to an order thus issued, alleging that the testimony, data or information requested from him could incriminate him or give rise to the imposition of a penalty, but cannot be charged criminally with respect to any transaction, matter or thing with regard to which he may have given testimony or produced data or information.
History —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 7, retroactive to July 1, 1989.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 83A - Wage Subsidy Program for Eligible Farmers (§§ 2031 — 2040) › § 2037 - Reconsideration

Any natural or juridical person, who is injured by a partial or final resolution or order of the Secretary or the official on whom he delegates, may request the reconsideration of said resolution or order before the corresponding official, within the term of thirty (30) days counting from the serving of the resolution or order. The Secretary shall establish, by regulations, the procedure to be followed in conducting the reconsideration hearings, granting the interested party the right to be represented by counsel, to present and cross-examine witnesses and to introduce evidence. Said reconsideration hearing may be presided over by the Secretary or the official or officials upon whom he delegates.
History —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 8, retroactive to July 1, 1989.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 83A - Wage Subsidy Program for Eligible Farmers (§§ 2031 — 2040) › § 2038 - Review

Any natural or juridical person who is affected adversely by the decision of the Secretary or the official on whom he delegates may request the revision of said decision before the Court of First Instance within the term of thirty (30) days counting from the date the copy of the service of the agency’s final resolution or order is filed in the case. While the appeal for review established by this section is being handled, the effects of the order or decision shall not be stayed, except in those cases in which it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that the execution of the order or decision will cause the affected party irreparable harm.
History —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 9, retroactive to July 1, 1989.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 83A - Wage Subsidy Program for Eligible Farmers (§§ 2031 — 2040) › § 2039 - Penalties

Any eligible farmer who violates the provision of this chapter or the regulations promulgated hereunder shall incur a misdemeanor punishable with a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
History —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 10, retroactive to July 1, 1989.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 83A - Wage Subsidy Program for Eligible Farmers (§§ 2031 — 2040) › § 2040 - Appropriations

(a) The Department of Agriculture shall make the wage subsidy payments through the Agricultural Development Administration, attached thereto. The amounts needed to pay the wage subsidy shall be consigned in the General Budget of Expenses of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) The Secretary is authorized to use up to seven percent (7%) of the appropriation provided for each fiscal year to cover the administrative expenses caused by the execution of the provisions of this chapter.
History —Aug. 5, 1989, No. 46, p. 157, § 11, retroactive to July 1, 1989.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 85 - Wage Subsidy to Sugarcane Growers (§§ 2061 — 2067) › § 2061 - Definitions

(a) Sugar factory.— Shall mean any natural or [juridical] person, public corporation, government agency or cooperative association that operates one or more sugar mills as owner, lessee, or otherwise.
(b) Sugarcane grower.— Shall mean, for the purposes of this chapter, private farmers, excluding the Sugar Corporation, proportional-profit farms of the Land Authority, seed farms of the Agricultural Services Administration, as well as any other government instrumentalities engaged in the production of cane for sugar processing.
(c) Secretary.— Shall mean the Secretary of Agriculture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Raw sugar average price.— Shall mean the price as established by daily quotations of ninety-six percent (96%) raw sugar of the “New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange” (domestic contract).
(e) Subsidy.— Shall mean the economic aid that shall be paid to growers to help them pay in part the minimum wages established under Act No. 96 of June 26, 1956, when the raw sugar annual average price used by the sugar factory to liquidate the sugar to the sugarcane growers is [eighteen dollars] ($18) or less a hundredweight. The amount of said subsidy shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, as set forth in § 2064 of this title.
(f) Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Act.— Shall mean Act No. 96 of June 26, 1956, as amended, §§ 245—246m of this title.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 92, p. 271, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 85 - Wage Subsidy to Sugarcane Growers (§§ 2061 — 2067) › § 2062 - Wage subsidy—Establishment

This chapter establishes a wage subsidy, commencing with the 1976 crop, which shall be paid by the Secretary only to private sugarcane growers as defined in § 2061(b) hereof when the annual average price they receive for the sale of raw sugar is [eighteen dollars] ($18) or less a hundredweight.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 92, p. 271, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 85 - Wage Subsidy to Sugarcane Growers (§§ 2061 — 2067) › § 2063 - Wage subsidy—Computation; beginning; increase

In computing the amount of wage subsidy to be paid annually to private sugarcane growers, the federal minimum wages prevailing on May 1, 1974 shall be taken as a basis. Provided, That the wage subsidy shall take effect when the raw sugar annual average price in the domestic market is [eighteen dollars] ($18.00) or less a hundredweight. The subsidy shall increase gradually and as provided by the Secretary through regulation, as the price of sugar diminishes, reaching its maximum limit when the price of raw sugar is [fifteen dollars and fifty cents] ($15.50) or less a hundredweight. No subsidy shall be paid when the raw sugar average price is higher than [eighteen dollars] ($18.00) a hundredweight. Besides, the payment of this aid by way of wage subsidy shall include in part the additional expenses incurred by the sugarcane grower in social security, workmen’s insurance and unemployment insurance.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 92, p. 271, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 85 - Wage Subsidy to Sugarcane Growers (§§ 2061 — 2067) › § 2064 - Determination of basic daily wage

The raw sugar average price which shall be used to determine the daily basic wages, for the purpose of computing the amount of the subsidy, shall be the monthly average comprised between January 1 and December 31 of each year.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 92, p. 271, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 85 - Wage Subsidy to Sugarcane Growers (§§ 2061 — 2067) › § 2065 - Classification of growers; rates of pay; regulations; reports; time for payment

The Secretary is hereby empowered to classify the sugarcane growers of Puerto Rico in different groups, taking into consideration the different kinds of manpower required for the production of each ton of sugarcane, on the basis of the grade of mechanization reached by each grower. For each of these groups the Secretary shall fix a rate of payment for each ton of sugarcane. Said rates of payment shall vary for each sugar crop, depending on the annual average price of a hundredweight of raw sugar and taking into account the manpower used in the production of each ton of sugarcane, as well as the resources available for this aid.
(a) The Secretary shall fix by regulation, beginning with the 1976 crop, the standards and procedures to be followed for the payment of the subsidy provided herein. Said regulations shall be filed annually in the office of the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico not later than October 30 of each year.
(b) For computing the data which shall serve as basis for the payment of the subsidy that the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico binds itself to make to sugarcane growers, the sugar factories of the Commonwealth shall furnish to the Secretary or to the subordinate officer to whom he may delegate, at the end of the sugar crop, but not later than August 30 of each year, a report on the tons of sugarcane ground by each grower, as well as on the cutting and harvesting method used.
(c) Payment of this subsidy shall be made not later than December 31 of each year, save when the Secretary deems it necessary to extend said date.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 92, p. 271, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 85 - Wage Subsidy to Sugarcane Growers (§§ 2061 — 2067) › § 2066 - Appropriation; administrative expenses

(a) For the payment of this subsidy which the Department of Agriculture shall make to the sugarcane growers, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Agriculture, from unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth Treasury, the amount of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) for the fiscal year 1976—77. The appropriations for the subsequent fiscal years shall be included in the corresponding budget that the Governor of Puerto Rico recommends annually to the Legislature.
(b) The Secretary is hereby authorized to use up to three and a half percent (3.5%) of the funds appropriated to cover the administrative expenses incurred in the execution of the provisions of this chapter.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 92, p. 271, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 85 - Wage Subsidy to Sugarcane Growers (§§ 2061 — 2067) › § 2067 - Coverage of deficits

The Secretary is hereby authorized to cover any deficit in the appropriations provided to comply with the provisions of this chapter with funds appropriated to enforce Act June 29, 1969, No. 142 and §§ 510—510k of this title. Likewise, there is hereby authorized the transfer of funds between this chapter and Act June 29, 1969, No. 142 and §§ 510—510k of this title, and vice versa, including any deficit arising as a result of administrative expenses.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 92, p. 271, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 87 - Wage Incentives for Creation of Jobs (§§ 2101 — 2109) › § 2101 - Definitions

The following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated below when used or referred to in this chapter except when the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Administration.— Shall mean the Commercial Development Administration.
(b) Fringe benefits.— Shall mean all pensions, insurance, medical insurance, social security, liquidation payment for termination, leaves and Christmas bonus, and any other benefit received by the employees, or that future employees of such enterprise will receive by initiative thereof or by law, without impairing the “employment vouchers”.
(c) Urban center.— Shall mean a geographic area in the heart or center of a town or city which has been defined as such by the municipality in a plot plan or designated as an historic zone, or is delimited by the City Planning Directs Office with the advice of the Planning Board and in close coordination with the mayor of the municipality subject to be renewed.
(d) Certificate of direct employment.— Shall mean the document that indicates that the participant is qualified to receive the wage incentive. This certificate shall be issued by the Administration. Certificates shall bear the specific name of the employee, although it shall be the business that shall process the issue. The certificates shall be nontransferable and shall be valid only for the person whose narre that appears on it.
(e) Department.— Shall mean the Department of Labor and Human Resources.
(f) Enterprises.— Shall mean the profitable or nonprofit private entities identified with manufacturing, commerce, services, tourism, construction, agriculture, agro-industry, recycling, or technology that are interested or that receive the wage incentives established in this chapter.
(g) Self-employment enterprise.— Shall mean a firm in which the owner is also the sole employee.
(h) Small business.— Shall mean a small business with annual gross sales that do not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000), and twenty five (25) employees or less. As a general rule in a small business the owner supplies the capital and is usually part of its management, and its operations are located in Puerto Rico.
History —June 17, 1996, No. 54, § 2; Aug. 19, 1997, No. 90, § 1; renumbered as § 3 by § 2 and amended by § 4 on Aug. 20, 2003, No. 202.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 87 - Wage Incentives for Creation of Jobs (§§ 2101 — 2109) › § 2102 - Wage incentive

A wage incentive is hereby established of fifty percent (50%) of the hourly wage, up to two dollars and seventy five cents ($2.75) per hour, for a minimum of thirty two (32) hours a week, up to a maximum of forty (40) hours a week, excluding fringe benefits. This incentive shall be granted to qualified businesses according to the parameters of this chapter and the regulations approved to such effect, for a maximum term of one (1) year for each participant. The owner of a self employment business established in the urban center, as it is defined in this chapter, may request the benefit as his/her own salary.
The businesses may enjoy this benefit for one (1) year per participant, up to a maximum of fifteen (15) direct employment certificates per year. Those businesses whose operations are located in urban municipal centers, as defined in § 2101 of this title, may avail themselves of up to twenty-five (25) direct employment certificates per year.
This benefit may be extended for an additional year to those businesses that meet a minimum of seventy five percent (75%) retention of employees. Each business shall be a beneficiary of the program of up to a maximum of two (2) years.
For the purposes of calculating the maximum number of years that a business may benefit from the Program, it must receive the benefits for two (2) consecutive years, unless it is shown that the enterprise that is interested in participating in the Program is other than the business that requested the extension the previous year, in which case, the two (2) years term shall begin anew.
History —June 17, 1996, No. 54, § 3; Aug. 19, 1997, No. 90, § 2; renumbered as § 4 by § 2 and amended by § 5 on Aug. 20, 2003, No. 202.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 87 - Wage Incentives for Creation of Jobs (§§ 2101 — 2109) › § 2103 - Commercial Development Administration—Powers and responsibilities

The Administration shall be the agency responsible for executing the purposes of this chapter. To do so, it shall have, among others, the following powers and responsibilities:
(a) Promote the participation of for profit or nonprofit enterprises in the creation of jobs in all sectors covered by this chapter.
(b) Select the enterprises that are eligible to receive the incentive established by means of this chapter, in those cases where it applies.
(c) Advise the eligible enterprises on the availability of the incentives to be granted prior to their requesting them.
(d) Refer eligible participants to applicant enterprises in coordination with the Department.
(e) In those cases where it is deemed necessary, offer an orientation to the participants on how to adapt to the new job.
(f) Coordinate the reimbursement of wage incentives to the participating enterprises.
(g) To coordinate or contract, as the case may be, the participation or cooperation of other private or public entities, specifically including the municipalities, that are needed to fulfill the purposes of this chapter, and which may offer administrative or fiscal support to the Urban Center Direct Employment Program, provided the requirements set forth by state or federal lawes that regulate said programs are complied with. For purposes of this subsection, the government agencies or instrumentalities that shall work in coordination with the Administration shall be, among others, the Department, and the Departments of Education, Economic Development and Commerce, Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Family, and their operational component.
(h) Coordinate with the Department the procedures to notify potentially eligible persons.
(i) Establish the procedures for the design, preparation and delivery of the direct employment certificates, which shall have a legal effect of twelve (12) months.
(j) Ensure that all procedures are carried out pursuant to federal or state laws, regulations, procedures and applicable guides.
(k) To refer potential participants and their employees to training programs in vocational, technical courses or for the acquisition of degrees, or especially by using the resource of the Management School offered by the Administration.
(l) Cancel the incentive and benefits granted to those enterprises and participants that do not meet the requirements established in this chapter and the regulations promulgated.
History —June 17, 1996, No. 54, § 4; Aug. 19, 1997, No. 90, § 3; renumbered as § 5 by § 2 and amended by § 6 on Aug. 20, 2003, No. 202.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 87 - Wage Incentives for Creation of Jobs (§§ 2101 — 2109) › § 2105 - Participants; selection

The Administration shall establish whatever procedures it deems necessary and convenient for the orientation, selection and referral of the participants. Business enterprises interested in obtaining direct employment certificates must go to the Administration, which shall issue direct employment certificate or certificates after determining that the enterprise qualifies, with the specific name of the employee or employees, as the case may be.
History —June 17, 1996, No. 54, § 6; Aug. 19, 1997, No. 90, § 5; renumbered as § 7 by § 2 and amended by § 8 on Aug. 20, 2003, No. 202.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 87 - Wage Incentives for Creation of Jobs (§§ 2101 — 2109) › § 2106 - Incentives available

The amount of incentives to be granted shall depend upon the resources available for these purposes, to be determined by the Administration.
The Administration shall render a quarterly report to the Office of Budget and Management on the income and expenses of the program. Said report shall also include, the number of employers billing, persons employed, and payments made.
History —June 17, 1996, No. 54, § 7; Aug. 19, 1997, No. 90, § 6; renumbered as § 8 by § 2 and amended by § 9 on Aug. 20, 2003, No. 202.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 87 - Wage Incentives for Creation of Jobs (§§ 2101 — 2109) › § 2107 - Reimbursement procedure

The reimbursement of the wage incentive established in § 2102 of this title, shall be made monthly. To do so, the Administration shall establish the processes needed for this action to be performed as soon as possible, taking the following into consideration:
(a) The business shall render a monthly report to the Administration on the wages paid to the participating employees, with information regarding the hours worked and the reimbursement amount requested. Along with the first report, it shall include a copy of the direct employment certificate. The business shall retain the direct employment certificate while the participant is on the payroll. Once the participant ceases to work, the provisions of § 2104(h) of this title shall apply.
(b) The Administration may take the necessary measures to verify that the enterprise met the requirements established in this chapter and that the amount claimed corresponds to the employees recruited and to the hours worked. This shall include, without it being understood as a limitation, performing audits at any time, at the Administration’s discretion, requesting financial statements, and access to the payrolls for the six (6) months prior to the verification.
(c) Along with the request for reimbursement, the enterprise shall submit the payroll within the ten (10) days following the month for which the reimbursement is claimed, so that the same may be made within the following thirty (30) working days.
(d) The participating employee shall receive payment of his/her wages from the employer on the same date as the rest of the employees of the enterprise.
For the purposes of this section, a reimbursement claimed by an enterprise on account of wage incentives for persons who were previously hired by the enterprise for the year prior to the granting of this incentive and/or are stockholders, directors or officials thereof, shall be void.
History —June 17, 1996, No. 54, § 8; Aug. 19, 1997, No. 90, § 7; renumbered as § 9 by § 2 and amended by § 10 on Aug. 20, 2003, No. 202.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 87 - Wage Incentives for Creation of Jobs (§§ 2101 — 2109) › § 2108 - Administrative fines

The Commercial Development Administrator may impose administrative fines of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) on the enterprises that receive wage incentives pursuant to this chapter, for each violation of any provision contained therein or in the rules and regulations by virtue thereof. Furthermore, the enterprise shall return to the Administration the wage incentive received up to that date on account of the participants involved in such action.
History —June 17, 1996, No. 54, § 9; Aug. 19, 1997, No. 90, § 8; renumbered as § 10 on Aug. 20, 2003, No. 202, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VI - Guaranteed Income (§§ 2001 — 2109) › Chapter 87 - Wage Incentives for Creation of Jobs (§§ 2101 — 2109) › § 2109 - Employment Guarantee Fund; creation

An Employment Guarantee Fund is hereby created on the books of the Department of the Treasury. Administrative fines collected by the Commercial Development Administrator by virtue of this chapter and any appropriations consigned for these purposes, shall be deposited in said Fund.
The collections and appropriations deposited in the Employment Guarantee Fund shall be used to grant the wage incentives established in this chapter and to defray the expenses of the operation and purchase of the material needed for the development of the Program, which shall not exceed five percent (5%) thereof.
History —June 17, 1996, No. 54, § 10, renumbered as § 11 on Aug. 20, 2003, No. 202, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VII - Regulation, Certification and Licenses (§§ 3001 — 3004) › Chapter 91 - Inspection of Industrial Cranes (§§ 3001 — 3004) › § 3001 - Authority to regulate

The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources is hereby conferred full authority to regulate, certify and grant licenses to those persons who are engaged in the inspection of construction and industrial cranes. The regulations to be adopted shall include the requirements to perform as an inspector and the reasonable fees to be charged for issuing such licenses.
History —Aug. 4, 1997, No. 55, § 1, eff. 60 days after Aug. 4, 1997.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VII - Regulation, Certification and Licenses (§§ 3001 — 3004) › Chapter 91 - Inspection of Industrial Cranes (§§ 3001 — 3004) › § 3002 - Inspection of cranes without a license—Prohibition

No person shall be engaged in the inspection of construction and industrial cranes without first obtaining a license to such effects issued by the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources.
History —Aug. 4, 1997, No. 55, § 2, eff. 60 days after Aug. 4, 1997.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VII - Regulation, Certification and Licenses (§§ 3001 — 3004) › Chapter 91 - Inspection of Industrial Cranes (§§ 3001 — 3004) › § 3003 - Imposition of fines

The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources is hereby authorized to impose administrative fines, pursuant to §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”, as amended, on those persons who persist in representing themselves as experts in this field without first having submitted themselves to the certification procedure or obtaining the pertinent license duly issued by the Secretary.
History —Aug. 4, 1997, No. 55, § 3, eff. 60 days after Aug. 4, 1997.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-NINE - Labor (§§ 1 — 3004) › PART VII - Regulation, Certification and Licenses (§§ 3001 — 3004) › Chapter 91 - Inspection of Industrial Cranes (§§ 3001 — 3004) › § 3004 - Regulations

The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall submit the regulations for the approval of the Governor within one hundred and twenty (120) days from the approval of this act.
History —Aug. 4, 1997, No. 55, § 4, eff. 60 days after Aug. 4, 1997.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY - Mortgage Law and Regulations (§§ 1-5 — 5005) › Subtitle 3 - Additional Provisions (§§ 1701-1721 — 1925) › Chapter 81 - Registries of Property and Registrars Generally (§§ 1701-1721 — 1770e) › § 1722 - Schedule of fees where single deed includes a community of properties or rights

In the case of a community of properties or rights in realty, the schedule of the registrars of property shall be applied without taking into account the numbler of conveyors or executors, or the number of acquirers, of the property or right in realty the registration or annotation of which is asked for, in one single deed; Provided, That if the registration or annotation of an undivided part is asked for separately, the fees for the registration or annotation shall then be collected according to the value of the participation or co-ownership.
History —May 10, 1937, No. 85, p. 217, § 1.