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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91A - Student Community Service Project (§§ 1461 — 1466) › § 1462 - Objectives

The objectives of this chapter shall be the following:
(a) To promote individual, moral and family values of young Puerto Ricans through community service.
(b) To educate young Puerto Rican students on the problems and needs of the Puerto Rican community.
(c) To acknowledge and distinguish young students who complete forty (40) hours of community service each semester during their senior year in high school.
History —June 2, 2009, No. 26, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91A - Student Community Service Project (§§ 1461 — 1466) › § 1462a - Maintenance and reconditioning of public schools

As part of the different community service options to be performed by students by virtue of this chapter, the latter may carry out school buildings maintenance and reconditioning works.
For such purposes, it is hereby provided that the Department of Education, as well as the Office for the Improvement of Public Schools and/or the Public Buildings Authority, shall provide the materials needed for carrying out improvements to structures consisting of paint, ornamentation and beautification of school buildings, to students who carry out community service works. The Secretary of Education shall have the duty of determining the work to be performed, taking the necessary measures to ensure the safety of students and assuring that the insurance coverage of the Department is appropriate to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
History —June 2, 2009, No. 26, added as § 4 on Jan. 11, 2012, No. 15, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91A - Student Community Service Project (§§ 1461 — 1466) › § 1463 - Director

The administrative functions of the Project shall be carried out by a director, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Education. The Director shall have all powers, authorities, attributions, and prerogatives vested upon him/her by the Secretary of Education.
History —June 2, 2009, No. 26, § 4; renumbered as § 5 on Jan. 11, 2012, No. 15, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91A - Student Community Service Project (§§ 1461 — 1466) › § 1464 - Director—Authorities and functions

For the purposes of implementing the objectives of the Project, the Director shall have, among other authorities and functions, the following duties:
(a) To draft and adopt regulations establishing the applicable norms and procedures to be followed by the students participating in the Project.
(b) To select ten (10) students each semester to be awarded with a medal for their extraordinary performance in the community service rendered; all other participating students shall be acknowledged with a certificate to such effect.
(c) To coordinate with other government dependencies, the private sector and communities the implementation of a strategic plan geared toward encouraging all other young Puerto Ricans to render community service.
(d) To establish a general plan to inform other students and the general public on the experiences and knowledge gained by participating students.
(e) To provide guidance and advice to young participants.
History —June 2, 2009, No. 26, § 5; renumbered as § 6 on Jan. 11, 2012, No. 15, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91A - Student Community Service Project (§§ 1461 — 1466) › § 1465 - Graduation requirement

It is hereby provided that it shall be an essential graduation requirement for students of the public education system to complete forty (40) hours of community service, subject to the provisions of § 1466 of this title.
History —June 2, 2009, No. 26, § 6; renumbered as § 7 on Jan. 11, 2012, No. 15, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 91A - Student Community Service Project (§§ 1461 — 1466) › § 1466 - Implementation of the Project

The Project shall take effect as of school year 2009—2010. The regulations shall set forth the manner in which the hour requirement for graduation may be adjusted for those students who are already attending the 11th or 12th grade as of the date of effectiveness of the Project.
History —June 2, 2009, No. 26, § 7; renumbered as § 8 on Jan. 11, 2012, No. 15, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 92 - Puerto Rican Fund for Financing of Cultural Endeavors (§§ 1471 — 1481) › § 1471 - Definitions

The following phrases and terms shall have the meaning stated below except when another meaning can be drawn from the text of the chapter:
(a) Fund. — The Puerto Rican Fund for the Financing of Cultural Endeavors created by this chapter.
(b) Institute. — The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
(c) General Manager of the Fund. — The Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
(d) Administrative Council. — The Council created by this chapter to administer and direct the Fund.
(e) Secured creditor. — The commercial bank, financial company or institution, or any beneficiary, to whom payment of the principal amount and interest on a loan by the Fund has been guaranteed.
The terms used in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and the words that refer to persons shall include firms, groups, trusts, sponsorships, partnerships and corporations, nonprofit institutions and any other juridical person.
History —July 20, 1988, No. 115, p. 482, § 2; Aug. 19, 1996, No. 139, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 92 - Puerto Rican Fund for Financing of Cultural Endeavors (§§ 1471 — 1481) › § 1472 - Fund—Creation

The Puerto Rican Fund for the Financing of Cultural Endeavors is hereby created in the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, which shall be [sustained by] the sources listed in § 1477 of this title.
History —July 20, 1988, No. 115, p. 482, § 3; Aug. 19, 1996, No. 139, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 92 - Puerto Rican Fund for Financing of Cultural Endeavors (§§ 1471 — 1481) › § 1473 - Fund—Purposes

The purposes of the Fund shall be to finance, promote, develop and stimulate cultural and artistic activities carried out by natural persons, nonprofit institutions, corporations, partnerships, associations and diverse groups, through refundable and nonrefundable financial mechanisms, pursuant to the conditions fixed and indicated through regulations by the Administrative Council created by this chapter.
History —July 20, 1988, No. 115, p. 482, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 92 - Puerto Rican Fund for Financing of Cultural Endeavors (§§ 1471 — 1481) › § 1474 - Administrative Council—Creation

The Administrative Council is hereby created as an autonomous government entity, which shall be composed [of] nine (9) members, to wit:
(a) Two members of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, designated therefor by the Board of Directors itself.
(b) A representative of the Government Development Bank designated by the President of said Bank.
(c) Six (6) citizens representing the public interest who shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
All the representatives of the public interest appointed by the Governor shall be persons of recognized ability, knowledge, appreciation of our cultural values and who have distinguished themselves in the defense of these values. At least three (3) of the nine (9) members who compose the Board shall have knowledge and experience in the fields of finance and administration.
Three (3) of the Council members who represent the public interest shall be initially appointed for a term of four (4) years and the remaining three (3) shall each be initially appointed for a term of three (3) years. Upon the expiration of the first appointments subsequent appointments shall be made for a term of four (4) years each. Upon the expiration of the term of their appointment, the persons shall remain in office until their successors are appointed and take office. In the event of a vacancy the Governor shall make a new appointment for the unexpired term of the one who [occasioned] it.
The Chairperson of the Administrative Council shall be designated by the majority vote of the Council members and all decisions and resolutions shall be made by the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members.
The members of the Council shall not receive a salary, but those who are not public officials or employees shall be entitled to payment of per diems of fifty dollars ($50) for each day or fraction thereof that they attend Council meetings. They shall be entitled to payment of travel expenses incurred to carry out such services in accordance with Treasury Department Regulations to that effect.
The Council shall meet as many times as necessary, but no less than six (6) times a year.
History —July 20, 1988, No. 115, p. 482, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 92 - Puerto Rican Fund for Financing of Cultural Endeavors (§§ 1471 — 1481) › § 1476 - General Manager

The Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall be the General Manager of the Fund and shall have charge of the income and disbursements of the Fund, subject to the specific directives established by the Administrative Council. He shall submit quarterly reports to the Council that will include a complete and itemized account of the expenses incurred and the income obtained through its operations. He shall have such responsibilities and duties as are assigned to him by the Administrative Council.
History —July 20, 1988, No. 115, p. 482, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 92 - Puerto Rican Fund for Financing of Cultural Endeavors (§§ 1471 — 1481) › § 1477 - Administration of resources

The monies of the Fund shall be under the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury in a manner separate and distinct from any other funds and monies of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, and without being subject to a specific fiscal year.
The resources of the Fund shall be administered pursuant to the regulations provided by the Administrative Council with the prior approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 1476 of this title, the Council may enter into agreements with other government entities or contract services with persons and private entities to delegate to these persons or entities the functions of the Administrative Council related to the administration of the loans of the Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the power to authorize loans, as well as the responsibility for approving the regulations that shall govern the administration thereof shall not be delegated. The Council shall not invest more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total resources of the Fund in administrative expenses.
The resources of the Fund shall be destined exclusively to attend to the needs related to the application of this chapter and shall originate from:
(a) Annual appropriations by the Legislature for the development and financing of the cultural endeavor that are destined to the Fund.
(b) Donations from industries, groups, nonprofit institutions, partnerships and corporate entities from the private sector, private citizens, as well as federal and Commonwealth and municipal government entities.
(c) Interest accrued on account of investments charged to the Fund’s monies.
(d) Transfers of real and personal property authorized by the Governor through an Executive Order.
The Governor may transfer to the Fund, through an executive order, any personal or real property that he deems necessary and convenient for the development of any of its activities by the Fund, pursuant to this chapter.
In any case in which, according to this section, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico must transfer a specific real property to the Fund, said transfer shall be by virtue of a certificate issued by the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, in behalf and in representation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in which there shall appear a description of the real property and note of its inscription in the Property Register. The Property Registrars shall take notice of said certification for the purpose of registering the title deed in favor of the transferee.
History —July 20, 1988, No. 115, p. 482, § 8; May 2, 1990, No. 8, p. 63; May 7, 2004, No. 109, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 92 - Puerto Rican Fund for Financing of Cultural Endeavors (§§ 1471 — 1481) › § 1478 - Loans, subsidies, nonrefundable benefits; granting and security

Subject to the provisions of § 1475(b) of this title, the Administrative Council may grant loans to any natural or juridical person destined to promote, develop and stimulate cultural and artistic activities; likewise, it may also grant subsidies and other refundable or nonrefundable benefits destined to stimulate and promote nonprofit cultural and artistic activities pursuant to the provisions of § 1475 of this title.
The scope of the application of the Puerto Rican Fund for the Financing of Cultural Endeavors shall encompass all the sectors of the country’s cultural life, among which are:
(a) Plastic arts, museums and parks.
(b) Architecture and urbanism.
(c) Theater and other performing arts.
(d) Cinematography.
(e) Folk expressions.
(f) Music and [record] industry.
(g) Dance and ballet.
(h) [Writings] and editorial industry.
(i) Applied arts.
(j) Graphic and industrial design.
(k) Photography and audiovisuals.
(l) Opera, light opera, and Spanish musical comedy (zarzuela).
(m) Artisanry.
(n) Archaeology and anthropology.
(o) Cultural centers.
(p) Scholarship programs.
(q) History.
(r) Conservation and restoration of cultural assets.
History —July 20, 1988, No. 115, p. 482, § 9; Aug. 30, 1990, No. 77, p. 464; Aug. 19, 1996, No. 139, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 92 - Puerto Rican Fund for Financing of Cultural Endeavors (§§ 1471 — 1481) › § 1479 - Reports to Legislature and Governor

The Administrative Council shall render an annual report on all its activities to the Governor and the Legislature not later than sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year, which shall include the following:
(a) The total funds available during the year to which the report corresponds, with a listing of their source of origin, including those arising from donations received and interest accrued on account of investment of the monies of the Fund that is established by this chapter.
(b) The assistance, incentives, donation, loan securities and others, authorized and granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter during the corresponding report year with a statement of the natural persons, nonprofit corporations, partnerships, associations or groups to which they have been granted.
(c) The investment of funds carried out during the corresponding report year.
(d) The balance of the monies available in the Fund at the expiration of the calendar year to which the report corresponds.
History —July 20, 1988, No. 115, p. 482, § 12; May 7, 2004, No. 109, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 92 - Puerto Rican Fund for Financing of Cultural Endeavors (§§ 1471 — 1481) › § 1480 - Application of other statutes

The provisions of this chapter shall be implemented in harmony with §§ 1195 et seq. of this title, which is the Organic Act of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, and shall prevail over the provisions of any other Legislative act which may be in conflict with the preceding ones.
History —July 20, 1988, No. 115, p. 482, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 92 - Puerto Rican Fund for Financing of Cultural Endeavors (§§ 1471 — 1481) › § 1481 - Aid and assistance from Institute of Puerto Rican Culture

The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby authorized to watch over the efficient operation of the Fund and, to that end, it must furnish it with office space, equipment, technical and professional personnel and any other assistance or service deemed necessary by the Administrative Council.
History —July 20, 1988, No. 115, p. 482, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1501 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the “Act for the Protection, Conservation and Study of the Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources”.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1502 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Puerto Rico or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. — Comprises the entire area within the geographical or territorial boundaries under its jurisdiction.
(b) Person. — Any individual or juridical entity, corporate group, association, public and private corporations, including municipalities, agencies and instrumentalities of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(c) Coastal waters. — All navigable or nonnavigable bodies of water that are outside of the baseline that defines the land boundaries of Puerto Rico and its adjacent islands, which are under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Inland waters. — All navigable or nonnavigable bodies of water found within the baselines that define the land boundaries of Puerto Rico and its adjacent islands.
(e) Council. — The Council for the Conservation and Study of Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources, created hereby.
(f) Institute. — The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture created by §§ 1195 et seq. of this title.
(g) Underwater archaeological sites and resources. — Includes any artifact, evidence of historical settlements, ships or other shipwrecked vessels and any parts or debris thereof; ruins of human habitation, and any object or thing related to the history, government or culture of Puerto Rico found in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(h) Shipwreck. — Any ship, boat or other navigation vessel which has sunk in waters under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which occurred over fifty (50) years ago.
(i) Miles. — All references are to nautical miles.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1503 - Public policy statement

Pursuant to the provisions of § 19 of Article VI of our Constitution, it is hereby reaffirmed that it is the public policy to conserve and maintain underwater archaeological sites and resources in this jurisdiction for the benefit of the People of Puerto Rico.
It is likewise reaffirmed that it is the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that in any operation authorized to recover historical or archaeological resources, the protection of the natural environment where they are found shall be ensured. To achieve this, those persons authorized to do so are bound to use the most advanced techniques developed by science and technology to prevent environmental damage and the problems that these operations could entail.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1504 - Dominion

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has the dominion of the waters under its jurisdiction and the lands submerged under them, and, therefore, has the dominion and the right to administer and dispose of all the underwater archaeological sites and resources that lie in these waters and their submerged lands.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1505 - Statement of public interest

All underwater archaeological sites and resources in the inland and coastal waters under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are hereby declared as sites of public interest.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1506 - Council—Creation

The Council for the Conservation and Study of Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources, attached to the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, is hereby created as the government body which is responsible for the protection and custody of these archaeological resources, and to stimulate, in turn, the location, discovery and study of these archaeological values, in harmony with the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1507 - Council—Constitution and members

(a) Ex officio members of the Council shall be: the Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, who shall preside; the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources; the Director of the Commonwealth Historical Conservation Office attached to the Governor’s Office; and a professional archaeologist from each one of the universities of the island that have courses in that discipline, who shall be designated by the presidents of said universities from among the professors of said discipline, for a term that shall not exceed four (4) years. In the event that the professor thus appointed should no longer be a member of the faculty of the university in question, the President thereof shall appoint another person for the remaining term of the professor-member of the Council thus replaced. The Governor of Puerto Rico, with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico, shall also appoint three (3) persons of recognized academic proficiency or experience in the field of underwater archaeology. The initial appointments of these three (3) members shall be made for terms of two (2), three (3), and four (4) years, respectively, and they shall hold office until their successors are appointed and take office. Subsequent appointments shall be made for a term of four (4) years each, until their successors are appointed and take office. In the event of a vacancy, resignation or permanent disability of any of these members, the corresponding appointments shall be made for the remainder of the term of the person [occasioning] the vacancy.
(b) The Council shall be constituted no later than sixty (60) days following the effectiveness of this act. The appointments to fill the vacancies that arise in the Council shall be made following the same procedure used to appoint the replaced member.
(c) The members of the Council shall perform their duties ad honorem. Those members from the private sector shall be entitled to a per diem of fifty dollars ($50) for each meeting they attend or in which they perform official duties. All the Council members shall be entitled to reimbursement for the authorized expenses they incur in the performance of their duties and to the payment of mileage similar to the compensation received for this concept by the employees and officials of the Executive Branch of the Government.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 7; Aug. 22, 1990, No. 52, p. 209.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1509 - Council—Permits for operations; petition

Any person interested in conducting or continuing to conduct any operation for the investigation, study, exploration, excavation, recovery or salvage in an underwater archaeological site shall be bound to file a petition for the granting or renewal of the corresponding permit before the Council. This petition shall be accompanied by an environmental impact statement prepared by an investigator approved by the Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and by the Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. The Council shall evaluate the petition and shall take the corresponding final action as to the granting, renewal, denial, suspension or cancellation of those permits. It shall be a requirement that upon granting or renewing a permit, the petitioner shall post a bond that will satisfactorily cover any damage that may be caused to the underwater archaeological site.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1510 - Council—Criteria and conditions

In the granting of a permit, it shall be taken into consideration, without it being understood as a limitation, that the petitioner represents a museum, university or other recognized scientific or educational organization, or that has proven to have the capacity or expertise to conduct these operations, or that having sufficient economic resources to finance or conduct salvage work, has been the first person to request the authorization of the Council. The petitioner shall be bound to submit the information or necessary documents that are required by the Council for the evaluation of the permit. Any permit granted pursuant to this chapter shall establish, among other things, that:
(1) Any authorized operation shall be supervised by the Council in the manner and for the time deemed adequate and necessary.
(2) The holder of the permit shall submit to the Council the reports required by it on the corresponding dates or intervals.
(3) The exploration permit shall be granted to cover an area that shall not exceed twenty-five (25) square miles; and the permit to excavate, recover or salvage may be granted to cover an area not to exceed four (4) miles.
(4) No permit shall be granted in an area previously designated in another permit until said permit has expired, is cancelled or until its holder formally notifies the Council in writing of his intention to cease the authorized operations.
(5) No permit shall be granted or renewed for a period greater than one (1) year.
(6) The permits are not transferable and their renewal shall not be automatic. Every renewal shall be requested at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the term for which it was granted. The Council shall request any information or the documents that it deems pertinent to evaluate the petition for renewal.
(7) A fee of five hundred dollars ($500) shall be charged for the applications or renewals of study or exploration permits, and a fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the application or renewal of permits to excavate, recover or salvage, which shall be paid through the corresponding Internal Revenue voucher.
(8) In the event that the applicant for a permit is a government entity, the Council may exempt it, through a resolution issued to that effect, from complying with the requirements and conditions established herein, provided it does not affect the attainment of this chapter’s objectives.
(9) The granting or renewal of a permit shall be conditioned to the compliance with this chapter or with any other applicable act, and to the regulations pursuant thereto.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1511 - Council—Economic benefits; contracts; first option

Every economic benefit obtained from the authorized operation of an underwater archaeological site shall be fairly shared among the discoverer of the site, the person performing the operation and the People of Puerto Rico. Every contract signed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall stipulate that:
(1) The discoverer of a site and the holder of the permit shall obtain a fair percentage of the eventual financial benefits resulting from the operation, taking into account:
(a) The expenses incurred in the operation;
(b) the hazards faced in terms of the risk they represent to the safety of persons and the damage or loss of equipment used in the operation;
(c) the operation’s degree of difficulty;
(d) the ends pursued by the permit holder, and
(e) any other consideration that the contracting parties deem reasonable.
(2) The share of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall never be less than fifty percent (50%) of the market value of all the objects recovered, whether they are of a historical, cultural or archaeological value, or solely of a financial value.
(3) Once an operation has commenced, a detailed inventory of recovered and discovered objects shall be kept. As soon as they are discovered and recovered, the Council shall take possession of them after issuing the corresponding receipt to the person indicated and shall be responsible for their custody and for placing them in the appropriate place, under the proper conditions to ensure their protection until their disposition is finally determined.
The expenses involved in the protection and conservation of the objects once they are recovered shall be subject to negotiation and shall be consigned in the contract between the parties.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1512 - Council—Protection

The corresponding bodies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall enforce compliance of the statutes and regulations concerning underwater archaeological sites and shall offer adequate protection, at sites where any operation authorized by the Council is being carried out, upon request of an interested party, in order to prevent the interference of persons alien to the operation being carried out.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1513 - Council—[Stoppage] and penalties

Pursuant to the provisions of §§ 1195 et seq. of this title, the Institute, motu proprio, or by petition of the Council, may request the Court of First Instance to issue an order to [stop] and penalize any work or venture that interferes with the compliance of the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1514 - Acquisition of site; statement of public interest; gifts and donations

(a) Whenever the Council understands that it is proper to declare any underwater archaeological site of public interest, or that it is in the public interest to acquire these archaeological sites located on private property, or that their conservation is justified as part of the cultural assets of the People of Puerto Rico, it shall thus direct the Institute through its Executive Director. The Institute may avail itself of the procedure provided for these ends by § 1198(b)(4) of this title.
(b) The Institute and the Council may accept gifts or donations of services or real or personal property, corporeal or incorporeal, that may assist in the achievement of the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1515 - Regulations

(a) The Council shall adopt the regulations needed for the execution of this chapter pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3. Any approval, amendment or repeal of such regulations, as well as any statement of public interest adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be preceded by public hearings to be held by the Council. No less than thirty (30) days prior to the holding of the hearing, a public notice shall be published in two (2) newspapers of general circulation with the date, hour, place and nature of the hearing, as well as the place and manner of obtaining additional information related to the hearing’s subject matter.
(b) The decision to recommend the approval, amendment or repeal of a regulation or statement of public interest shall require an affirmative vote of no less than two-thirds (2 / 3) of the Council members.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1516 - Violations; effects

In case of a violation of the provisions of this chapter, or of any other applicable act, or its regulations, the Council may decree the denial, suspension or revocation of a permit requested or granted under this chapter after due notice to the petitioner or permit holder, as the case may be, with a writ that includes the grounds or reasons justifying said decision.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 93 - Underwater Archaeological Sites and Resources (§§ 1501 — 1518) › § 1517 - Court review

(a) Any party that is adversely affected by a resolution, order or decision of the Council may request a reconsideration before it within the term of thirty (30) days after having received notice of the resolution, order or decision.
(b) The filing of a reconsideration request shall not exempt any person from complying and obeying any resolution, order or decision of the Council. The reconsideration request shall not act as a suspension or postponement of the effectiveness of the resolution, order or decision, except by a special order of the Council, by request of the party. The request for reconsideration shall specifically state the grounds upon which it is based. The Council shall have the power to grant or deny the reconsideration or to suspend, amend or revoke the resolution, order or decision, subject to a prior hearing. The Institute shall issue its decision based on the request for reconsideration within a term of thirty (30) days from the filing date of the petition for reconsideration. The filing of a petition for reconsideration shall suspend the term to file an appeal for review before the Court of First Instance, San Juan Part, and the term shall start to be counted again from the notice of the Council’s final decision on the reconsideration petition.
(c) The resolution or decision issued by the Council shall be final and binding unless the party adversely affected thereby requests its revision before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, San Juan Part, within the thirty (30) days following the date of notice. The appellant shall advise the Council with a copy of the appeal for review on the same date it is filed.
(d) The filing of an appeal for review of any resolution, order or decision of the Council shall not suspend the effects of such resolution, order or decision unless the court so orders upon request by the interested party after a prior hearing, and the determination that the party against whom the resolution, order or decision was issued will suffer serious or irreparable harm if such a suspension is not decreed. The resolution issued by the court to that effect shall indicate those provisional remedies that are deemed reasonable to answer for the damages and injuries that could be caused by the suspension of the execution of the resolution, order or decision of the Council.
(e) The review shall be put into effect based on the duly certified administrative record of the proceedings filed before the Council. The determinations of the Council regarding the facts shall be conclusive if they are backed by substantial evidence. The resolution to be dictated shall be firm after thirty (30) days of its notice and shall only be revised by a certiorari before the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, which shall issue its order at its discretion.
History —Aug. 7, 1987, No. 10, p. 630, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 94 - School of Plastic Arts (§§ 1521 — 1526) › § 1521 - Creation

The School of Plastic Arts known from here on as “the School” which will be attached to the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, is hereby created as an autonomous entity for the purpose of strengthening and reaffirming the academic autonomy in the plastic arts.
History —Aug. 22, 1990, No. 54, p. 213, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 94 - School of Plastic Arts (§§ 1521 — 1526) › § 1522 - Objectives

As a higher education organism and because of its obligation to serve the culture and the people of Puerto Rico, the School of Plastic Arts has as its mission to attain the following objectives, in harmony with the most ample freedom of teaching and artistic investigation:
(a) To conserve, enrich and diffuse the cultural values of the Puerto Rican people. To contribute to the development and enjoyment of the ethical and aesthetic values of our culture.
(b) To seek the full formation of the student vis-à-vis his/her responsibility in the service of the cultural, national and universal community.
(c) Develop to its fullness the intellectual and spiritual richness latent in students, so that they are able to place it in service of the Puerto Rican society.
(d) To offer higher education study programs geared towards the development of the plastic arts using the teaching of art techniques to stimulate the humanistic development of the student body.
(e) To collaborate, within the spheres that are appropriate to it, in the study and propagation of the cultural endeavor with other organisms of society.
History —Aug. 22, 1990, No. 54, p. 213, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 94 - School of Plastic Arts (§§ 1521 — 1526) › § 1523 - Functions and powers

The School will have, without it being understood as a limitation, the following functions and powers:
(a) To be the owner in fee simple, administer and coordinate the most efficient use of the facilities related to its purposes, presently used or being constructed, or those that are constructed or acquired in the future.
(b) To possess and use an official seal which it may alter at will and of which judicial notice shall be taken.
(c) To acquire the rights and assets, be they real estate or personal, through donation, bequest, purchase or other legal means and possess and dispose of the same pursuant to the applicable acts and in the manner indicated by its own regulations as long as it is necessary and convenient to realize its corporate ends and in the best interests of the School.
(d) To formulate and adopt regulations to govern its activities, as well as its internal operations.
(e) To adopt its own accounting system with the approval of the Board. The School’s accounts will be managed in such a manner that they can be segregated or separated by activities. The Comptroller of Puerto Rico or his/her representative, shall from time to time examine the accounts and books of the School.
(f) It may execute contracts and legalize all types of documents that would be necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.
(g) To accept donations or loans and enter into contracts, agreements and other transactions, with agencies of the Government of the United States of America and with the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its agencies, instrumentalities and municipalities and invest the product from any of said income, donations or loans for any valid purpose.
(h) It may collect for the services it renders and use said income for any valid purpose.
(i) Rent and dispose of whatever assets or any interest over the same in the form, manner and extension that the School determines.
(j) To perform all the acts necessary or convenient to put into effect the powers granted to it by this or any other act.
(k) To subsist in perpetuity, to sue and be sued as a juridical person.
(l) To receive funds from public and private sources and spend such funds for purposes that are consistent with the objectives of the School.
(m) Confer academic degrees to its students, validate courses completed in other academic institutions and degrees conferred thereby, and confer academic honors in the field of plastic arts and the teaching thereof, pursuant to the laws and regulations that govern said matter.
(n) Take money on loan, contract obligations and secure them with any property of the School, after the approval of the Government Development Bank, which shall act as its fiscal agent.
(o) Establish a trust and other juridical structures of a similar nature that contribute to safeguard and advance the interests of the School.
History —Aug. 22, 1990, No. 54, p. 213, § 3; June 22, 2002, No. 92, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 94 - School of Plastic Arts (§§ 1521 — 1526) › § 1525 - Chancellor

The School will be directed by a Chancellor who will have the administrative and academic authority pursuant to that which is provided in this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted by the Board.
The following shall be functions, duties and attributions of the Chancellor without it being understood as a limitation:
(a) Enforce the compliance with the objectives, norms, regulations and budget and development plans of the School.
(b) Official representative of the School.
(c) Formulate a development plan for the School for consideration and approval by the Board.
(d) Submit the candidates for graduation to the Board.
(e) Submit the regulations for general application to the Board and all those matters that require approval by the Board.
(f) Formulate the annual budget project and submit it to the Board for its consideration and approval, and once it has been approved, submit it to the corresponding government [bodies]; and defend the same before the Legislative Assembly.
(g) Submit to the Board the appointments of the deans and of any other official that requires confirmation.
(h) Appoint and contract the School’s teaching and non-teaching personnel.
(i) Orient and supervise the School personnel in the teaching, technical, research and administrative functions.
(j) Appoint visiting lecturers and any other type of visiting personnel.
(k) Submit an annual report to the Board about School activities including a financial statement audited by a firm of authorized public accountants.
(l) Establish and maintain relations with higher education institutions and cultu[ral] centers in Puerto Rico and abroad.
History —Aug. 22, 1990, No. 54, p. 213, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 94 - School of Plastic Arts (§§ 1521 — 1526) › § 1526 - Personnel administration

The School shall administer its own personnel system and shall appoint all its officers, agents and employees who shall be public employees entitled to belong to the Association of Employees of the Government of Puerto Rico and shall assign to them the functions it deems convenient.
The Board may establish a ranking system for the teaching personnel of the School.
The School shall be considered to be an Individual Administrator, as established in Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, as amended, known as the “Public Service Personnel Act”, with respect to its teaching and non-teaching personnel.
Removal of a member of the School personnel whose appointment is of a permanent nature may not be carried out without first having filed charges and given said person the opportunity to present his/her defense; however, the Chancellor may suspend from employment and salary any member of the personnel until the charges against said person have been heard without prejudice of the motion for appeal granted in this chapter.
It may contract the services of employees and officers of any agency, instrumentality and political dependency of the Government of Puerto Rico outside their working hours and pay the proper compensation for the additional services, as established in §§ 678 et seq. of this title, which has applied to the present to the University of Puerto Rico. The employees and public officers that are contracted by the School shall not be subject to § 1822(f) of Title 3, known as the “Ethics in Government Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
The artists members of the permanent faculty of the School of Plastic Arts are hereby authorized to receive pay, without being subject to the double compensation prohibition provided in § 551 of Title 3, for services rendered outside their working hours in said School to any department, subdivision, agency, board, commission, committee, instrumentality, public corporation or municipality of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for which the prior written authorization of the Chancellor of the School of Plastic Arts shall be required.
History —Aug. 22, 1990, No. 54, p. 213, § 6; Sept. 16, 2004, No. 349, § 1.