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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter III - Fine Arts Center Corporation (§§ 1161 — 1161f) › § 1161d - Annual report

The General Manager shall render an annual report of the Corporation’s activities to the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture which shall, in turn, render an annual report of said activities to the Governor of Puerto Rico and to the Legislature of Puerto Rico, on or before November 30 of each year.
The annual report shall include:
(a) A financial statement audited by external auditors of professional renown;
(b) a report of the transactions conducted by the Corporation during the preceding fiscal year, and
(c) a report of all its activities since the creation of the Corporation or from the date of the last annual report.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 43, p. 112, § 5; July 31, 1985, No. 1, p. 7703, § 6, retroactive to July 1, 1985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter III - Fine Arts Center Corporation (§§ 1161 — 1161f) › § 1161e - Appropriations

All the financial resources and the funds appropriated in the General Budget of Expenses of the Government of Puerto Rico for fiscal year 1985-86 to the government agencies whose programs are transferred hereby shall be transferred to the Corporation. In subsequent years the General Manager shall work out and present to the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture for its approval a consolidated budget that shall include the Corporation’s programs and activities, and the appropriations shall be set aside in the Government’s annual budget of expenses.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 43, p. 112, § 6; July 31, 1985, No. 1, p. 773, § 7, retroactive to July 1, 1985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter III - Fine Arts Center Corporation (§§ 1161 — 1161f) › § 1161f - Transfer

All the powers, duties, rights, contracts, obligations, exemptions, properties and privileges of the Fine Arts Center created by § 1203 of this title are transferred to the Fine Arts Center Corporation, with its functions, programs and activities. All transfers of property, budget, programs, personnel and obligations shall be carried out in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations herein, and the vested rights of the public employees if any, under the laws which regulate personnel, shall not be impaired, nor shall the rights, privileges, obligations and status with regard to any existing pension, retirement, savings and loan fund system or systems to which they are affiliated upon the approval of this act.
The agencies, public corporations or subsidiaries of government agencies are hereby directed and instructed to make the transfers of property, personnel, equipment, funds, assets and obligations indicated herein to the Corporation, following the proper procedures, laws and regulations.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 43, p. 112, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter IV - Symphony Orchestra Corporation (§§ 1162 — 1162f) › § 1162 - Creation and purpose

A public corporation which shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra Corporation” is hereby created as a subsidiary of the Musical Arts Corporation, to be denominated hereinafter as “the Corporation”, for the purposes of adequately fostering, planning and coordinating the programs and operation of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 44, p. 119, § 1; July 31, 1985, No. 3, p. 783, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter IV - Symphony Orchestra Corporation (§§ 1162 — 1162f) › § 1162b - Powers of the Corporation; Director General

The Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation.
The Board of Directors shall adopt the standards, rules, regulations and procedures that are necessary or convenient to exercise the powers and comply with the purposes of the Corporation.
The Corporation shall have a Director General appointed by the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation who shall be a musician with knowledge of administration and shall hold his position at the Board’s volition and until his successor is appointed. The Director General shall be the Corporation’s chief executive, he shall represent it in all necessary acts and contracts and shall discharge the duties and have the responsibilities, powers and authority delegated to him by the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation.
The Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation shall fix the salary of the Director General of the Corporation.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 44, p. 119, § 3; July 31, 1985, No. 3, p. 783, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter IV - Symphony Orchestra Corporation (§§ 1162 — 1162f) › § 1162c - Consulting Board

A Consulting Board of the Corporation composed of five (5) members appointed by the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation is hereby created. Initially, two (2) members shall be appointed for a two (2)-year term each. The remaining three (3) members shall be appointed for a three (3)-year term. Subsequent appointments shall be for a three (3)-year term each. The members of said Board shall hold their office until their successors have been appointed and take office. In case of a vacancy, substitutes shall be appointed who shall discharge their duties for the unexpired term of the original appointment. The members of the Consulting Board shall receive no compensation whatsoever for the performance of their duties as such, but those who are not public officials or employees shall be entitled to per diems of fifty dollars ($50) for each session they attend. Three (3) members of the Consulting Board shall constitute a quorum and the decisions shall be made by absolute majority.
The Board shall meet at least once every three (3) months in a regular session and may meet in special session as many times as it is deemed pertinent by summons of its Chairman. The Chairman of the Board shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation. The Consulting Board shall constitute a body which shall serve as an advisor to the Director General of the Corporation.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 44, p. 119, § 4; July 31, 1985, No. 3, p. 783, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter IV - Symphony Orchestra Corporation (§§ 1162 — 1162f) › § 1162d - Annual report

The Director General shall render an annual report of the activities of the Corporation to the Musical Arts Corporation, to the Governor of Puerto Rico and to the Legislature of Puerto Rico on or before November 30 of each year.
The annual report shall include:
(a) A financial statement audited by a firm of certified public accountants;
(b) a report of the transactions conducted by the Corporation during the preceding fiscal year, and
(c) a report of all the activities held since the creation of the Corporation from the date of the last annual report.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 44, p. 119, § 5; July 31, 1985, No. 3, p. 783, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter IV - Symphony Orchestra Corporation (§§ 1162 — 1162f) › § 1162e - Budget

The Director General of the Corporation shall submit annually for the approval of the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation a consolidated budget with its appropriations, which shall be consigned annually in the General Budget of Expenses prepared each year for the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 44, p. 119, § 6; July 31, 1985, No. 3, p. 783, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter IV - Symphony Orchestra Corporation (§§ 1162 — 1162f) › § 1162f - Transfer

It is hereby directed that the programs, equipment, personnel and obligations which are at present in the government agencies, as listed below, be transferred, subject to the applicable laws or corporate statutes which created these programs:
(a) The Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra created by Joint Resolution No. 92 of June 20, 1957, attached to the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company.
The transfer of property, budget, programs, personnel and obligations shall be executed pursuant to applicable regulations, and the vested rights of public employees under the personnel laws shall not be impaired, nor shall the rights, privileges, obligations and status with regard to any existing pension or retirement system or systems, or savings and loan fund, to which they are affiliated upon the approval of this act.
The agencies, public corporations or subsidiaries of government agencies are hereby directed and instructed to execute the transfers of personnel, equipment, funds, assets and obligations indicated herein to the Corporation, following the applicable procedures, laws and regulations.
History —May 12, 1980, No. 44, p. 119, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter V - Conservatory of Music (§§ 1163 — 1163i) › § 1163 - Organization and operation; budgetary appropriations

It is the purpose and intent of the Legislature of Puerto Rico that the Music Conservatory, the survey [sic] for whose organization and operation is entrusted to Festival Casals, Inc., should function permanently, for which reason Festival Casals, Inc., shall submit a financial statement to the Legislature so that the pertinent budgetary appropriations be made for the operation of the said Conservatory, and it is hereby directed that for the fiscal years subsequent to the year 1960-61, there be included in the Operating Budget of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico such sum as may be necessary for the proper operation of said Conservatory, which shall be managed and administered by Festival Casals, Inc.
History —June 12, 1959, No. 35, p. 96, § 3, eff. July 1, 1959.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter V - Conservatory of Music (§§ 1163 — 1163i) › § 1163a - Funds; private contributions or donations

Festival Casals, Inc. is hereby expressly authorized to accept any contributions or donations from private entities and citizens, and whatever funds it may obtain from such private sources may be used by Festival Casals, Inc., jointly with the funds appropriated to it by §§ 1163—1163b of this title.
History —June 12, 1959, No. 35, p. 96, § 4, eff. July 1, 1959.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter V - Conservatory of Music (§§ 1163 — 1163i) › § 1163b - Annual reports

Festival Casals, Inc. shall submit to the Legislature, at each regular session, a report on every activity undertaken by said corporation in the course of the year covered by the report, concerning the survey for organizing or operating the Music Conservatory, and the said report shall comprise a detailed statement of such contracts, disbursements, and financial obligations as may have been made or entered into by Festival Casals, Inc., with regard to the fulfillment of the task entrusted to it by §§ 1163—1163b of this title, as well as information on the need of funds for the subsequent fiscal year.
History —June 12, 1959, No. 35, p. 96, § 5, eff. July 1, 1959.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter V - Conservatory of Music (§§ 1163 — 1163i) › § 1163c - Conservatory of Music; Corporation—Creation

A public corporation which shall be known as the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, hereinafter denominated as the Corporation, is hereby created as an autonomous entity for the purpose of reasserting and strengthening the academic autonomy of musical education and adequately promoting and administering the programs and operations of the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music.
History —May 30, 1980, No. 77, p. 212, § 1; July 31, 1985, No. 2, p. 778, § 2; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 141, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter V - Conservatory of Music (§§ 1163 — 1163i) › § 1163d-1 - Conservatory of Music; Corporation—Objectives

As a higher education institution and [because of] its obligation to serve the culture and people of Puerto Rico, the Conservatory has the mission of achieving the following objectives consonant with the broadest freedom in teaching and in artistic expression:
(a) To provide the Puerto Rican community, especially its youth, with all the facilities needed to train and perfect their musical skills, including the offering of higher education study programs addressed to the development of the musical arts.
(b) To prepare the necessary artistic element, which may serve in the future as the nucleus around which the Symphonic Orchestra of Puerto Rico and other musical organizations of the country shall function and be nurtured.
(c) To coordinate the government efforts, of industry, the private corporations and the private citizens interested in the programs, operations, and activities of the Conservatory.
History —May 30, 1980, No. 77, p. 212, added as § 2-A on Aug. 9, 1995, No. 141, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter V - Conservatory of Music (§§ 1163 — 1163i) › § 1163e - Conservatory of Music; Corporation—Board of Directors

The direction of the Corporation shall be exercised by the Board of Directors of the Conservatory of Music, hereinafter, “the Board”.
(a) The Board shall consist of seven (7) members, who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the Senate’s advice and consent, in the following manner: three (3) for a three (3) -year term; three (3) for a two (2) -year term; and one (1) for a four (4) -year term. Once these initial terms have concluded, the Governor shall appoint the future members of the Board for four (4) year terms. In case of a vacancy, substitutes shall be appointed, who shall exercise their duties for the unexpired term of the original appointment.
(b) The Board shall adopt the standards, rules, regulations, and procedures needed to exercise the powers and comply with the purposes of the Corporation.
(c) The Board shall appoint the Rector and shall assign his/her salary, taking into account the best interests of the Conservatory.
(d) The members of the Board shall be of legal age, residents of Puerto Rico, and have a bachelor’s degree as [a] minimum educational level, except for one (1) who shall be a person between the ages of eighteen (18) and thirty-five (35) and/or a full-time student at [an undergraduate level]. At least one of its members shall have proven musical abilities, and another shall have an outstanding record in the field of either post-secondary education or musical arts, and be committed to achieve the objectives framed in the Act which creates the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, and shall not be employees of the Conservatory.
(e) The members of the General Council of the Conservatory who have been appointed and are holding office, shall continue to act as members of the Board of Directors of the Conservatory created by this chapter until the terms of their appointments expire.
(f) The Board shall convene in regular sessions pursuant to an annual agenda which shall be approved in the first session of each year. The Board may hold special meetings after its Chairman has called the same, motu proprio or by request of a majority of its members.
Agreements and resolutions of the Board shall be made by the majority of the members attending.
The members of the Board shall receive per diems equal to the minimum per diems established in the Political Code for members of the Legislature for their attendance to sessions or committee meetings, for each special meeting, for meetings of a committee or other body and for the performance of any endeavor authorized by the Chairman of the Board.
History —May 30, 1980, No. 77, p. 212, § 3; July 31, 1985, No. 2, p. 778, § 4; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 141, § 5; Oct. 13, 2002, No. 244, § 1; Nov. 1, 2007, No. 155, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter V - Conservatory of Music (§§ 1163 — 1163i) › § 1163f - Conservatory of Music; Corporation—Rector

The Rector shall be the chief executive of the Conservatory; he/she shall represent the Conservatory at all functions and in any contracts to be awarded as needed; and shall discharge the duties and have the responsibilities, powers and authority listed below without their being construed as a limitation:
(a) To enforce the objectives, standards, regulations, and budgetary and development plans of the Conservatory.
(b) To represent the Conservatory officially.
(c) To draft a Development Plan for the Conservatory, for the Board to consider.
(d) To submit to the Board the regulations of general application and all those matters which require its approval.
(e) To draft an annual budget bill and submit it to the Board for its consideration and approval and, upon approval thereof, submit it to the corresponding government entities.
(f) To submit to the Board for its approval, the appointments of the deans and any other official that requires confirmation.
(g) To appoint and contract teaching and classified personnel for the Conservatory.
(h) To lead and supervise the Conservatory personnel, as well as the teaching, and research and administrative procedures.
(i) To appoint guest lecturers and any other sort of visiting personnel.
(j) To establish and maintain relations with institutions of higher education and cultural centers in Puerto Rico and abroad.
History —May 30, 1980, No. 77, p. 212, § 4; July 31, 1985, No. 2, p. 778, § 5; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 141, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter V - Conservatory of Music (§§ 1163 — 1163i) › § 1163g - Conservatory of Music; Corporation—Annual report

The Rector shall render an annual report of his/her activities to the Board, the Governor of Puerto Rico, and the Legislature of Puerto Rico, on or before November 30 of each year.
The annual report shall include:
(a) A financial statement audited by a firm of certified public accountants;
(b) a report of the transactions carried out by the Conservatory during the preceding fiscal year, and
(c) a report of every activity held since the creation of the Conservatory or since the date of the last annual report.
History —May 30, 1980, No. 77, p. 212, § 5; July 31, 1985, No. 2, p. 778, § 7; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 141, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter V - Conservatory of Music (§§ 1163 — 1163i) › § 1163h - Conservatory of Music; Corporation—Budget

The Conservatory shall submit its budget to the Office of Management and Budget annually, consigning the appropriations which shall appear in the annual budget of expenses of the Government.
History —May 30, 1980, No. 77, p. 212, § 6; July 31, 1985, No. 2, p. 778, § 8; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 141, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter V - Conservatory of Music (§§ 1163 — 1163i) › § 1163i - Conservatory of Music; Corporation—Transfers

It is hereby directed that the programs, equipment, personnel and obligations of the Conservatory which are at present in the Musical Arts Corporation or any other government agency, be transferred.
The transfer of property, budget, programs, personnel and obligations shall be made pursuant to applicable regulations, and the vested rights of any public employee under the personnel laws shall not be impaired, nor shall the rights, privileges, obligations, and status with regard to any existing pension or retirement system or systems, or savings and loan fund to which they are affiliated upon the approval of this act.
The agencies, public corporations or subsidiaries of government agencies are hereby directed and instructed to make the transfers of personnel, equipment, funds, assets and obligations indicated herein to the Conservatory, following the applicable procedures, laws and regulations.
History —May 30, 1980, No. 77, p. 212, § 7; July 20, 1988, No. 116, p. 491, § 2; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 141, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VI - Special Revolving Fund for Theatrical Opera, Inc (§§ 1164 — 1164d) › § 1164 - Creation, purpose and source of funds

A special revolving fund which shall be designated as “Theatrical Opera Corporation, Inc., Special Fund” is created hereby in the books of the Department of the Treasury of Puerto Rico, which shall be deposited as a special fund attached to the Musical Arts Corporation to be governed according to the rules and regulations that it adopts pursuant to the provisions in force for the administration of similar funds. This fund shall be kept separate from other public funds in its custody. Said fund shall consist of the following items, which shall be used by the corporation, Theatrical Opera, Inc. ( Teatro de la Opera, Inc. ) to establish a permanent opera season that will allow the presentation of not less than two (2) operas per year. Said fund shall be nourished from:
(a) Appropriations of funds provided by this subchapter, and those destined by the Legislature in the future to the Special Fund created herein.
(b) Net proceeds received by the corporation Theatrical Opera, Inc. (Teatro de la Opera, Inc.) for each opera production from admission fees, commercial advertisements, donations and others.
These items shall be deposited by the Executive Director of the Musical Arts Corporation and by the corporation, respectively, in said special revolving fund and shall be used for the purposes provided herein without the unspent balance from legislative appropriations having to revert to the General Fund at the end of the year as provided in §§ 283—283o of Title 3.
History —June 1, 1982, No. 30, p. 64, § 1; May 29, 1986, No. 29, p. 69, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VI - Special Revolving Fund for Theatrical Opera, Inc (§§ 1164 — 1164d) › § 1164a - Appropriations—Initial

The sum of ninety-five thousand dollars ($95,000) is hereby appropriated from unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth Treasury to the Theatrical Opera, Inc. (Teatro de la Opera, Inc.) Special Revolving Fund, to carry out the purposes of this subchapter during the 1982-83 fiscal year. Said money shall be deposited by the Secretary of the Treasury in said Special Revolving Fund immediately after the approval of this act for the establishment of the opera season. In subsequent years, the funds needed for the implementation of this subchapter shall be set aside in the General Budget of Expenditures of the Musical Arts Corporation.
History —June 1, 1982, No. 30, p. 64, § 2; May 29, 1986, No. 29, p. 69, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VI - Special Revolving Fund for Theatrical Opera, Inc (§§ 1164 — 1164d) › § 1164b - Appropriations—Subsequent years

In subsequent years, an item in an amount to be determined by taking into consideration the amount remaining from the season, the fiscal experience, and the results of the preceding year, shall be appropriated from unencumbered Commonwealth funds, to be deposited in said Special Revolving Fund to guarantee the continuation of a permanent opera season.
History —June 1, 1982, No. 30, p. 64, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VI - Special Revolving Fund for Theatrical Opera, Inc (§§ 1164 — 1164d) › § 1164c - Utilization; annual report

It shall be the duty of the Theatrical Opera, Inc. (Teatro de la Opera, Inc.) to see that the funds appropriated to the Special Revolving Fund are used for the purposes stated in this subchapter, and to render an annual report to the Legislature and the Musical Arts Corporation on the work done by Theatrical Opera, Inc. during the previous year.
History —June 1, 1982, No. 30, p. 64, § 4; May 29, 1986, No. 29, p. 69, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VI - Special Revolving Fund for Theatrical Opera, Inc (§§ 1164 — 1164d) › § 1164d - Fulfillment of cultural purposes

It shall be the duty of Theatrical Opera, Inc. (Teatro de la Opera, Inc.) to give participation in its opera productions to any available Puerto Rican talent which is appropriate to its productions’ needs, and which complies with the artistic criteria established by the Board of Directors. It shall, likewise, be the duty of said institution to contract artists of international renown, to offer performances of high quality and prestige to the Puerto Rican audience, and at the same time, to give our artists an opportunity to develop on stage, side by side with the most renowned and experienced artists.
History —June 1, 1982, No. 30, p. 64, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165 - Title

This subchapter shall be known as the “Musical Arts Corporation Act”.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165a - Creation

A public corporation is hereby created which shall function as an entity separate from the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its agencies and political subdivisions and shall be known as the “Musical Arts Corporation”, hereinafter denominated as “the Corporation”. It shall be directed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico. The Board shall exercise the powers of the Corporation and shall adopt the regulations, norms and procedures needed to comply with the purposes of this subchapter. It shall designate an Executive Director with the Governor’s approval who shall hold office at the Board’s volition. The Corporation’s Board of Directors shall fix the Executive Director’s salary. The Executive Director in addition to the powers, duties and authority granted to him in this subchapter shall have those prerogatives conferred on him by the Board of Directors.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165c - Executive Director

The Corporation’s Board of Directors shall designate by majority vote from among its members an Executive Director who shall be a person of recognized knowledge and service in behalf of culture, and shall have all the powers, faculties, attributes and prerogatives delegated on him by the Board of Directors. The Executive Director may appoint a Deputy. In case of the Executive Director’s absence or temporary disability, the Deputy Director shall substitute for him and shall perform all the functions and exercise all his powers for the duration of his absence or temporary disability. In case of the Executive Director’s death, resignation or dismissal from office, the Deputy Director shall exercise all his functions as long as the vacancy exists. The Executive Director shall render an annual report to his Board of Directors, the Governor and the Legislature of all the activities held by the Corporation, on or before November 30 of each year. The annual report shall include:
(a) A report of the financial condition of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, duly audited by a firm of certified public accountants;
(b) a report of the transactions carried out by the Corporation and its subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year, and
(c) a report of all the activities held by the Corporation and its subsidiaries since its creation or since the date of its last annual report.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165d - Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation is hereby created with the purpose of establishing, directing, supervising and carrying out all the programs whose objectives are closely related to musical culture and musical arts and stagecraft, pursuant to the faculties and powers conferred by this subchapter. The Board members shall be of legal age, residents of Puerto Rico and committed to comply with the principles and purposes of this subchapter. The Board shall be composed of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico. Three (3) of the members shall be persons who are knowledgeable in the field of musical arts, three (3) shall have administrative experience and the remaining member shall be the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, who shall have voice and vote.
The members with experience in the field of musical arts may be selected by the Governor from twelve (12) candidates recommended by the Faculty of the Conservatory of Music, the musicians who make up the Symphony Orchestra, the Faculty of the Department of Music of the University of Puerto Rico and of the Free Schools of Music. Provided, That each of these institutions may only recommend three (3) candidates. The Governor shall designate the Chairman of the Board who, in turn, may designate a Vice Chairman from among its members. The presence of four (4) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum and the decisions shall be made by an absolute majority of all its members. The Board shall meet at least once every two (2) months in regular meetings, and may meet as many times as it deems pertinent by summons of its Chairman.
After the approval of this act, the members of the Board of Directors shall be appointed as follows: three (3) of the directors shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years, and four (4) for a term of three (3) years. Once these first terms have ended, the Governor shall appoint the members of the Board of Directors for a term of four (4) years each with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico. The directors shall perform their duties until their terms expire and their successors take office. If other vacancies arise, the Governor shall appoint substitutes who will perform their duties for the unexpired term of the member who was originally appointed.
If the office of Chairman were to be vacated or in his absence or temporary disability the Vice Chairman shall assume the Chairman’s functions until the absence or temporary disability has ceased, or until the Governor has appointed a person to fill the vacancy.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 5; Nov. 29, 1990, No. 12, p. 1460.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165e - Per diems and expenses

The members of the Board shall receive fifty dollars ($50) for each day they attend Board meetings. Whenever a member of the Board is abroad and it is imperative to summon him to a Board meeting, he shall be entitled to the reimbursement of any travel expenses he may incur in order to return to Puerto Rico, but it is hereby provided that those members of the Board of Directors of the Musical Arts Corporation who submit proof that their travel expenses incurred to attend the Board’s meetings between the period of July 31, 1985 through August 2, 1988, be reimbursed said expenses for the amount corresponding to the evidence of expenses submitted.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 6; Aug. 2, 1988, No. 147, p. 617; Nov. 29, 1990, No. 14, p. 1464.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165f - Functions of the Board

The Board of Directors which is created hereby shall be a body for the direction and supervision of the public policy related to our music and our musical arts and stagecraft; it shall determine the viewpoints and programs that shall be adopted to promote and protect musical culture and education as well as the stagecraft related to music, and shall promote its diffusion in the national and international scenes.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165g - Exemptions

The Corporation and its subsidiaries shall be exempted from all types of taxes, rights, levies or charges including license fees which are generally imposed by the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any of its political subsidiaries.
The Corporation and its subsidiaries are also exempted from all types of fees or taxes required by law for the execution of judiciary procedures, the issuing of certificates in the offices and agencies of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its political subdivisions and the issuing of public documents and their registration in any public registry in Puerto Rico.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165h - Organization

The Executive Director is hereby empowered to establish the internal organization of the Corporation together with the Office of the Management and Budget and with the Governor’s approval and for such purposes may reorganize, consolidate and modify the titles of the programs, activities and units, with the provision that no program established by law shall be eliminated without the consent of the Legislature of Puerto Rico.
In addition to the above provisions, the Board of Directors shall establish by regulations the standards that shall propitiate the Executive Director’s provision of adequate administrative services to the Musical Arts Corporation’s subsidiary corporations inasmuch as the Corporation’s resources may allow.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165i - Budget

The Corporation shall submit its general budget of expenses and the consolidated expense budget of each of its subsidiary corporations each year to the Legislature of Puerto Rico through the Office of the Governor pursuant to the provisions of §§ 101 et seq. of Title 23.
All of the Corporation’s moneys shall be deposited in recognized banking institutions located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The accounts shall be opened in the Corporation’s name and the disbursements shall be made according to the Corporation’s standards and regulations.
(a) All documents that involve or imply obligations or disbursements chargeable to the funds appropriated to the Corporation shall bear the signature of the Executive Director or of the officials or employees upon whom he delegates to authorize said documents.
(b) When it is necessary and convenient to advance Corporation funds to private persons, the advances shall be made by the Executive Director in the manner prescribed by the Board of Directors, provided said advances are secured by bonds which cover the Executive Director’s liability.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165j - Accounting system

The Corporation shall establish an accounting system for the adequate control and registry of all its operations. The Corporation’s accounts shall be kept in a way that they may be segregated or separated by activity.
The Comptroller of Puerto Rico or his representative shall examine the Corporation’s books and accounts from time to time pursuant to the terms of the law.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165k - Debts; obligations

The Corporation’s debts and obligations shall not constitute debts or obligations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its agencies, public corporations and its political subdivisions, and shall not encumber the funds of the Commonwealth Treasury.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165l - Purchases

The Corporation shall purchase its equipment, materials and everything it needs to perform the functions with which it has been charged subject to the standards and regulations adopted by the Musical Arts Corporation’s Board of Directors.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165m - Personnel

The Corporation shall be an Individual Administrator as defined in Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act” and the personnel regulations adopted thereunder.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VII - Musical Arts Corporation (§§ 1165 — 1165n) › § 1165n - Appropriation of funds

In addition to the provisions of subsection (c), § 16 of this Act, with regard to the transfer of certain funds of the Arts and Culture Development Administration to the Corporation created hereby, for the purposes of this subchapter, any appropriation of funds included in the General Budget Act for the 1985-86 fiscal year, or in any special appropriations act for said year authorized or that could be appropriated to the Arts and Culture Development Administration shall remain for the benefit of said Corporation excluding those items, equipment, personnel or funds destined for the administration and operation of the Fine Arts Center.
In subsequent years the Corporation’s Executive Director shall submit to the Corporation’s Board of Directors for its approval a General Consolidated Budget of Expenses for the operation of the Corporation as it has been created hereunder, so that the necessary appropriations can be consigned in the Commonwealth’s General Budget Act.
History —July 31, 1985, No. 4, p. 787, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VIII - 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System (§§ 1166 — 1166g) › § 1166 - Creation

For purposes of contributing to and optimizing the education and expression of musical culture and its development, a non-profit public corporation with independent juridical personality is hereby created to be known as the “100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System,” attached to the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Corporation, hereinafter denominated as the 100x35 Music Program: Orchestras and Choirs System.
History —May 23, 2012, No. 94, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VIII - 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System (§§ 1166 — 1166g) › § 1166a - Purpose

The 100x35 Music Program: Orchestras and Choirs System shall promote social rescue and development through music. Its mission shall be to grant universal access to Puerto Rican children and youth, especially those from low-income families, by turning music into a tool to motivate, dignify, unite, and improve. In addition to social recovery and prevention, the 100x35 Music Program is an initiative that aims to create a coordinated musical education system to cover the needs of all of Puerto Rico and the Island Municipalities of Vieques and Culebra under the leadership of the Conservatory of Music, as well as serve as a talent pool to enrich the Island’s music scene across all musical genres.
History —May 23, 2012, No. 94 § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VIII - 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System (§§ 1166 — 1166g) › § 1166b - Governing body

The Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Corporation shall be the governing body of the 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System. The Board of Directors of the Conservatory shall govern and oversee the operations of the 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System, and the Rector of the Conservatory shall be its chief executive officer.
History —May 23, 2012, No. 94 § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART III - Educational Activities Generally (§§ 861-866 — 1597b) › Chapter 76 - Development of Arts and Culture (§§ 1159-1159q — 1166g) › Subchapter VIII - 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System (§§ 1166 — 1166g) › § 1166c - Annual report

The Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music Corporation shall add a section to the annual report required by its enabling Act, §§ 1163c-1163i of this title, about the operations of the 100x35 Music Program: Puerto Rico Orchestras and Youth and Children’s Choirs System, which shall include the same information that is required by said Act from the Conservatory.
History —May 23, 2012, No. 94 § 5.