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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 672 - Acquisition of real and personal property—University as instrumentality of Commonwealth

For the purposes of §§ 670—675 of this title and of §§ 2901—2913 of Title 32, the status of the University of Puerto Rico as an instrumentality or agency of the Commonwealth is ratified; and even in cases where such ratification may be denied, it is decreed that, for the purposes of §§ 670—675 of this title and of §§ 2901—2913 of Title 32, the University of Puerto Rico shall be considered as an instrumentality or agency of the Commonwealth; and for the purposes of §§ 670—675 of this title the property whose expropriation is hereby authorized is also declared of public utility.
History —May 14, 1945, No. 263, p. 906, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 673 - Acquisition of real and personal property—Applicability of condemnation procedure

The provisions of §§ 2901—2913 of Title 32 are hereby made extensive to the University of Puerto Rico insofar as they are not incompatible with any provision of §§ 670—675 of this title, and they shall be applicable to the powers and condemnation proceedings hereby granted and fixed in favor thereof; Provided, That in cases in which the judicial controversy is circumscribed to the price or value of the property the object of the expropriation, jointly with the requirements set forth in § 2907 of Title 32 for the declaration for the acquisition and material delivery of the property, the University of Puerto Rico shall comply with the requirements of giving a bond or making a deposit which in the opinion of the court will be sufficient to answer for the difference between the amount estimated by the University of Puerto Rico and the amount requested by the owner of the property the object of the expropriation, as a fair compensation, and to answer, further, for the interest to which the owner of the property the object of expropriation may be entitled.
History —May 14, 1945, No. 263, p. 906, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 674 - Acquisition of real and personal property—Right to enter upon land or buildings

The Higher Education Council or the agents authorized by it shall have the right to enter, upon notification to the owner or his representative, any land or building for the purpose of examining and studying its conditions, for the purposes set forth in §§ 670—675 of this title.
History —May 14, 1945, No. 263, p. 906, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 675 - Acquisition of real and personal property—Construction with other laws

The powers hereby granted are in addition to those granted to the University of Puerto Rico by any other act, and none of the provisions hereof shall be construed to limit or restrict the powers granted by said other acts to the University of Puerto Rico.
History —May 14, 1945, No. 263, p. 906, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 676 - Contracts with publishing houses—Advance payments

In every contract executed by the University of Puerto Rico with publishing houses in Puerto Rico, the United States or foreign countries for the printing and acquisition therefrom of books, journals, and other similar material, partial payments of the consideration agreed upon may be made in advance, notwithstanding the requirement calling for the previous delivery of the material in question.
History —June 10, 1955, No. 64, p. 230, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 677 - Contracts with publishing houses—Laws inapplicable; bonds

The laws and regulations in force which prohibit the making of advance payments from public funds prior to the rendering of the service or the delivery of the article acquired shall not be applicable to the type of contract mentioned in § 676 of this title; Provided, however, That the University may require of publishing houses the necessary bond for guaranteeing delivery of the material being acquired.
History —June 10, 1955, No. 64, p. 230, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 678 - Contracts by University for services of Commonwealth personnel

The University of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to contract or use the services of any official or employee of the departments, subdivisions, agencies, boards, commissions, instrumentalities, public corporations or municipalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including the services of any official or employee of the Special Corporations, and the inter-municipal bodies established pursuant to §§ 4001 et seq. of Title 21, known as the “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Autonomous Municipalities Act”, and to pay them for the additional services rendered in the programs of the University, including those of its dependencies, outside of their regular working hours as a public servant and with the prior written consent of the body or agency for which he/she works, without being subject to the provisions of § 551 of Title 3.
History —June 27, 1956, No. 100, p. 762, § 1; Apr. 14, 1998, No. 66, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 679 - Contracts by Commonwealth for services of University personnel

The departments, subdivisions, agencies, boards, commissions, instrumentalities or public corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the municipalities, the special corporations created by them and the inter-municipal bodies established pursuant to §§ 4001 et seq. of Title 21, known as the “Commonwealth Autonomous Municipalities Act”, are hereby authorized to contract or use the services of any person that holds an office in the University of Puerto Rico, or its dependencies, and to pay said person due compensation for the additional services rendered to said body of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its municipalities, the special corporations and the inter-municipal bodies indicated above, outside of the regular service hours in the University, and with the prior written consent of the Rector of the institutional unit in which he/she works, or of the President in the case of employees of the Central Administration of the University, without being subject to the provisions of § 551 of Title 3.
History —June 27, 1956, No. 100, p. 762, § 2; Apr. 14, 1998, No. 66, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 680 - Special services of personnel outside regular hours in University’s programs

The special services that the personnel of the University of Puerto Rico or of its dependencies may render outside their regular working hours in any phase of the institution’s programs shall not be subject to the provisions of § 551 of Title 3.
History —June 27, 1956, No. 100, p. 762, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 682 - Protection and conservation of the Botanical Gardens of the University of Puerto Rico

(a) It is hereby decreed that it is the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to protect and preserve the Botanical Garden of the University of Puerto Rico as a center for scientific research, study and conservation of both the Puerto Rican flora and the exotic plants incorporated thereto, including endangered species.
(b) The Botanical Garden shall be constituted by all the lands comprising the Agricultural Experimental Station of Río Piedras. These lands shall be conserved by the University of Puerto Rico, with the purpose of furthering the development of said Botanical Garden for educational, research, and passive recreation purposes, and shall not be alienated or be used by the University of Puerto Rico or by any other public or private entity for any other ends or purposes.
(c) The lands of the Botanical Garden shall be in custody of the Presidency of the University of Puerto Rico, which may yield its administration to any autonomous entity or unit of the University, which shall oversee the development of said Botanical Garden for educational, research, and passive recreation purposes.
History —Sept. 17, 1996, No. 235, §§ 1—3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 683 - Promotion of cooperative internships of Puerto Rico

(a) This section shall be known as the “Puerto Rico Cooperative Internships Promotion Act”.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the Cooperative Development Administration shall serve as liaison between the University of Puerto Rico Institute of Cooperativism and all government agencies that are part of the Executive and the municipal governments.
(c) The Cooperative Development Administration shall establish and promote, through regulations, the necessary mechanism to coordinate the opening of positions to be occupied twice a year by Program participants be it in government agencies related to cooperativism or in any other government agency, any other government dependency, municipal government programs or in intermunicipal consortia created by virtue of the Workforce Investment Act.
(d) Those students registered in the Seminar Course Work and Studies in Cooperativism with Supervised Practice (so identified) by the Institute for Cooperativism of the University of Puerto Rico, and who comply with the academic criteria established by such Institution shall benefit from this section.
(e) Students selected to work in any government dependency, municipal government program, or intermunicipal consortia created by virtue of the Workforce Investment Act shall receive the federal minimum wages, which shall be defrayed by the dependency or municipality to which the students are assigned, provided that the funds are duly identified and budgeted.
(f) The Cooperative Development Administration shall draft and approve all the regulations necessary for compliance with the provisions of this section within a term of not more than six (6) months, starting from the approval of this act, and further comply with the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
History —Aug. 29, 2002, No. 215, §§ 1—6; Sept. 1, 2006, No. 191, §§ 1—3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 684 - Exemption of payment of registration fees for persons who have been awarded the Purple Heart

(a) For the purposes of this section, the “Purple Heart Medal” means the medal awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those persons who have been killed or wounded while serving in the armed forces of the United States after April 5, 1917.
(b) Beginning [in] the 2007-2008 Academic Year, the University of Puerto Rico and its university campuses shall exempt from the payment corresponding to the registration fees all those persons who have been awarded a Purple Heart military medal and who furthermore:
(1) Have been admitted to one of the units of the University of Puerto Rico System to take full time, part time or summer courses leading to a university degree.
(2) Are residents of Puerto Rico when applying for admission to the University as well as having been residents of Puerto Rico when joining the armed forces of the United States.
(3) Have submitted documents as evidence of having received the required decoration.
(4) Have exhausted the federal study aids or are unable to avail themselves of said benefit and do not qualify for the benefits of Section 4B(h) of Act No. 13 of October 2, 1980, as amended, known as the “Veterans’ Bill of Rights”.
(c) The University of Puerto Rico is authorized to adopt any regulations needed to implement this section.
History —Feb. 1, 2007, No. 4, §§ 1—3, eff. 60 days after Feb. 1, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 685 - Repealed

History —Nov. 30, 2010, No. 176, §§ 1-11, 13-14; Apr. 1, 2011, No. 46, § 1; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 41 - General Provisions (§§ 631 — 686) › § 686 - University of Puerto Rico Voluntary Citizen Contribution Fund

(a) The “University of Puerto Rico Voluntary Citizen Contribution Fund” is hereby established to be administered by the University of Puerto Rico.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby directed to add a box in which taxpayers may include the sum of money to be donated to the University of Puerto Rico from the amount to be refunded by the Department of the Treasury to the taxpayer, as of 2012 in which the 2011 income tax return is filed. The Secretary of the Treasury shall remit, on a monthly basis, the money that taxpayers have contributed to the University of Puerto Rico Fund.
(c) The “University of Puerto Rico Voluntary Citizen Contribution Fund” may receive additional funds from the agencies of the Government of Puerto Rico, its instrumentalities and public corporations, the municipalities and their agencies, as well as private institutions and natural or juridical persons that wish to contribute to the organization.
(d) The Voluntary Citizen Contribution Fund shall be administered by the University of Puerto Rico. The UPR shall render an annual report to the Legislative Assembly, the Office of the Governor, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on the use and management of the funds received under this section.
(e) The agencies stated in subsections (b)-(d) of this section shall draft the first report on the actions taken pursuant to this section no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after its approval and shall file a copy of said report with the Office of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives. No later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the close of the fiscal year, said agencies shall submit an annual report to the Legislative Assembly indicating the amount collected. The UPR shall file a report with the Legislative Assembly every year stating the amount collected and the use given thereto, no later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the fiscal year.
History —Nov. 5, 2011, No. 217, §§ 1–5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 691 - School of Medicine—Establishment

The Superior Educational Council of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby directed to establish, as soon as possible, a School of Medicine in the University of Puerto Rico.
History —May 15, 1949, No. 378, p. 1152, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 692 - School of Medicine—Use of resources of University and School of Tropical Medicine

For the purpose of establishing said School of Medicine in the most expeditious, economic and efficient manner possible, the Superior Educational Council shall make use of the resources and personnel of the University of Puerto Rico and of the School of Tropical Medicine.
History —May 15, 1949, No. 378, p. 1152, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 693 - School of Medicine—Use of Bayamón District Hospital and others

The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized and directed to make the necessary arrangements for the use of the Bayamon District Hospital and of any other hospital, clinic, or medical or hospital center under his administrative jurisdiction in connection with the establishment and operation of the School of Medicine of Puerto Rico.
History —May 1, 1948, No. 68, p. 140, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 694 - University Hospital—Designation

The District Hospital of San Juan shall hereafter be known as “The University Hospital” for all purposes.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 240, p. 455, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 695 - University Hospital—Admissions and discharges; regulations

The admission and discharge of patients shall be governed by the rules and regulations which, with the approval of the Higher Education Council of the University, the staff — the medical corps of the School of Medicine — may prepare; and the payment made by pay patients shall be covered into a special fund (trust fund) which shall be devoted to the general expenses of said hospital.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 240, p. 455, § 3; May 1, 1940, No. 114, p. 712, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 1, 1940.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 712b - Secretary of Justice; regulation of payment for autopsies, exhumations

(a) The Secretary of Justice is hereby empowered to fix by regulation the amount and manner of payment of medical fees, per diems and mileage, in cases where an autopsy is performed pursuant to § 12-A of Act No. 206 of May 15, 1943, as amended. The preceding provision shall not be construed as limiting or in any manner whatsoever impairing the powers granted by law to the Institute of Forensic Medicine or to the Director thereof. The regulating power of the Secretary shall be exclusively restricted to those cases where an autopsy is performed by a physician whose services have not been contracted for or are not being rendered pursuant to any of the provisions of Act No. 206 of May 15, 1943, as amended. In those cases where the physician making the autopsy is an officer or employee of, or is rendering services under contract to, the Commonwealth Government or to any of the instrumentalities or political subdivisions thereof, and is not, in anywise, rendering services under the provisions of Act No. 206 of 1943 mentioned above, the payment of medical fees, per diems and mileage shall be made without subjection to the provisions of § 551 of Title 3, provided such autopsy takes place outside of the regular hours of the physician, and the performance thereof is not included among the duties of his office, employment or functions.
(b) The regulating power of the Secretary of Justice established in the preceding subsection shall also cover those cases where the exhumation of the corpse is imperative for the purpose of performing an autopsy.
(c) The regulations referred to in this section shall be adopted and promulgated pursuant to §§ 1041—1059 of Title 3.
History —June 4, 1960, No. 29, p. 53, §§ 1—3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 713 - Prize for original scientific work of physicians—Establishment

A prize of one thousand dollars ($1,000) every year is hereby established for the best original scientific work done in Puerto Rico by physicians residing in this Commonwealth and authorized to practice medicine in Puerto Rico; Provided, That the official scientific works of the School of Medicine and of the Department of Health shall be excluded from the benefits of §§ 713—717 of this title.
History —May 9, 1942, No. 166, p. 876, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 9, 1942.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 714 - Prize for original scientific work of physicians—Application of contestants; award of prize

Every candidate for the prize created by virtue of § 713 of this title must make application therefor and submit his typewritten or printed work in sextuplicate, to the Scientific Committee of the Medical Association of Puerto Rico, not later than November 1 of each year. The Scientific Committee of the Medical Association of Puerto Rico shall pass on all the works submitted not later than December 1 of each year, issuing the corresponding well-founded written award for the prize established by §§ 713—717 of this title for the best work submitted.
History —May 9, 1942, No. 166, p. 876, § 2, eff. 90 days after May 9, 1942.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 715 - Prize for original scientific work of physicians—Division of prize

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 714 of this title, the Scientific Committee of the Medical Association of Puerto Rico may divide the prize granted in §§ 713—717 of this title into two (2) or more prizes, on the supposition that the nature of the works submitted for its consideration, may merit the division of the total prize.
History —May 9, 1942, No. 166, p. 876, § 3, eff. 90 days after May 9, 1942.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 716 - Prize for original scientific work of physicians—Physicians qualified to compete

Every physician legally authorized to practice medicine in Puerto Rico, who has been a resident of the Commonwealth for a period of not less than two (2) years, shall be entitled to contend for the prize.
History —May 9, 1942, No. 166, p. 876, § 4, eff. 90 days after May 9, 1942.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 43 - Medical School (§§ 691 — 718) › § 717 - Prize for original scientific work of physicians—Appropriation

The sum deemed necessary for the carrying out of the purposes of §§ 713—717 of this title shall be included in the general budget of expenses of the Commonwealth Government, pursuant to the provisions of Act May 12, 1942, No. 213; Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay the prize or prizes awarded in accordance with the award of the Scientific Committee of the Medical Association of Puerto Rico.
History —May 9, 1942, No. 166, p. 876, § 5; Apr. 30, 1946, No. 498, p. 1504, § 1, eff. July 1, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 754 - Experiment substations—Establishment

The Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to establish, with the consent of the Board of Trustees of the University and on recommendation to the Chancellor of the University, two (2) experiment substations of the Agricultural Experiment Station, in two (2) distinct districts of the Commonwealth where there are important crops that require adequate experiment and that now are not being reasonably studied through systematic experimentation.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 234, p. 447, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 755 - Experiment substations—Appointment of personnel

The Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Río Piedras is authorized to appoint, on recommendation to the Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico, and with the final approval of the Board of Trustees of the University of Puerto Rico, such office, laboratory, and field personnel as may be necessary to carry out the ends and purposes of §§ 754—756 of this title.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 234, p. 447, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 757 - Agricultural substation at Vieques Island

The Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to proceed to establish in Vieques Island, according to the provisions of Act No. 135, approved May 7, 1942, an agricultural experiment substation of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico.
History —May 5, 1944, No. 58, p. 122, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 5, 1944.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 758 - Agricultural substation at Lajas

The director of the Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to establish, with the consent of the Chancellor of the University, an agricultural experiment substation of the University in the district of the Valley of Lajas, South Coast of Puerto Rico.
History —May 9, 1944, No. 69, p. 148, § 1, eff. 90 days after May 9, 1944.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 759 - Agricultural substation at Lajas—Appointment of personnel

The Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University is authorized to recommend to the Chancellor, in accordance with Act No. 135, approved May 7, 1942, the appointment of such office, laboratory, and field personnel as may be necessary to carry out the ends and purposes of §§ 758 and 759 of this title.
History —May 9, 1944, No. 69, p. 148, § 4, eff. 90 days after May 9, 1944.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 761 - Experimental service of Isabela—Creation

There is hereby created an Agricultural Experiment and Development Service in the new irrigation district of Isabela.
History —Apr. 26, 1929, No. 43, p. 236, § 1, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1929.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 762 - Experimental service of Isabela—Development of agriculture in irrigation district

The object of this Service shall be the general development of agriculture in the new irrigation district of Isabela by making agricultural experiments. Said Service shall also devote itself to making a series of practical demonstrations on different estates, especially in the sandy districts of that region, with regard to the cultivation of sugarcane, fruits, tobacco, cotton, or any other remunerative crop. This Agricultural Experiment and Development Service shall keep strict account of all expenses incurred in each one of said demonstrations and shall, at the end of each fiscal year, submit a report to the Higher Education Council with regard to its activities during that year.
History —Apr. 26, 1929, No. 43, p. 236, § 2, eff. 90 days after Apr. 26, 1929.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 763 - Land for coffee and tobacco substations—Seed distribution farms

The Higher Education Council is hereby authorized to lease or acquire by purchase or expropriation in the name and on behalf of the University of Puerto Rico, and subject to the provisions of the University Act, No. 135, approved May 7, 1942, of the Planning and Budget Act, and of §§ 670—675 of this title, lands for the establishment of coffee and tobacco substations, and for the establishment of farms for the production and distribution of selected coffee, tobacco, and subsistence and other crop seeds; Provided, That the coffee and tobacco substations shall be established in the regions where these crops are respectively grown, and that the seed propagation and distribution farms shall be established adjacent to the said substations and to the substations already existing or which may hereafter be established; Provided, further, That the power of expropriation herein granted shall be limited to lands owned by private individuals or entities; Provided, That meanwhile the Experiment Station takes the necessary steps for the purchase of farms for the propagation of fruits, the Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico shall be authorized to, on behalf of the Higher Education Council, enter into land leases or assignment contracts with private individuals and government agencies for the establishment of fruit trees seedbeds or nurseries.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 98, p. 346, § 1; July 26, 1946, No. 11, p. 36, § 2; May 5, 1950, No. 227, p. 580, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 764 - Land for coffee and tobacco substations—Acquisition of land and equipment

The Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered to carry out, subject to the provisions of the preceding section, the leasing or acquisition by purchase or expropriation, of lands for the establishment of the said coffee and tobacco substations and also of the seed distribution farms provided for in §§ 763—769 of this title; to construct the necessary buildings; and to acquire the necessary equipment for the said substations and seed production farms; Provided, That the Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered to, on behalf of the Higher Education Council, enter into lease contracts and to accept assignment of parcels of lands for the establishment of fruit seedbeds and nurseries.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 98, p. 346, § 2; July 26, 1946, No. 11, p. 36, § 2; May 5, 1950, No. 227, p. 580, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 765 - Land for coffee and tobacco substations—Appropriation

The sum of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) is hereby appropriated from any available funds in the Treasury of Puerto Rico not otherwise appropriated, which the Secretary of the Treasury shall place at the disposal of the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico, for the latter to proceed, subject to the provisions of the University Act, Act No. 135, approved May 7, 1942, to authorize the disbursements necessary in connection with the leasing or acquisition by purchase or expropriation of lands, improvements thereon, erection of buildings, purchase of the necessary equipment, and installation of all the facilities that may be required for the said experiment substations and seed production and propagation farms.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 98, p. 346, § 3; July 26, 1946, No. 11, p. 36, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 767 - Land for coffee and tobacco substations—Sale of seeds

Due to the nature and amount of the expenses which it is necessary to incur for the production of certain classes of seeds, the Agricultural Experiment Station is hereby authorized to dispose by sale of such special seeds at a price sufficiently low to permit and encourage the use thereof by all farmers, regardless of their financial circumstances.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 98, p. 346, § 5, eff. July 1, 1945.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 768 - Land for coffee and tobacco substations—Need for seeds; distribution

The Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station shall be responsible for the determination of the needs for seeds, and shall recommend the quantities to be produced at the seed production farms, in keeping with the needs of the government agencies engaged in the work of agricultural improvement, and with the needs of the individual farmers; shall organize a distribution system, including the determination of the quantities of seeds to be distributed among the several municipalities and government agencies; and shall determine the price to be charged for such special seeds as may have to be sold for the reasons set forth in § 767 of this title.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 98, p. 346, § 6; May 17, 1961, No. 8, p. 37, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 769 - Land for coffee and tobacco substations—Definition of seeds

For the purposes of §§ 763—769 of this title, the word “seeds” shall refer to grains, plantlets, seedlings, slips, or any other form of propagation commonly used in the economic cultivation of the different crops.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 98, p. 346, § 7, eff. July 1, 1945.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 770 - Seed Farms Fund—Receipts from seed sales

A trust fund is hereby created, to be known as “Seed Farms Fund—Agricultural Experiment Station”. This Fund shall include all the receipts of the seed farms of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico for any sales, including seed sales.
History —Apr. 20, 1951, No. 104, p. 230, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 771 - Seed Farms Fund—Use of money in fund

The sums covered into the Fund herein created shall be used exclusively for operation expenses and necessary improvements of the seed farms of the Agricultural Experiment Station.
History —Apr. 20, 1951, No. 104, p. 230, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 772 - Research laboratory on elaboration processes of farm products—Establishment

The Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered and authorized to establish a research laboratory on elaboration processes of farm products, which laboratory shall form a part and be within the organization of said Experiment Station.
History —July 1, 1953, No. 127, p. 496, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 773 - Research laboratory on elaboration processes of farm products—Function

Said laboratory shall study and research the elaboration processes of farm products at present in use in Puerto Rico with a view to simplifying the same and improving the quality of the finished product, and shall also study and experiment with new elaboration processes which will lead to the improvement of the aforesaid products.
History —July 1, 1953, No. 127, p. 496, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 774 - Research laboratory on elaboration processes of farm products—Appointment of personnel

The Director of the Experiment Station is hereby empowered and authorized to appoint and contract for the necessary officials, technicians and employees to carry out the functions of the laboratory which is hereby created; Provided, That said personnel shall be appointed without subjection to Act No. 345 of May 12, 1947, creating the Office of Personnel.
History —July 1, 1953, No. 127, p. 496, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 775 - Research laboratory on elaboration processes of farm products—Purchase of supplies and equipment

Likewise, the Director of the Experiment Station is hereby empowered and authorized to purchase the necessary supplies and equipment without intervention of the procurement agency of the Commonwealth Government.
History —July 1, 1953, No. 127, p. 496, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 777 - Rum pilot plant—Construction

The sum hereinabove appropriated shall be used in the preparation of plans and specifications, and the construction and equipment of a pilot plant where researches and experiments shall be conducted in connection with the manufacture and aging of rum, alcohol and derivative products.
History —Mar. 28, 1946, No. 228, p. 450, § 2, eff. 90 days after Mar. 28, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 778 - Rum pilot plant—Personnel

It is hereby provided that the Director of the Experiment Station may use the laboratory equipment and the trained personnel of the Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico, as well as any other personnel he may deem necessary, for the researches and experiments relative to the production and aging of rum, alcohol and derivate products.
History —Mar. 28, 1946, No. 228, p. 450, § 3, eff. 90 days after Mar. 28, 1946.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 779 - Rum pilot plant—Construction with other laws

It is hereby provided that the pilot plant for rum, alcohol and its derivatives for which funds [were] appropriated by § 1 of Act May 11, 1948, No. 162, and which was created under §§ 777—778 of this title, shall operate under the same laws and regulations which cover the research laboratories of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico, and that neither said rum pilot plant nor the directors thereof shall be under obligation to comply with the requirements or instructions of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages of Puerto Rico, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Public Service Commission, or other governmental entities whose rules may be in conflict with or in any form inhibit or interfere with the necessary freedom of action, as may be determined by the directors of the research and experiments to be carried out in said rum pilot plant, in the course of the studies to be made for the enforcement of the purposes of §§ 779—781 of this title.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 162, p. 388, § 3, eff. July 1, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 780 - Rum pilot plant—Exemption from other laws; exception

It is hereby provided that any laws hereafter approved in Puerto Rico in connection with the industry of rum, alcohol and its derivates and with research laboratories on these matters, shall not apply to or affect the said rum pilot plant unless said laws expressly so state.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 162, p. 388, § 4, eff. July 1, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 781 - Rum pilot plant—Disposition of products of plant

It is hereby provided that all products manufactured by said pilot plant for rum, alcohol and its derivates may, after they have served the purposes of §§ 779—781 of this title and are not needed for further experimentation, be destroyed or sold, as may be determined by the Higher Education Council of the University of Puerto Rico better to enforce the purposes of §§ 779—781 of this title.
History —May 11, 1948, No. 162, p. 388, § 5, eff. July 1, 1948.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 782 - Sugar Industry Research Trust Fund—Creation; appropriations

The sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is hereby appropriated from any available funds in the Commonwealth Treasury to the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico, which sum shall be covered into a trust fund which shall be known as Sugar Industry Research Trust Fund, to carry out research work on any phase of or related to the sugar industry.
History —June 17, 1957, No. 65, p. 152, § 1, eff. July 1, 1957.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 783 - Sugar Industry Research Trust Fund—Contributions from persons and private institutions

The Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to receive funds from any natural or artificial person or any private institution in Puerto Rico or any other country, to be matched by the sum appropriated by §§ 782—786 of this title. The moneys thus accepted shall be covered into the trust fund created by such sections.
History —June 17, 1957, No. 65, p. 152, § 2, eff. July 1, 1957.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 784 - Sugar Industry Research Trust Fund—Matching of funds from private sources

It is hereby provided that the funds allocated by §§ 782—786 of this title shall be used only combined with or matched by funds deriving from private sources.
History —June 17, 1957, No. 65, p. 152, § 3, eff. July 1, 1957.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 785 - Sugar Industry Research Trust Fund—Advisory Board

The Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered to appoint an Advisory Board, to be composed of seven (7) persons. Said Board shall be composed by a representative of the cane growers (colonos), a representative of the sugar mills, a representative of the workers, a representative of the Agricultural Extension Service of the University of Puerto Rico, a representative of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce of Puerto Rico, a representative of the public interest, and the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Puerto Rico, who shall be the Chairman of the said Advisory Board.
History —June 17, 1957, No. 65, p. 152, § 4, eff. July 1, 1957.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 786 - Sugar Industry Research Trust Fund—Powers of Chancellor; contributions; contracts; regulations

The Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico is hereby vested with the additional authority, rights and powers necessary for the carrying out of the purposes of §§ 782—786 of this title, including, but without being in any way construed as a limitation, the following:
(a) To receive as a gift from any natural or [juridical] person or any private or public institution in Puerto Rico or any other country, money, equipment, supplies, and services, to be used and expended pursuant to the purposes of such sections. The money thus received shall be covered into the trust fund hereby created.
(b) To execute with any natural or [juridical] person or any private or public institution in Puerto Rico or any other country, those contracts, covenants and agreements that the Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico may deem necessary and convenient for the carrying out of the purposes of such sections.
(c) To promulgate regulations to govern the research work carried out under the provisions of such sections.
History —June 17, 1957, No. 65, p. 152, § 5, eff. July 1, 1957.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHTEEN - Education (§§ 1 — 3510-3520) › PART II - University of Puerto Rico (§§ 601 — 856b) › Chapter 45 - Agricultural Experiment Stations (§§ 751-753 — 787) › § 787 - Agricultural Experiment Station of Gurabo—Agricultural reserve

(a) Declaration of public policy.— Agriculture is an activity of vital and critical importance for the economic wellbeing of the Island. The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico recognizes that the lands that comprise the Gurabo Agricultural Experiment Station have physical, topographical, and geological characteristics which are ideal for agriculture and should be used exclusively for agricultural production and for the development of studies and research that promote and benefit this activity. Therefore, it is hereby established as the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the protection of the lands comprising the Agricultural Experiment Station in the Municipality of Gurabo. Moreover, such lands are hereby declared as “Agricultural Reserve” given their capability of producing high agricultural yield and their research value. It shall be the duty of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to prevent the use thereof for other purposes.
(b) Demarcation of the agricultural reserve.— The Agricultural Reserve created in subsection (a) of this section shall be comprised of important agricultural lands in the Agricultural Experiment Station of Gurabo. The Planning Board, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and the School of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico, shall demarcate all the lands that comprise the Agricultural Reserve and establish the specific limits of the geographical area that shall be designated for agricultural use. Said entities shall also conduct the necessary studies of the farms located within the Agricultural Reserve to classify the lands for the purpose of reserving and allocating said farms for agricultural research, study, production, and development.
History —May 30, 2013, No. 25, §§ 1, 2.