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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 566 - Martin Luther King Cup

(a) The “Martin Luther King Cup” of volleyball and basketball, which shall be held every year in the town of Naranjito is hereby established, which authorizes the organizing committee to receive and accept donations from public, private, and federal sources, for the celebration of said event.
(b) The organizing committee shall plan, design related activities and events, in the initial phase, shall give continuity, compliance and provide information on the personality of Martin Luther King, as established in this measure.
History —Dec. 24, 1999, No. 360, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 567 - World boxing champions and former champions free admission credential

(a) Champion or former champion. — Means any professional boxer who during his career has won at least one (1) world boxing championship, as recognized by the world boxing organizations and by the Professional Boxing Commission of Puerto Rico of the Sports and Recreation Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) A free admission credential is hereby established for Puerto Rican world champions and former world champions in boxing, to be used for all boxing sports event or activity held at the facilities of the municipalities, agencies, departments or dependencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, even when these are operated or managed by a private corporation.
(c) All Puerto Rican world champions or former world champions in boxing shall be entitled to receive a credential to be admitted for free into all boxing sports event or activity held at the facilities of the municipalities, agencies, departments or dependencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, even when these are operated or managed by a private corporation.
Said credential shall be granted by the Professional Boxing Commission of Puerto Rico of the Sports and Recreation Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —June 23, 2004, No. 154, §§ 2—4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 567a - Former world boxing champions life annuity

(a) Former champion, definition. — For the purposes of this section, the term “former champion” means all professional boxers born in Puerto Rico, as recognized by the world boxing organizations and by the Puerto Rico Professional Boxing Commission of the Sports and Recreation Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Former world boxing champions life annuity. — A life annuity in the amount of six hundred dollars ($600) per month is hereby established for all former world boxing champions who meet the requirements established in this section.
(c) Requirements to avail of the life annuity. — All retired former boxing champions may avail themselves of the life annuity established in subsection (b) of this section, provided that:
(1) As a consequence of boxing or of an unforeseen event, he suffers a physical or mental health condition that does not allow him to generate income, and is thus certified by a physician authorized to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(2) Evidence is provided that he does not have sufficient means to support himself.
(3) The Puerto Rico Professional Boxing Commission of the Sports and Recreation Department recommends and authorizes the issue of said pension.
(d) Regulations. — The Sports and Recreation Department shall establish through regulations, the conditions and parameters by which every application for the life annuity authorized by this section shall be evaluated. Provided, That any life annuity approved and granted may be revoked by the Sports and Recreation Department for just cause and upon compliance with the requirements of due process of law established in the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”, §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3. Without it being understood as a limitation, just cause shall be understood to be that the recipient should become able to support him/herself, or should receive or obtain financial resources that allow him/her to support him/herself or if convicted for a felony or any other crime that involves moral turpitude.
(e) Duties of the Sports and Recreation Department. —
(1) The Secretary of Sports and Recreation shall provide a list of those potential beneficiaries of this pension to the Office of the Management and Budget. Once this has been done, the funds needed to comply with the provisions of this section shall be consigned in the Budget of the Sports and Recreation Department.
(2) The Secretary of Sports and Recreation shall pay the sum provided in subsection (b) of this section each month to the former champions who have applied for the life annuity and have met the conditions and requirements established in the same, provided the funds have been consigned in the Budget of the Sports and Recreation Department by the Office of the Management and Budget.
History —Sept. 14, 2004, No. 271, §§ 2—5; Nov. 9, 2007, No. 167, § 2; Aug. 10, 2008, No. 245, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 568 - Pee Wee Reese World Tournament

(a) The “Pee Wee Reese World Tournament”, the Children’s and Teenage Leagues of the American Amateur Baseball Congress, is hereby officially created, to be held in Levittown, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
(b) Upon the approval of this act, the Sports and Recreation Department is hereby authorized to use up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to defray the operating expenses of the “Pee Wee Reese World Tournament” to be held in Levittown, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. These funds shall originate from the “Special Fund for the Development of Minor Leagues”, created under § 810 of this title. The Sports and Recreation Department shall establish the norms for disbursing the funds allotted for the holding of this Tournament.
The entity organizing the “Pee Wee Reese World Tournament” shall render a report with a detailed account of the expenses defrayed with fund appropriation. The expenditure report shall be submitted to the Secretary of Sports and Recreation not later than thirty (30) days following the date on which the Tournament is held.
History —Feb. 17, 2010, No. 17, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30 - Scholarship Fund for Technicians and Trainers in High Performance Sports (§§ 571 — 571e) › § 571 - Creation

The “Scholarship Fund for Technicians and Trainers of High-Performance Athletes”, hereinafter denominated as the “Fund”, is hereby created in the books of the Department of the Treasury as a special fund, not subject to any specific fiscal year, distinct and separate from any other moneys or funds of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Said Fund shall be administered pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted by the Sports and Recreation Department, in accordance with the provisions in force for the administration of similar funds.
The Fund shall be used by the Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department to grant scholarships to take educational and training courses for technicians and trainers of high-performance athletes and to contract technicians and trainers of high-performance athletes to train and prepare athletes who represent Puerto Rico in sporting events of world-wide importance. The Fund shall be nourished by:
(1) The appropriations provided in this chapter and those destined by the Legislature in the future for the Fund created hereby.
(2) Any other moneys donated, transferred or assigned by any private person or entity, or by any federal, Commonwealth or municipal government entity; which shall be used according to the conditions of the gift and in law, applicable to each case.
Said items shall be covered into the Fund, without having to revert the unused remainder of the legislative appropriations to the General Fund at the end of the fiscal year, as provided in §§ 283 et seq. of Title 3.
History —July 23, 1992, No. 37, § 1; July 31, 1996, No. 95, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30 - Scholarship Fund for Technicians and Trainers in High Performance Sports (§§ 571 — 571e) › § 571a - Regulations

The Sports and Recreation Secretary shall administer the Fund and shall establish through regulations to such effects, everything concerning the form, manner and conditions in which said Fund shall be used and channelled. He/she shall likewise establish through regulations, which sports are considered high-performance sports.
History —July 23, 1992, No. 37, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30 - Scholarship Fund for Technicians and Trainers in High Performance Sports (§§ 571 — 571e) › § 571b - Minimum requirements

In addition to those fixed by the Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department, by regulations, the following shall be minimum requirements that the awardees shall meet to qualify for the benefits of this appropriation:
(1) To approve admission examinations to a higher education or post-secondary non-university institution, duly recognized by the Council on Higher Education or by the General Council on Education or by any other private entity, as the case may be.
(2) Not to exceed the schedule programmed by the institution to obtain the training certificate of the course or program in question.
(3) To observe good behavior and maintain an interest in his/her studies.
(4) To present to the Secretary of Sports and Recreation official proof of the grades or certificates obtained in the courses each semester.
The scholarship recipient, upon completion of his/her courses, shall give one year of public service in the Sports and Recreation Department, which, in turn, shall assign him/her to the federation corresponding to the discipline for which he/she trained or studied. The Sports and Recreation Department may exempt any scholarship recipient from complying with this requirement, pursuant to the regulations that shall be adopted for these purposes.
(5) It shall be the obligation of the scholarship recipient to reimburse to the Special Fund created hereby, the full amount received as scholarship, plus interest at the legal rate from the time the moneys were received, if he/she drops out of the studies, if the Secretary withdraws the benefits for any of the indicated causes, or if he/she does not complete the year of public service.
(6) All technicians or trainers of high-performance athletes must be certified by the Technical Training Institute of the Sports and Recreation Department in order to qualify for a training contract with said Department.
History —July 23, 1992, No. 37, § 3; July 31, 1996, No. 95, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30 - Scholarship Fund for Technicians and Trainers in High Performance Sports (§§ 571 — 571e) › § 571c - Withdrawal of benefits

The following reasons shall justify the cancellation of financial aid and the termination of any contract awarded for the purposes of this chapter, within the regulations established by the Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department:
(1) When the scholarship recipient, technician or trainer is subject to corrective measures for undisciplined conduct.
(2) Irregular attendance to the courses or failure to comply with the rules, regulations and other requirements of the institution.
(3) Failure to complete the course or program in the programmed term.
History —July 23, 1992, No. 37, § 4; July 31, 1996, No. 95, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30 - Scholarship Fund for Technicians and Trainers in High Performance Sports (§§ 571 — 571e) › § 571d - Number and amount of scholarships and contracts

The Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department together with the President of the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee and the President of the federation corresponding to the applicant’s sport, shall select, from among those who apply and qualify, the number of students, allowed by the resources available in the Fund annually for such purposes. The amount of each scholarship shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year, except in the case of scholarships destined for studies whose annual cost exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), in which case it may be increased to two thousand dollars ($2,000) per year.
The amount of the contracts to be awarded to technicians and trainers of high-performance athletes shall be determined pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Sports and Recreation Department to such effect.
History —July 23, 1992, No. 37, § 5; July 31, 1996, No. 95, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30 - Scholarship Fund for Technicians and Trainers in High Performance Sports (§§ 571 — 571e) › § 571e - Report

The Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department shall see to it that the appropriations and money in support of the Fund, are used for the purposes stated in this chapter, and shall render an annual report, including a statement of income and expenses of the Fund and a list of the scholarships granted and the contracts awarded in compliance with this chapter, to the Legislature and the Governor of Puerto Rico.
History —July 23, 1992, No. 37, § 7; July 31, 1996, No. 95, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30A - Development of Puerto Rican Athletes (§§ 572 — 576) › § 572 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Camp training. — Training in which the athlete is lodged in a facility for prolonged periods of time under a rigorous daily routine and a program to train for competition.
(b) Athletes. — Those persons identified and recommended by COPUR and approved by the Board to draw from the Fund created hereunder, and those approved by the Board upon assessment of their merits and presentation of their credentials in international competitions.
(c) Department. — The Sports and Recreation Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Director. — The executive official responsible for directing and administering the Fund and the Board for the Development of Full-Time High Performance Puerto Rican Athletes created by this chapter.
(e) Trial competitions. — Competition circuits the purpose of which is to allow athletes to compete against other athletes of a similar or higher caliber.
(f) Fund. — The Fund and the Board for the Development of Full-Time High Performance Puerto Rican Athletes created by this chapter.
(g) Board. — The dependency of the Department established in Section 3 of this Act, for the purpose of coordinating and expediting programs, activities and services to propitiate the development and strengthening of Puerto Rican athletes, among others.
(h) Secretary. — The Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department of Puerto Rico.
(i) COPUR. — The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee.
(j) High performance trainer. — A specialized technician who employs his/her methodological, technical and tactical knowledge to achieve the highest levels of proficiency and performance in the training of athletes and in the competition circuit.
(k) COPAPUR. — Puerto Rico Paralympic Committee, Inc.
(l) Sports scientist. — A person who has received academic training at a graduate university level (natural, social or physical sciences) from an institution accredited or recognized by the educational authorities of the country, engaged in the study and analysis of the motor control and/or behavior of the human body in athletic or sports activities, and who is able to integrate research, education and the proper application of the concepts of exercise sciences to improve the performance of athletes, while maintaining their optimum state of health.
History —Aug. 17, 2001, No. 119, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30A - Development of Puerto Rican Athletes (§§ 572 — 576) › § 573 - Fund

(a) This chapter creates the Fund and the Board for the Development of Full-Time High Performance Puerto Rican Athletes. The Fund shall be nourished with the appropriations of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other public funds, including other Commonwealth and federal funds allotted or obtained. This Fund shall be administered by the Board for the Development of Full-Time High Performance Puerto Rican Athletes attached to the Sports and Recreation Department.
(b) The use of the Fund shall be restricted to expenditures directly related to the training of the athletes chosen by the Board. These expenses include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) Payment of salaries to athletes.
(2) Contracting trainers, physicians, nutritionists, biomechanics psychologists, physical trainers, exercise physiologists or other professionals needed for training athletes.
(3) Purchase of the necessary equipment and supplies for training athletes.
(4) Trips, transportation, lodging and expenses directly related to camp training, competitions, trial competitions or training whether in Puerto Rico or abroad.
(5) Scholarships.
(6) Sabbaticals.
(7) Nutritional supplements.
(8) Medical and life insurance contributions.
(9) Providing athletes under the age of twenty-one (21) who participate in international sporting events with financial incentives. Provided, That five percent (5%) of the total of moneys covered into the Fund shall be set aside to defray the costs of said financial incentives.
(c) The surplus of this Fund shall not be subject to being reverted to the General Fund at the close of each fiscal year. Said surplus shall remain in a separate account, to be used as determined by this chapter.
(d) Only six percent (6%) of this Fund may be used for administrative expenses, and other expenses as necessary to achieve the purposes of this Fund, including the per diems to be paid to the members of the Board, when applicable.
(e) The members of the Board, including those public servants and employees who are not public servants or employees of the Department of Recreation and Sports, shall receive per diems for an amount equal to the minimum per diem established for the members of the Legislature, of up to a maximum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year.
(f) Under no circumstances shall the use of these moneys be allowed to conduct activities other than those described in this chapter or its enabling regulations.
History —Aug. 17, 2001, No. 119, § 3; Jan. 4, 2003, No. 65, § 1; Sept. 14, 2012, No. 245, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30A - Development of Puerto Rican Athletes (§§ 572 — 576) › § 574 - Board for the Development of Full-Time High Performance Puerto Rican Athletes—Creation, appointments and composition

(a) The Board for the Development of Full-Time High Performance Puerto Rican Athletes is hereby created as a dependency of the Sports and Recreation Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) The Board shall be the sole administrator of the Fund.
(c) Its existence and legal standing shall be that of the Department.
(d) Its debts, obligations, contracts, accounts or funds shall be the responsibility of the Department.
(e) The Governor of Puerto Rico shall appoint the members of the Board. In the case of Board members that represent established bodies, the Governor shall make such a designation taking into consideration the recommendations of said bodies.
(f) The appointments made by virtue of this chapter shall not be of a fixed term and may be freely rescinded by the Governor.
(g) The Board shall be constituted by eleven (11) members, as follows:
(1) The Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department, who shall be the Chairperson of the Board.
(2) The President of COPUR, who shall be the Vice Chairperson of the Board.
(3) The General Secretary of COPUR.
(4) An official of the Sports and Recreation Department.
(5) A high performance trainer.
(6) The Chairperson of the High Performance Athletes Association.
(7) Two (2) sports scientists, one of whom shall be the Director of the Health and Exercise Sciences Center, or his/her authorized representative.
(8) Two (2) citizens who have a proven interest in sports.
(9) The Chairperson of COPAPUR.
(h) A secretary and a treasurer, to be chosen from among the members of the Board, shall perform the functions designated by regulations.
(i) Pursuant to the provisions of the regulations, the Governor of Puerto Rico may dismiss on his/her own initiative, or by recommendation of the Secretary, any member of the Board for negligence in the performance of his/her duties, or for conviction of a felony or a misdemeanor.
History —Aug. 17, 2001, No. 119, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30A - Development of Puerto Rican Athletes (§§ 572 — 576) › § 575 - Board—Responsibilities and duties

(a) The Board shall be responsible for administering the Fund created by virtue of this chapter.
(b) COPUR shall be responsible for the identification and recommendation of athletes who are members of the national sports federations affiliated to COPUR.
(c) In the case of athletes who are not members of the federations approved by COPUR, the Board shall assess the credentials and merits of said athletes in international competitions.
(d) The Board shall be responsible for the entire contracting process of the athletes covered by the Fund.
(e) The Board shall establish a program directed to conducting investigations and research to improve athletic performance.
(f) The Secretary of Sports and Recreation may appoint an Executive Director with the advice and consent of the Board, who shall represent the Board in all acts, duties and functions delegated on him/her by the Board. Said Executive Director shall not be a member of the Board, but rather an employee of the Department.
The Board shall be empowered to establish by regulations its powers and duties, its internal operations, the contracting of athletes, and other matters as necessary pursuant to §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”. The regulations that shall govern the actions of the Board shall be drafted within a term that shall not exceed three (3) months after the approval of this act, copies of which shall be delivered to the Office of the Governor and to the Committees on Sports and Recreation of the Legislative Assembly.
History —Aug. 17, 2001, No. 119, § 6; Sept. 15, 2012, No. 251, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 30A - Development of Puerto Rican Athletes (§§ 572 — 576) › § 576 - Annual report

The Board shall draft an annual report stating its activities, the athletes covered by the Program, and an itemized list of the benefits granted to said athletes. A copy of this report shall be remitted to the committees on sports and recreation of both legislative bodies. The term for drafting the first annual report shall begin on the day this act becomes effective.
History —Aug. 17, 2001, No. 119, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 33 - Breeding of Homing Pigeons (§§ 651 — 654) › § 651 - Definitions

Whenever used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinbelow expressed, unless otherwise clearly deduced from the context:
(a) Colombofilia. — Means the art or sport of breeding and training homing pigeons.
(b) Department. — Means the Sports and Recreation Department.
History —June 2, 1976, No. 123, p. 354, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 33 - Breeding of Homing Pigeons (§§ 651 — 654) › § 652 - Recognition

The colombofilia sport is hereby recognized in Puerto Rico.
History —June 2, 1976, No. 123, p. 354, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 33 - Breeding of Homing Pigeons (§§ 651 — 654) › § 653 - Powers of Department

The Department is hereby vested with the necessary powers and faculties to direct, regulate, control and promote each and every one of the activities related to colombofilia in Puerto Rico.
History —June 2, 1976, No. 123, p. 354, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 33 - Breeding of Homing Pigeons (§§ 651 — 654) › § 654 - Registry of persons authorized to practice the breeding of homing pigeons, study

The Department shall carry out, before the beginning of the next Legislature, a survey on the necessity and convenience of creating a registry of persons authorized to practice the colombofilia sport in Puerto Rico. A copy of such survey shall be sent to the legislative bodies.
History —June 2, 1976, No. 123, p. 354, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 35 - Pinball Machines and Schools (§§ 701 — 702) › § 701 - Distance and schedule

No establishment in which coin-or token-operated electronic games or pinball machines are operated, shall be located at a distance less than two hundred (200) meters from a public or private school. This measurement shall be taken from the closest point of the outer boundary of the lot occupied by the school, to the outer boundary of the lot where the establishment in which the electronic games or pinball machines, operated by coins or tokens, are in operation.
Establishments devoted exclusively to the operation of electronic games or pinball machines run by coins or tokens, which are already established at a distance from a school which is less than that established herein, shall remain closed during the hours when the school in the proximity of which they are located is functioning.
Those establishments which are devoted to other kinds of business, in which coin or token-operated electronic games or pinball machines are found, and which are already located at a distance which is less than what is established herein, shall not operate nor allow said machines to be operated during the hours when the school in the proximity of which they are located is functioning.
History —June 4, 1982, No. 45, p. 92, § 1; Apr. 30, 1984, No. 12, p. 27.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 35 - Pinball Machines and Schools (§§ 701 — 702) › § 702 - Penalties

Every person who violates the provisions of § 701 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine that shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500). Each violation shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.
History —June 4, 1982, No. 45, p. 92, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 36 - Preferential Use of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Sports Facilities Act (§§ 711 — 714) › § 711 - Definitions

The following terms, used in the context of this chapter, shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Educational and sports purposes. — Any official activity sponsored by a school which is directly related to the educational endeavor, such as graduations, stage plays, training workshops for teachers, academic competitions, achievement tests, tournaments and sports competitions, among others.
(b) School hours. — Refers to Monday to Friday within the period of eight in the morning (8:00 a.m.) and three in the afternoon (3:00 p.m.).
(c) Recreational or sports facility. — Physical premises or area, with or without a structure, devoted to recreation or the practice of some sport.
(d) Recreational or sports organizations. — Means any group organized under the laws of Puerto Rico for profit or nonprofit whose purposes are within the competence of the Department of Sports and Recreation and that are lessees or administrators of a sports or recreational installation property of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or that have received in usufruct said facility of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(e) Preferential use. — Means that the public and private schools shall have preferential use of sports facilities close to their institutions during school hours.
History —July 19, 2006, No. 127, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 36 - Preferential Use of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Sports Facilities Act (§§ 711 — 714) › § 712 - Preferential use of sports facilities

(a) It is hereby provided that every public or private school near a sports or recreational facility shall have preferential use of the same during school hours for the students of said educational institution for educational and sports purposes.
(b) The Sports and Recreation Department, as well as any government agency or municipality, and the owners, lessees or administrators of a recreational or sports facility, or who have received said facility in usufruct, are hereby directed to grant every public or private school next to said facility, preferential use of the same during school hours for the students of said educational institution for educational and sports purposes. Provided, That said preferential use shall neither be granted when the use of said installation has already been leased for a private activity and a lease agreement exists nor when said use interferes with other ministerial duties or administrative priorities of the government entity that owns or administers the facility in question.
The provisions of this subsection shall also apply to recreational or sports organizations that are lessees or administrators of a recreation or sports facility property of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or that has been received in usufruct.
History —July 19, 2006, No. 127, §§ 3, 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 36 - Preferential Use of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Sports Facilities Act (§§ 711 — 714) › § 713 - Oversight

The Sports and Recreation Department shall be responsible for overseeing and ensuring compliance with this chapter in coordination with the Department of Education.
History —July 19, 2006, No. 127, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 36 - Preferential Use of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Sports Facilities Act (§§ 711 — 714) › § 714 - Exclusion

The sports facilities object of a contract for particular private use and those that are limited by duly authorized special agreements and the National Parks Company, are hereby excluded from the application of this chapter.
History —July 19, 2006, No. 127, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 37 - Additional Lottery System (§§ 801 — 818) › § 801 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow:
(1) Ticket. — Means the printed stub, card or official receipt issued by a vendor in exchange for the corresponding payment as a means of proving the buyer’s participation in the selected wager.
(2) Director. — Means the Director of the Bureau of the Lottery created in the Department of the Treasury by §§ 111 et seq. of this title, or that employee who is duly authorized by the Secretary to perform the duties and powers as Director in the absence of the Director.
(3) Lottery Fund. — Means the Fund created by § 121 of this title.
(4) Wager. — Means the selection of the number and type of game made by the player as evidenced by what appears on the ticket.
(5) Board. — Means the Interagency Board created by this chapter.
(6) Additional Lottery or Additional Lottery System. — Means the active wager or group of wagers whose essential characteristic is that the player is allowed to choose the combination of numbers or digits he prefers. The type or class of game to be implemented shall be specifically determined by regulations, from among the different modes of lotteries that are practiced.
(7) Puerto Rico Lottery. — Means the lottery created by §§ 111 et seq. of this title.
(8) Person. — Means a natural or juridical person.
(9) Purveyor. — Means the person who presents, proposes or offers to purvey goods or services related to the Additional Lottery game authorized by this chapter.
(10) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(11) Vendor of wagers or vendor. — Means any person authorized to sell tickets or shares for the Additional Lottery under the license provided in this chapter. In cases of public employees and their families the provisions and exemptions provided in §§ 1801 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Ethics in Government Act”, shall apply.
(12) Gross operating income. — Means the total product of the sale to the public of the tickets for all drawings which comprise the Additional Lottery, which shall be deposited into a special account within the Lottery Fund.
(13) Net operating income. — Means the gross operating income less the prizes and the operating expenses of the Additional Lottery, including commissions to the vendors, payments to the service providers according to the contracts, marketing, publicity and promotional expenses and administrative expenses.
History —May 24, 1989, No. 10, p. 44, § 2; Aug. 17, 1989, No. 75, p. 326, § 1; June 10, 1995, No. 53, § 1; June 26, 1997, No. 23, § 1; Jan. 27, 2006, No. 45, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 37 - Additional Lottery System (§§ 801 — 818) › § 802 - Authorization

An Additional Lottery System is hereby authorized and established in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which allows to execute the active modes of said game, whereby each player may choose the combination of digits or numbers he prefers. An interactive computer system is likewise authorized to allow the wagers to be registered as they are made. The winning numbers shall be determined by public drawings according to the procedure expressly determined by the Secretary, by regulations.
The Secretary is hereby empowered to carry out all necessary acts to establish the operation of the Additional Lottery authorized herein.
It is also provided that the Director of the Bureau of the Lottery shall be in charge of supervising the operations of the Additional Lottery.
History —May 24, 1989, No. 10, p. 44, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 37 - Additional Lottery System (§§ 801 — 818) › § 803 - Covenant of the Puerto Rico Lottery

The Additional Lottery System shall be set up in such a manner that it will not affect the public policy of providing revenues for specific public purposes and to ensure the permanence and income of the agents and street vendors of the Puerto Rico Lottery as established by §§ 111 et seq. of this title.
The Secretary shall periodically examine the operation and functioning of the Additional Lottery created by this chapter, and that of the Puerto Rico Lottery in order to ensure that said public policy is executed in its strictest sense.
If such an examination shows that the operation of the Additional Lottery affects the sale of Puerto Rico Lottery tickets, and thus, the income derived by the agents and street vendors of said lottery, the Secretary shall establish a guaranteed complementary income program for these persons. The guaranteed complementary income program for Puerto Rico Lottery agents and street vendors shall be established using revenues accrued in the Contingency Fund created by § 813 of this title. The Secretary shall establish the requirements to be entitled to the complementary income through regulations, as well as the form and manner the Contingency Fund resources are to be distributed.
The Secretary shall present a report to the Legislature on the functioning and operation of the Additional Lottery and on its effect on the Puerto Rico Lottery, as well as a description of the administrative measures, if any, that have been adopted to comply with the provisions of this section. Said report shall be submitted every six (6) months during the two (2) years following the effectiveness of this act, and thereafter, the Secretary shall submit the required report together with the Treasury Department’s budget request, annually.
History —May 24, 1989, No. 10, p. 44, § 4; Aug. 17, 1989, No. 75, p. 326, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 37 - Additional Lottery System (§§ 801 — 818) › § 805 - Powers and duties of the Director of the Lottery Bureau

The Director shall have the following duties and powers, without it being construed as a limitation:
(1) Supervise the operations connected with the Additional Lottery authorized herein.
(2) Enforce compliance with the laws, regulations and orders connected with the implementation of the Additional Lottery.
(3) Authorize the places where a vendor may engage in the sale of lottery tickets and require reasonable measures for the protection and safety of the general public according to the applicable regulations.
(4) Establish standards, issue orders and resolutions and take the necessary measures for the physical, economic and social safety of the natural or juridical persons connected with the Additional Lottery game.
(5) Conduct hearings, summons witnesses, make visual inspections, take oaths and statements, order the production of books, documents, and any other additional proof of any nature that is deemed essential for a complete knowledge of a matter before his consideration. When a person refuses to obey a summons, order, requirement or resolution issued by the Director, he may resort to the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico to order the compliance therewith.
(6) Carry out such acts that are necessary and convenient for the operation of the Additional Lottery and for the convenience of the public.
History —May 24, 1989, No. 10, p. 44, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 37 - Additional Lottery System (§§ 801 — 818) › § 806 - Interagency Board; creation; duties

An Interagency Board that shall be composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, who will chair it, and by the Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of Commerce, the Chairperson of the Planning Board and the Permits and Regulations Administrator is hereby created. The Board shall meet on the date, time and place designated by its Chairperson in the summons to such effect or by request of any of its members. The quorum for the meetings shall be constituted by the presence of three (3) of its members.
The Board thus created shall be the body responsible for the evaluation of the regulations that must be adopted by the Secretary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. In their evaluation, he/she shall take into consideration that the criteria of community safety, urban development and protection of the school environment, of the commercial activities and the best interests of the citizenry, have been taken into consideration in the adoption of the rules and regulations. The Board shall also have the power to coordinate any joint government effort that is needed to implement the provisions of this chapter. The Board shall remit a report to the Secretary with its observations and recommendations within thirty (30) days following the date on which the Secretary submitted the regulations to it.
History —May 24, 1989, No. 10, p. 44, added as § 7 on Aug. 17, 1989, No. 75, p. 326, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 37 - Additional Lottery System (§§ 801 — 818) › § 807 - Rules and regulations

(a) Procedure for the filing and publication of regulations. — The regulations adopted by the Secretary will be submitted to the Board for evaluation and consideration. The Secretary shall process those regulations together with the Board’s report to the Legislature and unless they are not approved by it, they shall take effect sixty (60) days after being submitted, if the Legislature is in session or if in recess, thirty (30) days from the beginning of the regular session following their filing.
An original and two (2) copies of the approved regulations in the Spanish language shall be filed at the Department of State as soon as possible. The Secretary shall give notice to the public that the regulations and amendments thereto have been adopted by publishing a synthesis of the contents of each of the regulations, stating the dates of approval and effectiveness, in one or more newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico.
The rules related to the internal administration of the Additional Lottery are hereby excluded from this procedure.
(b) Operational regulations. — The rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary for the operation of the Additional Lottery shall include:
(1) The type of game that is to be adopted and the form and manner of playing it.
(2) The price of the ticket that indicates the number played.
(3) The number of prizes and the amounts thereof.
(4) The methods used to select the winning numbers.
(5) The way the prizes shall be paid.
(6) The frequency and date of the drawings.
(7) The place or type of business where the tickets can be sold.
(8) The amount of vendor’s commission.
(9) Any other matters that are necessary and convenient for the efficient operation of this lottery or for the public’s convenience.
History —May 24, 1989, No. 10, p. 44, § 7, renumbered as § 8 and amended on Aug. 17, 1989, No. 75, p. 326, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 37 - Additional Lottery System (§§ 801 — 818) › § 807a - Payment of Lotto prizes or of any similar game

In those cases in which a winner of the Lotto Grand Prize chooses or has chosen to receive his/her prize in the form of annuity payments, said payment shall be satisfied in the order and the manner itemized below:
(a) Available investments to the name of the Electronic Lottery for the payment of these annuities.
(b) From the Common Fund created by the Operational Regulations of the Additional Lottery System.
(c) From that portion that § 813 of this title provides for, shall be covered into the General Fund of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —May 24, 1989, No. 10, p. 44, added as § 8A on July 29, 2004, No. 171, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 37 - Additional Lottery System (§§ 801 — 818) › § 808 - Purveyors

Those purveyors of goods and services directly related with the design, implementation and operation of the lottery game authorized by this chapter shall meet the requirements on financial accountability and financial capacity, integrity, moral and economic solvency, established by regulations.
No contract shall be granted to a purveyor who has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor that entails moral turpitude by a court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the United States of America or a foreign country, or of a violation of the Controlled Substances Act, §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 24, the Games of Chance Act, §§ 71 et seq. of this title, the Bolita Act, §§ 1247 et seq. of Title 33 or the Puerto Rico Horse Racing Industry and Sport Act, §§ 198 et seq. of this title.
Any person who submits a proposal, offer or bid, shall report on the following at the time he/she submits it:
(1) Name and address of the purveyor, and in the case of juridical persons, the name of the officers, directors or partners. If the purveyor subcontracts a substantial part of his work, he shall reveal the above information regarding the subcontractor.
(2) The states of the United States of America and other jurisdictions where the purveyor does business and the nature of said business, for each state or jurisdiction.
(3) The states of the United States of America and other jurisdictions in which the purveyor has contracts to furnish goods or services related to lotteries and other games of chance, and the nature of the goods and services he furnishes to each state or jurisdiction.
(4) The states of the United States of America and other jurisdictions in which the purveyor has applied for a gaming license of any type, and it has been issued, has been renewed, has been denied, or has been revoked. Likewise, if on the date of submitting the proposal, an application or renewal of a gaming license has been pending for six (6) months or more, all facts and circumstances that have prevented the issuing of said license, shall be informed.
(5) The details connected with any conviction or trial in a court in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or in the United States of America or in a foreign country for any type of offense which is not a traffic violation.
(6) The details on any bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization, as well as any pending suit or service of sentence.
(7) He/she shall also provide any additional information that the Secretary shall determine is appropriate pursuant to the type or class of contract that is to be negotiated.
History —May 24, 1989, No. 10, p. 44, § 8, renumbered as § 9 and amended on Aug. 17, 1989, No. 75, p. 326, § 6.