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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5042 - Support from the Municipality of San Juan

The Municipality of San Juan shall provide support and cooperation to the Corporation, including the special assignment of personnel, the granting of unpaid leave to serve the Corporation for the amount of time necessary, and the transfer of equipment, funds, and property, except for those that are subject to liens, including mortgages, bond issues, or which serve as surety or collateral for lines of credit. It shall also encourage consultants and contractors in charge of the development of programs and projects to employ residents of the District and the Cantera Peninsula and/or to subcontract community enterprises to perform the work for which they are prepared, using mechanisms such as adjusting the execution of programs and projects to a scale that favors the participation of these enterprises. In the development of projects and programs in the District and the Cantera Peninsula, the municipality shall resort, as a first option, to the Registry of Bidders which shall be kept by the Corporation, as provided by this chapter. Whenever possible, the execution of the programs and projects shall adjust to a scale that furthers the participation of community enterprises through contracts or subcontracts. In case the project cannot be divided or its scale adjusted, then it shall be required to include provisions to ensure that the resources and enterprises in the Register of Bidders are considered by the contracted firms as a first option for the works or services to be subcontracted in the contracts that are to be awarded for works and services to be provided in the District and the Cantera Peninsula.
Any municipal officials or employees transferred or appointed to a position in the Corporation shall maintain the status and rights they had at the time of joining the service of the Corporation pursuant to the personnel laws in effect and shall also maintain any right to which they are entitled in any retirement system or pension fund prescribed by law for officers and employees holding similar positions in the Municipal Government.
The Municipality of San Juan is hereby directed to carry out all the necessary actions, in coordination with the Corporation, to include the Martín Peña Canal Community Businesses and Bidders Registry to the pertinent Municipal Registry.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 13; Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5043a - Rehabilitation and construction works; exemption

The rehabilitation and construction works carried out by the Corporation or through third parties that do not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) shall be exempt from compliance with the provisions of §§ 61-64 of Title 22, known as the “Standard Contract Documents for the Scheduling, Management, Design, Inspection, and Construction of Public Works in Puerto Rico Act”, or the “Standard Contracting Act”, and Regulation No. 7998 of March 3, 2011, known as Uniform General Conditions for Public Work Contracts.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, added as § 15 on Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5044 - Company for the Development of the Cantera Peninsula

The Corporation and the Company for the Development of the Cantera Peninsula shall coordinate the works, in order to advance the common goal of achieving the dredging and canalization of the Martín Peña Canal.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5045 - Transfer of lands

Transfers of lands to public agencies and the Municipality of San Juan carried out by virtue of Act No. 32-2009 and Act No. 70-2011 are hereby rendered ineffective. Their ownership is recognized as having been legally vested upon the Corporation and that such entity later transferred the same to the Land Trust. The eminent domain directed by Act No. 32-2009 and Act No. 70-2011, supra, failed to contribute to the objectives of the original text of Act No. 489-2004 or to the District’s Plan. Therefore, ownership of all the lands transferred to the Corporation by virtue of such Act and which the Corporation transferred to the Land Trust through public deed is hereby restored to the Land Trust, except for those that are subject to liens, including mortgages, bond issues, or which serve as surety or collateral for lines of credit. Ownership of the lands that have not yet been transferred to the Land Trust is hereby restored to the Corporation. In the case of public domain or disused lands, ownership is hereby vested upon the Corporation, with the exceptions set forth further regarding the maritime-terrestrial zone.
Real property located in the District and owned by public agencies after 2005 is hereby transferred to the Corporation, except for those that are subject to liens, including mortgages, bond issues, or which serve as surety or collateral for lines of credit. Public agencies shall provide all the documentation related to said real property within thirty (30) days after the approval of this act.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 16; June 23, 2009, No. 32, § 1; May 8, 2011, No. 70, § 1; Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5046 - Maritime-Terrestrial Zone

The Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, pursuant to Sections 5(h) and 6(c) of the Organic Act of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (§§ 151 et seq. of Title 3), shall carry out within ninety (90) days after the approval of this act, an official delimitation of all public domain lands related to the maritime-terrestrial zone of the District. In the graphic depiction of said delimitation, the Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources shall show the alignment projected by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of the Martín Peña Canal, as well as the Conservation Strip determined in the Land Use Plan adopted by the Planning Board. Once this official delimitation and the graphic depiction established in this section are carried out, all the lands north and south of the delimitation line of the Conservation Strip shall be declared patrimony of the Commonwealth under the ownership of the Corporation. Capital assets located at the District shall be exempt from the application of rolling or salvage easements. It shall be understood that, one hundred sixty (160) days after the effective date of this act, the Corporation shall obtain ownership of the lands for which titles have not been granted. The Corporation shall transfer the ownership of such lands to the Land Trust so that they may become part of its corpus and for said trust to exercise all the prerogatives related to such ownership for the benefit of the District, pursuant to the District’s Plan. Rolling and salvage easements in the District shall exclusively encumber the strips of land identified as Paseo del Caño Norte and Paseo del Caño Sur in the District’s Plan, as established in the Integrated Development Plan.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 17; Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5047 - Ownership rights

The Department of Housing, with the advice of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, shall conduct the corresponding legal procedures to evaluate, recognize and, wherever necessary and convenient, to provide for the registration of the ownership rights of the residents of the communities of the District, not later than one year after this act is approved. The Department of Housing shall conduct a study on the legal situation of the rights attributable to all District residents whose dwellings are located within the lands defined as public domain in accordance with the delimitation required in §§ 5045 and 5046 of this title. This title search shall serve as the basis for establishing the procedures for the recognition of ownership rights of the families that shall be relocated as part of the implementation of the ENLACE Project, including the dredging and canalization project of the Canal and the implementation of the Land Use Plan and the Integrated Development Plan of the District.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 18.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5047a - Titles granted under Act No. 32-2009, as amended

Titles validly granted under Act No. 32-2009, as amended by Act No. 70-2001, shall be upheld. However, the validity of the ownership titles granted under the aforementioned Acts with respect to lands that constitute public domain, do not exist, or belong to third parties or private entities, shall not be recognized. Neither shall the validity of ownership titles granted to persons who already held the title of their respective lands.
The Ad Hoc Committee to Evaluate the Titles Granted under Act No. 32-2009, as amended, is hereby created to determine the validity of such ownership titles. This Ad Hoc Committee shall be composed of five (5) members, one of whom shall be designated by the Mayor of the Municipality of San Juan and preside over the Committee. Another one (1) shall be designated by the Secretary of the Department of Housing, another one (1) by the Secretary of the Department of Justice, one (1) professor from the University of Puerto Rico, and one (1) attorney-at-law designated by the Puerto Rico Bar Association. Members of the Ad Hoc Committee who are attorneys-at-law shall be knowledgeable about Property Law, obligations and contracts, and Mortgage Law. This Ad Hoc Committee shall begin to carry out its functions as of the effective date of this amendment, and continue to carry them out for one hundred eighty (180) days following such date. Within such term, the Ad hoc Committee shall render a report on the result of its work to the Secretary of the Department of Housing, the Secretary of the Department of Justice, the Mayor of San Juan, the G-8, and the Corporation.
The Municipality of San Juan and the Department of Housing shall provide the Ad Hoc Committee with a detailed list of titles and certifications granted under Act No. 32-2009, as amended [17 L.P.R.A. §§ 751 et seq.], along with all complementary documents, such as evaluations, studies, survey plans, or any other plans devised with regards to each land or plot. Moreover, they shall provide a copy of such documents to the Corporation, including those in electronic format or georeferenced. The AD Hoc Committee shall adopt the corresponding evaluation procedure for such titles so as to guarantee due process of law to the persons who received them.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, added as § 20 on Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5047b - Exchange of titles for surface rights

Persons who validly obtained an ownership title for lands located at the District may elect to exchange the same with the Land Trust for the recognition of surface rights, which shall be attested in a public deed to be recorded in the Property Registry within a term not to exceed twenty-four (24) months after the approval of this Act. Such surface rights shall not be subject to the restrictions on alienation provided by the titles granted under Act No. 32-2009, as amended. Neither shall they be subject to the restrictions imposed by §§ 751 et seq. of Title 1. Such transfer to the Land Trust or the difference in value of the exchanged rights shall not be considered a gift nor have the legal effect associated with that form of acquiring land.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, added as § 21 on Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5049 - Relocation alternatives

In the process of obtaining the easements to carry out the works related to the ENLACE Project, the Corporation and/or public agency in charge of the process shall make sure it maintains the highest community cohesion, also providing for, as may be possible, the offering of relocation alternatives within the District and the Cantera Peninsula to those families, businesses and nonprofit organizations that wish to remain within the area, as established in the Land Use Plan and the Integrated Development Plan. The relocation alternatives shall be designed with the active and appropriate participation of the citizens. The affected families shall be advised of their rights and responsibilities [with sensitivity] and sufficiently in advance, ensuring full compliance with the laws that protect them.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 20.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5050 - Compensation on account of acquisition, moving, and relocation for persons affected by projects at the District

In determining the benefits related to relocation and moving, the Corporation or the public agency carrying out the process of property acquisition shall provide equal treatment, so that all families, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that find themselves in the same situation receive similar benefits, notwithstanding the source from which the money for financing the relocation process originates. In the case of acquisition and relocation processes within the District and the Cantera Peninsula that are financed with funds of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the owners and occupants of the properties acquired shall be compensated pursuant to the provisions of the “Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act” of 1970, as amended. Likewise, the exemption set forth in § 5036 of this title.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 21; § 16, renumbered as § 24 and amended on Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, §§ 14, 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5051 - The Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Resident, Business, and Nonprofit Organization Registry

The Corporation shall update the registry of residents and businesses that occupy buildings in the District, carried out by the Authority as part of the Census conducted in 2002, and also include nonprofit organizations that occupy buildings. The intention of updating this register shall be published in newspapers of general circulation and announced through posters and fliers. Entitled to compensation for relocation and moving, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be all families, businesses and nonprofit organizations that have occupied the acquired dwelling for: (a) not less than one hundred eighty (180) days immediately prior to the date on which the register of families, businesses and nonprofit organizations is closed, in the case of buildings located within the Canal dredging impact zone, the conservation strip, the peripheral thoroughfare or within the street blocks; or, (b) not less than one hundred eighty (180) days immediately prior to the date on which the Corporation and/or the public agency notify the offer of fair compensation for the acquisition of the property in writing for the other buildings. The Corporation shall have access to all the information held by the Department of Transportation and Public Works and the Highway and Transportation Authority that shall allow it to keep the Register updated.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 22; renumbered as § 25 and amended on Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, §§ 14, 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5052 - Community development

The functions of the Corporation shall be directed to promoting the social and economic development of the District, so that community and physical development advance concurrently and in accordance with the following goals:
(1) To systematically direct and use the economic activity to generate internal capacity and development in the District.
(2) To maximize the internal circulation of the income generated within the District to increase its multiplier effect and to contribute toward the accumulation of internal capital through the creation of community financing mechanisms.
(3) To provide continuing support to the integration and participation of residents in the economic activity, whether as potential entrepreneurs, operating entrepreneurs, employees or owners of capital assets.
(4) To use all types of interventions from the public and private sectors in the District in order to develop the social capital and internal institutions of the community.
To achieve these goals, the Corporation shall:
(1) Support residents in their economic endeavors, by providing, among others, services such as:
(a) Entrepreneurial training for the establishment of profit and nonprofit resident-owned enterprises and self-employment;
(b) employment training;
(c) referrals to jobs and employment opportunities;
(d) revolving fund for financing;
(e) portfolio of contracts that provide business opportunities for resident-owned enterprises;
(f) list of works, projects and programs that may be performed by community enterprises;
(g) operational and administrative support for the District’s enterprises;
(h) orientation for housing owners;
(i) mechanisms to increase the amount of resident-owned capital goods, and
(j) mechanisms, procedures and guidelines to define, facilitate and supplement the establishment of joint ventures in the District.
(2) Support the social development of the community by providing, among others, services such as:
(a) Support and coordination of efforts for consolidating and strengthening community-based organizations and the G-8, including leadership training and the creation of support networks;
(b) the creation of formal and informal instances and spaces for the residents to share and interact;
(c) the design and implementation of mechanisms to support the development of a culture of appreciation and attachment toward the community;
(d) the creation of community support networks for individuals, families, and the elderly who are affected by the Project or who have special needs, and
(e) the design and implementation of a system of indicators to evaluate the public, environmental, economic and social health in the District.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 23; renumbered as § 26 and amended on Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, §§ 14, 18.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5053 - The Martín Peña Canal Community Business and Bidder Registry

The Corporation shall prepare the Martín Peña Canal Community Business and Bidder Registry, which shall include all the Martín Peña Canal community businesses and bidders operating under the provisions of the applicable laws and regulations. The Corporation shall periodically update such Registry.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 24; renumbered as § 27 and amended on Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, §§ 14, 19.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5054 - Office of the Martín Peña Canal ENLACE Project

It is hereby directed to create the Office of the Martín Peña Canal ENLACE Project in the Department of Transportation and Public Works and the Highway and Transportation Authority as the entity responsible for the coordination and implementation of all the stages of the ENLACE Project. The Office of the ENLACE Project shall be in effect, operationally, until all the processes of transition, creation and operations of the Corporation are completed.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 25.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5055 - Fund for the Development of the Martín Peña Canal ENLACE Project

A capital fund is hereby created for investments in and the development of the District, with no restrictions on the nature of the projects established by Act No. 3 of October 8, 1987. The fund shall receive appropriations from the Government of the Commonwealth, other public funds, including, among others, capital improvements, other state, federal and municipal funds, public corporations, departments and other public instrumentalities appropriated or obtained thereto, and from contributions made thereto by private sector individuals and entities. This fund shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, which may solicit, accept and receive capitalization contributions donated thereto and may also receive capitalization funds from any natural or juridical person, and any private or government entity, that are covered into the Fund. The Board of Directors shall render a report on the uses and projects carried out with said funds to the Governor and to both Legislative Chambers on or before March 31 of each year.
The Office of Management and Budget is hereby directed to transfer to the Fund the full amount of items budgeted for the development of the ENLACE Project appropriated to the public agencies (as defined in this chapter), except for the municipalities. The Highway and Transportation Authority is hereby authorized to transfer to the Fund the budgeted items intended for the development of the ENLACE Project.
Annual recurring appropriations to be charged against the General Fund shall be appropriated to the Fund for the Development of the Martín Peña Canal ENLACE Project, which shall be made in accordance with the work plan and budget presented by the Corporation and to the extent that the Corporation justifies the use of the monies from year to year. Said appropriations shall be contemplated in the General Expense Budget of the Government.
The full amount of the monies covered into the Fund shall be used for the purposes provided by this chapter.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 26.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5056 - Tax incentives

The following tax benefits shall be granted to the entities that contribute to the Corporation and the Fund for the Development of the Martín Peña Canal ENLACE Project:
(a) All donations made to the Corporation shall be treated as donations made to educational entities, pursuant to §§ 8006 et seq. of Title 13, for purposes of the limitations on donations.
(b) Interest generated by the bonds issued by the Corporation shall be exempted from the income tax levied by §§ 8006 et seq. of Title 13.
(c) The accelerated depreciation method shall be allowed for the recovery of the cost of the investment.
(d) Every business or industry established or to be established in the District shall be entitled to an additional deduction for the salaries paid for purposes of the calculation of the income tax equal to five percent (5%) of the applicable minimum salary of each new job created after the approval of this act. This deduction shall be in addition to any other granted by any law and shall extend for a term of five (5) years.
To be entitled to the deduction granted by this subsection, it shall be necessary that the newly created job:
(1) Does not eliminate or substitute any job that existed prior to the approval of this act;
(2) is a full-time job of not less than thirty-five (35) hours per week, and
(3) is held by a District resident for a continuous term of not less than six (6) months within the taxable year, except for those businesses or industries that, due to their nature, are seasonal or temporary.
These tax incentives shall be evaluated every three (3) years as of the date of effectiveness of this act in terms of cost-effectiveness. The evaluation shall be made by the Department of the Treasury, in consultation with the Corporation and with the collaboration of the Office of Management and Budget, the Municipality of San Juan, the Municipal Revenues Collection Center and all other public agencies concerned.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 27.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5058 - Trust contract

At the Corporation’s discretion, any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be guaranteed by a trust contract by and between the Corporation and a corporate trustee, which may be a Trust Corporation (trust company) or a banking institution with the faculties of a Trust Corporation (trust company) within or outside of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
It shall be legal for any banking institution or trust corporation incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States of America or any state of the United States of America to act as depositary of the proceeds of the bonds, income or other monies to execute indemnity bonds or to offer as guarantee the securities required by the Corporation. In addition to the above, the trust contract may contain all the provisions that the Corporation deems reasonable and appropriate for the security of the bondholders.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 29.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5059 - Agreement of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with the bondholders

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico hereby agrees with the holders of any bonds issued under this chapter and with the persons or entities that establish contracts with the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, that it shall not limit or alter the rights herein conferred onto the Corporation until said bonds and the interest thereon are totally paid off and said contracts are totally complied with and executed by the Corporation; Provided, however, That none of the provisions herein shall affect or alter said limitation if adequate measures for the protection of said bondholders of the Corporation or those who have entered into such contracts with the Corporation are provided by law. The Corporation, as agent of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is hereby authorized to include this agreement by the Commonwealth in the aforementioned bonds or contracts. However, nothing established in this section shall have the effect of altering what is provided in § 5039 of this title, which sets forth that the debts and obligations of the Corporation shall not be debts or obligations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico nor of its political subdivisions, nor shall they have the effect of encumbering the loan margin of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 30.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5060 - Income of the Corporation

The fees, rent, charges and all other income earned by the Corporation from the project related to the bonds of any issue, except for the part that may be necessary for paying the costs of the Corporation incurred in said project and to provide reserves, if any, that may be provided in the trust contract that guarantees said bonds, shall be deposited regularly in a reserve fund for the payment of the debt service, as provided in the trust contract, which is hereby offered to guarantee the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds as they become due and the call price or purchase price of bonds withdrawn due to redemption or purchase, as provided. The guarantee shall be valid and binding from the time in which it is constituted. The fees, rent, charges and other income and monies offered in guarantee and those received afterwards by the Corporation shall immediately be subject to lien without the need to physically deliver them or the need for any other act, and said lien shall be valid and binding and shall prevail against any third party that holds any kind of claim against the Corporation for damages or breach of contract or any other reason, regardless of whether or not said third party has been notified of this matter. Neither the trust contract nor the financing contract for which a collateralization agreement is formalized or for which the rights of the Corporation over any income are assigned, need to be filed or registered to finalize the lien over the same against any third party, except in the files of the Corporation. The use and disposition of the monies to the credit of the redemption fund for the payment of the debt service shall be subject to the provisions of such a trust contract. The referred redemption fund for the payment of the debt service shall be a fund for such bonds without distinction or priority of one over the other, unless otherwise provided in the trust contract.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 31.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5061 - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its subdivisions not liable

Bonds issued by the Corporation shall not constitute a debt of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any of its political subdivisions, nor shall the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any of its political subdivisions be liable therefor, and such bonds shall only be payable from funds that have been encumbered for their payment, unless the Commonwealth or any of its public agencies otherwise participate as guarantors.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 32.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5062 - Transfer of property from the Government to the Corporation

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its public agencies, public corporations and political subdivisions, including the municipalities, are hereby authorized to assign and transfer to the Corporation, at its request and under reasonable terms and conditions, without the need for calling a public bid or other formalities of law in addition to the execution of the corresponding deed, any property or interest over the same (including property that is already dedicated to public use), that the Corporation deems necessary or convenient in order to carry out its purposes.
In accordance [with] the provisions in this section, the deed to any property of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including the deed to any property that is subsequently acquired, may be transferred to the Corporation by the officer in charge of said property or who has it under its jurisdiction.
The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works shall transfer to the Corporation, free of any charge, those additional lands of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that, in the judgment of the Governor of Puerto Rico, said Corporation needs in order to achieve its goals and purposes.
These provisions shall not be construed in the sense of authorizing the assignment or transfer of property set aside for other purposes by express legislative provision.
The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, the Secretary of Housing and the Mayor of San Juan shall submit to the Legislature in March of each year a listing of all the properties assigned and transferred to the Corporation by virtue of the authorization herein contained and the appraisal of each property.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 33.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5063 - Transfer of personnel

The Corporation herein created shall have the condition of excluded for purposes of Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, as amended, the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”.
Any Commonwealth officers or employees who are appointed to fill a position in the Corporation shall retain the status and rights they had at the time of joining the service of the Corporation pursuant to the personnel legislation in effect and shall also retain any rights they held in any retirement system or pension fund prescribed by the law for officers and employees that hold similar positions in the Government of the Commonwealth.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 34.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5064 - Transition committee

The Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works and the Board of the Corporation shall appoint a Transition Committee responsible for adopting the necessary measures for the transfer to the Corporation of the functions of the Department of Transportation and Public Works and the Highway and Transportation Authority with regard to the ENLACE Project.
This Committee shall supervise the adequate transfer to the Corporation of all matters under the administration and responsibility of the Department of Transportation and Public Works, without interrupting the administrative processes or the rendering of services and operations of said Department. This Committee shall cease operations when so determined by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works and the Board.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 35.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5065 - Injunction

No injunction shall be issued to hinder the application of this chapter or any part thereof.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 37.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 122 - Martín Peña Canal Special Planning District Integrated Development Act (§§ 5031 — 5066) › § 5066 - Reports

The Corporation, through the Board of Directors, shall render an annual report on March 31 to the Governor, both Houses of the Legislature and the Mayor of San Juan with an account of the activities carried out by the Corporation during the previous fiscal year, its financial situation and the work plan for the three subsequent fiscal years. Said report shall also be submitted to the communities of the District through the representatives of the G-8.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 38.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 123 - Special Act for the Development of Castañer (§§ 5201 — 5216) › § 5201 - Funds

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Castañer. — The sector including the town of Castañer, the Río Prieto, Mirasol and Bartolo wards of the municipality of Lares, the Guayabo Dulce, Guayo and Limaní wards of the municipality of Adjuntas, the Río Prieto ward with its Arbela, Cerrote and Grillasca sectors of the municipality of Yauco and El Treinta Sector of the Municipality of Maricao.
(b) Board. — The Planning Board of Puerto Rico.
(c) Improvement. — All investment equal to or greater than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) made to improve the physical condition of an eligible property. The certification to these effects shall be issued by the Regulations and Permits Administration.
(d) Successor business. — Any economic activity substantially similar to an economic activity that has been eliminated, in which the owner or proprietor of the new activity had twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the shares of the new interest in the suppressed activity.
(e) Eligible property. — All real property in Castañer dedicated to commercial, industrial or agricultural use, or to provide services, or used as a dwelling together with any of the other uses mentioned above, and which meets all the requirements of the Special Planning Zone to which it corresponds.
All real property that is not in use or in other uses not specifically mentioned, that is rehabilitated or constructed for residential, mixed, or cultural uses, or to be used as a building for educational purposes, health services, elderly or infant care, sports facilities, tourist recreational activities, community centers and others that the Planning Board determines that qualify as eligible property. To qualify as eligible property all of the properties described above shall meet the requirements of the special planning zone to which it corresponds and in all cases, such properties shall be eligible as long as they are devoted to the proportional uses herein provided.
(f) Substantial rehabilitation. — Every construction work equal to or greater than thirty percent (30%) of the eligible property’s market value, excluding the value of the lot on which it is located. The certification to these effects shall be issued by the Regulations and Permits Administration.
(g) Special Planning Zone. — An area designated by the Planning Board to promote the integral development and rehabilitation thereof, taking into consideration the factors that encourage the attraction and retention of the population, which provide economic vitality and propitiate the more adequate use of land, as well as the creation of a functional and aesthetically-enjoyable rural environment.
History —Mar. 15, 1996, No. 14, § 2; Sept. 22, 2004, No. 403, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 123 - Special Act for the Development of Castañer (§§ 5201 — 5216) › § 5202 - Establishment of a Special Planning Zone

(a) The Board shall establish one or several Special Planning Zones that shall encompass the entire territory of Castañer. The Board shall establish for said zone or zones, an integral development plan, special regulations and applications of special regulations to govern the use of land mountains, lakes and rivers, mining and archeological resources, as well as buildings, needed to stimulate the development of Castañer in accordance with the public [policy] established in the purpose note under § 5201 of this title.
(b) The Special Planning Zone or Zones shall be deemed as designated once the development plans and the needed regulations are approved, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 62 et seq. of this title.
(c) The Board shall complete the designation of all zones within a term no greater than one (1) year from the date of approval of this act.
History —Mar. 15, 1996, No. 14, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 123 - Special Act for the Development of Castañer (§§ 5201 — 5216) › § 5203 - Creation of a consulting group and appropriation of funds

(a) The Board shall designated a consulting group, within a term of not more than sixty (60) days from the date of approval of this act, whose purpose shall be to make recommendations to the Board, on the integral development plan that the Board shall adopt, and the measures the Government of Puerto Rico, agencies, instrumentalities and public corporations should adopt to promote the development of Castañer.
(b) The Consulting Group shall include the mayors of the municipalities of Adjuntas, Lares, Maricao and Yauco, the Representative of that District and one (1) of the Senators of that District, as well as not less than five (5) residents of Castañer. The Board may designate any other person or persons it deems convenient and/or necessary.
History —Mar. 15, 1996, No. 14, § 5; Sept. 22, 2004, No. 403, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 123 - Special Act for the Development of Castañer (§§ 5201 — 5216) › § 5204 - Tax exemption for an eligible property subject to a new construction, substantial rehabilitation or improvements

Those eligible properties that are constructed, subject to substantial rehabilitation or improvements in a Special Planning Zone in Castañer within a period of fifteen (15) years after said Zone was designated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be entitled to an exemption for the purpose of real property taxes. This exemption shall be of one hundred percent (100%) of the property tax for a term of ten (10) years. The exemption shall be effective from the first of January following the year in which the property is subject to new construction, substantial rehabilitation or improvement. The Municipal Revenue Collection Center shall establish the procedure for the people to benefit from this exemption through regulations.
History —Mar. 15, 1996, No. 14, § 6; Aug. 10, 2009, No. 65, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 123 - Special Act for the Development of Castañer (§§ 5201 — 5216) › § 5205 - Condoning of interest, surcharges and penalties for real property taxes on eligible properties

All interest, surcharges and penalties for taxes owed on real property on the date the exemption provided in this chapter for eligible properties that have not been used productively for one (1) or more years is granted, shall be waived for the period corresponding to the time during which the same was not used productively, if the eligible property is subject to new construction, substantial rehabilitation or improvement after the approval of this act and the designation of the Special Planning Zone in which it is located, and within a term that shall not exceed fifteen (15) years after the designation of said Zone.
History —Mar. 15, 1996, No. 14, § 7; Aug. 10, 2009, No. 65, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 123 - Special Act for the Development of Castañer (§§ 5201 — 5216) › § 5206 - Authorization for securing loans

(a) The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, as well as the Development Bank, may grant at their discretion, for a period of ten (10) years from the effective date of this act, collateral security to viable projects of new construction substantial rehabilitation and improvements, to eligible properties, or for the establishment of commercial, industrial service or agricultural enterprises, to be developed in Castañer.
(b) Said Banks may insure the collateral they grant, through insurance. The funds to pay the insurance may come from charging the applicant of the loan, a sum that shall not exceed two percent (2%) of the amount of the loan.
History —Mar. 15, 1996, No. 14, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 123 - Special Act for the Development of Castañer (§§ 5201 — 5216) › § 5207 - Additional requirements to enjoy the benefits of this chapter

In addition to the requirements established by other provisions of this chapter, as well as by other laws and regulations, the persons who wish to enjoy the tax benefits established hereby shall meet the following requirements:
(a) Keep all their tax liabilities with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the municipalities of Adjuntas, Lares and Yauco, up to date.
(b) Comply with all the regulations that govern the development of the special planning zone in which they are located.
History —Mar. 15, 1996, No. 14, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART V - Municipal Development (§§ 5001 — 5216) › Chapter 123 - Special Act for the Development of Castañer (§§ 5201 — 5216) › § 5208 - Deduction for wages

(a) Every business or industry established or to be established in Castañer shall be entitled to an additional deduction for wages paid, when computing their income tax, equal to five percent (5%) of the applicable minimum wage for each new job created after the approval of this act. This deduction shall be in addition to any other granted by any other law, and shall be for a term of fifteen (15) years.
(b) In order to be entitled to the deduction granted by this section, it shall be necessary that the new job created:
(1) Does not eliminate or replace an existing job prior to the approval of this act;
(2) is a full-time job of not less than thirty-five (35) hours per week, and
(3) is held by a resident of Castañer for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months of a taxable year, except in those businesses or industries that are temporary or cyclic in nature.
History —Mar. 15, 1996, No. 14, § 10; Aug. 10, 2009, No. 65, § 3.