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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 221 - Artisanry Development Program (§§ 8001 — 8013) › § 8005 - Granting of loans

The Agricultural and Commercial Development and Credit Corporation of Puerto Rico, is hereby authorized to borrow money up to the maximum amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000), for the purpose of establishing a line of credit or collateral for the granting of loans, guarantees, incentives or any other financial assistance to artisans, for the establishment, operation, extension or improvement of shops for the production, creation and manufacture of artisanry. It may also grant financial assistance and loans to artisans for the purchase of equipment and working tools needed for the production of their works. To such ends, “equipment” shall be understood as that which is used to expedite the production processes, but, under no circumstances may such equipment substitute the handcrafting of the artisan’s work or product. “Tool” shall likewise be understood to be any tool used by the artisan, manually, and which is used in finishing his products and/or works.
Within the Credits Program, priority shall be given to the need for technological and design innovations as well as to the promotion and opening of new markets. The Corporation shall establish the Credits Program in consultation with the Director of the Artisanry Development Program, who shall also have the responsibility of certifying the artisanry applicants to said Corporation.
The Corporation may grant loans to the artisan sector, subject to the following requirements:
(a) Charge the legal interest rate prevailing in the market or a lower interest rate pursuant to the financial resources of the artisan.
(b) Establish the terms for the payment of said loan.
(c) Grant extensions for the payment of capital and interest.
(d) Determine the nature and worth of the collateral required to grant a loan, if any.
No loan shall be granted unless there is a reasonable expectation, based on the facts and conditions of each case, that the person to whom it is to be granted will repay the amount of the loan in due course.
The Agricultural and Commercial Development and Credit Corporation of Puerto Rico shall exercise the supervision it deems suitable in those cases where it provides venture capital for the operation of artisanry workshops.
History —Aug. 11, 1995, No. 166, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 221 - Artisanry Development Program (§§ 8001 — 8013) › § 8006 - Director

The Artisanry Development Program shall have a Director, who shall be appointed by the Administrator of the Industrial Development Company. Said Director shall plan, direct, supervise and evaluate the activities of the Program. To such effects, he shall advise the Executive Director in order for the Program to really and truly contribute to the development and strengthening of the local artisanry enterprise.
History —Aug. 11, 1995, No. 166, § 7; Sept. 21, 2007, No. 124, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 221 - Artisanry Development Program (§§ 8001 — 8013) › § 8007 - Director—Functions

In coordination with the Executive Director, the Director shall exercise the following functions, among others:
(a) Coordinate with other government and private entities the offering of short courses and conferences on artisanry production techniques, the use of different materials in the many artisanry fields, the improvement of the products’ quality, the reduction of costs and other technical aspects such as those regarding the managerial operation of workshops, and how to make known the Puerto Rican cultural tradition. In order to help the artisans, these courses shall also be offered in the regional offices of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and/or in the cultural centers of each town.
(b) Administer the Artisanry Incentives Program, to provide tools, equipment or instruments for the artisans’ use.
(c) Facilitate the marketing and sale of the artisans’ products in exhibitions, fairs and other similar activities.
(d) Make the local artisanry production known through conferences and presentations.
(e) Stimulate the formation of artisan associations and to foster the creation and development of artisan cooperatives with the collaboration of the Cooperative Development Administration.
(f) Submit an annual report to the Governor, the Legislature and the Board, through the Economic Development Administrator, on the activities and achievements of the Program.
History —Aug. 11, 1995, No. 166, § 8; Sept. 21, 2007, No. 124, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 221 - Artisanry Development Program (§§ 8001 — 8013) › § 8008 - Advisory Board—Creation

An Advisory Board of the Artisanry Development Program is hereby established, composed of: the Executive Director of the Industrial Development Company; the Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, the Executive Director of the Tourism Company, the Secretary of Education, the Administrator of the Cooperative Development Administration and the Chancellor of the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico or their authorized representatives, three (3) artisans appointed by the Governor from a list submitted by the artisans’ sector, and two (2) members of the private sector who have a recognized interest [in] and commitment to the development of the artisanry sector in Puerto Rico, appointed by the Governor. Their appointments shall be for a term of two (2) and three (3) years each, and they shall hold office until their successors are appointed and have taken office.
The Board shall elect a Chairperson and a Secretary among its members. It shall adopt the agreements and regulations needed to adequately exercise the function assigned by this present chapter.
The Board shall meet once a month for the first six (6) months after the signing of the act, in order to plan and establish the Program, then, it shall meet in regular meetings at least once every two (2) months. It shall hold special meetings when necessary by prior notice by the Chairperson or by request of at least three (3) of its members, forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting. Quorum shall be constituted by six (6) members and the agreements shall be adopted by simple majority. Those members who are not public officials or employees, shall be entitled to per diems of seventy-five dollars ($75) for each meeting they attend, once their attendance has been certified.
The Board shall have the responsibility to advise and collaborate with the Director and the Executive Director in attaining the ends and purposes established in this chapter. It shall advise the artisanry promoters to establish a tools bank for the artisans served by the government entities.
The Industrial Development Company shall provide a place for the offices and all the facilities, equipment, materials and supportive personnel needed to perform the functions delegated by this chapter.
The Director of the Artisanry Development Program shall be invited to each and every one of the meetings that are held. He/she shall have the right to be heard, but not to vote, nor shall he/she be considered for the purposes of constituting quorum. He shall submit a written report to the Board, on the activities carried out, prior to the meeting called.
History —Aug. 11, 1995, No. 166, § 9; Aug. 14, 1997, No. 80, § 2; Sept. 21, 2007, No. 124, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 221 - Artisanry Development Program (§§ 8001 — 8013) › § 8009 - Obligations of the artisans

Every artisan, or artisanry production shop, shall engrave, print, write or affix a sign, or have engraved, printed, written or labeled on each artisanry work, product, goods or article, in a visible, clearly legible place, without damaging its essence, aesthetics, nature and quality, the phrase “Artisanry from Puerto Rico”, or any other determined by the Board, to let it be known and guaranteed that it is a Puerto Rican artisanry work or product.
History —Aug. 11, 1995, No. 166, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 221 - Artisanry Development Program (§§ 8001 — 8013) › § 8010 - Identification and labeling of artisanry produced outside of Puerto Rico

Every natural or juridical person who on his own, or through an agent, representative, distributor, employee or any other person, introduces, advertises, exhibits or sells, products, articles, goods or artisanry works in Puerto Rico that are manufactured, produced or processed outside of Puerto Rico, shall engrave, print, write, fix or label on each one of said products, articles, goods or works, their place of origin, or source, in a clearly visible and legible manner.
Any natural or juridical person who violates these provisions, shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be sanctioned with a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation incurred.
History —Aug. 11, 1995, No. 166, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 221 - Artisanry Development Program (§§ 8001 — 8013) › § 8011 - Obligations of distributors and vendors

Every natural or juridical person who on his or her own, or through his/her agent or representative, employees or any other person, displays, distributes or sells artisanry, shall separate and identify the artisanry and souvenirs made in Puerto Rico from those made abroad in his/her shop, establishment, center, workshop, display window, shelves or other place. Such separation and identification shall be clearly and visibly accessible.
Any natural or juridical person who violates this provision, shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be sanctioned with a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation incurred. In addition, he or she shall be imposed the penalty of performing community services.
History —Aug. 11, 1995, No. 166, § 12; May 31, 2004, No. 124, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 221 - Artisanry Development Program (§§ 8001 — 8013) › § 8012 - Sale of false artisanry

Every person who falsely identifies, advertises, displays, distributes, donates, gives, offers and sells, or who induces or has another person identify, advertise, display, distribute, donate, give, offer, or sell foreign products, articles, goods or artisanry works as if they were Puerto Rican artisanry, knowing that they were not, shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be sanctioned with a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500). In addition, he or she shall be imposed the penalty of performing community services.
History —Aug. 11, 1995, No. 166, § 13; May 31, 2004, No. 124, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 221 - Artisanry Development Program (§§ 8001 — 8013) › § 8013 - Adjudication of jurisdiction

The Department of Consumer Affairs shall have the ministerial responsibility to watch over the strict compliance of the provisions established in §§ 8009—8012 of this title. For those purposes, it shall exercise all the powers and faculties granted by means of §§ 341 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Organic Act of the Department of Consumer Affairs”, and the regulations adopted by virtue of the same.
History —Aug. 11, 1995, No. 166, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 222 - Intergovernmental Committee for the Establishment and Implementation of the Artisan’s Lane (§§ 8031 — 8033) › § 8031 - Creation

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Establishment and Implementation of the Artisan’s Lane, to be located in Guavate Sector of the Municipality of Cayey, Puerto Rico, is hereby created.
History —Aug. 8, 2002, No. 126, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 222 - Intergovernmental Committee for the Establishment and Implementation of the Artisan’s Lane (§§ 8031 — 8033) › § 8032 - Composition and duties

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Establishment and Implementation of the Artisan’s Lane shall include the Rural Development Corporation, the Department of Transportation and Public Works, the Planning Board and the Municipality of Cayey, in coordination with bona fide community groups and organizations of the Guavate Sector. Said Committee shall be responsible to draft a plan to study, establish, implement, develop and manage the Artisan’s Lane, to be located in the area of Guavate, Cayey, Puerto Rico. This integrated development plan shall take into consideration the following criteria:
(1) Establish the specific boundaries of the geographic areas to be designated and acquired for the Artisan’s Lane.
(2) Determine the costs of the eminent domain process, if any, including administrative and operational costs of the project.
(3) Contemplate the means for financing, if any, needed to comply with the purposes of this measure.
(4) The responsibility of the Rural Development Corporation, in coordination with the Municipality of Cayey, and the bona fide community organizations of the Guavate Sector to establish a detailed and specific work plan for the construction of the Artisan’s Lane in said sector. Said work proposal shall include the concept, the necessary construction stages and the estimated time to complete the same.
(5) Establish the directive and programmatic norms needed to achieve this development.
(6) Delegate on the Municipality of Cayey, in coordination and with the participation of the bona fide community organizations of the Guavate Sector, the maintenance, conservation, use and control norms of the Artisans Lane, once constructed.
(7) The development plan of the Artisan’s Lane as well as any other amendment or modification thereto, and the studies that are conducted, shall be remitted to the Governor of Puerto Rico and to the Legislature.
History —Aug. 8, 2002, No. 126, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 222 - Intergovernmental Committee for the Establishment and Implementation of the Artisan’s Lane (§§ 8031 — 8033) › § 8033 - Special activity

Once the Artisan’s Lane has been constructed, the Interagency Committee shall coordinate the celebration of a special activity for its inauguration, to provide the necessary information and diffusion to the public who shall enjoy this facility.
History —Aug. 8, 2002, No. 126, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 223 - Puerto Rican Medal for Artisan Excellence (§§ 8051 — 8058) › § 8051 - Purpose of award

The award that shall be known as “Puerto Rican Medal for Artisan Excellence” is hereby instituted for the purpose of recognizing and honoring the outstanding merits of Puerto Rican artisans in their artisan endeavors.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 222, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 223 - Puerto Rican Medal for Artisan Excellence (§§ 8051 — 8058) › § 8052 - Creation of Committee

A committee is hereby created that shall be in charge of choosing the recipient of the Medal each year. The same shall have its seat in the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. It shall be composed of six (6) members: The Director of the Popular Arts Program of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, the Director of the Artisanry Development Program of the Economic Development Administration, the Director of the Artisanry Office of the Tourist Company, and three (3) citizens with a knowledge and sensibility in artisanry, each one chosen by each of the agencies mentioned in the section.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 222, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 223 - Puerto Rican Medal for Artisan Excellence (§§ 8051 — 8058) › § 8053 - Date of award

The Medal shall be awarded annually to those artisans who, because of their performance and excellence in their artisanry works, deserve public recognition.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 222, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 223 - Puerto Rican Medal for Artisan Excellence (§§ 8051 — 8058) › § 8054 - Appearance of the award

This award shall consist of a gold medal bearing an inscription on the obverse reading “PUERTO RICAN MEDAL FOR ARTISAN EXCELLENCE” all around the border, and in the center, the seal of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, and on the reverse, a stamp with a design of the several expressions of Puerto Rican Artisanry, along with the year in which the award was granted.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 222, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 223 - Puerto Rican Medal for Artisan Excellence (§§ 8051 — 8058) › § 8055 - Responsibility for design and minting

The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall be responsible for designing and minting of the Medal provided herein, including details concerning its diameter and thickness.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 222, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 223 - Puerto Rican Medal for Artisan Excellence (§§ 8051 — 8058) › § 8056 - Annual award activity

The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall hold an annual activity in the Museum of Puerto Rican and Caribbean Artisanry, to award the “Puerto Rican Medal for Artisan Excellence”, which is instituted herein, to the artisan or artisans who are entitled to receive the same. Medals may be awarded posthumously, and in such cases, the same shall be awarded to the family of the honored artisan.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 222, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 223 - Puerto Rican Medal for Artisan Excellence (§§ 8051 — 8058) › § 8057 - Regulations

The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall promulgate the corresponding regulations to enforce compliance of this chapter, including all matters concerning the rules, requirements, procedure for the selection of candidates, granting and adjudication of the award provided herein.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 222, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VII - Community Development (§§ 7001 — 8058) › Chapter 223 - Puerto Rican Medal for Artisan Excellence (§§ 8051 — 8058) › § 8058 - Collaboration

In order to attain the purposes encompassed in this chapter, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall have the collaboration of the Economic Development Administration and the Tourist Company.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 222, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter I - Preliminary Provisions (§§ 9011 — 9011a) › § 9011a - Terms used

All words used in the singular number in this chapter shall be construed to include the plural number when the context so warrants; likewise, the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, and vice versa.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 1.6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012 - Creation

The Permit Management Office is hereby created, to be attached to the Planning Board.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012a - Appointment

The Management Office shall be under the direction and supervision of an Executive Director, to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. In the discharge of his/her functions, the Executive Director shall be directly accountable to the Governor. The compensation for the Executive Director shall be fixed by the Governor, taking into consideration the compensation established for the Secretaries of the Executive Departments. After consultation with and with the approval of the Governor, the Executive Director shall appoint an Assistant Executive Director, onto whom he/she may delegate such functions as he/she may deem necessary, pursuant to this chapter. The Executive Director and the Assistant Executive Director shall be renowned for their capability, knowledge and experience in the permit processing field. At least one (1) of these officials shall be a professional land surveyor, architect, engineer or planner. In the event of the absence or temporary disability, death, resignation or removal of the Executive Director, the Assistant Executive Director shall discharge the functions and duties of the Executive Director as Acting Executive Director, until the Executive Director resumes office or his/her substitute is appointed and takes office. In the event that both officials are temporarily absent or cause vacancies simultaneously, the Governor shall appoint an Acting Executive Director until he/she formally appoints a substitute for the Executive Director into office.
Furthermore, the Executive Director shall appoint the Regional Directors, who shall administer the regional permit management offices pursuant to the functions assigned by the Executive Director and the Joint Permit Regulation. Regional Directors shall be professional land surveyors, architects, engineers or planners, and be renowned for their capability, knowledge, and experience in the permit evaluation and processing fields. In the event of absence or temporary disability, death, resignation or removal, the Executive Director shall appoint an Acting Regional Director until his/her substitute is appointed and takes office.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012c - Requisite operating divisions or components

The organizational structure of the Management Office shall at the very least incorporate the following operating divisions, units or components:
(a) An Office of the Clerk;
(b) environment;
(c) health and safety;
(d) infrastructure;
(e) archaeology and historic conservation;
(f) recommendations concerning uses, and
(g) constructability and energy and building codes.
The Management Office shall have an Environmental Compliance Evaluation Division attached thereto.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012d - Power to evaluate and grant or deny final determinations and permits

As of the effective date of this act, the Management Office, through its Executive Director, the Adjudicatory Board, authorized professionals, authorized inspectors or any other person qualified under this chapter, as may apply, shall issue final determinations, permits, and fire prevention certifications, as well as environmental health certificates directly or indirectly related to land development and use which, before the date of approval of this act, were evaluated and issued or denied by the concerned government entities under their organic acts or other special laws, and which shall be included in the Joint Permit Regulation. Likewise, autonomous municipalities with I to V granted hierarchy, pursuant to the provisions set forth in §§ 9011nt and 9028i of this title, may issue final determinations. Such permit applications that fall under the General Regulation of the Environmental Quality Board, shall hereinafter be evaluated by the Management Office and the authorized professionals, as may apply, but only in those cases in which the permit sought does not affect an agreement, a delegation agreement or a federal funding grant of the Environmental Quality Board. As for the Public Service Commission, the Management Office shall act as the center for the submittal of the notice required by the Excavation and Demolition Coordination Center. As for the Planning Board, the Permit Management Office shall only evaluate and issue final determinations on site consultations, as defined in this chapter. Under no circumstance shall such site consultations be deemed to be permits. The Office of the Chief Permit Inspector shall oversee compliance with final determinations and permits issued by the Management Office or an authorized professional, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Any breach of compliance detected by the Office of the Chief Permit Inspector or by a [concerned government entity] with inherence in a final determination or a permit granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be investigated, and if in order, be punished by a fine or reported by complaint by the Chief Permit Inspector and the [concerned government entity], as may apply.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012e - Interagency agreements

The Management Office shall execute interagency agreements to issue any such certifications, licenses or documents of other government agencies, instrumentalities, corporations or entities as required in the transaction process and issue of licenses, certifications or permits to conduct or operate a business in Puerto Rico, such as, but not limited to: debt certifications, criminal record certificates, corporate existence certificates, certificates to authorize businesses in Puerto Rico, and good standing certificates, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012f - Information systems

The Management Office shall carry out its operations by using a computerized information system, whereby: (a) applicants may submit all required documents in electronic format, so as to provide prompt and reliable services; (b) the Executive Director may follow up on any transactions or applications before the consideration of the Permit Management Office; (c) the public may access the information contained in the digitized system over the Internet, in connection with matters before the consideration of the Permit Management Office, including all determinations and recommendations on which the Executive Director has given notice; and (d) permit managers may access necessary information to discharge their obligations under this chapter. Such information system shall incorporate such database as necessary for permit managers, Permit Officers, and the Director of the Environmental Compliance Evaluation Division to conduct the corresponding analysis of the permit applications and to be able to issue their recommendations. Such recommendations shall assist the Executive Director and the Adjudicatory Board in issuing their final determinations. As for authorized professionals and municipalities with I to V granted hierarchy, they shall be able to use the information system to issue final determinations and permits under such conditions as established in the Joint Permit Regulation. Furthermore, such information system may be used by the Reviewing Board as a database on the adjudicatory process governing final determinations. Such computerized system shall comply with the applicable legal provisions relative to public documents and electronic signatures, as well as with any other applicable law and regulation. Administrative records on matters before the consideration of the Permit Management Office shall be available for public inspection at the Office proper or at its regional offices during regular business hours. The Permit Management Office shall establish, by means of clear and streamlined operational guidelines, any internal mechanisms in connection with the transaction of evaluations to issue final determinations and permits under its jurisdiction, and develop any such strategies as necessary and conducive to the active incorporation of the use of telecommunications and information technologies into the operations of the Permit Management Office. Such information system shall be simultaneously implemented at the aforementioned Permit Management Office.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012g - Rulemaking authority

In order to enable the proper discharge of the duties and authorities imposed under this chapter, the Permit Management Office is hereby empowered, pursuant to the provisions governing rulemaking procedures set forth in the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as may apply, to adopt, amend, and repeal:
(a) Bylaws and operational guidelines as necessary for organizing and operating the Permit Management Office pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable law;
(b) regulations as necessary to establish the transaction procedures for evaluating, granting and issuing final determinations and permits by the Permit Management Office, as well as for charging fees, tariffs and other amounts payable with the previous approval of the Planning Board and pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable law;
(c) a regulation to establish an informal proceeding whereby the Management Office may give notice and request that authorized professionals correct any unintentional defects or faults in any plan or document submitted before the consideration of the Permit Management Office and necessary to issue final determinations. If after being given notice, an authorized professional fails to correct the defect within the term established in the notice given by the Permit Management Office, the Executive Director shall file such request without prejudice. Any authorized professional who incurs this kind of error or fault, as may apply, on more than one occasion, shall be liable to have a complaint filed against him/her before the Chief Permit Inspector, the professional associations, the Department of Justice, and the Department of State for any such action as may correspond under this chapter or any other applicable laws, and
(d) emergency regulations, with the previous approval of the Planning Board and pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable law.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012h - Charging service fees and collection of service charges

The Executive Director shall fix and collect, through such regulations as adopted for such purposes, such fees and charges payable by applicants upon submittal of permit applications and other transactions or activities of an operational nature, as well as the means to be used to pay such fees. Furthermore, he/she shall receive the charges and fees paid by applicants to authorized professionals, and the latter shall remit such moneys to the Management Office pursuant to the requirements set forth by the Office of the Chief Permit Inspector, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. instrumentalities of the Government of Puerto Rico, its municipalities, and the federal government, if applicable, shall pay twenty-five percent (25%) of the applicable fees and amounts payable for services. He/she shall also fix and collect, through regulations to that effect, such fees as may correspond for copies of publications, studies, reports, maps, plans, photographs, and any other document public in nature as required. However, the Executive Director or the person onto whom he/she delegates this authority, shall furnish copies free of charge to the Office of the Governor, the Department of State, the House of Representatives, the Senate of Puerto Rico, and in his/her discretion, such persons or nonprofit entities that meet indigence requirements or other purposes as established by regulation.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012j - Agreements and reimbursements

The Management Office may execute agreements with any government entity of the Government of Puerto Rico, its municipalities and public corporations, and the federal government, in order to procure or provide professional or other services and to procure or provide facilities to fulfill the purposes of this chapter. Such agreements shall specify the services and facilities to be procured or provided and the reimbursements or payments to be made for such services or facilities. With the approval of the Chair of the Planning Board, the Office may entrust any department, agency, bureau, division, authority, instrumentality, entity or political subdivision of the Government of Puerto Rico to carry out any study or research or any phase or part thereof and to perform work of any other kind as necessary for the Office to discharge its functions.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012k - Main office and regional offices

The Executive Director shall establish regional offices per the determinations of the Planning Board. However, if the case volume should so allow, one regional office may serve more than one (1) region. The Executive Director may eliminate or relocate regional offices. The Main Office of the Management Office shall be located in San Juan and shall at the same time operate as the regional office serving the metropolitan area, per the designation of the Planning Board.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012l - Special Permit Management Office Fund

All charges, fees, reimbursements, or payments established under this chapter and received by the Management Office shall be covered into a Special Fund created for such purposes by the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, in order to defray regular operating expenses of the Management Office, of which any surplus shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury of Puerto Rico upon the closing of the fiscal year, after giving notice to the Office of Management and Budget of the Government of Puerto Rico. Provided, That for Fiscal Year 2014-2015, the sum of four million, eight hundred thousand dollars ($4,800,000) shall be transferred from the Special Permit Management Office Fund created in this chapter to the “Legal Liability Fund.”
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.13; July 1, 2014, No. 78, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012m - Budget

The Executive Director shall prepare and administer the budget of the Permit Management Office. The funds needed to comply with the purposes of this chapter for the current fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years shall be annually consigned in the General Expenses Budget of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Act. Any moneys received by the Permit Management Office in discharging its task of implementing the provisions of this chapter from sources specified herein and from any others, shall be covered into a Special Fund to be denominated the “Special Permit Management Office Fund”. The Permit Management Office is hereby transferred the funds, accounts, appropriations and appropriation surpluses under the custody of the Regulations and Permits Administration by the date to be established by the Administrator, the Executive Director, and the Chair of the Planning Board, immediately after this act becomes effective.
Before using the resources deposited in the Special Fund, the Permit Management Office shall submit each year, for the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, an expenses budget, to be chargeable to the funds available in the Special Fund. Special Fund resources destined to defraying regular operating expenses of the Permit Management Office shall be complemented with appropriations funded by the General Fund of the Government of Puerto Rico whenever necessary. When the amount of funds available in the Special Fund is greater than the budget of the Permit Management Office by more than ten percent (10%), any excess over such amount shall be covered into the General Fund after notifying the Office of Management and Budget.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012n - Procurement

The Management Office shall be exempted from the application of the provisions of §§ 931 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “General Services Administration Act”. In compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the Management Office shall establish by regulation to that effect, its own system to procure supplies and ancillary services, within norms that assure sound fiscal management, economy and efficiency. Goods and services shall be preferentially acquired from manufacturing plants or professional firms in Puerto Rico, for which §§ 930 et seq. of Title 3, shall be applied, as well as regulations and programs that seek the inclusion of local enterprises.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012p - Annual report

The Executive Director shall prepare and submit an annual report on the operations and the fiscal situation of the Management Office, together with any such recommendations as deemed pertinent in seeking greater efficiency in its operations, to the Planning Board, the Governor, and the Legislature not later than ninety (90) days after the end of the fiscal year. After the first annual report, the Executive Director shall include at the end of his/her annual reports, a summary of the recommendations he/she has made before and a description of the action taken concerning such recommendations. Furthermore, he/she shall include a summary of the cases submitted, whether approved or denied. The annual report of the Permit Management Office shall include compliance as ascertained by the assessments established. Reports and empirical data shall be made available to the general public over the Internet on the web page of the Management Office, as well as in the web pages of the agencies concerned.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012r - Transfer of property

Any and all property or any interest therein; records, files, and documents; funds already appropriated or to be made available in the future, including surpluses, assets, and credit of any kind; liabilities and contracts of any kind; and licenses, permits, and other authorizations, are hereby transferred from the Regulations and Permits Administration to the Management Office, to be used by the Office for the ends and purposes of this chapter.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.19.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012s - Transfer of functions

Any authority or function discharged by the Administrator, by the Regulations and Permits Administration or by the Planning Board which has not been expressly transferred or conferred by law to the Management Office, shall be transferred from the Regulations and Permits Administration to the Management Office, to be discharged by the Management Office as of the date of effectiveness of this act, unless incompatible with this chapter, the provisions of Act No. 75, supra [sic], or any other succeeding law providing otherwise.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.20.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter II - The Permit Management Office (§§ 9012 — 9012t) › § 9012t - Transfer of obligations

By no means does the approval of this act affect or impair liabilities contracted by the Regulations and Permits Administration with any agency or private entity and assumed by virtue of Act No. 76 of June 24, 1975, as amended, known as the “Regulations and Permits Administration Organic Act”. All proceedings to which the Regulations and Permits Administration is a party and are still pending settlement before the courts or administrative forums, if any, shall be given continuance by the Executive Director of the Management Office pursuant to the duties and functions delegated onto him/her under this chapter, until their final settlement by virtue of the provisions under which such proceedings were instituted.
Likewise, this chapter shall not invalidate contracts properly executed by the Regulations and Permits Administration and in effect as of the date of approval of this act, if any, which contracts shall continue to be in force until the agreed termination date, unless any clauses therein contravene the provisions of this chapter or such contracts are cancelled on a previous date, if admissible under the contract in question.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 2.21.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VIII - Public Planning II (§§ 9011 — 9047) › Chapter 230 - Puerto Rico Permit Process Reform Act (§§ 9011 — 9028i) › Subchapter III - Permit Managers and Environmental Compliance Evaluation Director (§§ 9013 — 9013b) › § 9013 - Creation

The Permit Management Office, including Regional Offices, shall also have six (6) permit managers and one (1) Environmental Compliance Evaluation Director, all of whom shall evaluate applications and issue their recommendations, to be submitted to the Permit Management Office. Each of the following Management Office units shall employ one (1) permit manager, as well as the staff transferred from the corresponding concerned government entities:
(a) Environment (the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and the Solid Waste Authority);
(b) Health and Safety (the Department of Health, the Firefighter Corps, the Puerto Rico Police);
(c) Infrastructure (the Telecommunications Regulatory Board, the Department of Transportation and Public Works, the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Electric Power Authority, the Highway and Transportation Authority, the Public Service Commission);
(d) Archaeology and Historic Conservation (the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and the Commonwealth Historic Conservation Office);
(e) Use Recommendations (the Trade and Export Company, the Industrial Development Company, the Tourism Company, the Department of Housing, the Sports and Recreation Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Horse Racing Sport and Industry Administration, the Port Authority, and the Department of Education), and
(f) Constructability and Energy and Building Codes.
The Environmental Compliance Evaluation Division shall be composed by the Director of the Division, by employees transferred from the Scientific Advisory Division of the Environmental Quality Board, and by any other staff as the Executive Director may deem convenient for its most efficient operation.
The Permit Management Office, through its Executive Director and by means of an administrative order issued to that effect and approved by the Planning Board, may employ up to a maximum of nine (9) managers in their regional offices and add such units or divisions to be directed by such additional permit managers or Directors as part of the structure of the Management Office.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 3.1.