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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1 - Sale or Lease of Public Lands (§§ 1 — 31o) › § 31j - Disposal and lease of property or buildings no longer of public use—Advertisement of auction; contents

The auction referred to in § 31i of this title shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico once a week during two (2) weeks, stating:
(a) The description of the property.
(b) The volume and page of registration and the number of the property.
(c) The minimum selling price.
(d) Day, time, and place where the auction will be held.
History —Dec. 10, 1975, No. 12, p. 964, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1 - Sale or Lease of Public Lands (§§ 1 — 31o) › § 31k - Disposal and lease of property or buildings no longer of public use—Properties with no sale price set, or acquired through voluntary cession

Properties acquired by the titleholder for the alienation of which §§ 31—31o of this title have not established a sale price, shall be alienated for their market value as assessed for that purpose by the titleholder following the procedures established in §§ 31—31o of this title. In the cases in which the land acquired by the Commonwealth through voluntary assignment to be used for a specific public purpose, such lands shall revert gratuitously to their former owner or to his/her heirs, should the donor have revoked said donation within the prescriptive term established, if the property was not destined to be used for such a specific public purpose, or in case the aforesaid had ceased within the twenty (20) year period following the date of alienation.
This shall not apply in those cases regarding transfers required by the Planning Board or any other Commonwealth agency. It is further provided that in those cases in which the Commonwealth owns land where structures belonging to private persons are built, notwithstanding the manner in which the land was obtained, and for which no provision has been included in §§ 31—31o of this title, the provisions of the Civil Code shall apply in absence of an applicable law or statute.
History —Dec. 10, 1975, No. 12, p. 964, § 12; July 2, 1987, No. 82, p. 291, § 8; Aug. 18, 1989, No. 76, p. 336, § 4; Dec. 24, 1991, No. 122, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1 - Sale or Lease of Public Lands (§§ 1 — 31o) › § 31l - Disposal and lease of property or buildings no longer of public use—Grouping and segregation of lands

To fulfill the purposes of §§ 31—31o of this title the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby empowered to group and segregate lands of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which may cease to be of public utility.
History —Dec. 10, 1975, No. 12, p. 964, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1 - Sale or Lease of Public Lands (§§ 1 — 31o) › § 31m - Disposal and lease of property or buildings no longer of public use—Assessment of properties; submission to Secretary of the Treasury

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby empowered to delegate to the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works the function of carrying out the assessment of properties belonging to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to be sold according to §§ 31—31o of this title.
The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works shall submit the assessment for approval to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall render his report approving or disapproving said assessment in an unextendable term of thirty (30) days from the date it was submitted.
History —Dec. 10, 1975, No. 12, p. 964, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1 - Sale or Lease of Public Lands (§§ 1 — 31o) › § 31n - Disposal and lease of property or buildings no longer of public use—Regulations

The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby empowered to provide by regulations any measure aimed at implementing the provisions of §§ 31—31o of this title applicable to the lands under his custody.
History —Dec. 10, 1975, No. 12, p. 964, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1 - Sale or Lease of Public Lands (§§ 1 — 31o) › § 31o - Annual reports

From the approval of this act, the titleholder who carries out transactions authorized by §§ 31—31o of this title shall render an annual report to the Legislature at the start of each regular session on the transactions made during the year, with detailed description of the property, the contract date, the terms and conditions of the transaction, and the person or entity with which the contract is made.
History —Dec. 10, 1975, No. 12, p. 964, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1A - Parking Lot Leasing (§§ 36 — 36e) › § 36 - Lease to private companies

The Department of Transportation and Public Works, the Public Buildings Authority, the municipalities, agencies, authorities, corporations and public instrumentalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, are hereby authorized to lease to private companies those lots of land or parking lots that belong to or are used by different government dependencies, in order to provide the public with a safe place to park their motor vehicles during the night, on weekends and holidays, by establishing a fee, as provided by the Department of Consumers Affairs.
History —Dec. 19, 1995, No. 237, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1A - Parking Lot Leasing (§§ 36 — 36e) › § 36a - Parking lots owned by other agencies

All government dependencies whose lots of land or parking lots belong or are administered by other government agencies, corporations or public instrumentalities, shall request the authorization of said dependencies to lease such lots, or if necessary, they shall request the prior authorization of the General Services Administration.
History —Dec. 19, 1995, No. 237, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1A - Parking Lot Leasing (§§ 36 — 36e) › § 36b - Procedure

The lots of land or parking lots shall be leased through public auction procedures and the directors and heads of agencies are authorized to prepare the regulations, specifications and contracts needed to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Provided, That the bidders’ auction proposals shall specify the parking lots available schedule for public use, the fee agreed upon and the insurance and guarantees required in favor of the agency, the Commonwealth and third persons. No bidder shall be accepted without proof of the insurance required in this chapter or in any other existing act that is applicable thereto. All bidders shall post a bond which shall be fixed by regulations, in order to comply with all the terms and clauses of the leasing contract.
The agency, municipality or instrumentality has to receive the endorsement and approval of the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works and of the Planning Board, prior to announcing the availability of the lot for partial leasing, at public auction.
History —Dec. 19, 1995, No. 237, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1A - Parking Lot Leasing (§§ 36 — 36e) › § 36c - Limitations on leasing

It is hereby provided that under no circumstances shall the lessee use the lot for other purposes than exclusively for parking. If the Commonwealth needs the property, the lessee shall vacate and surrender the same, upon prior notice to such effect. Any improvement made to the property by the lessee shall revert in benefit of the lessor.
History —Dec. 19, 1995, No. 237, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1A - Parking Lot Leasing (§§ 36 — 36e) › § 36d - Special fund

The revenues on account of these leases shall be deposited in a special fund in the Department of the Treasury in favor of each agency, authority, corporation or instrumentality to be destined primarily for the maintenance and improvement of these areas. Any surplus shall be used for the maintenance and improvement of any other facilities of the agency concerned. In the case of the municipalities, the revenues shall be deposited in a special fund under its custody, and shall be used for the same purposes.
History —Dec. 19, 1995, No. 237, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 1A - Parking Lot Leasing (§§ 36 — 36e) › § 36e - Regulations

The directors and head of agencies are hereby authorized to draw up the regulations needed to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
History —Dec. 19, 1995, No. 237, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 2 - Interactive Registry of Public Properties (§§ 37 — 37g) › § 37 - Definitions

The terms included herein shall have the following meanings:
(1) Administration.— The Puerto Rico Lands Administration, created by virtue of §§ 311 et seq. of Title 23, and which is an operational component of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, as provided in Reorganization Plan No. 4 of June 22, 1994.
(2) Authority.— The Puerto Rico Land Authority, created by virtue of §§ 241 et seq. of this title, and which is an operational component of the Department of Agriculture, as provided in Reorganization Plan No. 1 of May 4, 1994.
(3) Company.— The Industrial Development Company, created by virtue of §§ 271 et seq. of Title 23, and which is an operational component of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, as provided in Reorganization Plan No. 4 of June 22, 1994.
(4) Board.— The Puerto Rico Planning Board, created by virtue of §§ 62 et seq. of Title 23, and attached to the Office of the Governor.
(5) Plan.— The Strategic Action Plan established in this chapter, and which is, in turn, a group of concepts that orient, unify, integrate, and offer coherence to the decisions that shall chart the course and destination of a structure and real property.
(6) Registry.— The Interactive Registry of Properties, created by virtue of this chapter.
(7) Geographic Information System.— Organized integration of software and hardware that is capable of constituting methods, tools, and data designed to act in a coordinated and logical manner to capture, store, check, transform, and display all geographic data and the attributes thereof in order to process and analyze spatial information and satisfy multiple purposes.
History —Feb. 22, 2011, No. 19, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 2 - Interactive Registry of Public Properties (§§ 37 — 37g) › § 37a - Registry

The Registry of structures and real property owned by the Industrial Development Company, the Land Administration, and the Land Authority is hereby created to serve as an informational tool and promotion instrument for the development of economic activity.
The Registry shall be designed in digital format by the Sub-Program of Geographic Information Systems of the Planning Board and shall be developed in a geographic information system (GIS) platform to be available to the public as part of the services of “Interactive Puerto Rico”. It shall, at least, contain the following information:
(a) Location.
(b) Picture of the property.
(c) Zoning.
(d) Size.
(e) Last use.
(f) Last appraisal.
(g) Debts or liens.
(h) Information on the entity that owns it.
(i) Opportunities for investment, acquisition, lease, or any other request for proposals of bids pertaining to the use of the property.
History —Feb. 22, 2011, No. 19, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 2 - Interactive Registry of Public Properties (§§ 37 — 37g) › § 37b - Requirement to register

It is hereby provided that the Company, the Administration, and the Authority shall register all structures or real property in the Registry created by virtue of this act no later than sixty (60) days after the approval thereof.
History —Feb. 22, 2011, No. 19, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 2 - Interactive Registry of Public Properties (§§ 37 — 37g) › § 37c - Strategic Action Plan

The Industrial Development Company, the Land Administration, and the Land Authority shall establish a task force that shall coordinate and devise a Strategic Action Plan for each one of their properties. The Plan shall be in tune with the Sustainable Strategic Action and Coordination Tools (HACES) of every pertinent agency. The Plan shall be devised within one hundred eighty (180) days after the approval of this act and shall comprise, at least, the following:
(a) Justification and/or legal impediments for development.
(b) Analysis of the present situation.
(c) General and specific objectives.
(d) Short- and long-term goals.
(e) Strategies.
(f) Project, program, or activities.
(g) Person responsible for the project, program, and activity.
(h) Time frame.
(i) Cost and financing.
(j) Results.
History —Feb. 22, 2011, No. 19, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 2 - Interactive Registry of Public Properties (§§ 37 — 37g) › § 37d - Strategic Action Plan—Framework

Each Plan shall be limited to specific purposes according to the use, characteristics, conditions, and potential of each structure and real property. The Board, in coordination with the concerned agency, shall establish through regulations the minimum requirements for the Plan in accordance with the following purposes:
(1) Zone of Ecological Importance.— The main objective shall be to fix the strategy for the conservation and rational use of natural resources, which shall be done in close coordination with the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. The zone shall have ecological attributes of such importance so as to warrant being the object of conservation measures. Among these important attributes are the presence of endangered, rare, or migrant species of native fauna and flora or typical ecosystems that are at risk of disappearing; wetlands; natural biotic communities; and areas with special designations such as state forests and natural reserves, whether or not officially designated as such. This designation shall take into consideration the provisions of §§ 1224 et seq. of Title 12, better known as the “Puerto Rico Natural Patrimony Program Act”.
(2) Heritage Site Rehabilitation.— The property shall comply with the norms and regulations for historic zones and monuments of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
(3) Economic, industrial, and commercial development.— Properties with industrial and commercial potential through the implementation of new businesses that can promote the development of economic activity in a balanced manner with full respect for the ecological environment, and the strengthening of small-, medium-, and large-sized businesses.
(4) Housing development.— Housing projects shall be limited to affordable and middle-class housing.
(5) Tourist development.— Such area whose boundaries can be clearly set and where a group of exploitation attractions and/or basic equipment of certain importance are found, suitable to sustain an identifiable tourist development. For its most effective development, this Plan shall be devised in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Tourism Company.
(6) Rehabilitation in urban center.— Geographic portion found within the surroundings of the downtown area, characterized by its urban structure, mix of compatible uses, historic evolution, population density, and an area and territorial extension with identifiable limits, which is defined as such by the municipality where the real property is located and by the Planning Board in the Urban Center Area Plan under the Land Use Plan.
(7) Conservation of agricultural land.— Zones of high agricultural value to be made available to agricultural entrepreneurs. The properties of the Authority will frequently fall under this framework.
History —Feb. 22, 2011, No. 19, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 2 - Interactive Registry of Public Properties (§§ 37 — 37g) › § 37e - Requirement to report

The Industrial Development Company, the Land Administration, and the Land Authority shall be required to report continuously to the Board about the compliance with Strategic Action Plans not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year. Any legal business that entails the purchase, sale, exchange, or transfer of any of the properties that should be part of the Registry shall be notified to the Board not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the purchase, sale, exchange, or transfer.
History —Feb. 22, 2011, No. 19, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 2 - Interactive Registry of Public Properties (§§ 37 — 37g) › § 37f - Rulemaking authority

The Board is hereby authorized to adopt the norms and regulations needed to achieve the purposes of this chapter. Such regulations shall be available within thirty (30) days after the approval of this act.
History —Feb. 22, 2011, No. 19, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 2 - Interactive Registry of Public Properties (§§ 37 — 37g) › § 37g - Compliance clause

The Board shall submit a detailed report on the situation, effectiveness, and progress of the Interactive Registry of Properties to the Legislative Assembly, which shall be delivered to the Office of the Secretary of the Senate and the Office of the Clerk of the House, not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year.
History —Feb. 22, 2011, No. 19, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 41 - Conveyance of lands to United States—Public lands in Culebra Island

That the Governor of Puerto Rico be and he is hereby authorized in his discretion and in the name of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to convey to the United States for naval, military or other public purposes all the right, title and interest of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or of any municipality thereof in and to all public lands in the Island of Culebra, together with the shores thereof and any public buildings thereon, or in and to so much thereof as may now or hereafter be desired by the United States for such purposes, and in and to any and all roads, streets or highways or other public property in said Island of Culebra belonging to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or to any municipality thereof; together with all rights, easements, benefits and privileges thereunto appertaining.
History —Feb. 16, 1903, p. 110, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 42 - Conveyance of lands to United States—Public lands in harbor of San Juan

That the Governor of Puerto Rico be and he is hereby authorized in his discretion and in the name of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to convey to the United States for naval, military, or other public purposes all the right, title and interest of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or of the Municipality of San Juan in and to any or all public lands in the Puntilla in the harbor of San Juan, together with the shores thereof and any public buildings thereon, or in and to so much thereof as may now or hereafter be desired by the United States for such purposes, and in and to any streets or highways or other public property therein belonging to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or to the said municipality, together with all rights, easements, benefits and privileges thereunto appertaining.
History —Feb. 16, 1903, p. 110, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 43 - Conveyance of lands to United States—Use of islands in harbor of San Juan

The United States or any officer or agent thereof or any contractor in charge on behalf of the United States of the dredging of the harbor of San Juan is hereby authorized at any time hereafter and until other provision shall have been made by the Legislative Assembly to use any island in the harbor of San Juan belonging to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a place of deposit for the dredgings and soil removed from said harbor or any portion of the shores of said harbor or any portion of the lands adjacent thereto belonging to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which in the judgment of the Governor, may properly be used as such place of deposit; and in carrying out any such plan of improvement of said harbor the United States or any such officer, agent or contractor is hereby authorized to alter the boundary lines of any portion of the shores of said harbor or of any such island or to diminish or increase the area of any such island as may be required by such plans; Provided, That all lands reclaimed by making any such deposit of dredgings and soil from the harbor shall belong to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Feb. 16, 1903, p. 110, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 44 - Conveyance of lands to United States—Release of interest or claim in property reserved by United States

That the Governor of Puerto Rico be and he is hereby authorized in the name of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to release any interest or claim that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may now have or may hereafter acquire in and upon any lands or buildings belonging to the United States in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which may be reserved by the President of the United States for public uses under and by virtue of the power vested in him under the terms of an act of the Congress of the United States entitled “An Act authorizing the President to reserve public lands and buildings in the Island of Puerto Rico for public uses and granting other public lands and buildings to the government of Puerto Rico, and for other purposes”, approved July 1, 1902.
History —Feb. 16, 1903, p. 110, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 46 - Conveyance of lands to United States—Cession of jurisdiction; concurrent jurisdiction

That exclusive jurisdiction be and is hereby ceded to the United States over any and all lands, shores and the borders thereof, including streets, and other public roads and highways, conveyed to the United States by the Governor of Puerto Rico under the provisions of §§ 41—44, 46 and 47 of this title; and over any and all lands in which any interest, right or claim of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may hereafter be released in behalf of the United States by the Governor of Puerto Rico in conformity with §§ 41—44, 46 and 47 of this title. Provided, however, That in and over any lands acquired by or conveyed under the terms hereof to the United States, in the Island of Culebra, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over offenses and crimes committed within the territorial limits of the lands conveyed by §§ 41—44, 46 and 47 of this title; such jurisdiction, however, to be exercisable only when charges are preferred by the naval or other United States officer in charge of the said lands.
History —Feb. 16, 1903, p. 110, § 6; Nov. 18, 1953, No. 2, p. 2; June 10, 1955, No. 63, p. 228, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 47 - Conveyance of lands to United States—Revocation of liquor licenses

The Governor of Puerto Rico, in his discretion is hereby authorized now or at any time hereafter to revoke or modify any license heretofore or hereafter issued for the sale of liquors or other intoxicating or spirituous [sic] beverages, or to revoke or modify any license heretofore or hereafter issued for the sale of merchandise of an objectionable nature, at or near any naval or military station or post now existing or that hereafter may be established in Puerto Rico. And he is further authorized to revoke any license heretofore issued or that hereafter may be issued for the sale of such liquors and beverages or of such merchandise within the limits of any lands conveyed hereunder to, or acquired by, the United States.
History —Feb. 16, 1903, p. 110, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 48 - Acquisition of property from United States

Whenever in his judgment it may be expedient and necessary to the best interests of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Governor of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered to acquire, in the name and on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by donation, exchange, or otherwise, any right or interest in or any title to any property of any nature owned by the Government of the United States of America or any of the agencies, instrumentalities, or political divisions thereof.
History —Sept. 27, 1949, No. 46, p. 102, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 49 - Acquisition of property from United States—Conditions and terms

The Governor of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered and authorized to acquire the said rights or interest in or titles to such property under such conditions and terms as he may deem advisable and necessary for the best protection of the interests of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Provided, That the Governor may designate any government officer to represent him in the act of executing and signing any instruments that may be necessary; and Provided, further, That if any of the transactions or negotiations indicated in § 48 of this title have already been carried out between the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, represented by the Governor thereof, and the United States of America or any of the dependencies, entities, or political divisions thereof, or with any natural or [juridical] person, the said transactions or negotiations are hereby ipso facto confirmed.
History —Sept. 27, 1949, No. 46, p. 102, § 2; June 15, 1955, No. 69, p. 256.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 50 - Lease of Mona Island to United States

The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized and empowered to execute, in the name and on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, upon the approval of the Planning Board and of the Governor of Puerto Rico, a lease contract with the United States of America with regard to the Island of Mona, or Mona Island, which has an area of 13,798.22 cuerdas, or approximately 5,423.245608 hectares, and is owned by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for the nominal fee of one dollar ($1) and for a maximum term of fifteen (15) years, renewable for an additional maximum term of fifteen (15) years, at the option or the instance of the United States of America.
History —Dec. 1, 1953, No. 5, p. 8, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 51 - Lease of Mona Island to United States—Cession of jurisdiction; concurrent jurisdiction

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico hereby cedes to the United States of America, for the full period of time during which the lease contract executed as authorized in the foregoing section is effective, its jurisdiction over the Island of Mona, or Mona Island, and adjacent waters, so that the United States of America can and may exercise full and exclusive jurisdiction over the said Island of Mona, or Mona Island, and adjacent waters throughout the entire period during which the said lease contract is in force. Provided, That the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States over offenses and crimes committed within the territorial limits of the land so transferred; such jurisdiction, however, to be exercisable only when charges are preferred by the Naval or other United States officer in charge of the said land. To that effect, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized to set forth this cession of jurisdiction in the contract executed or in any other official document and to direct that the same be made a matter of public knowledge through the publication thereof.
History —Dec. 1, 1953, No. 5, p. 8, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 52 - Lease of Mona Island to United States—Agreements, conditions, and stipulations

For the purpose of facilitating and perfecting the execution of the said lease contract with the United States, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized, without such authorization being understood as limiting his present powers and attributes, to set up in the said contract whatever agreements, conditions, or stipulations may be pertinent or he may deem convenient to the transaction.
History —Dec. 1, 1953, No. 5, p. 8, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 53 - Lease of Mona Island to United States—Execution of documents

For the purposes of §§ 50—53 of this title, the Governor and the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works are hereby empowered to sign and execute, as well as to authenticate, sanction, or approve, any documents, vouchers, or quitclaims which may be necessary.
History —Dec. 1, 1953, No. 5, p. 8, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 54 - Acquisition of lands by United States—Consent, jurisdiction

The United States is hereby given consent to acquire for naval, military, or other public purposes, through purchase, assignment, donation, exchange, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, any lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico belonging to individuals, partnerships, corporations, municipalities, or government agencies or dependencies, but jurisdiction over the said lands shall remain with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico except when same is granted to the United States in the manner hereinafter provided.
History —June 10, 1955, No. 62, p. 224, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 55 - Acquisition of lands by United States—Grant of jurisdiction; acceptance

Once the United States has acquired and taken possession of the said lands, and upon the request of an authorized United States Government official, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may, if he deems it suitable to the best interests of the Commonwealth, grant the United States jurisdiction over the lands acquired, subject to the conditions herein stipulated and whatever other conditions he deems advisable. Such lands shall, however, continue to be under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico until the said official has, in representation of the United States, accepted the grant of jurisdiction and filed notice to that effect in the Office of the Governor.
History —June 10, 1955, No. 62, p. 224, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 56 - Acquisition of lands by United States—Arrests; summonses; attachments

The said jurisdiction shall be understood as being granted upon the express condition that within the lands acquired by the United States arrests originating under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may be made and summonses originating under the said laws may be served. Also, attachments and such other judicial provisions as the courts of the Commonwealth may decide upon may be executed with regard to properties located on the said lands, provided that neither the properties of the United States, nor the use or benefit which the United States derives from the said properties, nor the purposes for which the lands were acquired, are affected.
History —June 10, 1955, No. 62, p. 224, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 3 - Transactions with Federal Government (§§ 41 — 57) › § 57 - Acquisition of lands by United States—Reversion of jurisdiction to Commonwealth

The jurisdiction granted shall continue only while the United States is the proprietor or is in possession of the lands and the lands are used for the naval, military, or other public purposes for which they were acquired. In the event that the United States ceases to be the proprietor of the lands or to be in possession of same, or in the event that they are not used for the purposes for which they were acquired, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall again have jurisdiction over the same.
History —June 10, 1955, No. 62, p. 224, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 5 - Barren Land Reclamation (§§ 71 — 79-86) › § 71 - Short title

The short title of §§ 71—73, 75, 76 and 78 of this title shall be the “Act for the Reclamation of Barren Lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
History —June 9, 1948, No. 40, p. 110, § 1; Dec. 24, 1998, No. 317, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 5 - Barren Land Reclamation (§§ 71 — 79-86) › § 72 - Barren Land Reclamation Program

A program is hereby created and established to be known as the “Puerto Rico Barren Land Reclamation Program”, which shall be initiated, operated and administered by the Land Authority of Puerto Rico, which shall have full discretion to determine the barren lands to be reclaimed.
History —June 9, 1948, No. 40, p. 110, § 2; Dec. 24, 1998, No. 317, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 5 - Barren Land Reclamation (§§ 71 — 79-86) › § 73 - Powers of Land Authority

The Land Authority is hereby empowered by §§ 71—73, 75, 76 and 78 of this title to exercise all the rights and powers that are necessary and convenient to execute the “Program to Reclaim Barren Lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”, including, but without limiting the scope of those purposes, the following:
(1) Carry out technical or economic studies and research, or of any other nature, of barren lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(2) Acquire lands for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to be reclaimed through irrigation, by purchase, conveyance, transfer, permutation, lease, bequest, or gift.
(3) Develop all constructions and works needed to irrigate the barren lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(4) [At] its discretion, contract the services of natural or juridical persons to carry out the necessary surveys of barren areas in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as well as to contract with said persons [for] the partial or total construction of the works needed for the irrigation of barren lands.
(5) To purchase directly such equipment and supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the program hereby established.
(6) To appoint all the personnel necessary for the best operation of this program; to determine their salaries and to fix their duties, all without being subject to the acts creating the Office of Personnel of the Commonwealth Government, and regulations thereunder.
(7) Alienate, lease or devote to the purposes specified in the Puerto Rico Land Law, the lands acquired or that have been acquired for reclaiming, through irrigation. The authority conferred in this subsection is subject to the determination by the Council of Secretaries of Puerto Rico, of the terms and conditions of the alienation, lease or use of said lands, in each case, when used for other than the purposes specified in the Land [Law].
(8) As regards the starting and administration of the said land reclamation program it shall further have all the powers specifically vested in the Authority by the Land Law.
History —June 9, 1948, No. 40, p. 110, § 3; Dec. 24, 1998, No. 317, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 5 - Barren Land Reclamation (§§ 71 — 79-86) › § 75 - Condemnation of property

At the request of the Authority, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be empowered to acquire by condemnation, in the manner provided by the Commonwealth laws on condemnation, title to any real and personal property, or any interest thereon, that is necessary or advisable to acquire land that is to be reclaimed by irrigation, and thus carry out the program established by §§ 71—73, 75, 76 and 78 of this title, and the Authority shall pay for all said real or personal property from its own funds.
History —June 9, 1948, No. 40, p. 110, § 5; June 20, 1957, No. 79, p. 411, § 2; Dec. 24, 1998, No. 317, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 5 - Barren Land Reclamation (§§ 71 — 79-86) › § 76 - Condemnation of property—Declaration of public utility

For the ends and purposes of § 75 of this title, all works and projects carried out by the Puerto Rico Land Authority pursuant to the provisions of §§ 71—73, 75, 76 and 78 of this title, and all personal and real property, and all property rights or interest therein, necessary for the purposes herein set forth, which are to be acquired by condemnation proceedings, are hereby declared of public utility, and said personal or real property and any right or interest therein may be condemned without the previous declaration of public utility provided for in § 2902 of Title 32, as heretofore or hereafter amended.
History —June 9, 1948, No. 40, p. 110, added as § 5-A on Apr. 5, 1951, No. 43, p. 108.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 5 - Barren Land Reclamation (§§ 71 — 79-86) › § 78 - Power to receive and use funds and aid

The Land Authority of Puerto Rico may receive funds, donations, subsidies, appropriations, advances, loans, or other similar payments, or aid from the federal or Commonwealth government, or from the municipal governments, private persons, banks, or other private or governmental entities, to carry out the purposes of §§ 71—73, 75, 76 and 78 of this title; and may, with the approval of the Governor, enter into agreements with such governments, agencies, or banks or other private or governmental entities, for the use of such funds or aid, including the making of contributions to such funds in a manner not inconsistent with the purposes and spirit of §§ 71—73, 75, 76 and 78 of this title.
History —June 9, 1948, No. 40, p. 110, § 7; June 20, 1957, No. 79, p. 411, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 6 - Development of Mineral Resources (§§ 91 — 91z) › § 91 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as “Puerto Rico Mineral Resources Development Act”.
History —July 2, 1975, No. 145, p. 433, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 6 - Development of Mineral Resources (§§ 91 — 91z) › § 91a - Legislative purposes

It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to create a public corporation with the financial and operational capacity to carry out the mineral resources development policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, pursuant to the policy established in the Mining Act and in accordance with the standards, rules and regulations that may be adopted by the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources. Said Corporation shall have the necessary powers to prospect for, develop, process, refine, finance, sell and otherwise utilize said resources for the benefit of the people of Puerto Rico.
History —July 2, 1975, No. 145, p. 433, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 6 - Development of Mineral Resources (§§ 91 — 91z) › § 91b - Definitions

The following terms, whenever used in this chapter, shall have the meanings stated below, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Governor.— The Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Corporation.— The Puerto Rico Mineral Resources Development Corporation.
(c) Board.— The Board of Directors of the Mineral Resources Development Corporation.
(d) General Manager.— The executive officer of the Puerto Rico Mineral Resources Development Corporation herein created.
(e) Bonds.— The bonds issued by the Corporation, as well as the notes and other evidences of indebtedness thereof.
(f) Mineral resources.— All the commercial minerals as provided in the Mining Act and such other substances as from time to time the Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources may determine.
(g) Subsidiary.— Any enterprise possessed, controlled or administered by the Corporation.
(h) Project.— Any activity or task assigned to the Corporation by the Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources for the purpose of prospecting for, developing, exploiting, selling or otherwise utilizing to the maximum degree any mineral resource of Puerto Rico in accordance with the purposes and to the extent herein provided, including every and any property, personal or real, assigned, transferred, or acquired by the Corporation for the purpose of developing a project.
History —July 2, 1975, No. 145, p. 433, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 6 - Development of Mineral Resources (§§ 91 — 91z) › § 91c - Creation of the Corporation

There is hereby created a public corporation and autonomous governmental instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which shall be known as “Puerto Rico Mineral Resources Development Corporation”. The exercise of the powers, rights and duties granted hereunder to the Corporation shall be considered as an essential governmental function. This Corporation shall have legal existence and its own personality, separate and apart from the Commonwealth Government of Puerto Rico and the officials administering it. Nevertheless, the liability of the Corporation for damages to persons or to property caused by culpable or negligent acts or omissions, not arising from contractual obligations, shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 3077—3092a of Title 32. Its debts, obligations, contracts, bonds, notes, expenses, accounts, funds, property, officers, employees and agents shall be understood to be of said Corporation and not of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth Government nor of any of its departments or political subdivisions.
History —July 2, 1975, No. 145, p. 433, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 6 - Development of Mineral Resources (§§ 91 — 91z) › § 91d - Board of Directors

The powers, rights and duties of the Corporation shall be exercised and its operational and administrative policy shall be determined by a Board of Directors which shall be presided over by the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources. In addition to its chairman, it shall be composed of six (6) members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate in the following manner: two (2) members shall be appointed for term of two (2) years; another two (2) members for the term of three (3) years and the other two (2) members for the term of four (4) years. On the expiration of the terms of the members appointed, the Governor shall appoint their successors for the term of four (4) years. Any vacancy in said offices shall be filled in the same manner by appointment of the Governor, for the unexpired term thereof, within the period of sixty (60) days after the date of the vacancy. Unless previously removed from their offices by the Governor, all directors shall hold office for the term of their appointments and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Four (4) members of the Board, including its chairman, shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of their business and any other purpose and all action shall be taken by at least four (4) members, one of whom shall be the chairman.
History —July 2, 1975, No. 145, p. 433, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT - Public Lands (§§ 1 — 737) › PART I - Lands Generally; Mines (§§ 1 — 226) › Chapter 6 - Development of Mineral Resources (§§ 91 — 91z) › § 91e - Organization of the Board

Within sixty (60) days after its appointment, the Board shall meet, organize and elect a vicechairman from among its members. Said officer shall act in substitution of the chairman in case of absence, illness or disability of the latter. The Board shall appoint and fix the compensation of a general manager of the Corporation and of a secretary of the Board, none of whom shall be a member of the Board. Said officers shall hold office at the will of the Board.
The Board may delegate to the general manager or to any other officers, agents or employees of the Corporation such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The general manager shall be the executive officer of the Corporation and shall be responsible to the Board for the execution of its policy and for the general supervision of its officers, employees and agents, as well as for the operational phases of the Corporation.
History —July 2, 1975, No. 145, p. 433, § 6.