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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 85E - Condado Walkable Circle Special District (§§ 897 — 897b) › § 897 - Designation of the “Condado Walkable Circle” District and its territorial demarcation

The “Condado Walkable Circle” District is hereby created as a special jurisdictional district whose geographic demarcation comprises the part of the Condado Sector included within the perimeter, limited to the north by the Dos Hermanos Bridge and Ashford Avenue up to the intersection with Magdalena Avenue; to the East with the crossing of Luisa Street from its beginning at Magdalena Avenue up to the intersection with Román Baldorioty de Castro Avenue; to the South by the shoulder of Baldorioty de Castro Avenue up to its intersection with the Don Estevez Bridge; and to the West by the stretch of said bridge closest to the Condado Lagoon up to its intersection with Dos Hermanos Bridge.
The area herein established shall be outlined in an official site plan to illustrate the extension and limits of this zone to be prepared by the Municipality of San Juan in a term not to exceed four (4) months as of the date of approval of this act. A copy of said site plan shall be submitted to the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Office of the Secretary of the Senate of Puerto Rico, as well as to the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, the Department of Transportation and Public Works, the Office of the Governor, the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, the Sports and Recreation Department, and the corresponding section of the Property Registry within a term that shall not exceed five (5) business days as of the date of its preparation.
History —Aug. 16, 2012, No. 175, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 85E - Condado Walkable Circle Special District (§§ 897 — 897b) › § 897a - Development of the District

The Territorial Ordinance Office of the Municipality of San Juan shall develop and implement a plan for the conservation, restoration, maintenance, and development of the zone described in § 897 of this title in order to promote tourism, recreation, and pedestrian activity in a sound, enjoyable, and safe environment for all its users.
The plan to be known as the Condado Walkable Circle Development Plan shall incorporate the measures and projects needed to protect the structures within the zone and to develop the same as an area of high residential, recreational, and tourist interest. It shall also identify the issues that require consideration and immediate action in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
All proposals for construction, extension, alterations, or remodeling in the District shall be assessed and approved by the Territorial Ordinance Office of the Municipality of San Juan, which may require, without it being understood as a limitation, restrictions on height, size, design, and use in order to comply with the development and maintenance guidelines of the sector.
History —Aug. 16, 2012, No. 175, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 85E - Condado Walkable Circle Special District (§§ 897 — 897b) › § 897b - Appropriation of funds

The funds needed to carry out the purposes of this chapter shall be consigned in the General Budget and appropriated to the Municipality of San Juan beginning in Fiscal Year 2012-2013. These funds may be matched with private, state, municipal, or federal contributions.
History —Aug. 16, 2012, No. 175, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90 - Puerto Rico Special Communities Integral Development Act (§§ 962 — 967) › § 962 - Office of General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management—Creation

The Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management is hereby created, hereinafter “the Office”, which shall be attached to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and shall be considered an Individual Administrator for purposes of the Public Service Human Resources Administration Act, and shall be directed by a coordinator, who shall be responsible for complying with the duties and functions imposed on him/her by this chapter. The coordinator shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall exercise his/her functions through a relationship based on trust with the nominating authority. He/she shall be a well-reputed person of recognized moral integrity and having vast experience in the development of community work and attention to disadvantaged sectors. Said coordinator shall have the necessary and pertinent powers to ensure that the functions and objectives provided in this chapter are complied with.
History —Mar. 1, 2001, No. 1, § 3; Aug. 3, 2004, No. 184, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90 - Puerto Rico Special Communities Integral Development Act (§§ 962 — 967) › § 963 - Office of General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Management—Functions and duties

The Office shall have the responsibility to implement the public policy set forth in this chapter. To attain it, the Office shall coordinate the government efforts for the social and economic development of the special communities and to obtain the following objectives:
(a) Socio-economic strengthening of families;
(b) organizational strengthening of the communities;
(c) physical and environmental rehabilitation of the communities;
(d) foster the citizen’s initiatives that are compatible with the public policy pursued in this chapter;
(e) coordination and participation of the municipal governments as a fundamental component in the identification of special communities and their needs, in the drafting of strategic plans for community development and in the collaboration geared to the implementation of these plans ensuring that the public policy established in Section 2 of this Act is complied with so that in those cases whereby said municipal plans contemplate the expropriation of land and housing within the communities acknowledged as special according to this chapter, a joint resolution be required from the Legislature of Puerto Rico authorizing such an action; that this has been the object of study and consideration through public hearings held in both legislative bodies to which the concerned municipalities and municipal leaders have been invited and that said joint resolution shall certify that the Office for Socioeconomic Financing and Self-Financing has conducted a community consultation through which seventy-five percent (75%) of those who exercise their right to vote endorse the expropriations and that said consultation was also conducted according to the process established by said Office;
(f) collaborate in coordinating the search for government or private funds to subsidize the initial establishment of an individual’s own business, and
(g) adopt, in coordination with the Special Communities Council, the norms and regulations needed for its operation.
History —Mar. 1, 2001, No. 1, § 4; Aug. 26, 2004, No. 232, § 2; Nov. 11, 2006, No. 245, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90 - Puerto Rico Special Communities Integral Development Act (§§ 962 — 967) › § 963a - Office of General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self Management—Benefits and variations

The Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management is hereby authorized to participate in the benefits and variations granted under Chapter 18 of the “Joint Regulations for Construction Works and Land Use” of the Puerto Rico Planning Board, approved on November 29, 2010.
History —Mar. 1, 2001, No. 1, added as § 5 on Jan. 4, 2012, No. 7, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90 - Puerto Rico Special Communities Integral Development Act (§§ 962 — 967) › § 964a - Creation of the “La Obra en tus Manos” Program

The “La Obra en tus Manos” Program is hereby created in the Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management for the purpose of promoting self-management among the members of our low-income communities. This may be achieved, among other things, by employing residents and organizations as manpower, under the supervision of the office, in construction works that improve infrastructure, facilities, and housing for people in such communities.
All works carried out under said Program whose cost does not exceed the sum of one hundred ninety-five thousand dollars ($195,000) shall be excluded from the application of the General Services Administration’s Reorganization Plan.
History —Mar. 1, 2001, No. 1, added as § 7 on Jan. 4, 2012, No. 7, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90 - Puerto Rico Special Communities Integral Development Act (§§ 962 — 967) › § 965 - Fund—Creation

The “Puerto Rico Special Communities Socio-Economic Development Fund” is hereby created. The fund shall be nurtured by appropriations from the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; other public funds, including, among others, those allocated for capital improvements; other State and federal funds appropriated or allocated thereto; and contributions made thereto by private individuals and entities. This Fund shall be administered by the Office of the General Coordinator for Socio-Economic Financing and Self-Management. The monies deposited into the Fund shall be used for the following purposes, among others:
(a) Community initiative projects that propitiate community development, such as: infrastructure, construction and housing rehabilitation projects, construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of community centers and community services, recreational areas, other community facilities, reforestation and environmental protection projects, and other similar projects.
(b) Support projects for the creation and strengthening of the special communities, community organizations, through the rendering of technical advice and assistance, take steps to professionalize the work teams, and the purchase of equipment, among other similar matters.
(c) Promote activities to finance economic and self-management development, loans, guarantees, investments, financial aid, training and technical support to guarantee the success of these endeavors and to promote the creation of non-traditional trades training centers for the unemployed women of the special communities.
History —Mar. 1, 2001, No. 1, § 6; Nov. 11, 2006, No. 245, § 2; renumbered as § 8 and amended on Jan. 4, 2012, No. 7, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971 - Creation

An irrevocable and permanent public trust fund is hereby created to be known as the “Special Communities Perpetual Trust”, and a nonprofit public corporate body hereby constituted irrevocably and in perpetuity with independent legal capacity. The trust shall be attached to the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico. The trust funds shall be deposited and kept in the Bank, separately and independent from other public funds in custody of the Bank. The trust funds shall be used for the purposes specified in § 971g of this title.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971a - Definitions

The following terms, wherever they are used in this chapter, shall have the meaning stated below, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Authority.— The Housing Financing Authority.
(b) Bank.— The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, created by virtue of §§ 551 et seq. of Title 7.
(c) Special communities.— The special communities as identified under provisions of the Special Communities Act.
(d) Community Reinvestment Act of 1977.— Public Law 95-128, as amended, approved by the Congress of the United States on October 12, 1977.
(e) Executive Director.— The Executive Director of the trust.
(f) Benefited entity.— Natural or juridical person, including the Government, to whom funds are delegated or is contracted for services of any type pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted thereunder.
(g) Trust.— The Special Communities Perpetual Trust created by this chapter.
(h) Government.— The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including all its subdivisions, public corporations and municipalities.
(i) Board or Board of Directors.— The Board of Directors of the trust.
(j) Special Communities Act.— The Act for the Integral Development of the Special Communities of Puerto Rico, §§ 962–967 of this title.
(k) Person.— Any natural or juridical person.
(l) Trust projects.— Those initiatives of the Government or of any other benefited entity which the Board of Director determines that it promotes the economic and social development of the special communities and that qualify under to this chapter.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971b - Board of Directors—Composition

The powers of the Trust shall be exercised by a Board of Directors which shall be composed of eleven (11) members, to wit: the Secretary of Housing; the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works; the General Coordinator for the Socioeconomic Financing and Self Sufficiency of the Special Communities; two (2) public officials; one (1) mayor; one (1) community leader who resides in a special community and is not a part of the Advisory Committee for the Development of Special Communities; and four (4) private citizens, in representation of the public interest. The Governor shall appoint the Chairperson of the Board from among the members thereof. The two (2) public officials shall be appointed by the Governor for the term of tenure of the latter. The mayor and the community leader shall be designated by the Governor for a term of four (4) years, until their successors are appointed. The four (4) private citizens, who represent the public interest in the Board, shall be appointed by the Governor for staggered terms of three (3), four (4), five (5), and six (6), respectively, until their successors are appointed. These citizens may be removed from office by the Governor at any time. In the event any member should resign, his or her successor shall be designated for the remaining period of the original term of the outgoing director. The members of the Board of Directors shall receive no compensation whatsoever for their services as such; however, those who are not public officials shall be entitled to receive the basic per diem established for the members of the Legislature, pursuant to § 27a et seq. of Title 2.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 4; Aug. 20, 2003, No. 190, § 1; May 17, 2004, No. 121, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971c - Board of Directors—Quorum

A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute quorum for all purposes and the agreements shall be adopted with the affirmative vote of the majority of those present. No absence or vacancy of any of the members of the Board shall present the latter, once quorum is achieved, from exercising all its rights and performing all its duties. Except when the regulations of the trust so prohibits or restricts it, any necessary or permitted action during any meeting of the Board or of any committee designated by the Board pursuant to the faculties this chapter confers to it shall be authorized without the need of a meeting, provided all the members of the Board or the committee of the Board, as the case may be, give their written consent to said action. In that case, the written document shall be included in the minutes of the Board or the committee of the Board, as the case may be. Except when the regulations of the trust provide otherwise, the members of the Board or of any committee of the Board, may participate in any meeting of the Board of any committee of the latter, respectively, through telephone conference or other means of communication through which all persons participating in the meeting may be heard simultaneously. The participation of any member of the Board or of any committee thereof in the form described, above shall constitute attendance to said meeting. Provided, That said meeting shall be subject to a call issued at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971d - Board of Directors—Rights, powers, faculties, functions

The Board of Directors shall have the following rights, powers, faculties and functions:
(a) Act as the governing body of the trust.
(b) Draft, adopt, amend and repeal operating rules and regulations to govern its activities and those of the trust.
(c) Determine the eligibility of the proponents of the projects to be financed with the trust funds.
(d) Authorize the accounting and disbursement of the funds and other administrative operations of the trust.
(e) Implement the public policy and the objectives of the trust in tune with this chapter.
(f) Determine the programmatic areas and priorities of the trust and approve the working plans drafted accordingly.
(g) Appoint an executive director, fix his/her remuneration and delegate on him or her the responsibilities deemed to be necessary and proper in order to achieve the purposes established in this chapter.
(h) Determine the powers, duties and obligations of the executive director of the trust in harmony with the precepts of this chapter.
(i) Delegate on any committee of the Board or on the executive director, any of the powers and prerogatives of the Board under the provisions of this chapter.
(j) Delegate on the Authority and/or on any other pertinent Government agency, the execution of the measures, plans and projects of the trust, etc., approved by the Board of Directors pursuant to this chapter.
(k) Exercise all powers conferred and those that are incidental, necessary or convenient to attain the purposes of this chapter.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971e - Employees

The human resources that will support the trust shall be provided by the bank and/or its subsidiary, the Authority. Bank or Authority employees may be temporarily assigned to the trust.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971f - Civil liability

The Board, its members, its officials, agents and employees of the trust shall not incur any civil liability for any action taken in good faith in the performance of their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall provide legal counsel and assume the payment of any claim or judgment that may be exigible on the Board or any of its members, officials, agents and employees in their personal or official capacity, who may be sued for damages in the performance of their duties when the cause of the action is based on negligence, or alleged violations of the civil rights of the defendant due to acts or omissions incurred in good faith during the course of their work and within the frame of their functions.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971h - Capitalization and investment

(a) The trust shall be initially nourished from a contribution of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) from the Bank, and contributions of the Commonwealth Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, authorized by law.
(b) The trust shall also be nourished, from time to time, by: (1) investments, reinvestments and contributions from private banking institutions, including mortgage banks, whether through loans, investments, or services, and in the case of commercial banks, from those loans, investments or services that are granted with priority in compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act, pursuant to the requirements and authorizations that said act provides; (2) contributions and any other type of assistance from the federal government for which it qualifies; (3) contributions and investments from private or public, local, national or international persons and entities; (4) contributions from the Legislature. Provided, That the administrative and operating expenses shall be defrayed from the resources of the trust. In this regard, the Board of Directors of the trust shall approve, by a majority of the votes, the operating budget of the trust prior to the beginning of each fiscal year.
(c) A fund in public trust, irrevocable and permanent, which shall be known as the Special Communities Trust Fund, is hereby created within and under the control and custody of the Bank.
(d) The Bank, with the approval of the Board of Directors, may create any accounts within said fund that are deemed necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
(e) All contributions received by the trust and the total product of the investments made with the monies deposited in the trust fund shall be deposited to the credit of the trust fund, in those accounts within the trust fund to be determined by the Board of Directors.
(f) The funds deposited in the trust fund may be invested in any obligation or instrument approved by the Bank pursuant to §§ 1261–1263 of Title 7. The Bank shall be vigilant that the investments authorized by this chapter produce the maximum yield that the market conditions allow, while at the same time protecting the principal invested, and shall render a report of its activities to the Board of Directors each year.
(g) The disbursements of the trust funds shall be made pursuant to this chapter and to the regulations and budgets approved by the Board of Directors of the trust.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971j - Tax exemption

(a) It is hereby resolved and declared that the purposes for which the trust is created and for which it shall exercise its powers are public purposes for the benefit of the people of Puerto Rico and that the exercise of the powers conferred under this chapter constitute compliance of essential government functions. The trust shall be exclusively exempted from the payment of all taxes, fees, charges or licensed imposed by the Government of Puerto Rico or any of its municipalities.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971k - Exclusion

The projects undertaken by the trust in the special communities shall be exempted from having to comply with the requirements of Act No. 9 of June 18, 1970, known as the “Environmental Public Policy Act”, since they provide for the rehabilitation, replacement, reconstruction and construction of housing and public works and/or the already established service infrastructure whereby the environment and the natural resources have already been impacted. They are also exempted since the proposed projects shall not only improve the quality of life of the residents of these communities but shall also eliminate pollution by sewage, waste in the bodies of water, mosquito breeding grounds, surface water pollution and other conditions harmful to natural resources.
No housing replacement or construction project, nor any public works, or service infrastructure projects located outside of the already existing special community or inside any area within the community where the environment has not been impacted, shall participate in said exemption.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90A - Special Communities Perpetual Trust (§§ 971 — 971l) › § 971l - Annual report

Every year, within 120 days following the close of the fiscal year, the Board of Directors of the trust shall submit a report to the Governor as well as to the President and the Speaker of both legislative bodies, who shall decide to which committee or committees said report shall be forwarded. Said report shall include the following:
(a) A financial statement audited by a well-known firm and a full report of the activities of the trust for the preceding fiscal year.
(b) A full and detailed description of all its contracts and transactions during the fiscal year corresponding to the report.
(c) Complete information on the present condition and progress of its financings and activities up to the date of its last report.
History —Nov. 21, 2002, No. 271, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90B - Special Procedure for Use Permits in Special Communities (§§ 972 — 972b) › § 972 - Application

The applicability of the special procedure herein established shall be circumscribed to the following criteria:
(a) This chapter and the special procedure established by the same shall be implemented by the Regulations and Permits Administration concerning the procedures related to buildings devoted to institutional use for the benefit of the community that at the same time are located within municipal territorial boundaries and whose municipality has not acquired the power to have jurisdiction over the processes for obtaining permits by virtue of the approval of a hierarchy transference agreement and pursuant to §§ 4001 et seq. of this title, known as the “Autonomous Municipalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Act of 1991”.
(b) Provided, That in those municipalities that have acquired the power to have jurisdiction over the processes for obtaining permits, the Special Communities, unlike the municipalities provided in the preceding subsection, shall execute the special procedure instituted in § 972b of this title through the corresponding municipal unit for obtaining the corresponding permits for use set forth in this chapter. However, they shall file a copy of the documents required with the Regulations and Permits Administration.
History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 424, § 2, eff. 60 days after Sept. 22, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90B - Special Procedure for Use Permits in Special Communities (§§ 972 — 972b) › § 972a - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, and unless from the context they may be otherwise interpreted, the following words shall have the meaning assigned below:
(a) Regulations and Permits Administration.— Means the government body created by virtue of §§ 71 et seq. of Title 23, authorized to execute the operational functions, including those related to permits for construction and use that up to then were conducted by the Planning Board, as well to apply and ensure compliance with planning laws and regulations.
(b) Regulations and Permits Administrator.— Means the official who directs the Regulations and Permits Administration.
(c) Special communities.— Refers to those communities that have been identified and designated as special communities pursuant to §§ 962–967 of this title, as amended, that are duly incorporated or in the organizational process for their incorporation with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(d) Communal facilities.— For the purposes of this chapter, it shall be understood that a communal facility includes all those structures for the common use of all residents of a special community. Structures of common use shall be understood to include the following: community centers, sports courts, parks and other similar facilities.
(e) Socio-Economic Development Fund for the Special Communities of Puerto Rico.— Means the monetary fund to be used, for among other things, community initiative projects such as: infrastructure and housing construction and rehabilitation projects; construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of community centers and services; recreational areas; other community facilities, reforestation, environmental protection and natural resources projects; and other similar projects.
(f) Community boards.— Means the body composed of members of the community and constituted to promote the purposes and objectives of §§ 962–967 of this title, duly incorporated and certified by the Office of the General Coordinator for the Socioeconomic Financing and Self-Management of the Special Communities.
(g) Authorized representative.— Means the person designated by the Community Board of the special communities to transact the process for obtaining permits before the Regulations and Permits Administration through a written authorization duly authenticated by a notary public.
(h) Institutional or service use.— Means the area destined for building educational, cultural, recreational and commercial facilities and any other facilities that foster the physical, social, moral, religious and cultural development of the community.
History —Sept. 22, 2004, No. 424, § 3, eff. 60 days after Sept. 22, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90C - Special Communities Business Financing Trust (§§ 973 — 973f) › § 973 - Creation

The public fund trust to be known as the “Special Communities Business Financing Trust”, is hereby created, with independent juridical personality, nonprofit, irrevocable and with perpetual existence, attached to the Economic Development Bank. The funds of the Trust shall be maintained separate from other funds in the custody of the Bank and shall be kept in the bank or wherever the Board of Directors of the Trust establishes pursuant to the powers granted to it by this chapter.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 457, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90C - Special Communities Business Financing Trust (§§ 973 — 973f) › § 973a - Board of Directors—Composition

The powers of the Special Communities Business Financing Trust shall be exercised by a Board of Directors composed of nine (9) members: to wit, the Secretary of the Department of Economic Development, the Director of the Office for the Financing and Self-Management of Special Communities, the Director of the Cooperative Development Administration, the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, the President of the Planning Board, the Administrator of the Regulations and Permits Administration (ARPE, Spanish acronym), two (2) community leaders who reside in special communities and not members of any other government board of directors and one (1) representative of the public interest. The latter members shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of five (5) years with the advice and consent of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and shall remain in office until their successors are appointed. In the case of resignation or vacancy in any of these three (3) designations, the substitute shall be appointed in the same manner, but only to hold the position for the remainder of the term of the substituted member. Only the Board members who are not public employees shall be entitled to receive compensation, which shall consist of a basic per diem equal to that established for members of the Legislature pursuant to §§ 27a et seq. of Title 2.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 457, § 3, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90C - Special Communities Business Financing Trust (§§ 973 — 973f) › § 973c - Faculties

(a) The Special Communities Business Financing Trust, in its capacity as trustee, shall have the authority to sue and be sued as a trustee and in representation of the Trust created by this chapter.
(b) The Special Communities Business Financing Trust, in its capacity as trustee, shall have the faculties and powers expressly conferred upon the trustees in §§ 2541–2581 of Title 31.
(c) The Trust, whose creation is authorized by this chapter, shall be entitled to receive public and private funds through the [issuance] and sale of any instrument that serves as evidence of participation in the investment, pursuant to the regulations established pursuant to this chapter.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 457, §§ 5–7, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90C - Special Communities Business Financing Trust (§§ 973 — 973f) › § 973d - Application

(a) All the exemptions granted by §§ 1281–1289 of Title 7, to the Public Funds Investment Trusts shall apply to this Trust.
(b) The authorization contained in § 1289 of Title 7, granted to all public instrumentalities mentioned therein in order for them to invest in the Trust, shall apply to this Trust.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 457, §§ 8, 9, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90C - Special Communities Business Financing Trust (§§ 973 — 973f) › § 973e - Funds

The Trust shall receive funds from, among others, the Fund for the Socioeconomic Development of Special Communities of Puerto Rico, investments, reinvestments and contributions from individuals, private or public local, state, and international entities, as well as from the Legislature.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 457, § 10, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 90C - Special Communities Business Financing Trust (§§ 973 — 973f) › § 973f - Report

The Trust created through this chapter shall render a report every one hundred eighty (180) days after the approval of this act in which, in addition to the financial report and the financial statement, it shall report the financing requests received, those that have been approved or denied and those in which there is a conflict between the decision made by the Trust and the recommendation of the Office of the Coordinator for the Socioeconomic Financing and Self-management of Special Communities. It shall identify the communities that shall be potentially impacted and, when the information allows for it, the jobs generated thereby. Said report shall be made public and shall be presented to the Governor and the Legislature.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 457, § 11, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 981 - Slaughterhouses; economic incentive plan

The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to establish an economic incentive plan for the construction, enlargement or improvement of slaughterhouses and any other additional facilities provided in this chapter.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 1, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 982 - Economic aid

The incentive plan shall consist in providing economic aid for the purposes provided in § 981 of this title, to municipalities or municipal associations which may agree to carry out a joint enterprise in accordance with the provisions of § 105 of the Municipal Law.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 2, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 983 - Matching of funds by municipalities; regulations

Any municipality or group of municipalities which voluntarily avail themselves of the benefits of this chapter shall match in the proportion hereinafter provided, the funds allocated to them by the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with the regulations that to such effects may be adopted and promulgated.
Upon prescribing the regulations, the Secretary shall take into consideration, among others, the following factors:
(1) The amount of the contribution offered by the applicant;
(2) the nature, cost and location of the work, improvement or facility to be constructed or to be provided, and
(3) existing facilities in the area.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 3, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 984 - Geographical needs

The Secretary of Agriculture shall promote the construction of slaughterhouses to serve groups of municipalities in accordance with the needs of different geographical regions of Puerto Rico.
It shall be an essential condition for the granting of incentives to such groups that the latter enter into a previous agreement as to a plan for the administration of the slaughterhouse, and that such agreement, after being adopted by the respective municipal legislatures, be submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture and that he approves it.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 4, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 985 - Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for incentives as provided in this chapter, the slaughterhouses to be constructed, enlarged or improved shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Any construction, enlargement or improvement shall be made in accordance with the standards established or to be established to such effects by the Department of Health, the Department of Agriculture and the Planning Board.
(2) That the location of the slaughterhouse responds to the best interest of the public consumer to secure an adequate supply of products of the best quality in the area that it is to serve as well as to the cattle production industry in the area.
(3) That its slaughtering capacity be in proportion with the area of cattle production that it proposes to serve and has the assurance of the supply in a manner to secure the economic efficiency of the operation.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 5, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 986 - Contributions for municipalities

The municipalities and municipal associations which avail themselves of the benefits of this chapter shall receive the following contributions:
(1) Up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the total cost of the construction, enlargement or improvement of the slaughterhouse and of the basic equipment necessary for an efficient operation.
(2) Up to fifty percent (50%) of the cost of the vehicles initially needed to transport animals to the slaughterhouse.
(3) Up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of the refrigerator cars initially needed for the transportation of meat from the slaughterhouse to the markets.
(4) Up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of lands and other facilities for the operation of animal gathering centers according to the needs of the slaughterhouse.
(5) Salary of the slaughterhouse manager, up to a maximum of five (5) years, if appointed in accordance with the selection criteria that may be established by regulation, irrespectively of such other criteria that should be applied to him under his condition of municipal employee. The candidate to be selected for the office of manager should have academic and technical knowledge as well as the necessary experience or skill to obtain an efficient administration and exceedingly good conditions in the operation of the slaughterhouse, both in the health and efficiency aspect.
(6) Up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the total cost for the construction, enlargement or improvement of facilities for the storage or distribution of meat, including the basic equipment necessary for an efficient operation of said activities, provided such facilities are municipal property; or of the total cost of the equipment required for the rendering, by the municipalities or municipal associations, of those services that may be necessary for an efficient operation of any one or any of such activities. In the granting of contributions set aside in this subsection, the Secretary of Agriculture shall only take into consideration those municipalities where there does not exist, or is impossible or inconvenient to construct, enlarge or improve any slaughterhouse in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and of the regulation that said Secretary may promulgate hereunder.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 6; June 28, 1969, No. 128, p. 372.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 987 - Cooperatives and cattlemen associations

When a municipality cannot or does not want to avail itself of the benefits of this chapter and it thus states through an ordinance, the Secretary of Agriculture may promote the construction of slaughterhouses among cooperative and cattlemen associations which match funds pursuant to the provision of § 983 of this title, and to appropriate the following contributions:
(1) Up to fifty percent (50%) of the total cost of the construction, enlargement or improvement of the slaughterhouse and the basic equipment necessary for an efficient operation.
(2) Up to fifty percent (50%) of the cost of the refrigerator cars needed initially for the transportation of meat from the slaughterhouse to the markets.
(3) Up to fifty percent (50%) of the cost of lands and other facilities for the operation of animal gathering centers according to the needs of the slaughterhouse.
(4) Salary of the slaughterhouse manager, up to a maximum of two (2) years, if appointed in accordance with the analogous criteria of subsection (5) of § 986 of this title, as applicable.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 7, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 988 - Limitations in agreements

Any agreement for the granting of incentives shall contain provisions leading to impede that through conveyance or simulation or otherwise the funds herein provided be applied for or used with detriment to the purposes herein pursued.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 8, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 989 - Regulations

The Secretary of Agriculture, upon taking into account the provisions that may be established by regulations prescribed by the Department of Health and by the Planning Board, shall adopt and promulgate the necessary regulations to put into practice the purposes of this chapter. Before promulgating such regulations, the Secretary of Agriculture shall hold public hearings and shall consider the points of view set forth therein by interested parties. The regulations so adopted and promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture shall have force of law.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 9, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 990 - Legislation in force

Nothing herein provided shall revoke the powers of the municipalities as to the construction of slaughterhouses in accordance with the legislation in force.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 10, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 991 - Appropriation

The sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is hereby appropriated from unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth treasury to the Secretary of Agriculture and he is further authorized to incur obligations up to the amount of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) to carry out, during Fiscal Year 1968-69, the incentive plan provided herein. Sums necessary for the development of the program in subsequent fiscal years shall be set aside annually in the General Budgetary Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 11, eff. July 1, 1968.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-ONE - Municipalities (§§ 1-4 — 6756) › Subtitle 3 - General Provisions (§§ 621-639 — 1100a) › Chapter 91 - Municipal Slaughterhouses; Incentive Plan (§§ 981 — 992) › § 992 - Use of funds

The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to use part of the funds herein provided to appoint, hire and pay the technical and consulting services that may be necessary to carry out and to enforce the provisions of this chapter, as well as to pay, with the approval of the Governor, the administrative expenses in [sic] which he may incur. He is, likewise, empowered to accept services, donations and funds from natural or artificial, governmental or private persons and to enter into agreements for the use of the properties or funds donated.
History —June 28, 1968, No. 152, p. 482, § 12, eff. July 1, 1968.