2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE ONE - The Commonwealth (§§ 1 — 5289) › Chapter 27 - Prizes and Honors (§§ 571 — 583) › § 579 - Golden Attitude Award

(a) The Golden Attitude Award is hereby created, to be presented to private enterprises that provide assistance, programs and services at reasonable prices or free of charge to the elderly.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(1) Elderly person.— Is a person who is sixty (60) years of age or over.
(2) Enterprise.— Is a firm, partnership, or corporation, founded and established, under the laws, norms and regulations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with the purpose of engaging in businesses or projects of importance.
(c) The Golden Attitude Reviewing Board is hereby created. The members of said Board shall be: the Advocate of the Office of the Advocate for the Elderly, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, the President of the Association of Pensioners of the Government of Puerto Rico; and two (2) persons of proven expertise in the field of gerontology and services to elderly persons, who shall be appointed by the Governor.
(d)
(1) The Board shall meet no later than January 30 of each year, and shall request through a letter to all private enterprises with programs that benefit of [sic] elderly persons, according to a list provided by the Office of the Advocate for the Elderly, of all free programs with subsidies or reasonable prices, offered in Puerto Rico to benefit elderly persons. Each private enterprise proposal shall include one (1) cancelled twenty-five (25) dollar Internal Revenue Stamp, which shall be covered into the General Fund of the Government Office of the Advocate for the Elderly of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which shall be appropriated by the Secretary of the Treasury to the budget of the Office of the Advocate for the Elderly to defray the expense of the plaque, administrative expenses, and of the awards ceremony, as provided in this section. In addition, these private enterprises shall include with their proposals, a negative tax debt certificate, as well as a certification in evidence that they have filed their income tax returns for the past three (3) years. Both certificates must be issued by the Department of the Treasury.
(2) The Board shall meet again no later than June 30 of the same year, to evaluate the programs of the private enterprises that have submitted proposals before the Board. The way said evaluation shall be performed shall be determined by regulations to be developed by the Office of the Advocate for the Elderly, with the Advisory Committee, pursuant to the provisions of the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”, §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3.
(3) The third and last meeting of the Board shall be held no later than October 30 of the same year, to submit the votes of each of the members, regarding the programs and private enterprises that are to be awarded, which shall not exceed three (3) private enterprises or programs a year. The programs shall not all be of the same enterprise.
(e) The awards ceremony provided by this section shall be performed as part of the different activities held on the Day of Homage to [the] Elderly, on April 30 of each year, as provided by § 5003 of Title 3.
(f) The award shall consist of a Resolution of Congratulation of the two legislative bodies, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and of a commemoration plaque which shall not exceed a cost of one hundred dollars ($100). The plaque, the award ceremony, and the administrative expenses of the Board shall be defrayed from the fees paid by each private enterprise that submits proposals to the Board.
History —Dec. 28, 2003, No. 315, §§ 1—6.