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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter III - Powers and Duties of the Company (§§ 6771 — 6805) › § 6805 - Listing of powers shall not imply limitations

Listing the powers of the Tourism Company granted in this chapter, does not imply a limitation of its power to effectively attain the purposes established therein.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 37, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter IV - Tourist Ground Transportation Enterprises (§§ 6811 — 6815) › § 6812 - Posting and filing of rates

(a) Every concessionaire and operator shall comply with the rates approved by the Tourism Company for any tourist ground transportation service to be offered, and shall establish and observe reasonable practices for their application.
(b) Every concessionaire and operator shall submit to the Tourism Company, in the form and manner that the latter so requires, and post and keep accessible to the public, a rate schedule including the rates and practices in force for any tourist ground transportation service to be offered and/or rendered. No concessionaire or operator shall render services related to tourist ground transportation until having submitted, posted and entered into effect the rate schedules, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations approved pursuant to it. In case said concessionaire or operator renders tourist ground transportation services within the pre-established time table and/or routes, same shall also submit the time tables applicable to the type of service to be offered.
(c) Every concessionaire and operator shall have available copies of the rate schedules for the public’s inspection, including time tables, places, way and nature that the Tourism Company had established through regulations. The Tourism Company may discretionally allow that, in addition to the rates mentioned above, simplified rate schedules be published and put at the public’s disposal. In case there is a discrepancy between the simplified rate schedule and the ones filed before the Tourism Company, the rate schedules filed and in force shall prevail. The Company may waive the requirement of filing rate schedules to concessionaires or operators when promulgated rules or orders applicable to the operations, and setting rates applicable to tourist ground transportation services.
(d) No concessionaire may modify its rates or time tables without having notified the Tourism Company, thirty (30) days in advance and the latter having issued its approval. The notification shall [be] done in the way the Tourism Company establishes through regulations.
(e) Concessionaires, who at the time of the approval of this act had published rates applicable to the services they render, shall be governed by same until after they become applicable to the provisions of this chapter.
(f) Those concessionaires operating in good faith at the time this act takes effect shall not be bound to file their initial rates before the ninety (90) day term from the effective date of this act.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 39, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter IV - Tourist Ground Transportation Enterprises (§§ 6811 — 6815) › § 6814 - Subcontracts

Concessionaires under these regulations may subcontract with other enterprises:
(a) When their authorized vehicles are not enough for transporting the number of people for which the services have been hired.
(b) Provided they subcontract those concessionaires that already have a franchise issued by the Tourism Company to render similar tourist ground transportation services, and to which vehicles the Tourism Company has issued an authorization.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 41, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter IV - Tourist Ground Transportation Enterprises (§§ 6811 — 6815) › § 6815 - Temporary special authorizations

The Tourism Company may allow buses authorized to operate as such by the Tourism Company to be used to render tour services through the issuance of special authorizations when there exist extraordinary circumstances in the tourist market that so do warrant. All of which prior to having complied with the requirements established in this chapter and the regulations approved pursuant to it, and subject to the additional conditions that the Tourism Company may establish.
Likewise, the Tourism Company may allow public service enterprises engaged in rendering passenger transportation who bear authorizations issued by the Public Service Commission may be used [sic] to render tour services through the issuance of special authorizations when there exist extraordinary circumstances in the tourist market that so do warrant. All that after having complied with the requirements established in this chapter and the regulations approved pursuant to it, and subject to the additional conditions that the Tourism Company may establish.
No temporary special authorization shall take effect for more than sixty (60) calendar days.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 42, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter V - Requirements (§§ 6821 — 6823) › § 6821 - Concessionaire

The following are compulsory requirements for an enterprise to obtain a franchise from the Tourism Company:
(a) File the commercial or corporate name, emblem and colors to be used when rendering tourist ground transportation services duly authorized by the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Submit the description of the vehicles proposed to be used, including without limitation, the make, model, year, engine number, capacity, vehicle title and registration and license plate number issued by the Department of Transportation and Public Works.
(c) Specify the rates proposed to be charged for the tourist ground transportation services to be offered.
(d) File before the Tourism Company a public liability insurance policy with an insurer authorized by the Commissioner of Insurance to do business in Puerto Rico, for a reasonable amount to be determined by the Tourism Company, and with the purpose of responding or indemnify[ing] for damages caused to passengers, third parties, [or] [an]other person’s property as a result of operating the vehicle. The Tourism Company shall detail, through regulation approved to that effect, the coverage, limits and content of the required insurance policies.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 43, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6831 - Medallion—Description; fees

(a) Any natural or juridical person to whom the Tourism Company issues or to whom, prior to the effectiveness of this act, the Public Service Commission has issued an authorization, franchise or license to operate a taximeter, a tour vehicle or enterprise, may request from the Company the granting of a medallion in representation of said authorization or franchise, when the granting turns out to [the] benefit of the tourist ground transportation services.
(b) The medallion shall consist of a certificate bearing the official seal of the Company, the franchise number it represents, and the date of issuance thereof, and any other information deemed necessary for its optimum use as a negotiable document.
(c) Under no circumstance shall the franchise number or the date of issuance that are embossed on the face of the medallion certificate be altered or mutilated in such a way that the number and date are undistinguishable.
(d) Every application shall include fifty dollars ($50) in cash, money order or certified check.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 46, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6832 - Medallion—Alienation or encumbrance

The medallion thus granted may be transferred or encumbered upon with prior authorization of the Company, and only by the holder thereof or an acquirer by purchase or transfer previously declared eligible by the Company. In no case shall the Company authorize more than three (3) lien transaction bids annually, which in any case shall not have a monetary limit when the purpose for requesting them is to repair a motor vehicle. When the purpose behind the lien transaction is to finance the acquisition of the medallion by a person previously declared eligible by the Company or to replace the motor vehicle used to provide the service, the Company may authorize lien transactions which shall not exceed the amounts stated below:
(a) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for financing the acquisition of the medallion.
(b) Twenty-five thousand dollars ($20,000) for vehicles engaged in rendering tourist ground transportation services for pay.
(c) Sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for taximeters.
(d) Sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for motor vehicles engaged in rendering tours or as taxicabs.
The vehicles thus acquired must be within the five (5) leading models in the country’s market.
In no case shall the Company authorize more than one (1) lien transaction for the acquisition of a vehicle in a period of two (2) calendar years.
The applicant shall be bound to remit to the Company convincing evidence, such as purchase or repair bills that show that the money obtained through the lien has been used for the purposes for which it was requested.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 47, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6833 - Requirements for alienation

The Company shall not authorize the alienation or encumbrance of a medallion unless convincing evidence is furnished showing that it shall not be in prejudice of the public service. No transaction shall impair the right of the holder to exercise the activity permitted by the authorization or franchise.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 48, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6834 - Registry of eligibles and medallions

The Company shall prepare a Registry of Eligibles wherein shall be set down in strict order of presentation the names and pertinent data of all applicants for authorizations to operate a taximeter or taximeter enterprise, tour vehicle enterprise, tour enterprise or vehicles engaged in providing ground transportation, that qualify therefor.
It shall, likewise, prepare a registry of the medallions granted, which shall reflect with exactness, all the transactions made on said medallions under the provisions of this subchapter, including the cancellation or settlement of those transactions at their termination.
It shall be the duty of every holder of a medallion to notify the Company of the cancellation or settlement of any lien transaction made with his medallion within thirty (30) days after having made the cancellation or settlement.
Both the Registry of Eligible[s] and the Registry of Medallions shall be available for inspection by the holders, as well as by interested parties, or those who could be affected by any transaction in which a medallion is the object. By petition of any of the persons mentioned herein, the Company may issue a certificate of the contents of the registration of a medallion. The applicant shall pay ten dollars ($10) in cash, money order or certified check for each certification. The Tourism Company shall provide through regulation the fees to be paid for the certifications.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 49, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6835 - Nullity of transactions

Any alienation or lien transaction of a medallion made without the prior authorization of the Company shall be null and void.
(a) The determination of nullity shall entail the cancellation of the franchise or authorization that the medallion represents, and the latter shall be returned immediately to the Company.
(b) The holder of the medallion who alienates or encumbers it without the previous authorization of the Company shall be ineligible to obtain a new franchise or authorization for a term of five (5) years reckoned from the date of the determination of nullity.
(c) The natural person who has made a lien or alienation transaction on a medallion without the previous approval of the Company shall be withdrawn from the Registry of Eligibles. If his name is not recorded in such Registry, he/she shall be ineligible to be included therein, in either of these two (2) cases, for a term of five (5) years calculated from the date of the determination of nullity.
(d) If the creditor is a private person or a bank, financial institution or a natural or juridical person engaged in the operation of a loan business, the determination of nullity shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 50, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6837 - Robbery, larceny, loss, destruction or mutilation

(a) In case of robbery, larceny, loss, or destruction of a medallion, its holder shall, within the following twenty-four (24) hours, notify the Company of such an event. Such notice shall be made by sworn statement in which the holder shall state the circumstances in which the medallion was stolen, lost or destroyed, as well as the names of witnesses and any other information that the Company may require for the processing of the case. The Company shall forthwith proceed to enter this fact in the Registry of Medallions and shall not allow any transaction of the medallion within the following twenty (20) days. If after said lapse of time the medallion is not recovered, its holder may ask the Company to issue a new medallion. The Company shall, after having verified that the holder has made every kind of effort to recover the medallion, issue a duplicate thereof.
(b) In the event of an involuntary mutilation of the medallion, the same transaction of notice and investigation as above stated for the cases of robbery, larceny, loss, destruction or mutilation, shall be followed except that the Company shall not issue a new medallion, but shall substitute the mutilated one with another medallion bearing the same number and date of the original.
(c) In any of the cases stated herein, the holder shall pay the sum of fifty dollars ($50) in cash, money order or certified check to the Company.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 52, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6838 - Death or disability of holder

(a) If a holder dies or becomes temporarily or permanently disabled, his heirs or minor dependents and the wife or woman who has maritally cohabited with the holder at the time of his death or disability, may request from the Company to lease the medallion to one of the persons included in the Registry of Eligible[s].
(b) The Company shall fix a reasonable rental fee for the lease, based upon the average income that the holder was obtaining at the time of his death or disability from the operation of the taximeter or taximeter enterprise, tour vehicle enterprise, tour enterprise or vehicles engaged in providing tourist ground transportation.
(c) The term of the lease shall not exceed five (5) years, after which, the Company may award the medallion to the lessee, upon the latter’s application, and with the approval of the disabled holder or his heirs or dependents. This new acquirer shall be responsible for the cancellation or balance of any obligation, which may weigh upon the medallion.
(d) The heirs or dependents of a holder shall have the same responsibilities, duties and rights on the medallion hereby imposed and granted upon the holder.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 53, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6839 - Rules and regulations

The Company shall adopt the rules and regulations that may be necessary for the implementation of this chapter. Said regulations shall take effect once all the applicable provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, as amended, §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3 [sic]. Likewise, the Company shall review and amend its regulations in effect to adjust them to the provisions of this subchapter.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 54, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6840 - Remedies

The Tourism Company shall establish through regulations the adjudicative procedures that shall be followed, granting the complainant due process of law in any remedy of administrative or judicial review of orders and resolutions issued by the Company in the exercise of the duties conferred in this subchapter.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 55, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6841 - Penalties

Any violation against the provisions of this subchapter shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not greater than five hundred dollars ($500), at the discretion of the court.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 56, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6842 - Inspection

(a) Any vehicle used or proposed to be used to offer tourist ground transportation services shall be submitted to an inspection every six (6) months, under the criteria established to that effect by the Tourism Company.
(b) As part of the inspection, attesting evidence shall be submitted that the vehicle fully complies with the license sticker and inspection requirements, among others, imposed by the Department of Transportation and Public Works.
(c) Once certified that the motor vehicle has complied with all the inspection requirements, the corresponding certificate of inspection shall be issued.
(d) Motor vehicles that do not comply with the inspection requirements shall be declared “out of service” by the officer or employee of the Tourism Company conducting the inspection, in which case the corresponding certificate of inspection shall not be issued, and said vehicle shall be banned from use to render tourist ground transportation services.
(e) In case of tourist taxicabs, the toplight, air conditioner and taximeter shall be in perfect working conditions at the time of inspection. If these requirements are not complied with, the inspection shall not be approved.
(f) Any officers or employees of the Tourism Company may conduct inspections without prior notice, and may file a complaint motu proprio on behalf of the public interest if they understand and absolutely prove that there exists a violation against this chapter or to any regulation approved pursuant to it.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 57, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6843 - Passenger rights

Every passenger shall have the right to receive an excellent, efficient and safe service, and therefore shall have the following rights:
(a) That the most direct route between two points be used.
(b) To be attended by a courteous driver who speaks English and in Spanish adequately.
(c) To have a driver who knows and complies with the traffic laws.
(d) To have air conditioning in the cab during the trip, except when the passenger specifically states otherwise.
(e) To have a silent trip, without music.
(f) To have a smoke-free environment.
(g) To have a clean passenger area.
(h) To have a clean trunk.
(i) To have a driver who uses the vehicle’s horn only when needed.
(j) That the taximeter be used when the rate is metered under the provisions of this chapter.
(k) To refuse to give a tip.
(l) To abandon the vehicle as soon as he/she requests it, and the operator reaches a safe place to stop the vehicle.
(m) That the radio installed in authorized vehicles is turned off, unless the passenger expressly requests otherwise. This provision shall not be understood as a prohibition to use radiotelephones to communicate with the enterprise’s main offices.
(n) To have a safety seat available for any child traveling along, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 5001 et seq. of Title 9.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 58, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6844 - Cooperatives, associations and labor unions

Any concessionaire or operator may join a cooperative, labor union or association of less than five (5) units to operate under a business name and common colors, combination of colors and emblems or insignia that distinguish them from other concessionaires or operators. The Tourism Company shall establish through regulations the procedures and processes to be followed in order to register, acknowledge and certify them as bona fide representatives of their affiliates.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 59, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6845 - Terminology

Every word and phrase defined in this chapter shall have the meaning established therein, provided they are used in context. When justified, it shall be understood that every word used in singular also includes the plural, and vice versa; and the masculine includes the feminine, and vice versa.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 60, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6846 - Construction

(a) The Tourism Company may issue administrative determinations to clarify and interpret the provisions of this chapter and of the regulations approved pursuant to it, in accordance with the objectives and purposes established herein and with the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In case there is a discrepancy between the Spanish text and its English translation, the Spanish original shall prevail.
(b) None of the provisions contained in this chapter shall be understood, in any way, as a restriction or limitation of the general or inherent powers of the Tourism Company. The Tourism Company reserves its power to issue any order it deems necessary regarding the regulation of the services to be rendered or the compliance with the provisions of this chapter, as long as same is necessary and convenient.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 61, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 154 - Puerto Rico Tourist Ground Transportation (§§ 6754 — 6847) › Subchapter VI - General Provisions (§§ 6831 — 6847) › § 6847 - Personnel in charge of enforcing this chapter

The Tourism Company, its officers and employees, in coordination with the agencies concerned, shall have primary jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 62, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155 - Puerto Rico Cruise Ships Incentives Special Fund (§§ 6851 — 6857) › § 6851 - Creation

A special fund is created in the books of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to be known as the “Cruise Ships Incentives Special Fund” (the “Fund”) attached to the Puerto Rico Tourism Company without a specific economic year. The Fund shall be maintained separate from other public funds under the custody of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. The Fund shall be nourished from the following appropriations:
(a) The amount of five million dollars ($5,000,000) annually proceeding from funds of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company itself, beginning July 1, 2005 until fiscal year 2010—2011, subject to compliance with the provisions of § 6853 of this title.
(b) The amount of four million dollars ($4,000,000) annually which the Office of Management and Budget has identified as part of the General Budget from July 1, 2005 until fiscal year 2010—2011, subject to compliance with the provisions of § 6853 of this title.
(c) Monetary appropriations provided by this chapter and those destined by the Legislature in the future for the special fund herein created.
(d) Any other moneys donated, transferred or assigned by entities of the federal, Commonwealth and municipal governments or by private entities or persons, including the Budgetary Fund created by virtue of §§ 101 et seq. of this title.
History —Aug. 25, 2005, No. 76, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155 - Puerto Rico Cruise Ships Incentives Special Fund (§§ 6851 — 6857) › § 6852 - Administration

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall establish through regulations to that effect, all matters concerning the manner in which the incentives shall be solicited and granted in order to guarantee the sound administration of the public funds.
History —Aug. 25, 2005, No. 76, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155 - Puerto Rico Cruise Ships Incentives Special Fund (§§ 6851 — 6857) › § 6854 - Beneficiaries

Only the owners or operators of cruise ships shall be entitled to apply for said incentives; Provided, That the agencies and/or agents thereof in Puerto Rico shall be authorized to solicit, process and receive such benefits as part of the commercial relationship with the parties represented by them.
History —Aug. 25, 2005, No. 76, § 6; June 21, 2008, No. 99, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155 - Puerto Rico Cruise Ships Incentives Special Fund (§§ 6851 — 6857) › § 6855 - Administration and report

It shall be the obligation of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to ensure that the funds appropriated to the Fund are used according to the regulations the latter shall establish.
Ninety (90) days by or before the close of every fiscal year, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall render a report to the Governor and to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico about compliance with and administration of this chapter.
History —Aug. 25, 2005, No. 76, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155 - Puerto Rico Cruise Ships Incentives Special Fund (§§ 6851 — 6857) › § 6856 - Consignment of funds

In fiscal years subsequent to fiscal year 2005—06, the Office of Management and Budget shall consign in the Joint Resolution on the Budget of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the amount appropriated in this chapter to nourish said Fund.
History —Aug. 25, 2005, No. 76, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155 - Puerto Rico Cruise Ships Incentives Special Fund (§§ 6851 — 6857) › § 6857 - Additional incentives

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall also develop, together with the municipal governments where ports are located, under the jurisdiction of the Government of Puerto Rico, its municipalities, public corporations or instrumentalities, an incentives program in consonance with the particular realities of each port and the region where they are located. The Legislature, after the corresponding evaluation and by petition of the Tourism Company, may extend incentives in addition to those previously provided or any variation thereof for the program of ports within the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico at the time of approval of this act.
The funds and appropriations needed for the establishment of incentive programs for ports within the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico shall be identified by the Tourism Company and the Office of Management and Budget; Provided, That the funds needed to comply with this section shall in no way affect the funds destined for the Port of San Juan.
History —Aug. 25, 2005, No. 76, § 9; June 21, 2008, No. 99, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155A - Ports Authority Fund (§§ 6861 — 6861j) › § 6861 - Ports Authority Fund—Creation

A special fund to be denominated as the “Ports Authority Cruise Ship Industry Incentive Fund” (the “Authority Fund”), is hereby created in the books of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, to be attached to the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, which shall not have a specific fiscal year. The Authority Fund shall be kept separate from other public funds under the custody of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority. The Authority Fund shall be nourished by the following appropriations:
(a) During Fiscal Year 2011-2012, five million dollars ($5,000,000) from the funds of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and four million dollars ($4,000,000) to be identified by the Office of Management and Budget as part of the General Budget, subject to compliance with § 6861b of this title.
(b) During Fiscal Years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, four million dollars ($4,000,000) from the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and five million five hundred thousand dollars ($5,500,000) annually from funds that the Office of Management and Budget has identified in the General Budget, subject to compliance with § 6861b of this title.
(c) The appropriation of funds provided in this chapter and those to be appropriated in the future by the Legislative Assembly to the special fund herein created.
(d) Any other funds donated, transferred, or assigned by the federal or state government, municipalities, or private entities or persons, including the Budgetary Fund created by virtue of §§ 101 et seq. of this title.
(e) The balance in the Authority Fund at the close of each fiscal year shall remain therein and may be used to attain the purposes of this chapter in subsequent fiscal years.
History —July 4, 2011, No. 113, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155A - Ports Authority Fund (§§ 6861 — 6861j) › § 6861a - Tourism Company Fund—Creation

A special fund to be denominated as the “Tourism Company Cruise Ship Industry Incentive Fund” (the “Company Fund”), is hereby created in the books of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, to be attached to the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, which shall not have a specific fiscal year. The Tourism Company Fund shall be kept separate from other public funds under the custody of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. The Company Fund shall be nourished by the following appropriations:
(a) From Fiscal Year 2011-2012 to Fiscal Year 2013-2014, one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) annually from the funds of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company.
(b) The appropriation of funds provided in this chapter and those to be appropriated in the future by the Legislative Assembly to the special fund herein created.
(c) Any other funds donated, transferred, or assigned by the federal or state government, municipalities, or private entities or persons, including the Budgetary Fund created by virtue of §§ 101 et seq. of this title.
(d) The balance in the Company Fund at the close of each fiscal year shall remain therein and may be used to attain the purposes of this chapter in subsequent fiscal years.
History —July 4, 2011, No. 113, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155A - Ports Authority Fund (§§ 6861 — 6861j) › § 6861c - Establishment of incentives to entities engaged in the sale of travel deals

(a) The Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall also develop an incentive program for entities engaged in the sale of travel deals. An incentive shall be contributed to those entities making sales to persons other than residents of Puerto Rico and acquire through qualified entities trips on cruise ships starting or ending in any port within the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, combined with stays in hotels of Puerto Rico. The incentive shall be proportional to the number of reservations made in hotels of Puerto Rico. For purposes of this subsection, one (1) reservation shall mean one (1) night stay in any room of any hotel endorsed by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company.
(b) The incentives to be provided under this subsection shall be administered and provided for through regulations by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. The funds and appropriations needed for the establishment of the incentive program for entities engaged in the sale of travel deals shall be identified by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and originate from the Company Fund.
History —July 4, 2011, No. 113, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155A - Ports Authority Fund (§§ 6861 — 6861j) › § 6861d - Establishment of incentives for organizations authorized by the Tourism Company to offer tourist transportation in piers

(a) Any tour company authorized by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to offer tours or tourist transportation in the piers of Puerto Rico, in which it collects and drops off passengers, shall be entitled to provide its services and contract directly with cruise ship companies and may receive a one-dollar ($1.00) contribution per cruise passenger that obtains a tour in the cruise ship where he/she travels during a fiscal year period beginning in Fiscal Year 2011-2012. The contribution per passenger shall be determined annually by the Tourism Company.
(b) Any tour company authorized by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to offer tourist transportation in the pier area shall be eligible to receive the benefits of this subsection, provided, it complies with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations approved thereunder.
(c) The funds and appropriations needed for the establishment of the incentive program for tour companies shall originate from the Company Fund and shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per year. This program shall be administered by the Tourism Company.
History —July 4, 2011, No. 113, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155A - Ports Authority Fund (§§ 6861 — 6861j) › § 6861e - Beneficiaries

Only cruise ship owners and operators, entities engaged in the sale of travel deals established in Puerto Rico or abroad, and organizations authorized by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to collect passengers at piers, as the case may be, shall be entitled to apply for the incentives provided in this chapter; Provided, That the agencies or agents thereof in Puerto Rico shall have the authority to apply for, transact, and receive such benefits as a result of the business relationship with those they represent.
History —July 4, 2011, No. 113, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155A - Ports Authority Fund (§§ 6861 — 6861j) › § 6861f - Fund administration

(a) The Puerto Rico Ports Authority and the Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall prescribe by regulations to such effect, all that pertains to the manner and form in which the incentives shall be applied for and granted, in order to ensure a sound administration of public funds.
(b) The Puerto Rico Ports Authority shall have the obligation to oversee that the funds appropriated to the Authority Fund are used as provided in the regulations adopted by the same. The Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall have the obligation to oversee that the funds appropriated to the Company Fund are used as provided in the regulations adopted by the same.
(c) On or before ninety (90) days as of the close of every fiscal year, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and the Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall submit a report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico on their compliance and administration of this chapter.
History —July 4, 2011, No. 113, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155A - Ports Authority Fund (§§ 6861 — 6861j) › § 6861g - Internship Program

The public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico is to develop the abilities of those students who are enrolled in academic programs related to the tourism industry. Thus, an Internship Program is hereby created to be regulated by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to enable students of the universities of Puerto Rico to serve the internship required as part of their curricula in the cruise ships covered under this chapter. The Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall have a term of one year as of the approval of this act to establish said Program in coordination with cruise lines and universities of the Island.
History —July 4, 2011, No. 113, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155A - Ports Authority Fund (§§ 6861 — 6861j) › § 6861h - Regulations in effect

During the period beginning on the effective date of this act until the effective date of any regulation to be promulgated thereunder, the incentives provided under this chapter shall be subject to all the provisions of Regulation 7103 of March 10, 2006, known as the “Cruise Ship Incentive Regulation”, Regulation 7816 of December 14, 2009, known as the “First Amendment to the Cruise Ship Incentive Regulation”, as well as any administrative determination, circular letter, or other official communication of the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, pursuant to §§ 6851—6857 of this title, or Act No. 99 of June 12, 2008, in all those provisions that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. Furthermore, the regulations in effect in other agencies, including the Trade and Export Company, pursuant to §§ 6851-6857 of this title, shall continue in effect with respect to all those provisions that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
History —July 4, 2011, No. 113, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155A - Ports Authority Fund (§§ 6861 — 6861j) › § 6861i - Consignation of funds

During Fiscal Years 2011—2012 to 2013—2014, the Office of Management and Budget shall consign in the Joint Resolution of the Budget of the Government of Puerto Rico the amount appropriated under this chapter to nourish such Funds.
History —July 4, 2011, No. 113, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 155A - Ports Authority Fund (§§ 6861 — 6861j) › § 6861j - Puerto Rico Cruise Ship Incentive Special Fund under §§ 6851—6857 of this title

It is hereby expressly provided that, as of the effective date of this act, no new applications for benefits under §§ 6851—6857 of this title, shall be accepted. In addition, as of the effective date of this act, no fund appropriations shall be made to the Puerto Rico Cruise Ship Incentive Special Fund created under §§ 6851-6857 of this title. Any surplus or balance in said fund shall be transferred to the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, without prejudice to any application for benefits already filed under the provisions of §§ 6851-6857 of this title, or under consideration as of the approval of this act.
History —July 4, 2011, No. 113, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 156 - Assessments to Residential Tourism Projects (§§ 6871 — 6874) › § 6872 - Assessments for payment of common expenses and capital improvements

(a) Owners shall be required to pay assessments as established in the constituent documents of tourist residential projects.
(b) No owner may be exempted from the requirement to pay assessments by waiving the use and enjoyment of common elements or by abandoning his/her unit or relinquishing his/her right over the unit.
(c) Assessments over each unit, any penalties, late fees, or interest to be paid by the owner for delinquency in the payment of assessments shall be determined, fixed, and imposed as specified in the constituent documents.
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 172, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 156 - Assessments to Residential Tourism Projects (§§ 6871 — 6874) › § 6874 - Application

This chapter shall not apply to any assessments or debts of tourism improvement districts, as defined by §§ 6601 et seq. of Title 21, or of commercial improvement districts or residential improvement zones, by virtue of §§ 4001 et seq. of Title 21, known as the “Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991.”
History —Dec. 16, 2009, No. 172, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 158 - Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico, Tourist Destination (§§ 6911 — 6926) › § 6911 - Creation

The Tourist Destination to be known as Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico is hereby created. “Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico” shall be a registered trademark property of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. No natural or juridical person may use the phrase or concept “Porta del Sol” of the “Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico” trademark for any purpose whatsoever without the prior consent of the Tourism Company.
History —Dec. 20, 2005, No. 158, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 158 - Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico, Tourist Destination (§§ 6911 — 6926) › § 6912 - Strategic plan

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company is hereby directed to prepare a Strategic Plan for the Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico tourist development destination. For the purposes of this chapter the term “Plan” shall mean the Strategic Plan for the tourist development destination Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico.
The destination known as the Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico shall comprise the Municipalities of Aguada, Aguadilla, Añasco, Cabo Rojo, Guánica, Isabela, Hormigueros, Las Marías, Lajas, Maricao, Mayagüez, Moca, Rincón, Sabana Grande, San Germán, San Sebastián and Quebradillas.
History —Dec. 20, 2005, No. 158, § 2; Dec. 4, 2007, No. 176, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 158 - Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico, Tourist Destination (§§ 6911 — 6926) › § 6913 - Executive Board—Creation

The Executive Board for the Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico Tourist Development, is hereby created to include a Marketing and Education Committee and an Infrastructure, Development, Transportation and Environmental Matters Committee. Both Committees shall be attached and respond to the Chairperson of the Executive Board for the Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico Development.
History —Dec. 20, 2005, No. 158, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART VI - Tourism (§§ 6001 — 6982i) › Chapter 158 - Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico, Tourist Destination (§§ 6911 — 6926) › § 6914 - Executive Board—Composition

The Executive Board for the Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico Development shall be constituted as follows: the Executive Director of the Tourism Company, who shall be its Chairperson; the President of the Planning Board; the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works; the Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources; the President of the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico; the President of the Committee of the West of the Puerto Rico Hotels and Tourism Association; a member appointed by the Association of Owners of Paradores whose parador is located within the Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico tourist destination; the President of the Chamber of Commerce of the West; a member of the Federation of Mayors and a member of the Association of Mayors whose municipalities are located within the Porta del Sol — Puerto Rico Destination; a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the Senate of Puerto [Rico] to be appointed by the Speaker and the President of each respective body.
History —Dec. 20, 2005, No. 158, § 4.