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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25 - Puerto Rico National Parks Recreational Development Company (§§ 501 — 520) › § 520 - Non-transferability of the title

The title and jurisdiction of any asset designated as a national park, pursuant to the provisions of the Puerto Rico National Parks System Act, §§ 841—852 of this title, shall be exclusive of the National Parks Company.
The management nor ownership of any national park cannot be transferred to private, natural or juridical persons, nor to another agency or public corporation, nor to municipalities.
History —June 23, 1961, No. 114, p. 234, added as § 20 on Jan. 8, 2004, No. 36, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525 - Implementation

The Puerto Rico National Parks Company, in its capacity as a public corporation, shall implement a Voluntary Early Retirement Program to include all employees of said company who by December 31, 2006, have completed a minimum of twenty-four and a half (241/2) years of credited services as participants in the Employees Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Implementation of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Puerto Rico National Parks Company herein authorized shall be done in strict compliance with all labor laws, the collective bargaining agreements in effect and with due respect to the Merit Principle, to the legal provisions that prohibit political discrimination and to the vested rights of the public servants employed in said entity.
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525a - Pension

In electing early retirement, all employees who have not been reimbursed for their accrued contributions and who comply with the provisions of § 525 of this title and who by December 31, 2006, have completed twenty-four and a half (241/2) or more years of credited services regardless of their age and who voluntarily avail themselves of the Program authorized in this chapter, shall be entitled to receive a pension of seventy-five percent (75%) of their average compensation.
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525b - Special incentives

The special incentives that the National Parks Company shall grant to those employees who comply with the parameters consigned in § 525 of this title are the following:
(a) The total liquidation of accrued annual sick and vacation leave.
(b) A medical plan for six (6) months [following] the effective date of their retirement or the equivalent in cash, provided that said payment shall not exceed the employer contribution for the medical plan agreed to in the Collective Bargaining Agreement of the National Parks Company.
(c) A special bonus of two thousand dollars ($2,000).
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525c - Election period

All employees who meet the requirements established in this chapter for availing themselves of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Puerto Rico National Parks Company shall exercise their decision of joining said plan within a term of ninety (90) days [following] the effective date of this act. Every informed decision of an employee to avail him/herself of the Early Retirement Program herein provided shall be considered for all legal purposes final, firm and irrevocable.
In cases whereby it is required to train the new personnel that will only occupy positions as animal caretakers, assistant superintendents, accountants and accountancy analysts that are indispensable and made vacant due to the Voluntary Early Retirement Program herein authorized, it may be possible to recruit those employees who held those positions and availed themselves of early retirement through contracts which shall not exceed a term of three (3) months, without being subject to the provisions of § 1827(e) of Title 3, part of the act known as the “Ethics in Government Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”, and said positions shall be filled through internal notices for employment.
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525d - General provisions

It is hereby provided that the opportunity of the eligible employees for availing themselves of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program shall not be conditioned to their having to waive present or pending adjudication judicial or administrative claims against the Company. This benefit shall be uniform for all employees who avail themselves of this Program. Provided, furthermore, That the positions of those employees who avail themselves of the Program shall be eliminated, except for those that have already been identified as indispensable, such as animal caretaker, assistant superintendent, accountant and accountancy analyst, fixing the maximum number of employees at six hundred and forty-one (641) or the present work force at seven hundred and forty-seven (747) minus the employees who retire, plus those that belong to the categories already identified as indispensable, whichever is greater. It shall be understood that indispensable positions are those whose functions are of a highly specialized nature, and fundamentally and vitally essential for the most effective operation of the National Parks Company, so as to be able to achieve the public purpose for which the latter was created as a public corporation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. To fill those indispensable positions the career personnel of the National Parks Company who express their willingness to being transferred to that position shall be considered preferentially, and for such a purpose internal notices of employment shall be posted.
The implementation of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program herein provided shall be done in strict compliance with all labor laws, the collective bargaining agreements in effect and with due respect to the merit principle, to the legal provisions that prohibit political discrimination and to the vested rights of the public servants employed in said entity.
In case any position already identified as indispensable must be reopened or personnel subcontracted to occupy any position already identified as indispensable, the employees of the National Parks Company shall be given priority for occupying said positions. The National Parks Company must train those employees who ask to occupy an indispensable position so that they may meet the requirements of said position.
When calculating how onerous it would be to train an employee for occupying an indispensable position, the following factors must be taken into consideration, although without this being a limitation: the number of positions to be filled versus the personnel available, the time the training would require and its cost.
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525e - Non-credited services; application

Those employees with twenty (20) or more years accredited to the Retirement System and who in order to qualify for this program need accreditation for services credited in the Government Employees Retirement System, must submit their application to the Coordinator for Retirement Matters of the Puerto Rico National Parks Company not later than thirty (30) days [following] the effective date of this act and before the date of separation from service.
The Coordinator for Retirement Matters of the Puerto Rico National Parks Company shall certify to the Retirement System that the application for services not credited was submitted while the employee was still in active service.
The Administrator of the Retirement System shall accept payment for the unpaid services from the employee even when the latter is not in active service, with the exception of § 765a of Title 3, provided he/she receives the certification from the coordinator.
It is further provided that in order to compute the months lacking to the employees who need accreditation for the years of services not credited, pursuant to this section, as well as the employees who need to complete the required twenty-four and a half (241/2) years of credited services, as provided in §§ 525 and 525a of this title, said employees may be able to use their vacation and sick leave, so that, to such effects, every twenty (20) days accrued shall equal one (1) month of work.
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525f - Actuarial cost

The actuarial cost of the pensions provided in this chapter, as determined by the Administrator of the Retirement System of the Employees of the Government and the Judicature shall be paid annually by the Puerto Rico National Parks Company to the Government and Judicature Employees Retirement Systems Administration in five (5) installments in advance, pursuant to the payment schedule to be established by the Administrator. Said actuarial cost shall consist of the difference between the present value of the accelerated pension provided in this chapter and the present value of a pension for years of service under the provisions of §§ 761 et seq. of Title 3, and according to what has been established in the present legislation. It is further provided that the Puerto Rico National Parks Company shall annually compensate the Government and Judicature Employees Retirement Systems Administration, for the expenses incurred for the implementation and administration of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program authorized by this chapter and for all actuarial studies that may have been solicited or are solicited by Company from the Retirement System. The funds for paying for the Voluntary Early Retirement Program shall proceed from the Puerto Rico National Parks Company and thus the resources of the General Fund of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall not be encumbered. A debt may only be issued for the amount of $10,000,000, solicited and approved by the Government Development Bank, for the payment of the Retirement Program herein authorized.
In the event the payment made by the Puerto Rico National Parks Company is greater than then actuarial cost, the Government and Judicature Employees Retirement Systems Administration shall reimburse to the National Parks Company the excess of the amount paid within a period of not more than thirty (30) days [following] the effective date of the Program. If on the contrary the payment made by the Puerto Rico National Parks Company were insufficient, the latter shall issue a payment for the additional cost certified by the Retirement Systems Administration within a period of not more than thirty (30) days [following] the effective date of the Program.
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525g - Payment of new benefit

The National Parks Company shall be responsible for the payment of any new benefit granted by law to the pensioners who have availed themselves of this Early Retirement Program.
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525h - Applicability of the provisions of this chapter

The provisions of this act shall also be [applicable] to those employees who as of the effective date of the latter have availed themselves of some type of leave pursuant to the regulations of the Puerto Rico National Parks Company, any collective bargaining agreement or applicable statutes.
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525i - Orientation

The Puerto Rico National Parks Company, in coordination with the Government and Judicature Employees Retirement Systems Administration, shall provide orientation to all its employees who qualify for the Voluntary Early Retirement Program on its benefits and criteria.
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 25A - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the National Parks Company (§§ 525 — 525j) › § 525j - Administration

The Office of Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is ordered to oversee the administration and implementation of and due compliance with the Voluntary Early Retirement Program authorized in this chapter, for the employees of the Puerto Rico National Parks Company.
History —July 13, 2007, No. 70, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 27 - Ponce Public Colosseum (§§ 531 — 537) › § 531 - Ponce Public Colosseum—Creation

The creation of the Public Colosseum of Ponce is hereby authorized, and there is created, attached to the Recreational Development Company of Puerto Rico, the Provisional Board of the Public Colosseum of Ponce that shall have charge of making the surveys and the necessary planning for its establishment, subject to the provisions of the laws in force, and using the survey and planning resources existing in said Company.
History —June 19, 1962, No. 56, p. 121, § 1; June 24, 1968, No. 129, p. 303, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 27 - Ponce Public Colosseum (§§ 531 — 537) › § 532 - Ponce Public Colosseum—Planning

The planning of the Public Colosseum of Ponce shall be conducted under the direction and supervision of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Recreational Development Company of Puerto Rico, but in accordance with the resolutions and determinations taken by the Provisional Board of the Public Colosseum of Ponce created by §§ 531-537 of this title.
History —June 19, 1962, No. 56, p. 121, § 2; June 24, 1968, No. 129, p. 303, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 27 - Ponce Public Colosseum (§§ 531 — 537) › § 533 - Ponce Public Colosseum—Participating agencies

The agencies participating in this Public Colosseum of Ponce shall be the Recreational Development Company, the Municipal Government of Ponce, and any other nonprofit institutions devoted to the promotion of cultural, social and sportive activities, provided they fulfill the requirements and conditions that the Board herein created may determine.
History —June 19, 1962, No. 56, p. 121, § 3; June 24, 1968, No. 129, p. 303, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 27 - Ponce Public Colosseum (§§ 531 — 537) › § 534 - Provisional Board, composition

The Provisional Board created by this chapter shall be composed of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Recreational Development Company of Puerto Rico, or the officer whom he may delegate, who shall be its Chairman, and two (2) additional members appointed by him, the Mayor of Ponce, the President of the Municipal Legislature of Ponce and two (2) private citizens appointed by these officers.
History —June 19, 1962, No. 56, p. 121, § 4; June 24, 1968, No. 129, p. 303, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 27 - Ponce Public Colosseum (§§ 531 — 537) › § 535 - Completion of planning; jurisdiction of Recreational Development Company

Once the surveys have been made and the planning for the establishment of the Public Colosseum of Ponce has been completed and the project has been approved by the Puerto Rico Planning Board, the Provisional Board created by §§ 531—537 of this title shall cease in its functions and the project shall henceforth be under the jurisdiction of the Recreational Development Company of Puerto Rico who shall be responsible for the construction and operation of the project; Provided, That the Company may contract with the Public Recreation and Parks Administration for the operation and maintenance of the Colosseum by transforming the necessary resources for such purposes.
History —June 19, 1962, No. 56, p. 121, § 5; June 24, 1968, No. 129, p. 303, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 27 - Ponce Public Colosseum (§§ 531 — 537) › § 536 - Contribution of resources

The Municipal Government of Ponce and the other interested and/or participating entities are hereby authorized to contribute out of their own resources toward the expenses incurred in the work of survey, planning, preparation of plans and construction of the necessary facilities.
History —June 19, 1962, No. 56, p. 121, § 6; June 24, 1968, No. 129, p. 303, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28 - Fair Sport Competition Awards (§§ 541 — 545) › § 541 - Definitions

The following terms used in this chapter, except when manifestly incompatible with its purposes, shall mean:
(a) Sponsor. — A natural or juridical person, one or more individuals, unions, brotherhoods, associations, private or public partnerships, non-profit or profitable private corporations, whether incorporated or unincorporated, government agencies and public corporations which use public funds to hold a specific sports event.
(b) Category. — Element to classify the organization of participants, and the pertinent awards bestowed in a competitive sports event.
(c) Sportsperson. — A natural person or group of persons, duly registered and qualified to participate, or who actually participate, in sports meets or athletic and sporting events.
(d) Sports or Sporting event. — Any competitive sports activity which establishes categories for the purpose of granting awards, whether it is an independent activity or one which takes place as part of a social, civic, or commercial event or activity or one of any other nature.
(e) Public funds. — Monies proceeding from the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(f) Organizer. — A person, natural or juridical, whether one or more individuals, unions, brotherhoods, associations, private or public partnerships, non-profit or profitable, incorporated or unincorporated, private corporations, government agencies, public corporation, municipalities, municipal or quasi-public corporations, that in someway, organize, contribute or participate in the decision-making process for the organization of a particular sports event sponsored wholly or in part with public funds.
(g) Award. — A trophy, medal, cash award or material benefit bestowed upon the winners of sports events, according to the categories pre-established by recreational or sports organizations.
(h) Secretary. — The Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Feb. 15, 1996, No. 10, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28 - Fair Sport Competition Awards (§§ 541 — 545) › § 542 - Illegal discrimination

It shall be an illegal practice of recreational or sports organizations which organize and/or sponsor competitive events and which receive public funds, with the exception of the Olympic Committee of Puerto Rico:
(a) To establish differences in the awards or material benefits which, in fact, directly or indirectly produce, or intend to produce, communicate or promote the less recognition or a recognition of lesser importance towards the women who participate as compared to that to the men, by unfavorably or unjustly discriminating against the former when both participate in the same category.
History —Feb. 15, 1996, No. 10, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28 - Fair Sport Competition Awards (§§ 541 — 545) › § 543 - Enforcement by the Secretary

The duty to enforce compliance with this chapter is imposed upon the Secretary of Sports and Recreation, who shall have the obligation to render a report to the Legislature of Puerto Rico evaluating the effectiveness of said act after the first year of its approval. The Secretary is hereby empowered to adopt any rules or regulations he/she may deem necessary to execute the provisions of this chapter, and shall have the obligation to investigate any complaint filed with his/her office in which a violation of the provisions of this chapter is claimed.
In the exercise of said obligations, the Secretary may hold whatever public hearings which, in his/her judgment, may be necessary.
History —Feb. 15, 1996, No. 10, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28 - Fair Sport Competition Awards (§§ 541 — 545) › § 544 - Jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance

The Court of First Instance is granted jurisdiction so that, at the request of the Secretary of Sports and Recreation, it may grant those legal remedies which may be necessary to execute the terms of this chapter and to see that the regulations, rules, orders and determinations issued by the Secretary in the exercise of the powers granted to him/her by this chapter, are complied with.
History —Feb. 15, 1996, No. 10, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28 - Fair Sport Competition Awards (§§ 541 — 545) › § 545 - Penalties

Any sponsor or organizer who is found to have incurred the illegal practices described in § 542 of this title, is subject to:
(a) The payment of a penalty for a sum equal to double the amount of the damages caused to the woman or collective entity of sportswomen by the action.
(b) The payment of a penalty of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) at the discretion of the Secretary, in those cases in which monetary damages cannot be ascertained.
History —Feb. 15, 1996, No. 10, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28A - Regulation of Combat Sports Spectacles (§§ 550 — 550f) › § 550 - Prohibition—Certain unlicensed events

The holding or presentation of spectacles, tournaments and sports events of a multidisciplinary nature, which tend to increase the risk inherent to fighting sports and can cause grave lesions, bodily injuries or even death, shall not be allowed until a license is obtained for the holding or presentation of said events, issued by the Sports and Recreation Department pursuant to the regulations adopted to such purposes.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 228, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28A - Regulation of Combat Sports Spectacles (§§ 550 — 550f) › § 550a - Prohibition—Events using weapons, etc

Likewise, the holding and presentation in Puerto Rico of spectacles, tournaments or sports events of fights in which weapons, artifacts or any apparatus or instrument to inflict bodily injury to the adversary, shall not be permitted.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 228, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28A - Regulation of Combat Sports Spectacles (§§ 550 — 550f) › § 550b - Submission of proposal for event

Any person, promoter, agent or representative who wishes to present a new sports or recreational spectacle, tournament or event in Puerto Rico, shall have to submit a proposal describing the activity to the Sports and Recreation Department, for its evaluation and the corresponding determination to authorize or deny it, pursuant to the regulatory provisions established to such effects by the Sports and Recreation Department.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 228, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28A - Regulation of Combat Sports Spectacles (§§ 550 — 550f) › § 550c - Use of facilities; endorsement

Every administrator of public or private facilities shall require any person, promoter, agent or representative who wishes to use or lease the facilities to stage any of the events described above, to present an endorsement from the Sports and Recreation Department for the holding thereof, pursuant to these provisions.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 228, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28A - Regulation of Combat Sports Spectacles (§§ 550 — 550f) › § 550d - Penalties

Every natural or juridical person who, without a prior authorization of the Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department, contributes, promotes, sponsors, organizes, facilitates, participates in, holds or conducts any action leading to the holding of an event of physical confrontation of the type described in §§ 550 and 550a of this title, shall incur a felony, and upon conviction shall be sanctioned with a penalty of imprisonment which shall not be less than five (5) years nor more than ten (10) years, or with a fine which shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both penalties in the discretion of the court.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 228, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28A - Regulation of Combat Sports Spectacles (§§ 550 — 550f) › § 550e - Seizure and sale of illegal assets

All equipment, money or any other material that is found in the place where an event of the nature described in §§ 550 and 550a of this title is being held without due authorization, shall be seized by the Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of the Treasury or by the Police Superintendent, through their delegates, the police or agents of law and order in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. For the seizure and disposal of the assets, money, equipment and materials, the procedure established in §§ 1721 et seq. of Title 34, known as the “Uniform Seizure Act of 1988”, shall be followed.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 228, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 28A - Regulation of Combat Sports Spectacles (§§ 550 — 550f) › § 550f - Injunctions

Without impairing any other legal resource that could be established, the Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department, pursuant to the provisions of law that apply to the case, and through the Secretary of Justice, who shall represent the Sports and Recreation Department, shall file an injunction or other similar resource on behalf of the Government against any natural or juridical person, to restrict or prevent the holding or presentation in Puerto Rico of any sports spectacle or event of the type described in §§ 550 and 550a of this title, which does not have the prior authorization of the Sports and Recreation Department.
History —Sept. 13, 1996, No. 228, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551 - San Blas Marathon

(a) The San Blas Marathon, which is held annually in the Municipality of Coamo, is hereby declared to be a sports event of general public interest in Puerto Rico.
(b) For the fiscal years 2002-03 and following, an amount of not less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) of unencumbered funds in the State Treasury shall be appropriated to the Sports and Recreation Department to defray the operational expenses of the San Blas Marathon. These funds shall be appropriated from the Department’s operational expenses budget.
The Sports and Recreation Department shall establish the rules for distribution of the funds appropriated for the holding of the marathon.
The entity organizing the San Blas Marathon shall issue a report detailing the expenses paid with this appropriation of funds. The expense report shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department not later than thirty (30) days following the date when the marathon is held.
History —June 28, 1969, No. 122, p. 364, §§ 1, 2; Aug. 11, 1995, No. 154, § 2; Jan. 8, 2004, No. 6, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551a - Insignias and commercial advertisements of the San Blas Marathon; protection of exclusive rights; short title

Sections 551a—551k of this title shall be known as the “Act To Protect the Insignias of the San Blas Marathon, and the Exclusive Rights for Commercial Advertisements in the Radio and Television Transmissions of the Activities of the Marathon on the Island”.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551b - Definitions

For the purposes of §§ 551a—551k of this title, the following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow:
(a) Merchant. — Any person, firm, corporation or association that offers for sale, sells, distributes, or manufactures articles or products with the insignias protected by §§ 551a—551k of this title, or that is commercially advertised during the radio and television transmissions of this event.
(b) San Blas Marathon. — The sporting event that is held annually in the Municipality of Coamo, and that was declared a sporting event of general public interest in Puerto Rico through § 551 of this title, including the race and the ceremonials conducted as a result thereof.
(c) Organizing Entity of the San Blas Marathon. — Means the Delta Phi Delta Fraternity, duly organized as such, which is mainly responsible for the organizing and financing of the San Blas Marathon.
(d) Insignia. — Any expression, word, phrase, emblem, insignia or design that alludes to the San Blas Marathon, that is officially registered in the Department of State.
(e) Radio or Television transmission. — Means the radio and television coverage of the Marathon’s activities, including the race and ceremonials thereof, in which the same is promoted by means of advertisements of products or services. It does not include the newsworthy aspect in which the transmission is not sponsored by advertisements that conflict with the sponsors of the San Blas Marathon. Radio or television transmission shall also mean the rebroadcast coverage by radio through magnetic tape recordings, or by television through the taping of images and sound by videotape recordings.
(f) Department. — Means the Sports and Recreation Department.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551c - Exclusive use by Organizing Entity

It is hereby declared that any insignia that alludes to the San Blas Marathon that is officially registered at the Department of State shall be used exclusively by the Organizing Entity of the San Blas Marathon, which shall be the only entity with the legal rights and capacity to authorize the use of said insignias, and any radio or television broadcast, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 551a—551k of this title, and to charge for its commercial exploitation and use.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551d - Permits for use—Granting

After the effectiveness of this act, any merchant who is interested in using the insignias protected by §§ 551a—551k of this title, and the radio and television broadcasts, for the manufacture, distribution, sale, or offer to sell articles or products, must first obtain a written permit from the Organizing Entity authorizing the same, as an indispensable requirement for the use of said insignias and the radio and television broadcasts.
Said Organizing Entity may issue said permits and charge a fee for the use and commercial exploitation of the insignias, and the radio and television broadcasts, in the manner prescribed by §§ 551a—551k of this title and its regulations, giving equal opportunity to all merchants to participate in the bidding to obtain said permits.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551e - Permits for use—Cancellation

The Organizing Entity, likewise, may cancel the permits it issues under the provisions of §§ 551a—551k of this title, by written notice to the pertinent party, in case the holder of the permit fails to comply with the conditions prescribed for the use of the insignias and the radio and television broadcasts, which are protected by §§ 551a—551k of this title, or when improper use is made of the same.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551f - Permits for use—Registry

The Organizing Entity shall keep a register of all the permits it grants according to the provisions of §§ 551a—551k of this title, of the conditions prescribed for its issue, and of the cancellations it orders subsequently. Furthermore, it shall render an annual report to the Sports and Recreation Department, which shall contain said concessions, conditions and cancellations and of the sums it has collected through the application of §§ 551a—551k of this title.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551g - Permits for use—Funds collected; destination

The funds collected by the Organizing Entity through the application of §§ 551a—551k of this title shall be used exclusively to finance the organization and holding of the San Blas Marathon. It shall be the obligation of the Organizing Entity to submit, annually, to the Department and to the Committees on the Treasury and on Sports of both Legislative Bodies, an itemized report on the moneys collected and the use thereof.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551h - Rules and regulations

The Sports and Recreation Department, in coordination with the Organizing Entity of the San Blas Marathon, shall prepare the regulations for the implementation of the provisions of §§ 551a—551k of this title to fix the amount that may be charged by said entity for the commercial use of the insignia and the radio and television broadcasts. The regulations thus approved according to the applicable procedures shall have the force of law and may be subsequently amended by the Department, upon the initiative of the entity.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551i - Unauthorized use—Legal action

Any merchant who uses the radio or television broadcasts or the insignias protected by §§ 551a—551k of this title for the manufacture, distribution, sale or offer to sell articles or products, without the prior consent of the Organizing Entity, or in violation of the conditions established or to the cancellation imposed, shall be subject to an injunction or a suit for damages filed by said Entity or the Sports and Recreation Department or the Department of Justice to prohibit the use of said insignias, or of the radio or television broadcasts, to compel the compliance of the conditions imposed, and to plead any other lawful remedy.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551j - Unauthorized use—Construction

Nothing of what is provided in §§ 551a—551k of this title shall be interpreted in any manner to restrict, limit or prohibit the news coverage of the San Blas Marathon. Any regulations provided herein refer to and are limited to the publicizing of the San Blas Marathon by means of advertisements or the promotion of goods or services which conflict with those of the merchants who make the San Blas Marathon possible through their paid sponsorship.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 551k - Unauthorized use—Penalties

Any merchant who violates any of the provisions of §§ 551a—551k of this title or its regulations will be guilty of a misdemeanor. Every violation of the provisions of §§ 551a—551k of this title or its regulations will constitute a separate and independent violation.
History —May 25, 1985, No. 14, p. 42, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 552 - Women’s International Marathon of Puerto Rico—Creation

The “International Feminine Marathon of Puerto Rico” is hereby officially created with seat in the Municipality of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 109, p. 324, § 1, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 553 - Women’s International Marathon of Puerto Rico—Declaration as sports event

It is hereby declared that the “International Feminine Marathon of Puerto Rico” is a sports event invested with general public interest everywhere in Puerto Rico.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 109, p. 324, § 2, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 554 - Women’s International Marathon of Puerto Rico—Guidelines and directives

The Sports and Recreation Department is hereby directed to organize and hold annually the “International Feminine Marathon of Puerto Rico” following the guidelines and directives stated below:
(a) The marathon shall be a sports event in which only the sportsmanship of the participants shall be taken into consideration, without discrimination for national, racial, social, economic, cultural, political or religious reasons.
(b) The necessary arrangements shall be made with the pertinent authorities so that foreign participants and their companions shall have no legal problems whatsoever.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 109, p. 324, § 3, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 555 - Women’s International Marathon of Puerto Rico—Faculties of Sports and Recreation Department

In organizing and holding the “International Feminine Marathon of Puerto Rico”, the Sports and Recreation Department may exercise the following and any other faculties compatible herewith, namely:
(a) May determine the most convenient date during the calendar year for holding the marathon.
(b) May develop the promotional and advertising program it deems convenient and necessary.
(c) Shall determine and approve everything concerning transportation, board and lodging expenses of the participants and their official companions.
(d) May request and accept the economic cooperation and any other collaboration or aid from the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its branches, departments, agencies and instrumentalities; from the United States Government, its branches, departments, agencies and instrumentalities; from the governments of any of the federal states of the United States, their branches, departments, agencies and instrumentalities; from any foreign government, and from private persons, enterprises or corporations.
(e) May promulgate such rules and regulations as it may deem convenient or necessary to enforce §§ 552—557 of this title.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 109, p. 324, § 4, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 556 - Women’s International Marathon of Puerto Rico—Reports on activities and use of funds

At the close of each fiscal year, the Sports and Recreation Department shall submit a report to the Senate of Puerto Rico, the House of Representatives and the Governor, on the use of funds and the activities carried out during the year in relation to the purposes of §§ 552—557 of this title.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 109, p. 324, § 5, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 557 - Women’s International Marathon of Puerto Rico—Appropriation

The sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is hereby appropriated from unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth Treasury to the Sports and Recreation Department to be used for the purposes of §§ 552—557 of this title during the 1975-76 fiscal year. In subsequent years the Sports and Recreation Administration must include the necessary appropriation item in its budget of operating expenses.
History —June 30, 1975, No. 109, p. 324, § 6, eff. July 1, 1975.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 558 - The Puerto Rico Marathon—Creation

“The Puerto Rico Marathon” is hereby officially created with seat in the Municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 143, p. 420, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 559 - The Puerto Rico Marathon—Declaration as sports event

It is hereby declared that “The Puerto Rico Marathon” is a sport event invested with general public interest throughout Puerto Rico.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 143, p. 420, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 560 - The Puerto Rico Marathon—Public policy

In organizing “The Puerto Rico Marathon”, the Sports and Recreation Department shall only take into consideration the sportsmanship of participants, without discrimination for racial, social, economic, cultural, political or religious reasons.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 143, p. 420, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 561 - The Puerto Rico Marathon—Powers and duties of Department

In organizing and holding “The Puerto Rico Marathon”, the Sports and Recreation Department may exercise the following and any other faculties compatible herewith, namely:
(a) May determine the most convenient date during the calendar year for holding the marathon.
(b) May develop the promotional and advertising program it deems convenient and necessary.
(c) Shall determine and approve everything concerning transportation, board and lodging expenses of the participants and their official companions coming from other towns of the Island or traveling abroad to represent our country.
(d) May request and accept the economic cooperation and any other collaboration or aid from the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its branches, departments, agencies and instrumentalities; from the United States Government, its branches, departments, agencies and instrumentalities; from the governments of any of the federal states of the United States, its branches, departments, agencies and instrumentalities; from any foreign government, and from private persons, enterprises or corporations.
(e) May promulgate such rules and regulations as it may deem convenient or necessary to enforce §§ 558—563 of this title.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 143, p. 420, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 562 - The Puerto Rico Marathon—Annual report to Legislature and Governor

At the close of each fiscal year, the Sports and Recreation Department shall submit a report to the Senate of Puerto Rico, the House of Representatives and the Governor, on the use of funds and the activities carried out during the year in relation to the purposes of §§ 558—563 of this title.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 143, p. 420, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 563 - The Puerto Rico Marathon—Appropriation

For fiscal years subsequent to the approval of this act, a sum that shall not be less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is hereby appropriated to the Sports and Recreation Department to defray the operating expenses of the Puerto Rico Marathon in Villalba. Said funds shall be consigned in the Budget of Operating Expenses of the Department.
The Sports and Recreation Department shall establish the standards to disburse the funds appropriated to hold the Marathon.
The Organizing Entity of the Puerto Rico Marathon shall render a report itemizing the expenses defrayed under this appropriation of funds. The expense report shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department no later than thirty (30) days following the date on which the Marathon is held.
History —June 3, 1976, No. 143, p. 420, added as § 6 on July 19, 1997, No. 35, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIFTEEN - Sports and Parks (§§ 1 — 2020) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 915) › Chapter 29 - Sports Events (§§ 551 — 568) › § 564 - Swim Across Playa de Ponce

The swimming event known as “The Swim Across Playa de Ponce”, which is held annually at the bay of the city of Ponce, is hereby declared a sports event of general public interest in Puerto Rico.
History —Mar. 25, 1986, No. 6, p. 15.