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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 36 - Puerto Rico Cooperative Development Commission Organic Act (§§ 625 — 644) › § 641 - Investment and Cooperative Development Fund—Attachment and delegation of functions onto the Commission

The Investment and Cooperative Development Fund, incorporated in compliance with the mandate delivered under §§ 481 et seq. of this title, known as the “Investment and Cooperative Development Fund Enabling Act”, is hereby attached to the Cooperative Development Commission. The FIDECOOP shall operate under the terms and conditions of its corporate charter and its statutes.
In service of the public purpose sought by the FIDECOOP, it is hereby provided that its budget shall be submitted to the Governing Board of the Commission for its evaluation and approval within the broadest context of the public policy formulated by such Board. Likewise, it is hereby provided for the FIDECOOP to organize and establish a Management and Support Unit for Budding Cooperatives. This Unit shall be organized to:
(1) Provide informational guidance about the cooperative model and the fundamental principles of the Cooperative Movement.
(2) Provide assistance in the process of forming, organizing, and incorporating cooperative enterprises.
(3) Implement a cooperative entrepreneurship and managerial and administrative skill-building program in coordination with the Cooperative League and the Cooperative Movement Institute.
(4) Implement a supervised internship program whereby college students may provide technical assistance to cooperatives with such needs.
In organizing this Unit, the FIDECOOP shall establish agreements and partnerships with the pertinent cooperative entities, private entities, and public bodies, including university institutions, especially the Cooperative Movement Institute.
The establishment and operation of this Unit shall not impair or replace the functions that the Cooperative Development Commission shall continue to discharge as the successor of the Cooperative Development Administration, especially in matters concerning the organization and incorporation of new cooperatives and the responsibilities entrusted to the Cooperative Development Administrator as provided for in §§ 1701 et seq. of Title 18.
History —Aug. 10, 2008, No. 247, § 17, eff. Feb. 1, 2009.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 36 - Puerto Rico Cooperative Development Commission Organic Act (§§ 625 — 644) › § 643 - Continuity clauses

(a) As a transitional measure, the Cooperative Development Administrator to be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico shall hold office, as of January 2, 2009, as Cooperative Development Commissioner. It is hereby expressly provided, that the Commissioner shall prepare any administrative reorganization plans as necessary to implement the changes provided for in this chapter, which appertain to both the Commission and the attached entities. These plans shall require the approval of the Governing Board of the Commission.
(b) As a transitional measure, the Executive President of the Public Corporation for the Supervision and Insurance of Cooperatives in Puerto Rico and the Executive Director of the Investment and Cooperative Development Fund in office by the date of effectiveness of this act, shall continue to hold such office, subject to the provisions of this chapter, until their successors are appointed by their respective Boards of Directors, with the ratification of the Board of Director of the Commission as of February 1, 2009.
History —Aug. 10, 2008, No. 247, § 28, eff. Feb. 1, 2009.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 36 - Puerto Rico Cooperative Development Commission Organic Act (§§ 625 — 644) › § 644 - General provisions

(a) In cases in which the provisions of this chapter are in conflict with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.
(b) By virtue of the autonomy proper to the Cooperative Movement Institute, the designation of its director shall remain unaltered under this chapter.
(c) None of the provisions of this chapter shall impair the right to enter into collective bargaining agreements, which right has been enjoyed by the fifty-nine (59) career employees of the Cooperative Development Administration and the twenty (20) career employees of the Office of the Inspector of Cooperatives, as well as the staff of all other attached entities, as applicable, nor shall they impair any vested rights earned by virtue of agreements negotiated under the pertinent provisions of Act §§ 1451 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Labor Relations Act”.
(d) It is hereby provided that cognizance shall be taken of the exclusive representative, as previously certified by the Public Service Labor Relations Commission, the current administrator of §§ 1451 et seq. of Title 3, as well as the permanency of the fifty-nine (59) career employees, the appropriate unit as certified, and the collective bargaining agreements previously negotiated in the Cooperative Development Administration, now the Cooperative Development Commission.
(e) As for career personnel of the present Cooperative Development Administration, the Puerto Rico Cooperative Development Commission shall be deemed to be the successor employer. Likewise, the Public Corporation for the Supervision and Insurance of Cooperatives in Puerto Rico shall be the successor employer of the career personnel of the present Office of the Inspector of Cooperatives.
(f) This chapter shall invalidate neither any contracts duly executed by the Cooperative Development Administration nor those by the Office of the Inspector of Cooperatives, if any, in effect as of its date of approval, which shall remain effective until the agreed date of termination, unless the clauses set forth in such contracts contravene the provisions of this chapter or are cancelled on a prior date if so allowed under the contract in question.
(g) Whenever the construction of any part or provisions of this chapter becomes necessary, the same shall be construed in service of the fundamental purpose of fostering the stability and development of cooperative enterprises and to safeguard their autonomous nature.
(h) In service of the termination of the Cooperative Development Administration and the transfer of its functions to the Cooperative Development Commission, Act No. 89 of June 21, 1966, as amended, is hereby repealed.
History —Aug. 10, 2008, No. 247, § 29, eff. Feb. 1, 2009.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 37 - Isolated Communities (§§ 651 — 660) › § 651 - Commission; membership; appointment

There is hereby created a Commission composed of seven (7) members who shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
History —July 19, 1960, No. 139, p. 402, § 1, retroactive to July 1, 1960.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 37 - Isolated Communities (§§ 651 — 660) › § 652 - Duties of Commission

This Commission shall be responsible for the planning, organization, direction and supervision of those activities or programs it may be necessary to carry out to improve the living conditions of those isolated communities of Puerto Rico which have not shared adequately in the economic progress of Puerto Rico.
History —July 19, 1960, No. 139, p. 402, § 2, retroactive to July 1, 1960.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 37 - Isolated Communities (§§ 651 — 660) › § 653 - Chairman

The Governor of Puerto Rico shall designate one of the members of the Commission as chairman. The chairman shall organize the works of the Commission with the advice of the other members.
History —July 19, 1960, No. 139, p. 402, § 3, retroactive to July 1, 1960.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 37 - Isolated Communities (§§ 651 — 660) › § 654 - Substitute for chairman

At the first meeting of the Commission there shall be designated the person to substitute for the chairman in case of absence from Puerto Rico or temporary disability of the latter.
History —July 19, 1960, No. 139, p. 402, § 4, retroactive to July 1, 1960.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 37 - Isolated Communities (§§ 651 — 660) › § 655 - Personnel; compensation; exempt service

The Commission shall select the necessary personnel to carry out its responsibilities and shall, in common agreement with the Bureau of the Budget, fix their compensation. The personnel so designated shall be included in the exempt service of the Personnel Act.
History —July 19, 1960, No. 139, p. 402, § 5, retroactive to July 1, 1960.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 37 - Isolated Communities (§§ 651 — 660) › § 656 - Compensation of members; expenses

The members of the Commission shall not receive compensation or salary for their services as such. They shall, however, be reimbursed for such expenses as they may actually incur in the discharge of the duties imposed upon them by §§ 651—659 of this title. This reimbursement shall be made upon presentation of vouchers or any other proof reasonably showing to the official, who is to authorize the payment, that the expenses involved have been incurred.
History —July 19, 1960, No. 139, p. 402, § 6, retroactive to July 1, 1960.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 37 - Isolated Communities (§§ 651 — 660) › § 657 - Rules and regulations

The Commission shall adopt the necessary rules and regulations for its organization and internal operation in accordance with the purposes of §§ 651—659 of this title.
History —July 19, 1960, No. 139, p. 402, § 7, retroactive to July 1, 1960.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 37 - Isolated Communities (§§ 651 — 660) › § 658 - Appropriations

The sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is hereby appropriated from unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth Treasury to the Department of Transportation and Public Works to carry out the purposes of §§ 651—659 of this title. The Department of Transportation and Public Works shall, with the approval of the Governor, place at the disposal of the Commission hereby created so much of said sum as may be necessary to meet administrative expenses.
History —July 19, 1960, No. 139, p. 402, § 8, retroactive to July 1, 1960.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 37 - Isolated Communities (§§ 651 — 660) › § 659 - Transfer of funds

The Governor of Puerto Rico or the official to whom he may delegate may, at the request of the Commission hereby created, direct the transfer of funds provided by §§ 651—659 of this title to other public agencies or instrumentalities of the Government of Puerto Rico when it may be necessary for the carrying out of the program. Said transfers shall be made chargeable to the appropriation provided in § 658 of this title and may be used to carry out capital works or other programs in harmony with the purposes of §§ 651—659 of this title.
History —July 19, 1960, No. 139, p. 402, § 9, retroactive to July 1, 1960.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 37 - Isolated Communities (§§ 651 — 660) › § 660 - Contracts for services of teachers

The Isolated Communities Improvement Commission is hereby authorized to contract for the services of teachers of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and to pay them the proper extra compensation for such additional services as they may render as teachers or in any other capacity under the programs which the Isolated Communities Improvement Commission may undertake and in other like activities of said Commission, outside of their regular service hours as teachers, and upon the previous written consent of the Secretary of Education, without subjection to the provisions of § 551 of Title 3 and of any other law to the contrary.
History —Sept. 26, 1961, No. 2, p. 386, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671 - Short title

Puerto Rico Tourism Company Act.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 1; June 3, 1976, No. 141, p. 416, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671a - Creation

A public corporation and instrumentality of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby created under the name of “Puerto Rico Tourism Company” which shall be hereafter called the “Company”.
It shall have legal existence and personality independent of the Commonwealth Government or any dependency thereof.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 2; June 3, 1976, No. 141, p. 416, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671c - Executive Director

The Executive Director of the Company shall be appointed by the Board and shall exercise the office at the will of the Board. He shall be selected exclusively on the basis of his merits, which shall be determined taking into consideration the technical preparation, skill, experience, and other aptitudes which qualify him particularly to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
He shall be the executive officer of the Company; he shall have all powers and duties assigned to him by the Board; he shall be responsible to the latter for the execution of its policy and for the general supervision of the operational phases of the Company; he shall be in charge of the general supervision of the officers, employees, and agents of the Company; and he shall attend all meetings of the Board, but without voting rights.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671f - Personnel

(a) The appointments, removals, promotions, transfers, layoffs, reinstatements, suspensions, leaves of absence and changes of category, remuneration or title of the officers and employees of the Company shall be made and permitted as provided by the rules and regulations of the Company.
(b) The officers and employees of any agency or dependency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may be appointed by the Company without need of examination.
The state officers or employees who may be appointed by the Company and who prior to the appointment might be beneficiaries of any existing pension system or systems; retirement or saving loan fund, shall continue, after said appointment, to have the same rights, privileges, obligations, and status, with respect thereto, which the law prescribes for officers and employees who hold similar positions in the Commonwealth Government; except that if within the term of six (6) months after said appointment an intention is expressed to remove them from the service, in that case his position with respect thereto shall correspond to the position of the officers or employees who resigned or are removed from the Commonwealth Government.
Any employee appointed by the Company who, at the time of his appointment, was holding or had held a position in the Commonwealth Government or had any right or status under the Personnel Office, shall maintain the same condition with respect to the Commonwealth Government which he had at the moment of entering the service of the Company, or those most advantageous which the Personnel Office considers pertinent to the rank or position held in the Company.
Any officer and employee appointed for positions in the Company who at the moment of his appointment had or subsequently might acquire any right or status under the rules and classifications of the Office of Personnel, to be appointed for any similar position in the Commonwealth Government, shall have, when he so requires, the rights, privileges, obligations, and status, with respect to becoming a beneficiary of any existing pension, retirement, or savings and loan fund, system or systems, as if he had been appointed for such a similar position in the Commonwealth Government.
(c) The officers and employees of the Company shall be entitled to per diem payments which are authorized or approved in accordance with the regulations of the Company.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671g - Public Hearings

Pursuant to § 5 of this act, the bylaws which the Board may deem necessary and convenient to adopt for the efficient exercise of the powers and duties imposed on the company under this act, and which by their nature affect third parties, shall be subject to the procedures established in §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of Puerto Rico.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 8; Dec. 16, 2009, No. 170, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671h - Recommendations

The Company shall recommend the granting of loans, by any government or private entity, authorized to grant them to any natural or artificial person engaged in tourist activities in Puerto Rico, for the purchase, establishment, maintenance, reconstruction, and improvement of facilities and equipment.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671i - Funds; accounting; examination of accounts

All the money of the Company shall be entrusted to recognized depositaries of the funds of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, but they shall be kept in a separate account or accounts and be registered in the name of the Company. The disbursements shall be made by the latter in accordance with the regulations and budgets approved as provided by this chapter.
The Company, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall establish an accounting system necessary for the adequate control and statistical record of all the income and expenses administered or controlled by the latter. The accounts shall be kept in such a manner that they may be segregated in accordance with the different kinds of activities carried out.
The Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall examine, at least once a year, all the accounts and books of the Company, and shall inform the Board, the Governor, and the Legislature of the result of his examination.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671j - Reports

The Company shall submit to the Governor and to the Legislature, during the beginning of each legislative session, the following reports:
(a) Financial condition.
(b) Businesses carried out during the preceding year.
(c) State and progress of all its enterprises and activities since the creation of the Company or from the date of the last report.
The Company shall also submit to the Governor and to the Legislature, on such occasions as may be required, official reports of their businesses and activities; Provided, That the Company shall submit to the Legislature during the month of January 1973, a complete report on all the enterprises and activities carried out from its creation, and the evaluation and recommendations which it may deem pertinent with respect to its organization and operation.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671k - Responsibility for debts

The debts and other obligations of the Company shall not constitute debts or obligations of the Commonwealth, nor of any of its municipalities or other political subdivisions, and the latter shall not be liable with respect to them, it being understood that said debts and obligations shall not be payable from funds other than those of the Company.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671l - Acquisition of property

Every work, project, personal or real, corporeal or incorporeal property with its corresponding accessories, which the Company may deem necessary to acquire, use or administer, shall be declared of public utility by this chapter and they may be condemned by the Company or by the Commonwealth, at its request, without the previous declaration of public utility.
When, in the judgment of the Company, it should be necessary to take immediate possession of the property to be condemned in Puerto Rico, it shall request the Governor who, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall acquire them. The Governor shall have the power to acquire, by any means authorized by law, for the use and benefit of the Company, the property and real rights which may be necessary and proper to carry out the purposes and objects thereof. The Company shall in advance place at the disposal of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the necessary funds which may be considered as the value of the property or rights to be acquired. The difference in value which may be decreed by the court may be paid by the Commonwealth Treasury, but the Company shall be bound to refund the difference to the latter. Once the full refund is made, the title of said property shall be transferred to the Company, by order of the court, upon evidence to that effect. In such cases where the Governor deems it necessary and convenient that the title over the property or rights thus acquired be directly registered in favor of the Company to expedite the accomplishment of the objects and purposes for which it was created, it may so request the court at any time within the condemnation proceeding, and the latter shall so order. The power conferred hereunder shall not limit or restrict, in any manner whatsoever, the Company’s own power to acquire property.
The condemnation proceedings instituted under the provisions of this chapter shall be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of §§ 2901—2913 of Title 32.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671m - Transfer of public property

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its agencies and political subdivisions, are hereby authorized to assign and convey to the Company, at the request of the latter, and under reasonable terms and conditions, with the approval of the Governor without need of a public auction, any property or interests thereon, including property already devoted to public use, which the Company believes necessary or convenient to carry out its own purposes.
The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works shall transfer to the Company, free of charge, as if they were contributions from public funds and upon the approval of the Governor of Puerto Rico, the lands of the Commonwealth which in the opinion of the Company may be deemed necessary to carry out its projects and purposes.
These provisions shall not be construed in the sense of authorizing the assignment or conveyance of property devoted to other purposes by legislative fiat, nor shall they limit or restrict in any manner whatsoever the Company’s own power to acquire property.
The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works shall submit to the Legislature every year a statement of the properties assigned and conveyed to the Company by virtue of the authorization contained herein and the value of said property.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671n - Liens on properties

The Company shall be subject to all the obligations and liens of the properties transferred to it and shall not take any action to impair the obligations and contractual duties imposed or assumed by the Commonwealth.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671o - Exemption from payment of taxes

It is hereby resolved and declared that the purposes for which the company and the activities developed by the company and its subsidiaries, are for public purposes and activities in benefit of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in general. Therefore, the properties and activities of the company and any subsidiary organized and controlled by the latter, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be exempt from the payment of any duties, tariffs or levies, whether state or municipal, as well as from any tax.
The company and any subsidiary corporation organized and controlled by the latter shall also be exempt from the payment of fees for the continuance of judicial proceedings, the issuance of certificates in all the offices of the Commonwealth, and the execution and registration of any public document in any public registry.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 16; Dec. 16, 2009, No. 170, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671p - Transfer of personnel and property from Tourism Department

All the personnel, equipment, material, files, functions, property, obligations, and budgetary funds of the Tourism Department of the Economic Development Administration are hereby transferred to the Company. Likewise, the powers and duties which are at present exercised by the Economic Development Administration under §§ 71—79 of Title 15 are transferred to said Company.
Said transfer shall be carried out within sixty (60) days from the date of approval of this act by executive order of the Governor of Puerto Rico and notice to the Legislature.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671q - Rights of transferred personnel

The officers and employees of the Tourism Department of the Economic Development Administration who are transferred to the Company by virtue of this chapter shall receive at least the same compensation that they received at the time of the effectiveness of their transfer and shall continue enjoying any benefit in any retirement system or any savings and loan plan of which they had been a member, and any other right, privilege, obligation, and status, with respect to the functions that they have been discharging in the Tourism Department.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 18.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671r - Prohibition of injunction

No injunction shall be issued to enjoin the application of this chapter or any part thereof.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 19.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 671s - Penalties

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, as well as of its regulations, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and if convicted, shall be punished with a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1000), nor greater than three thousand dollars ($3000), or jail for a period of not less than one (1) month or more than six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company is hereby empowered to withdraw its endorsement from the enterprises who enjoyed it if they persist in not supplying the required statistics to the Company on three (3) consecutive occasions.
History —June 18, 1970, No. 10, p. 413, § 20; Sept. 19, 2002, No. 228, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 672 - Paradores Program—Definitions

For the purposes of §§ 672—672d of this title the following terms shall have the meanings given below:
(a) Company. — Puerto Rico Tourism Company.
(b) Paradores Program. — Puerto Rican Paradores Program of the Tourism Company.
(c) Director. — Executive Director of the Tourism Company.
(d) Distinctive features. — All expressions, words, phrases, symbols, logos, slogans or emblems alluding to the Puerto Rican Paradores Program.
(e) Person. — Any natural or juridical person.
History —Dec. 20, 1991, No. 117, § 2; June 6, 2000, No. 91, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 672a - Paradores Program—Exclusive use

It is hereby stated that the word parador, and any distinctive device pertaining to the Puerto Rican Paradores Program shall be used exclusively by the Company, which shall be the sole entity with the legal right and capacity to authorize the use of the word and the distinctive devices of the Program.
Provided, as an exception, That the word paradores may be used to designate the name of an organization in which all its members shall be attached to the Puerto Rican Paradores Program. When submitting an application, the entity shall comply with the parameters established by the Department of State, and shall also include in its application a certificate issued by the Tourism Company, which confirms that said association effectively complies with the requirements of §§ 672—672d of this title, and shall render a quarterly report of its members to the Tourism Company. The association must have the approval of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the lodgings that belong to the Puerto Rican Paradores Program as an essential requirement for its recognition and the resulting authorization for the use of the word paradores. The Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall be empowered to certify the failure of the association to comply with the legal requirements, as well as the lack of authorization for the use of distinctive devices of the Paradores Program, even after the incorporation of said entity.
The company shall establish and maintain a register of the authorizations granted which shall indicate those that have been canceled or suspended. Any authorization granted by the Company shall be subject to an administrative action of suspension or cancellation in case the establishment does not comply with the norms in effect or voluntarily decides not to participate in the Paradores Program.
History —Dec. 20, 1991, No. 117, § 3; June 6, 2000, No. 91, § 1; June 9, 2002, No. 77, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 672b - Paradores Program—Violations; civil actions

Any person using the different means of commercial advertising to promote any lodging service by using the word “ parador ” or the distinctive devices of the Paradores Program for said purpose without the pertinent authorization of the company, shall be subject to a prohibitory judicial action and a claim for damages filed by the company to prohibit the use thereof and to request any other pertinent legal remedy.
History —Dec. 20, 1991, No. 117, § 4; Jan. 5, 2000, No. 17, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 672c - Paradores Program—Establishments using the name “parador”

Every establishment or hostelry that on the effective date of this act is using the name “ parador ” without the authorization of the company, shall discontinue the use of that name, on or before one hundred and twenty (120) days from the approval of this act, and until it meets the provisions of the regulations establishing minimum standards for Puerto Rican paradores, and obtains the authorization of the company for its use.
History —Dec. 20, 1991, No. 117, § 5; June 6, 2000, No. 91, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39 - Tourism Company (§§ 671 — 672d) › § 672d - Paradores Program—Penalties

Any person who violates any of the provisions of §§ 672—672d of this title shall incur a misdemeanor. Each violation of the provisions of said sections shall constitute an independent and separate violation.
History —Dec. 20, 1991, No. 117, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673 - Implementation

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company, as a public corporation, shall implement a Voluntary Early Retirement Program that shall include all of the employees holding positions in said Company who by September 30, 2006, meet the minimum of twenty (20) years of service accredited as participants of the Employees Retirement System Administration of the Government of Puerto Rico and its Instrumentalities voluntarily, with prior certification from the Company.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 1, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673b - Pending claims

It is hereby set forth that the Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall not impose conditions on the opportunity of the eligible employees to avail themselves of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program to waive legal or administrative claims against the Puerto Rico Tourism Company pending of [sic] adjudication. Due process of the same shall continue.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 3, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673c - Special incentives

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall grant to employees who meet the parameters the special incentives set forth in §§ 673 and 673a of this title, to wit:
(a) Total liquidation of sick leave and annual vacation leave accrued, in the case of employees with twenty (20) years or more.
(b) One (1)-year health plan as of the date of effectiveness of their retirement in the case of employees with twenty (20) years up to twenty-three point seventy-five (23.75) years of service, and two (2)-year health plan in the case of employees with twenty-four (24) years or more.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 4, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673d - Election period

Employees who meet the requirements of the Program pursuant to §§ 673 and 673a of this title shall decide whether or not to avail themselves of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program on or before January 31, 2007. In the cases in which training of the new personnel by employees that have availed themselves of the Early Retirement Plan is required, the latter may be hired by contracts not to exceed three (3) months, without being subject to § 1827(e) of Title 3, part of the act known as the “Ethics in Government Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”. Once the decision to avail himself/herself of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program is made, it shall be considered as final, definite and irrevocable for all legal purposes.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 5, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673e - Nonaccredited services

In cases in which the employee, in order to complete twenty (20) years, needs to accredit services that have not been accredited in the Employees Retirement System Administration of the Government of Puerto Rico, he/she shall present his/her request to the Retirement Affairs Coordinator of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company before the date of separation from the service. It is further provided that the employees may use the accrued sick leave and vacation leave to calculate the months that they might need to complete the retirement requirements provided by this chapter in order to avail themselves of said window, provided that it is [requested] on or before the date of separation from the service. To such effects, every twenty (20) days accrued shall equal one (1) month of work.
The Retirement Affairs Coordinator of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall certify to the Retirement System that the non-certified services have been presented while the employee is still in active service.
The Administrator of the Retirement System shall accept payment for non-certified services made by the employee, even when said employee is not in active service, provided that he/she receives the Certification of the Coordinator. The effective date of the pension shall be the day following the separation from the service, even if the employee has not finished paying the non-certified services.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 6, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673f - Actuarial cost

The actuarial cost of the pensions provided in this chapter determined by the Administrator of the Retirement System Administration of the Government of Puerto Rico shall be totally paid by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to the Retirement System Administration prior to the implementation of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program. 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 in accordance with the provisions set forth herein. It is further provided, that the Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall annually compensate the Retirement System Administration for expenses incurred for the administration of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program authorized by this chapter. The funds for the payment of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program shall originate from the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, therefore the resources of the General Fund of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall not be encumbered. Nor may a debt be issued for the payment of the Retirement Program authorized herein.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 7, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673g - Actuarial cost—Excess of amount paid

If the payment made by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, in accordance with § 673f of this title, is greater than the actuarial cost, the Retirement System Administration shall reimburse the excess of the amount paid to the Puerto Rico Tourism Company within a period of not more than thirty (30) days as of the date of effectiveness of the Program. If, to the contrary, the payment made by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company were insufficient, the same shall issue a payment for the additional cost certified by the Retirement System Administration within a period of not more than thirty (30) days as of the date of effectiveness of the Program.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 8, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673h - Applicability of §§ 761 et seq. of Title 3

All of the provisions of §§ 761 et seq. of Title 3, not in conflict with this chapter shall apply to the Voluntary Early Retirement Program authorized herein.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 9, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673i - New benefits

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall be responsible for the payment of any new benefit granted by law to the pensioners who have avail[ed] themselves of this Early Retirement Plan.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 10, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673j - Applicability

The provisions of this act shall also be [extended] to those employees who, at the date of effectiveness of the same, have availed themselves of any type of leave, pursuant to the regulations of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, collective bargaining agreements, or statutes that may apply.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 11, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673k - Orientation

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company, in coordination with the Retirement System Administration, shall provide to all its employees who qualify for the Voluntary Early Retirement Program an orientation about the benefits and criteria thereof.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 12, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 39A - Early Retirement Program for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (§§ 673 — 673l) › § 673l - Transactions conducted

At the end of this process, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company shall send to the Legislature a copy of the transactions conducted by it pursuant to this chapter or of the administrative activities of the Corporation.
History —Dec. 21, 2006, No. 273, § 13, eff. Jan. 31, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 40 - Condohotels (§§ 681 — 685) › § 681 - Exemption from usury provisions

Any natural or artificial person who as a moneylender demands or receives in or for any contract, agreement or obligation, either directly or indirectly, money at a rate of interest exceeding that prescribed in this chapter, when the object of said contract, agreement or obligation and the money so obtained as a loan is invested in the financing of an apartment or room in a building constructed or used as a “Condohotel” as hereinafter defined shall hereby be exempt from the provisions of Act No. 92 of May 6, 1938.
History —June 8, 1972, No. 6, p. 350, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 40 - Condohotels (§§ 681 — 685) › § 682 - Exemption from legal interest provisions

Special agreements, contracts or obligations which prescribe a rate of interest exceeding that provided in said section, when the amount of the loan is invested in financing an apartment or room in a “condohotel” building, as hereinafter defined, are hereby exempt from the provisions of § 4591 of Title 31.
History —June 8, 1972, No. 6, p. 350, § 2.