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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/55g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 55g - Farm Products Marketing Fund—Appropriation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 55g - Farm Products Marketing Fund—Appropriation | The sum of one million one hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,140,000) is hereby appropriated from unencumbered funds in the Commonwealth Treasury to the Secretary of Agriculture to be covered into the Farm Products Marketing Fund to begin its operations. Out of this sum, five hundred ninety thousand dollars ($590,000)... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/55h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 55h - Farm Products Marketing Fund—Annual operations and expense report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 55h - Farm Products Marketing Fund—Annual operations and expense report | The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Legislature at the beginning of each regular session, a report containing a relation as detailed as possible of its operations in compliance with §§ 55a—55h of this title and of the amounts used for administrative and operation expenses.
History —Dec. 9, 1966, No. 9, p. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/56/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 56 - Transfers to Land Authority—Food and calcspar production and distribution programs | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 56 - Transfers to Land Authority—Food and calcspar production and distribution programs | The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to transfer to the Land Authority, with the approval of the Governor, the food production and distribution program created under Act No. 1, approved January 24, 1951, and the calcspar production and distribution program of the Bureau of Conservation of Agricultural Resou... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/57/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 57 - Transfers to Land Authority—Personnel, equipment, funds, etc | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 57 - Transfers to Land Authority—Personnel, equipment, funds, etc | The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to transfer, together with the said programs, the personnel, equipment, material, funds and other appurtenances thereof.
History —June 30, 1955, No. 107, p. 644, § 2, eff. 30 days after June 30, 1955. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/58/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 58 - Milch Cattle Program—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 58 - Milch Cattle Program—Creation | A program is hereby set up under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, for the purchase of milch heifers and cows to be sold to low income peasants and farm hands who are family heads and reside in the rural districts, under such installment plan and conditions as are fixed by re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/59/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 59 - Milch Cattle Program—Revolving fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 59 - Milch Cattle Program—Revolving fund | To evolve and effectuate the purposes of §§ 58—64 of this title, a revolving fund is hereby created in the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico with the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) which is hereby appropriated from any funds in the Commonwealth Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
History —June 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/60/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 60 - Milch Cattle Program—Personnel and expenses; purchase of milch animals | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 60 - Milch Cattle Program—Personnel and expenses; purchase of milch animals | Besides purchasing milch heifers, cows and goats, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, with such revolving fund, acquire fodder, and pay for transportation, personnel wages, and any other expenses necessarily incurred in safeguarding the maintenance, health, and delivery of the animals.
History —June 18, 1956, No. 61, p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/61/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 61 - Milch Cattle Program—Disposition of proceeds from sale of milch animals | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 61 - Milch Cattle Program—Disposition of proceeds from sale of milch animals | The proceeds from the sale of milch heifers and cows and from any other services rendered under the program herein set up shall be covered into the revolving fund.
History —June 18, 1956, No. 61, p. 184, § 4, eff. July 1, 1956. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/62/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 62 - Milch Cattle Program—Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 62 - Milch Cattle Program—Regulations | The Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico is hereby vested with the necessary powers and authority to make the requisite and pertinent regulations for the selection of the program’s beneficiaries and the fixing of the terms and conditions for operation of this program.
History —June 18, 1956, No. 61, p. 184, § 5, eff... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/63/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 63 - Milch Cattle Program—Organization and integration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 63 - Milch Cattle Program—Organization and integration | The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to set up this program through the established organization and pursuant to the provisions of Act Jan. 24, 1951, No. 1, and the provisions of §§ 56 and 57 of this title, shall also be applicable as to inclusion of the program in any transfer that may be made.
History —Ju... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/63a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 63a - Milch Cattle Program—Dairy Cattle Insurance Fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 63a - Milch Cattle Program—Dairy Cattle Insurance Fund | The Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to charge the beneficiaries of the Dairy Cattle Purchase and Distribution Program, in addition to the cost and transportation expenses of the animals sold according to the provisions of §§ 58—64 of this title, an amount not greater than ten percent (10%) ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/64/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 64 - Milch Cattle Program—Powers of Secretary of Agriculture | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 64 - Milch Cattle Program—Powers of Secretary of Agriculture | The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby vested with such additional authority, rights and powers as may be necessary for the carrying out of the purposes of §§ 58—64 of this title, including, but not by way of limitation, the following:
(1) To accept as a donation, from any natural or artificial person, or from any priv... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/65/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 65 - Farmers’ Cooperative for Purchase and Distribution of Food | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 65 - Farmers’ Cooperative for Purchase and Distribution of Food | (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to transfer to the Cooperative Development Administration the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) from the revolving fund created by Act Jan. 24, 1951, No. 1, for the Administrator of the Cooperative Development Administration to organize a farmer... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-3/66/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66)›§ 66 - Fund for Administrative Expenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 3 - Food, Marketing, Production and Distribution (§§ 51 — 66) › § 66 - Fund for Administrative Expenses | There is hereby authorized the creation of a fund, of a permanent nature, to be known as the “Fund for Administrative Expenses of Agricultural Programs”. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to cover into this fund the amounts which he may deem necessary up to a maximum of six percent (6%) from the amounts... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-4/71/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79)›§ 71 - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79) › § 71 - Public policy | It is hereby established as the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to promote highly technological agriculture, as well as to develop a research plan to address in a prompt and effective manner the urgent needs that arise in agricultural businesses and those areas related to the production of food, adjust... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-4/72/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79)›§ 72 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79) › § 72 - Definitions | (a) Secretary. — Means the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
(b) Dean. — Means the Dean/Director of the Agricultural Sciences College of the Mayagüez Campus.
(c) Committee. — Means the Agricultural Technology Research and Development Financing Committee; a group of officers upon whom the powers and faculties ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-4/73/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79)›§ 73 - Members of the Committee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79) › § 73 - Members of the Committee | (1) The Secretary or the officer upon whom he/she delegates his/her powers and faculties pursuant to the Organic Act of said Department shall be the chairperson of the Committee.
(2) The Dean and Director of the Agricultural Sciences College.
(3) The Secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-4/74/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79)›§ 74 - Areas of research | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79) › § 74 - Areas of research | (a) The Committee shall recommend a Research Program that shall include necessary areas of basic and applied research directed to solving the problems of our farmers and of our agricultural enterprises, as well as to foster and promote the economic development of our agriculture. The Program shall receive the approval ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-4/75/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79)›§ 75 - Evaluation of proposals | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79) › § 75 - Evaluation of proposals | (a) Priorities. — The Secretary shall annually establish specific priorities in the research areas in accordance with the government public policy and shall establish the mechanisms and regulations necessary to channel the research proposal petitions received by the Committee.
(b) [Effectiveness]. — The proposals shall... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-4/76/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79)›§ 76 - Research Fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79) › § 76 - Research Fund | (a) A “Special Research Financing Fund Account” shall be established at the Land Authority that shall be nourished annually and as of the approval of this act with a sum of up to three percent (3%) of the total sum deposited in the (FIDA) account.
(b) The Research Funds shall be used exclusively to defray expenses for ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-4/77/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79)›§ 77 - Products of the research | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79) › § 77 - Products of the research | It is hereby provided that those products manufactured, created or developed by the Agricultural Experiment Station Researchers financed with these funds and that may be patented or copyrighted under the laws of the Government of Puerto Rico and of the United States, shall be the property of the University of Puerto Ri... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-4/78/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79)›§ 78 - Interagency Cooperation Agreement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79) › § 78 - Interagency Cooperation Agreement | (a) The establishment of cooperation agreements among the Department of Agriculture, the Agricultural Sciences College and the Department of Economic Development shall be a requirement for the disbursement of funds for every project that is approved in order to ensure that the mechanisms agreed upon shall have priority... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-4/79/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79)›§ 79 - Annual report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 4 - Agriculture and Food Technology Research and Development Financing Program (§§ 71 — 79) › § 79 - Annual report | The Dean shall render an annual report to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the Legislature on the progress of the agricultural research conducted with the funds provided under this chapter. Said report shall be submitted at the closing of the fiscal year on or before June 30 of each year.
History —Mar. 18, 2008, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-i/101/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106)›§ 101 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106) › § 101 - Definitions | The following terms shall have the following meanings wherever used or referred to in §§ 101—105 of this title, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Agricultural market.—Shall mean the place or facilities used to sell, store, gather, classify, pack, process or in any other way handle farm products.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-i/102/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106)›§ 102 - Marketing facilities; transfer to Land Authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106) › § 102 - Marketing facilities; transfer to Land Authority | The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to establish facilities for the marketing of farm products, to possess and/or manage agricultural markets in or outside Puerto Rico, and to acquire, possess, and/or manage, any industrial or commercial properties and enterprises connected with the marketing of farm prod... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-i/103/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106)›§ 103 - Powers of Secretary; creation of Agricultural Marketing Admini... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106) › § 103 - Powers of Secretary; creation of Agricultural Marketing Administration | The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to:
(a) Organize within the Department of Agriculture an Agricultural Marketing Administration.
(b) To make scientific researches into agricultural markets and the needs for markets and the facilities for new markets, and for the markets already existing, in and outside ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-i/104/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106)›§ 104 - Condemnation powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106) › § 104 - Condemnation powers | Considering that the development and promotion of agricultural markets constitute a public need in Puerto Rico, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to exercise the power of condemnation to acquire the properties mentioned in subsection (c) of § 103 of this title and such properties are hereby declared usef... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-i/105/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106)›§ 105 - Contractual powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106) › § 105 - Contractual powers | The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to enter into cooperation or other agreements or contracts with persons and agencies and instrumentalities of the federal, Commonwealth, or municipal governments whenever he may deem it necessary or useful for the best enforcement of the purposes hereof.
History —May 8,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-i/106/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106)›§ 106 - Agricultural Markets Inspection Office; Special Fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter I - Promotion and Development of Agricultural Markets (§§ 101 — 106) › § 106 - Agricultural Markets Inspection Office; Special Fund | A special fund is hereby created, to be separate and distinct from any other moneys or funds of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, under the custody of the Secretary of Agriculture, in order to institute the Markets Inspection Office, to be known as the “Special Fund of the Markets Inspection Office”.
One hundred percent... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/121/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127)›§ 121 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127) › § 121 - Definitions | The following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter expressed wherever used or referred to in §§ 121—127 of this title, except as otherwise indicated by the context:
(a) Farm market.— Shall mean the place or facilities used for the selling, storing, gathering, classifying, packing, processing, or otherwise handling... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/122/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127)›§ 122 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127) › § 122 - Regulations | The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to promulgate such general or specific regulations as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of §§ 121—127 of this title and to establish the standardization of farm products for the Commonwealth or export markets.
History —May 8, 1950, No. 241, p. 618, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/123/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127)›§ 123 - Standards; research; inspection; assessments | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127) › § 123 - Standards; research; inspection; assessments | The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered:
(a) To promulgate such regulations and establish such standards as in his judgment may be necessary for the best marketing of farm products.
(b) To carry out scientific research to determine the best standards and practices for the regulation of markets and farm product... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/124/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127)›§ 124 - Enforcement; licenses; inspection; cooperation with other agencies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127) › § 124 - Enforcement; licenses; inspection; cooperation with other agencies | The Secretary of Agriculture shall have power:
(a) To require that in the marketing of farm products the regulations and standards established by him under subsection (a) of § 123 of this title be complied with.
(b) To appoint officials and vest them with such power, and impose on them such duties as may be necessary f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/124a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127)›§ 124a - Inspections and requirements of the Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127) › § 124a - Inspections and requirements of the Secretary | The Secretary of Agriculture or his authorized representative are hereby authorized to:
(a) Detain or inspect any person or means of transportation or shipment that arrives in Puerto Rico from any outside source, as long as he is identified as such and without the need of a search warrant, whenever, in the judgment of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/125/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127)›§ 125 - Duties of Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127) › § 125 - Duties of Secretary | It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture:
(a) To publish all regulations and standards in two (2) or more newspapers of general circulation, at least thirty (30) days prior to the effectiveness thereof.
(b) To notify the interested person, by letter or otherwise, and after an opportunity to be heard, his re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/125a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127)›§ 125a - Detention orders | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127) › § 125a - Detention orders | Whenever any official shall discover that any farm product, filled or empty containers, or any material used or that may be used for the packing or labeling of any farm product, is or are not complying with any standard or regulation established by the Secretary of Agriculture according to §§ 121—127 of this title, he ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/126/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127)›§ 126 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127) › § 126 - Penalties | Any natural or juridical person who fails to comply with the provisions of §§ 121—127 of this title or with all or part of any standard or regulation established by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the provisions of §§ 121—127 of this title, shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished with a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-5/subchapter-ii/127/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127)›Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127)›§ 127 - Inclusion in budget | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 5 - Agricultural Marketing (§§ 101 — 127) › Subchapter II - Regulation and Inspection of Farm Markets (§§ 121 — 127) › § 127 - Inclusion in budget | The Legislature of Puerto Rico shall include annually in the General Budgetary Act the sums it may deem necessary for the enforcement of the purposes of §§ 121—127 of this title.
History —May 8, 1950, No. 241, p. 618, § 8, eff. 90 days after May 8, 1950. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/131/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 131 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 131 - Definitions | The following terms shall have the meanings indicated below, wherever they are used:
(1) Organic agricultural product. — Shall mean [all] those that are obtained from the practice of agricultural and gardening activities for the consumption and use of human beings and domestic animals, including their derived products,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/132/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 132 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 132 - Regulations | The Department of Agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt regulations to put into effect the provisions of this chapter. The regulations thus promulgated shall establish a collection scheme for the filing of applications for certification and fees for the issuing of said certification.
The Secretary, at his/her discr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/133/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 133 - Certification program for organic products | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 133 - Certification program for organic products | (1) The Department shall certify the producers, processors, handlers, and any other person involved in the marketing of organic agricultural products produced by organic means.
(2) Any person who requests or renews a certification as an organic producer shall submit the corresponding application to the Department with ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/134/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 134 - Advisory Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 134 - Advisory Board | An Advisory Board is hereby created, attached to the Department of Agriculture, to advise the Secretary in matters pertaining to the ministerial duties and responsibilities under this chapter. Said Board shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall be composed of five (5) members. This Board shall consist of a represe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/135/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 135 - Organic products certifier—Registration program | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 135 - Organic products certifier—Registration program | The Department of Agriculture may register a person as a certifier of organic products who shall submit an application to the Secretary along with a fee to be established through regulations. To be accredited as an organic certifier, the person shall show that he/she has sufficient expertise in organic agriculture or o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/136/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 136 - Organic products certifier—Requirements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 136 - Organic products certifier—Requirements | A certifier shall use a sufficient number of inspectors to implement the certification program, as determined through regulations. The certifier shall also keep a register of all activities pursuant to this chapter for a term of not less than ten years, which shall not be disclosed to third parties, except to the Secre... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/137/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 137 - Secretary and the products certifiers—Duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 137 - Secretary and the products certifiers—Duties | The Secretary or the authorized certifiers shall perform annual inspections at organic farm sites, processing installations, or organic agricultural products marketing businesses, and shall perform periodic residue tests on organic products produced in organic farms and processed through authorized organic processors, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/138/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 138 - Use of the term organic, labeling | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 138 - Use of the term organic, labeling | No person shall market, advertise, label or make any representation that an agricultural product is organic, unless the agricultural product is certified under to this chapter. The organic agricultural products of Puerto Rico that are sold in containers or packages shall have a sticker on the container, package or bott... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/139/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 139 - Denial or revocation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 139 - Denial or revocation | The Department may revoke or deny the organic certificate or accreditation as an organic certifier if: (1) the information furnished were false; or [(2)] for violation, or noncompliance of any provision of this chapter, regulations promulgated hereunder, or any order of the Secretary.
History —Sept. 2, 2003, No. 228, §... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/140/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 140 - Administrative hearings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 140 - Administrative hearings | Any person who is directly and adversely affected by acts, orders or resolutions issued by the Secretary related to the issue, renewal or revoking of an organic certification or an accreditation as authorized organic certifier may request an administrative hearing pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-6/141/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141)›§ 141 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 6 - Organic Products Act (§§ 131 — 141) › § 141 - Penalties | The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture is hereby empowered to impose administrative sanctions pursuant to §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”, on any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated by virtue thereof.
Any ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/151/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 151 - Loans on products and agricultural implements | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 151 - Loans on products and agricultural implements | The agriculturists may contract loans on products and agricultural implements, which they shall keep in their hands [sic] carefully and gratuitously [sic] while serving as guaranty for money loaned.
History —Mar. 10, 1904, p. 141, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/152/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 152 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Guaranty | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 152 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Guaranty | There shall be admitted, as guaranty for this special kind of loans, crops gathered, or to be gathered, farm products, grain, seeds, vegetables, alcoholic beverages, molasses, sugar, tobacco, sea salts, building lumber, dry plants, cattle, fowls, carts and portable agricultural machinery and implements.
History —Mar. 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/153/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 153 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Execution of certificate in stub book | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 153 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Execution of certificate in stub book | The agriculturist desirous of contracting a loan upon said articles shall appear before the Court of First Instance with two responsible witnesses, and sign, together with the Judge of the town where said articles may be found, and on the stub book kept for the purpose by the Court of First Instance, a sworn statement ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/154/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 154 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Insurance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 154 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Insurance | In the said certificate there shall be stated whether the products are insured or not, and if they be insured, the name and address of the insurer. The holders of the certificate shall have the same right on the insurance as they have on the article insured.
History —Mar. 10, 1904, p. 141, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/155/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 155 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Negotiability of certificates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 155 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Negotiability of certificates | Any person may discount and endorse the said certificates. Credit institutions may negotiate them as commercial articles and dispense with one of the signatures required by their statutes.
History —Mar. 10, 1904, p. 141, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/156/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 156 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Forced sale | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 156 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Forced sale | Within twenty (20) days following the maturity of the loan, if this be not paid, the holder of the certificate may solicit from the Court of First Instance the sale at public auction of the goods specified in the said certificate, and for which the said certificate must necessarily be exhibited. At least three (3) days... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/157/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 157 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Creditor’s preference | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 157 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Creditor’s preference | The creditor shall collect his loan from the proceeds of the sale in preference to any other creditor or person who may claim rights upon the agriculturist or upon the goods given as guaranty, except actions originating under the Mortgage Law, Title 30, and the Court of First Instance shall immediately deliver to said ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/158/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 158 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Forfeiture of preference | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 158 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Forfeiture of preference | The holder of a certificate who shall allow twenty (20) days to elapse after maturity without claiming payment therefor shall forfeit the preference that §§ 151—163 of this title grant him to effect collection, and can only do so thereafter at a proper trial.
History —Mar. 10, 1904, p. 141, § 8. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/159/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 159 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Redemption | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 159 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Redemption | The farmer may redeem his loan before maturity by paying the value thereof to the holder of the certificate. If the said holder refuses to accept it, he shall deposit the amount in the Court of First Instance, and may deduct interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum for advanced payment from the date on which ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/160/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 160 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 160 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Penalties | Any farmer who shall exchange, sell, or wilfully injure, to the detriment of his creditor, the articles pledged to him and of which he has been acting as keeper, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The farmer who shall appraise the goods at a price higher than the market price on the date that he signed the said certific... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/161/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 161 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Internal revenue stamp | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 161 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Internal revenue stamp | Every certificate issued by the Court of First Instance, in accordance with §§ 151—163 of this title, shall bear an internal revenue stamp equivalent to one cent (1[) for each dollar up to one hundred dollars ($100), and for amounts in excess thereof one cent (1[) additional for every five dollars ($5) or fraction ther... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/162/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 162 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 162 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Fees | The Court of First Instance shall charge the following fees: For acknowledgment of certificate, forty cents ($0.40); for conducting the sale at public auction until the final adjudication thereof, three dollars ($3). These fees shall be distributed between the judge, the clerk and the marshal (alguacil).
History —Mar. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/163/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 163 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Stub books; form | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 163 - Loans on products and agricultural implements—Stub books; form | The Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico shall deliver to the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico stub books with enumerated pages, having printed on each page the following form:
Form for the Stub Book. AGRICULTURAL LOANS Certificate No................ The District Judge of.............................. CERTIFIES Th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/181/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 181 - Farm credit security—Purpose of loans | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 181 - Farm credit security—Purpose of loans | The Farm Credit Corporation is hereby empowered to secure loans and credits, it being understood that loans and credits are all types of financing, in cash, purchase of materials and rendering of services, granted by legally-established credit institutions, and private and public corporations, to farmers and to farm en... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/182/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 182 - Farm credit security—Farm Credit Security Fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 182 - Farm credit security—Farm Credit Security Fund | The sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) is hereby appropriated to the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico from any available funds in the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico not otherwise appropriated. Said amount shall be covered into a fund to be known as the “Farm Credit Security Fu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/183/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 183 - Farm credit security—Administration; personnel | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 183 - Farm credit security—Administration; personnel | The Farm Credit Security Fund shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered to establish the requirements, norms, and regulations that shall govern the security of crop loans; to create in his Department the necessary organization for the administration and oper... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/184/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 184 - Farm credit security—Limitation of loans | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 184 - Farm credit security—Limitation of loans | The sum total of all loans and credits secured by the Farm Credit Corporation under the terms of §§ 181—185a of this title and §§ 241 et seq. of Title 28 shall not be more than one hundred and twenty million dollars ($120,000,000).
Provided, That under no circumstances shall the security of a loan granted to a natural ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/185/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 185 - Farm credit security—Creation of Board | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 185 - Farm credit security—Creation of Board | A Board is hereby created which shall be composed of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Agricultural Promotion and Development Administrator, the Chairman of the Farm Credit Corporation, the Chairman of the Government Development Bank, and a farmer, who shall be appointed by the Governor for a four-year term. Said Board... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/185a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 185a - Farm credit security—Disposition of amounts from repayment of loans | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 185a - Farm credit security—Disposition of amounts from repayment of loans | It is hereby provided that the resources from the repayment of the principal of the secured loans and credits which have been honored shall become a part of the Farm Credit Security Fund, to comply with the objectives and purposes of §§ 181—185a of this title. To defray the administrative expenses incurred or to be inc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/189/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 189 - Title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 189 - Title | Sections 189—195 of this title shall be known as the “Agricultural Loan and Loan Warranty Act”.
History —Aug. 17, 2001, No. 117, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/190/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 190 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 190 - Definitions | (a) Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico. — The Economic Development Bank, for Puerto Rico created by §§ 611 et seq. of Title 7.
(b) Agricultural eligibility certificate. — The written concession granted pursuant to the provisions of §§ 189—195 of this title whereby the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/191/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 191 - Administration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 191 - Administration | (a) The Department of Agriculture and the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico, in close collaboration, shall develop the Agricultural Loan and Loan Warranty Program as follows:
(1) The Department of Agriculture shall:
(A) Establish the principles, requirements and purposes of the program.
(B) Appoint personnel fo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/192/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 192 - Agricultural Loan and Loan Warranty Fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 192 - Agricultural Loan and Loan Warranty Fund | A fund is hereby created of up to a total of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) to be distributed within a term of four (4) years. This Fund shall be administered by the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 17, 2001, No. 117, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/193/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 193 - Approval of application | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 193 - Approval of application | (a) Criteria. — The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall evaluate each application for an Agricultural Loan Warranty and Agricultural Loan pursuant to the regulations adopted under §§ 189-195 of this title. If the application is approved, the Secretary shall issue an Agricultural Eligibility Certificate to ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/194/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 194 - Appropriation of funds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 194 - Appropriation of funds | The Land Authority shall initially appropriate the funds needed for the creation of the Agricultural Loan Warranty and Agricultural Loan Fund in the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico. The funds thus appropriated shall be solely for the use of the Fund and the Program created by §§ 189-195 of this title. Subsequ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-7/195/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195)›§ 195 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 7 - Agricultural Loans (§§ 151 — 195) › § 195 - Regulations | The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico, shall establish the norms and procedures and promulgate such regulations that are needed to ensure compliance with and implement the provisions and purposes of §§ 189-195 of this title.
History —Aug. 17, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/201/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 201 - Contract defined; validity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 201 - Contract defined; validity | By “sharecropping contract” shall be understood any verbal or written agreement by virtue of which one of the parties agrees to cultivate tillable land of the other party and the latter agrees to pay to the former for said work a share of the crops harvested or of the market value thereof.
Said contracts, whatever the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/202/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 202 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 202 - Definitions | The following shall be accepted as definitions of words and phrases used in this chapter:
Cropper. — Shall include any farm hand, laborer or agricultural worker who binds himself to cultivate on shares [of] any tillable land belonging to another person.
Landholder. — Shall include any farmer, proprietor, owner, lessee,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/203/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 203 - Duration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 203 - Duration | When the duration of a contract has not been fixed, it shall be understood to cover all such time as may be necessary to gather and utilize the crops yielded by the whole farm in a year or at one time, even if two (2) or more years are required to secure such crops.
History —May 4, 1931, No. 76, p. 466, § 3, eff. 90 da... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/204/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 204 - Sharecropper’s share; kinds of crops | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 204 - Sharecropper’s share; kinds of crops | In default of a special agreement, the sharecropper shall have the right to half (½) of the crops cultivated by him on the farm of the landholder, or to fifty percent (50%) of the market value thereof. The sharecropper shall not be entitled to plant crops other than those the object of the contract.
History —May 4, 193... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/205/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 205 - Landholder’s obligations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 205 - Landholder’s obligations | The landholder shall be obliged to:
(1) Furnish the cropper the land agreed upon, seeds, sheds, farm implements and all such things as may be necessary for the cultivation of the farm in accordance with the contract, or in default of such contract, in accordance with the usage of the town.
(2) Make the necessary repair... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/206/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 206 - Sharecropper’s obligations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 206 - Sharecropper’s obligations | The cropper shall be obliged to:
(1) Cultivate the farm, planting it [with] such crops as may have been agreed upon, or in default of an agreement, [with] such as may be most suitable according to the nature of the soil.
(2) Care for all such property as the landholder may have placed under his custody, with the dilige... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/207/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 207 - Fortuitous events | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 207 - Fortuitous events | The landholder shall have no right to any claim against the sharecropper for the sterility of the land or for the loss of crops caused by fortuitous events, whether ordinary or extraordinary.
Neither shall the sharecropper have any right to any claim against the landholder in said cases.
History —May 4, 1931, No. 76, p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/208/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 208 - Housing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 208 - Housing | When agreed upon, the sharecropper shall have the right of habitation, for himself and family, in any house or hut on the property [that is] the object of the contract. Should there be no house on the property for the habitation of the sharecropper, and should the landholder fail to construct one in accordance with the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/209/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 209 - Unlawful detainer | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 209 - Unlawful detainer | The landholder may bring an action of unlawful detainer against the sharecropper for any of the following reasons:
(1) Expiration of the term stipulated, or of that fixed in § 203 of this title.
(2) Violation of any of the conditions stipulated in the contract; Provided, That in such case the cropper shall have the rig... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/210/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 210 - Sharecropper’s rights upon transfer | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 210 - Sharecropper’s rights upon transfer | When a property subject to a sharecropping contract is sold, ceded, or leased to another person, (or sold at public auction), the sharecropper may demand that he be permitted to harvest the crop corresponding to the current agricultural year, and the sharecropper may claim as his the work, planting, or other thing to w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/211/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 211 - Expulsion | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 211 - Expulsion | The landholder may demand of the sharecropper that he vacate the property before the expiration of the contract or before the time established in § 203 of this title; but in that case the former shall be obliged to compensate the latter for any damages suffered, and also to pay him such proportionate part of the crops ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/212/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 212 - Holdover | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 212 - Holdover | If upon the expiration of the contract the cropper continues to cultivate the farm for thirty (30) days with the acquiescence of the landholder, it shall be understood that the contract has been renewed for a term equal to that of the original contract or for the term established in § 203 of this title, unless previous... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/213/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 213 - Legal actions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 213 - Legal actions | Any civil action which the sharecropper may have to exercise against the landholder may be instituted in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 10 of 1917, as subsequently amended.
Costs, including attorney’s fees, may be taxed against a landholder when a judgment is rendered against him in an action instituted by a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/214/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 214 - Applicable law | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 214 - Applicable law | Such matters in connection with sharecropping contracts as are not provided for in this chapter shall be governed by the provisions relative to partnership contracts and, in default thereof, by the customs of the land.
History —May 4, 1931, No. 76, p. 466, § 14, eff. 90 days after May 4, 1931. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/215/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 215 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 215 - Penalties | Any landholder who, by himself or through any of his employees, wilfully and maliciously damages or destroys the crop, or a part thereof, of a sharecropper, or who tears down any fence or paling of the property cultivated by the sharecropper, or who turns his cattle loose on the farm of the sharecropper, with the inten... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/216/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 216 - Gratuitous cession; prescription; ejection; appeal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 216 - Gratuitous cession; prescription; ejection; appeal | Whenever a landholder voluntarily and gratuitously cedes a parcel of land to any farmhand, laborer or agricultural worker for the purpose of cultivating it, and of building his house thereon if he so wishes, except in case of an agreement to the contrary, the cession shall be understood to have been made for the time s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-9/217/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217)›§ 217 - Enforcement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 9 - Sharecropping Contracts (§§ 201 — 217) › § 217 - Enforcement | The Secretary of Labor and Human Resources shall see to the enforcement of this chapter. He may intervene in disagreements or conflicts arising between croppers and landholders with a view to reconciling the interests in dispute, and he shall prepare blank forms for sharecropping contracts in accordance with the terms ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-11/241/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253)›§ 241 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253) › § 241 - Definitions | Whenever used or referred to in §§ 241—252 of this title, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(1) District or soil conservation district.— Means a governmental subdivision of Puerto Rico, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of §§ 241—252 of this ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-11/242/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253)›§ 242 - Committee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253) › § 242 - Committee | (a) The Puerto Rico Soil Conservation Committee is hereby created in the Department of Agriculture, to serve as an agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and to perform the functions conferred upon it by §§ 241—252 of this title. The Committee shall be composed of the Secretary of Agriculture, wh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-11/243/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253)›§ 243 - Creation of districts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253) › § 243 - Creation of districts | (a) Any twenty-five (25) occupiers of land lying within an area proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the Puerto Rico Soil Conservation Committee asking that such district be organized, after consultation with and approval of the Puerto Rico Planning Board. The Committee shall prescribe the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-11/244/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253)›§ 244 - Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of supervisors | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253) › § 244 - Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of supervisors | The term of office of each supervisor shall be two (2) years, except that those first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one (1) and two (2) years, respectively. Vacancies may be filled for unexpired terms by express designation and direct appointment by the Committee, of a farmer qualified for the off... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-11/245/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253)›§ 245 - Powers of districts and supervisors | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253) › § 245 - Powers of districts and supervisors | The supervisors of a district organized under §§ 241—252 of this title shall, with the approval and authorization of the Committee, have the following powers, in addition to others granted in other sections of §§ 241—252 of this title:
(1) In cooperation with the Commonwealth or federal government, to carry out and enc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-11/246/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253)›§ 246 - Land use regulations—Adoption | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253) › § 246 - Land use regulations—Adoption | The supervisors of any district shall, upon the approval and authorization of the Committee, have authority to formulate regulations governing the use of lands within the district to conserve soil resources and prevent and control erosion, and they may conduct such meetings or public hearings as may be necessary theref... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-11/247/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253)›§ 247 - Land use regulations—Enforcement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253) › § 247 - Land use regulations—Enforcement | The supervisors shall have access to any lands within the district to determine whether land-use regulations are being observed. Violation of any such regulation shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25), or more than one hundred dollars ($100). The supervisors shall make a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-five/chapter-11/248/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706)›Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253)›§ 248 - Judicial enforcement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE FIVE - Agriculture (§§ 1 — 4706) › Chapter 11 - Puerto Rico Soil Conservation (§§ 241 — 253) › § 248 - Judicial enforcement | When the district supervisors find that any land-use regulation is not being observed on particular lands, and that such non-observance is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the district, the supervisors may file in the proper part of the Court of First Instance where the lands ... |
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