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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xiv/5451/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458)›§ 5451 - Basic rule | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458) › § 5451 - Basic rule | No vehicle, motor vehicle trailer or semitrailer shall travel on the public highways overloaded or with cargo that extends beyond the vehicle or trailer in excess of what is established below, or placed in such a way that it may fall off the vehicle or trailer or be scattered on the pavement or in any way affect the pu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xiv/5452/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458)›§ 5452 - Dimensions and weight of vehicles and their load | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458) › § 5452 - Dimensions and weight of vehicles and their load | Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary through regulations promulgated to such effect, the following rules shall apply with regard to the dimensions and weight of the vehicles and their loads:
(a) The following vehicles shall not travel on the public highways:
(1) No vehicle, motor vehicle, trailer or semitraile... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xiv/5453/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458)›§ 5453 - Special permits | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458) › § 5453 - Special permits | The Secretary may grant special permits for a limited time, authorizing the operation of vehicles, motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers bearing loads that are not in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Every permit thus granted shall be carried in the corres... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xiv/5454/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458)›§ 5454 - Persons riding atop the cargo | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458) › § 5454 - Persons riding atop the cargo | Except in the case of vehicles used in rendering public services such as fire engines, garbage trucks and such other similar ones that are owned by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or public corporations or municipalities, except as otherwise provided by the Secretary through r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xiv/5455/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458)›§ 5455 - Illegal acts and penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458) › § 5455 - Illegal acts and penalties | Any person who violates the provisions of §§ 5452, 5453 and 5454 of this title shall incur an administrative fault and be punished with a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) for each violation. In the case of violation of the standards relative to the weight of the vehicles and their cargo, the fines provided ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xiv/5456/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458)›§ 5456 - Inspection of security fittings and accessories and c... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458) › § 5456 - Inspection of security fittings and accessories and cargo of heavy motor vehicles and their trailers ... | Heavy motor vehicles and their corresponding trailers or semi-trailers, be they public or private, engaged in carrying merchandise, goods or general cargo, must be in optimum conditions while traveling on public highways, specifically their security fittings and accessories. The owners of such heavy motor vehicles, tra... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xiv/5457/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458)›§ 5457 - Inspection of unloaded heavy motor vehicle | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458) › § 5457 - Inspection of unloaded heavy motor vehicle | Every owner of a heavy motor vehicle who uses it to travel on public highways, shall weigh the unloaded vehicle and obtain the dimensions between the axles at a weighing station authorized by the department, where he/she shall obtain a certification of the unloaded weight, the dimensions between the axles and a stamp t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xiv/5458/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458)›§ 5458 - Permanent weighing station | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIV - Dimensions and Weight of Vehicles and their Load (§§ 5451 — 5458) › § 5458 - Permanent weighing station | Every heavy motor vehicle that travels on the highways of Puerto Rico shall follow the instructions of the traffic signs and signals related or associated to the weighing process of trucks in the permanent weighing stations.
Every heavy motor vehicle that infringes this provision shall incur an administrative fault of ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xv/5481/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XV - Public Service Vehicles (§§ 5481 — 5485)›§ 5481 - Basic rule | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XV - Public Service Vehicles (§§ 5481 — 5485) › § 5481 - Basic rule | The Secretary shall not issue, renew or transfer the registration, license or license plate of any motor vehicle engaged in the transportation of passengers or freight for pay, or substitute the same without an order or authorization from the Commission.
The Commission shall authorize the issue and renewal of the permi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xv/5482/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XV - Public Service Vehicles (§§ 5481 — 5485)›§ 5482 - Routes, licenses and transfers of public service vehicles | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XV - Public Service Vehicles (§§ 5481 — 5485) › § 5482 - Routes, licenses and transfers of public service vehicles | The Commission shall establish and provide through regulations, all matters related to the routes, licenses and transfers of public service vehicles. It is likewise authorized to issue to any owner of a motor vehicle who is a concessionaire a driver’s license certificate and one of effectiveness that shall be placed in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xv/5483/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XV - Public Service Vehicles (§§ 5481 — 5485)›§ 5483 - Private vehicles unlawfully engaged in the transportation of passengers or frei... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XV - Public Service Vehicles (§§ 5481 — 5485) › § 5483 - Private vehicles unlawfully engaged in the transportation of passengers or freight for pay | The following standards shall prevail regarding the unlawful use of private vehicles to transport persons or freight for pay:
(a) It shall be unlawful to devote any motor vehicle to the transportation of persons or freight for pay without previously complying with the legal requirements regarding public service vehicle... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xv/5484/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XV - Public Service Vehicles (§§ 5481 — 5485)›§ 5484 - Revocation or suspension of permits | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XV - Public Service Vehicles (§§ 5481 — 5485) › § 5484 - Revocation or suspension of permits | The Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico is likewise authorized to seize or order the seizure of the permit and license plates of any vehicle authorized to transport persons or freight for pay whenever its permit, certificate of public convenience and necessity or franchise has expired, has been revoked or suspende... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xv/5485/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XV - Public Service Vehicles (§§ 5481 — 5485)›§ 5485 - Unlawful acts and penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XV - Public Service Vehicles (§§ 5481 — 5485) › § 5485 - Unlawful acts and penalties | It shall be unlawful for the owner of a public heavy motor vehicle deemed as a working tool, as established by the Commission, to allow another person to drive said vehicle if the requirements provided by this subchapter for such cases have not been complied with, or to drive a public heavy motor vehicle deemed as a wo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xvii/5521/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XVII - Driving Schools (§§ 5521 — 5525)›§ 5521 - Basic rule | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XVII - Driving Schools (§§ 5521 — 5525) › § 5521 - Basic rule | No person shall operate a driving school unless authorized by a permit to such effect issued by the Secretary. Such an authorization shall be granted upon payment of an annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100).
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 18.01, renumbered as § 17.01 on June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 17, eff. 8 months a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xvii/5522/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XVII - Driving Schools (§§ 5521 — 5525)›§ 5522 - Requirements for license or permit | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XVII - Driving Schools (§§ 5521 — 5525) › § 5522 - Requirements for license or permit | Any person who wishes to operate such a school shall be of legal age and enjoy such moral standing as to engage in such training, and shall have the training equipment required by the Secretary through regulations. Those persons who work in such schools as instructors shall likewise meet the above mentioned requirement... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xvii/5523/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XVII - Driving Schools (§§ 5521 — 5525)›§ 5523 - Operation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XVII - Driving Schools (§§ 5521 — 5525) › § 5523 - Operation | All training shall be conducted in motor vehicles that are in good working order and fit for such a purpose, as approved by the Secretary.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 18.03, renumbered as § 17.03 on June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 17, eff. 8 months after June 3, 2004. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xvii/5525/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XVII - Driving Schools (§§ 5521 — 5525)›§ 5525 - Unlawful acts and penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XVII - Driving Schools (§§ 5521 — 5525) › § 5525 - Unlawful acts and penalties | Any person who operates a motor vehicle driving school without being duly authorized by the Secretary shall incur a misdemeanor and if convicted, be punished with a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
Any person authorized to operate such a school that violates all other provisions of this subchapter ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xviii/5551/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XVIII - Provisions on Car Rentals and Leases (§§ 5551 — 5553)›§ 5551 - Basic rule | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XVIII - Provisions on Car Rentals and Leases (§§ 5551 — 5553) › § 5551 - Basic rule | No person engaged in the business of renting automobiles to be driven by those who rent them may not rent or lease a motor vehicle to another person until after having examined his/her driver’s license and verified that said person is lawfully authorized to drive. Any person engaged in the business of renting motor veh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xviii/5552/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XVIII - Provisions on Car Rentals and Leases (§§ 5551 — 5553)›§ 5552 - Registers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XVIII - Provisions on Car Rentals and Leases (§§ 5551 — 5553) › § 5552 - Registers | Any person authorized by the commission who is engaged in the business of renting or leasing automobiles to be driven by those who rent or lease them, shall keep a register of the license plate number of the motor vehicle rented or leased, the number of the driving license of the person renting it, with his/her name an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xviii/5553/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XVIII - Provisions on Car Rentals and Leases (§§ 5551 — 5553)›§ 5553 - Special provision regarding the rental of motorcycles in the Is... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XVIII - Provisions on Car Rentals and Leases (§§ 5551 — 5553) › § 5553 - Special provision regarding the rental of motorcycles in the Island Municipalities of Culebra and Vieques | Businesses authorized to rent motorcycles to be used exclusively in the jurisdiction of the Island Municipalities of Culebra and Vieques shall meet the requirements established in subsection (f) of 5056a of this title.
Businesses authorized under this section shall keep a registry that shall include the name, last name... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xix/5581/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIX - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses and Notice of Judgement and Renewal of Permits or Special Authorization (§§ 5581 — 5584)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIX - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses and Notice of Judgement and Renewal of Permits or Special Authorization (§§ 5581 — 5584) › § 5581 - Basic rule | Whenever the suspension of driver’s license is in order because the person holding said license has been convicted of more than one (1) offense or fault, the longer suspension period shall absorb the shorter suspension period or periods, except when otherwise provided by law.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 20.01, ren... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xix/5582/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIX - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses and Notice of Judgement and Renewal of Permits or Special Authorization (§§ 5581 — 5584)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIX - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses and Notice of Judgement and Renewal of Permits or Special Authorization (§§ 5581 — 5584) › § 5582 - Notice of judgement and remittal of lice... | Whenever by virtue of the provisions of this chapter or its regulations a court suspends or revokes the license of a person authorized to drive a motor vehicle, the judge shall seize the license of the driver involved and the clerk of the sentencing court shall forward the same to the Secretary together with a certifie... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xix/5583/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIX - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses and Notice of Judgement and Renewal of Permits or Special Authorization (§§ 5581 — 5584)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIX - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses and Notice of Judgement and Renewal of Permits or Special Authorization (§§ 5581 — 5584) › § 5583 - Enforcement of suspension or revocation ... | When a person has been convicted of an offense which, had he/she been a licensed driver, would have entailed suspension of his/her license, the Secretary shall not issue to said person a driver’s license for a period equal to the one such a suspension would have entailed, starting from the date of the conviction.
When ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xix/5584/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XIX - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses and Notice of Judgement and Renewal of Permits or Special Authorization (§§ 5581 — 5584)›§... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XIX - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses and Notice of Judgement and Renewal of Permits or Special Authorization (§§ 5581 — 5584) › § 5584 - Altering of heavy motor vehicles and fai... | The certification of the weight of vehicles shall be required for the annual renewal of the license of heavy motor vehicles. Every heavy motor vehicle that has been modified after the certification in effect, shall be certified anew.
The altering of a heavy motor vehicle shall be sufficient cause to suspend or revoke i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xx/5601/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609)›§ 5601 - General powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609) › § 5601 - General powers | The Secretary is hereby authorized to establish through regulations any other provisions necessary for the use, by vehicles and pedestrians, of the public roads according to public safety requirements and to the need for orderly traffic movement or mandated by the characteristics and use of the public roads and specifi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xx/5602/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609)›§ 5602 - Regulations of the Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609) › § 5602 - Regulations of the Secretary | The Secretary, as deemed necessary, is hereby authorized to design and install signals and lights in specific locations along the public roads pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and it regulations. The Secretary shall draft and adopt a manual of uniform official devices to regulate traffic. Said manual shall co... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xx/5603/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609)›§ 5603 - Uniform application throughout Puerto Rico | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609) › § 5603 - Uniform application throughout Puerto Rico | The provisions of this chapter shall apply throughout Puerto Rico and no local authority may promulgate or enforce any ordinance whatsoever on any matter covered by the provisions of this chapter unless expressly authorized by the Secretary regarding public roads outside his/her jurisdiction.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xx/5604/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609)›§ 5604 - Powers of the local authorities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609) › § 5604 - Powers of the local authorities | The following standards shall be observed in all matters relative to the powers of the local authorities:
(a) The provisions of this chapter and its regulations shall not be construed or interpreted as precluding that local authorities with regard to public streets and roads under their jurisdiction and in the reasonab... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xx/5605/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609)›§ 5605 - Authority to close unmarked pedestrian crosswalks | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609) › § 5605 - Authority to close unmarked pedestrian crosswalks | The Secretary and the local authorities, in their respective jurisdictions may, after conducting traffic and engineering surveys, designate those places with unmarked crosswalks where pedestrians may not cross or where pedestrians shall yield the right of way to vehicles.
Said restrictions shall be put into effect only... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xx/5606/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609)›§ 5606 - Regulations on buses or school buses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609) › § 5606 - Regulations on buses or school buses | The Department of Education, together with the Department of Transportation and Public Works and the Public Service Commission, shall adopt and enforce regulations according to the provisions of this chapter regarding the transportation of students on all buses or school buses.
Provided, That such regulations shall req... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xx/5607/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609)›§ 5607 - Designation of authorized emergency vehicles | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609) › § 5607 - Designation of authorized emergency vehicles | The Secretary may designate a specific vehicle as an authorized emergency vehicle after determining that such a designation is necessary for the preservation of life or property or to conduct emergency government functions.
The designation shall be made in writing and the document evidencing such designation shall be c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xx/5608/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609)›§ 5608 - Removal of trees and objects | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609) › § 5608 - Removal of trees and objects | Any owner of real property is under the obligation to remove from said property any tree, plant, bush or other obstruction or part thereof which by blocking the visibility of the drivers constitutes a danger to the public safety.
When the Secretary or any local authority determines on the basis of a traffic or engineer... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xx/5609/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609)›§ 5609 - Administrative hearings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XX - Commonwealth and Local Powers (§§ 5601 — 5609) › § 5609 - Administrative hearings | In all cases where by virtue of this chapter the Secretary may or should grant a hearing to any person who could be directly affected by his/her decision, the Secretary shall have, among others, the following powers:
(a) To delegate his/her authority to any subordinate official or officials.
(b) To hold as many hearing... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxi/5621/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626)›§ 5621 - Liability of motor vehicle owners when fault or negligence is involved | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626) › § 5621 - Liability of motor vehicle owners when fault or negligence is involved | The owner of a motor vehicle shall be liable for damages when fault or negligence is involved while operating said motor vehicle when the same is being operated by or is under the actual physical and real control of any person who, with the main purpose of operating it or having or allowing it to be operated by a third... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxi/5622/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626)›§ 5622 - Unstipulated penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626) › § 5622 - Unstipulated penalties | Any violations of the provisions of this chapter and the regulations promulgated by the Secretary for which no specific penal sanction has been prescribed, shall be deemed as administrative faults and be punished with a fine of fifty dollars ($50).
The provisions of this chapter and its regulations, pertaining to traff... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxi/5623/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626)›§ 5623 - Fines on trailers and semi-trailers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626) › § 5623 - Fines on trailers and semi-trailers | The owner of a trailer or a semi-trailer shall be responsible for ensuring that said vehicle is in good working order and that the same complies with all the provisions of this chapter. The fines for violations of this chapter in these cases shall be adjudicated to the owner of the trailer or the semi-trailer, as deter... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxi/5624/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626)›§ 5624 - Technological developments | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626) › § 5624 - Technological developments | The Secretary is hereby authorized to adopt, regulate and use any traffic control mechanism, device or artifact that may be developed in future as a result of technological advances.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 22.04, renumbered as § 21.04 on June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 17, eff. 8 months after June 3, 2004. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxi/5625/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626)›§ 5625 - Power to regulate | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626) › § 5625 - Power to regulate | The Secretary, in conjunction with the commission, shall approve and promulgate the necessary regulations to introduce the provisions of this chapter with regard to fines or infractions of regulations by the concessionaires.
History —Jan. 7, 2004, No. 22, added as § 21.05 on June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 22, eff. 8 months a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxi/5626/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626)›§ 5626 - Sticker with information for calling when negligent driving is observed | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXI - General Provisions (§§ 5621 — 5626) › § 5626 - Sticker with information for calling when negligent driving is observed | It shall be the obligation of every owner of a truck, carriage, heavy vehicle, public, private or school omnibus, semi-trailer, tractor or trailer, automobile transport van and motor or heavy vehicle, property of the Government of Puerto Rico, the municipalities and the private sector, to attach on the rear part of sai... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxii/5651/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658)›§ 5651 - One-way traffic | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658) › § 5651 - One-way traffic | All traffic within the boundaries of a toll expressway, including its roadway, entrance and exit ramps and emergency lanes, shall be one way. No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle or otherwise move the same in any other way except forward, parallel and to the right of the central median.
History —Jan. 7, 200... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxii/5652/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658)›§ 5652 - Stopping at toll plaza and toll payment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658) › § 5652 - Stopping at toll plaza and toll payment | It shall be the obligation of any motor vehicle operator who wishes to use a turnpike to stop at each toll plaza located along the expressway and pay the corresponding toll, except when the toll plaza is equipped with an electronic toll system and the vehicle is equipped with the corresponding device.
The “AutoExpreso”... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxii/5653/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658)›§ 5653 - Making a turn across median | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658) › § 5653 - Making a turn across median | Except for toll expressway service and maintenance vehicles, Police and Municipal Police vehicles and vehicles of toll expressway personnel in official business, no vehicle may travel or park on the central median of a toll expressway.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 23.03, renumbered as § 22.03 on June 3, 2004, No. 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxii/5654/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658)›§ 5654 - Truck lanes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658) › § 5654 - Truck lanes | Trucks and heavy motor vehicles traveling on the toll expressways shall be bound to use only the lanes designated for heavy traffic, except when passing or intending to pass another motor vehicle.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 23.04, renumbered as § 22.04 on June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 17, eff. 8 months after June 3, 2... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxii/5655/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658)›§ 5655 - Limitation of use | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658) › § 5655 - Limitation of use | The toll expressways shall not be used by:
(a) Pedestrians, except in service, parking or recreational areas especially designated by the Authority for such purposes.
(b) Bicycles.
(c) Motorcycles, except when specifically authorized by the Secretary.
(d) Vehicles pulled by animals.
(e) People on horseback or beasts of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxii/5656/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658)›§ 5656 - Speed zone | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658) › § 5656 - Speed zone | The Secretary shall post signs along the expressways indicating the maximum speed allowed by this chapter.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 23.06, renumbered as § 22.06 on June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 17, eff. 8 months after June 3, 2004. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxii/5657/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658)›§ 5657 - Applicability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658) › § 5657 - Applicability | All those provisions of this chapter not in conflict with the special provisions of this subchapter shall apply to toll expressways.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 23.07, renumbered as § 22.07 on June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 17, eff. 8 months after June 3, 2004. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxii/5658/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658)›§ 5658 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXII - Toll Expressways and Limitations as to Their Use (§§ 5651 — 5658) › § 5658 - Penalties | Violations of the provisions of this subchapter and the Expressway regulations promulgated by the Secretary shall be deemed to be administrative faults and shall entail a penalty of fifty dollars ($50). Those speed related violation[s] shall entail a penalty as established in §§ 5121—5128 of this title.
History —Jan. 7... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxiii/5681/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687)›§ 5681 - Procedure for the payment of fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687) › § 5681 - Procedure for the payment of fees | Every owner of a motor vehicle subject to the payment of annual license fees shall pay at any internal revenue office of any municipality, at the place designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, at official inspection stations, banks, or at the place designated by the Secretary, the fees corresponding to the vehicle ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxiii/5682/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687)›§ 5682 - Fees to be paid | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687) › § 5682 - Fees to be paid | With regard to the fees to be paid under this chapter, the following rules shall be followed:
(a) The following fees shall be paid for the vehicles indicated below:
(1) Forty dollars ($40) per year for each public or private service automobile registered for the first time after the date of effectiveness of this act.
(... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxiii/5683/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687)›§ 5683 - Conversion of administrative faults to misdemeanors | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687) › § 5683 - Conversion of administrative faults to misdemeanors | When the driver of a motor vehicle or a trailer commits a violation which constitutes an administrative fault and as a consequence thereof causes or contributes to causing an accident resulting in injuries to any person or damages to the property of another, said administrative fault shall become a misdemeanor punishab... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxiii/5684/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687)›§ 5684 - Payment of damages | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687) › § 5684 - Payment of damages | In addition to the penalties imposed on the driver for the violation committed under the provisions of this chapter, the court shall fix a reasonable amount for the payment of damages.
The payment of damages consists of the obligation imposed on the driver by the court to pay the injured party an amount in compensation... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxiii/5685/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687)›§ 5685 - Administrative procedure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687) › § 5685 - Administrative procedure | With regard to administrative traffic fines, the rules below shall be followed:
(a) Law enforcement officers are hereby empowered to issue tickets for any administrative traffic faults. The form for such tickets shall be prepared, printed, individually identified and distributed according to the regulations promulgated... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxiii/5686/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687)›§ 5686 - Automated traffic control system | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687) › § 5686 - Automated traffic control system | (a) The Secretary is hereby empowered and authorized, pursuant to the provisions of § 5602 of this title, to use and operate automatic traffic control systems including the use of electronic and/or mechanized devices of proven accuracy, at the intersections of public highways which statistically represent a high risk f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxiii/5687/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687)›§ 5687 - Removal, impounding and custody of vehicles | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXIII - Collection of Fees (§§ 5681 — 5687) › § 5687 - Removal, impounding and custody of vehicles | The authorized officials or employees are hereby empowered by the Secretary to remove vehicles that are parked in such a way that they obstruct or impede the traffic flow, that due to exceptional circumstances hinder its flow, or that violate any of the provisions mentioned in § 5686(c) of this title, pursuant to the f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxiv/5701/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXIV - Exclusive Lanes (§§ 5701 — 5703)›§ 5701 - Designation of exclusive lanes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXIV - Exclusive Lanes (§§ 5701 — 5703) › § 5701 - Designation of exclusive lanes | The Metropolitan Bus Authority and Metrobus buses are authorized to use the lanes designated as exclusive lanes on the avenues or roads in which said lanes have been established.
When a bus that is authorized to travel on the exclusive lane has a mechanical breakdown, it shall be removed from said lane if possible, and... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxiv/5702/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXIV - Exclusive Lanes (§§ 5701 — 5703)›§ 5702 - Limitations to its use | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXIV - Exclusive Lanes (§§ 5701 — 5703) › § 5702 - Limitations to its use | No vehicle shall travel on nor park on said exclusive lane, with the exception of the motorcycle patrol units of the Traffic Division of the Puerto Rico Police, in special situations and in the performance of their duty, as well as those authorized by law or by the Secretary, pursuant to the provisions of § 5601 of thi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxiv/5703/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXIV - Exclusive Lanes (§§ 5701 — 5703)›§ 5703 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXIV - Exclusive Lanes (§§ 5701 — 5703) › § 5703 - Penalties | Any violation of the provisions of this subchapter and of the regulations promulgated by the Secretary that establish the exclusive lane shall be deemed an administrative fault and shall entail a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 25.03, renumbered as § 24.03 on June 3, 2004, No. 132, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxv/5711/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXV - Special Lanes (§§ 5711 — 5714)›§ 5711 - Purpose | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXV - Special Lanes (§§ 5711 — 5714) › § 5711 - Purpose | With the purpose of promoting the development of public roads that will relieve traffic congestion, and stimulate and encourage citizens to share the use of vehicles, thus contributing to the conservation of resources and the protection of the environment, the Secretary is hereby empowered to establish a special lane o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxv/5712/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXV - Special Lanes (§§ 5711 — 5714)›§ 5712 - Limitation of the use of special lanes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXV - Special Lanes (§§ 5711 — 5714) › § 5712 - Limitation of the use of special lanes | Every vehicle that uses this special lane shall pay a sum determined by the Secretary through regulations, as a toll or fee for its use. Every vehicle that transports more than one (1), two (2) or three (3) passengers is exempted from this payment as provided by the Secretary through regulations.
History —Jan. 7, 2000,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxv/5713/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXV - Special Lanes (§§ 5711 — 5714)›§ 5713 - Limitation to the use of special lanes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXV - Special Lanes (§§ 5711 — 5714) › § 5713 - Limitation to the use of special lanes | The lanes designated by the Secretary as special lanes for the exclusive or preferential use of vehicles with more than one (1), two (2), or three (3) occupants shall only be used by vehicles during those periods and pursuant to the conditions indicated through official traffic regulating devices and by the motorcycle ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxv/5714/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXV - Special Lanes (§§ 5711 — 5714)›§ 5714 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXV - Special Lanes (§§ 5711 — 5714) › § 5714 - Penalties | Any violation of this subchapter and the regulations promulgated by the Secretary that establish the special lane, shall be deemed as administrative faults and shall entail a fine of fifty dollars ($50).
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 26.04, renumbered as § 25.04 on June 3, 2004, No. 132, § 17, eff. 8 months after Ju... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxvi/5721/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXVI - Special Provisions (§§ 5721 — 5725)›§ 5721 - Registry of the payment of administrative fines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXVI - Special Provisions (§§ 5721 — 5725) › § 5721 - Registry of the payment of administrative fines | The Secretary, together with the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury shall execute the coordination needed to achieve an effective on-line integration of its electronic systems for the automation of the procedure to register the payment of administrative fines.
This procedure shall begin to function eighteen (1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxvi/5722/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXVI - Special Provisions (§§ 5721 — 5725)›§ 5722 - Administrative sanctions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXVI - Special Provisions (§§ 5721 — 5725) › § 5722 - Administrative sanctions | The application of the administrative sanctions established by virtue of this chapter, shall not, in any way, prevent or impair any pertinent civil or criminal action from being filed.
None of the provisions of this chapter that prescribe penalties shall be construed in the sense of preventing the filing of any suit, p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxvi/5723/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXVI - Special Provisions (§§ 5721 — 5725)›§ 5723 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXVI - Special Provisions (§§ 5721 — 5725) › § 5723 - Regulations | All the regulations to be created by virtue of this chapter, shall be drafted, approved and filed in the Department of State of Puerto Rico within one hundred and fifty (150) days counted from the date of approval of this act. They shall be drafted in accordance with §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Ad... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxvi/5724/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXVI - Special Provisions (§§ 5721 — 5725)›§ 5724 - Applicable federal legislation or regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXVI - Special Provisions (§§ 5721 — 5725) › § 5724 - Applicable federal legislation or regulations | Any federal act or regulation approved with regard to vehicles and traffic, after the approval of this act, that is applicable to all the states of the United States of America, shall be valid in Puerto Rico, provided that the Legislature of Puerto Rico does not act on the law or regulation.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-27/subchapter-xxvi/5725/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000)›Subchapter XXVI - Special Provisions (§§ 5721 — 5725)›§ 5725 - Notice and publication | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 27 - Vehicle and Traffic Law (2000) › Subchapter XXVI - Special Provisions (§§ 5721 — 5725) › § 5725 - Notice and publication | The Secretary shall proceed to notify the citizens of the provisions of this act from the date of its approval until its effectiveness, using the communications media that he/she deems pertinent, but in every case, shall publish a concise summary of the main provisions of the Act in a newspaper of general circulation.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-1/1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 1 - Manufacturing and Business Censuses (§§ 1 — 5)›§ 1 - Time for taking census | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 1 - Manufacturing and Business Censuses (§§ 1 — 5) › § 1 - Time for taking census | The Governor of Puerto Rico shall, whenever he deems it of public advisability, direct that manufacturing and business, population and dwelling, agricultural and any other censuses be taken in Puerto Rico.
History —Mar. 27, 1950, No. 11, p. 54, § 1; June 6, 1968, No. 68, p. 117, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-1/2/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 1 - Manufacturing and Business Censuses (§§ 1 — 5)›§ 2 - Agreements with departments, agencies, bureaus or instrumentalities of the Gove... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 1 - Manufacturing and Business Censuses (§§ 1 — 5) › § 2 - Agreements with departments, agencies, bureaus or instrumentalities of the Government of the United States | The Governor of Puerto Rico may execute agreements with departments, agencies, bureaus or instrumentalities of the Government of the United States engaged in the taking of censuses, so that they may have charge of the works of taking manufacturing and business, population and dwelling, agricultural and any other census... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-1/3/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 1 - Manufacturing and Business Censuses (§§ 1 — 5)›§ 3 - Information; penalty for withholding; false | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 1 - Manufacturing and Business Censuses (§§ 1 — 5) › § 3 - Information; penalty for withholding; false | It shall be compulsory for any owner, officer, agent, manager or assistant of any company, business, institution, establishment, or other organization of whom information is sought by officers or representatives of the officers of the censuses authorized by §§ 1—5 of this title, to answer, correctly and in full, to his... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-1/4/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 1 - Manufacturing and Business Censuses (§§ 1 — 5)›§ 4 - Use of information | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 1 - Manufacturing and Business Censuses (§§ 1 — 5) › § 4 - Use of information | The information furnished hereunder shall be used solely for the statistical purposes for which it was furnished.
History —Mar. 27, 1950, No. 11, p. 54, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-1/5/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 1 - Manufacturing and Business Censuses (§§ 1 — 5)›§ 5 - Penalties affecting census officials and employees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 1 - Manufacturing and Business Censuses (§§ 1 — 5) › § 5 - Penalties affecting census officials and employees | Any supervisor, enumerator, clerk, or other person so employed in taking the censuses authorized by §§ 1—5 of this title, who, without prior authorization publishes or divulges any information obtained by him in his capacity of employee of said census, shall be guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-2/11/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 2 - Credit Card Transactions (§§ 11 — 14)›§ 11 - Prohibition on surcharge for credit card use | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 2 - Credit Card Transactions (§§ 11 — 14) › § 11 - Prohibition on surcharge for credit card use | No merchant shall impose a surcharge on a consumer who chooses to use a credit card instead of cash, check or any similar means of payment in any transaction that involves the sale or lease of products and services.
History —Aug. 4, 2008, No. 150, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-2/12/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 2 - Credit Card Transactions (§§ 11 — 14)›§ 12 - Discounts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 2 - Credit Card Transactions (§§ 11 — 14) › § 12 - Discounts | The merchant may, however, offer discounts so as to promote payment in cash, check or any other similar method that does not involve the use of a credit card, provided that said discount is offered to all potential buyers.
History —Aug. 4, 2008, No. 150, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-2/13/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 2 - Credit Card Transactions (§§ 11 — 14)›§ 13 - Definition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 2 - Credit Card Transactions (§§ 11 — 14) › § 13 - Definition | For the purposes of this chapter, the term “surcharge” means any increase in the regular price of a product or service imposed on the client by the merchant or lessor when using a credit card as a method of payment.
History —Aug. 4, 2008, No. 150, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-2/14/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 2 - Credit Card Transactions (§§ 11 — 14)›§ 14 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 2 - Credit Card Transactions (§§ 11 — 14) › § 14 - Penalties | Any person who as such or through a third party violates the provisions of this chapter and is convicted by a court shall be punished with a fine which shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or with the penalty of imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the court.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-5/61/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 5 - Sales in Fraud of Creditors (§§ 61 — 62)›§ 61 - Bulk sales | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 5 - Sales in Fraud of Creditors (§§ 61 — 62) › § 61 - Bulk sales | The sale, by lots or in bulk, of the whole or a part of a stock of merchandise, not made in the regular course of business and in the usual and customary course of business of the seller, shall be considered as fraudulent and void insofar as it refers to the creditors of the seller, unless, at least twelve (12) days pr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-5/62/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 5 - Sales in Fraud of Creditors (§§ 61 — 62)›§ 62 - Bulk sales—Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 5 - Sales in Fraud of Creditors (§§ 61 — 62) › § 62 - Bulk sales—Definitions | The words “seller” and “buyer”, as used in § 61 of this title, shall be applicable to corporations, associations or partnerships, and said section shall not be applied to the sales made by an executor, administrator, trustee, or grantee by virtue of voluntary cession effected for the benefit of creditors, receiver in b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-7/91/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 7 - Sale of Theater Seats (§§ 91 — 94)›§ 91 - Declaration of seating capacity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 7 - Sale of Theater Seats (§§ 91 — 94) › § 91 - Declaration of seating capacity | Any owner of a theater, [movie] theater, or of any other place devoted to public exhibitions, shall make a declaration and post the same to the public in a conspicuous place as to the number of seats that he has, and the classification thereof.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 300, p. 532, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-7/92/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 7 - Sale of Theater Seats (§§ 91 — 94)›§ 92 - Sale of seats limited to capacity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 7 - Sale of Theater Seats (§§ 91 — 94) › § 92 - Sale of seats limited to capacity | At no time shall there be sold at the ticket office of any theater, [movie] theater or any other place devoted to public exhibitions more localities classified with seats than the number thereof available at said places, whether such are numbered or not.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 300, p. 532, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-7/93/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 7 - Sale of Theater Seats (§§ 91 — 94)›§ 93 - Increase in seating capacity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 7 - Sale of Theater Seats (§§ 91 — 94) › § 93 - Increase in seating capacity | Any theater, [movie] theater, or any other place devoted to exhibitions of public shows shall, upon application for a license, declare the number of localities available and if after the issuance thereof, the capacity of the place devoted to such purpose has been increased, it shall be so declared to the municipality i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-7/94/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 7 - Sale of Theater Seats (§§ 91 — 94)›§ 94 - Regulation by municipalities | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 7 - Sale of Theater Seats (§§ 91 — 94) › § 94 - Regulation by municipalities | Municipalities shall provide, by ordinance, rules and regulations for compliance with §§ 91—94 of this title, fixing a proper penalty for non-compliance therewith.
History —May 15, 1938, No. 300, p. 532, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8/101/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8 - Sale of Real Property Located Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 101 — 104)›§ 101 - Compliance with local laws | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8 - Sale of Real Property Located Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 101 — 104) › § 101 - Compliance with local laws | Any natural or [juridical] person who sells or offers for sale in Puerto Rico lands located outside of Puerto Rico, shall, before doing so, comply with all laws, regulations and orders of the country or state of the United States where such lands are located, related with the sale or offer for sale of realties.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8/102/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8 - Sale of Real Property Located Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 101 — 104)›§ 102 - Penalty | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8 - Sale of Real Property Located Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 101 — 104) › § 102 - Penalty | Any natural or [juridical] person who sells or offers for sale in Puerto Rico lands located outside of Puerto Rico and who intentionally does any act prohibited, or intentionally fails to do any act required, by any provision of law, regulation or order related with the sale or offer for sale of lands, of any country o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8/103/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8 - Sale of Real Property Located Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 101 — 104)›§ 103 - Advertising | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8 - Sale of Real Property Located Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 101 — 104) › § 103 - Advertising | Any person who publishes or causes to be published in Puerto Rico, in any newspaper, or over the radio or by television, or otherwise, any false, exaggerated or deceitful information with the purpose of inducing any person to buy or acquire any right in realties located outside of Puerto Rico, shall be guilty of a misd... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8b/112/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d)›§ 112 - Warranty certificates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d) › § 112 - Warranty certificates | The sale in Puerto Rico of any goods and domestic appliances which contain warranty certificates in which Puerto Rico is not included in the cover of said warranty is hereby prohibited.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 93, p. 321, § 1, eff. 90 days after June 24, 1971. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8b/112a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d)›§ 112a - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d) › § 112a - Regulations | The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs is hereby empowered to enforce §§ 112—112c of this title and to approve, amend or revoke those rules, regulations, orders and determinations that may be necessary for the enforcement thereof pursuant to the powers conferred by §§ 1001—1015 of Title 23.
History —June 2... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8b/112b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d)›§ 112b - Fines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d) › § 112b - Fines | The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs is hereby empowered to impose fines, upon service of notice and holding of an administrative hearing, for any violation to the provisions of §§ 112—112c of this title, as well as to the orders that may be issued and to the regulations that may be adopted hereunder.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8b/112c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d)›§ 112c - Petition for reconsideration | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d) › § 112c - Petition for reconsideration | Within the ten (10) days following the promulgation of any regulation, order or resolution, any person affected directly by said regulation, order or resolution, shall file in writing a petition for reconsideration, setting forth his objections to the determination or any of its provisions. Any person aggrieved by a de... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8b/113/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d)›§ 113 - Separate documents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d) › § 113 - Separate documents | Separate documents for the sale contract and that of the service warranty, if any, shall be executed for every sale of domestic goods and appliances, or electronic devices in Puerto Rico. The warranty contract for services shall only be effective upon expiration of the term of the warranty of the article sold by the co... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8b/113a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d)›§ 113a - Optional contracts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d) › § 113a - Optional contracts | Contracts or service insurances shall be optional and the vendor shall so state clearly and expressly to the vendee.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 95, p. 324, § 2, eff. 90 days after June 24, 1971. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8b/113b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d)›§ 113b - Coercion prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d) › § 113b - Coercion prohibited | Every vendor of goods or domestic appliances shall abstain from pressing or coercing or otherwise influencing a vendee to execute a contract or acquire a service insurance with the sale of goods or domestic appliances.
History —June 24, 1971, No. 95, p. 324, § 3, eff. 90 days after June 24, 1971. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8b/113c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d)›§ 113c - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d) › § 113c - Penalties | Any person who violates the provisions of §§ 113—113d of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in jail not to exceed six (6) months, or both penalties in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-8b/113d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d)›§ 113d - Complaints | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 8B - Sale of Goods and Domestic Appliances (§§ 112 — 113d) › § 113d - Complaints | Any person who has been forced to acquire a contract or insurance service as a condition for the sale of the goods or domestic appliances or who has been denied the sale for not having acquired a contract or service insurance, or has otherwise been affected by any act in violation of the provisions of §§ 113—113d of th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/155/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 155 - Gas and electric units of measure—System recognized | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 155 - Gas and electric units of measure—System recognized | The legal units of electric measure as defined and established by the statutes of the United States are the only units of electric measure recognized as legal in Puerto Rico.
History —June 19, 1919, No. 60, p. 328, § 1, eff. 90 days after June 19, 1919. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/156/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 156 - Gas and electric units of measure—Gas unit of measure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 156 - Gas and electric units of measure—Gas unit of measure | The standard of unit of measure for the sale of illuminating or heating gas by meter shall be the cubic foot, containing sixty-two and three hundred and twenty-one thousandths (62.321) pounds, avoirdupois weight, of distilled or rain water, weighted in air, of the temperature of sixty-two (62) degrees Fahrenheit, the b... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/157/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 157 - Gas and electric units of measure—Meters for gas, electricity, and water | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 157 - Gas and electric units of measure—Meters for gas, electricity, and water | Every company, corporation, association or individual furnishing gas, electricity or water for public consumption on the basis of measure shall provide the consumer with a meter, free of cost to the said consumer, and shall not put in use any meter unless it has been previously tested and found correct by the Bureau of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/158/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 158 - Gas and electric units of measure—Periodic meter tests | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 158 - Gas and electric units of measure—Periodic meter tests | Meters in actual use shall be tested and sealed by the Bureau of Weights and Measures as the needs of the service may permit, and such tests may be also attended by a representative of the company or person furnishing gas, electric current or water; Provided, That after this first test the Bureau of Weights and Measure... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/159/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 159 - Gas and electric units of measure—Inspection for excessive measurement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 159 - Gas and electric units of measure—Inspection for excessive measurement | On written petition of a consumer the Bureau of Weights and Measures may inspect and test any gas, electric or water meter which has been installed or put in service, where it is shown that the said meter has registered, without apparent cause therefor, an excess of twenty-five percent (25%) or more over the normal mon... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/160/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 160 - Gas and electric units of measure—Inspection service; rules and regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 160 - Gas and electric units of measure—Inspection service; rules and regulations | The Public Service Commission is hereby authorized to organize, under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Weights and Measures, the inspection service required by §§ 155—163 of this title. It shall prescribe and promulgate such rules and regulations as in its judgment may be necessary for the execution of §§ 155—163 of t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-ten/subtitle-1/chapter-9/161/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196)›Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q)›Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166)›§ 161 - Gas and electric units of measure—Appointment of personnel | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TEN - Commerce (§§ 1 — 4196) › Subtitle 1 - Regulation of Business Generally (§§ 1 — 998q) › Chapter 9 - Weights and Measures (§§ 121 — 166) › § 161 - Gas and electric units of measure—Appointment of personnel | There shall be appointed by the Public Service Commission one (1) chief inspector of gas, electric and water meters, and two (2) assistant inspectors, who shall have charge of and be responsible for the technical part of the service, under the direction of the Chief of the Bureau of Weights and Measures. No person shal... |
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