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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-1/chapter-5a/107r/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 1 - Protection of Game and Fish (§§ 1-16 — 107u)›Chapter 5A - Wildlife Act of 1999 (§§ 107 — 107u)›§ 107r - Administrative hearings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 1 - Protection of Game and Fish (§§ 1-16 — 107u) › Chapter 5A - Wildlife Act of 1999 (§§ 107 — 107u) › § 107r - Administrative hearings | (a) Any person directly and adversely affected by acts, orders or resolutions issued by the Secretary in relation to the issue, renewal or revocation of licenses or permits authorized by this chapter may petition for an administrative hearing pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Unifo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-1/chapter-5a/107s/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 1 - Protection of Game and Fish (§§ 1-16 — 107u)›Chapter 5A - Wildlife Act of 1999 (§§ 107 — 107u)›§ 107s - Surveillance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 1 - Protection of Game and Fish (§§ 1-16 — 107u) › Chapter 5A - Wildlife Act of 1999 (§§ 107 — 107u) › § 107s - Surveillance | (a) The surveillance needed to enforce compliance with this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder, shall be in charge of law enforcement officers.
History —Aug. 15, 1999, No. 241, § 21. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-1/chapter-5a/107t/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 1 - Protection of Game and Fish (§§ 1-16 — 107u)›Chapter 5A - Wildlife Act of 1999 (§§ 107 — 107u)›§ 107t - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 1 - Protection of Game and Fish (§§ 1-16 — 107u) › Chapter 5A - Wildlife Act of 1999 (§§ 107 — 107u) › § 107t - Penalties | (1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder, except for the provisions of this section, shall incur a misdemeanor and if convicted, shall be punished with a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor of more than five hundred dollars ($500), or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-1/chapter-5a/107u/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 1 - Protection of Game and Fish (§§ 1-16 — 107u)›Chapter 5A - Wildlife Act of 1999 (§§ 107 — 107u)›§ 107u - Special Fund for Wildlife Management | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 1 - Protection of Game and Fish (§§ 1-16 — 107u) › Chapter 5A - Wildlife Act of 1999 (§§ 107 — 107u) › § 107u - Special Fund for Wildlife Management | A special fund to be known as the Special Fund for Wildlife Management, is hereby created to be administered by the Department in benefit of all wildlife resources. The amounts collected on account of the license and permit fees and the stamps established in this chapter, as well as those collected on account of the fi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-12/131/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 12 - Law of Urban Forests (§§ 131 — 134)›§ 131 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 12 - Law of Urban Forests (§§ 131 — 134) › § 131 - Definitions | The following terms shall have the meaning stated hereinbelow:
(a) Arboriculture.— Discipline devoted to the study, care and management of trees, shrubs and plants.
(b) Municipal planting professional.— Professional certified for each municipality to practice arboriculture as defined in this chapter and in the Puerto R... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-12/132/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 12 - Law of Urban Forests (§§ 131 — 134)›§ 132 - Municipal planting professional; functions and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 12 - Law of Urban Forests (§§ 131 — 134) › § 132 - Municipal planting professional; functions and duties | The municipal planting professional shall be a person with knowledge and academic training in the management of forest systems, planting, and conservation of trees, who shall also be certified by the Department, pursuant to the provisions of the Puerto Rico Planting, Cutting and Foresting Regulations. Each municipality... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-12/133/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 12 - Law of Urban Forests (§§ 131 — 134)›§ 133 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 12 - Law of Urban Forests (§§ 131 — 134) › § 133 - Creation | The Department shall certify the lands recommended by the Municipal Planting Professional in the Urban Forests Plan of every municipality as urban forests, provided there is compliance with the planting specifications set forth in the Puerto Rico Planting, Cutting and Foresting Regulations, known as “Planning Regulatio... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-12/134/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 12 - Law of Urban Forests (§§ 131 — 134)›§ 134 - Municipal [Reforesting] Fund—Creation, purpose and donations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 12 - Law of Urban Forests (§§ 131 — 134) › § 134 - Municipal [Reforesting] Fund—Creation, purpose and donations | The Municipal Reforesting Fund is created by this chapter. In each municipality that has the available resources, this special account shall be established to manage all that pertains to municipal reforesting and to the creation and maintenance of urban forests. The municipality may receive or request donations for the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-12a/135/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140)›§ 135 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140) › § 135 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Biological corridor.— Means the natural space that has two (2) or more forest systems, with the purpose of expanding the habitat of the species, thus facilitating their free reproduction and migration.
(b) Buffer ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-12a/136/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140)›§ 136 - Clearing of the biological corridors and delimiting of buffer zones; powers and duties ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140) › § 136 - Clearing of the biological corridors and delimiting of buffer zones; powers and duties of the Secretary | Within the framework of his/her respective powers, the Secretary is directed to perform the following actions, as well as any others that are convenient and necessary for the purposes of this chapter:
(a) Identify the lands located between the state forests of Maricao, Susúa and Guánica; and those of Guilarte, Pueblo d... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-12a/137/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140)›§ 137 - Regulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140) › § 137 - Regulations | The drafting of the regulations shall require the holding of public hearings in the areas concerned, in such a way that the community can have the opportunity to express itself with regard to this chapter, and the contents of said regulations.
Among other things, said regulations shall include the following:
(a) Once t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-12a/138/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140)›§ 138 - Access routes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140) › § 138 - Access routes | The Highways and Transportation Authority is hereby directed to study the access routes existing in the area of the proposed biological corridors and buffer zones. It is further provided that they shall evaluate and submit to the Secretary, alternate detours, routes or any other solution addressed to protect the integr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-12a/139/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140)›§ 139 - Advisory Committee | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140) › § 139 - Advisory Committee | An Advisory Committee is hereby created that shall be chaired by the Secretary and shall be composed of the following permanent members or a representative designated by them: the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works, the Chairperson of the Plann... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-12a/140/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140)›§ 140 - Incentives | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 12A - Unification of State Forests (§§ 135 — 140) › § 140 - Incentives | The Secretary is hereby empowered to design attractive incentives for the owners of the lands that are included in the biological corridors or buffer zones, so that they will collaborate in the achievement of the objectives of this chapter; stimulate economic activity in the forests through technical assistance, [the] ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-14/181/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186)›§ 181 - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186) › § 181 - Creation | The “Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program” attached to the Forest Service Bureau of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby created.
History —Dec. 21, 2010, No. 214, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-14/182/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186)›§ 182 - Statement of public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186) › § 182 - Statement of public policy | It shall be the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico to develop and execute a plan to plant trees in order to reforest urban and deforested areas of our Island.
Such policy is hereby adopted in compliance with the constitutional principle stated in Article VI, Section 19 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico, wh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-14/183/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186)›§ 183 - Responsibilities of the Forest Service Bureau of the Department of Natural an... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186) › § 183 - Responsibilities of the Forest Service Bureau of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources | The Forest Service Bureau of the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources shall be responsible for implementing and enforcing this chapter. Furthermore, the Forest Service Bureau shall have the authority and shall:
(a) Establish guidelines to determine which trees shall be planted, as well as the areas to be i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-14/184/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186)›§ 184 - Program monitoring | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186) › § 184 - Program monitoring | The Program Director, with the consent of the Secretary of the Agency, shall establish a process of supervision, management, and irrigation of crops in forested areas.
History —Dec. 21, 2010, No. 214, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-14/185/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186)›§ 185 - Program budget | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186) › § 185 - Program budget | Expenses incurred for the implementation of the “Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program” shall be defrayed from the own funds of the Forest Service Bureau of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. In subsequent years, the Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources shall include ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-14/186/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186)›§ 186 - Acceptance of donations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 14 - Green Puerto Rico Reforestation Program (§§ 181 — 186) › § 186 - Acceptance of donations | The Forest Service Bureau of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the Government of Puerto Rico, all monetary contributions or other donations from private citizens and businesses, as necessary and convenient for the purposes of this chapter.
History —Dec. 2... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/191/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 191 - Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 191 - Short title | This chapter shall be known as “Puerto Rico Forest Act”.
History —July 1, 1975, No. 133, p. 393, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/192/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 192 - Forest policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 192 - Forest policy | It is hereby declared that the public forest policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is the following:
(a) Forests are a natural and unique resource because of their capacity to preserve and restore the ecological balance of the environmental surroundings; they conserve the soil, water, flora and fauna; they supply ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/193/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 193 - Public lands for Commonwealth Forests | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 193 - Public lands for Commonwealth Forests | (a) The Governor, with the recommendation of the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources, after a public hearing of the interested parties, may from time to time, designate as Commonwealth Forests any Commonwealth land which he may deem is more suitable for forestry purposes than for other purposes, including ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/194/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 194 - Forest Service | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 194 - Forest Service | There is hereby created the Puerto Rico Forest Service under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources, which service shall comprise the powers and duties herein set forth.
History —July 1, 1975, No. 133, p. 393, § 4. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/195/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 195 - Personnel of Forest Service | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 195 - Personnel of Forest Service | (a) The Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources is empowered to appoint a Chief of the Forest Service. Said Chief shall be the executive officer of the Service, and shall be charged with the immediate direction and control (subject to the supervision and approval of the Secretary of Natural and Environmental R... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/196/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 196 - Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources—Duties and powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 196 - Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources—Duties and powers | The Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources shall have the following duties and powers, among others:
(a) Supervision of the personnel, the appropriations and of the expenditures.—
(1) To procure the necessary funds and administer the same in order to achieve an effective functioning of the Forest Service purs... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/197/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 197 - Forest Development Special Fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 197 - Forest Development Special Fund | All income accruing from any Commonwealth Forest or from any activity within the scope of this chapter shall be deposited by the Secretary of the Treasury in a special fund which shall be designated as the “Forest Development Special Fund” to be used by the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources for the impro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/198/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 198 - Unlawful acts in Commonwealth Forests | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 198 - Unlawful acts in Commonwealth Forests | It is hereby forbidden to commit any of the following acts in Commonwealth Forests, except by express authorization in writing of the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources.
(a) Damages to property.— The cutting down, killing, [causing the deterioration of], bud pruning, uprooting or otherwise injuring or det... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/199/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 199 - Unlawful acts outside of Commonwealth Forests | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 199 - Unlawful acts outside of Commonwealth Forests | (a) Except as stipulated herein, any person who, without proper authorization or title, wilfully cuts, strips the bark from or otherwise damages or takes for himself any tree or shrub belonging to another person and which is on private property or on the property of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its public instrum... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/200/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 200 - Auxiliary Commonwealth Forest | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 200 - Auxiliary Commonwealth Forest | (a) Classification of land; tax exemption.— The Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby authorized to classify as Auxiliary Forests, at the request of the landowner, private lands that exceed five (5) cuerdas in the bordering land area devoted exclusively to the production and development of forests ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/201/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 201 - Forest employment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 201 - Forest employment | The Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby authorized to use the necessary forest work, as a source of employment to mitigate rural poverty, to educate unruly children and to rehabilitate convicts. For this purpose he is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the governmental agencies mainl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/202/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 202 - Refuges | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 202 - Refuges | In order to protect the dwindling population of wildlife species in our forests, it is hereby declared that all present and future commonwealth forests are refuges for any wildlife species, bird or game animal or any other kind of bird whether native or migratory. Hereafter and as long as any of such refuges be continu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/203/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 203 - Forest and hunting wardens | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 203 - Forest and hunting wardens | All Commonwealth Forest officers are hereby designated forest rangers and hunting wardens and shall have the same authority as the commonwealth police to make arrests with or without a warrant when there is committed in their presence within the Commonwealth Forests a violation of any law or regulation in force.
Histor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/203a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 203a - Administrative fines, orders of the Secretary, and aid of jurisdiction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 203a - Administrative fines, orders of the Secretary, and aid of jurisdiction | The Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby empowered to impose administrative fines for violations of this chapter and the regulations approved thereunder after holding quasi-judicial public hearings. The administrative fines shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), nor shall they be less ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/203b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 203b - Administrative hearings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 203b - Administrative hearings | At the administrative hearings of a quasi-judicial nature mentioned in § 203a of this title the persons involved shall have the following rights, among others:
(a) To be notified, personally or through certified mail with acknowledgement of receipt, about the proceeding to be held and to be informed of the facts upon w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/203c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 203c - Reconsideration and judicial review | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 203c - Reconsideration and judicial review | Any party adversely affected by a resolution, order or decision of the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources, may request its reconsideration within the term of fifteen (15) days after the date such resolution, order or decision is served.
The filing of the request for reconsideration will not exempt any per... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15/204/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204)›§ 204 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15 - Forest Act of Puerto Rico (§§ 191 — 204) › § 204 - Penalties | Any violation of any provision of this chapter or its regulations shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the accused shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment for a term of not less than five (5) days nor more ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15a/211/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15A - Reforestation, Management and Conservation of Living Resources Program in the Natural and Environmental Resources Administration (§§ 211 — ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15A - Reforestation, Management and Conservation of Living Resources Program in the Natural and Environmental Resources Administration (§§ 211 — 214) › § 211 - Creation | The Reforestation and Management and Conservation of Living Resources Program, henceforth “the Program” is hereby created at the Forestry Service Bureau of the Natural and Environmental Resources Administration, attached to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, to attend to the urgent need to plant, ca... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15a/212/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15A - Reforestation, Management and Conservation of Living Resources Program in the Natural and Environmental Resources Administration (§§ 211 — ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15A - Reforestation, Management and Conservation of Living Resources Program in the Natural and Environmental Resources Administration (§§ 211 — 214) › § 212 - Formulation of strategies | The Program shall set forth the strategies and develop the mechanisms and work plans needed to achieve the following objectives:
(a) Produce and distribute native, autochthonous, rare, critical, threatened, or endangered species of trees, as well as suitable exotic trees that may help to achieve the reforestation purpo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15a/213/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15A - Reforestation, Management and Conservation of Living Resources Program in the Natural and Environmental Resources Administration (§§ 211 — ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15A - Reforestation, Management and Conservation of Living Resources Program in the Natural and Environmental Resources Administration (§§ 211 — 214) › § 213 - Authorizations by the Secretary | The Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby authorized to perform the pertinent transactions with and provide incentives to groups of students and community and nonprofit organizations duly registered with the Department of State through regulations, for the provision of the labor needed to establish... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15a/214/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15A - Reforestation, Management and Conservation of Living Resources Program in the Natural and Environmental Resources Administration (§§ 211 — ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15A - Reforestation, Management and Conservation of Living Resources Program in the Natural and Environmental Resources Administration (§§ 211 — 214) › § 214 - Recruitment by Secretary | The Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources shall temporarily reassign and recruit for the Program, whatever personnel from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources deemed necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 7, 1998, No. 195, § 4, retroactive to July 1, 1998. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15b/215/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e)›§ 215 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e) › § 215 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meaning[s] expressed below:
(a) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.— Shall mean the Island of Puerto Rico, the Islands of Vieques, Culebra, Mona, Caja de Muertos and all other keys under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Wild birds.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15b/215a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e)›§ 215a - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e) › § 215a - Public policy | The public policy statement contained in Act May 30, 1976, No. 70, which holds that all species of wildlife which have acquired said condition and are found within the territorial limits of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are the property of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is hereby reaffirmed.
History —June 25, 1998,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15b/215b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e)›§ 215b - Reforestation projects | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e) › § 215b - Reforestation projects | Any reforestation project in which public or private funds, or a combination of these, are used, of the total number of tress to be planted fifteen percent (15%) of the trees planted in rural areas and ten percent (10%) of the trees planted in urban areas, shall belong to those fruit or seed-bearing species which provi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15b/215c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e)›§ 215c - List of trees and bushes | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e) › § 215c - List of trees and bushes | The species of trees or bushes, such as, but not limited to, that shall be planted to comply with the provisions of this chapter, are:
Scientific Name Common Name
Alchornea latifolia Achiotillo
Andira inermis Moca, Cabbage angelin
Annona montana Guanábana cimarrona, Wild soursop
Annona muricata Guanábana, Soursop
Annon... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15b/215d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e)›§ 215d - Selection of species | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e) › § 215d - Selection of species | The selection of the species of trees mentioned in § 215c of this title and the areas to be reforested shall be conducted under the technical recommendations of the Reforestation Division of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. In addition, the following factors shall be taken into consideration:
(a) ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15b/215e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e)›§ 215e - Implementation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15B - Foster Planting of Fruit and Seed-Bearing Trees (§§ 215 — 215e) › § 215e - Implementation | The Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby empowered to determine through regulations, the organization, implementation and administration of this chapter.
History —June 25, 1998, No. 97, § 7, eff. 30 days after June 25, 1998. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216 - Designation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216 - Designation | For purposes of implementing the public policy on conservation, management, and protection of natural resources in San Juan’s metropolitan area, the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico hereby recognizes that forests are a unique natural resource due to their capacity to maintain and restore the ecological balance of th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216a - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, these terms shall have the following meaning:
(a) Forests.— Means biological communities dominated by trees, shrubs, including other types of related plants and fauna found in public or private, rural or urban lands.
(b) Park.— Means an area designed and molded for several types of spo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216b - Construction permits—Prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216b - Construction permits—Prohibition | The Planning Board, the Permit Management Office, and any other instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico concerned in this matter are hereby prohibited from issuing corresponding permits that are not in harmony with the public policy set forth in this chapter and with the qualification and classification set ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216c - Zoning | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216c - Zoning | The zoning of the lands of the Ecological Corridor shall be according to the qualification and classification established and approved by the Planning Board in the Territorial Ordinance Plan of the Municipality of San Juan, as long as same is granted the maximum protection of the law for the purposes set forth herein.
... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216d - Transfers and alienation—Prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216d - Transfers and alienation—Prohibition | It is hereby prohibited for lands of the Ecological Corridor of San Juan to be transferred or alienated for purposes other than those indicated in this chapter.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 206, § 5. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216e - Expropriation or purchase—Authorization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216e - Expropriation or purchase—Authorization | (a) The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby ordered to obtain control of the lands referenced in this chapter by means of eminent domain, voluntary acquisition, gratuitously or for value, transfer, constitution of conservation easements, leasing or any other means of legal acquisition of the dom... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216f - General boundaries | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216f - General boundaries | A list and a general description of the tracts of land that comprise the Corridor, according to their cadastre numbers in the Municipal Revenues Collection Center (CRIM, Spanish acronym) is included below:
087-032-658-01, Commonwealth Forest of the New Millennium
087-032-658-02, Commonwealth Forest of the New Millenniu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216g - Expropriation—Appraisal and procedure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216g - Expropriation—Appraisal and procedure | The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources shall perform an appraisal of private properties to comply with the legal provisions for the payment of fair compensation to the owners of the real property. Said eminent domain shall be carried out pursuant to the provisions set forth in §§ 191 et seq. of this titl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216h - Ownership and delimitation of properties—Identification | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216h - Ownership and delimitation of properties—Identification | The ownership of the public and private lands proposed herein to comprise the Ecological Corridor of San Juan shall hereby be identified to expedite the acquisition of said lands. The delimitation and demarcation of said lands which shall be a part of this zone is necessary to ensure the exclusion of inhabited areas ha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216i - Conservation and management plan | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216i - Conservation and management plan | The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources shall, within the term of thirty (30) days after the approval of this act, designate a Special Committee comprised [of] thirteen (13) members, including the representatives of the following entities: the National Institute of Tropical Forestry, the University of Pue... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216j - Secretary’s powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216j - Secretary’s powers | The Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby empowered to enter agreements with other government entities, community organizations, and private entities for the study, administration, scientific research and management of the Ecological Corridor of San Juan.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, N... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15c/216k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k)›§ 216k - Compliance with the plan and acquisition of land | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15C - Ecological Corridor of San Juan (§§ 216 — 216k) › § 216k - Compliance with the plan and acquisition of land | Once the Plan for the Conservation and Management of the Ecological Corridor is complied with, and the land that comprises the Ecological Corridor zone has been acquired pursuant to the provisions in this chapter, any surplus of funds shall be remitted to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to be used... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15d/217/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15D - Monte de Choca, in the Barrios Palos Blancos of Corozal (§§ 217 — 217b)›§ 217 - Public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15D - Monte de Choca, in the Barrios Palos Blancos of Corozal (§§ 217 — 217b) › § 217 - Public policy | The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s public policy of protecting and preserving natural resources of a high ecological value is hereby declared. For this purpose, the area of Monte de Choca of Barrio Palos Blancos of the Municipality of Corozal, is designated as a forest area. Two hundred forty-four point seventy-seven (2... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15d/217-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15D - Monte de Choca, in the Barrios Palos Blancos of Corozal (§§ 217 — 217b)›§ 217-1 - Section of land segregated for recreational areas | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15D - Monte de Choca, in the Barrios Palos Blancos of Corozal (§§ 217 — 217b) › § 217-1 - Section of land segregated for recreational areas | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby authorized to segregate a section of land in the Forest named Monte Choca in Barrio Palos Blancos in the Municipality of Corozal, on the West side of Road PR 808, between kilometer 1.8 and kilomete... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15d/217a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15D - Monte de Choca, in the Barrios Palos Blancos of Corozal (§§ 217 — 217b)›§ 217a - Secretary—Powers and duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15D - Monte de Choca, in the Barrios Palos Blancos of Corozal (§§ 217 — 217b) › § 217a - Secretary—Powers and duties | The Secretary of the [Department of] Natural and Environmental Resources shall establish the regulations of this chapter and shall assure compliance with the same. To this end, the Secretary shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) To establish the corresponding regulations on preservation, protection, conservat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-2/chapter-15d/217b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b)›Chapter 15D - Monte de Choca, in the Barrios Palos Blancos of Corozal (§§ 217 — 217b)›§ 217b - Secretary—Authorization to expropriate | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 2 - Forests (§§ 121-128 — 217b) › Chapter 15D - Monte de Choca, in the Barrios Palos Blancos of Corozal (§§ 217 — 217b) › § 217b - Secretary—Authorization to expropriate | The Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby empowered to expropriate any private land, properties, structures or buildings adjacent or close to the designated forest area to insure the protection, preservation and conservation of such area.
All the real and personal property and any right to or inter... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-21/231/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 21 - Watersheds (§§ 231 — 235)›§ 231 - Sale of watershed lands to Government of United States | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 21 - Watersheds (§§ 231 — 235) › § 231 - Sale of watershed lands to Government of United States | The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico hereby authorizes the Government of the United States to purchase lands for the protection of watersheds in wooded areas and for the production of trees, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March 1, 1911, of the Congress of the United States, amended June 7, 1924.
His... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-21/232/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 21 - Watersheds (§§ 231 — 235)›§ 232 - Watershed Protection Act—Short title | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 21 - Watersheds (§§ 231 — 235) › § 232 - Watershed Protection Act—Short title | Sections 232–235 of this title may be cited as the “Watershed Protection Act”.
History —May 8, 1945, No. 97, p. 342, § 1, eff. July 1, 1945. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-21/233/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 21 - Watersheds (§§ 231 — 235)›§ 233 - Watershed Protection Act—Programs for soil conservation and planting forest trees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 21 - Watersheds (§§ 231 — 235) › § 233 - Watershed Protection Act—Programs for soil conservation and planting forest trees | The Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service of that Department, is hereby authorized and directed, and with the cooperation and advice of the Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority, Isabela Irrigation Service, Commonwealth Aqueduct and Sewerage Service, and U.S. Soil Conservation Service, to engage in detai... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-21/234/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 21 - Watersheds (§§ 231 — 235)›§ 234 - Watershed Protection Act—Acquisition of watershed lands | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 21 - Watersheds (§§ 231 — 235) › § 234 - Watershed Protection Act—Acquisition of watershed lands | The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to acquire on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and thereafter to administer as Commonwealth Forests such lands within the aforesaid watersheds as may in his opinion and in conformity with the Planning Act be necessary to carry out fully the purpose... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-21/235/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 21 - Watersheds (§§ 231 — 235)›§ 235 - Watershed Protection Act—Appropriation; operating expenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 21 - Watersheds (§§ 231 — 235) › § 235 - Watershed Protection Act—Appropriation; operating expenses | For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of §§ 232–235 of this title, there is hereby appropriated from funds of the Treasury, not otherwise encumbered, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the purchase of land and other capital improvements. the operating expenses necessary to carry out t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-22/241/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g)›§ 241 - Statement of public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g) › § 241 - Statement of public policy | It is hereby stated and reiterated that the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico seeks to protect, preserve and conserve the coral reefs along the territorial waters of Puerto Rico for the benefit and enjoyment of this and future generations. It is furthermore hereby stated, that the public interest demands... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-22/241a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g)›§ 241a - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g) › § 241a - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meaning and scope expressed below for each, except when the text clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) Territorial waters.— Means the navigable waters under the rule and control of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Area of reef recovery.— Means those ree... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-22/241b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g)›§ 241b - Powers of Secretary; protection of the coral reefs | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g) › § 241b - Powers of Secretary; protection of the coral reefs | The Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby authorized to take all measures needed for the protection, conservation and management of coral reefs and coral communities throughout the territorial waters of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Secretary shall identify those places des... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-22/241c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g)›§ 241c - Program—Establishment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g) › § 241c - Program—Establishment | The Secretary shall establish a program for the protection, conservation and management of coral reefs to ensure the best use of the existing resources and implement the proper mechanisms to allow for the management, conservation and protection of coral reefs for the enjoyment and benefit of the people of Puerto Rico.
... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-22/241d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g)›§ 241d - Additional powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g) › § 241d - Additional powers | Besides the powers and faculties established in this chapter, the Secretary shall have the following faculties and duties:
(a) Adopt the regulations deemed necessary for complying with the provisions of this chapter, pursuant to §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
(b) Enter... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-22/241e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g)›§ 241e - Management plan | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g) › § 241e - Management plan | The Secretary is hereby directed to adopt a special management plan for the coral reefs and the coral communities.
An Environmental Impact Statement shall be required for every project that may cause a negative impact on coral reefs, coral communities and associated marine systems. The Planning Board and the Department... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-22/241f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g)›§ 241f - Administrative fines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g) › § 241f - Administrative fines | The Secretary may impose administrative fines to any person for:
(a) Extracting, removing, mutilating or otherwise destroying or damaging any coral reef or reef community or portions thereof.
(b) Offering for sale, exchange, donation or otherwise trafficking in or disposing of live or dead coral reef or live or dead po... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-22/241g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g)›§ 241g - Exceptions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 22 - Protection, Conservation and Management of Coral Reefs (§§ 241 — 241g) › § 241g - Exceptions | The provisions of § 241f of this title notwithstanding, any person may, with the prior authorization of the Secretary and provided he complies with any other applicable legal provision:
(a) Conduct scientific or other studies and take live or dead coral samples or portions thereof or of associated organisms; Provided, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-23/251/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 23 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention (§§ 251 — 254)›§ 251 - Eligibility for federal benefits | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 23 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention (§§ 251 — 254) › § 251 - Eligibility for federal benefits | For the purpose of enabling the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico to qualify as “local organization”, as said term is defined in the law for the protection of hydrographical basins and flood control (68 Stat. 666), as amended, and thus make it eligible to obtain from the federal government the benefits available... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-23/252/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 23 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention (§§ 251 — 254)›§ 252 - Acquisition of property | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 23 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention (§§ 251 — 254) › § 252 - Acquisition of property | The Governor of Puerto Rico or the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered to acquire, in the name and in representation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, either by purchase or agreement, or through the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or by any other lawful means, any property title or in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-23/253/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 23 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention (§§ 251 — 254)›§ 253 - Hydrographic Watershed Fund—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 23 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention (§§ 251 — 254) › § 253 - Hydrographic Watershed Fund—Creation | There is hereby created a fund to be known as the “Hydrographic Watershed Fund” into which there shall be covered the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) which fund the Secretary of Agriculture was authorized to use by virtue of J.R. No. 76 of June 26, 1965, to start flood control projects in the areas known... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-23/254/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 23 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention (§§ 251 — 254)›§ 254 - Hydrographic Watershed Fund—Projects under provisions of federal laws | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 23 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention (§§ 251 — 254) › § 254 - Hydrographic Watershed Fund—Projects under provisions of federal laws | The Secretary of Agriculture may use said Hydrographic Watershed Fund to pay for any cost or investment, compensation, services or expenses in connection with any project to be built in Puerto Rico under the provisions of the Law of the Congress of the United States of America - Public Law No. 566, approved August 4, 1... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24/255/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g)›§ 255 - Creation, personnel | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g) › § 255 - Creation, personnel | There is hereby created in the Department of Transportation and Public Works a Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers whose Chief and other personnel shall be appointed by the Secretary of Public Works.
History —Feb. 29, 1968, No. 6, p. 9, § 1, eff. July 1, 1968. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24/255a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g)›§ 255a - Powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g) › § 255a - Powers | The Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers shall be in charge of the survey and control of floods; the vigilance, conservation and cleaning of beaches, the control of the extraction of sand and gravel on the beaches and river shores; the control of erosion of the beaches; the demarcation and drain... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24/255b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g)›§ 255b - Functioning and operational expenses | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g) › § 255b - Functioning and operational expenses | The functioning and operational expenses of the Area herein created shall be defrayed out of the sums appropriated for such purpose in the Budgetary Act.
History —Feb. 29, 1968, No. 6, p. 9, § 3, eff. July 1, 1968. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24/255c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g)›§ 255c - Management of beaches; Interagency Board—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g) › § 255c - Management of beaches; Interagency Board—Creation | The Interagency Board Act for the Management of Puerto Rico’s Beaches is hereby created to establish, in an integrated manner, the public policy for the management of Puerto Rico’s beaches. The Board shall be responsible for coordinating efforts and resources in the public and private sectors, to develop the security, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24/255d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g)›§ 255d - Members | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g) › § 255d - Members | (a) Composition.— The Board shall be composed of eleven (11) members, one of whom shall be its Director, who shall all be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico. The members of the Board shall be citizens of the United States and residents of Puerto Rico. The Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental R... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24/255e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g)›§ 255e - Members—Organization; meetings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g) › § 255e - Members—Organization; meetings | (a) In a period of no more that thirty (30) days after the designation, approval, and appointment of its members, the Director shall summon the members of the Board, who shall meet, organize, and establish an internal regulation for its administration, according to the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act of the Common... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24/255f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g)›§ 255f - Integrated work plan | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g) › § 255f - Integrated work plan | The Board shall submit to the Legislature of Puerto Rico within the ninety (90) days following its composition, an integrated work plan that spans all the efforts to be integrated from all the federal and state agencies for the management of Puerto Rico’s beaches. The Plan shall be submitted in the offices of the Secre... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24/255g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g)›§ 255g - Yearly report | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24 - Flood Prevention and Conservation Area of Beaches and Rivers (§§ 255 — 255g) › § 255g - Yearly report | On or before the 28th of February of each year, the Board shall present an annual report about the actions that have been executed to comply with the provisions of §§ 255c–255g of this title. Said report shall cover the calendar year that immediately precedes the year of presentation, and shall include a detailed accou... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24a/256/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24A - Protecting “Tropical Beach” and “La Fanduca” (§§ 256 — 256b)›§ 256 - Reserved swimming areas | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24A - Protecting “Tropical Beach” and “La Fanduca” (§§ 256 — 256b) › § 256 - Reserved swimming areas | The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, in consultation with the Planning Board, is hereby directed to study and analyze the feasibility of installing buoys or any other type of floating [marker] in order to delimit the areas reserved for bathers on the beaches known as “Tropical Beach” and La Fanduca, i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24a/256a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24A - Protecting “Tropical Beach” and “La Fanduca” (§§ 256 — 256b)›§ 256a - Use of navigational vehicles prohibited | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24A - Protecting “Tropical Beach” and “La Fanduca” (§§ 256 — 256b) › § 256a - Use of navigational vehicles prohibited | The use of jet-skis or marine motorcycles or any other type of boat, vessel or [navigational] vehicle, is hereby prohibited near the shores of “Tropical Beach” and La Fanduca in the Municipality of Naguabo.
History —Aug. 1, 1999, No. 209, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24a/256b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24A - Protecting “Tropical Beach” and “La Fanduca” (§§ 256 — 256b)›§ 256b - Violations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24A - Protecting “Tropical Beach” and “La Fanduca” (§§ 256 — 256b) › § 256b - Violations | The violation of this section by persons who operate a boat or vessel shall be pursuant to what is established in Act No. 48 of June 27, 1986.
History —Aug. 1, 1999, No. 209, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24b/257/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24B - “Adopt-a-Beach” Program (§§ 257 — 257b)›§ 257 - To institute the “Adopt-a-Beach” program | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24B - “Adopt-a-Beach” Program (§§ 257 — 257b) › § 257 - To institute the “Adopt-a-Beach” program | The “Adopt-a-Beach” program is hereby instituted, attached to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, thus emulating the program bearing the same name instituted by the Sea Grant Program of the University of Puerto Rico, in order to contribute to the quality of life of the citizenry, establish a program ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24b/257a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24B - “Adopt-a-Beach” Program (§§ 257 — 257b)›§ 257a - Coordinator | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24B - “Adopt-a-Beach” Program (§§ 257 — 257b) › § 257a - Coordinator | The Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources shall designate a Coordinator, who shall be responsible for the development of the Program and shall perform the functions provided in this chapter and those that may be assigned or delegated by the Secretary.
The Coordinator shall be a person of re... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24b/257b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24B - “Adopt-a-Beach” Program (§§ 257 — 257b)›§ 257b - Director—Powers and functions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24B - “Adopt-a-Beach” Program (§§ 257 — 257b) › § 257b - Director—Powers and functions | (a) In coordination and with the approval of the Secretary, [the Director] shall prepare and implement the norms, procedures, rules and regulations that govern the Program, including his/her working plan.
(b) Shall attend to and supervise the development of the Program and shall design a system for the effective growth... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24c/258/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e)›§ 258 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e) › § 258 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning and scope set forth below, except when a different meaning can clearly be construed from the context:
(a) Company.— Shall mean the Puerto Rico Tourism Company created by §§ 671 et seq. of Title 23.
(b) Department.— Shall mean the D... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24c/258a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e)›§ 258a - Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e) › § 258a - Creation | The Program is hereby created, attached to the Interagency Board for the Management of Beaches in Puerto Rico, which shall, in turn, appoint a committee chaired by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, which shall be implemented pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. This Program pursues the selection of pilot beaches,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24c/258b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e)›§ 258b - Coordination | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e) › § 258b - Coordination | To achieve the purposes of the Program, the committee chaired by the Company shall coordinate with the entities of the private and the public sector (including the Board), the resources and efforts directed to the compliance of the parameters by the pilot beaches. It is further provided that attuned to the regulations ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24c/258c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e)›§ 258c - Selection of pilot beaches and... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e) › § 258c - Selection of pilot beaches and extent | The Committee chaired by the Company, and in consultation with the Board and participating entities of the private sector, shall select the pilot beaches, which shall initially be the beaches that have the greatest probability of meeting the parameters, and those to which the program may later be extended.
History —Aug... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24c/258d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e)›§ 258d - Parameters | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e) › § 258d - Parameters | The pilot beaches shall comply with all the criteria indicated below:
(a) Bathing water quality.—
(1) Strict compliance with criteria established in federal and state legislation, and of the recommended values in the present standards in order to qualify for the Blue Flag Program, of the microbiological criteria as wel... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-twelve/subtitle-3/chapter-24c/258e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162)›Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417)›Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e)›§ 258e - Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 3 - Water Protection (§§ 231 — 417) › Chapter 24C - Promotion, Protection and Conservation of the Beaches Aspiring to the Blue Flag (§§ 258 — 258e) › § 258e - Reports | The Committee chaired by the Company shall submit biannual reports on the activities of the Program to the Legislature and the Governor, on or before the 1st of January and the 1st of July, respectively.
The report shall include data on the selection of pilot beaches, the coordination carried out by the committee chair... |
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