P.R. Laws tit. 5, § 613o
(a) A Special Fund, which shall be known as the Special Plant Quarantine Office Fund, is hereby created separate from any other fund of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for the exclusive use of the Plant Quarantine Office.
(b) The one hundred percent (100%) of the money collected for the issue of certificates, permits, inspections, taking of samples and analysis, administrative fines and any other activity that generates income pursuant to the provisions of §§ 613—613n of this title, known as the “Plant Quarantine Office Act of Puerto Rico” shall be covered into this fund.
(c) This fund shall be administered by the Plant Quarantine Office and shall be used exclusively to improve and extend its operation and the services rendered by complementing its appropriated budget. The money covered into the fund for the collection of services rendered by the Plant Quarantine Office shall be used to complement the following activities of the Office: purchase of equipment, payment of travel expenses, purchase of materials, uniforms, equipment maintenance services, trips abroad in representation of the Department, educational material, maintenance of the buildings, and recruiting of personnel.
(d) A special account is hereby created in the Department of the Treasury in which the revenues obtained by virtue of this section shall be deposited. The collections and disbursements shall be made in accordance with the regulations to be adopted by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Said benefits shall be remitted in its totality to the Department of Agriculture and covered into the Special Fund in the Office for the Control of Plant Diseases and Pests (Plant Quarantine Office) created by this section.
History —Jan. 5, 2002, No. 15, §§ 1-4.