P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 5354
The Secretary may establish stations that shall be operated by the Department to conduct the inspections and issue the certificates of inspection and approval, or the certificates granting a grace period to correct the defects. The public shall be informed of the location of these stations through publications to such effects in the newspapers of greatest circulation, as well as in the regional newspapers with a minimum circulation of fifty thousand (50,000) copies, as often as the Secretary deems it convenient. He/she may also contract the vehicle inspection operations to any government agency that has the necessary equipment and installations.
In contracting with the government agencies, priority shall be given to the shops that operate in the vocational schools under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education that teach motor vehicle mechanics.
History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 12.04, eff. 1 year after Jan. 7, 2000.