P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 982a
The Institute may initiate the following actions of a civil nature:
(1) Request that the Court of First Instance, Superior Part, issue an injunction to impede, suspend or stay any action of a government body which may be in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Appear before the Court of First Instance, Superior Part, to request that all government bodies comply with its orders, requests for information, resolutions, and any other determinations, as such agency is authorized by law and the regulations it may adopt.
(3) Institute actions as pertinent to collect payment on civil sanctions imposed under the powers and duties set forth in §§ 972, 974, 975 and 977 of this title. In any case in which there is failure to comply with any final and binding administrative fine or sanction or with a final and binding civil sanction, the courts shall impose the prevailing legal interest rate over the amount due and the payment of attorney’s fees in favor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Interest shall begin to accrue from the time the sanction becomes final and binding. The moneys collected on account of interest shall be covered into the Special Fund of the Institute, under the custody of the Department of the Treasury, created in § 985 of this title.
(4) In order to exercise these powers and the authority to sue as established in § 972 of this title, the Institute may be represented by its own attorneys in order to attain compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 209, added as § 14 on Aug. 15, 2008, No. 279, § 2.