P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 1906f
The hearing on the petition for exclusion or reduction shall be chaired by an examining official who shall give equal opportunity to all parties to introduce evidence or arguments upholding their claim.
At the conclusion of the hearing, the examining official may:
(1) Deny the petition because the petitioners failed to provide irrefutable proof that their property should be excluded because it receives no benefit whatsoever, or that the fees for benefits imposed by the resolution must be reduced because they exceed the benefits their property receives, or
(2) grant the petition to exclude the property from the district or reduce the fees for benefits because the petitioners provided irrefutable proof for their petition, in which case the examining official must issue one of the following orders:
(a) In case of exclusion, that the exclusion of all or part of the real property described in the petition be ordered based on the fact that the property does not benefit from the improvements made in the district.
(b) In case of reduction, that an order be issued changing the fees for benefits imposed on all or part of the property described in the petition.
Regarding those cases set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this subsection, a copy of the resolution shall be forwarded to the Municipal Revenues Collection Center so that the corresponding changes may be made.
History —June 21, 1988, No. 44, added as § 13 on June 24, 1998, No. 92, § 10, eff. 90 days after June 24, 1998.