P.R. Laws tit. 28, § 91u
When in the judgment of the Corporation it becomes necessary to take immediate possession of property, rights or interests therein which the Corporation has declared as necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes, the Corporation shall request the Governor to acquire, in the name of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and he shall have power to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or any other lawful means, for the use and benefit of the Corporation, such property, rights or interests therein, as requested. The Corporation shall deposit in advance with the Secretary of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico funds estimated as the value of the property, rights or interests to be acquired.
Any difference in value determined by a court of competent jurisdiction may be paid from the Commonwealth Treasury, but the Corporation shall be under obligation to reimburse such difference. Once it is proved before the court that the reimbursement has been fully made to the Commonwealth Treasury, there shall be conveyed to the Corporation, by order of the court, title to the property, rights or interests acquired; Provided, That in those cases in which the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may deem it necessary and convenient that the property title and/or rights or interests thus acquired by registered directly in behalf of the Corporation in order to expedite fulfillment of the ends and purposes for which it was created, he may so request from the court at any time within the eminent domain proceedings, and if the court so orders; the registrar of property shall, upon presentation to him of the corresponding legal documents, proceed to make the recording of the property title, rights or interests in question in behalf of the Puerto Rico Mineral Resources Development Corporation. The power hereby conferred shall in nowise limit or restrict the power of the Corporation to acquire property by any lawful means, including condemnation.
History —July 2, 1975, No. 145, p. 433, § 22.