P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 361j
(a) Prior to the approval, amendment or revocation of any rule or regulation, the Secretary shall give public notice of the proposed action by its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Secretary shall grant the interested parties a period of thirty (30) days after publication to submit written data or comments.
(b) Except as provided in §§ 361g, 361h(e) and 361 l of this title, all standards, amendments, orders revoking the same, rules and regulations, once approved by the Secretary shall take effect thirty (30) days after their promulgation.
(c) The Secretary shall give public notice of all the orders of variances under §§ 361m and 361n of this title, by publication of a notice of the action taken in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico within twenty-five (25) days subsequent to the date of issuance.
(d) The Secretary shall provide, on the basis of the request for and availability thereof, a reasonable number of copies of the standards, rules, regulations and orders of variances, which may be printed by the Department to the persons affected thereby. The Secretary may sell additional copies thereof at reasonable prices.
(e) The Secretary shall keep copies of the standards, rules, regulations and orders of variances, to be examined by any interested persons and the public in general, in the offices of the Department. The Secretary may destroy any records or documents dealing with standards, rules, regulations or orders of variances which are no longer in force.
(f) All standards, rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to §§ 361—361aa of this title shall be in force and shall be prima facie reasonable and lawful until otherwise decided by a competent court of justice, or until amended or revoked by the Secretary and no standard, rule or regulation in force shall be declared ineffective, illegal or void because of any omission of a technical character existing therein.
History —Aug. 5, 1975, No. 16, p. 605, § 11.