P.R. Laws tit. 29, § 2065
The Secretary is hereby empowered to classify the sugarcane growers of Puerto Rico in different groups, taking into consideration the different kinds of manpower required for the production of each ton of sugarcane, on the basis of the grade of mechanization reached by each grower. For each of these groups the Secretary shall fix a rate of payment for each ton of sugarcane. Said rates of payment shall vary for each sugar crop, depending on the annual average price of a hundredweight of raw sugar and taking into account the manpower used in the production of each ton of sugarcane, as well as the resources available for this aid.
(a) The Secretary shall fix by regulation, beginning with the 1976 crop, the standards and procedures to be followed for the payment of the subsidy provided herein. Said regulations shall be filed annually in the office of the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico not later than October 30 of each year.
(b) For computing the data which shall serve as basis for the payment of the subsidy that the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico binds itself to make to sugarcane growers, the sugar factories of the Commonwealth shall furnish to the Secretary or to the subordinate officer to whom he may delegate, at the end of the sugar crop, but not later than August 30 of each year, a report on the tons of sugarcane ground by each grower, as well as on the cutting and harvesting method used.
(c) Payment of this subsidy shall be made not later than December 31 of each year, save when the Secretary deems it necessary to extend said date.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 92, p. 271, § 5.