P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 227m

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§ 227m. Declaration of Areas Reserved in Perpetuity—Procedure

The Legislature, in exercising its constitutional mandate to legislate and in compliance with the environmental public policy provided in § 19 of Article VI of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and in Act No. 9 of June 18, 1970, as amended, may declare, designate or delimit in conformity with the law, any territorial extension under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a Special Area Reserved in Perpetuity when it is of ecological, agricultural, historic, cultural or archeological value that merits to be permanently reserved for such purposes. Any modification to the designation of a Special Area Reserved in Perpetuity or to the uses that may be given to said area must be in conformity with the law. Once said reserve has been designated, the Planning Board shall approve special regulations as to the permitted use of said land according to the established public policy.

History —Oct. 3, 2004, No. 550, § 16.