The Permit Management Office and the autonomous municipalities with I to V granted hierarchy, as the case may be, shall pre-approve construction plans, which shall be known as “safe plans”. Those applicants who use “safe plans” shall have a pre-approval by the Permit Management Office, only for constructability purposes while the corresponding permit for the construction of the work is processed. The Permit Management Office and the autonomous municipalities with I to V granted hierarchy shall keep a Safe Plans Registry, which shall be available to the public. The Permit Management Office and the autonomous municipalities with I to V granted hierarchy shall establish through regulation the procedure whereby government entities or persons may submit plans to be pre-approved as safe plans for the consideration of the Permit Management Office or the autonomous municipalities with I to V granted hierarchy, as the case may be. Any government agency, public corporation or instrumentality of the Government of Puerto Rico, which by provisions of law, must furnish construction plans free of charge to certain persons, shall submit such plans before the Management Office for the approval thereof as safe plans.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 9.4.