P.R. Laws tit. 22, § 133
The rate provided in this chapter shall be granted to churches and social welfare organizations that comply with the following rules and submit the following documents to the Electric Power Authority or the Aqueducts and Sewers Authority, as the case may be:
(a) Those churches that request the rate for the structure where the temple is located shall present a sworn statement to establish their status as a church, as well as the personal circumstances and the position held by the applicant, as evidence of his/her authority to apply for the benefits established in this chapter. Public welfare organizations shall present a certification from the Department of State as evidence that they constitute a social welfare organization, as defined in this chapter.
(b) Be current in the payment of their obligations for the consumption of aqueduct and electric power services, or having agreed to a payment plan and be current in its compliance.
(c) The churches and welfare organizations requesting the benefits of this chapter shall provide satisfactory proof to the Electric Power Authority or the Aqueducts and Sewers Authority, as the case may be, that the structure for which the above stated rate is requested, meets the definition of “structure” established in this chapter.
(d) That the building, area, or space shall have a separate water and electric power consumption meter for the exclusive use thereof and which shall not be shared with any other structure in order to be eligible for the application of the analogous rate pertaining to the consumption of the area where social action activities are held.
(e) Churches and social welfare organizations shall file annually with PREPA a copy of a valid certificate of good standing issued by the Department of State of Puerto Rico;
(f) Churches and social welfare organizations shall file with PREPA a copy of a decree in effect issued by the Department of the Treasury in accordance with § 30471 of Title 13, certifying such entity as nonprofit; and
(g) Churches and social welfare organizations shall file annually with PREPA a certification issued by the Department of the Treasury regarding the filing of the income tax exempt-business information return.
History —Sept. 2, 1992, No. 61, § 3; Feb. 15, 2014, No. 28, § 1; Apr. 7, 2016, No. 22, § 3.6.