P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 100
(a) It is hereby provided that all new public system school building construction works, whether elementary, middle, high or vocational school, begun or in effect starting July 1, 2007, shall have an emergency generator or any other alternate device for the generation of electricity, such as, but not limited to, solar plates, and a water cistern, so that school work is not interrupted during any failures in the a [sic] normal supply of either of these resources.
Those local schools built by July 1, 2007, shall be included in the report to be prepared by the Department of Education pursuant to the provisions in this section, and shall be included in a retrofitting program to endow them with the aforementioned equipment.
(b) The capacity, specifications and number of such equipment shall be determined according to the estimated needs of each school building, as certified by the engineer or architect in charge of the works. The construction blueprints shall certify the details on the designated area for the placement of such equipment, as well as the equipment per se, as an indispensable condition for the granting of any construction permit.
(c) The Regulations and Permits Administration, in cooperation with the Environmental Quality Board, is hereby directed to adopt by means of regulation the corresponding measures with respect to the specification requirements, capacity, measurements and distances between the equipment, as well as the areas to be designated for the placement of such equipment with respect to the classrooms, taking into account the possible noise to be emitted by the generators during their operations and the emanation of gases. Provided, That such regulations shall contain the rules to guarantee a preferential public policy in favor of the installation of solar plates as first option in order to comply with the purpose of this section.
(d) The Department of Education is hereby directed to prepare a list of all the local school building built prior to the date indicated in Section 1 and expected to continue operating after said date with a term less than ninety (90) days from the date of effectiveness of this act. On or before December 31, 2005, a report shall be submitted to this Legislature on the estimated cost of fitting such schools with the equipment required by this section. The Department shall also include a proposal to establish a retrofitting program to endow said schools with the aforementioned equipment, so that the Legislature may adopt the legislative action it deems necessary.
History —Aug. 26, 2005, No. 96, §§ 2—5.