P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 780
The Bar Association is hereby authorized to fix the annual dues payable by its voluntarily affiliated members, which dues shall require approval by a majority of active members after having been notified. Bar Association members shall have thirty (30) calendar days to respond to said notice. After said thirty (30)-day term has elapsed, failure to send a written response to said notice by any member shall be construed as consent to the annual dues proposed. Dues may only be modified every five (5) years. The notice for approval of such dues shall state:
(1) The amount proposed.
(2) The reasons for their modification.
(3) Said notice shall contain a statement guaranteeing the use of such funds for the legal purposes conferred by law to the Bar Association.
(4) Deadline to respond to the proposal.
(5) The right to object the same.
If a member of the Bar Association wishes to object to the dues proposed, he/she shall send [a] written response within a term of thirty (30) calendar days as of the date of the notice, and indicate the grounds for his/her objection. The objection shall be answered in writing by the Bar Association, even when the objection by itself shall not be able to affect the modification proposed unless so ordered or established by the court. Objected dues shall not be charged before sixty (60) days have elapsed from the date of notice thereof if a written objection has been filed. The only grounds to challenge the dues shall be either that such established dues contravene with the criteria and objectives of §§ 771—782 of this title or that such dues are not constitutionally sustainable. No modification to the annual dues shall be upheld if the absolute majority of active members oppose such modification.
History —May 14, 1932, No. 43, p. 522, § 9; June 21, 1962, No. 73, p. 171, § 2; Oct. 13, 2009, No. 121, § 4.