P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 1294e
Condominiums submitted to the regime of this chapter shall approve and maintain a disaster and emergencies plan to be updated at least every three (3) years. Said revision shall be performed in consultation with the pertinent government, municipality, and federal entities to protect life and property. In addition, the necessary measures shall be taken to communicate the referenced plan to all unit owners in the most efficient manner possible, and with sufficient time to be studied and understood. Such plan shall include the measures to be taken before, during, and after a disaster occurs.
During January of each year, each unit owner shall notify the names and telephone numbers of the Board of Directors and the administrator to the corresponding Puerto Rico Police station, the Municipal Civil Defense, and the Puerto Rico Fire Department for said entities to maintain a registry of persons to be contacted during an emergency.
Likewise, the unit owners shall approve a water and electricity rationing plan to be implemented during disasters or when a rationing is decreed by the agencies concerned, to guarantee the minimal impartial use of such resources among all unit owners.
The Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs shall adopt the Regulations he/she deems necessary to establish the norms that shall be observed by the individual unit owners and the Condominium Association during any crisis in the water or electric power supplies.
Nevertheless, Condominium Associations are hereby empowered to adopt alternate contingency plans, with prior approval from the Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs, when the particular characteristics of the property make the implementation of the projected plan of the Regulations promulgated by said Department burdensome or unreasonable.
History —June 25, 1958, No. 104, p. 243, added as § 53 on Apr. 5, 2003, No. 103, § 42, eff. 90 days after Apr. 5, 2003.