P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 444m
The Department acknowledges that the municipalities are one of the pillars for development of the National Plan for Sports and Recreation. Within this context, the Department shall have the responsibility of assisting and supporting the municipalities in all aspects related to the promotion and furtherance of recreational and sports activity. This relationship shall be of a voluntary nature, without hindering the powers that this chapter grants to the Department and the ones granted to municipalities in §§ 4001 et seq. of Title 21, known as the “Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991”.
In the relationship between the Department and the municipalities, it is hereby established that:
(a) The responsibility for construction and maintenance of municipal recreational and sports public works falls upon the municipal entities, except when the law provides otherwise;
(b) the Department shall advise the municipalities about the procedure for planning, design and construction of sports and recreational installations and shall offer them support in the area of training and programming;
(c) the Department shall oversee the management and maintenance of the community recreational installations transferred pursuant to §§ 814—834 of Title 21, and regulations promulgated by virtue of same, and
(d) the municipalities shall be provided with the resources available in the Department, particularly for base sports programs, sports for all and sports for special populations.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 8, § 16, eff. 120 days after Jan. 8, 2004.