The Secretary shall inform the Puerto Rico Police Superintendent in writing, a list of the hunting licenses and any other type of license authorized as provided in this chapter that have expired, or whose renewal has not been sought after the term granted herein has expired, or those licenses whose issue or renewal was denied or revoked.
(a) Any person who on the effective date of this act has a registered hunting weapon and to whom the Secretary has revoked a hunting license of any other kind, or whose license has expired according to § 107j of this title, or whose renewal has not been sought on time, must deliver said weapon to the General Police Headquarters or to the local Police Station according to the procedure established in the Puerto Rico Weapons Law, §§ 455–460j of Title 25, as amended, and give notice thereof to the Department.
(b) The person thus affected by the determination of the Secretary, may request an administrative hearing, according to the procedure provided by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, or §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3; Provided, That filing said petition for an administrative hearing shall neither interrupt nor affect the compliance of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. The filing of a motion for review shall not exempt the person thus affected from the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Upon the death of a person who posses a hunting license or any of the licenses or permits referred to in this chapter, the heir, administrator, executor, or person legally authorized to manage his/her estate, shall surrender said weapon within ten (10) days of the date of death, as provided in subsection (a) of this section. The provisions established in [Sections 29(j) and 30 of Act No. 17 of January 19, 1951] of the Puerto Rico Weapons Act as amended, regarding the provisions concerning hunting weapons, shall apply in this sense.
History —Aug. 15, 1999, No. 241, § 14; Jan. 8, 2004, No. 34, § 6.