P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 137
The drafting of the regulations shall require the holding of public hearings in the areas concerned, in such a way that the community can have the opportunity to express itself with regard to this chapter, and the contents of said regulations.
Among other things, said regulations shall include the following:
(a) Once the required public hearings are held, in which the initially proposed tracings to establish the biological corridors and buffer zones to unify the state forests of Maricao, Susúa, Guánica, Guilarte, Pueblo de Adjuntas and Toro Negro, have been submitted, and what has been stated therein has been taken into consideration in order to unify the state forests, these shall be included and clearly indicated in the regulations.
(b) The regulations shall include the standards that must be observed in the biological corridors and buffer zones. [They] shall also provide the guidelines and requirements that apply to the cleared or partitioned land, related to the permitted use, restrictions, incentives and other specific conditions pertinent to the biological corridors and buffer zones.
(c) These regulations shall forbid the construction of dwellings, the development of urbanization, shopping centers, industries or any other type of urban or commercial development that could threaten the integrity of the forests and the conservation of the corridors, buffer zones and wildlife. The construction of dwellings and highways shall be restricted.
(d) These regulations shall establish the standards that will be followed to improve or extend the roads when needed.
After having drafted the regulations as provided in this section, the Secretary and the President of the Board shall submit it for the approval of the Legislature at the beginning of the Sixth Regular Session of 1999. Together with the regulations, they shall present a report on the costs and expenses needed to implement this chapter, including the use of the available funds collected through the authorization provided herein.
History —Jan. 9, 1999, No. 14, § 5.