P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 241d
Besides the powers and faculties established in this chapter, the Secretary shall have the following faculties and duties:
(a) Adopt the regulations deemed necessary for complying with the provisions of this chapter, pursuant to §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
(b) Enter into necessary and convenient agreements or contracts with other departments, agencies, instrumentalities or public corporations of the Commonwealth, federal and municipal governments, or with educational or scientific institutions or any private entities that seek to most efficiently achieve the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Receive financial, technical or any other assistance from the federal government or from any public or private agency.
(d) Participate in federal and Commonwealth programs as well as in those developed by public and private agencies or by other national or international organizations related to the purposes of this chapter.
(e) Develop an intensive public education program on the benefits of coral reefs and coral communities, the dangers they face and the protection and conservation measures that have been undertaken by the Department, as well as those with which the public may cooperate.
(f) Undertake all pertinent measures against the owners or captains of vessels that run aground on coral reefs so as to have them restore said system.
History —July 15, 1999, No. 147, § 6.