P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 5003
The Land Authority and the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources shall establish an agreement for the designation of wetlands and lands that are kept dry by pumping or dikes, or other drainage methods that belong to the Land Authority, including the “ Tiburones Channel or Marsh,” as natural preserves. The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources shall identify and delimit the flooded areas or those that are flood prone, but that are not so through the actions of humans, to be designated as natural preserves, pursuant to the definition in this chapter, and shall submit it to the Planning Board for its corresponding designation within a term of not more than two (2) years. These natural preserves shall be administrated and managed by the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources [which] shall prepare a management plan for each of them.
History —Dec. 31, 1998, No. 314, § 3, eff. 30 days after Dec. 31, 1998.