P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 8094
(a) Shall obtain a license issued by the Board.
(b) Shall comply with the authorizations, permits, licenses, municipal licenses, and any other requirement from the corresponding Commonwealth, municipal, or federal authorities.
(c) Shall pay the scrap tire management and disposal fee adopted by virtue of § 8093b of this title, prior to the acquisition or sale of such tires, as the case may be. The fee shall be paid per unit imported or manufactured, but based on the weight thereof. The fee shall be paid in the case of tires brought in by the importer to be later exported to a foreign country; however, the fee can be claimed later from the Board.
(d) May post a bond or surety in the Treasury in favor of said Department for the purpose of delaying the payment of the referred to fee. The total amount of the bond or surety, and the requirements to avail oneself of the deferred payments shall be determined by the Treasury through regulations.
(e) No ocean freight carrier may dispatch merchandise without the release authorization issued by the Treasury. Noncompliance with this provision shall result in the payment of the sum corresponding to the dispatched merchandise by the ocean freight carrier and the imposition of a fine.
(f) Whenever they import or manufacture tires weighing five hundred (500) pounds or more they shall:
(1) Accept from consumers those tires of the same weight sold and discarded and shall be responsible for properly disposing of them pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Defray the costs of the proper management and disposal of such tires, pursuant to this chapter.
(3) Inform the retail salesperson about this legal provision and may coordinate with him/her the receipt of such tires.
(4) Include the following information, in writing, in every sales invoice: “Any tire weighing 500 pounds or more shall be managed and disposed of by the importer; therefore, at the time of their disposal, the tires may be returned to such company free of charge”.
History —July 22, 2009, No. 41, § 5, eff. Oct. 30, 2011; renumbered as § 7 and amended on July 12, 2011, No. 135, § 6.