P.R. Laws tit. 28, § 581
A program is hereby created to promote and encourage the intensive use of the land and the development of activities that will lead to the enjoyment of rural life through the creation of farms that will allow the persons that farm them as their only income or as supplementary income, to achieve an adequate standard of living, and through the development and establishment of facilities, activities and public and private services that are necessary for the well being of the rural inhabitants. The persons eligible to avail themselves of said program may be single or married, need not necessarily be heads of a family and shall be selected according to the guidelines established by the Secretary of Agriculture, taking into consideration their knowledge, experience and capabilities and such other conditions and qualifications that may be deemed necessary for the intensive agricultural exploitation of a farm, or for the development of other activities that will lead to rural welfare; Provided, That those chosen for the family-type farms shall be persons who do not own any land, or do not own sufficient land to engage in agriculture profitably, according to their working ability.
History —Dec. 7, 1966, No. 5, p. 24, § 1; May 30, 1973, No. 63, p. 282, § 18; Feb. 5, 1979, No. 9, p. 20; May 25, 1985, No. 13, p. 40.