P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 3314
The Puerto Rico Actors Association shall be empowered to:
(a) Exist in perpetuity under this name, and sue and be sued as a juridical person.
(b) Adopt, possess and use a seal which it may alter at will.
(c) Acquire rights and property, personal as well as real, by donations, contributions of its own members, purchase and sale or by other means; and to possess, transfer, mortgage, lease and dispose of the same in any manner allowed by law.
(d) Appoint its directors.
(e) Adopt its regulations which shall be mandatory for all of its members and to amend them in the manner and pursuant to the requirements established by this chapter.
(f) Adopt and enforce the rules of ethics which shall govern the conduct of its members.
(g) Receive and investigate sworn complaints filed with respect to the conduct of its members in the performance of the profession and violations of this chapter, with the power to remit them to the Association’s Board of Directors for action after a preliminary hearing in which the interested party or his attorney are allowed to present witnesses and be heard, and to file the corresponding complaint before the Accrediting Board, if it finds probable cause. Nothing provided herein shall be understood to be a limitation or alteration of the Accrediting Board’s power to initiate these proceedings on its own account.
(h) Exercise the incidental powers that are necessary or convenient for the purposes of its creation and functions and which are not in contravention with this chapter.
(i) Grant temporary permits as provided by this chapter and the regulations of the Association.
(j) Grant special temporary permits as provided by this chapter, subsection (d) of this section [sic] and the regulations of the Association.
(k) Create a minimum rate schedule for all types of productions in which an actor member of the Association performs; be it understood that this is not limited to stage plays, television, radio and the cinema.
(l) Determine the number of members of the Association who will take part in productions with nonresident actors; be it understood that this is not limited to stage plays, television, radio and the cinema.
History —July 15, 1986, No. 134, p. 423, § 17; Aug. 12, 2004, No. 211, § 13.