P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 659
Any member who fails to pay his/her dues and who in all other respects is classified as an associate member shall be suspended as such, and his/her case shall be referred to the Board to hear the case and for the suspension and/or cancellation of the license. Provided, That he/she may be reinstated as a member of the Agronomists Association of Puerto Rico and his/her license restituted by means of the payment of the amount owed at the time the same was suspended and/or cancelled.
The Association shall issue a certification attesting to the nonpayment of the annual dues before the Board, which certification shall constitute a determination of fact, sufficient for the Board to take the pertinent action.
In cases involving suspension, the Association shall conduct the corresponding investigation. Once suspension as member of the Association has been decreed, the provisions of § 653 of this title shall apply. As of that moment, the party thus charged may not enjoy or benefit in any way from benefits, activities, or others, provided for agronomy professionals. In these cases, the Association shall submit a report to serve as a complaint before the Board, attesting that the party thus charged had been granted the due process of notice. After this, the Board shall initiate the corresponding cancellation mechanisms. In the cases of license cancellation or revocation, the party thus charged shall be under the obligation to meet payment of the amount owed and corresponding surcharges, in which case the norms of law in effect shall apply and shall be considered as a new license application.
History —Apr. 9, 1941, No. 20, p. 360, § 23; June 21, 1971, No. 55, p. 180, § 7; renumbered as § 29 and amended on Dec. 13, 2006, No. 265, § 14.