P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4631k
On or before sixty (60) days following the approval of this act, each operator shall pay to the Public Service Commission a single, initial contribution fee which shall be distributed at the source by municipalities and public entities with facilities in operation areas to be served primarily for the establishment of the Excavation and Demolition Coordination Center.
The moneys collected under this section shall be covered into a special fund in the Public Service Commission to defray the operating expenses of said agency, including the operating expenses of the Excavation and Demolition Coordination Center.
This distribution shall be as follows:
(1) Aqueducts and Sewers Authority - thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)
(2) Electric Power Authority - thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)
(3) Puerto Rico Telephone Authority - thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)
(4) Department of Transportation and Public Works - thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)
(5) Highways Authority - thirty thousand dollars ($30,000)
(6) Cable TV of Greater San Juan - twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
(7) San Juan Gas - twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
(8) Lambda Communications - twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
(9) Century Cable TV - twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
(10) TCI Cablevision of Puerto Rico, Inc. - twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
(11) Centennial de Puerto Rico, Inc. - twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
(12) Municipality of San Juan - twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)
(13) Municipality of Bayamón - twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
(14) Municipality of Caguas - twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
(15) Municipality of Carolina - twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
(16) Municipality of Guaynabo - twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
(17) Municipality of Cataño - ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
(18) Municipality of Toa Alta - ten thousand dollars ($ 10,000)
(19) Municipality of Toa Baja - ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
(20) Municipality of Trujillo Alto - ten thousand dollars ($ 10,000)
This rate shall not be prorated. Any new operator of underground installations in Puerto Rico that begins operations after this chapter has been promulgated, shall be required to comply with the single, initial contribution fee provided in this section, as established by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works through regulations.
The Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works shall be empowered to establish, through regulations, a rate for the services rendered to operators, excavators or wreckers.
The money collected under this section shall be covered into a special fund to be immediately transferred to the Department of Transportation and Public Works and used exclusively to defray the operating expenses of the Excavation and Demolition Coordination Center and administrative expenses incurred by said Department in providing support to such Center.
History —Sept. 11, 1998, No. 267, § 12; Jan. 8, 2004, No. 5, § 1; Sept. 5, 2014, No. 149, § 8.