P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4656
Any mayor interested in a delegation of legal authority shall submit a petition to the Legislature for authorization to request such delegation from the Governor of Puerto Rico. In his/her petition to the Municipal Legislature, the mayor shall include all information, data, and a description of human and economic resources, as well as the municipality’s facilities, that will tend to show that:
(a) The municipality has the capacity, systems, procedures, infrastructure, and others, to execute or implement the legal authority sought;
(b) the reasons of public interest that serve as grounds for the petition and the general benefit that the residents of the municipality will receive; and
(c) that the exercise of the legal authority of the central government shall not affect or interrupt the duties, activities, actions, programs, services and operations of a municipal character or nature.
The mayor’s petition shall be approved by two thirds (⅔) of the total number of members of the Legislature, through a resolution to such effect.
History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, § 14.006.