P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 2602
It is hereby stated that the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico is to favor and promote the establishment of public-private partnerships for the creation of priority projects, and among other things, to further the development and maintenance of infrastructure facilities, to apportion between the Commonwealth and the contractor the risk involved in the development, operation or maintenance of such projects, to improve the services rendered and the functions of the Government, to foster the creation of jobs, and to promote the socio-economic development and the competitiveness of Puerto Rico.
Pursuant to the public policy set forth above, the Board and the Committees hereby created shall consider the following projects as the only existing or new functions, facilities or services to be subject to a partnership contract:
(1) The development, construction or operation of sanitary landfill systems, including methane recovery operations, as well as facilities for the management and disposal of non-hazardous and hazardous solid waste, such as: plants for recycling, composting, and converting waste into energy.
(2) The construction, operation or maintenance of reservoirs and dams, including any infrastructure necessary for their operation to produce, treat, and distribute water and any infrastructure for the production of hydroelectric energy and for sewage and potable water treatment plants.
(3) The construction, operation or maintenance of existing or new plants for the production of energy that use alternate fuels other than oil or that use renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar and oceanic-thermal energy, among others, as well as the transmission of energy of any kind.
(4) The construction, operation or maintenance of transportation systems of any kind, thoroughfare system or related infrastructure, including maritime or air transportation.
(5) The construction, operation or maintenance of educational, health, security, correctional and rehabilitation facilities. When operating educational facilities, a public-private partnership may be established if such contract is executed exclusively with worker-owned cooperative, a special employee-owned corporation, or a nonprofit entity.
(6) The construction, operation or maintenance of affordable housing projects.
(7) The construction, operation or maintenance of sports, recreational, tourist and cultural entertainment facilities.
(8) The construction, operation or maintenance of wired or wireless communication networks for communications infrastructure of any kind.
(9) The design, construction, operation or maintenance of high-technology, informatics and automation systems.
(10) The construction, operation or maintenance of any kind of activity or facility or service as may be identified from time to time as a priority project through legislation.
History —June 8, 2009, No. 29, § 3.