P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 62z
Before adopting or amending, or proposing for adoption or amendment, any regulations, Zoning Maps, Integral Development Plan, Four-Year Investment Program and the Land-Use Plans, or any others, the Board shall hold public hearings, after due public notice at least fifteen (15) days in advance of the date, of the time, place and nature of said hearings, in one of the newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico. In addition, the Board may give notice of the hearings in any other manner it may deem necessary, and shall place at the disposal of the citizenry whatever information is available and pertinent to obtain their effective participation; Provided, That the bylaws need not follow this procedure of public hearings for their approval.
Those cases in which the Board must enter a resolution, order, decision or determination may be heard by the Board, by any of its parts or members, or by any Board delegate who shall be an official or employee of the Board, by following the procedure provided hereinbelow.
If the case is set to be heard by a member, officer or employee of the Board, his recommendation, together with a statement of the evidence and his findings of fact and issues of law, and any considerations pertinent to the issue before him, shall be filed with the Board for its decision. The Board is authorized, in such cases where it deems it convenient and desirable, to delegate the responsibility of holding public hearings to the local and the regional planning commissions, reserving the right to be represented at any such hearings by one of its members or by any other delegate designated by it, who shall have the responsibility of informing the persons present about the nature of said hearings. Once the hearing is concluded, and within the term stipulated to such effect by the Board, which shall never exceed fifteen (15) days, the local or regional planning commission, as the case may be, shall send its recommendations to the Board with a statement of the evidence and its findings of fact and issues of law, as well as any considerations it may deem pertinent to the issue presented at the public hearing for the decision of the Board.
History —June 24, 1975, No. 75, p. 183, § 27; July 13, 1978, No. 49, p. 517, § 3.