P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 185
(a) It is hereby provided for the construction and dedication of the Monument to the Puerto Rican Woman.
(b) The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby authorized to celebrate a contest for the presentation of designs of monuments, appropriate for attaining the purposes of this section. The Institute shall be empowered to select the design it considers acceptable and to give prizes and honorable mentions, if deemed pertinent, thus also honoring our sculptor artists.
(c) The monument shall symbolize the Puerto Rican woman with all her nobility and endowments.
(d) The monument shall be of heroic size and constructed of durable materials in such a way that the same be a work of art worthy of admiration and able to endure the inclemency of weather and the passage of the years.
(e) The inscription to appear on the monument shall have an inspiring language.
(f) The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby authorized to select in coordination with the Chairmen of the Committees on Education and Culture of the House of Representatives and the Senate the place where the monument is to be raised and it shall be in charge of making the necessary arrangements for the maintenance and upkeeping of the place.
(g) Donations made by natural or artificial persons to the Pro-Monument Fund to the Puerto Rican Woman created hereby shall be allowed as deductions upon computing the net income, up to the limits established in § 23 of the Act of June 20, 1970, No. 22 and § 120 of the Act of June 29, 1954, No. 91.
(h) The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby authorized to make the necessary promotion through the news media, thus urging the citizenry, professional and business organizations and especially feminine organizations, to contribute to the execution of the Monument to the Puerto Rican Woman. The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby empowered to express its appreciation to the organizations and persons who contribute to the execution of this monument.
(i) A special fund to be known as “Pro-Monument Fund to the Puerto Rican Woman” is hereby created in the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
(j) The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby authorized to receive said donations in behalf of the people of Puerto Rico and deposit them in the Fund created under subsection (i) of this section.
(k) The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall render a semiannual report to the Legislature on the steps taken and the donations received for the Pro-Monument Fund to the Puerto Rican Woman.
(l) The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall render a semiannual report to the Legislature on the total amount and use of the moneys of the Pro-Monument Fund to the Puerto Rican Woman.
History —Apr. 4, 1977, No. 6, p. 14, §§ 1—12, eff. July 1, 1977.