P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 6771
(a) The Tourism Company shall be empowered to grant franchises, authorizations, licenses, permits and certificates of inspection in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The Tourism Company shall be empowered to oversee, regulate, investigate, intervene and impose sanctions upon those persons or enterprises engaged in providing tourist ground transportation services, or selling or servicing taximeters or that are subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(c) The Tourism Company shall also be empowered to impose administrative fines and other sanctions pursuant to this chapter.
(d) The Tourism Company shall be empowered to conduct investigations and interventions; to demand any type of information needed to fully comply with its faculties; to order and/or issue orders to cease and desist, or request the court to order the cease of activities or acts that attempt against the purposes stated herein; to impose and order the fair and reasonable payment of costs and expenses; as well as the payment of expenses regarding other professional and consulting services incurred during the investigations, hearings and proceedings conducted by the Company; and to order that any other act be carried out in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(e) The powers and faculties provided in this section shall be executed not only in relation to the persons or enterprises offering or intending to offer tourist ground transportation services, or selling or servicing taximeters as defined in this chapter, but also with respect to the following:
(1) Any person who does not comply with the provisions of this chapter and/or the regulations enacted by virtue thereof.
(2) Any person whose acts affect or may affect tourist ground transportation services.
(3) Any person whose acts or omissions may hinder the activities, resources or interests related to tourist ground transportation and upon which the Tourism Company has the power to regulate, supervise or protect.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 6, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.