P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 6778
(a) No person may engage in providing tourist ground transportation service, or selling or servicing taximeters, without having previously requested and obtained the corresponding franchise, authorization, permit and/or license from the Tourism Company.
(b) The Tourism Company shall be empowered to grant the necessary franchises, authorizations, permits and/or licenses to authorize the rendering of tourist ground transportation services, and the sale and servicing of taximeters. The franchises, authorizations, permits and licenses shall be granted by the Tourism Company taking into consideration necessity and convenience, the petitioner’s suitability and his/her strict compliance with all the provisions of this chapter and the applicable regulations.
(c) The procedures to be followed for the issuance of franchises, authorizations, permits and/or licenses, as well as the requirements that applicants must meet, shall be governed by the norms that shall establish the Tourism Company through regulation.
(d) The Tourism Company shall regulate the specific places in which the franchises, authorizations, permits and/or licenses shall be made visible to any person that uses or intends to use tourist ground transportation services.
(e) Any enterprise that offers or intends to offer tourist ground transportation services within tourist transportation areas so designated by the Tourism Company shall obtain a franchise issued by the Tourism Company, and shall use in said areas only those authorized motor vehicles driven by operators holding duly issued licenses.
(f) If the Tourism Company creates new tourist ground transportation areas or classifications, this information shall be published by the Tourism Company. The Tourism Company shall give first option to offer said services to those concessionaries engaged in offering tourist ground transportation services, provided they comply with the requirements drawn up for said service.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 13, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.