P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 6971
(a) Nautical tourism activities.— Means the ensemble of services to be rendered making water contact to nautical tourists, which include, but are not limited to:
(1) Leasing or chartering nautical tourism vessels to tourists for leisure, recreation, or for educational purposes, including tours;
(2) leasing small vessels, jet skis, kayaks, sailboats or other similar watercraft, whether motorized or non-motorized, to tourists, as the Company may establish by regulation, and
(3) operating an integrated watercraft leasing program.
(b) Certification.— Shall mean the certification issued by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company to companies engaged in nautical tourism activities or operators of tourist marinas that meet the requirements established in this chapter and the Company by regulation.
(c) Commission.— Means the Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico, created under §§ 1001 et seq. of Title 27.
(d) Company.— Means the Puerto Rico Tourism Company.
(e) Concession.— Shall mean the decree issued by the Company under the Tourism Development Act §§ 6341 et seq. of this title, as defined in said Act.
(f) DNER.— Means the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources.
(g) Nautical tourism watercraft.— Means motor or sail boats with capacity for six (6) or more people, operated by tour companies or available for rental, to be used in nautical tourism activities, when the Company deems it pertinent, without it being construed as a limitation of this definition.
(h) Marina.— Means a facility that offers water docks, including mooring buoys, for 10 or more vessels, restrooms with showers, and trash receptacles. As part of its operations, it includes dry docks.
(i) Tourist marina.— Means a marina that provides areas, services, and docks for:
(1) Leasing or chartering nautical tourism watercraft,
(2) vessels under a foreign flag or registered with the United States Coast Guard, owned and held by a nonresident of Puerto Rico, or
(3) any other nautical tourism activity, as the Tourism Company establishes through regulation.
(j) Tourist mega yachts.— Means nautical tourism watercraft, whether motor or sail boats, with a length of eighty (80) feet, which are devoted to leisure, or recreational activities, or for educational purposes that cater to tourists in exchange for compensation, which activities are carried out in waters in and outside of Puerto Rico.
History —Dec. 30, 2010, No. 241, § 2.