P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 457a

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§ 457a. Gun club licenses—Regulations

(a) Gun club licenses shall only be granted to those clubs engaged in the target shooting sport that are constituted according to the provisions of this chapter. The application for the license shall be made by the owner, or the president and secretary of the target shooting sport club or organization, and the license issued to such effect shall allow the practice of the sport in the site or sites designated for such purpose by the Secretary for only two (2) years. Every club or organization that is engaged in, or wishes to engage in the target shooting sport, shall furnish the following data on the application for a license:

(1) Name of the club or organization;

(2) location of the target range;

(3) description of the facilities available at the time the permit for the practice of the sport is requested;

(4) a list, in duplicate, of the names of the owners of the club or all the directors and officers, including the mailing and residential address; age, and occupation of each, as well as a sworn statement that the club has more than twenty-five members;

(5) in the case of a corporation or partnership, a certificate that it has been duly constituted under the laws of Puerto Rico;

(6) an internal revenue voucher in favor of the Puerto Rico Police for two hundred dollars ($200), as payment for the application fee;

(7) a certification of affiliation to the Sports Shooting Federation, and

(8) a full public liability insurance policy, which shall be kept in effect, in an amount that shall not be less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for damages or bodily injury (including death), and property, or third party damages. Said insurance policy shall be issued by a company duly authorized by the Commissioner of Insurance of Puerto Rico to do business in Puerto Rico.

(b) In the cases of applications for the renewal of the gun club license, the club must meet all the requirements stated in subsection (a) of this section, except that the cost of the renewal fee shall be of one hundred dollars ($100). The license thus renewed shall also be effective for two (2) years.

(c) The Superintendent may deny the original license or the renewal requested by any club or organization, if the application does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.

History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 3.02; Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, § 14.