P.R. Laws tit. 15, § 83
The introduction, distribution, acquisition, sale, lease, transportation, location, placement, functioning, maintenance, operation, use, custody and possession of adult entertainment machines in businesses or establishments operating in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized. When these are located and operated in a business authorized therefor, the permit for their use issued by the Regulations and Permits Administration shall establish that they must be located at a distance of over two hundred (200) meters from a public or a private school or from a church or congregation that seeks spiritual serenity.
Any owner of an adult entertainment machine to whom a license has been issued for the operation of such a machine shall be authorized to arrange for the renewal of such a license with the Department of the Treasury pursuant to this Act.
The Secretary shall be bound to ensure compliance with all the provisions of the laws in force and effect that concern adult entertainment machines. The Secretary shall likewise establish, through regulations, the necessary considerations to adequately supervise their management and taxation and the place where they may be located. He/she shall also establish the necessary procedure to ensure that every machine to be authorized as an adult entertainment machine is personally evaluated and certified to be an adult entertainment machine by the agents of the Bureau of Beverages and Licenses of the Department of the Treasury. He/she shall likewise determine the requirements and conditions for denying, suspending or revoking a license.
History —Aug. 22, 1933, No. 11, p. 70, added as § 4 on June 26, 1997, § 3; Dec. 11, 1997, No. 136, § 1; Nov. 22, 2005, No. 142, § 1.