P.R. Laws tit. 15, § 2019

2019-02-20 00:00:00+00
§ 2019. Penalties

Any person who practices the profession of public performance producer in Puerto Rico, without being a College member or during the length of the suspension of the payment of the fee, or after his/her license has been revoked, practices the profession as such, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor of more than one thousand dollars ($1000) for every violation incurred.

In compliance with the provisions of § 2015(c) of this title, every producer who is not established in Puerto Rico who works as the promoter or producer of any public performance in Puerto Rico, without being duly associated with a producer member of the College pursuant to this chapter to hold said public performance or who is established in a territory or state of the United States and has not become associated with a producer member of the College, or if he/she is not associated to a College member nor has become a College member or has not obtain a license according to the requirements established by this chapter and the regulations adopted by the College, shall also be subject to an administrative fine to be imposed by OSPEP of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and any public performance producer license granted to him/her may be suspended or revoked. Said sanction may also be imposed to the administration of facilities belonging to the government or to the administrator of the facility individually who allows public performance producers who are not College members nor are associated with a producers members of the College, or who has not obtained the license issued by the College to hold public performances.

Any collections or proceeds resulting from the imposition of the above fines shall be covered into the General Fund.

History —Sept. 16, 2005, No. 113, § 10.