P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 1161
The permanent fund for the environmental preservation of Culebra, attached to the Municipal Government of Culebra, is hereby created. The fund shall be financed through the collection of an additional two dollars ($2) fee to persons who visit Culebra by sea and, to the extent permissible by the ordinance, those who enter by air. Residents and businesspersons shall be exempt from the payment of this fee. In the exclusive case of businesspersons, a register shall be established of bona fide businesspersons who are to be excluded from the payment of this fee. The definition of bona fide businessperson shall be included in the regulations to be promulgated. This shall not apply to businesspersons carrying out commercial or industrial activities that affect the environment. The entity in charge of the maritime transportation shall collect and remit the total additional fee amount, free of charge, every three (3) months.
Visitors shall pay their fees when they purchase their ferry ticket. The Municipality of Culebra and the Maritime Transportation Authority shall develop the regulations needed and implement the pertinent administrative and accounting systems to ensure the proper management of these funds and to guarantee that they are used for the objectives set forth in this chapter.
The fund shall be used for the following objectives:
(a) To finance the planning and preservation operations of Culebra.
(b) To defray expenses for the contracting of technical personnel to advise the municipality in matters of environmental preservation.
(c) To finance projects or public works related to environmental preservation.
(d) To finance education and promotion activities regarding the social values and environmental preservation of Culebra.
(e) Any other project or activity that favorably affects the environment and ecological preservation of Culebra.
(f) To finance activities for the management and maintenance of the Luis Peña Canal Natural Reserve.
(g) For the Culebra solid waste management problems.
History —Sept. 15, 2004, No. 293, § 3, retroactive to July 1, 2004.