P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 557
Upon application of the Port Commission the Governor or the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works shall have power to purchase, either by agreement or by the exercise of the right of eminent domain or through any other lawful means title in the name and on behalf of the Commonwealth to any property or interest therein which the Port Commission shall deem necessary or convenient for its purposes. The Port Commission may make available to said officers in advance such funds as may be needed for the payment of said property, and, upon acquisition thereof, may reimburse the Commonwealth Government for any amount paid that shall not have been previously advanced. Upon such reimbursement to the Commonwealth Government, or, if the total cost or price has been previously advanced by the Port Commission, within such reasonable period as shall be determined by the Governor, the title to property so acquired shall pass to the Port Commission. The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works may, with the approval of the Governor, make such arrangements as he may deem appropriate for the operation and control of said property by the Port Commission in behalf of the Commonwealth Government during the period intervening before said title has passed to the Port Commission. The power hereby conferred shall not limit or restrict in any manner or to any extent the power of the Port Commission itself to acquire property. The title to any property of the Commonwealth heretofore or hereafter acquired, and which shall be considered necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Port Commission, may be transferred to the Port Commission by the official in charge of said property or having the custody thereof, upon such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Governor.
History —May 18, 1959, No. 10, p. 46, § 6.