P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 6794
In the exercise of the duties and faculties imposed upon and conferred to the Tourism Company pursuant to this chapter, the Company may hold public hearings, subpoena witnesses, issue orders, resolutions and decisions, and conduct any other quasi-judicial duty deemed necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
The Company shall be empowered to hold adjudicative hearings to discuss complaints against any enterprise, concessionaire or operator providing tourist ground transportation services, or selling or repairing taximeters, or against any person subject to its jurisdiction, motu proprio or upon the request of the interested party, as provided in this chapter, and may impose sanctions and/or penalties deemed appropriate in accordance with the regulations promulgated to that effect.
Motu proprio or on behalf of the person who initiated the complaint, the Tourism Company shall be empowered to investigate, issue subpoenas, require documents deemed necessary and reject evidence when any enterprise, concessionaire, operator or person subject to these regulations, has:
(1) Failed to carry out any action required by any of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations approved pursuant to it.
(2) Committed an action against any of the provisions contained in this chapter or of the regulations approved pursuant to it.
The Tourism Company shall establish through regulations [a] procedure to be followed in every adjudicative proceeding and shall guarantee the defendant due process of law.
The adjudicative power conferred to the Tourism Company shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”. The Tourism Company shall safeguard the right to reconsider and to judicial review contained in said Act.
History —Dec. 19, 2002, No. 282, § 29, eff. 180 days after Dec. 19, 2002.