P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 9020f
The Chief Permit Inspector shall audit the final determinations and permits issued by authorized professionals and the Permit Management Office within a period not greater than three (3) months to be counted as of the date of notice of such final determinations and permits. During the first three (3) years of operations of the Permit Management Office, to be counted as of the date of effectiveness of this act, the Chief Permit Inspector shall audit at least fifty percent (50%) of the final determinations and permits issued by authorized professionals, twenty percent (20%) of the final determinations and permits issued by the Management Office, and ten percent (10%) of the certifications issued by authorized inspectors pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted thereunder. Once the three (3) year term concludes, the Chief Permit Inspector shall annually audit at least ten percent (10%) of the permits and final determinations issued by the Management Office, at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the permits and final determinations issued by authorized professionals, and five percent (5%) of the certifications issued by authorized inspectors. The Chief Permit Inspector shall determine through regulations a method for the selection of final determinations and permits, which shall be at random, to be object of such audit, and the grounds for such audit.
Except as provided in § 9019i of this title, based on the results of the audit required in this section, the Inspector may impose fines or initiate any procedure available under this chapter to require the stay, legalization, repair or correction of the construction works or any final determination. The Chief Permit Inspector shall give priority to the audit of those cases in which he/she shall appear pursuant to the provisions of § 9020b of this title, and may not carry out any other subsequent audit to a final determination related to such cases, except to verify the consistency of the final determination with the permit subsequently issued, as applicable.
History —Dec. 1, 2009, No. 161, § 10.7.