Ley 181 del 2001
Resumen
Esta ley ordena al Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña a declarar como monumentos históricos las estructuras antiguas con características especiales en las áreas urbanas de varios municipios del oeste de Puerto Rico, con el fin de preservar el legado cultural para futuras generaciones.
Contenido
(No. 181)
(Approved December 27, 2001)
AN ACT
To direct the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to declare as historical monuments the structures located in the urban area of the Municipalities of Aguada, Aguadilla, Añasco, Cabo Rojo, Hormigueros, Isabela, Las Marías, Mayagüez, Moca, Rincón, San Germán, and San Sebastián, which date of past centuries and have special features, as a legacy for future generations.
STATEMENT OF MOTIVES
Every generation has the right to know the history of its people, its hometown and its nation. Therefore, it is pertinent for this generation to preserve those structures, objects, literature, paintings, etc., that project in space and time, the elements that were the links for the formation of a people.
Through these instruments we can go back to other times and places, and revive customs and traditions, and how these have evolved through the years and centuries.
Puerto Rico has been fortunate to have one of the richest cultures of America. More than five centuries have passed since our discovery, and still many structures that enable us to revive the history of our ancestors remain intact.
In the $21^{ ext {st }}$ Century, it is essential to sponsor and support that people preserve those structures that gather the characteristics that distinguish one
people from another and that were cornerstones in their formation and development. Future generations have the right to know where they came from in order to know where they are going.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF PUERTO RICO:
Section 1.- To direct the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to declare as historical monuments the structures located in the Municipalities of Aguada, Aguadilla, Añasco, Cabo Rojo, Hormigueros, Isabela, Las Marías, Mayagüez, Moca, Rincón, San Germán, and San Sebastián, which date of past centuries and have special features, as a legacy for future generations.
Section 2.- The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall take the measures needed to comply with the provisions of this Act.
Section 3.- This Act shall take effect immediately after its approval.
CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify to the Secretary of State that the following Act No. 181 (S.B. 661) of the $2^{ ext {nd }}$ Session of the $14^{ ext {th }}$ Legislature of Puerto Rico:
AN ACT to direct the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to declare as historical monuments the structures located in the urban area of the Municipalities of Aguada, Aguadilla, Añasco, Cabo Rojo, Hormigueros, Isabela, Las Marías, Mayagüez, Moca, Rincón, San Germán, and San Sebastián, which date of past centuries and have special features, as a legacy for future generations, has been translated from Spanish to English and that the English version is correct.
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, today $7^{ ext {th }}$ of February of 2005.
Luis Fusté-Lacourt Director
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