Esta ley ordena al Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña a identificar y actualizar información sobre estructuras de valor arqueológico, histórico y cultural en el municipio de Corozal, incluyendo la zona urbana y el Valle del Cibuco, como parte del patrimonio cultural del municipio. La información debe ser sometida a la Junta de Planificación y a la Oficina Estatal de Conservación Histórica. Se asignan fondos para este propósito en el presupuesto del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña.
(Approved June 15, 2003)
To direct the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to identify and update the information on structures of archaeological, historic, and cultural value located in the urban zone, in Valle del Cibuco, and on other lands in the Municipality of Corozal, as part of the cultural patrimony of said Municipality.
The culture of the Puerto Rican people is based upon the historic events of its ancestors.
The pride of being Puerto Rican is affirmed when homage, respect, and admiration are rendered to the men and women who gave meaning and sense to their lives by enriching our cultural patrimony significantly, because they served the principles of liberty, justice, and equality with dignity, generosity, and loyalty.
It is the patriotic duty of each town to activate its cultural centers to maintain our traditions, customs, and our reason for being as a civilized people alive.
As time goes by, the historic structures, of the past and present, deteriorate to such an extent that they require remodeling, new construction, or special treatments, and therefore, the identification and restoration of the same is an urgent matter, for the purpose of taking the necessary legislative and community action for their historic preservation.
This Legislature has the patriotic duty to approve legislation to maintain our historic legacy alive, as a paradigm of pride so that the new generations of Puerto Ricans may be able to learn about their own history and that of our outstanding historic figures.
Section 1.- The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture is hereby directed to identify and update the information on structures of archaeological, historic, and cultural value located in the urban zone, in Valle del Cibuco, and on other lands in the Municipality of Corozal, as part of the cultural patrimony of said Municipality.
Section 2.- The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall submit to the Planning Board and the Historic Preservation State Office the identification and update of the structures or lands to be in compliance with the provisions set forth in this Act.
Section 3.- The necessary funds for compliance with this Act shall be identified, requested, and appropriated in the General Budget of Expenses of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, specifically in the budget appropriated for the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, beginning in fiscal year 2003-2004, and in subsequent years.
Section 4.- This Act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
I hereby certify to the Secretary of State that the following Act No. 142 (H.B. 3227) of the $5^{ ext {th }}$ Session of the $14^{ ext {th }}$ Legislature of Puerto Rico:
AN ACT to direct the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to identify and update the information on structures of archaeological, historic, and cultural value located in the urban zone, in Valle del Cibuco, and on other lands in the Municipality of Corozal, as part of the cultural patrimony of said Municipality, has been translated from Spanish to English and that the English version is correct.
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, today $3^{ ext {rd }}$ of March of 2004.
Elba Rosa Rodríguez-Fuentes Director