Esta ley enmienda la Ley Núm. 276 de 18 de agosto de 1999 para aumentar la asignación anual para el Programa de Taller de Fotoperiodismo de sesenta mil (60,000) dólares a ciento sesenta mil (160,000) dólares, a ser consignada en el Presupuesto General del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. El propósito es apoyar el taller en su compromiso de promover el uso de imágenes gráficas como documentos históricos y desarrollar en los jóvenes el interés por experimentar momentos trascendentales y cotidianos.
(Approved September 16, 2004)
To amend Section 1 of Act No. 276 of August 18, 1999, to increase the annual appropriation for the Photojournalism Workshop Program from sixty thousand $(60,000)$ dollars to one hundred sixty thousand $(160,000)$ dollars, to be consigned in the General Budget of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Act No. 276 of August 18, 1999, was approved to support the Photojournalism Workshop in its commitment to promote the use of graphic images as historical documents. The main objective of this program is to develop in young people an interest toward experiencing both transcendental and everyday moments through the combination of professional, community and technological resources.
This Legislature must support initiatives that help develop abilities that shall in turn promote in our young people an interest in knowing about our history and making it known to others.
Steadfast in the commitment to support the organizers of the Photojournalism Workshop in the pursuit of the achievements they are committed to attain, this Legislature resolves to increase the annual appropriation for this program of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum from 60,000 to 160,000 thousand dollars, to be consigned in the General Budget of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Section 1.-Section 1 of Act No. 276 of August 18, 1999, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 1.-An annual appropriation of one hundred sixty thousand $(160,000)$ dollars is hereby consigned in the General Expenses Budget of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the Photojournalism Workshop."
Section 2.- This Act shall take effect immediately after its approval.
I hereby certify to the Secretary of State that the following Act No. 337 (S.B. 2908) of the $7^{ ext {th }}$ Session of the $14^{ ext {th }}$ Legislature of Puerto Rico:
AN ACT to amend Section 1 of Act No. 276 of August 18, 1999, to increase the annual appropriation for the Photojournalism Workshop Program from sixty thousand $(60,000)$ dollars to one hundred sixty thousand $(160,000)$ dollars, to be consigned in the General Budget of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, has been translated from Spanish to English and that the English version is correct.
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, today $11^{ ext {th }}$ of May of 2007.
Francisco J. Domenech Director