Para ordenar a la Departamento de Agricultura y a la Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico de acuerdo con lo establecido a liberar de las restricciones y condiciones sobre preservación e indivisión previamente impuestas y anotadas según dispuesto en la Ley Núm. 107 de 3 de julio de 1974, según enmendada, del predio de terreno marcado con el número Veintiuno (21) en el Plano de Subdivisión de la finca “Vega Redonda”, según consta en la Escritura Número Ochenta y Seis (86) y otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 15 de noviembre de 1979, ante el Notario Público Bolivar Dones Rivera, sobre la Finca Número Seis Mil Cuatrocientos Noventa y Siete (6,497), inscrita al Folio Número Ciento Cincuenta y Tres (153) del Tomo Noventa y Uno (91) de Comerío, en el Registro de la Propiedad de Barranquitas, Inscripción Primera e inscrita a favor de Don Monserrate De Jesús, fallecido y Doña Justina Rosario Morales.

2025-2028 Session

Puerto Rico bill removes 50-year agricultural preservation restrictions from specific Comerío property parcel, allowing unrestricted private development and transfer rights.

Referido a Comisión(es)

Legislative bill overview

Bill RCC 329 seeks to remove agricultural preservation and indivisibility restrictions from a specific 0.25-hectare parcel (Plot 21) in the "Vega Redonda" subdivision in Comerío, Puerto Rico. These restrictions were originally imposed under Law 107 of 1974 and are currently registered against the property owned by the heirs of Monserrate De Jesús and Justina Rosario Morales.

Why is this important

This action would allow the property owners to freely develop, sell, or subdivide land that has been legally protected as agricultural property for nearly 50 years. The change could affect local land use patterns, agricultural preservation efforts, and the property's potential economic value or development options.

Potential points of contention

Agricultural preservation vs. private property rights: Removes protections designed to maintain productive agricultural land in a jurisdiction with limited arable territory

Precedent concerns: Lifting these restrictions for one parcel may encourage similar requests from other landowners with protected properties

Due process and stakeholder input: No indication of whether current agricultural agencies or municipalities were consulted, or if heirs of original restrictions imposed had voice in the decision