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Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Chapter 20 — Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability

§ 2216. Judicial review

Statutory text

(a)

Deadline for filing of a claim

A claim arising under this subchapter must be brought no later than 30 days after the date of the decision or action giving rise to the claim.

(b)

Expedited consideration

The District Court for the District of Puerto Rico shall set any action brought under this subchapter for expedited consideration, taking into account the interest of enhancing Puerto Rico’s infrastructure for electricity, water and sewer services, roads and bridges, ports, and solid waste management to achieve compliance with local and Federal environmental laws, regulations, and policies while ensuring the continuity of adequate services to the people of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico’s sustainable economic development.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act

    Pub. L. 114–187 title V § 506 · 130 Stat. 549

    Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 2216

    (Pub. L. 114–187, title V, § 506, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 602.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 114–187, title V, § 506, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 602.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 506. JUDICIAL REVIEW. (a) Deadline for Filing of a Claim.— A claim arising under this title must be brought no later than 30 days after the date of the decision or action giving rise to the claim. (b) Expedited Consideration.— The District Court for the District of Puerto Rico shall set any action brought under this title for expedited consideration, taking into account the interest of enhancing Puerto Rico’s infrastructure for electricity, water and sewer services, roads and bridges, ports, and solid waste management to achieve compliance with local and Federal environmental laws, regulations, and policies while ensuring the continuity of adequate services to the people of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico’s sustainable economic development.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 114–187, title V, § 506, , 130 Stat. 602.)

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