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Fire officials urge caution on bill to allow annual special‑event permits for certified farmers at family markets
Summary
The House Agriculture Committee heard March 18 from the Puerto Rico Fire Department about PC 235, a bill that would authorize the department to issue an annual special‑event permit for certified farmers to participate in family agricultural markets.
The House Agriculture Committee on March 18 took testimony on PC 235, which would amend Article 4 of Law 63‑2015 (as amended) to permit the Puerto Rico Fire Department (Negociado del Cuerpo de Bomberos) to issue an annual special‑event permit for certified farmers participating in family agricultural markets and set a maximum fee for that annual permit.
Representatives of the Negociado del Cuerpo de Bomberos attended and recommended changes rather than endorsing the bill as written. Luis Cordero Rivera, lead attorney for the Fire Department, summarized the agency’s position and wrote in his submitted analysis that the department "no puede favorecer en esta ocasión el…
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