P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 502
The Legislature of Puerto Rico, through the approval of this act, shall make the Public Broadcasting Corporation for Puerto Rico independent from the Puerto Rico Telephone Company to continue offering the services of excellence that have characterized it, in a more efficient and adequate manner. It shall have true operational and functional autonomy, which is a necessary element to develop its facilities and provide broadcasting pursuant to the established legal provisions and limitations, and thus render an optimum public service. Said facilities shall be used for educational and cultural purposes and to provide services to the people in general and not for particular purposes, nor for political-partisan or sectarian propaganda, with the exception of the provisions of § 3110 of Title 16, part of the Electoral Law of Puerto Rico. The programs broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Corporation for Puerto Rico shall be governed by a policy of excellence, objectivity and balance in all that could be controversial in nature.
The programming shall reflect harmony between the teaching of knowledge and practical information. It shall also emphasize the broadest vision of knowledge, resting on the philosophy and perception of our social, economic and cultural reality as something bound to history, while being committed to a better future. The programming of the station shall contribute to the development of a critical awareness and shall exemplify respect to human dignity and values in the broadcasts.
Without impairment to the stated in the preceding provisions, it shall also be understood that the Corporation shall adopt those measures needed for it to become a production company for the local television industry, provided it does not undermine the educational function and the public mission it is called upon to perform.
Along this [line] of reasoning, it shall be the administrative policy of the Corporation to use its facilities, resources, and the personnel in the manner most efficient and harmonious with the goal of providing sources of employment to the artistic class and to the professionals of the audiovisual industry.
History —Sept. 12, 1996, No. 216, § 2; Feb. 14, 2008, No. 5, § 1.