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July 4, 2016In force

Vehicle Amnesty 2016 (Decree 50-2016)

Congreso Nacional

  • Decree: 005-2016
  • Published: July 4, 2016
  • Issuing body: Congreso Nacional
  • Gazette: 34,076
  • Category: Notarial & Registry

Summary

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This decree grants vehicle amnesty to vehicle owners who owe taxes to the State until December 31, 2015, allowing them to pay without fines or interest until December 31, 2016. It also exempts abandoned vehicles, scrap, damaged, stolen or seized vehicles from payment, and improves the national vehicle registry.

Considerations

Que el Presidente de la República tiene a su cargo la suprema dirección y coordinación de la Administración Pública Centralizada y Descentralizada, la administración general del Estado y por ende, dirigir la política económica y financiera del mismo, pudiendo actuar por si o en Consejo de Ministros.

Que la Constitución de la República en su Artículo 246 establece que las Secretarías de Estado son órganos de la administración general y dependen directamente del Presidente de la República.

Que el Artículo 292 de la Constitución de la República dice: “Queda reservada como facultad privativa de las Fuerzas Armadas, la fabricación, importación, distribución y venta de armas, municiones y artículos similares”, actividad desarrollada a través de La Armería.

Que el Artículo 293 de la Constitución de la República, define a la Policía, Nacional como: “Una Institución profesional permanente del Estado, apolítica en el sentido partidista, de naturaleza puramente civil, encargada de velar por la conservación del orden público, la prevención, control y combate del delito; proteger la seguridad de las personas y sus bienes, ejecutar resoluciones, disposiciones, mandatos y decisiones legales de las autoridades y funcionarios públicos, todo con estricto respecto a los derechos humanos, La Policía Nacional se regirá por una legislación especial”.

Que el Artículo 89 párrafo segundo de la Ley Orgánica de la Policía Nacional A. 24 LIC. MARTHA ALICIA GARCÍA JORGE ALBERTO RICO SALINAS Coordinador y Supervisor Colonia Miraflores Teléfono/Fax: Gerencia 2230-4956 Administración: 2230-3026 Planta: 2230-6767 CENTRO CÍVICO GUBERNAMENTAL dispone: “El armamento, munición y equipos asignados al servicio policial serán provistos por la Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Seguridad, con el apoyo de las comunidades y gobiernos locales y deben ser los propios y adecuados para el buen desempeño de sus funciones de acuerdo al manual respectivo”; en concordancia con lo señalado en el artículo 98 numeral 3) del mismo cuerpo legal que dice: “Los miembros de la Policía Nacional tienen derecho a: 1)…3) Uniforme, armamento y equipo…”.

Que existiendo la necesidad de dotar a la Policía Nacional de armas y municiones para el cumplimiento de la misión constitucional, así como de mantener la adquisición de dichos bienes en forma secreta por razón de seguridad nacional, su adquisición se vuelve apremiante.

Que de conformidad con el Artículo 63 numeral 4) de la Ley de Contratación del Estado establece: La contratación directa podrá realizarse en los casos siguientes:1)…4) Cuando las circunstancias exijan que las operaciones del gobierno se mantengan secretas”.

Que el Artículo 245 numeral 11) de la Constitución de la República establece: “El Presidente de la República tiene a su cargo la Administración General de Estado; con sus atribuciones: 1)… 11) Emitir acuerdos y decretos y expedir reglamentos y resoluciones conforme a la Ley…”.

Que el Artículo 293 de la Constitución de la República dispone: “Que la Policía es una institución profesional permanente del Estado, apolítica en el sentido partidista de naturaleza puramente civil, encargada de velar por la conservación del orden público, la prevención, control y combate al delito; proteger la seguridad de las personas y sus bienes…”.

Que el Presidente de la República, tiene a su cargo la suprema dirección y la coordinación de la Administración Pública Centralizada y Descentralizada, y en el ejercicio de sus funciones podrá actuar por sí o en Consejo de Ministros.

Que la Ley Orgánica de la Policía Nacional de Honduras en el Artículo 4, numeral 2) establece: “Sin perjuicio de las atribuciones que le confiere la Ley, corresponde al titular de la Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Seguridad: 1)…; 2) Emitir directrices generales de orden administrativo, presupuestario y funcional de la Secretaría de Estado, inclusive de la Policía Nacional…”.

Que el Secretario de Estado en el Despacho de Seguridad a considerado oportuno solicitar al Presidente Constitucional de la República un estímulo a los miembros de la Carrera Policial de las Escalas: Superior, Ejecutiva, Inspección y Básica, a través del otorgamiento de un incremento salarial, a partir del mes de junio del 2015.

Que la Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Seguridad, es un órgano de la Administración Pública Centralizada dependencia del Presidente de la República, creada mediante Decreto Legislativo Número 155-98 de fecha 28 de mayo de 1998 y publicado en el Diario Oficial “La Gaceta” el 1 de agosto de 1998.

Que el Artículo 36 numerales 1) y 8) de la Ley General de la Administración Pública, establece: “Son atribuciones y deberes comunes a los Secretarios de Estado: 1) Orientar, dirigir, coordinar, supervisar y controlar las actividades de sus respectivos Despachos, sin perjuicio de las atribuciones de la Constitución y las Leyes confieran a otros órganos” y “Emitir los acuerdos y resoluciones en los asuntos de su competencia y aquellos que le delegue el Presidente de la República y cuidar de su ejecución”.

Que mediante Decreto Legislativo No. 205-2005 de fecha 16 de agosto del 2005 y publicado en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta el 3 de enero del 2006, se decreta la Ley de Tránsito, que tiene por objeto la preservación del orden público, la defensa de la vida, la integridad física de las personas, la protección de los bienes y el fomento del bienestar social, mediante la regulación legal del uso y circulación de los vehículos automotores terrestres y el obligatorio registro policial de los mismos.

Que el artículo 5 de la Ley de Tránsito dispone: “Créase el Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Vial (CNSV) en adelante denominado el Consejo, quien tendrá a su cargo la función de asesoría en la preparación de los planes, proyectos y programas tendentes a reducir los accidentes de tránsito”, coordinada por el Secretario de Estado en el Despacho de Seguridad.

Que el artículo 41 de la Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo dice: “Corresponde al Poder Ejecutivo expedir los Reglamentos de la Administración Pública, salvo disposición contraria de la Ley”; en relación a lo anterior, la Ley de Tránsito establece que el Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Vial tiene entre otras atribuciones la de emitir la reglamentación interna para su funcionamiento.

Que de conformidad al Artículo 245, numeral 11 de la Constitución de la República de Honduras, corresponde al Presidente Constitucional de la República la Administración General del Estado, siendo entre otras sus atribuciones la de emitir Acuerdos, Decretos y expedir Reglamentos y Resoluciones conforme a la Ley.

Que de conformidad con el Artículo 11 de la Ley General de Administración Pública, el Presidente de la República tiene a su cargo la suprema dirección y coordinación de la Administración Pública Centralizada y Descentralizada, pudiendo en el ejercicio de sus funciones, actuar por sí o en Consejo de Ministros.

Que mediante Decreto Ejecutivo PCM No. 083-2015, publicado en el Diario Oficial “La Gaceta” el 10 de febrero del dos mil dieciséis (2016), se suprime y liquida la Dirección Ejecutiva de Ingresos (DEI), creada mediante Decreto Legislativo Número 17-2010 de fecha 28 de marzo de 2010, publicado en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta de fecha 22 de abril del 2010.

Que la Comisionada Presidencial de Administración Tributaria (CPAT) fue nombrada por el Presidente de la República, con la finalidad principal de sustanciar hasta la Resolución Definitiva de las funciones y solicitudes inherentes a las obligaciones tributarias que se presenten, así como los Expedientes que se encuentren en trámite o en ejecución de la extinta Dirección Ejecutiva de Ingresos (DEI).

Que en la actualidad el país necesita de manera urgente como parte de la estructuración de la Administración Tributaria, mejorar el equipo de cómputo necesario, a fin de recaudar con efectividad los ingresos que el Estado requiere para cumplir con sus obligaciones financieras, en particular las que tienen relación con la inversión social en salud, educación, seguridad, vivienda e infraestructura; así como para la modernización del Estado.

Que las tasas incorporadas a los patrimonios autónomos fideicometidos, favorecen la estructuración de un mecanismo de garantía y repago para proyectar y traer a valor presente los ingresos generados por dichas tasas; recursos que el Estado de Honduras requiere para ejecutar proyectos de inversión pública a nivel central y municipal; y, por otro lado, estimular los estudios y planes para proyectos de impacto económico y social a nivel municipal y regional en el país.

Que el Congreso Nacional de la República, mediante Decreto Legislativo No. 278-2013, publicado en el Diario Oficial “La Gaceta”, en fecha 30 de diciembre de 2013, que contiene la Ley de Ordenamiento de las Finanzas Públicas, Control de las Exoneraciones y Medidas Antievasión, en su Artículo 47, autorizó a la Comisión para la Promoción de la Alianza Público Privada (COALIANZA) para que procediera a constituir un fideicomiso, con las tasas que cobra el Instituto de la Propiedad, con la finalidad de operar y dar mantenimiento a un sistema de administración de la propiedad. Por lo cual se suscribió el Contrato de Fideicomiso para el proyecto denominado “Sistema de Administración de la Propiedad de la República de Honduras”.

Que el Congreso Nacional de la República, mediante Decreto Legislativo número 369-2013 del 20 de enero de 2014 y publicado en el Diario Oficial “La Gaceta” número 33,386 del 22 de marzo 2014, aprobó entre otros, “El Contrato de Fideicomiso Para el Proyecto de Operación, Funcionamiento, Financiamiento y Administración del Registro de la Propiedad Vehicular a Nivel Nacional e Implementación de los Centros de Inspección Vehicular, Suministro de Placas, Otorgamiento de Licencias de Conducir, Modernización del Sistema de Sanciones de Infracciones de Tránsito y la Tecnificación de la Recaudación de Multas”, celebrado entre la Comisión para la Promoción de la Alianza Público-Privada (COALIANZA), la Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Seguridad, y el Instituto de la Propiedad, con BANCO ATLÁNTIDA, S.A., en fecha siete (07) de enero de dos mil catorce (2014).

Que según Decreto Ejecutivo PCM- 001-2014, de fecha seis (06) de enero del año dos mil dos mil catorce (2014) de la Administración del periodo 2010- 2014, se autorizó a la Comisión Para la Promoción de la Alianza Público- Privada para que en conjunto con la Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Seguridad y el Instituto de la Propiedad, suscribiera un contrato de fideicomiso para el Proyecto denominado “Operación, Funcionamiento y Administración del Sistema de Propiedad Vehicular, Suministro de Placas, Otorgamiento de Licencias de Conducir, Modernización del Sistema de Sanciones por Infracciones de Tránsito y la Tecnificación de la Recaudación de Multas”.

Que el Presidente Constitucional de la República en Consejo de Secretarios de Estado a través del Decreto Ejecutivo No. PCM 017-2015, instruyó a los miembros del Comité Técnico de los Fideicomisos mencionados en los considerandos anteriores para aprobar, suscribir y ejecutar la creación de un fideicomiso, el cual tendrá como fin principal realizar inversiones en generación de empleo y otros que el Presidente de la República en Consejo Ministros designe. En cumplimiento de lo anterior, Instituto de la Propiedad (IP), la Comisión Para la Promoción de la Alianza Público-Privada (COALIANZA) y el Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (BANADESA), suscribieron contrato de Fideicomiso denominado de Inversiones y Asignaciones (FINA).

Que en el Artículo 15 del Decreto No.18-90 de fecha 3 de Marzo de 1990, contentivo de la Ley de Ordenamiento Estructural de la Economía, se creó la Tasa Única Anual por Servicios de Vías Públicas, también conocida como Tasa Única Anual por Matrícula de Vehículos, disposición que fue posteriormente reformado según el Artículo 38 del Decreto No.131-98 de fecha 30 de Abril de 1998, contentivo de la Ley de Estímulo a la Producción, a la Competitividad y Apoyo al Desarrollo Humano; reformado a su vez mediante el Artículo 8 del Decreto No.194-2002, de fecha 15 de Mayo de 2002, contentivo de la Ley de Equilibrio Financiero y la Protección Social; reformado, por vía de adición, según el Artículo 47 del Decreto No.51-2003, de fecha 3 de Abril de 2003, contentivo de la Ley de Equidad Tributaria; reformado a su vez, por el Decreto No.48- 2004, de fecha 21 de Abril de 2004.

Que en los artículos 53 al 59 del Decreto No. 205-2005 de fecha 16 de Agosto de 2005, contentivo de la Ley de Tránsito, se regula todo lo relacionado con las placas y permisos para la circulación sin placas.

Que mediante Decreto No.80-2015 de fecha 20 de Agosto de 2015 se aprobó una amnistía para el pago de la Tasa Única Anual por Matrícula de Vehículos, misma que vencía el 25 de Febrero de 2016 y la cual no ha tenido los efectos y beneficios esperados debido a que la legislación regula situaciones y aspectos no administrados actualmente por el Instituto de la Propiedad, ni tampoco establece reglas y procedimientos claros para aplicar los beneficios que el mismo Decreto contiene.

Que en vista que la amnistía no ha tenido el impacto positivo esperado en la ciudadanía, es necesario ampliar el plazo de la misma e incorporar mejoras a la legislación temporal que subsanen los errores contenidos en el Decreto No.80-2015 de fecha 20 de Agosto de 2015, pero además permitan hacer más efectiva la labor del Instituto de la Propiedad (IP) en la administración del Registro de la Propiedad Vehicular, entre tanto se concluye el proceso de contratación de un Inversionista Operador Privado, conforme a las disposiciones del Decreto No.369-2013 de fecha 20 de Enero de 2014.

Que deben enmendarse otras leyes relacionadas con la propiedad vehicular y la utilización de las placas, con el propósito de facilitar y simplificar su uso y acceso por parte de todos los propietarios de vehículos en todo el país.

Que como consecuencia del traspaso del Registro de la Propiedad Vehicular de la Dirección Ejecutiva de Ingresos (DEI), al Instituto de la Propiedad (IP) éste debe depurar y actualizar el censo vehicular a nivel nacional, con miras a hacer más eficiente la recaudación de las tasas a favor del Estado de Honduras, pero además debe garantizar la fiabilidad, veracidad, certeza y seguridad de la información que se contiene en los registros de la propiedad.

Que de conformidad al Artículo 205, Atribución 1 de la Constitución de la República, es potestad del Congreso Nacional: Crear, decretar, interpretar, reformar y derogar las leyes.

Que en vista que los equipos por su naturaleza son entidades sin fines de lucro y que no ha sido retenido el porcentaje determinado por la Ley a los jugadores por parte de los equipos, asimismo la crisis económica en que se debate el fútbol hondureño por la escasa concurrencia de aficionados, la falta de patrocinio deportivo y la no existencia de ayuda estatal, dichas entidades deportivas han utilizado sus exiguos recursos sólo para salarios de sus jugadores.

Que los equipos han sufrido la crisis económica que ha vivido el país, teniendo que hacer grandes esfuerzos para mantener vivo ese deporte a nivel profesional.

Que los jugadores prestan un servicio que tiene la particularidad en la mayoría de las ocasiones de un período máximo de diez (10) años en el desarrollo de dicha actividad.

Que el fútbol profesional surte una utilidad social al país como distracción y esparcimiento necesario para el desarrollo de la sociedad hondureña.

Que de conformidad al Artículo 205 Atribución 1) de la Constitución de la República es potestad del Congreso Nacional crear, decretar, interpretar, reformar y derogar las leyes.

Que el Estado de Honduras debe ejercer soberanía en los territorios de su extensión, fortaleciendo el desarrollo con obras de infraestructura que beneficien las comunidades para el progreso y desarrollo colectivo de sus habitantes.

Que el Artículo 7 de la Ley de Aduanas establece que la Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Finanzas tiene la atribución de proponer al Congreso Nacional, con autorización del Presidente de la República, la recreación, modificación y jurisdicción territorial.

Que la Dirección Ejecutiva de Ingreso (DEI) es el órgano desconcentrado de la Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Finanzas que le corresponde la ejecución de las políticas aduaneras en Honduras y demás órganos auxiliares.

Que el Gobierno de la República de Honduras debe invertir en instalaciones aduaneras para mejorar las recaudaciones Fiscales del Estado e ingresos producidos por los extranjeros que transitan por su territorio.

Que es necesaria la apertura de la Aduana en el Puente de la Integración, ubicado en la Zona Sur, Fronteriza, en la Mancomunidad de MOCALEMPA, por parte de Honduras y la Mancomunidad de Municipios de Cabañas Norte de San Miguel, MICASAM, El Salvador.

Que la Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), mediante la Resolución NR015/2015 de fecha veintiuno (21) de octubre del año dos mil quince (2015) y publicada en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta el dos (02) de noviembre del año dos mil quince (2015), aprobó la Resolución Normativa de Mapas de Infraestructura y Cobertura de Telecomunicaciones de todos los Operadores, que ordena a todos los operadores del Servicio de Internet o Acceso a Redes Informáticas presentar a CONATEL los mapas de cobertura e infraestructura, en cumplimiento a lo dispuesto en el artículo 7 del Reglamento del Fondo de Inversiones en Telecomunicaciones y Tecnologías de la Información (FITT) contentiva en la Resolución Normativa NR007/14 de fecha cinco (05) de mayo del año mil catorce (2014), publicada en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta el siete (07) de mayo de ese mismo año.

Que debido al desarrollo de la cobertura y penetración de banda ancha móvil y fija en el país, es imperativo incorporar a los operadores de los Servicios de Telefonía Móvil Celular, Servicio de Comunicaciones Personales (PCS) y Telefonía Fija en la entrega de mapas de cobertura y diagramas de infraestructura ordenada en la Resolución Normativa NR015/2015 publicada en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta el dos (02) de noviembre de dos mil quince (2015); garantizando de esta forma que la red de telecomunicaciones incluya zonas desatendidas, impactando directamente en la reducción de la brecha digital. COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE TELECOMUNICACIONES (CONATEL)

Que la Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), conforme a la disposición contenida en la Resolución Normativa NR02/06, publicada en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta en fecha veintitrés (23) de marzo de dos mil seis (2006), sometió el anteproyecto de la presente resolución al proceso de Consulta Pública en la página Web de CONATEL en el periodo comprendido del treinta (30) de mayo a primero (01) de junio de dos mil dieciséis (2016), por cuanto cumplida dicha obligación esta resolución deberá ser publicada en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta, por ser un acto de carácter general y de cumplimiento obligatorio.

Que las FUERZAS ARMADAS DE HONDURAS, pretende implementar un sistema de comunicación, utilizando un código de numeración corta comprendido dentro de los Códigos para Servicios de Emergencia y Servicio Social y por ello solicitó ante la CONATEL mediante notas OFICIOS de fechas 05 y 24 de febrero del 2016, para que se le asigne un código de numeración corta con longitud de tres (3) dígitos con la estructura 1XY, a ser utilizado en los Centros de Recepción de Llamadas ubicados en Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán y San Pedro de Sula, Cortés, para la recepción de llamadas desde cualquier localidad geográfica del país, provisionado mediante línea(s) telefónica(s) gratuita(s) que funcionará(n) las veinticuatro (24) horas del día, todos los días del año.

Que el Artículo 79A del Reglamento General de la Ley Marco del Sector de Telecomunicaciones establece que la Numeración para el uso de servicios de telecomunicaciones es de interés público y por tanto, su asignación, administración y control corresponde a CONATEL; disponiendo además, que la asignación de los números del Plan Nacional de Numeración está sujeta a las disposiciones y regulaciones que al efecto emita este Ente Regulador. A este efecto, CONATEL ha determinado que la solicitud planteada por las FUERZAS ARMADAS DE HONDURAS, es procedente, por consiguiente, la habilitación del código de numeración corta de tres dígitos del Tipo 1XY a serle asignado por CONATEL deberá obligatoriamente ser habilitado en las redes de los Operadores y Comercializadores de Tipo Sub-Operador del Servicio de Telefonía Fija y del Servicio de Teléfonos Públicos, de los Operadores del Servicio de Telefonía Móvil Celular y del Servicio de Comunicaciones Personales, debiendo ser accedido gratuitamente desde cualquier teléfono (Equipo Terminal) que dentro del Territorio Nacional esté conectado a las redes de estos servicios.

Que el presente proyecto de Resolución fue sometido al proceso de Consulta Pública en el periodo comprendido del 13 al 15 de Junio del 2016, en cumplimiento de lo dispuesto en la Resolución Normativa NR002/06, emitida por CONATEL el quince de marzo de dos mil seis y publicada en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta de fecha veintitrés de marzo de dos mil seis; y habiendo culminado esta fase, el presente acto administrativo fue adecuado de acuerdo a las aportaciones recibidas y consideradas apropiadas al marco regulatorio y con la aprobación de la Comisión en pleno, la Resolución Normativa en sí debe ser publicada en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta, en virtud de lo dispuesto en los Artículos 32 y 33 de la Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo; cuya emisión se realiza en conformidad a lo establecido en el Artículo 20 de la Ley Marco del Sector de Telecomunicaciones y Artículo 72 de su Reglamento General, puesto que las decisiones de CONATEL se adoptan mediante este tipo de actos administrativos.

Que de conformidad a la Ley Marco del Sector de Telecomunicaciones, y en base al Artículo 13, numeral 2 y Artículo 14, numeral 12 de dicha ley, son facultades y atribuciones de CONATEL, entre otras, las siguientes: “Cumplir y hacer cumplir las Leyes, Reglamentos, Normas Técnicas y demás disposiciones internas, así como los tratados convenios y acuerdos internacionales sobre telecomunicaciones…”; “Emitir las regulaciones y normas de índole técnica necesarias para la prestación de los servicios de telecomunicaciones y de las aplicaciones a las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones TICS…”.

Que en aplicación de sus facultades de regulación conforme a lo establecido en el Artículo 78 literales b) y c) del Reglamento General de la Ley Marco del Sector de Telecomunicaciones: “CONATEL podrá aprobar, mediante Resolución, los siguientes instrumentos normativos: Reglamentos Específicos.- Contienen regulaciones necesarias para la prestación de cada uno de los servicios, o para desarrollar actividades que genéricamente están tratadas en la Ley Marco y el presente Reglamento. Reglamentos Técnicos.- Establecen las disposiciones sobre aspectos técnicos relativos a la operación de los servicios, a través de los Planes Técnicos Fundamentales y Normas de Calidad de Servicios”.

Que CONATEL, mediante la Resolución Normativa NR016/15 publicada en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta el treinta y uno de diciembre del año dos mil quince, aprobó el Reglamento de Prestación del Servicio SMO (SHORT MESSAGE ORIGINATED) O MO-SMS (MOBILE ORIGINATED SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE), SMS-MT (SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE MOVILE TERMINATED) y el Servicio de Acceso a Contenidos de Información.

Que CONATEL, mediante la Resolución AS088/16 de fecha veintinueve de marzo del año dos mil dieciséis, en su parte Resolutiva SEGUNDO resolvió: Modificar el artículo 34 de la Resolución NR016/15 de fecha uno de diciembre del año dos mil quince, publicada en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta en fecha treinta y uno de diciembre del año dos mil quince. Que dicha Resolución adquirió firmeza en fecha dieciséis de mayo del año dos mil dieciséis. Así mismo CONATEL, en la precitada Resolución ordena la publicación de lo dispuesto en la Resolución Normativa contentiva de la modificación.

Que de acuerdo con las motivaciones anteriores y preceptos legales invocados, esta Comisión determina que lo procedente es emitir la Presente Resolución, que contiene modificaciones al Reglamento de Prestación del Servicio SMO (SHORT MESSAGE ORIGINATED) O MO-SMS (MOBILE ORIGINATED SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE), SMS-MT (SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE MOVILE TERMINATED) y el Servicio de Acceso a Contenidos de Información.

Que de conformidad a lo establecido en el Artículo 41 de la Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo, reformado mediante Decreto 266-2013, publicado en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta el 23 de enero de 2014, no se requiere dictamen previo favorable de la Procuraduría General de la República, para la emisión del presente acto administrativo.

Que la JUNTA ADMINISTRA- DORA DE AGUA Y SANEAMIENTO DE LA COMUNIDAD DE EL AGUAJE, DEL MUNICIPIO DE MEAMBAR, DEPARTAMENTO DE COMAYAGUA, se crea como asociación civil de beneficio mutuo, cuyas disposiciones estatutarias no contrarían las leyes del país, el orden público, la moral y las buenas costumbres por lo que es procedente acceder a lo solicitado.

Que el Presidente de la República emitió el Decreto Ejecutivo No.002-2002 de fecha veintiocho de enero del año dos mil dos, por el que delega al Secretario de Estado en los Despachos de Gobernación y Justicia, competencia específica para la emisión de este acto administrativo de conformidad con los Artículos 16, 116, 119, 120 y 122 de la Ley General de la Administración Pública; Artículos.

Que el señor Secretario de Estado en los Despachos de Derechos Humanos, Justicia, Gobernación y Descentralización, mediante Acuerdo Ministerial No.423-2014 de fecha 14 de febrero de 2014, delegó en la ciudadana, KARLA EUGENIA CUEVA AGUILAR, Subsecretaria de Estado en el Despacho de Derechos Humanos y Justicia, la facultad de resolver los asuntos que se conozcan en única instancia y los recursos administrativos por medio de los cuales se impugnan sus propios actos o de sus inferiores jerárquicos en la correspondiente instancia.

Que la Asociación SAVE THE CHILDREN DE HONDURAS (ASCH), celebró convenio de cooperación para el Proyecto de Agua y Saneamiento Rural de varias localidades del país, con el Servicio Autónomo Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados SANAA y la Agencia Para el Desarrollo Internacional (AID).

Que es atribución del Presidente de la República a través de la Secretaría de Estado en los Despachos de Gobernación y Justicia, conceder personalidad jurídica a las Asociaciones Civiles de conformidad con la Ley.

Que la Junta Administradora del Acueducto Rural de las aldeas de “Volcancitos y Cóncavo”, municipio de Pespire, departamento de Choluteca, se crea como asociación civil de beneficio mutuo, cuyas disposiciones estatutarias no contrarían las leyes del país, el orden público, la moral y las buenas costumbres, por lo que es procedente acceder a lo solicitado.

Que el 5 de enero de 2016, el Abogado Lorenzo J. Pineda Ramírez, en su condición de Apoderado de la Oficina de Representación de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., Institución bancaria extranjera en Honduras, presentó ante la Comisión, escrito titulado “SE SOLICITA AUTORIZACIÓN PARA EL CIERRE DE OFICINA DE REPRESENTACIÓN DE UNA INSTITUCIÓN FI- NANCIERA. SE ACOMPAÑAN DOCUMENTOS. PODER”, mediante el cual solicita la autorización para proceder al cierre de la referida oficina de representación. Dicha petición fue trasladada a la Gerencia de Estudios y a la Superintendencia de Bancos y Otras Instituciones Financiera el 8 de febrero de 2016 para la emisión del dictamen y proyecto de resolución correspondiente.

Que la Oficina de Representación de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., Institución bancaria extranjera en Honduras, fue autorizada por el Banco Central de Honduras, mediante Resolución No.231-8/2001 emitida el 2 de agosto de 2001, debiendo enmarcar sus actividades en lo preceptuado en el Reglamento para el Establecimiento en Honduras de Oficinas de Representación de Instituciones Financieras Extranjeras emitido por la Autoridad Monetaria mediante Resolución No.249-7/98 de fecha 2 de julio de 1998, no estando autorizada para realizar operaciones pasivas, ni operaciones de crédito con plazos menores a tres (3) años e inversiones en títulos valores en moneda nacional o extranjera a plazos menores de dos (2) años, tal como lo establece el Reglamento antes mencionado, así como los servicios de cartas de crédito y cobranzas. La referida resolución de autorización, señalaba también que dicha Oficina de Representación, tenía la obligación del envío de información financiera y estadística en los plazos y términos establecidos por la Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros; en tal sentido, además de los reportes estadísticos sobre la clasificación de su cartera crediticia conforme con la normativa vigente, dicha entidad estaba obligada a informar sobre sus deudores y demás información aplicable a sus operaciones a la Central de Información Crediticia de esta Comisión.

Que el señor Mario Ernesto Orellana en su condición de Representante Legal de la Oficina de Representación de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., Institución bancaria extranjera en Honduras, mediante carta del 18 de junio de 2015 informó a la Gerencia de Estudios de esta Comisión que al 31 de mayo de 2015 no registraba operaciones de crédito vigentes, así como la cancelación de la cuenta bancaria registrada en un banco nacional, concluyendo que no existían reportes de envío a este Ente Supervisor a partir de dicho mes. Derivado de lo anterior la Gerencia de Estudios mediante memorándum del 28 de agosto de 2015 requirió a la Superintendencia de Bancos, Financieras y Asociaciones de Ahorro y Préstamo la verificación in situ sobre la continuidad de operaciones de dicha Oficina de Representación en el país. Por su parte la Superintendencia de Bancos y Otras Instituciones Financieras mediante opinión del 25 de febrero de 2016 señala que a partir del año 2014, la Oficina de Representación de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., redujo sustancialmente su exposición en activos, producto de la cancelación del portafolio crediticio, aspecto confirmado mediante carta del 20 de agosto de 2014, donde el Representante Legal de dicha Oficina, señor Mario Ernesto Orellana informó su cancelación el 18 de junio de 2014.

Que el cierre de operaciones de la Oficina de Representación de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., fue acordado por la Junta Directiva de dicha Institución bancaria extranjera, en el Punto Número IV-12 del Acta No.1487 en sesión celebrada el 18 de noviembre de 2015, según consta en Certificación de fecha 25 del mismo mes y año, suscrita por el señor Ramón Fidelio Ávila Quehl, en su condición de Director Secretario del BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., acuerdo que fue protocolizado mediante Instrumento Público No.53 del 21 de diciembre de 2015 ante los oficios del abogado César Puerto Vallecillo. Según lo señalado en la certificación en referencia, el Acuerdo de cierre de la Oficina de Representación se deriva de la compra de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., con domicilio en la República de El Salvador, por parte del Grupo Bancolombia, quien por tener una dirección de estrategia de colocación internacional distinta, la oficina de representación en Honduras no operó como originalmente se planeó; asimismo señala que actualmente no mantienen operaciones en la República de Honduras y que no está dentro de su plan de negocios profundizar en dicho mercado.

Que según información financiera remitida por la propia Oficina de Representación en Honduras de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., a este Ente Supervisor, se observa que dicha Institución a partir de junio de 2014 no reporta operaciones de crédito en el país, dejando a su vez de cumplir con la obligatoriedad de reportar sus estados financieros a esta Comisión desde el mes de mayo de 2015, siendo remitido su último estado financiero con cifras al 30 de abril del mismo año, en el cual únicamente se registran activos por el orden de L41,579.50 correspondiente a depósitos en bancos del interior, así como utilidades no distribuidas por el orden de L. 40,590.95 y utilidades del ejercicio por L. 988.55.

Que la Superintendencia de Bancos y Otras Instituciones Financieras mediante opinión del 25 de febrero de 2016 refiere que: 1) La Oficina de Representación de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A. descontinuó las operaciones de préstamos e inversiones, únicas transacciones autorizadas a este tipo de instituciones mediante Resolución No.249-7/98 emitida por el Banco Central de Honduras, habiendo liquidado sus operaciones en el mes de abril de 2015, y que a la fecha no presenta bienes patrimoniales que requieran un plan de liquidación; 2) El representante legal de la Oficina de Representación BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., deberá asegurar, posterior al cierre, el cumplimiento de la Resolución No.249-7/98 emitida por la Autoridad Monetaria, Artículo 3, literal e) que cita “… responder ilimitadamente dentro y fuera del país, por los actos que realicen y contratos que se suscriban en la República.” y; cualquier normativa relacionada en caso de surgir algún contingente relacionado con aspectos fiscales, laborales, contractuales, entre otros; y, 3) Se recomienda hacer de conocimiento público el cierre de dicha oficina mediante publicación en el Diario Oficial “La Gaceta” y en dos (2) diarios de circulación nacional a efectos de que cualquier interesado interponga los oficios que correspondan.

Que la Dirección de Asesoría Legal mediante opinión del 9 de marzo de 2016 es del parecer porque se autorice la solicitud para el cierre de la Oficina de Representación de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., presentada por el Abogado Lorenzo J. Pineda Ramírez en su condición de Apoderado de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., por constar el Acuerdo debidamente protocolizado, de la sesión celebrada el 18 de noviembre de 2015, donde la Junta Directiva acordó aprobar el cierre de la Oficina de Representación de la República de Honduras.

Que el Artículo 116 de la Ley del Sistema Financiero, señala que corresponderá a la Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros resolver las solicitudes de cancelación de la autorización para operar que presenten voluntariamente las instituciones del sistema financiero, sin perjuicio de las facultades que dicha Ley expresamente le otorga para hacerlo de oficio.

Que los numerales 5) y 20) del Artículo 13 de la Ley de la Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros establecen que a la Comisión le corresponde supervisar las operaciones que realicen las oficinas de representación o agencias de bancos extranjeros que operen dentro de las zonas libres, zonas de procesamiento industrial o en cualquier otro sitio del territorio nacional; así como, vigilar la correcta constitución, ampliación de operaciones, la fusión, transformación y cierre de las instituciones supervisadas.

Que mediante Memorando GESGE-ME-251/2016 de fecha 14 de marzo de 2016 la Gerencia de Estudios emitió dictamen, en el que recomienda a la Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros, cancelar la autorización para operar como Oficina de Representación en nuestro país a BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., la cual fue otorgada por el Directorio del Banco Central de Honduras mediante Resolución No.231-8/ 2001, emitida el 2 de agosto de 2001, de conformidad al acuerdo alcanzado por la Junta Directiva de dicha Institución bancaria extranjera con domicilio en la República de El Salvador, en el Punto Número IV-12 del Acta No.1487 correspondiente a la sesión celebrada el 18 de noviembre de 2015. Lo anterior, con base en la opinión emitida por la Superintendencia de Bancos y Otras Instituciones Financieras de fecha 25 de febrero de 2016, mediante la cual refiere que la Oficina de Representación de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., descontinuó operaciones de préstamo e inversiones, habiendo liquidado sus operaciones en el mes de abril de 2015 y que a la fecha no presenta bienes patrimoniales que requieran un plan de liquidación. Asimismo, el análisis técnico practicado, basado en la información financiera remitida por la propia Oficina de Representación a este Ente Supervisor, determinó que a partir de junio de 2014 no reporta operaciones de crédito en el país, dejando a su vez de reportar sus estados financieros a esta Comisión desde el mes de mayo de 2015, siendo remitido sus últimos estados financieros con cifras al 30 de abril del mismo año, en el cual únicamente se registró activos por el orden de L41,579.50 correspondiente a depósitos en bancos del interior, así como utilidades no distribuidas por L40,590.95 y utilidades del ejercicio por L988.55. Adicionalmente, cabe señalar que según información en los archivos de esta Comisión, la Oficina de Representación evidenció la cancelación de la cuenta bancaria que mantenía en el país, única operación activa en sus estados financieros. Además, la solicitud de mérito se ajusta a la legislación vigente aplicable sobre la materia.

Que con fundamento en los dictámenes emitidos por la Gerencia de Estudios, Dirección deAsesoría Legal y en la opinión de la Superintendencia de Bancos y Otras Instituciones de fecha 25 de febrero de 2016, es procedente cancelar la autorización para operar de la Oficina de Representación de BANCO AGRÍCOLA, S.A., de que se ha hecho mérito.

Articles

Article 1.-

Authorize the Secretary of State in the Office of Security, so that through the direct contracting procedure with natural or legal persons, whether national and/or foreign, may contract under the best conditions for the State of Honduras, the acquisition of weapons and ammunition for the National Police of Honduras.

Article 2.-

The contracting related in the present Executive Agreement may be executed up to the sum of TWENTY-FIVE MILLION LEMPIRAS EXACT (Lps.25,000,000.00).

Article 3.-

The costs incurred for the execution of the present Agreement shall be financed by the following budgetary structure: Institution: 0070, Program: 12, Subprogram: 00, Project: 00, Activity: 03, Object: 36500.

Article 4.-

The terms, clauses, justifications, conditions of quality and timeliness in delivery, specifications, characteristics, warranties and other legal provisions shall be established in the Contract to be executed between the Secretary of State in the Office of Security and the company that is contracted.

Article 5.-

The contracting documents that are executed under the auspices of the present Executive Agreement shall be executed in accordance with the provisions established in the State Contracting Law and its Regulation, and the Secretary of State in the Office of Security must notify and send them to the Supreme Court of Accounts within the respective legal period, and must in all cases comply with all the additional requirements established in the laws of the Republic.

Article 6.-

The Secretary of State in the Office of Security shall notify the Supreme Court of Accounts, within the following ten (10) business days, of the procedure authorized by this Executive Agreement, for the consequent legal purposes.

Article 7.-

The present Agreement shall enter into force once it is published in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given at the Presidential House, in the city of Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the second (2) day of the month of June of the year two thousand sixteen (2016). LET IT BE COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED. JORGE RAMON HERNANDEZ ALCERRO Secretary of State, General Coordinator of Government By Delegation of the President of the Republic Executive Agreement No.031-2015, Published in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta" on November 25, 2015. JULIAN PACHECO TINOCO Secretary of State in the Office of Security, Ministry of Security.

Article 2.-

The costs incurred for the execution of the present Agreement shall be financed with the Funds of the Secretary of State in the Office of Security and Funds that shall be incorporated into the budget by the Secretary of Finance during the present Fiscal Year.

Article 3.-

The present Executive Agreement is of immediate execution and must be published in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given in the city of Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, at the Government House, on the twenty-eighth (28) day of the month of May of the year two thousand fifteen (2015). THEREFORE, In application of Articles 245 numeral 11) and 293 of the Constitution of the Republic; Articles 11, 28, 29 numeral 11), 116 and 119 of the General Law of Public Administration and 4 numeral 2) of the Organic Law of the National Police of Honduras. AGREES:

Article 1.-

Authorize a salary increase for the members of the Police Career of the Scales: Superior, Executive, Inspection and Basic, effective as of the month of June 2015, in accordance with the following tables: LET IT BE EXECUTED AND PUBLISHED. JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ ALVARADO Constitutional President of the Republic. JULIAN PACHECO TINOCO Secretary of State in the Office of Security.

Article 3.-

The National Council for Road Safety shall propose the hiring of the Operational Manager and Administrator of the National Council for Road Safety, both with specific functions that guarantee the proper operational and administrative development of the Council, which shall be detailed in their respective professional services contracts.

Article 1.-

Prioritize the process of urgent acquisition of computer equipment to meet the demand for technological services, in order to collect effectively the income that the State requires to fulfill its financial obligations, particularly those related to social investment in health, education, security, housing and infrastructure; as well as for the modernization of the State. Actions that are being carried out by the Presidential Commissioner of Tax Administration (CPAT), acquisition subject to financing with the funds allocated in the Investment and Allocations Trust (FINA), constituted in the National Agricultural Development Bank (BANADESA), funds that shall be liquidated in accordance with the legal guidelines established by the Trust.

Article 2.-

The Technical Committee of the Investment and Allocations Trust (FINA) is authorized to transfer an amount of up to TEN MILLION LEMPIRAS (L.10,000,000.00) to the Presidential Commissioner of Tax Administration (CPAT), responsible for Tax Administration to effect the purchase of the Computer Equipment referred to in Article 1 of this Decree.

Article 3.-

The present Executive Decree enters into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given at the Presidential House, in the city of Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, on the twenty-eighth (28) day of the month of June of the year two thousand sixteen (2016). LET IT BE COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED. JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ ALVARADO CONSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC. JORGE RAMÓN HERNÁNDEZ ALCERRO SECRETARY OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATION. REINALDO ANTONIO SANCHEZ SECRETARY OF THE PRESIDENCY. LEONEL AYALA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, JUSTICE, GOVERNANCE AND DECENTRALIZATION. MARÍA DOLORES AGÜERO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, BY LAW. RICARDO LEONEL CARDONA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL INCLUSION. ARNALDO CASTILLO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ROBERTO ANTONIO ORDÓÑEZ SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICES. JULIÁN PACHECO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF SECURITY. SAMUEL REYES SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE. EDNA YOLANI BATRES SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF HEALTH. MARLON ONIEL ESCOTO VALERIO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. CARLOS MADERO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY. JACOBO PAZ BODDEN SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK. JOSÉ ANTONIO GALDAMES SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICES OF ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT AND MINES. WILFREDO CERRATO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCE.

Article 1.-

The benefit of Amnesty is granted to taxpayers who are in default or who have not complied with their formal and material obligations to the State of Honduras and the municipalities, through the Property Institute, as of December 31, 2015, being able to pay the Unique Annual Rate for Vehicle Registration, vehicular registry rates, including road rates, municipal rates, free of fines, surcharges or interest, until December 31, 2016, agreeing to payment plans during this period, without surcharges and interest.

Article 2.-

The Single Rate for Public Roads Service, also known as the Annual Unique Rate for Vehicle Registration, as well as the corresponding fines, rates and interest, including municipal road rates, where applicable, are hereby exempted for vehicles that are in:

  • 1)

    State of abandonment and total inoperability;

  • 2)

    State of scrap, destruction or total loss;

  • 3)

    Damaged and which renders permanent circulation impossible;

  • 4)

    Unlocatable;

  • 5)

    Situation of seizure, deposit or legal retention decreed by fiscal order or by competent judicial authority; and,

  • 6)

    Situation of theft or robbery. At the request of their owners, vehicles found in any of the circumstances described in numerals 1, 2 and 3 must be permanently and definitively removed from the databases of the Vehicle Property Registry.

Article 3.-

The right of the State and municipalities to exercise the action of collection of rates related to vehicle ownership prescribes after five (5) years from the date the taxable event occurred. The Property Institute, after verifying that the right to collect the Annual Unique Rate for Vehicle Registration and municipal road rates has prescribed, must proceed to discharge from the current account of registered taxpayers the amounts owed from previous fiscal years. Likewise, it must make permanent and definitive discharge of the corresponding vehicles from the Vehicle Property Registry and must communicate this to the State Secretary in the Office of Security, so that it may proceed to seize said vehicles whether or not they are in circulation in any part of the national territory. Any vehicle discharged pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be re-registered at the request of its owner, prior to payment, as a fine, of the full amount of unprescribed debt owed at the time it was removed from the Vehicle Property Registry database. The Property Institute (IP) is authorized to elaborate payment plans, without surcharges or interest, for a period of up to one (1) year for the payment of said fine through receipts and the collection system it uses.

Article 4.-

Exempt from the provisions of the preceding Article are all those vehicles that are subject to extrajudicial or judicial encumbrances or those that have registry annotations by virtue of competent judicial authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the request or authorization of the creditor is presented, the Property Institute (IP) may carry out the operations described in the preceding Article. The Property Institute (IP) must maintain backups of the historical records of all those values that are discharged from the active current account of owners and taxpayers, so that it may apply the sanctions contained in the preceding Article. CHAPTER III COLLECTION OF THE ANNUAL UNIQUE RATE FOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION ON NEW AND USED VEHICLES IMPORTED INTO THE COUNTRY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THE ADVANCE PAYMENT THEREOF.

Article 5.-

The Tax Authority is hereby authorized to collect the Annual Unique Rate for Vehicle Registration at the time of registration or registration of every vehicle, new or used entered for the first time in the country, by means of payment through the National Banking System, according to the criteria of base and calculation established in Section Two of Article 8, as amended, of Decree No. 194-2002 dated May 15, 2002, revenues which shall be allocated to the Trust Fund of the Public-Private Alliance approved pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 369-2013 dated January 20, 2014. Likewise, the Technical Trust Committee aforementioned is authorized to contract with a national or international structuring bank in order to securitize the cash flows corresponding to the canon in favor of the State of Honduras.

Article 6.-

Reform Articles 3 and 5 of Decree 75-2001 of June 1, 2001, which shall read as follows:

Article 3

Single Rate for Public Roads Service, also known as Annual Unique Rate for Vehicle Registration, shall be paid in the following periods: The Property Institute (IP) is authorized to implement a system of advance payments for the Annual Unique Rate for Vehicle Registration and municipal road rates, for up to three (3) equal and monthly installments, prior to the start of the payment period described above. This advance payment modality may be implemented upon request of the interested party, provided that the amount to be paid is equal to or greater than Three Thousand Lempiras (L.3,000.00). Owners of land vehicles purchased in the country, as well as those imported new or used for the first time in the country, have (30) calendar days following the date of execution of the transfer document or payment of import rights, to register with the Property Institute (IP) and pay the value of the Annual Unique Rate for Vehicle Registration and municipal road rates.

Article 5

The Property Institute (IP) is responsible for the registration and control and everything related to requests for changes and physical modifications of terrestrial motor vehicles circulating in the national territory; as well as the collection of registry rates and Annual Unique Rate for Vehicle Registration corresponding thereto.

Article 7.-

Reform Article 15 repealed of Decree No. 18-90, containing the LAW OF STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE ECONOMY, dated March 3, 1990; amended by Article 8 of Decree No. 194-2002 of May 15, 2002, further amended by Decree 51-2003 dated April 3, 2003; and further amended by Decree No. 48-2004 dated April 21, 2004, which shall read as follows: "FIRST SECTION VEHICLES INTRODUCED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS LAW An Annual Unique Rate for Vehicle Registration is hereby created, which shall be applied to motor vehicles with any private or rental plate, except those of the Diplomatic Corps, Consular and International Mission, in accordance with the following rates: Any additional charge, including those made by the National Traffic Directorate, which may be made by reason of registration is prohibited, except that collected by municipalities. The violation must be sanctioned with the immediate dismissal of the responsible employee or official, who shall also be prosecuted for the crime of fraud and illegal exactions. When the registration to which this Article refers is presented in months after the beginning of each Fiscal Year, the rate shall be collected proportionally to the time remaining for the fiscal year to conclude. The sums collected must be remitted by the natural or legal persons who have sold the automobile within fifteen (15) calendar days following the date of execution of the sales contract. Land motor vehicles with foreign plates, each time they enter the country shall pay for the traffic service to which this Article refers, the sum of Twenty United States Dollars (US$.20.00) or its equivalent in Lempiras, at the exchange rate in effect on the date, in accordance with the rules established for that purpose by the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH). This rate shall be collected by the means and forms established by the Property Institute (IP). Exempt from this provision are vehicles registered in Central American countries that have signed and ratified agreements and treaties on economic integration, who have freedom of entry, transit and permanence in the national territory. Except as provided in the fourth preceding paragraph, violators of the provisions of this Article shall be subject to a fine of Five Hundred Lempiras (L.500.00) to Three Thousand Lempiras (L.3,000.00), in accordance with the criteria established by the Property Institute (IP) pursuant to the criteria established in its regulations. In the case of motorcycles, a fine of Fifty Lempiras (L.50.00) to Two Hundred Lempiras (L.200.00) shall be applied, following the same criteria as indicated. The application of the fine does not exclude compliance with what is established in this Article. In years when a new plate is issued or plate replacement is made, the rate set by the Property Institute shall be charged. For the issuance of a new plate or decal, for the loss or significant damage thereof, change or replacement of plate or decal, the Property Institute (IP) shall charge the rates it determines in accordance with its Law and Regulations. SECOND SECTION NEW OR USED VEHICLES TO BE IMPORTED FOR THE FIRST TIME The Annual Unique Rate for Vehicle Registration for new or used vehicles to be imported for the first time to the country shall be two percent (2%) on the CIF value, plus the rights and other charges that import causes, at the time of its liquidation and shall be paid in accordance with the means and systems determined by the Property Institute. This Annual Unique Rate for Registration shall be applied on the invoice price of sale in the marketplace when the vehicle is purchased in the domestic market. In both cases, the resulting value shall not be less than Three Thousand Lempiras (L.3,000.00) for purposes of this tax. Payment of this rate must be made annually during a consecutive period of five (5) years, after which the rates established in the First Section of this Article shall apply. When the registration to which this Article refers is presented in months after the beginning of each fiscal year, the Rate shall be collected proportionally to the time remaining for the respective fiscal period to be completed. The payment of the Annual Unique Rate by the importer must be made the first time at the moment of the vehicle's entry and after the liquidation and payment of the respective policy, by the means and forms determined by the Property Institute. From the second to the fifth year it must be made through payment in the National Banking System, by the means and forms determined by the Property Institute. Exempt from the payment of the Annual Unique Rate are Vehicles intended for collective public transportation, as well as trucks and dump trucks for cargo that are registered with rental plates, provided that they obtain the respective operations certificate from the corresponding transportation authority. Without said certificate, they must pay the rate in accordance with the percentages indicated above; upon obtaining the certificate, the Property Institute may authorize the respective credit. In the case of motorcycles only the rate of two percent (2%) shall be paid on the CIF value plus the rights and other charges that import causes or on the price of the invoice accrued in the domestic market." CHAPTER III OF THE UPDATE OF THE VEHICLE CENSUS, OF THE RATES RELATED TO VEHICLE OWNERSHIP AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF PLATES

Article 8.-

Reform Articles 54, 55, 56 and 58 of the TRANSIT LAW, which shall read as follows:

Article 54

It is the responsibility of the Property Institute (IP) to issue the plates and likewise issue provisional permits to circulate without plates for up to thirty (30) days.

Article 55

Plates must have a different identification for each vehicle. The form, quality and other identification characteristics of vehicle plates shall be determined by the Property Institute (IP).

Article 56

Each vehicle must be assigned its own nomenclature, to be the identification of the plate, which cannot be repeated. The owner of a vehicle may request from the Property Institute (IP) the personalization of a plate, provided that it is unique and distinctive and pays the rate set by said institution. Plates shall be kept free of objects or ornamental or any other nature that prevents their readability. In addition to the plate, the Property Institute (IP), in accordance with the provisions of the Property Law and under the real folio technique, must assign a registration to each vehicle, which must be definitive from the first registration in the registry, until the vehicle is definitely removed from circulation.

Article 58

Every vehicle for private use, public service, transport, cargo and others, shall be identified in accordance with the nomenclatures and letters established by the Property Institute (IP). In duly justified cases, the owner may dedicate the vehicle to a use different from that for which it was originally registered, and must request the change of plates before the start of the new activity, complying with the other requirements required by the Property Institute (IP).

Article 9.-

Authorization is granted, on an exceptional basis, until December 31, 2016, to permit the nationalization and registration of vehicles that entered the country before the approval and effectiveness of this Decree, within the framework of the treaties of free circulation of the Central American Integration System (SICA) and that have plates from other countries in the region (Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua), regardless of the restriction on the age of the vehicle. Their importation and registration must be carried out without the payment of fines or any charges, either to the Executive Revenue Directorate or to the Property Institute. CHAPTER IV MOVABLE GUARANTEES

Article 10.-

Reform Article 47 of Decree No. 182-2009 of August 24, 2009, containing the LAW OF MOVABLE GUARANTEES, which shall read as follows:

Article 47

REGISTRY ADMINISTRATOR.- The Registry shall be administered by the Property Institute, in accordance with Article 28 of the Property Law, although it may authorize the creation of associated centers. Registry rates shall be determined by the Property Institute and shall serve to cover registry expenses and be invested in the continuous improvement thereof. To provide transparency and facilitate consultations and registrations, the Property Institute has the obligation to create a common database for the entire national territory. The Property Institute must keep in effect the existing and operative relationship with the Commercial Registry of Francisco Morazán, attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tegucigalpa, Associated Center attached to the Property Institute.

Article 11.-

The Executive Branch, through the State Secretary in the Office of the Presidency, must issue the corresponding Regulations, prior to the opinion of the Property Institute (IP), within a period not exceeding thirty (30) days from the effective date.

Article 12.-

This Decree shall become effective from the day of its publication in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given in the city of Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, in the Chamber of the National Congress, on the tenth day of the month of May of the year Two Thousand Sixteen. ANTONIO CÉSAR RIVERA CALLEJAS PRESIDENT MARIO ALONSO PÉREZ LÓPEZ SECRETARY JOSÉ TOMÁS ZAMBRANO MOLINA SECRETARY To the Executive Branch Therefore: Execute. Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., June 10, 2016. JUAN ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC THE STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY REINALDO ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ

Article 1.-

An amnesty is hereby granted until November 31, 2016, for the payment of fines, surcharges and interest on all overdue obligations and pending payment to the State as of December 31, 2015 by TEAMS OF THE PROFESSIONAL NATIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE AND THE NATIONAL ASCENT LEAGUE, establishing a period of one (1) year to arrange payment plans.

Article 2.-

This Decree shall become effective from the day of its publication in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given in the city of Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, in the Chamber of Sessions of the National Congress, on the twenty-fourth day of the month of May of the year Two Thousand Sixteen. ANTONIO CÉSAR RIVERA CALLEJAS PRESIDENT MARIO ALONSO PÉREZ LÓPEZ SECRETARY JOSÉ TOMÁS ZAMBRANO MOLINA SECRETARY To the Executive Branch Therefore: Execute. Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., June 27, 2016 JUAN ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC THE STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCE WILFREDO RAFAEL CERRATO RODRÍGUEZ

Article 1.-

The State Secretary in the Office of Finance is hereby authorized to carry out at the earliest possible time the necessary steps to open a Customs office at the "LA INTEGRACIÓN" Bridge, on the Border between the Republic of El Salvador and the Republic of Honduras, specifically between the Municipalities of MOCOLEMPA (HONDURAS) AND MICASAM (EL SALVADOR). This implies budgetary actions aimed at assigning the required administrative and technical personnel, as well as the equipment for its operation.

Article 2.-

The State Secretary in the Office of Finance, through the Executive Revenue Directorate (DEI), is responsible for the proper functioning of the Customs office and the application and execution of customs policies that permit efficient fiscal collection for the State of Honduras.

Article 3.-

The Municipality Association of MOCALEMPA (HONDURAS) in coordination with the Municipality Association of MICASAM (EL SALVADOR), through their member Municipalities, must provide the territorial facilities and budgetary counterparts necessary for the construction and installation of the infrastructure that allows the proper functioning of the Customs Authority.

Article 4.-

This Decree shall enter into force as of the day of its publication in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Given in the city of Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, in the Session Hall of the National Congress, on the Seventeenth day of the month of December of Two Thousand Fifteen. ANTONIO CÉSAR RIVERA CALLEJAS PRESIDENT MARIO ALONSO PÉREZ LÓPEZ SECRETARY JOSÉ TOMÁS ZAMBRANO MOLINA SECRETARY To the Executive Branch Therefore: Let it be executed. Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., January 11, 2016. JUAN ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCE WILFREDO RAFAEL CERRATO RODRÍGUEZ Technical Processing Documentary Digital UDI-DEGT-UNAH All Rights Reserved ENAG

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UDI -DEGT-UNAH Section B Legal Notices Section "B" COURT OF LETTERS REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE The undersigned, Secretary of the Court of the Judicial Section of Santa Rosa de Copán, to the general public and for the purposes of Law. MAKES KNOWN: That JEOVANY PESQUERA CASTILLO, of legal age, single, farmer, Honduran and domiciled in the city of Santa Rosa, department of Copán, has submitted an application for Supplementary Title of Ownership, of a plot of land consisting of ONE MANZANA (UNIT OF LAND MEASUREMENT) WITH SIX THOUSAND SQUARE VARAS (UNITS OF MEASUREMENT), of surface extension located in the village of El Rosario of this city of Santa Rosa de Copán, which has the following measurements and boundaries: To the North, borders with street in between with Mariana Castillo; To the South, borders with Rudy Tábora and Miguel Ángel Lara; To the East, borders with street in between and Mariana Castillo; and, to the West, borders with Antonio Hernández. Which he has possessed in a quiet, peaceful and uninterrupted manner for more than ten years, and in which the witnesses JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ CASTILLO, MIGUEL ANGEL GUEVARA AND RUDY TABRA CARBAJAL, who affirm it to be true. Santa Rosa de Copán, March fourteenth of the year two thousand sixteen. HEIDY FLORES LARA SECRETARY, BY LAW 4 M., 4 J. and 4 J. 2016. _____ COURT OF LETTERS REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE The undersigned, Secretary of the Court of Letters of the Judicial Section of Santa Rosa de Copán, to the general public and for the purposes of Law. MAKES KNOWN: That Ms. SONIA MARIA LARA TABORA, of legal age, married, merchant, Honduran and domiciled in the municipality of La Unión, department of Copán, with Identity Card number 0412-1974-00054, has submitted an application for Supplementary Title of Ownership, described as follows: one hundred twenty-one point eighty-five manzanas (121.85 Msz.), which is located in the place called El Cotastal of the municipality of La Unión, department of Copán, with the following boundaries: To the North, borders with Julio Caballero and Manuel Portillo; To the South, borders with Elmo Obdulio Pérez, Darwin Yánez and Evelio Ramírez, To the East; borders with Filiberto Moreno; and, To the West; borders with Alan Moreno and Noé Peña. Said land he has possessed in a quiet, peaceful and uninterrupted manner for more than ten years, which he obtained by donation made to him by his father Mr. MARCO LARA PEREZ, and in which the witnesses GRACIA MARIA MORENO LARA, FREDY AMADEO PEREZ MORENO and ALLAN EDGARDO MORENO CABALLERO, who affirm it to be true. Santa Rosa de Copán, March 17 of the year two thousand sixteen. HOGLA SELITA MEDINA SECRETARY 4 M., 4 J. and 4 J. 2016. COURT OF LETTERS REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE The undersigned, Secretary of the Court of Letters of the Judicial Section of Santa Rosa de Copán, to the general public and for the purposes of Law. MAKES KNOWN: That Mr. MIGUEL ANGEL ESTEVEZ PINEDA, of legal age, married, merchant, Honduran and resident of La Unión, department of Copán, has submitted an application for Supplementary Title of Ownership, of a plot of land consisting of HALF A MANZANA, of surface extension (0.5 MZ) located in the place called Río Blanco of the municipality of La Unión, department of Copán, which has the following measurements and boundaries: TO THE NORTH, borders with highway in between and Doroteo Tábora Moreno; TO THE SOUTH, with Teodoro Moreno Chinchilla; TO THE EAST, with Elmo Obdulio Pérez; and, TO THE WEST, with Teodoro Moreno Chinchilla. Which he has possessed in a quiet peaceful and uninterrupted manner for more than ten years and in which appear the witnesses Teodoro Moreno Chinchilla, Elmo Obdulio Pérez Villeda and Doroteo Tábora Moreno. Santa Rosa de Copán, March 11 of the year two thousand 2016. GERMAN VICENTE COREA MURILLO SECRETARY 4 M., 4 J. and 4 J. 2016. _____ SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE The undersigned, Secretary of the Sectional Court of Letters of the city of La Entrada, Nueva Arcadia, department of Copán, to the general public. MAKES KNOWN: That on August eighth of the year two thousand fourteen, Mr. OSCAR ARMANDO PORTILLO GUERRA, through his Legal Representative the Attorney CHRIS ROBERTSON CRUZ TABORA, presented to this office a request for SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE OF OWNERSHIP, regarding a plot of land consisting of FORTY-FIVE MANZANAS (45.00 MZ) of surface extension, located in the place called San Antonio Tapescos, Copán Ruinas, Copán, whose boundaries are as follows: To the NORTH, borders with RIGO DÍAZ AND SUYAPA DÍAZ; To the SOUTH, borders with DOLORES MARÍA MARTÍNEZ; To the EAST, borders with ADELSO GUERRA; and, To the WEST, borders with ENRIQUE MADRID; which he obtained by purchase from Ms. LUCÍA GUERRA MARTÍNEZ, which he possesses in a quiet, peaceful and uninterrupted manner for more than ten years, according to testimonial information. La Entrada Copán, August 12, 2014. TELMA YOLANDA CHINCHILLA SECRETARY 4 M., 4 J. and 4 J. 2016. 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UDI -DEGT-UNAH Section B Legal Notices COURT OF LETTERS OF GRACIAS, DEPARTMENT OF LEMPIRA SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE The undersigned, Secretary of the Court of Letters of Gracias, department of Lempira; to the general public and for the purposes of law. MAKES KNOWN: That on September eleventh of the year two thousand fourteen, this Judicial Office received the application for SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE, promoted by the Attorney NIDIA DANELIA HERNANDEZ MELGAR, in her capacity as Legal Representative of Ms. YENNY BERIUT GUTIERREZ DIAZ, regarding a property of fifty manzanas of surface extension more or less, which is located in the place known as Apantara in the Title of San Francisco de Guarapis, also known as Guarapes, of the municipality of Las Flores, department of Lempira, with the following limits: TO THE NORTH, with heirs Pinto Guerra, and children of José Ángel Pinto, before, today with property of José Cruz Pinto Pérez, and Río Grande de Las Flores or Mejocote; TO THE SOUTH, with heirs Pinto Guerra, children of José Ángel and children of José Ángel Pinto, before today with Río Mejocote and natural ravine; TO THE EAST, with Río Grande de Las Flores, also known as Mejocote; TO THE WEST, with the same Río Grande de Las Flores, also known as Mejocote, before, today with property of José Cruz Pinto Pérez, said land is fenced with barbed wire and stone fence which he obtained by donation made to him by his father Mr. BENJAMIN PINTO GUERRA, who was in possession of the aforementioned plot of land for more than fifty-five years, 1) Said land is of private nature and where there are no other pro-indiviso possessors. And to comply with the requirements demanded by law, I propose as witnesses of the information the gentlemen JOSÉ CRUZ PINTO, IRMA JOSEFINA PINTO PEREZ and CELESTINO HERNÁNDEZ, all of legal age, married, farmers, Hondurans, and residents of the municipality of Las Flores, department of Lempira; and subsequently granted power of attorney to the Attorney ROSA LINDA VALDIVIESO, registered with the illustrious Bar Association with number 15679, with offices located in the Santa Teresa Neighborhood of the city of Santa Rosa de Copán, department of Copán, in the Murillo building, local number 8, Santa Teresa Neighborhood. Gracias, Lempira, April 26, 2016. TANIA DASARY MADRID HERRERA SECRETARY 4 M., 4 J. and 4 J. 2016. SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE The undersigned, Secretary of the Sectional Court of Letters of this city, to the general public. MAKES KNOWN: That on November fourth of the year two thousand fifteen, Ms. CONSUELO LEMUS, through her Legal Representative Atty. ROSA LINDA VALDIVIESO GALDAMEZ, submitted two plots of land, one consisting of FORTY-FIVE MANZANAS OF SURFACE EXTENSION with the following boundaries: TO THE NORTH, with Silvia Aguilar; TO THE SOUTH, with Rafael Aguilar; TO THE EAST, with Abrahán Aguilar; and, TO THE WEST, with Pablo Sanabria and lot two consisting of NINETEEN POINT EIGHTY-FIVE MANZANAS with the following boundaries: TO THE NORTH, with Edgardo Posadas; TO THE SOUTH, with Rafael Aguilar; TO THE EAST, with Pablo Sanabria; and, TO THE WEST, with Juan Ángel Aguilar. Located in the place called Piedras Negras, jurisdiction of the municipality of San Jerónimo, department of Copán. La Entrada Copán, November tenth of the year 2015. TELMA YOLANDA CHINCHILLA SECRETARY 4 M., 4 J. and 4 J. 2016. COURT OF LETTERS COURT OF LETTERS COURT OF LETTERS COURT OF LETTERS COURT OF LETTERS REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE SUPPLEMENTARY TITLE NOTICE The undersigned, Secretary of the Sectional Court of Letters of Copán, to the general public and for the purposes of law, MAKES KNOWN: That MANUEL ANTONIO PEÑA MANCIA, of legal age, married, evangelical pastor, Honduran, domiciled in the city of Santa Rosa, department of Copán, has submitted an application for Supplementary Title of Ownership, of 1) a plot of land consisting of TWENTY-NINE MANZANAS OF SURFACE EXTENSION (29.MANZ.), with the following boundaries: TO THE NORTH, with Obdulio Pineda; TO THE SOUTH, with Julio César Tábora; TO THE EAST, with Manuel Antonio Peña Mancía and Carlos Pineda; and, TO THE WEST, with Manuel Antonio Peña Mancía. Said land located in the place called El Cerrón, el Salitrillo of this city of Santa Rosa de Copán.- Which he has possessed in a quiet peaceful and uninterrupted manner for more than ten years, and in which the witnesses: CARLOS PINEDA TÁBORA, JULIO CÉSAR TÁBORA TÁBORA AND OLGA PATRICIA PEÑA GUZMÁN, who affirm it to be true. Santa Rosa de Copán, April 27 of the year two thousand sixteen. HEYDI FLORES LARA SECRETARY, BY LAW. 4 M., 4 J. and 4 J. 2016. _______ Technical Processing Documentary Digital UDI-DEGT-UNAH All Rights Reserved ENAG

UDI -DEGT-UNAH Section B Legal Notices The undersigned, Secretary of the Sectional Court of Letters of Copán, to the general public and for the purposes of law, MAKES KNOWN: That AMADO DUBÓN CUELLAR AND MISAEL DUBÓN CUELLAR, both of legal age, married, farmers, Hondurans, domiciled in the city of Santa Rosa, department of Copán, have submitted an application for Supplementary Title of Ownership of:

  • 1)

    A plot of land consisting of SEVEN FOURTHS OF MANZANAS, with the following boundaries: TO THE NORTH, with Serafín Dubón Casasola and street; TO THE SOUTH, with Silvia Miranda and Carlos Lemus; TO THE EAST, with José Serafín Dubón Casasola; and, TO THE WEST, with Silvia Miranda and Carlos Tróchez.

  • 2)

    Another plot of land of NINE MANZANAS WITH THREE FOURTHS OF A MANZANA, with the following boundaries: TO THE NORTH, with Modesto Lara; TO THE SOUTH, with street in between; TO THE EAST, with José Serafín Dubón Casasola; and, TO THE WEST, with Guillermo Sánchez.

  • 3)

    Another plot of land of HALF A MANZANA OF SURFACE EXTENSION, with the following boundaries: TO THE NORTH, with street in between; TO THE SOUTH, with Germán Villanueva; TO THE EAST, with Luis Tábora and Héctor Cabrera; and, TO THE WEST, with Antonio Esquivel. Said lands located in the village of el Salitrillo of this city of Santa Rosa de Copán. Which he has possessed in a quiet, peaceful and uninterrupted manner for more than ten years, and in which the witnesses AMADO DUBÓN CUELLAR AND MISAEL DUBÓN CUELLAR, who affirm it to be true. Santa Rosa de Copán, March eleventh of the year two thousand sixteen. HEYDI FLORES LARA SECRETARY, BY LAW 4 M., 4 J. and 4 J. 2016.

Article 1.-

The organization is constituted whose designation shall be as a community service association, of indefinite duration, without profit motive and which shall have as its purpose to obtain the effective participation of the Community for the construction, operation and maintenance of the drinking water system in accordance with the norms, procedures and regulations in force, established in the Framework Law of the Drinking Water and Sanitation Sector and its Regulation, carrying out work of promotion and environmental health education among the inhabitants of the Community of El Aguaje.

Article 2.-

The domicile of the Water and Sanitation Board shall be in the community of El Aguaje, municipality of Meambar, department of Comayagua and shall have operations in said community providing the drinking water service.

Article 3.-

The water system is considered to be the delimited and protected area of the microwatershed, the physical works of water intake, the communities for health purposes and the physical constructions for community work and sanitation in each of the homes. CHAPTER II OF THE OBJECTIVES

Article 4.-

The primary purpose of these Bylaws is to regulate the normal functioning of the Water and Sanitation Board and the different committees for the administration, operation and maintenance of the system.

Article 5.-

The organization shall have the following objectives:

  • a)

    To improve the health condition of the subscribers and of the communities in general.

  • b)

    To ensure proper administration of the system.

  • c)

    To achieve adequate maintenance and operation of the system.

  • d)

    To obtain assistance in training to improve the drinking water service.

  • e)

    To obtain financing to improve the drinking water supply service.

  • f)

    To ensure that the population uses and manages water under hygienic and sanitary conditions in homes in a rational manner, avoiding the waste of the resource.

  • g)

    To request the necessary technical assistance to adequately maintain the system.

  • h)

    To carry out surveillance work on all components of the system (microwatershed, aqueduct and basic sanitation).

  • i)

    To ensure the sustainability of drinking water and sanitation services.

Article 6.-

To achieve the stated objectives, the organization may carry out the following activities:

  • a)

    To receive ordinary contributions in the concept of monthly fee for the water service and extraordinary contributions in the concept of extraordinary fees.

  • b)

    To establish permanent training programs in order to improve and maintain the health of the subscribers.

  • c)

    To increase economic heritage in order to ensure good operation and maintenance of the system.

  • d)

    To manage and channel financial resources from national and international entities.

  • e)

    To coordinate and associate with other public and private institutions to maintain the system.

  • f)

    To promote the integration of the community involved in the system.

  • g)

    To conserve, maintain and increase the area of the microwatershed.

  • h)

    To carry out any activity that tends to improve health and/or to conserve the system.

Article 7.-

The Administrative Water and Sanitation Board shall have the following categories of members: a.- Founders; and, b.- Active. Founding Members: Those who signed the act of Constitution of the Water Board. Active Members: Those who participate in the User Assemblies.

Article 8.-

The rights of members are:

  • a)

    Both classes of members have the right to voice and to vote.

  • b)

    To elect and be elected.

  • c)

    To present initiatives or projects to the Board of Directors.

  • d)

    To submit petitions or initiatives that benefit the proper management of the services.

  • e)

    To file complaints with the service provider for deficiencies in the quality of the service.

  • f)

    To receive timely notices of scheduled service interruptions, of modifications to the fee and of any event that affects their rights or modifies the quality of the service they receive.

Article 9.-

The obligations of members are: a.- To connect to the sanitation system. b.- To make proper use of the services, without damaging or putting the infrastructure at risk. CHAPTER IV OF THE BODIES AND ATTRIBUTIONS OF EACH BODY

Article 10.-

The direction, administration, operation and maintenance in the scope of the entire system shall be in charge of:

  • a)

    User Assembly.

  • b)

    Board of Directors.

  • c)

    Support Committees. OF THE USER ASSEMBLY

Article 11.-

The User Assembly is the maximum authority of the community at the local level, expressing the collective will of the subscribers duly summoned.

Article 12.-

The functions of the User Assembly are:

  • a)

    To elect or remove the members of the Board of Directors.

  • b)

    To address matters related to the interests of the Board.

  • c)

    To appoint commissions or support committees. OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Article 13.-

After the User Assembly, the Board of Directors is the most important governing body of the Water and Sanitation Board; and shall serve for a period of two years and may be re-elected for one more period, exercising said positions ad honorem, to be a member of the Board of Directors, one must comply with the requirements established in articles 36, 37 of the General Regulation of the Framework Law of the Drinking Water and Sanitation Sector, shall be composed of seven (7) members:

  • a)

    A President(a).

  • b)

    A Vice President.

  • c)

    A Secretary(a).

  • d)

    A Treasurer(a).

  • e)

    A Comptroller.

  • f)

    A First Vocal.

  • g)

    A Second Vocal.

Article 14.-

The Board of Directors shall have the following Powers and Duties:

  • a)

    Maintain a budget of income and expenses.

  • b)

    Develop and execute the annual work plan.

  • c)

    Coordinate and execute the basic sanitation, operation, and maintenance activities of the water system.

  • d)

    Collect monthly tariffs and other cash income from the water service in the community.

  • e)

    Deposit funds from tariff collections and other cash income from the water service in the community.

  • f)

    Present reports to the General Assembly of subscribers every three months.

  • g)

    Cancel or suspend the water service.

  • h)

    Oversee and protect water sources. Preventing contamination and carrying out protection and reforestation actions of the micro-basin.

  • i)

    Oversee the maintenance of sanitary works in the homes of subscribers.

Article 15.-

The following are the Powers and Duties of the PRESIDENT:

  • a)

    Call sessions.

  • b)

    Open, preside over, and close sessions.

  • c)

    Develop the agenda together with the Secretary.

  • d)

    Authorize and approve session minutes with the Secretary.

  • e)

    Authorize and approve with the Treasurer any document involving disbursement of funds.

  • f)

    Exercise legal representation of the Water Board.

Article 16.-

The following are the Powers and Duties of the VICE PRESIDENT:

  • a)

    Substitute the President in case of temporary or permanent absence; in the latter case, approval by simple majority of the General Assembly shall be required.

  • b)

    Shall supervise the commissions that are established.

  • c)

    The other powers and duties that the Board of Directors or the General Assembly assigns to him.

Article 17.-

The following are the Powers and Duties of the SECRETARY:

  • a)

    Keep the record of minutes.

  • b)

    Authorize with his signature the acts of the President of the Board of Directors, except those related to funds.

  • c)

    Be in charge of correspondence.

  • d)

    Call sessions together with the President.

  • e)

    Keep the register of subscribers.

  • f)

    Organize the files of the Water and Sanitation Board.

  • g)

    Management of labor payroll sheets.

Article 18.-

The following are the Powers and Duties of the TREASURER: The Treasurer is responsible for managing funds and filing documents indicating income and expenses:

  • a)

    Collect and manage funds from the water service contributions and other income intended for the system.

  • b)

    Be jointly and severally liable with the President for the management and custody of funds to be placed in a bank account or cooperative system.

  • c)

    Keep up-to-date and clear records and control of transactions relating to money inflows and outflows of the Treasury of the Board (inflow and outflow book, receipt stubs for income and expenses, monthly water payments).

  • d)

    Report monthly to the Board on economic and financial maintenance (bank account) with a copy to the Municipality.

  • e)

    Give subscribers explanations they request regarding their accounts.

  • f)

    Maintain the inventory of the Board's assets.

  • g)

    Authorize jointly with the President all disbursement of funds.

  • h)

    Present to the Assembly a report of income and expenses quarterly and annually with a copy to the Municipality.

Article 19.-

The following are the Powers and Duties of the AUDITOR:

  • a)

    Is responsible for auditing the organization's funds.

  • b)

    Supervise and coordinate the administration of funds from service contributions and other income intended for the system.

  • c)

    Inform members of the Board of Directors of any irregularities found in the administration of the Board's funds or assets.

  • d)

    Maintain control and conduct audits as necessary to ensure transparent administration of the organization's assets.

Article 20.-

The following are the Powers and Duties of the VOCAL MEMBERS:

  • a)

    Perform any position temporarily or permanently assigned by the Assembly or the Board of Directors and support calling the Assembly.

  • b)

    Vocal Member I shall coordinate the Basic Sanitation Committee.

  • c)

    Vocal Member II shall coordinate the Micro-basin Committee and his functions shall be specified in the respective Regulations.

Article 21.-

To address matters related to the system and create communication and coordination in the community, meetings shall be held as follows: a.- Quarterly in ordinary form and when urgent in extraordinary form. b.- The Board of Directors shall meet once per month. SUPPORT COMMITTEES

Article 22.-

The Board of Directors shall have the following Support Committees:

  • a)

    Operation and Maintenance Committee.

  • b)

    Micro-basin Committee.

  • c)

    Sanitation Committee.

  • d)

    Oversight Committee.

Article 23.-

These Committees shall be integrated into the structure of the Board of Directors, their specific function is to coordinate all work related to operation, maintenance, and conservation of the micro-basin and health of subscribers in the manner and form determined by the Users' Assembly and the regulations to designate their specific functions and internal structure, which shall be issued in a timely manner, and must always incorporate as a member of the Operation and Maintenance and Micro-basin Committees the Assistant Mayor and the Health Promoter assigned to the zone as a member of the Sanitation Committee. CHAPTER V ASSETS AND RESOURCES

Article 24.-

The economic resources of the Administrative Board may consist of:

  • a)

    Monthly water tariff, sale of connection rights, fines, as well as capitalized interest.

  • b)

    Movable or immovable property and work contributed by subscribers.

  • c)

    Installations and physical works of the system.

  • d)

    Donations, inheritances, legacies, loans, rights, and privileges received from natural or legal persons.

Article 25.-

The economic resources of the Administrative Board shall be used exclusively for the use, operation, maintenance, improvement, and expansion of the system. CHAPTER VI DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

Article 26.-

Causes of Dissolution:

  • a)

    By Judicial Sentence.

  • b)

    By Resolution of the Executive Power.

  • c)

    By changing the objectives for which it was established.

  • d)

    By any cause that makes the continuity of the Water Administrative Board impossible.

  • e)

    By agreement of 2/3 of its members. The decision to Dissolve the Water Administrative Board shall be resolved in an Extraordinary Assembly called for this purpose and shall be approved by the absolute majority of its duly registered members. Once the Association is dissolved, liquidation shall proceed, complying with all obligations contracted with third parties, and any surplus, if any remains, shall be donated exclusively to philanthropic organizations, provided they are not for-profit, as designated by the Users' Assembly, also complying with what is stipulated in the Civil Code for its dissolution and liquidation. CHAPTER VII GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 27.-

The financial year of the Water and Sanitation Board shall coincide with the fiscal year of the Government of the Republic.

Article 28.-

The programs, projects, or activities that the Board executes shall not be detrimental to or impede those carried out by the State; on the contrary, they shall aim to complement them by mutual agreement upon its instruction.

Article 1.-

The present bylaws have the purpose of regulating the operation of the Administrative Board of the Rural Water System of the villages "Volcancitos and Cóncavo", municipality of Pespire, department of Choluteca, for the administration, operation and maintenance of the system which shall be constructed under the technical responsibility of the National Autonomous Service of Water and Sewerage (SANAA) and the cooperation of the Community. FORM OF CONSTITUTION

Article 2.-

The Directive of the Board shall be composed of five members, as follows: President, Secretary, Treasurer and two Voting Members, who shall serve in the exercise of their functions for a term of two years. Members of the Board may be reelected for only one time in successive periods and the exercise of such positions shall not be remunerated.

Article 3.-

To be elected a member of the Administrative Board, the following are required:

  • a)

    To be in enjoyment of the rights of neighborhood;

  • b)

    To be a resident in the community and subscriber to the system(s) when these already exist;

  • c)

    To know how to read and write;

  • d)

    To be current in payments corresponding to services when these already exist in the locality;

  • e)

    To be of recognized moral solvency.

Article 4.-

The convocation for General Assemblies shall be made by the Secretary of the Board and shall have as its sole purpose the election or reelection of its members and any matter related to the administration, operation and maintenance of the drinking water system. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE BOARD AND ITS MEMBERS

Article 5.-

The Administrative Boards shall have the following powers: a) To propose in General Assembly modifications to the rates, in accordance with the Technical Advice of SANAA and with applicable legislation and to put them into effect once ratified.- b) To authorize or suspend intradomiciliary services in accordance with this Regulation. c) To carry out a monthly balance of income and expenses and send a copy to the regional office of SANAA and in the same manner, to present the facilities for the quarterly audit that shall be carried out by a delegate of SANAA.- d) To request collaborators without remuneration, to perform temporary work that goes toward the benefit of the maintenance of the drinking water system.- e) To contract the services of the necessary personnel for the operation and maintenance of the system in accordance with its Budget of Expenses, previously approved by SANAA. The labor relationship arising from the contracting of those services shall be the exclusive responsibility of the Administrative Board. Delinquency may be resolved under the form of payment for work, provided that the delinquent is capable of performing the required work.- f) To comply with and enforce this regulation and the standards established by SANAA regarding the administration, operation and maintenance of the systems.- g) To ensure the proper functioning of the service, executing the necessary works for its conservation and improvement.- h) To collaborate with SANAA in community promotion campaigns and health information dissemination related to water use.- i) To promote the proper use of the system, periodically controlling water waste and its misuse in agricultural irrigation and other uses not authorized by SANAA. j) To monitor and protect the sources of supply of the system, preventing their contamination and assisting in the protection and reforestation of the hydrographic basins of the region. k) To acquire the necessary materials for the operation and maintenance of the system. l) To comply with the water quality standards established by SANAA. m) To submit to the review and technical approval of SANAA the proposals for expansion of the system before their construction.

Article 6.-

The functions of the President are:

  • a)

    To legally represent the Board and to sign on its behalf, all types of minutes, agreements and contracts.

  • b)

    To preside over the sessions.

  • c)

    To sign with the Secretary the correspondence of the Board.- d) To respond jointly and severally with the Treasurer, for the handling and custody of the funds.- e) To direct and control the administration of the drinking water service and/or excreta disposal, in accordance with the technical advice of SANAA.- f) To prepare and present the financial report of the annual exercise of the Board. g) To perform other duties of the position that are assigned to him by the Board.

Article 7.-

The functions of the Secretary are:

  • a)

    To replace the President in his absence.

  • b)

    To prepare the minutes of the Board sessions and register them in the respective book.

  • c)

    To be in charge of the preparation of the file of the Board's correspondence.

  • d)

    To inform monthly of the condition of conservation and operation of the different parts of the systems and to communicate to the President of any deficiencies in order to take the required action.

  • e)

    To perform other duties of the position that are assigned to him by the Board.

Article 8.-

The functions of the Treasurer are:

  • a)

    To organize and keep the accounting up to date.

  • b)

    To collect and administer the funds from service contributions and other income allocated to the system.

  • c)

    Jointly with the President, to authorize with his signature the payments and acquisitions of the Board.

  • d)

    To respond jointly and severally with the President for the handling and custody of the funds which shall be deposited in a bank account or savings account in the name of the Administrative Board.

  • e)

    To maintain a register of the income and expenses of the funds and of the movement of materials.

  • f)

    To maintain the inventory of the Board's assets.

  • g)

    To present to the Regional Office of SANAA, monthly reports containing the account statements.

  • h)

    To perform other duties of the position that are assigned to him by the Board.

  • i)

    To present annually a Report of Income and Expenses before the Assembly of Subscribers.

Article 9.-

The functions of the Voting Members are: a) To replace the principal members when they are absent, according to their order of precedence. b) To perform specific duties assigned by the President of the Board. EFFECTIVE DATE

Article 10.-

The present bylaws shall take effect upon being approved by the Executive Branch and published in the Official Journal La Gaceta. NOTIFY.- (F) Carlos Roberto Reina. President. The Secretary of State in the Departments of Governance and Justice. (F) Efraín Moncada Silva". Extended in the city of Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the fifteenth day of the month of March of one thousand nine hundred ninety-five. ATTY. MARCIO ALEJANDRO COELLO V. CHIEF OFFICIAL 4 J. 2016.

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