Act No. 122

(S. B. 1295)
(No. 122)
(Approved August 8, 2002)
AN ACT
To amend the Title; add a new Section 1; amend and renumber Section 1 as
Section 2; and renumber Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 as Sections 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, respectively, of Act No. 223 of August 29, 2000,
which creates the Soap Operas, Miniseries or Specials Production
Program in the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation, in order
to name it the "Lucy Boscana Soap Operas, Miniseries and Specials
Fund Act".
STATEMENT OF MOTIVES
The life of Lucy Boscana is the most passionate expression of her
greatest vocation, the theater.
Her unique personality as a performing
actress, refined, expressive and dramatic, is forever imbued in the Puerto
Rican theatrical history. Her love and devotion to the arts, the theater and
the acting profession, reflects the beauty that blossomed throughout her life.
Thus, her fellow actors and all of Puerto Rico, have called her the "First
Lady of Puerto Rican Theater".
Beloved daughter of the city of Mayagüez, she showed her passion for
the arts from an early age.
She excelled as a pianist, composer and
especially as an actress, in school performances. Lucy studied languages
and theater at Oberlin College in Ohio, in the United States, from where she
graduated with honors. When she returned to her homeland, she devoted
herself to acting, where she achieved resounding triumphs in countless radio
and television soap operas that were transmitted to Latin America, Central
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America, the United States and many European countries. Her
interpretations of the most important female roles in the works of our most
renowned playwrights, among these, René Marqués and Francisco Arriví,
are memorable. Her interpretation of the dramatic role of Doña Gabriela in
the drama "La Carreta" by René Marqués, was widely acclaimed in Puerto
Rico and Off Broadway in New York. Lucy's theatrical genius led her to
perform in theaters Buenos Aires, Argentina, the United States, and in other
countries of Latin America. She also performed important roles in the
cinematography of Puerto Rico and abroad.
Her love of the theater, her fellow actors and her people, led her to fight
for the creation of theatrical organizations that would offer workshops for
our actors and, at the same time, enable them to take this great art to all the
corners of the country. This great love was the driving force that brought
her before the Legislature to lobby for the creation of a theatrical program in
the Puerto Rico Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Through the program,
she pursued the promotion of theatrical performances that would serve as
workshops for theater actors and promote the love for the theater throughout
the Island. Thus, the Soap Opera, Miniseries or Specials Production
Program in the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation was born,
which originally was nourished by special appropriations that were
discretionally granted through Joint Resolutions from the years 1996 to
1999, and that were, subsequently permanently established by Act 223 of
August 29, 2000.
In recognition of the great contributions made by Lucy Boscana to
Puerto Rican culture, and especially to the theatrical arts, as well as to her
untiring struggle for the approval of this Act, this Legislature hereby
denominates the drama program established therein as the "Lucy Boscana
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Soap Operas, Miniseries and Specials Fund" of the Puerto Rico Public
Broadcasting Corporation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF PUERTO RICO:
Section 1.- The title of Act No. 223 of August 29, 2000, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"To create the "Lucy Boscana Soap Operas, Miniseries and Specials
Fund" in the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation; to
establish a special, recurrent appropriation of one million
(1,000,000) dollars, annually, from unencumbered funds in the
Commonwealth Treasury, to be appropriated to the Puerto Rico
Public Broadcasting Corporation in order to defray the expenses
related to the production and programming of soap operas and
miniseries for television containing Puerto Rican themes;
establish the obligations of said Corporation for the continuity
and perpetuity of the program; require annual reports of the work
carried out; and to authorize the matching of the appropriated
funds."
Section 2.- A new Section 1 is hereby added to Act No. 223 of August
29, 2000, to read as follows:
"Section 1.- This Act shall be known as the "Lucy Boscana Soap
Operas, Miniseries and Specials Fund of the Puerto Rico Public
Broadcasting Corporation Act".
Section 3.- Section 1 is hereby amended and renumbered as Section 2
of Act No. 223 of August 29, 2000, to read as follows:
"Section 2.- The "Lucy Boscana Soap Operas, Miniseries and Specials
Fund" in the Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation is hereby created,
for the sole and exclusive purpose of promoting, planning and coordinating
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the production of television programs, soap operas, miniseries or specials
with the participation of local actors.
Section 4.- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are hereby renumbered as
Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, respectively, of Act No. 223 of August 29,
2000.
Section 5.- This Act shall take effect immediately after its approval.
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CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify to the Secretary of State that the following Act No. 122 (S.B. 1295) of the
3rd Session of the 14th Legislature of Puerto Rico:
AN ACT to amend the Title; add a new Section 1; amend and renumber Section 1 as
Section 2; and renumber Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 as Sections 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, and 9, respectively, of Act No. 223 of August 29, 2000, which creates the
Soap Operas, Miniseries or Specials Production Program in the Puerto Rico
Public Broadcasting Corporation, in order to name it the "Lucy Boscana Soap
Operas, Miniseries and Specials Fund Act",
has been translated from Spanish to English and that the English version is correct.
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, today 18th of October of 2002.
Elba Rosa Rodríguez-Fuentes
Director