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  "id": "norm-34543",
  "citation": "Ley 6622",
  "section": "norms",
  "doc_type": "law",
  "title_es": "Ley de Crédito para Acueductos y Alcantarillados",
  "title_en": "Water and Sewer Credit Law",
  "summary_es": "Esta ley autoriza al Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) a suscribir contratos de préstamo con entidades financieras internacionales por hasta seiscientos millones de colones (₡600.000.000,00), destinados a la rehabilitación, ampliación y extensión de los sistemas de agua potable, alcantarillado sanitario y pluvial del área metropolitana de San José y otras zonas del país. La Asamblea Legislativa aprobó el empréstito mediante esta ley, aprobando además el contrato ya negociado entre AyA y la Agencia para el Desarrollo Internacional (AID). Se establece que los fondos se utilizarán exclusivamente para los fines indicados y se faculta al Poder Ejecutivo para reglamentar el uso de los recursos. La ley refleja la política pública de la época orientada a mejorar la infraestructura sanitaria nacional con financiamiento externo, amparada en las competencias constitucionales del Poder Legislativo para autorizar empréstitos que comprometan el crédito público.",
  "summary_en": "This law authorizes the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) to enter into loan agreements with international financial institutions for up to six hundred million colones (₡600,000,000.00), to be used for the rehabilitation, expansion, and extension of potable water, sanitary sewer, and stormwater systems in the metropolitan area of San José and other regions. The Legislative Assembly approved the loan and ratified the contract already negotiated between AyA and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The funds are earmarked exclusively for these purposes, and the Executive Branch is authorized to issue implementing regulations. The law reflects the public policy of the era to improve national sanitation infrastructure through external financing, under the constitutional authority of the Legislative Assembly to approve loans involving public credit.",
  "court_or_agency": "",
  "date": "27/08/1981",
  "year": "1981",
  "topic_ids": [
    "_off-topic"
  ],
  "primary_topic_id": "_off-topic",
  "es_concept_hints": [
    "empréstito",
    "crédito público",
    "Acueductos y Alcantarillados",
    "área metropolitana",
    "alcantarillado sanitario",
    "alcantarillado pluvial",
    "AID"
  ],
  "concept_anchors": [
    {
      "article": "Art. 1",
      "law": "Ley 6622"
    },
    {
      "article": "Art. 2",
      "law": "Ley 6622"
    }
  ],
  "keywords_es": [
    "Acueductos y Alcantarillados",
    "empréstito",
    "AID",
    "agua potable",
    "alcantarillado sanitario",
    "alcantarillado pluvial",
    "área metropolitana",
    "crédito público",
    "AyA",
    "contrato de préstamo"
  ],
  "keywords_en": [
    "Aqueducts and Sewers",
    "loan",
    "USAID",
    "potable water",
    "sanitary sewer",
    "stormwater",
    "metropolitan area",
    "public credit",
    "AyA",
    "loan agreement"
  ],
  "excerpt_es": "ARTÍCULO 1.- Autorízase al Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) para que suscriba contratos de préstamo con bancos u organismos internacionales hasta por la suma de SEISCIENTOS MILLONES DE COLONES (₡600.000.000,00), moneda de curso legal, con el fin de financiar la rehabilitación, ampliación y extensión de los sistemas de agua potable, alcantarillado sanitario y pluvial del área metropolitana de San José y la extensión de esos servicios a otras zonas del país.\n\nARTÍCULO 2.- Apruébase el contrato de préstamo suscrito entre el AyA y la Agencia para el Desarrollo Internacional (AID), por la suma de CUATROCIENTOS CINCUENTA MILLONES DE COLONES (₡450.000.000,00).",
  "excerpt_en": "ARTICLE 1.- The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) is authorized to execute loan agreements with international banks or organizations up to the sum of SIX HUNDRED MILLION COLONES (₡600,000,000.00), legal tender, for the purpose of financing the rehabilitation, expansion, and extension of potable water, sanitary sewer, and stormwater systems in the metropolitan area of San José and the extension of those services to other areas of the country.\n\nARTICLE 2.- The loan agreement executed between AyA and the United States Agency for International Development (AID), for the sum of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION COLONES (₡450,000,000.00), is approved.",
  "outcome": {
    "label_en": "Active norm",
    "label_es": "Norma vigente",
    "summary_en": "This law authorizes AyA to contract an international loan for up to ₡600 million and approves the already executed contract with AID for ₡450 million, for potable water and sewer works.",
    "summary_es": "Esta ley autoriza al AyA a contratar un préstamo internacional por hasta ₡600 millones y aprueba el contrato ya suscrito con la AID por ₡450 millones, destinado a obras de agua potable y alcantarillado."
  },
  "pull_quotes": [
    {
      "context": "Artículo 1",
      "quote_en": "The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) is authorized to execute loan agreements with international banks or organizations up to the sum of SIX HUNDRED MILLION COLONES (₡600,000,000.00), legal tender.",
      "quote_es": "Autorízase al Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA) para que suscriba contratos de préstamo con bancos u organismos internacionales hasta por la suma de SEISCIENTOS MILLONES DE COLONES (₡600.000.000,00), moneda de curso legal."
    },
    {
      "context": "Artículo 2",
      "quote_en": "The loan agreement executed between AyA and the United States Agency for International Development (AID), for the sum of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION COLONES (₡450,000,000.00), is approved.",
      "quote_es": "Apruébase el contrato de préstamo suscrito entre el AyA y la Agencia para el Desarrollo Internacional (AID), por la suma de CUATROCIENTOS CINCUENTA MILLONES DE COLONES (₡450.000.000,00)."
    },
    {
      "context": "Artículo 8",
      "quote_en": "The Executive Branch, through the Ministry of Health, is empowered to issue the regulatory provisions necessary for the better application of this law.",
      "quote_es": "El Poder Ejecutivo, por medio del Ministerio de Salud, queda facultado para dictar las disposiciones reglamentarias que fueren necesarias para la mejor aplicación de la presente ley."
    }
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  "body_en_text": "LAW 6622 of 08/27/1981\n\nObservations\n\nAUTHORIZES A AND A AND A TO CONTRACT LOANS\n\nGENERAL DATA\n\nIssuing Entity: Legislative Assembly\n\nVersion of the Regulation: 1 of 1 of 08/27/1981\n\nPublication Data: Collection of Laws and Decrees: Year: 1981 Semester: 2 Volume: 1 Page: 217\n\nLAW: 6622 (8 articles)\n\nSearch within the content of the regulation"
}