State Act
Section 178
Art. 178 – If the members fail to meet or after meeting, they declare they do not want to take on the management, the administrator will take charge of its management. § 1. To such management, the rules prescribed in this Code are applicable and the administrator shall perform the functions of comunidades and of the managing committee. § 2. The collection of revenues and the credits of the comunidades shall be adjudicated annually, by public auction. § 3. The administrator shall appoint an attorney who shall represent the in default comunidades and such appointment should be made from among the five major interest members, if available. § 4. In the event foreseen in the body of this article, if the incomes of the comunidades are not sufficient to meet the expenses and the respective members do not guarantee the payment of the annual shortfall, the Governor-General shall order the extinction of the said comunidades. § 5. If the members guarantee payment of the annual shortfall and the same is not paid at the end of each year, a current account will be issued against the responsible for the same and if the non-payment is continued for two consecutive years, the Governor-General shall order the extinction of the comunidade without hearing the same.