State Act

Code of Comunidades of 1961

Art. 26 – The following are the powers of the members of the comunidade: (1) To intervene, discuss and vote in the meetings of the comunidade, and record any protests in the minutes of the meeting; (2) To be elected or appointed for the posts of the comunidade; (3) To make up for the deficit; (4) To request the president of the managing committee to convene a meeting of the comunidade by a petition duly supported, mentioning clearly the reasons for it and signed by more than five components, or by three in the comunidades where the number of members is less than fifty. The petition may be made on ordinary paper; (5) To call for, by a letter addressed to the president, an extraordinary meeting the managing committee, by indicating the matter to be discussed. In case the president does not convene the meeting, they can appeal also by a letter addressed to the administrator, who shall decide as deems proper; (6) To consult, orally or in writing, the managing committee, in session, about any matters that they feel to be of the interest of the comunidades, and to submit proposals, which shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting; (7) To examine the income and expenditure sheets, the calculations for the auctions and its conditions, the final accounts, the record books and the account books of the comunidade and the extraordinary budget heads, at periods and the forms stipulated in this Code; (8) To appeal against the resolutions of the comunidade and of the managing committee and the orders or decisions of the administrator and of the authorities and higher courts and, in general, to submit complaints on the matters which are of the interest of the comunidade; (9) To report the defalcation of funds of the ‘comunidade’, the encroachment of its lands and other unlawful acts, as well as any misconduct or error of the employees and agents of the comunidades.