State Act
Section 396
Art. 396 – Unless in urgent cases or as otherwise provided in any legal provision, the following norms shall be observed in the conduct of the proceedings, failing which the offenders shall incur a fine of 60$ to 300$: 1. The administrators should give decisions, which are not of routine administrative nature, or give information on proceedings which may require to be submitted for the appreciation of tutelage authorities, within a period of ten days. Sole § The decisions of routine matters shall be given immediately. 2. The secretaries of the administration offices and the clerks of the comunidades are required to conclude the proceedings and to do other procedural work within 48 hours. 3. The technical experts shall conclude studies that are entrusted to them within the time period fixed by the administrator, after assessing their volume of service and the value of the project they are supposed to study. 4. The staff of the administrations office and the clerks of the comunidades shall render information or clarifications asked by their superiors within the period of five days. 5. The comunidades and the managing committees shall deliberate or report on proceedings or application that may be presented to them, within the period fixed by the administrator, and the clerk shall return the proceedings, with the copy of the resolution adopted, within three days of the meeting.