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(1) Autochthonous traditional Puerto Rican music.— Includes Puerto Rican folk music and its variants, Puerto Rican Danza, Puerto Rican Bomba, and Puerto Rican Plena, and all those musical genres that the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, through a study of the historical reality and development of music in Puerto Rico, identifies as the product of such development and that it represents a unique and proper personality of the people of Puerto Rico and thus defines it. In accordance with this definition, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall certify the various artists and interpreters as interpreters of autochthonous Puerto Rican music, pursuant to the regulations it shall adopt for the proper implementation of this chapter. For purposes of this chapter, trovadores (Puerto Rican folk singers) who participate in folk song contests and competitions as well as trio music shall be considered exponents of autochthonous Puerto Rican music.(2) Fair and reasonable participation.— The participation of the exponents or interpreters of autochthonous Puerto Rican music shall be fair and reasonable to the extent that their inclusion is in proportion and in balance, in comparative terms,

rticipation of the exponents or interpreters of autochthonous Puerto Rican music shall be fair and reasonable to the extent that their inclusion is in proportion and in balance, in comparative terms, with other types of musical genres included in the planning of the activity in question and which is subject to the provisions of this chapter. This is not to be interpreted to mean that the inclusion of other musical genres is similar or equal to that of the autochthonous Puerto Rican music. It shall rather mean that the inclusion of autochthonous Puerto Rican music is fair and reasonable if it is ascertained that at least:(a) Ten percent (10%) of the total of the funds appropriated during the fiscal year is used to contract interpreters of autochthonous traditional Puerto Rican music, as defined in this chapter. This shall be done when the activity is directly organized by the government entity itself or when the services of an independent promoter or producer are contracted to carry out the activity. History —Aug. 21, 2004, No. 223, § 3; July 19, 2005, No. 25, § 3; Aug. 18, 2011, No. 189, § 3.