Mueve tu Universidad (or Move your University) is a fundraising program established in 2018 to provide funds to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) by allowing the option of donating money when paying the annual motor vehicle registration fee or car tag (marbete).

Move your University
Mueve tu Universidad
Type of projectFundraising
ProductsMotor vehicle registration
CountryPuerto Rico
Launched26 December 2018 (2018-12-26)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
StatusActive
Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
  • To order the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Public Works to prepare and issue annually a commemorative label of the University of Puerto Rico and its eleven (11) institutional units, and require the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works and the service providers for the collection of label payments, establish a procedure that allows citizens during the period in which the commemorative labels of the University of Puerto Rico and its institutional units are issued to carry out, together with the payment of the label, a donation in the amount of one dollar ($ 1.00), five dollars ($ 5.00) or ten dollars ($ 10.00), to be used exclusively and in its entirety to the General Fund of the University of Puerto Rico.
CitationRCS0076
Territorial extentPuerto Rico
Enacted bySenate of Puerto Rico
Enacted byJune 30, 2017
Signed byThomas Rivera Schatz and Carlos Johnny Méndez
SignedJuly 5, 2017
EffectiveJuly 6, 2017
Legislative history
First chamber: Senate of Puerto Rico
Introduced byMiguel Romero
IntroducedFebruary 28, 2017
First readingFebruary 28, 2017
Final stages
Reported from conference committeeJune 23, 2017
Conference committee bill passed by Senate of Puerto RicoJune 30, 2017
Status: In force

History

Centennial edition

For the University of Puerto Rico's centennial, then-president Antonio García Padilla, and then-Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, Fernando E. Fagundo, unveiled the car tag at the San Juan Botanical Garden's pergola on January 27, 2003.[1] Based on DTOP's estimate, 2.2 million vehicles would bear the car tag, which was the first in Puerto Rico history to bear a barcode. The design elements were the UPR logo, the years 1903-2003 "in red over a white and cream background," on the bottom section was the barcode and over the code, the number 2004.[2] During the unveilling ceremony, García Padilla glued a fascimile of the car tag on a vehicle used by the botanical garden's personnel. Fagundo, a graduate of the Mayagüez campus, presented García Padilla with "an amplified copy, signed, as a reminder of the centennial year."[2]

Development

On February 28, 2017, then-senator Miguel Romero Lugo submitted a joint resolution that would allow the option of donating $1, $5, or $10 to the UPR when renewing their motor vehicle registration, which would also bear a design inspired by the UPR and its eleven campuses. It was referred to the Senate's Commission on Innovation, Telecommunications, Urbanism and Infrastructure, presided by then-senator Miguel A. Laureano Correa.[3] At the committee's April 7th public hearing Carlos M. Contreras Aponte, Secretary of Transportation and Public Works, and a representative of the Department of Treasury, who promised that the Treasury would annually report on the funds raised to the Legislative Assembly,[4] expressed their support. Laureano Correa also expressed his support, as the resolution was "a donation and not a tax."[3] After the public hearing, Romero Lugo could not provide an estimate of how much will be raised by this program. For his part, Contreras Aponte stated "that between 2 to 2.3 million vehicles pay car tags annually in Puerto Rico."[4] On occasion of the measure being approved by the Senate on May 16, Romero Lugo stated that "donations could amount to more than $100 million."[5] Even though the initial version of the resolution was approved by the Senate unanimously, it received several criticisms. Then-senator Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez, lamented that even though it was a praiseworthy project it was similar to another scheme from 2012 in which he was involved, whereby a dollar would be donated to the Center for Comprehensive Development and Training for Independent Living for children and youth on the autism spectrum. This initiative was not successful since, Seilhamer Rodríguez claimed "DTOP made absolutely no efforts to guide, promote, sponsor, educate, or give that alternative [of donating]." Then-senator Juan Dalmau Ramírez also criticized the measure, since, he explained, the UPR was having its budget cut by the Fiscal Management and Oversight Board under PROMESA, even though it generated almost 50% of its own expenses. Additionally, on the same day the UPR was subject a single $5,000 fine and an additional $1,000 a day fine for "maintaining an impasse that persists according to the negotiations that are taking place between the administration and the students."[6]

With the support of the University of Puerto Rico's National Student Conference (CEN), which was formed during the 2017 strikes and had held meetings with then-governor Ricardo Rosselló Nevares during March,[7] the resolution was approved on July 6, 2017.[8] On Boxing Day 2018, Rosselló Nevares announced the "Move your University" program through a press release. The "car tag" could be bought at more than 900 (though by December 2020 this had been reduced to 328)[9] places on the island, including bank branches, cooperatives and inspection centers that existed then.[10] UPR president Jorge Haddock Acevedo, called the campaign "a calling for all to become part of the transformation of the [UPR]." Contreras Aponte, a graduate from the Mayagüez campus, highlighted that December and January are the months with the highest sales of car tags at an average of 220,000 each month.[11]

From January 2019 till 2031 the vehicle registrations would have a UPR commemorative artwork, starting with the UPR and then a different campus every year.[12]

On May 17, 2018, then-senator Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortés presented a similar Senate joint resolution by which the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP) would issue motor vehicle registrations bearing designs of the Porta del Sol for 2020, the mundillo industry in Moca for 2021, and from 2022 onwards with the UPR and its eleven campuses. This joint resolution was not recommended for approval by the committee.[13]

The donation is not included cost of the car tag, by which the driver renewing the car registration has to both "communicate their intention of donating and authorize the additional charging."[9]

List of Designs

Year Image Campus Founded Colors Symbols Ref.
2020 UPR 1966

Orange and white

 Some versions have the UPR logo and others the UPR seal.
2021 Río Piedras 1903

Red and brown

 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Tower.
2022 Mayagüez 1911

Green, white and grey

 Portico and Tarzán. [9]
2023 Medical Sciences 1949
2024 Humacao 1962
2025 Arecibo 1967
2026 Cayey 1967
2027 Ponce 1969
2028 Bayamón 1971
2029 Aguadilla 1972
2030 Carolina 1973
2031 Utuado 1978

References

  1. ↑ "Presentan hoy marbete conmemorativo del centenario UPR" [Commemorative tag of the UPR centenary presented today]. Universia (in Spanish). 2003-01-27. Archived from the original on 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  2. 1 2 "Huella de la UPR en las vías públicas" [Footprint of the UPR on public roads]. Universia (in Spanish). 2003-01-24. Archived from the original on 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. 1 2 "Proponen marbete conmemorativo para allegar fondos a la UPR" [Commemorative label proposed to raise funds to the UPR]. Microjuris (in Spanish). 2017-04-07. Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  4. 1 2 Bauzá, Nydia (2017-04-08). "Donaciones pa' la UPR" [Donations for the UPR]. Primera Hora (Puerto Rico) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  5. ↑ "Senado aprueban [sic] medida para establecer donaciones para la UPR" [Senate approves measure to establish donations for the UPR]. La Isla Oeste (in Spanish). 2017-05-16. Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  6. ↑ Criollo Oquero, Agustín (2017-05-16). "Senado aprueba marbete conmemorativo para recaudar fondos para la UPR" [Senate approves commemorative label to raise funds for the UPR]. Caribbean Business (in Spanish). Casiano Communications. Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  7. ↑ "Se convierten en ley medidas para dar fondos a la UPR" [Measures to give funds to the UPR become law]. Sin Comillas (in Spanish). 2017-07-06. Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  8. ↑ Socorro, Génesis (2018-12-28). "Un marbete para la UPR" [A motor vehicle registration for the UPR]. Pulso Estudiantil (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  9. 1 2 3 "Marbete de 2022 destacará al RUM" [2022 tag will highlight the RUM]. Es Noticia (in Spanish). 2020-12-10. Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  10. ↑ "Puertorriqueños podrán dar donativo a Universidad Puerto Rico al comprar marbete" [Puerto Ricans may donate to the University of Puerto Rico by purchasing a car tag]. Impacto Latino (in Spanish). 2018-12-26. Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  11. ↑ "Dona $1 a $10 a la UPR mientras pagas el marbete" [Donate $1 to $ 10 to the UPR while paying for the tag]. WALO (in Spanish). 2018-12-26. Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  12. ↑ "Anuncian iniciativa que permite donar a la UPR al adquirir marbete" [Initiative that allows you to donate to the UPR when acquiring a tag]. El Vocero (in Spanish). 2018-12-26. Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  13. ↑ Muñiz Cortés, Luis Daniel (2018-05-17). "Resolución Conjunta del Senado 0254" [Senate Joint Resolution 0254]. Sistema Único de Trámite Legislativo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
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