Bill 457.

Summary.

The bill proposes assigning the name “FEDERICO 'BOSCO' JIMÉNEZ” to the bridge at Puerto Coquira, in the province of Panamá, District of Chepo, corregimiento of Chepo cabecera. The designation honors Federico Jiménez Fuentes and recognizes his legacy and contribution to national development. The proposal concerns the identification of this particular infrastructure through a specified name associated with the person being honored. Its naming provision identifies both the bridge and the location to which the designation would apply.

The text assigns the Ministry of Public Works (Ministerio de Obras Públicas) responsibility for installing the corresponding name signs. The ministry would carry out that work in coordination with local authorities. Signs must be installed at visible locations on the structure so that the designated name appears on the bridge itself. The provision also extends to maps, road signs and related official documents. Under the bill, the bridge’s identification would therefore appear both on the structure and in the materials used to depict it, direct road users to it and refer to it in official records.

The bill also sets a rule for future references to this infrastructure. References to the bridge in official documents, investment projects or signs must use the designated name. This requirement addresses how the bridge would be named in those materials and activities after the designation. It connects the proposed name to official documentation, to investment projects that refer to the bridge and to signs used to identify it. The rule applies to every future reference within the categories listed in the article.

The final provision states that the proposed law would take effect upon its promulgation in the Official Gazette (Gaceta Oficial). Across its articles, the bill establishes the bridge’s name, assigns responsibility for displaying it and prescribes its use in the specified future references. The proposed effective date is tied to the act of promulgation identified in the bill. The text’s provisions thus address the designation, its presentation on and in materials concerning the bridge, and subsequent use of the designated name.

The public bodies connected to the proposal are the Ministry of Public Works and the local authorities that would coordinate the installation of the signs. The bill concerns the bridge at Puerto Coquira in the District of Chepo, province of Panamá. Its provisions could affect those who prepare maps, road signs, official documents and investment projects concerning that bridge, as well as people who use the bridge or rely on those references for directions.