The Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC) is hereby authorized to securitize the own-source funds (fondos propios) generated by the protected wilderness areas (áreas silvestres protegidas), such as admission fees (tarifas de ingreso), concession fees (cánones de concesión) for non-essential services and activities, and any other related fee, the fees established by law, and payment for any other activity carried out within the protected wilderness areas for which a fee, entrance charge, or any other revenue under any title is collected.
The purpose of said securitization shall be to allocate monetary funds toward infrastructure development in the protected wilderness areas and toward the payment of expropriations (expropiaciones) of properties (fincas) that form part of those areas and that are owed by the State.
All investments made with these funds must be compatible with the conservation objectives of the respective protected wilderness area, as established in the applicable general management plan (plan general de manejo) or other management instruments defined by SINAC. Furthermore, the funds must be used in accordance with an annual investment plan prepared by SINAC, which shall define the methodology and prioritization criteria for projects.
SINAC may assign the aforementioned future cash flows, unconditionally and irrevocably, to any special-purpose vehicle (vehículo de propósito especial) authorized for the public offering of securities, for the purpose of forming an autonomous estate (patrimonio autónomo).
SINAC is authorized to use credit enhancements (mejoradores de crédito) in the securitizations, both internal and external, to allow the amount of funds comprising the autonomous estate to exceed the value of the issuance, and to pay the cost corresponding to any external credit enhancement required for the securitization, using the own-source funds that are the subject of securitization.
SINAC may not securitize funds originating from tax-based transfers made from the general budget of the Republic, unless such funds correspond to the budgeting of one of the securitizable funds enumerated in this article.