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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37A - Construction Materials Manufactured in Puerto Rico (§§ 927 — 927h) › § 927d - Lists available

The Preference and Procurement Board of the Commonwealth Agencies created under the Preference Act shall make available to all the different dependencies, offices and entities of the Commonwealth, and for the Competitive Bidding Boards, a list of the construction materials manufactured in Puerto Rico.
History —July 12, 1985, No. 109, p. 378, § 5, eff. 90 days after July 12, 1985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37A - Construction Materials Manufactured in Puerto Rico (§§ 927 — 927h) › § 927e - Exceptions

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply when the Commonwealth through the corresponding authority shall determine:
(a) That the total cost of any of the materials used in the construction works increases in excess of the maximum percent of preference allowed for that material as established by subsection (b) of § 4 of Act No. 103 of June 24, 1977, as amended, known as the “Preference Procurement Act of the Government of Puerto Rico” due to the use of materials manufactured in Puerto Rico.
(b) That the construction materials manufactured in Puerto Rico are not available in sufficient amounts, or are not of a satisfactory quality.
History —July 12, 1985, No. 109, p. 378, § 6; Feb. 27, 1987, No. 3, p. 11, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37A - Construction Materials Manufactured in Puerto Rico (§§ 927 — 927h) › § 927f - Penalties

Every natural or juridical person carrying out any work in violation of this chapter shall not be compensated for any work whatsoever carried out in said work and shall be under the obligation to return all compensation received for work carried out in said work. It shall also be under the obligation to demolish and remove whatever was built unlawfully, upon request of the Commonwealth, and also to compensate the Commonwealth for any damages suffered, if any.
History —July 12, 1985, No. 109, p. 378, § 7, eff. 90 days after July 12, 1985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37A - Construction Materials Manufactured in Puerto Rico (§§ 927 — 927h) › § 927g - Injunction

In addition to the Department of Justice of the Commonwealth, any natural or juridical person who knows of any violation of this chapter and is affected by the same may file a petition for an injunction before the competent Court of First Instance to enjoin the violations of this chapter and requesting the remedies provided herein.
History —July 12, 1985, No. 109, p. 378, § 8, eff. 90 days after July 12, 1985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37A - Construction Materials Manufactured in Puerto Rico (§§ 927 — 927h) › § 927h - Application

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to every public corporation of the Commonwealth unless prevented by any provision contained in their respective organic acts or in agreements related to donations or loans of funds.
History —July 12, 1985, No. 109, p. 378, § 9, eff. 90 days after July 12, 1985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37B - Prohibition against Granting Bids or Contracts to Persons that Have Been Convicted of Certain Crimes (§§ 928 — 928i) › § 928 - Prohibition of bid or contract

It is hereby provided that a head of [a] government agency or instrumentality, public corporation or municipality, or of the Legislative or Judicial Branches shall not award any bids or contract whatsoever for services or for the sale or delivery of goods to a natural or juridical person who has been convicted or plead guilty in a federal or state forum, in any other jurisdiction of the United States, or in any other country, for the commission of those crimes that constitute fraud, embezzlement or misappropriation of public funds listed in § 928b of this title.
History —Dec. 29, 2000, No. 458, § 1; July 29, 2001, No. 84, § 1; Sept. 22, 2004, No. 428, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37B - Prohibition against Granting Bids or Contracts to Persons that Have Been Convicted of Certain Crimes (§§ 928 — 928i) › § 928a - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the term “service” means any nonprofessional services likely to be contracted or subcontracted by the state, including, but without being limited to, construction services, reconstruction works, remodeling and maintenance of works or physical facilities. It shall likewise be understood that “goods” constitute any real or personal property. A “natural person” is any person defined as such in any applicable law, including the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, and includes, but shall not be limited to the chairperson, vice chairperson, director, executive director or any member of a Board of Officials or Board of Directors, or the person who performs equivalent functions. The term “juridical person” includes corporations, professional corporations, civil and mercantile partnerships, special partnerships, cooperatives and any entity defined as such in any applicable law, including those that constitute, for these purposes, the alter ego of the juridical person or subsidiaries thereof.
History —Dec. 29, 2000, No. 458, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37B - Prohibition against Granting Bids or Contracts to Persons that Have Been Convicted of Certain Crimes (§§ 928 — 928i) › § 928b - Crimes

The crimes for whose conviction the prohibition set forth in this chapter shall apply, are the following:
(1) Aggravated misappropriation, in all its modalities.
(2) Extortion.
(3) Construction fraud.
(4) Fraud in the execution of construction works.
(5) Fraud in the delivery of goods.
(6) Undue intervention in the processes of awarding bids or in government operations.
(7) Bribery, in all its modalities.
(8) Aggravated bribery.
(9) Offer to bribe.
(10) Undue influence.
(11) Crimes against public funds.
(12) Preparation of forged documents.
(13) Presentation of forged documents.
(14) Forgery of documents.
(15) Possession and transfer of forged documents.
For the purposes of the federal jurisdiction, that of the states and territories of the United States, or of any other country, the prohibition set forth in this chapter shall apply in cases of convictions for crimes whose constitutive elements are equivalent to those of the above stated crimes.
History —Dec. 29, 2000, No. 458, § 3; Jan. 4, 2003, No. 59, § 1; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 300, § 1; Sept. 22, 2004, No. 428, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37B - Prohibition against Granting Bids or Contracts to Persons that Have Been Convicted of Certain Crimes (§§ 928 — 928i) › § 928c - Penalties; rescission of contract

The conviction or guilt for any of the crimes listed in § 928b of this title shall entail, in addition to any other penalty, the automatic rescission of all contracts in effect on said date between the person convicted or found guilty and any agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth government, public corporation, municipality, the Legislative Branch or the Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico. In addition to the rescission of the contract, the Government shall have the right to demand the reimbursement of payments made with regard to the contract or contracts directly affected by the commission of the crime.
History —Dec. 29, 2000, No. 458, § 4; July 29, 2001, No. 84, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37B - Prohibition against Granting Bids or Contracts to Persons that Have Been Convicted of Certain Crimes (§§ 928 — 928i) › § 928d - Duration of prohibition

The prohibition for contracting, subcontracting or awarding a bid, contained in this chapter shall have a duration of twenty (20) years, as of the date of the corresponding conviction in cases of felonies, and a duration of eight (8) years in cases of misdemeanors.
History —Dec. 29, 2000, No. 458, § 5; July 29, 2001, No. 84, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37B - Prohibition against Granting Bids or Contracts to Persons that Have Been Convicted of Certain Crimes (§§ 928 — 928i) › § 928e - Requirement of contract clause

Upon the effectiveness of this act, all contracts entered into by any government agency or instrumentality, public corporation, municipality, the Legislative Branch or the Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico shall include a penal clause or clauses that expressly set forth the provisions contained § 928c of this title. In the event that due to omission or inadvertence, the inclusion of said clause or clauses in the contract in which they should have been included is omitted, the same shall be deemed to have been included in said contract for all legal purposes.
History —Dec. 29, 2000, No. 458, § 6; July 29, 2001, No. 84, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37B - Prohibition against Granting Bids or Contracts to Persons that Have Been Convicted of Certain Crimes (§§ 928 — 928i) › § 928f - Notification

The Court of First Instance shall notify the Secretary of Justice of any conviction that falls within the crimes listed in § 928b of this title. The Secretary of Justice shall establish and keep a register of all natural and juridical persons who have been convicted or plead guilty of said crimes.
Furthermore, any natural or juridical person who wishes to participate in the award of bids or in any granting of contracts with any government agency or instrumentality, public corporation or municipality for the rendering of services or the sale or delivery of goods shall submit a statement sworn before a notary public stating if he/she has been convicted or has plead guilty of the commission of any of the crimes listed under § 928b of this title, or if he/she is under investigation in any legislative, judicial or administrative procedure, whether in Puerto Rico, the United States or any other country, in order to participate in the awarding or granting of any bids or contract, respectively. If the information were affirmative, the crimes for which he/she was found guilty or entered a guilty plea shall be stated therein.
History —Dec. 29, 2000, No. 458, § 7; Sept. 22, 2004, No. 428, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37B - Prohibition against Granting Bids or Contracts to Persons that Have Been Convicted of Certain Crimes (§§ 928 — 928i) › § 928g - Remedies

The remedies granted to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in this chapter are in addition to those established in the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, specifically to causes of action for general fraud, fraud in the negotiation of a contract, fraud in the compliance of the obligations of the contract and the law, fault in contrahendo, false or unlawful purpose, turpis causa, fault or negligence. All actions contemplated in the code of laws in effect and those added by this chapter shall be deemed to be cumulative, and may be alleged in the alternative.
History —Dec. 29, 2000, No. 458, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37B - Prohibition against Granting Bids or Contracts to Persons that Have Been Convicted of Certain Crimes (§§ 928 — 928i) › § 928h - Effect

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply retroactively nor shall they interfere with contracts in effect, and shall not prevent the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from exercising each and every one of the civil and criminal actions in effect prior to the approval of this act with respect to contracts entered into prior to the effective date of this act.
History —Dec. 29, 2000, No. 458, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37B - Prohibition against Granting Bids or Contracts to Persons that Have Been Convicted of Certain Crimes (§§ 928 — 928i) › § 928i - Application of Rule 247.1

Nothing of what is herein provided shall be construed to annul, modify, amend, prevent the application of, or repeal Rule 247.1 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended, App. II of Title 34.
History —Dec. 29, 2000, No. 458, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37C - Public Arts (§§ 929-929i — 929i) › §§ 929—929i - Repealed. Act Aug. 30, 2012, No. 216, § 1, effective August 30, 2012

History —Aug. 16, 2001, No. 107, § 3; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 285, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37C - Public Arts (§§ 929-929i — 929i) › § 929a - Designation and reserve of funds [Repealed]

History —Aug. 16, 2001, No. 107, § 4; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 285, § 3; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37C - Public Arts (§§ 929-929i — 929i) › § 929c - Creation of the Commission [Repealed]

History —Aug. 16, 2001, No. 107, § 7; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 285, § 4; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37D - Investment in Puerto Rican Industry (§§ 930 — 930k) › § 930a - Puerto Rican Industry Investment Board—Creation

To expedite the execution of the aforementioned public policy, the Puerto Rican Industry Investment Board is hereby created, attached to the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company. It shall be composed of the Executive Director of the Industrial Development Company, who shall be its Chairperson, the General Services Administrator, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Cooperative Development Administrator, and the main economic advisor of the Governor, or their designated representatives, one (1) member designated by the Governor of Puerto Rico, and one additional member designated by agreement by the Presiding Officers of both Legislative Chambers, who have experience in local industry. The latter shall serve for a staggered term of two (2), three (3) and four (4) years. Should a vacancy arise, the member designated by the Governor to replace him/her shall serve for the remainder of the term of the member who ceased his/her functions and it shall be done in the same manner with the substitute in the case a vacancy arising because of the member appointed by the Legislature, who shall be responsible for appointing a substitute for the term of the member designated by the Legislature who produced the vacancy. The Board shall meet at least once a month, and the members who are not Government employees or officers shall be entitled to charge a per diem of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day that they attend a meeting, pursuant to the applicable law and regulations. Four (4) members of the Board shall constitute quorum, and the decisions shall be made by majority vote of those present. In those instances in which the members of the public sector who are part of the Board appoint representatives to participate in the meetings of the Board, these shall have official authority to make decisions, shall act promptly as members of said directing entity, and shall only represent the regular members in not more than one third (⅓) of the total of meetings held by the Board.
It is further provided that the Board shall be the public entity invested with all the legal and administrative powers necessary to ensure full compliance with the provisions of this chapter by all the agencies and other public entities thereunder. In this sense, it shall be understood that this Board is the government entity with authority to supervise the public entities in their full compliance with the norms of action, criteria and other provisions of this chapter.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 14, § 5; Aug. 29, 2006, No. 164, § 2; Dec. 12, 2007, No. 184, § 3, eff. 3 months after Dec. 12, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37D - Investment in Puerto Rican Industry (§§ 930 — 930k) › § 930f - Professional contracts

In those cases that services are contracted, the contract shall contain a provision that articles extracted, produced, assembled, packaged or distributed in Puerto Rico by enterprises with operations in Puerto Rico, or distributed by agents established in Puerto Rico, when the service is rendered, be used provided that they are available.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 14, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37D - Investment in Puerto Rican Industry (§§ 930 — 930k) › § 930g-1 - Additional provisions to enforce compliance with this chapter

It is herein provided that, in order to achieve compliance with this chapter, the Board shall have the power to request from the Court of First Instance the issuing of an injunction to prevent any violation thereof. Likewise, the Board is hereby conferred the power to resort to the Court of First Instance to request the obstruction, suspension or cessation of any official action that constitutes a violation against the provisions established by this chapter. These powers may be exerted when the Board, motu proprio, determines that any public entity has incurred a violation against the provisions of this chapter, after having examined and evaluated documentary proof and information accrediting said violation.
In turn, it may exert these powers when at the instance of any interested natural or juridical person, or of any other government entity, an investigation has been initiated that allows the Board to arrive at the conclusion that a violation against this chapter has been incurred, after having examined and verified the evidence attesting to said violation. Provided, That without prejudice to the exercise of the aforementioned powers, the Board shall create an internal or external investigations committee consisting of representatives from the agricultural, industrial, and private sectors, and from the area of services. The Board, when deemed necessary, shall designate the coordination of the investigation phase through the Legal Division of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company to the Executive Secretary.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 14, added as § 11-A on Dec. 12, 2007, No. 184, § 9, eff. 3 months after Dec. 12, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37D - Investment in Puerto Rican Industry (§§ 930 — 930k) › § 930h - Applicability and exceptions

(a) Applicability. — The provisions of this chapter shall be apply [sic] to all departments, agencies, instrumentalities, municipalities and dependencies of the Puerto Government. They shall also apply to the public corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including its subsidiaries.
(b) Exceptions. — No bidding shall be required when interagency purchases of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are involved.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 14, §§ 12, 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37D - Investment in Puerto Rican Industry (§§ 930 — 930k) › § 930i - Review of parameters in effect

The preference margins assigned under the Preference Procurement Act for purchases of the Puerto Rico Government, shall be equivalent to the investment parameters, provided by this chapter. The list of preference margins or investment parameters in effect [as] of the date on the effective date of this act, shall remain in full force and effect until amended or repealed by the Board created by this chapter. The assigned investment parameters shall be reviewed, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, always contemplating the intention of the chapter to benefit the local producer, and not reduce the benefits that said producer presently enjoys, provided there is no change in the operations, which, change merits a reduction the preference margin assigned in the judgment of the Board. All the property, files, documents and funds belonging to the former Preference Board shall be transferred to the Board established by virtue of this chapter.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 14, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37D - Investment in Puerto Rican Industry (§§ 930 — 930k) › § 930j - Responsibilities of the applicant

Any person who voluntarily helps or assists, or advises or instigates the drafting or presentation, or that voluntarily drafts or presents any declaration, sworn statement, claim or false or fraudulent document to the Board (whether said falsehood or fraud was committed or not, with the knowledge or consent of the person who presents said declaration, sworn statement, claim or document to the Board), [for] the purpose of obtaining, or preventing another person from obtaining the benefit of the investment parameters established herein regarding any product, article or service, shall be guilty of a felony and punished by a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or imprisonment for a fixed term of three (3) years, at the discretion of the court. If there were aggravating circumstances, the fixed penalty thus established may be increased to a maximum of five (5) years; if extenuating circumstances are present, it may be reduced to a minimum of two (2) years. The court, at its discretion, may impose both penalties, plus court costs.
Any person who makes and subscribes any statement or other document for presentation to the Board, which said declaration or document contains, or was authenticated through a statement the effect that it is submitted under the penalties of perjury, which statement or document the subscriber did not believe to be true and correct regarding every pertinent fact, shall be guilty of a felony and punished with a fine no greater than four thousand dollars ($4,000), or imprisonment for a fixed term of three (3) years. Should there be aggravating circumstances, the fixed penalty thus established may be increased to a maximum of five (5) years; if there are extenuating circumstances, it may be reduced to a minimum of two (2) years. The court, in its discretion, may impose both penalties.
The Court of First Instance shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the trials of the crimes stipulated in this section.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 14, § 15; Dec. 12, 2007, No. 184, § 10, eff. 3 months after Dec. 12, 2007.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37D - Investment in Puerto Rican Industry (§§ 930 — 930k) › § 930k - Judicial review

Any person adversely affected by a decision of the Board under this chapter may request the review of said decision before the Board and then before the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, Superior Part of San Juan, within thirty (30) days as of the date of notice by the Board.
History —Jan. 8, 2004, No. 14, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the “General Services Administration Act”.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931a - Definitions

(a) Auxiliary services.— Shall be understood to be printing and transportation services, purchase; furnishing storage; filing system counseling; preservation and disposal of documents; electronic data processing; repair of equipment and office furniture; programming, planning, design, construction, repair, maintenance and conservation of public buildings; advice to departments and dependencies on office space rental; and any other service that the Administration may render to enable the agencies to carry out their fundamental functions and which is not in conflict with other laws.
(b) Administrator.— Is the Administrator of the General Services Administration.
(c) Executive Branch.— Shall mean all the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Executive Branch, except public corporations and political subdivisions of the Government of Puerto Rico, Office of Government Ethics, the University of Puerto Rico, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, the Planning Board, and the State Elections Commission.
(d) Administration.— Shall mean the General Services Administration.
(e) Supplies.— Shall mean expendable or nonexpendable property needed in all Government agencies under the Administration’s jurisdiction to carry out their respective programs.
(f) Certificate of eligibility.— Certificate issued by the General Services Administration accrediting compliance by the bidder of the requirements established through regulations to appear in the Exclusive Register of Bidders.
(g) Bidder.— Any natural or juridical person registered in the Exclusive Register of Bidders of the General Services Administration that is available and interested in contracting and appearing at the presentation of offers for Government bidding.
(h) Exclusive Register of Bidders.— Register which lists the natural or juridical persons that are qualified by the Administration to contract with the Government for having met the requirements established by the Administrator.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 2; Aug. 4, 1979, No. 196, p. 566, § 1; June 18, 2002, No. 85, § 1; Dec. 12, 2007, No. 187, § 1; Dec. 1, 2010, No. 181, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931b - Creation

The General Services Administration created by Reorganization Plan No. 2 (Substitute) of 1971, App. I of this title, is restructured in order that it may operate pursuant to the provisions of this chapter as an agency of the Executive Branch designated as “General Services Administration”.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931c - Purpose

The Administration is organized for the purpose of offering auxiliary services to different government agencies which shall be furnished pursuant to norms that will simplify and expedite the procedure, improve the quality of the services and control operation costs.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931d - Administrator

The Administration shall be under the direction of an Administrator who shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931e - Assistant administrator

There shall be in the Administration an Assistant Administrator appointed by the Administrator. In the case of absence or temporary disability of the Administrator, the Assistant Administrator shall act as Acting Administrator during said absence or disability.
In the case of death or removal of the Administrator, the Assistant Administrator shall assume the functions of the latter, as Acting Administrator, for the duration of the vacancy.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931f - Budget

The Administration shall annually submit its expense budget pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 213 of May 12, 1942, as amended, and of any other applicable law.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931g - Personnel

The personnel of the Administration shall be governed by Act No. 345 of May 12, 1947, known as the “Personnel Act”.
The Administrator is hereby empowered to obtain such services by contract with technical, professional or highly specialized personnel, or of any other kind, as may be necessary, for the programs of the Administration.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931h - Deposit of funds

Funds of the Administration shall be covered into the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and they shall be entrusted to qualified depositaries for the funds of the Commonwealth Government, as established in the law and regulations of the Treasury Department.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931i - Disbursements

All documents authorizing obligations or disbursements charged against funds derived from appropriations made to the Administration shall be signed by the Administrator or by the officer or employee delegated by him to authorize said documents.
The resources in the “Industrial Capital Fund of the General Services Administration”, which is hereinafter created, shall be used in such a way as to permit the Administration operations to be carried out, subject to the provisions of the law or regulations governing them.
Whenever it becomes necessary to advance funds of the Administration to private persons, such advances may be authorized by the Administrator as prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Advances shall be secured by bonds which shall cover the liability of the Administrator and which shall be [processed] pursuant to Section 119 of the Political Code.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931j - Accounting system

The Administration shall establish, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, the accounting system required for the proper control and registry of all its operations.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931k - Industrial Capital Fund

A special fund is hereby created in the Treasury Department which shall be known as “Industrial Capital Fund of the General Services Administration”. This Fund shall be composed of the consolidation of the revolving funds or of the industrial capital of the Administration programs, and of the income derived from other services rendered by the Administration to the different government agencies to cover the activities and services which produce income.
Balances and obligations of the Operating Fund established by Act No. 96, June 24, 1954, as amended, known as “Procurement and Services Act,” of the Industrial Capital Fund established by Act No. 49, Aug. 4, 1947, as amended, and of the Fund for the Survey and Preparation of Plans and Specifications of Public Works, created by §§ 81—85 of Title 22, are hereby transferred to the aforesaid “Industrial Capital Fund”, and said funds shall be abolished, once the transfer is made.
The Administrator is hereby empowered to borrow money to secure payments of his obligations with this Fund. He is further empowered to encumber any of his contracts, revenues or income for the payment of those obligations. The Administration may sue and be sued in the name and on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for any claim arising as the result of obligations contracted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and, for such purposes, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico waives its immunity, all of which is subject to the prescription periods and to the proceeding established by law, but not subject to the provisions of §§ 3077 et seq. of Title 32, and the judgments that may be entered against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, once they have become final, shall be paid from the Industrial Capital Fund of the General Services Administration.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 12; May 12, 1975, No. 16, p. 30, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter I - Organization of the Administration (§§ 931 — 931l) › § 931l - Property of the Administration

The Secretary of the Treasury shall exercise over the Administration property the control he usually exercises over other agencies of the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter III - Functions and Programs of the Administration (§§ 933 — 933m) › § 933c - Transportation program

The Administration shall acquire directly through purchase or lease or other means permissible under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and have under its jurisdiction, administration and control, all motor vehicles and any other means of land, air, and maritime transportation and their accessory parts attached to the Executive Branch, as well as any other material or equipment needed for the operation of this program.
(a) The Administrator is authorized to promulgate regulations on:
(1) The acquisition, use, maintenance, sale and everything related to the vehicles and means of transportation under his jurisdiction.
(2) The permanent assignment of motor vehicles to central stations and to the executive dependencies which, within reason, need them.
(3) Standards under which the executive dependencies could be authorized to operate their own shops, furnish their own means of transportation, or procure them from private enterprise.
(4) Standards and procedures through which authorizations to drive official vehicles may be issued or revoked, and the requirement to obtain such authorizations.
(5) Standards and procedures through which steps may be taken for the judicial recovery of damages caused to the government fleet of the Executive Branch under its jurisdiction; and to settle administratively the claims for damages to the fleet, through legal tender or in kind, following the procedure established for it by regulations approved by the Secretary of Treasury and the Secretary of Justice. Included with the documents pertaining to every settlement carried out by the Administrator shall be an estimate of the damages caused, prepared by a competent expert, specifying the sum for which said estimate is made. Sufficient photographs demonstrating the extent of the damages caused shall also be included, as well as photographs of those vehicles involved with their respective license plate.
However, when the General Services Administration makes a claim to any insurance policy for an accident which involves a vehicle assigned to the Puerto Rico Police, it shall be bound to reimburse to the Police any sum it receives as compensation.
(6) Structuring of a plan to stimulate the employees and officials of the Executive Branch who use vehicles for the performance of the duties of their office, to acquire and use private automobiles, under a system of compensation for mileage traveled, computed on the basis of the official highway map of Puerto Rico, and paid on the basis of the rates established from time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury; and any other means of compensation that the Administrator deems to be reasonable.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 18; May 19, 1976, No. 46, p. 126, § 1; June 30, 1977, No. 133, p. 391, § 1; June 26, 1980, No. 11, p. 892, § 1; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 140, § 1; Jan. 24, 2006, No. 34, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter III - Functions and Programs of the Administration (§§ 933 — 933m) › § 933e - Public documents administration program

The Administration shall have the duty to direct and supervise the conservation, utilization and disposal of public documents of the Executive Branch, public corporations and municipalities pursuant to the provisions of §§ 1001—1013 of this title.
To perform these duties, the General Services Administrator is empowered to regulate all matters connected with the conservation, utilization and disposal of public documents in the Executive Branch, public corporations and municipalities.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 20; May 22, 1978, No. 18, p. 45.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter III - Functions and Programs of the Administration (§§ 933 — 933m) › § 933f - Program for the construction and maintenance of buildings

It shall be the duty of the Administration to design, program, construct, administer and repair public buildings belonging to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, pursuant to the powers which were transferred to the General Services Administration from the Department of Transportation and Public Works by virtue of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1971 (Substitute) App. I of this title.
The functions of the Administration established in this section are consistent with the provisions of § 22 of Act No. 213 of May 12, 1942, as amended, known as the “Planning and Budget Act” and any other provision applicable to said act.
By virtue of the powers transferred to the Administration from the Department of Transportation and Public Works, the Administrator is hereby empowered to issue Contract Regulations in the public works under his jurisdiction, which, upon promulgation, shall have force of law.
The General Conditions for the Contracting of Commonwealth Public Works approved March 14, 1946, pursuant to §§ 59 and 60 of Title 22, shall apply to works performed by the General Services Administration from the date of approval of this act to the approval of the Contract Regulations that the Administrator may issue under the authority granted herein. Public works contracted under the provisions of the General Conditions shall be governed by the latter until final liquidation of the construction contracts awarded.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 21.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter III - Functions and Programs of the Administration (§§ 933 — 933m) › § 933h - Federal programs

The Administrator shall be empowered to administer any federal program which, because of its nature, purpose and scope, is related to the functions entrusted to the Administration under this chapter. This power includes, but is not limited to, the administration of the program for the reception, custody and subsequent distribution of the property of the Government of the United States of America, under the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Act. In executing said power, the Administrator shall agree upon and execute the necessary covenants or agreements so that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may receive all the federal funds and benefits which will contribute to the success of such programs. For these purposes, the covenants or agreements shall be entered into with the duly authorized state and federal government bodies of the United States of America. Among other matters, said covenants or agreements must include the exchange of information on programs, studies and investigations related to the programs to be carried out and shall be within the scope of the Administration’s functions and the applicable federal, state and Commonwealth laws.
The Administrator is hereby further empowered to study other federal programs that may affect the auxiliary services provided by the Administration, in order to make pertinent recommendations to the Governor to draft and plan the public policy to be implemented in relation thereto, and to help the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to render auxiliary services in the most efficient, prompt and economical manner.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 23; Aug. 4, 1979, No. 196, p. 566, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter III - Functions and Programs of the Administration (§§ 933 — 933m) › § 933i - Assignment of functions and limitation to officials and employees

The functions of the Administration, under the provisions of this chapter, shall be discharged by the Administrator, or under his direction and control, by officials, agencies or employees, subject to his jurisdiction, designated by him. Any designation or assignment of functions and delegation of authority to any government agency, made under the authority conferred by this chapter, shall be made with the consent of the government body involved.
In discharging the functions imposed herein, the Administrator is hereby authorized to transfer to any government entity the funds needed to implement any program of the Administration.
The Administrator may also supply Administration personnel or facilities under the conditions agreed upon with the corresponding nominating authority.
The official or employee of the Administration or of any government body to whom the Administration has provisionally assigned or delegated any of the Administration’s functions and who intervenes in any stage of development of that function may not have, directly or indirectly, nor appear to have, the possibility of an economic conflict of interest or of any other type in a contract or negotiation related to the functions assigned herein to the Administration. Neither may he lend to or borrow money from any natural or juridical person who is rendering any of the services provided herein or who is contracted by the Administration or the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to provide said service. Any employee or official who violates the precepts of this section shall be dismissed from office or employment in accordance with Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”, and the rules and regulations approved under said act; in addition, he may also be prosecuted for violating the provisions of §§ 283 et seq. of this title.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 24; Aug. 4, 1979, No. 196, p. 566, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter III - Functions and Programs of the Administration (§§ 933 — 933m) › § 933j - Limitations to other agencies

No governmental entity which by provision of this chapter is bound to use the services of the Administration may develop, within its entities, similar programs to those offered by the Administration nor may such services be furnished by any entity other than the Administration unless there exists express authorization of the Administrator.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 25.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter III - Functions and Programs of the Administration (§§ 933 — 933m) › § 933k - Charges for services to other agencies

The Administrator is hereby authorized to render all the services offered by the Administration to any government agency that requests them, and to charge for such services.
Income derived from said activities shall be covered into the “Industrial Capital Fund of the General Services Administration” of the Treasury Department, to be reinvested in rendering more services through possible expansions, replacement of machinery, equipment, and other incidentals.
Any budgetary item, fund, reserve or appropriation of any government agency, covered by the provisions of this chapter, set aside to be used for the acquisition of services provided by the programs under the Industrial Capital Fund of the General Services Administration, may be transferred by the Governor to the Administration.
Every government agency is hereby authorized at the beginning of each fiscal year, or on any date during the course of same, to advance to the Administration, in whole or in part, the estimated cost of the materials or services that will be purchased or received by them during such period, subject to its discretion and judgment in behalf of the public interest. The purchases of materials, as well as the contracting of services, shall be subject to the needs and actual means of each government agency. The requisitions for materials and services shall be charged to the sums that the latter may have advanced. At the end of the year, the corresponding readjustments, disbursements or refunds shall be made.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 26; June 13, 1977, No. 64, p. 132, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 38 - General Services Administration (§§ 931 — 934d) › Subchapter III - Functions and Programs of the Administration (§§ 933 — 933m) › § 933l - Imposition of fees and other charges

The Administrator may regulate, determine, fix, alter, impose and charge tariffs, fees, rents and other charges which may be fair and reasonable for the use of the facilities or services of the Administration. The tariffs, fees, rentals and other charges shall be sufficient, at least:
(1) To cover the expenses incurred by the Administration in the rendering, development, maintenance, improvement, and extension of services; and repair, maintenance and operation of installations, facilities and properties.
(2) To develop the use of the installations, facilities, properties and services of the Administration in the most ample and varied form as may be economically feasible.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 27.