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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 84B - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Right to Work Administration (§§ 7071 — 7083) › § 7075 - Deadline; effect; date of separation

(a) The employee who complies with the requirements established to avail him/herself of this Voluntary Early Retirement Program shall make his/her decision on whether he/she shall avail him/herself of the Program on or before September 30, 2008.
The informed decision of an employee as to whether he/she shall avail him/herself of the Program provided herein shall be deemed to be final, binding, and irrevocable for all legal purposes.
Any person who opts to avail him/herself of this benefit may not be hired by any government agency, public corporation and/or municipality within the following five (5) years.
(b) The date of separation from service of the employees who avail themselves of the Program shall be effective on January 30, 2009.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 275, §§ 5, 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 84B - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Right to Work Administration (§§ 7071 — 7083) › § 7076 - Judicial and administrative claims

The opportunity given to eligible employees to opt to avail themselves of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program shall not be conditioned to their waiver of any present or pending adjudication judicial or administrative claim against the Administration. This shall be a standard benefit for every employee who avails him/herself of this Program.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 275, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 84B - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Right to Work Administration (§§ 7071 — 7083) › § 7077 - Vacancy

The positions of the employees who avail themselves of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program shall not be filled by newly-hired personnel. Those persons who are currently working at the Administration shall have preference for filling any vacancies that may arise upon the implementation of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program after January 30, 2009.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 275, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 84B - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Right to Work Administration (§§ 7071 — 7083) › § 7078 - Administrative and operational resource utilization

The Administration shall take the necessary steps to ensure the optimum use of administrative and operating resources. All these steps shall be taken in strict compliance with all applicable laws, the collective bargaining agreement in effect, and by observing the Merit Principle and any legal provisions which prohibit discrimination for reasons of political views, age, and by observing any vested rights, by means of legislation or regulations in effect, of the public officials who work in said entity.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 275, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 84B - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Right to Work Administration (§§ 7071 — 7083) › § 7079 - Actuarial cost

The actuarial cost of the pensions provided for in this chapter, as determined by the Retirement System Administrator for the Employees of the Government and the Judiciary, shall be paid annually by the Administration to the Retirement System Administration for the Employees of the Government and the Judiciary, according to the payment structure established by the Administrator. Said actuarial cost shall consist of the difference between the present value of the accelerated pension provided in this chapter and the present value of a pension for years of service under the provisions of §§ 761 et seq. of this title, and pursuant to the provisions of this legislation. The funds to defray the program shall originate from the fund appropriated to the Administration and the general expense budget, and no debt of any kind shall be issued to defray the same. The payment plan authorized in this chapter made by the Administration is a five (5)-year projection.
In the event that the payment made by the Administration is in excess of the actuarial cost, the Retirement System Administration for the Employees of the Government and the Judiciary shall reimburse the Administration the amount paid in excess within a term not to exceed thirty (30) days as of the effective date of the Program. If, on the contrary, the payment made by the Administration were insufficient, the latter shall issue a payment for the additional cost certified by the Retirement System Administration within a term not to exceed thirty (30) days as of the effective date of the Program.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 275, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 84B - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Right to Work Administration (§§ 7071 — 7083) › § 7080 - New benefit

The Administration shall be responsible for the payment of any new benefit conferred by law to pensioners who avail themselves of this Voluntary Early Retirement Plan.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 275, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 84B - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Right to Work Administration (§§ 7071 — 7083) › § 7081 - Applicability

The provisions of this act shall also be extended to those employees who, as of the effective date of the same, are under any type of leave pursuant to the applicable Regulations of the Administration, its collective bargaining agreement or applicable statute.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 275, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 84B - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Right to Work Administration (§§ 7071 — 7083) › § 7082 - Orientation

The Administration, in coordination with the Retirement System Administration for the Employees of the Government and the Judiciary, shall provide an informational briefing to all its employees who qualify for the Voluntary Early Retirement Program on its benefits and criteria.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 275, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 84B - Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the Employees of the Right to Work Administration (§§ 7071 — 7083) › § 7083 - Compliance

The Human Resources Office of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby directed to oversee the administration, implementation, and compliance of the Voluntary Early Retirement Program for the employees of the Administration authorized by this chapter.
History —Aug. 13, 2008, No. 275, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 85 - Procurement Standards (§§ 8001-8152 — 8157) › § 8153 - Bidding, challenge and reconsideration procedures

The bidding, challenges and [reconsideration] procedures in all agencies, departments, instrumentalities and government bodies attached to the Executive Branch and in public corporations shall be conducted pursuant to the legislation and regulations in effect prior to the approval of Act No. 111 of June 30, 2000.
History —May 21, 2001, No. 31, § 2; July 3, 2001, No. 49, § 1, retroactive to May 21, 2001.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 85 - Procurement Standards (§§ 8001-8152 — 8157) › § 8154 - Transfer of properties and liquidation of accounts

The properties and records of the bodies created by Act No. 111 of June 30, 2000, shall be transferred to the General Services Administration for their custody and disposal. The General Services Administrator shall liquidate the accounts contracted during the effectiveness of Act No. 111, with the funds that were appropriated to defray the operating expenses of the Central Bidding Reconsideration Board. If there were a remainder after the liquidation of the accounts, it shall be used to defray the costs of the study ordered in § 8157 of this title.
History —May 21, 2001, No. 31, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 85 - Procurement Standards (§§ 8001-8152 — 8157) › § 8155 - Processing of pending cases

The cases pending before the Central Bidding Reconsideration Board shall be transferred to the bidding boards of each concerned agency for their final disposal. The process shall continue pursuant to the regulations of each agency and to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, §§ 2101 et seq. of this title. The General Services Administrator shall be in charge of distributing the records.
History —May 21, 2001, No. 31, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 85 - Procurement Standards (§§ 8001-8152 — 8157) › § 8156 - Effectiveness of appointments and contracts

The appointments and contracts executed pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 111 of June 30, 2000 are hereby rendered ineffective.
History —May 21, 2001, No. 31, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 85 - Procurement Standards (§§ 8001-8152 — 8157) › § 8157 - Reports

The General Services Administration shall conduct a broad analysis on the rules, methods and costs of acquisition of goods and services in all departments, offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The study shall include a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of the methods imposed by law for said purposes and the practices of the officials in charge of these processes. To perform said study, all government agencies, departments, instrumentalities and bodies attached to the Executive Branch, with the exception of the Office of the Government Ethics and the public corporations, shall submit a detailed report to the General Services Administration on their acquisition methods and procedures, the deficiencies detected and their recommendations to improve them. Said report shall be filed within a term of sixty (60) days as of the approval of this act. The General Services Administration shall render a report with its recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature within sixty (60) days following the expiration date of the term granted to the government agencies, departments, instrumentalities and bodies to render their reports.
History —May 21, 2001, No. 31, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 86 - Regulation of Personal Property Leasing Contracts (§§ 8161 — 8166) › § 8161 - Definitions

The following terms shall have the meaning stated bellow and the words used in singular shall include the plural, and vice versa:
(a) Bank. — Shall mean the Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico.
(b) Lease contract. — Shall mean that contractual agreement between the lessor and the lessee in which the lessee is granted the right to use and enjoy personal property of the lessor, for a specific term in exchange for certain previously stipulated periodic payments.
(c) Financial lease contract. — Means a lease contract that complies with or contains one of the following requirement:
(1) Ownership of the personal property leased is transferred to the lessee upon conclusion of the lease term;
(2) contains a purchase option for the leased personal property at a value substantially less than the fair market value of said personal property a the time the option is exercised;
(3) the term is equal to or greater than seventy-five percent (75%) of the useful life of the personal property leased, or
(4) the present value of the minimum payments, excluding administrative expenses, is equal to, or greater than ninety percent (90%) of the fair market value of the leased personal property.
(d) Financing contract. — Means a financial lease contract and any other type of contract on personal property that, in the Bank’s judgment, should be treated as a debt obligation of the lessee government entity for a period of more than one (1) fiscal year.
(e) Covered contract. — Means, for purposes of this chapter, any lease contract or financing contract that encumbers the budgetary resources of the government entity for a period of more than one (1) fiscal year.
(f) Personal property. — Means property or properties that may be transferred because of their own nature, that may be transported from one point to another without impairing anything else that is attached, or those that by law are defined as personal properties and are the subject of the covered contract. Excluded are properties that are assigned, sold, or transferred for a term of less than one (1) year.
(g) Government entity. — Means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and all of its departments, agencies, boards, commissions, committees, instrumentalities, public corporations and municipalities.
(h) Private entity. — Means any natural or juridical person other than a government entity.
(i) Regulations. — Means the regulations adopted by the Bank under § 8163 of this title.
History —Sept. 3, 2003, No. 265, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 86 - Regulation of Personal Property Leasing Contracts (§§ 8161 — 8166) › § 8162 - Approval of contracts and assignments

(a) All government entities are hereby authorized to execute covered contracts, provided they comply with the requirements of this chapter.
(b) It is hereby prohibited for a government entity to execute a covered contract without obtaining the prior written approval of the Bank. To obtain such approval, the government entity must submit an application to be approved by the Bank on the form provided by the Bank in the regulations. As part of the application, the government entity shall identify the specific resources it will use to comply with the corresponding payments and it shall certify that it will use those resources to comply with such payments.
(c) Any covered contract executed by a government entity without the prior written approval of the Bank shall be voidable. This provision shall not be applicable to covered contracts that the Bank exempts from the provisions of this chapter under the regulations.
(d) All covered contracts subject to the approval of the Bank pursuant to this chapter may not be assigned, sold, or otherwise transferred without the prior written approval of the Bank. This requirement shall be part of the covered contract so that all the contracting parties and third parties may be fully aware of the same. This requirement shall not be applicable to covered contracts that the Bank exempts from the provisions of this chapter under the regulations.
(e) All assignments, sales, or other type of transfer of a covered contract subject to the provisions of this chapter and of the regulations, executed without the prior written approval of the Bank, shall be voidable. Should this provision be violated, the original covered contract with the government entity may be rescinded, at the government entity’s and the Bank’s option. In the event that the covered contract is rescinded, the monies paid by the government entity shall be returned to the latter and the personal property under said covered contract shall be returned to the lessor or financing provider.
(f) All approval applications submitted by a government entity must include a certification by the chief executive officer of the government entity and of the internal or external legal advisor of said government entity to the effect that the contractual and purchasing requisites of the pertinent government entity have been met.
(g) All covered contracts must include a clause expressly stating that, unless otherwise expressly authorized by law, said covered contract does not constitute a debt whose payment may restrict the good faith, credit, and tax-imposing authority of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(h) All covered contracts must include a certification stipulating that the Bank reviewed and approved such covered contract.
History —Sept. 3, 2003, No. 265, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 86 - Regulation of Personal Property Leasing Contracts (§§ 8161 — 8166) › § 8164 - Penalties

Any official of a government entity who knowingly executes a covered contract that is exempt from the application of the regulations or of this chapter may be penalized through sanctions that may include from a warning to removal from office. The Bank, at its discretion, may recommend that the Governor apply the sanction that is appropriate to the circumstances of the unauthorized execution. Such official shall also be personally liable for the payment of all public funds disbursed under such covered contract that have not been recovered by the government entity when the public official has demonstrated gross negligence in his/her actions in executing the covered contract.
History —Sept. 3, 2003, No. 265, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 86 - Regulation of Personal Property Leasing Contracts (§§ 8161 — 8166) › § 8165 - Exemption from subsection (b) of § 283g of this title

All covered contracts approved by the Bank under the regulations shall be exempt from compliance with the provisions of subsection (b) of § 283g of this title, known as the “Government of Puerto Rico Accounting Act”.
History —Sept. 3, 2003, No. 265, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 86 - Regulation of Personal Property Leasing Contracts (§§ 8161 — 8166) › § 8166 - Conflicting provisions are set aside

In cases in which the provisions of this chapter are in conflict with the provisions of any other law of the Puerto Rico Legislature, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail unless the provisions of said other law specifically amend or repeal some or all of the provisions of this chapter, and the provisions of this chapter shall prevail over the provisions of any other law that is aimed at the subject of this chapter.
History —Sept. 3, 2003, No. 265, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87 - Special Program for Training in Basic Care of People with Disabilities for Social Assistance Beneficiaries (§§ 8300 — 8303) › § 8302 - Eligibility requirements

Every person with disabilities or elderly person who has been certified as such by the Department of [the Family] shall qualify to receive the services of this Program, subject to the requirement established in the regulations in effect for the rendering of services of Ama de Llaves of the Adult Services Program of the Families’ and Children’s Administration of the Department of the Family.
Every participant in the government financial assistance programs who is identified and recommended by the delegated agency as a proper candidate shall qualify to take this course. These participants shall be submitted to psychological tests by the Administration, and must obtain satisfactory results that show that they are persons who can work under pressure, attending to the special needs of the persons to be attended under the training curricula, and who have adequate capacity and sensibility that allow him/her to be understanding and tolerant when attending to the basic care needs of the different populations, depending on the training he/she wishes to take. They shall also be required to furnish an updated health certificate at the time they are certificated.
History —June 1, 2002, No. 72, § 4; Dec. 19, 2003, No. 312, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87 - Special Program for Training in Basic Care of People with Disabilities for Social Assistance Beneficiaries (§§ 8300 — 8303) › § 8302a - Training curricula

Since the needs of a person with disabilities are different from those of an elderly person, and each sector of the population is different from the other, the Administration shall implement two (2) different training curricula to provide basic care services; one intended for the care of persons with disabilities, and another one intended for the care of elderly persons.
For the training curriculum of basic care services for persons with disabilities, the persons in charge of conducting trainings shall be health professionals knowledgeable in the conditions and needs of persons with disabilities, subject to the provisions of this chapter. In the design of this curriculum, the Administration shall give emphasis to the basic health needs, care, food and socialization of persons with disabilities.
On the other hand, the training curriculum of basic care services for elderly persons, the persons in charge of conducting trainings shall be gerontology professionals. In the design of this curriculum, the Administration shall give emphasis to the basic health needs, care, food and socialization of elderly persons.
History —June 1, 2002, No. 71, added as § 4-A on Dec. 19, 2003, No. 312, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87 - Special Program for Training in Basic Care of People with Disabilities for Social Assistance Beneficiaries (§§ 8300 — 8303) › § 8303 - Regulations and annual report

The government agencies are hereby empowered to adopt the regulations and forms needed to comply with the purposes of this chapter, pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, §§ 2101 et seq. of this title. Furthermore, the Administration is hereby empowered to adopt the regulations needed for the implementation of this chapter, subject to the regulations that govern the standards and procedures in the rendering of services of ama de llaves in the Department, to execute all necessary collaborative agreements with the Office of the Affairs of the Elderly, the Department of Labor, with the Ama de Llaves Corporation attached to the Department of the Family, with municipal consortiums or any agency or private entity for the referral of the participants who have been certified by the Program for job placement and job search with funds of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and subject to the federal regulations of the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program (TANF).
The Administration shall annually render a report to the Department of the Family and the Legislature, specifically to the Committee on Social Welfare of both, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. This report shall include statistics on the participants who took courses, participants who were employed, persons with disabilities and elderly persons who were assisted, areas to be improved and recommendations.
History —June 1, 2002, No. 72, § 5; Dec. 19, 2003, No. 312, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87B - Act to Guarantee Access of Information to Disabled Persons (§§ 8310 — 8316) › § 8310 - Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, these terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) Access. — [Means] the capability and ability to use and receive data and operate technological assistance equipment.
(b) Disabled person. — [Means] any person who, due to a physical or mental condition, requires technological assistance to expedite their transactions in different entities.
(c) Entity. — [Means] agencies, departments, subdivisions, instrumentalities and public corporations of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including its municipalities.
(d) Technological assistance. — [Means] any type of equipment or service used to increase, maintain or improve the functional capacity of disabled persons.
(e) Technological assistance equipment. — [Means] any type of equipment, object, computer program or product acquired to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of disabled persons.
(f) Information. — [Means] any previously digitalized data or documentation, or interactive service for the citizenry offered electronically by the entities through their Internet web pages.
(g) Puerto Rico Technological Assistance Program. — [Means] the program created by means of §§ 831 et seq. of Title 8.
History —Sept. 2, 2003, No. 229, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87B - Act to Guarantee Access of Information to Disabled Persons (§§ 8310 — 8316) › § 8311 - Public policy

Persons with disabilities are entitled to full access to information and to use the services offered by the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through the web pages of the entities of the Commonwealth. The Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico hereby adopts a public policy geared to guarantee that all agencies, and public corporations and instrumentalities of the State shall comply with the purposes set forth in this chapter.
History —Sept. 2, 2003, No. 229, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87B - Act to Guarantee Access of Information to Disabled Persons (§§ 8310 — 8316) › § 8312 - Access guarantees

The Secretary, Chief, Official, Director or person in charge of the entity shall ensure that the information on the web page thereof is designed to present information in alternate formats.
History —Sept. 2, 2003, No. 229, § 4, eff. 1 year after Sept. 2, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87B - Act to Guarantee Access of Information to Disabled Persons (§§ 8310 — 8316) › § 8313 - Adaptation of the web pages of the government entities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

All entities of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including its municipalities, that have Internet web pages or are about to implement [the] same, shall ensure that said web pages, as well as the electronic documentation, are designed through universal computer language that can be read by technological assistance programs for disabled persons.
History —Sept. 2, 2003, No. 229, § 5, eff. 1 year after Sept. 2, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87B - Act to Guarantee Access of Information to Disabled Persons (§§ 8310 — 8316) › § 8314 - Non-compliance complaints

The Office of the Advocate for Persons with Disabilities shall be in charge of ensuring compliance with this chapter.
Any citizen affected by non-compliance of the provisions of this chapter, may file a complaint before the Office of the Advocate for Persons with Disabilities, pursuant to §§ 532 et seq. of this title, and take any other pertinent legal action.
History —Sept. 2, 2003, No. 229, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87B - Act to Guarantee Access of Information to Disabled Persons (§§ 8310 — 8316) › § 8315 - Forms and regulations

The Management and Budget Office of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby empowered, in coordination and consultation with the Puerto Rico Technological Assistance Program, to establish uniform regulations for compliance with this chapter to be used by the entities sheltered under this chapter, for the adaptation of web pages. It shall also create all the forms to be used in a uniform manner by all entities and municipalities that are necessary for its implementation, within one hundred eighty (180) days following approval of this act.
History —Sept. 2, 2003, No. 229, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87B - Act to Guarantee Access of Information to Disabled Persons (§§ 8310 — 8316) › § 8316 - Penalties

The Advocate for Persons with Disabilities is hereby empowered to impose administrative fines up to a maximum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), after prior notice and hearing, on any Secretary, Chief, Official, Director or person in charge, of any entity that does not comply with the provisions of this chapter. The funds collected as a result of this penalty, shall be deposited in the Special Fund of the Puerto Rico Technological Assistance Program created through §§ 831 et seq. of Title 8.
History —Sept. 2, 2003, No. 229, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87C - Act to Foster the Employment of Qualified Persons with Disabilities in the Agencies, Dependencies and Public Corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (§§ 8321 — 8324) › § 8321 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning expressed below:
(a) Agencies, dependencies and public corporations. — Means every department, agency, instrumentality, office and any other body of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including all public corporations and their subsidiaries or any government entity with its own juridical personality created by law or which may be created in the future, without any exception whatsoever.
(b) Person with disabilities. — Refers to any person with a physical, mental, cognitive or sensorial disability that substantially limits one or more essential life activity; who has a medical history or record of a physical, mental, cognitive or sensorial disability; or who is considered as having a physical, mental, cognitive or sensorial disability.
(c) Qualified person with disabilities. — Refers to that person with disabilities who legitimately has the skills, education or other requirements or qualities necessary for employment to which he/she aspires or has obtained and for which he/she is qualified for performing the essential tasks of such employment with or without reasonable accommodation.
History —Sept. 29, 2006, No. 219, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87C - Act to Foster the Employment of Qualified Persons with Disabilities in the Agencies, Dependencies and Public Corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (§§ 8321 — 8324) › § 8322 - Public policy

It is hereby established as the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that at least five percent (5%) of the labor force of the agencies, dependencies and public corporations be constituted by qualified persons with disabilities.
History —Sept. 29, 2006, No. 219, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87C - Act to Foster the Employment of Qualified Persons with Disabilities in the Agencies, Dependencies and Public Corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (§§ 8321 — 8324) › § 8323 - Duty

It shall be the duty of every agency, dependency and public corporation to comply with the percentage established as public policy within the term of four (4) years as of the date of approval of this act. The percentage shall be complied with gradually at the rate of [one point twenty-five percent] (1.25%) per year. The pertinent regulations shall also be approved or amended to guarantee the recruitment of persons with disabilities that will permit reaching the five percent (5%) herein established within the term provided. All this in coordination with the Office of Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created pursuant to §§ 1461 et seq. of this title.
History —Sept. 29, 2006, No. 219, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 87C - Act to Foster the Employment of Qualified Persons with Disabilities in the Agencies, Dependencies and Public Corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (§§ 8321 — 8324) › § 8324 - Compliance

It shall be the duty of the Office of the Advocate for the Disabled, together with the Department of Labor and Human Resources to oversee the faithful compliance of the provisions of this chapter.
History —Sept. 29, 2006, No. 219, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 88 - Extended Hours of Operation Program (§§ 8501 — 8510) › § 8501 - Extended hours system

The Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall reorganize the manner that direct services shall be rendered to the citizenry, by establishing an Extended Hours Service Program to serve the public. The Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall designate through an Executive Order, the government agencies or public corporations that shall participate in the extended hours service program, the schedule of extended service and the mechanisms to be used for the selection of employees who shall participate in the Program, according to the needs of the citizenry. Provided, That the employees participating in this Program shall do so voluntarily through an agreement signed to such effects, and preference shall be given to those of greater seniority in the public service.
Those agencies that are currently participating in the Extended Hours Service Program shall continue to operate according to the schedule established by this chapter, until the Executive Order mentioned in the preceding paragraph is established.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 15, § 1; Aug. 8, 2002, No. 123, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 88 - Extended Hours of Operation Program (§§ 8501 — 8510) › § 8502 - Right to service

Every person who visits a government department or agency to request a service at least one hour before the time of closing operations to the public shall be entitled to be served for the filing of his/her application or to express his/her situation or complaint.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 15, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 88 - Extended Hours of Operation Program (§§ 8501 — 8510) › § 8503 - Agreements

The government agencies that participate in the Extended Hours Service Program shall be governed by the personnel rules established by the Central Labor Advisory and Human Resources Administration Office (OCALARH) with regard to their working hours. The participating public corporations shall be governed by their bylaws and collective bargaining agreements. The Extended Hours Service Program shall be implemented through regulations or through collective bargaining with the exclusive representatives of the employees who shall participate in the cases that §§ 1451 et seq. of this title or §§ 61 et seq. of Title 29, are applicable. The Central Labor Advisory and Human Resources Administration Office shall approve the schedules of the employees who participate in the Program and do not have an exclusive representative for collective bargaining purposes.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 15, § 3; Aug. 8, 2002, No. 123, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 88 - Extended Hours of Operation Program (§§ 8501 — 8510) › § 8504 - Maximum length of work day; compensatory time; discrimination

The regular working hours of government agencies regulated by Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act” shall be established through regulations by the Central Labor Advisory Office. On the other hand, the public corporations shall be governed by their bylaws and collective bargaining agreements. However, in the case that the needs of the service require the employee to work in excess of his/her regular hours, the overtime worked shall be accrued and enjoyed as compensatory time or as provided in the collective bargaining agreement. Public corporations shall proceed according to the provisions of their bylaws and collective bargaining agreements. The fractioning of the daily working hours of supervisors and employees is absolutely prohibited in the extended hours service program. This prohibition shall subsist even when the employee has stated his/her intention or will to waive said protection.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 15, § 4; Aug. 8, 2002, No. 123, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 88 - Extended Hours of Operation Program (§§ 8501 — 8510) › § 8507 - Compliance and evaluation of the Program

It shall be the duty of every participating agency or public corporation to ensure compliance with the schedules and applicable personnel regulations once the Extended Hours Service Program contemplated in this chapter is implemented.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 15, § 7, renumbered as § 5 and amended on Aug. 8, 2002, No. 123, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 88 - Extended Hours of Operation Program (§§ 8501 — 8510) › § 8508 - Seminars, workshops, courses

The Head of the Department or agency shall have the obligation to offer its employees workshops, seminars or courses in modern techniques for the rendering of services and in the application of technology so as to render the services in the most efficient and prompt manner. To such effects, the agencies within the personnel system shall include said workshops, seminars or courses in the Training Plan to be submitted annually to the Central Labor Advisory and Human Resources Administration (OCALAHR, Spanish acronym), pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975. By petition of the head of the agency, the Central Labor Advisory and Human Resources Administration (OCALAHR, Spanish acronym) shall collaborate for the attainment of said purposes.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 15, § 8, renumbered as § 6 on Aug. 8, 2002, No. 123, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 88 - Extended Hours of Operation Program (§§ 8501 — 8510) › § 8509 - Report

The Office of the Management and Budget shall periodically evaluate the extended hours service program in order to determine the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of the services. Furthermore, in coordination with the Central Labor Advisory and Human Resources Administration Office, it shall make recommendations to the Governor regarding the changes needed to adequately attend to the needs of the citizenry. The Office of the Management and Budget shall remit preliminary reports to the heads of agencies with the findings and recommendations that result from their visits to the service centers, who shall take the necessary measures to ensure the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of the services during the extended hours of service. No later than January 30 of each year, the Office of Management and Budget shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate of Puerto Rico in which the number of users benefiting from the Program, and an evaluation regarding the satisfaction of the clients, the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of the services, shall be detailed.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 15, § 9, renumbered as § 7 and amended on Aug. 8, 2002, No. 123, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 88 - Extended Hours of Operation Program (§§ 8501 — 8510) › § 8510 - Vested rights; construction

This chapter shall in no way modify, alter, limit or impair the vested rights of the public employees of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through other laws, agreements or collective bargaining. To such effects, the Extended Hours Program shall be considered a mandatory negotiation clause. Its provisions shall be liberally construed in favor of the rights of the public employees of the agencies participating in this Program.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 15, § 10, renumbered as § 8 on Aug. 8, 2002, No. 123, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 90 - Community Boards (§§ 8531 — 8537) › § 8531 - Establishment

The heads of the agencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that render direct services of greatest demand to the public and that are specified in this section are hereby required to establish and maintain community boards in their respective agencies to enable the integration and effective participation of the clientele. Community boards shall be established in the following agencies:
(1) Department of the Treasury, in that regarding collection centers.
(2) Department of State, in that regarding Examining Boards Division.
(3) Regulations and Permits Administration, in that regarding application for permits.
(4) Puerto Rico Police in that regarding applications for penal records certificates.
(5) Department of Health, in that regarding the Vital Statistics and Examining Boards.
(6) Department of Transportation and Public Works, in that regarding the issue of driver’s license and motor vehicles.
The Governor may also direct other public agencies or departments that render direct services of great demand to the people, to create community boards in said agencies or departments to integrate the participation of the people.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 16, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 90 - Community Boards (§§ 8531 — 8537) › § 8532 - Powers

The community boards, whose creation is directed in this chapter, shall have the following duties and powers:
(1) Express their sense and make recommendations to improve the quality and accessibility to services.
(2) Promote among the people the interest to participate actively in the making recommendations regarding the direct services rendered by the agency and to continuously monitor their performance.
(3) Propitiate and participate in any of the agency’s initiatives directed to evaluating the efficiency of their program.
(4) Prepare and submit an evaluation of the efficiency level or the programs and services rendered to the head of the agency.
(5) Evaluate those proposals promoted by the agency to improve those services covered by this chapter and make recommendations.
(6) Oversee implementation and compliance of laws and regulations applicable to the agency.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 16, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 90 - Community Boards (§§ 8531 — 8537) › § 8533 - Determinations of the agencies

The community boards set forth in this chapter shall be created by administrative order of the respective head of agency and upon constitution thereof the following shall be determined:
(1) The number of members that shall integrate it, which shall not be less than three (3) nor greater than (7).
(2) Selection criteria for the members of the board that assure the greatest representation of the clientele.
(3) Support resources needed for the adequate operation of the boards and the dependency in charge of providing the same.
(4) Training activities needed and available so that the boards can fully exercise their responsibilities.
(5) Processes to assure the continuous and prompt communication between the head of the dependency and the board.
(6) Additional areas in which citizen participation should be implemented and prepare the plans to promote it.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 16, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 90 - Community Boards (§§ 8531 — 8537) › § 8534 - Appointment of the members

The heads of the agencies covered by this chapter shall appoint the members of the community board of their agency, taking into consideration the following:
(1) No member shall be an official who holds an elective office.
(2) No member may have a direct or indirect financial interest in the services rendered by the office.
(3) No member shall have professional or consulting services contract with the agency.
(4) No member of the board may be simultaneously apart thereof and an official or employee of a public agency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
It shall be the duty of the concerned agency to offer support to enable the community board to carry out its mission.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 16, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 90 - Community Boards (§§ 8531 — 8537) › § 8535 - Term of appointment

The Secretaries of the agencies shall appoint the members of the community board for a term of two (2) or three (3) years so as to maintain not less than one third (1 / 3) of the members in every change of community board. The members shall exercise these positions of trust for the effectiveness of their appointments or until their successors take office.
In the appointment and selection of the members of the community board, the head of the agency shall not discriminate for reason of sex, race, color, birthplace, physical disability, social origin or condition or political or religious belief.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 16, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 90 - Community Boards (§§ 8531 — 8537) › § 8536 - Board of directors

The members of each community board shall annually elect a board of directors to direct their works and which shall consist of at least a chairperson, a vice president and a secretary. The board of directors shall meet whenever deemed necessary or required to exercise its duties, or at least once every two (2) months and shall keep minutes of its meetings. Said minutes shall constitute public documents and shall be kept properly organized. The community board, through the chairperson of the board of directors, shall submit an annual written report to the Legislature and the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in which the steps taken in order to comply with its duties and exercise the powers imposed by § 8532 of this title and the result thereof shall stated.
The members of the community board shall be entitled to the payment of per diems and to reimbursement of necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the duties imposed by this chapter, pursuant and subject to the uniform regulations that to such effects are adopted by the heads of agencies and to those regulations set forth by the Department of the Treasury that are applicable to it.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 16, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 90 - Community Boards (§§ 8531 — 8537) › § 8537 - Regulations and quorum

Each community board shall approve the bylaws that are necessary for its operation. For the purposes of their meetings, a majority of the members of each of the boards shall constitute quorum and all agreements shall be taken by a majority thereof.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 16, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 92 - Government Services User Information and Education (§§ 8571 — 8573) › § 8571 - Public policy

It shall be the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that the public agencies and corporations that render basic services to the citizenry institute information and education programs concerning improvement plans and projects so as to avoid dislocations or causing major problems to the citizenry.
History —July 2, 2002, No. 98, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 92 - Government Services User Information and Education (§§ 8571 — 8573) › § 8572 - Agencies and entities subject to this chapter

The following agencies and corporations shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter: the Electric Power Authority; the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority; the Metropolitan Bus Authority; and the Department of Transportation and Public Works.
History —July 2, 2002, No. 98, § 3.