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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 33 - Fire Safety Measures (§§ 341 — 341j) › § 341e - Regulations

The Permit Management Office shall adopt regulations to enforce the provisions of §§ 341a—341d of this title within one hundred and twenty (120) days following the date of approval of this act. The Permit Management Office shall establish a limited but reasonable period of time in order to enable buildings presently in use, or occupied, to comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. This term shall not exceed four (4) years from the date of approval of the necessary regulations.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 73, p. 232, § 6, renumbered as § 7 on July 22, 1988, No. 127, p. 526, § 8; May 15, 1995, No. 39, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 33 - Fire Safety Measures (§§ 341 — 341j) › § 341f - Building regulations

In accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the Permit Management Office shall review and modify the Building Regulations approved by §§ 43 et seq. of Title 23, to provide adequate fire safety in new buildings. Nothing provided herein shall prevent the Permit Management Office, in present and subsequent reviews, to establish in the Building Regulations that additional fire safety and protection mechanisms not contemplated in the present chapter be incorporated in new buildings.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 73, p. 232, § 7, renumbered as § 8 and amended on July 22, 1988, No. 127, p. 526, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 33 - Fire Safety Measures (§§ 341 — 341j) › § 341g - Modifications

Any person obliged to comply with the requirements established by this chapter may request a modification thereof from the Permit Management Office. The Permit Management Office may authorize modifications only in those cases where it is shown that the existing installations, or other alternate methods, installed or provided in the buildings or their areas, substantially comply with the purposes of this chapter and the applicable regulations. Every petition for modification must be resolved within ninety (90) days following the date of its presentation.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 73, p. 232, § 8, renumbered as § 9 on July 22, 1988, No. 127, p. 526, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 33 - Fire Safety Measures (§§ 341 — 341j) › § 341h - Fire Prevention Regulations, revision

The Fire Service of Puerto Rico shall revise and modify the Fire Prevention Regulations pursuant to the powers granted by Act May 9, 1942, No. 158, as amended, in order to adapt them to the provisions of this chapter.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 73, p. 232, § 9, renumbered as § 10 on July 22, 1988, No. 127, p. 526, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 33 - Fire Safety Measures (§§ 341 — 341j) › § 341i - Penalties

Any natural or juridical person who violates the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted by virtue thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for a term no greater than six (6) months, or both penalties at the discretion of the court. Each day in which the same violation is incurred shall be deemed as a distinct and separate violation.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 73, p. 232, § 10, renumbered as § 11 on July 22, 1988, No. 127, p. 526, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 33 - Fire Safety Measures (§§ 341 — 341j) › § 341j - Administrative orders and remedies

In addition to the penalties established in § 341i of this title, the owners or operators of the buildings covered by its provisions shall be subject to those orders and remedies dictated by the Chief of the Fire Service of Puerto Rico in accordance with the powers granted to him by Act May 9, 1942, No. 158, as amended.
History —July 2, 1987, No. 73, p. 232, § 11, renumbered as § 12 on July 22, 1988, No. 127, p. 526, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 34 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Measuring Act (§§ 342 — 342h) › § 342 - Definitions

The following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Agent.— Any person authorized by the Department of the Treasury of Puerto Rico to acquire and fix stamps on cigarette packs.
(b) Cigarette.— Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco; or any roll of tobacco wrapped in any paper or any substance containing tobacco that, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging or labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette, as provided in the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, 26 U.S.C. 5702(b) and in the “Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act,” 15 U.S.C. 1332(1). Handmade artisan cigarettes, as defined by the Secretary of the Treasury through regulations, are hereby excluded.
(c) Retail dealer.— Any natural or juridical person other than a manufacturer or a wholesaler engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes or tobacco products.
(d) Distributor.— Any natural or juridical person that imports tobacco products for distribution and marketing in Puerto Rico and for which that individual or entity must meet the requirements of this chapter.
(e) Manufacturer.— Any entity that manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes, or that has cigarettes manufactured or produced that the manufacturer intends to be sold in Puerto Rico.
(f) Wholesale dealer.— Any natural or juridical person other than a manufacturer that sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or other persons for resale purposes, and any natural or juridical person that owns, operates, or maintains one or more tobacco product vending machines in, at, or upon premises owned or occupied by any other person.
(g) Quality Control and Quality Assurance Program.— Laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing. The program shall ensure that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values, as established in subsection (a)(6) of § 342a of this title, for all the tests trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this chapter.
(h) Repeatability.— The range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory shall fall 95% of the time.
(i) Sale.— Any transfer of title or possession or both, exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner, or by any means or agreement therefor. In addition to cash and credit sales, the giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes, or gifts, and the exchanging of cigarettes for any consideration other than money, shall be considered sales.
History —June 16, 2012, No. 119, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 34 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Measuring Act (§§ 342 — 342h) › § 342b - Certification and product changes

(a) Each manufacturer shall submit to the Fire Chief of the Firefighters Corps of Puerto Rico a written certification attesting that:
(1) Each type of cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in accordance with § 342a of this title, and
(2) each type of cigarette listed in the certification meets the performance standards set forth in § 342a of this title.
(b) Each cigarette listed in the certification shall be described with the following information:
(1) Brand, or trade name on the package;
(2) style;
(3) length in millimeters;
(4) circumference in millimeters;
(5) flavor;
(6) filter or nonfilter;
(7) package description;
(8) markings, in accordance with § 342c of this title;
(9) the name, address, and telephone number of the laboratory if different than the manufacturer that conducted the test, and
(10) the date the testing occurred.
(c) The Fire Chief shall make the certifications available to the Secretary of Justice for the purposes set forth herein and to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this chapter.
(d) Each type of cigarette certified under this chapter shall be recertified every three (3) years, except as provided in subsection (f) of this section.
(e) The manufacturer shall pay the Fire Chief two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each certification issued. The Fire Chief is authorized to annually adjust this fee to ensure it defrays the actual costs of the processing, testing, enforcement, and oversight activities required by this chapter.
(f) If a manufacturer has certified a cigarette pursuant to this section and thereafter makes any modification to the cigarette that is likely to alter its compliance with the reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard required by this section, said cigarette shall not be sold or offered for sale in Puerto Rico until the manufacturer retests the cigarette in accordance with § 342a of this title. Any altered cigarette that fails to meet the performance standard set forth in this chapter may not be sold in Puerto Rico.
History —June 16, 2012, No. 119, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 34 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Measuring Act (§§ 342 — 342h) › § 342c - Marking of cigarette packaging

(a) Cigarettes that are certified by the manufacturer in accordance with § 342b of this title shall be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of § 342a of this title. The marking shall be in 8 point type or larger, and shall consist of the letters “FSC” (Fire Standard Compliant), which shall be printed, stamped, engraved, or embossed on the package near the UPC, or
(b) Manufacturers may only use one marking and shall apply this marking uniformly for all packages, including, but not limited to packs, cartons, cases, and brands marketed by that manufacturer.
(c) Manufacturers certifying cigarettes in accordance with § 342b of this title shall provide a copy of the certifications to the Fire Chief. Wholesale dealers, agents, and retail dealers shall allow the Fire Chief, the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Department of Justice, and their respective employees to inspect markings of cigarette packaging marked in accordance with this chapter.
History —June 16, 2012, No. 119, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 34 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Measuring Act (§§ 342 — 342h) › § 342d - Penalties

(a) Any manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent, or any other person or entity that knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes, other than through retail sale, in violation of § 342a of this title, shall be subject to a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each pack of such cigarettes sold or offered for sale. In no case shall the penalty exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(b) Any retail dealer that knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes in violation of § 342a of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each pack of such cigarettes sold or offered for sale. In no case shall the penalty exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(c) Any manufacturer, wholesale dealer, corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, limited partnership or association engaged in the manufacture of cigarettes that knowingly makes false certifications pursuant to § 342b of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each false certification.
History —June 16, 2012, No. 119, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 34 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Measuring Act (§§ 342 — 342h) › § 342e - Rulemaking authority

The Fire Chief of the Firefighters Corps of Puerto Rico shall approve regulations for the implementation of the provisions of this chapter, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”. The regulations to be promulgated shall meet the ASTM Standard E2187-04 and any revisions thereof. The regulations approved under this section shall take into consideration any similar regulations promulgated in the states and other territories of the United States of America as well as the interpretation thereof.
History —June 16, 2012, No. 119, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 34 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Measuring Act (§§ 342 — 342h) › § 342f - Inspections

(a) The Secretary of Justice, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police, and the Fire Chief, as well as their authorized representatives, officials, and agents are hereby authorized to examine and inspect the books, documents, invoices, the bills of lading regarding the import, distribution, and sale of cigarettes, as well as the premises, warehouses, vehicles, and other places where cigarettes are received, stored, transported, and distributed to ascertain compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations approved thereunder.
(b) When an official or agent of the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, the Puerto Rico Police, or the Firefighters Corps finds cigarettes for which the certification required by § 342b of this title has not been issued, or (ii) which have not been marked as required by § 342c of this title, said official and/or agent shall be authorized and empowered to seize and take possession of said cigarettes. The cigarettes seized pursuant to this section must be destroyed, provided that prior to the destruction of any cigarettes seized pursuant to these provisions, the holder of the trademark rights in the cigarette brand shall be permitted to inspect the cigarettes.
History —June 16, 2012, No. 119, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 34 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Measuring Act (§§ 342 — 342h) › § 342g - Sale outside of Puerto Rico

Nothing set forth in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a person from selling or offering to sell cigarettes that do not comply with the provisions of this chapter, outside the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, if the cigarettes are or shall be stamped for sale in any state of the United States of America, or are packaged for sale outside the United States and such person has taken reasonable steps to ensure that said cigarettes shall not be sold or offered for sale to persons located in Puerto Rico.
History —June 16, 2012, No. 119, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART III - Fire Protection (§§ 311-322 — 342h) › Chapter 34 - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Measuring Act (§§ 342 — 342h) › § 342h - Federal preemption

This chapter shall be repealed if a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard is adopted and becomes effective.
History —June 16, 2012, No. 119, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 378 - Disability annuity

Every employee who, as the result of a disability under the circumstances described in § 377 of this title, is prevented from fulfilling the duties of his/her office, or from working in another job at the service of the employer, which in the judgment of the employer, he/she cannot conveniently perform, shall have the right to receive a disability pension which shall be equal to the salary rate received on the date of severance. If the employee entered the System after the 1st of April, 1990, for the first time, he/she shall be entitled to receive a disability pension equal to eighty percent (80%) of the salary received on the date of severance. When the nature of the disability allows the employee to be reassigned to a job in the service of the employer with a salary lower than what he/she was receiving, the pension to which he/she shall be entitled shall be equal to the difference between the salary of his position and that of the job to which he/she is reassigned.
The above shall not prevent that the beneficiaries of disability pensions may generate additional income by performing other low-risk duties or functions, in which his/her disability does not constitute an obstacle for their performance.
The disability retirement of the employee shall occur at his/her request or that of his/her authorized representative, or by petition of the corresponding nominating authority.
If the employee dies while enjoying his/her disability pension, as a result of the condition for which it was granted, his/her beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive a pension equal to the salary of the employee when the disability occurred, and under the same terms that govern the death benefits subsequently established in this chapter. If the employee entered the Retirement System for the first time after April 1, 1990, his/her beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive a pension equal to eighty percent (80%) of the salary of the employee when the disability occurred.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, § 3; Feb. 16, 1990, No. 1, p. 3, § 25; July 30, 1999, No. 174, § 3; Sept. 2, 2000, No. 332, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 378a - Periodic increase in pensions

As of July 1, 1996, and subsequently every three (3) years, a three-percent (3%) adjustment shall be made to all annuities paid under this chapter, which are effective as of July 1 of the year in which the increase is granted, and which have been received for at least three (3) years before the date of the increase. Any increase granted by law to benefit all the annuities paid under the provisions of §§ 761 et seq. of Title 3, for reason of age, years of service or disability shall also be granted to the participants covered by the provisions of this chapter as of the date of effectiveness of the same.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, added as § 3A on Aug. 13, 1996, No. 134, § 2; Feb. 15, 2008, No. 7, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 379 - Rules governing disability annuities

(a) An employee shall be deemed disabled:
(1) When evidence regarding the mental or physical disability of the employee is received from the physician designated by the administrator.
(2) When the disability arises as a result of the provisions of § 377 of this title.
(3) When, in the judgment of the Administrator, such disability prevents the employee from conveniently performing the duties of his office or of any other job that is assigned in the service of the employer with a salary that is at least equal to that which he receives, or when as a result of such disability he is reassigned to a job with a salary below that which he receives.
(b) He shall be entitled to this annuity, provided that:
(1) The disability is compensable according to the provisions of §§ 1 et seq. of Title 11.
(2) The disability is certified with sufficient medical evidence and in accordance with the regularly accepted criteria in the field of disability compensation, fixed by the Administrator through regulations. The Administrator may send the employee for an additional evaluation by one or more physicians that the former may designate.
The Administrator of the Commonwealth State Insurance Fund shall put at the disposal of the Administrator of the Retirement System, at his request, the medical reports of examinations performed on the employee, and any other document related to the work accident that motivates the claim for disability pension or death benefits.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, § 4; Feb. 16, 1990, No. 1, p. 3, § 26; July 30, 1999, No. 174, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 380 - Death benefits—Generally

Upon the death of an employee under the terms provided in § 377 of this title, the beneficiaries shall receive an annuity equal to the remuneration he was receiving at the time of death, according to the following distribution: fifty percent (50%) for the surviving spouse, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) divided in equal parts among the remaining beneficiaries. If upon his death the employee has no surviving spouse, or if the death of said surviving spouse should occur while he is enjoying the annuity, the share corresponding to the surviving spouse shall be distributed equally among the other beneficiaries. If the death of any other beneficiary should occur while enjoying his annuity, his share shall be distributed equally among the other beneficiaries. Notwithstanding the above, when there is only one beneficiary, he/she shall be entitled to the full amount of the annuity.
In those cases of employees who at the time of their death are not members of one of the retirement systems maintained by the employer for his employees, and who have no surviving beneficiaries, a lump sum death payment shall be made in cash to the person or persons designated by the employee, on a written duly recognized order filed with the Administrator, or to his heirs, if there is no such designation. This death payment shall be equal to two thousand dollars ($ 2,000) or to the annual compensation of the employee at the time of his death, whichever is greater. Said payment shall be distributed according to the proportion established by the employee on the written order filed with the Administrator, or in lieu of a written order, in the proportion established by law.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, § 5; Feb. 16, 1990, No. 1, p. 3, § 27; July 30, 1999, No. 174, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 380a - Death benefits—Line of duty

In addition to the death benefits previously mentioned in this chapter, when a Puerto Rico Police Officer dies in the line of duty within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and he/she has a mortgage on his/her main residence that has been executed with the only purpose of buying, crediting, or paying off the debt on said property, his/her widow/widower or dependent children, or in the event that the police officer dies without a surviving spouse or children, his/her parents or, in its default, his/her grandparents, may receive a payment of up to sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to cover the payment of said mortgage. Said payment shall be made on behalf of the financial institution that holds said mortgage. Even if the mortgage of the main residence of the family unit, at the time of the death, is not in the name of the police officer fallen in the line of duty, the Police Superintendent shall grant this benefit.
It shall be the duty of the Police Superintendent to establish the regulations and forms needed for the implementation of this section.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, added as § 5.1 on Dec. 3, 2003, No. 296, § 1; Dec. 26, 2007, No. 212, § 1; Feb. 24, 2011, No. 20, § 1, retroactive to July 1, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 380b - Death benefit—Special fund; creation

A fund is hereby created in the books of the Department of the Treasury of Puerto Rico, to be denominated “Special Benefit Fund for Death in the Line of Duty”, attached to the Department of the Treasury and without a specific fiscal year. The accounting of the financial resources contributed to the Fund shall be separate from any other funds under the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Fund created by virtue of this section shall be administered by the Department of the Treasury, with the purpose of ensuring the payment of the benefit created by § 380a of this title. It shall be the duty of the Puerto Rico Police Superintendent to notify the Secretary of the Treasury of the beneficiaries that meet the requirements imposed by §§ 376–387 of this title or by regulations created to this effect and the amount to be granted for the Secretary of the Treasury to make the disbursement of said payment.
The financial resources or assets of the Fund shall be used solely and exclusively in activities and commitments, pursuant to the purposes established in §§ 376–387 of this title. The Secretary of the Treasury shall be responsible for submitting a written report to the Ways and Means Committees of the Legislature and to the Governor, on or before March 25 of each year, itemizing the use of the funds provided for by §§ 376–387 of this title.
The Department of the Treasury shall make all provisions and take all measures necessary to ensure the strict compliance [with] this chapter and the Department of the Treasury is authorized to issue the regulations, forms and orders needed for the proper administration of the Fund pursuant to the provisions of §§ 376–387 of this title.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, added as § 5.2 on Dec. 3, 2003, No. 296, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 381 - Rules governing death benefits

In all cases of beneficiaries who are minors or physically or mentally incapacitated, the payment of the death benefits provided in § 380 of this title shall be made through the person under whose custody they are. In all cases of persons who have been deprived of their civil rights, such payments shall be made through the guardian who for the purpose may have been appointed by the proper court.
Whenever a person loses his status of beneficiary for any of the causes provided in §§ 376–387 of this title, except death, the payment of his share of the annuity shall be discontinued.
Upon the death of an employee who is receiving a disability annuity under §§ 376–387 of this title, if the cause of his death bears no relation to the condition for which the annuity was granted to him, there shall be paid to the beneficiaries, in the proportion established in § 380 of this title, or in default of any beneficiary, to the person or persons nominated by the employee in a written order filed with the Administrator, or to his lawful heirs if there is no such written order, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200), or the excess, if any, of the accumulated contributions of the employee in the retirement system of which he was a member on the date of his disability retirement over the retirement annuity payments received by him, whichever amount is higher. The benefits directed in this paragraph shall be paid from its own funds by the retirement system of which the employee was a member at the time of his disability retirement.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, § 6, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 382 - Regulations and reports; review of controversies

The Administrator shall prepare and promulgate the necessary regulations to put into effect the provisions of §§ 376–387 of this title. At the request of the Administrator the pertinent appointing authorities shall submit such reports as he may deem necessary concerning the facts which may give rise to claims under said sections.
The Board of Trustees of the Employees’ Retirement System of the Government of Puerto Rico and its Instrumentalities is hereby empowered to investigate and resolve on appeal, at the request of a party, all controversies arising in relation to §§ 376–387 of this title between any person and the Administrator.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, § 7, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 383 - Exemptions for annuities; retention for application to loans

The annuities granted by §§ 376–387 of this title shall be exempt from attachment or execution and from the payment of income tax. A part of such annuities may, however, be withheld by the Secretary of the Treasury to be applied toward the payment of any loan obtained by the employee from any fund, association, public enterprise or any other loan agency created by the employer for the purpose of granting loans to its employees. The sum so withheld cannot be greater than the sum agreed upon between the employee and the entity granting him the loan.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, § 8, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 384 - Payments as additional to workmen’s compensation; incompatibility with other benefits; determination of pending claims

The payments provided by §§ 376–387 of this title shall be in addition to any compensation accruing under the Compensation System for Work-Related Accidents Act, §§ 1 et seq. of Title 11.
The disability annuities and death benefits granted by §§ 376–387 of this title shall be incompatible with all other death benefits or annuities provided by the pension funds in force, or which may hereafter be created for the employees of the Government of Puerto Rico, and with all other similar benefits provided by law chargeable to public funds.
All annuity claims under Act No. 189 of May 2, 1951, that may have been submitted to the pertinent appointing authorities and may be pending resolution on July 1, 1958 shall be referred by said appointing authorities to the Administrator, who shall take with respect thereto whatever action may be pertinent pursuant to §§ 376–387 of this title.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, § 9, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 385 - Judicial proceedings; certificates of registries, offices, etc.; fees

The judicial proceedings which in the judgment of the Administrator or of the Board are necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of §§ 376–387 of this title shall be prosecuted by the Department of Justice, free from the payment of dues and fees. All registries, offices or official centers of the Government of Puerto Rico shall render the services and issue the certificates required therefrom by the Administrator in the administration of said section, free from the payment of any fees prescribed by law.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, § 10, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 386 - Appropriations and funds

The necessary sums for the enforcement of the provisions of §§ 376–387 of this title and the administration thereof shall be included in the Government Operating Budget Act. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to place at the disposal of the Administrator, from any available funds in the Treasury of Puerto Rico not otherwise appropriated, the necessary sums when those set forth in the Budget Act for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter may be insufficient. These sums, plus such appropriations as on July 1, 1958 may appear in the Budget Act for the payment of annuities granted under the provisions of Act No. 189 of May 2, 1951, shall be covered into the funds of the Employees’ Retirement System of the Government of Puerto Rico and its Instrumentalities.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, § 11, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 41 - Pensions for Disability or Death in Line of Duty (§§ 361-374 — 387) › § 387 - Construction with 1951 law

The annuities already granted pursuant to Act No. 189, approved May 2, 1951, as of July 1, 1958, shall continue in force and shall be paid, on and after said date, by the Employees’ Retirement System of the Government of Puerto Rico and its Instrumentalities pursuant to the provisions of said act. Notwithstanding this provision, the disability annuities under said act shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 376–387 of this title.
History —June 27, 1958, No. 127, p. 300, § 12, eff. July 1, 1958.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 391 - Beneficiaries

On the death of a member of the Police Force of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico while receiving a pension from the Employees Retirement System of the Commonwealth Government of Puerto Rico and its Instrumentalities, or from any other system or government pension act applicable to members of the Police of Puerto Rico, the beneficiaries designated by him to such effects or his heirs, including the surviving spouse, shall be entitled to a pension to be determined in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
The above-mentioned beneficiaries shall not be entitled to a pension, if the member of the Police Force, as participant of the Employees Retirement System of the Commonwealth Government of Puerto Rico, is covered by Title II of the Federal Social Security Act.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 169, p. 610, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 392 - Amount of the pension

If the member of the police force at the time of his/her death left only one (1) beneficiary, said person shall receive sixty percent (60%) of the pension received by the deceased member of the Police. If there were more than one (1) beneficiary, the latter shall jointly receive sixty percent (60%) of the pension received by the deceased member of the Police Force. In absence of designation of beneficiaries, the heirs shall receive in equal parts and jointly sixty percent (60%) of said pension.
When it is determined that the minor children beneficiaries of this pension cannot continue enjoying the same, because they have attained their legal age, are not disabled, or not pursuing studies in a higher education institution, as provided in § 395 of this title, or when the minor dies before attaining legal age, the percentage received by the latter shall be adjudicated and the amount received by the surviving spouse shall be increased, subject to the provisions of § 397 of this title.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 169, p. 610, § 2; Dec. 29, 2009, No. 211, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 393 - Distribution by Administrator of the System

The Administrator of the Employees Retirement System of the Commonwealth Government of Puerto Rico and its Instrumentalities shall distribute the pension among the beneficiaries or heirs in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 169, p. 610, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 394 - Minors and handicapped persons

In cases of minors or mentally handicapped persons, the pension corresponding to them may be delivered to their father or mother, as the case may be, or to any other person that the Court of First Instance may designate, in view of the welfare of said minors or mentally handicapped persons.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 169, p. 610, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 395 - Suspension of pension upon attaining age of 18 or 25 years; handicapped

Payments of pensions shall be suspended to the children of the deceased member of the Police Force upon their attaining the age of eighteen (18) years, except if they are persons permanently disabled for work by reason of their mental conditions or physical handicaps or until the age of twenty-five (25) years if they are pursuing studies.
Such studies shall be pursued in an institution recognized by the Higher Education Council of Puerto Rico or by the Department of Education, as the case may be.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 169, p. 610, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 396 - Rules and regulations

The Administrator of the Employees Retirement System of the Commonwealth Government of Puerto Rico and its Instrumentalities, shall have power, to promulgate, upon the previous holding of public hearings, such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 169, p. 610, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 397 - Suspension of pension upon marriage of widow or widower

Right to pension of widow or widower shall cease should the latter contract marriage.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 169, p. 610, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 398 - Reconsideration and appeal

Any beneficiary or heir of the deceased member of the Police Force who does not accept the determination made by the Administrator of the Employees Retirement System of the Commonwealth Government and its Instrumentalities, with regard to his request for the payment of benefits, may request the reconsideration of same within the term of thirty (30) days after having been notified of the decision of the Administrator.
If the reconsideration is not requested or should the latter be adverse, the claimant may appeal to the Board of Trustees of the Retirement System within the thirty (30) days following the date on which the initial decision of the Administrator became final, or of having been notified of the final decision in reconsideration.
If the appeal before the Board of Trustees is adverse to said claimant, the latter may resort to the Court of First Instance with a petition of revision of the decision of the Board of Trustees, within thirty (30) days after notice of same has been served.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 169, p. 610, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 399 - Right to other pensions

In case the beneficiaries or heirs of pensioned policemen are entitled to receive, under any laws in force, a pension higher than that one provided by reason of the death of said officer, the highest pension shall be paid.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 169, p. 610, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 400 - Exemption from attachment or execution

The pensions granted under this chapter shall be exempt from attachment or execution.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 169, p. 610, § 12.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 401 - Death for cause not related to service

(a) Upon the death of an active member of the Police of Puerto Rico for causes not related with the service, his widow and minor or mentally or physically disabled children shall be entitled to receive a pension of not less than one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) a month from the Public Employees Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Said pension shall be computed on the basis of the contributions made by the deceased participant to the Retirement System.
(c) If in the future said beneficiaries receive any other type of pension from the Federal Social Security or any other source in an amount equal or higher than the one they receive, then the latter shall be abolished.
(d) If the pension from the other source is lower than the one received, then the Administrator of the Retirement System shall pay the beneficiaries the difference between one and the other.
History —Feb. 18, 1976, No. 8, p. 19.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 1 - Generally (§§ 1 — 1973) › PART IV - Retirement and Relief (§§ 361-374 — 406) › Chapter 43 - Pension to Beneficiaries or Heirs of Pensioned Members of the Police Force (§§ 391 — 402) › § 402 - Indemnity for death in the performance of duty

Should a member of the Puerto Rico Police lose his/her life in the performance of his/her duty or as a result thereof, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be obliged to pay a sum equal to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) as indemnity for the death of such officer to the surviving spouse and to his/her children who are minors or who are full-time students or are disabled. Should both concur, each party shall be awarded fifty percent (50%). Should there be no surviving spouse, one hundred percent (100%) shall correspond to the minor children, full-time students or disabled. In absence thereof, one hundred percent (100%) shall correspond to the surviving spouse. Should there be none of these parties, the sum shall then be awarded to the dependent parents of the originator. For the purposes of this section, the surviving spouse shall be understood to be the person married to the originator at the time his/her demise occurs.
The Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police shall determine through regulations, in a term of sixty (60) days, when a police officer has lost his/her life in the performance of his/her duty or as a consequence thereof.
History —Mar. 11, 1915, No. 14, p. 44, § 1; Mar. 10, 1976, No. 11, p. 25, § 2; June 19, 1978, No. 8, p. 382, § 1; July 30, 1982, No. 3, p. 199; Aug. 6, 1993, No. 65, § 1; June 28, 1994, No. 34, § 1; Mar. 27, 2004, No. 86, § 1.