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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART II - Services Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 3001 — 3017) › Chapter 221 - Legal Services for National Guard Members (§§ 3001 — 3004) › § 3001 - Criminal prosecution

In the event any member of the National Guard of Puerto Rico, while in any jurisdiction outside Puerto Rico, was charged with committing a punishable offense in that jurisdiction, the Adjutant General of Puerto Rico shall study the circumstances in which the acts occurred, and if he determines that these acts were committed by the defendant while performing his duties, while in training, or [while] executing any service as a member of said military organization outside the territorial area of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, he shall request the Secretary of Justice to provide the defendant with the services of a lawyer to assist him during the process.
History —June 4, 1978, No. 29, p. 122, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART II - Services Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 3001 — 3017) › Chapter 221 - Legal Services for National Guard Members (§§ 3001 — 3004) › § 3002 - Civil actions

When a member of the National Guard of Puerto Rico, outside the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, is sued in any civil action that arises as a result of his obligations, or of any incident that originates while acting in his official capacity as such, or acting within the range of his duties or training, outside Puerto Rico, if the Adjutant General so determines it, the Secretary of Justice, at the request of the Adjutant General, shall provide the member of the National Guard with the services of a lawyer to assist him during the proceedings.
History —June 4, 1978, No. 29, p. 122, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART II - Services Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 3001 — 3017) › Chapter 221 - Legal Services for National Guard Members (§§ 3001 — 3004) › § 3003 - Contracting of lawyers

The Secretary of Justice is authorized to contract the services of lawyers outside the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, at the expense of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to furnish the services provided in §§ 3001—3004 of this title.
History —June 4, 1978, No. 29, p. 122, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART II - Services Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 3001 — 3017) › Chapter 221 - Legal Services for National Guard Members (§§ 3001 — 3004) › § 3004 - Information, regulations

The information to be submitted by the member of the National Guard that requests the services of a lawyer, as well as the term [during which] to furnish said information, will be established by regulations with the purpose that all civil or criminal [procedures] be uniformly decided.
History —June 4, 1978, No. 29, p. 122, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART II - Services Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 3001 — 3017) › Chapter 222 - Professional Combatant Act (§§ 3011 — 3017) › § 3012 - Exemption from payment of membership fees

(a) All personnel member of the Uniformed Services, as well as the civilian employees of the Corps of Engineers, the National Disaster Medical System or members of the State Guard who practice a profession or occupation in Puerto Rico that requires a license issued by the competent authority, whose professional association membership is mandatory, or that requires the filling of a periodical form or report, and is mobilized inside or outside of Puerto Rico and is activated to attend extraordinary contingencies such as: emergency disaster management; state and domestic or international national security emergency; peacekeeping and stabilization missions; humanitarian missions, or as a part of the war effort held in one or more theaters of operations, shall be exempted from the payment of professional association membership fees during the period of activation, and no penalty whatsoever shall apply for failure to pay said fees.
Likewise, no penalty whatsoever may be imposed for the late filing of reports or documents necessary to renew their licenses with the corresponding Board of Examiners or the Professional Association, provided that the reason for exemption is presented before the corresponding Board of Examiners or the Professional Association not later than sixty (60) days after their military order expires.
(b) Any member of a professional association listed in subsection (a) of this section, upon their return to Puerto Rico, or termination of the state activation period, shall be entitled to an exemption equal to one third (⅓) of the total of their next professional association membership fee.
(c) Any professional association member who is outside of Puerto Rico rendering regular services in the Active Forces in a scenario other than those listed in subsection (a) of this section, shall be exempted from the payment of one third (⅓) of the professional association membership fee in order to maintain in effect the certification to practice his/her profession in Puerto Rico.
History —Jan. 20, 2010, No. 8, §§ 3—5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART II - Services Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 3001 — 3017) › Chapter 222 - Professional Combatant Act (§§ 3011 — 3017) › § 3013 - Exemption from compliance with continuing education requirements

Every professional association member who is also a member of the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces and of the Active Forces in regular active service outside of Puerto Rico for more than one year, shall be exempted from complying with continuing education requirements during said period of active service. Likewise, every professional association member of the State Guard in active state service shall be exempted from compliance with continuing education requirements during said period. When compliance with a certain number of credits is required within a time span, the credits are to be scheduled by year, in order for the time the professional was in active service not to count.
History —Jan. 20, 2010, No. 8, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART II - Services Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 3001 — 3017) › Chapter 222 - Professional Combatant Act (§§ 3011 — 3017) › § 3014 - Evidence of service

The joint presentation of the following documents in original form shall constitute evidence of service:
(1) Military identification.
(2) Document awarding any decoration or any order delivered, if applicable, for having rendered such service or for having been in active service during the concerning dates.
(3) Form DD-214 (Department of Defense Form 214) or the NG-22 (National Guard Form 22).
(4) Commander’s Verification of Deployment.
(5) Official Personnel Orders.
(6) Permanent Change of Station Orders (PCS Orders).
A letter of recommendation certified by the components and corps included in subsections (a), (f), (g) and (l) of § 3011 of this title, attesting to the fact that the service member has met the requirements to avail him/herself of the provisions of any of the sections of this chapter shall also be admissible as evidence of eligibility.
History —Jan. 20, 2010, No. 8, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART II - Services Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 3001 — 3017) › Chapter 222 - Professional Combatant Act (§§ 3011 — 3017) › § 3015 - Regulation

To expedite the implementation of this chapter, all professional associations duly organized in Puerto Rico whose membership is mandatory to practice a profession or trade and which entails the payment of mandatory membership fees, or the obligation to fill certain forms, or file reports or meet the requirement of a certain number of credits within a specific time span, are hereby authorized to adopt any regulations that are necessary to grant the benefits provided herein and to inform the citizenry on the availability of said benefits. Likewise, every Board of Examiners or Professional Association of a regulated profession or trade shall adopt the necessary regulations for the exemptions provided in this chapter to be taken into account during license renewal or continuing education requirement processes, as provided for their profession or trade.
History —Jan. 20, 2010, No. 8, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART II - Services Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 3001 — 3017) › Chapter 222 - Professional Combatant Act (§§ 3011 — 3017) › § 3016 - Penalties

Any natural or juridical person who intentionally violates or otherwise denies or hinders the enjoyment of any of the benefits granted by this chapter shall incur an offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished with a fine that shall not be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The ruling of the court shall further provide for the benefits of this chapter to be granted to the professional association member without delay. The natural or juridical persons from both the private or public sector who hinder or act in such a way so as to affect the rights of the beneficiaries of this chapter shall be held liable for damages caused, including the payment of attorney fees and, at the discretion of the court, a restitution of up to three times the damages caused may be imposed.
History —Jan. 20, 2010, No. 8, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART II - Services Outside Puerto Rico (§§ 3001 — 3017) › Chapter 222 - Professional Combatant Act (§§ 3011 — 3017) › § 3017 - Exemption from provisions of Uniform Administrative Procedures Act

The Board of Examiners are hereby exempted from the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”, regarding the terms to draft the regulations necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
History —Jan. 20, 2010, No. 8, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051 - Definitions

The following terms shall have the meaning expressed below, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise and the words used in singular shall include the plural and vice-versa:
(a) Federal agency.— The United States of America, its President, any of the department of the Executive Branch of the Government of the United States of America or any corporation, agency or instrumentality created or that may be created, designated or established by the United States of America.
(b) Authority.— The Authority for the Redevelopment of the Land and the Facilities of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, created by this chapter.
(c) Bonds.— The bonds, temporary bonds, refinancing bonds, provisional bonds, notes, promissory notes, receipts, certificates and any other evidence of debt of the Authority issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(d) Executive Director.— The Executive Director of the Authority for the Redevelopment of the Land and the Facilities of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station.
(e) Contracted entity.— The natural or juridical, private or public person, or a consortium of these, chosen by the Authority to study and plan the redevelopment of the facilities and land of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station.
(f) Board or Board of Directors.— The Board of Directors of the Authority.
(g) Person.— Any natural or juridical person, including but not limited to, any government agency or instrumentality or any individual, firm, partnership, society, stock company, public or private association or corporation, organized or existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States of America, any of its states or of any foreign country any federal agency or any combination of the above.
(h) Property.— Any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible.
(i) Naval station.— The land and facilities located in the Municipality of Ceiba and Naguabo that comprise the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station.
(j) Bondholder.— Any person who bears any outstanding bonds, registered in his/her name or not registered, or the owner, according to the registry of any outstanding bonds which to date is registered in the name of a person other than the bearer.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051a - Creation

A public corporation and government instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby created that shall constitute an independent corporate and political body named the Authority for the Redevelopment of the Land and the Facilities of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051c - Executive Director—Powers, duties and functions

The Authority shall operate under the direction of an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the Board and who shall exercise his/her office at the will of the latter. Regardless of the existence of other legal restrictions, the Board may contract the Executive Director through a professional services contract of up to two (2) years duration. Regardless of the manner in which the Executive Director is contracted, the latter shall be bound to comply with the provisions of §§ 1801 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Ethics in Government Act”. Without it constituting a limitation, his/her functions shall be the following:
(a) Be the main executive officer of the Authority;
(b) draft and present to the Board the work plan and the annual budget of the Authority;
(c) supervise, oversee and audit compliance by the contracted entity of its obligations under its contract with the Authority;
(d) authorize and supervise any other contract needed for the proper operations of the Authority subject to the norms established by the Board;
(e) attend all meetings of the Board, but without being entitled to vote;
(f) establish, organize, direct and supervise the administrative structure of the Authority;
(g) establish the achievement levels of the operations of the Authority, including the power to recruit and contract any of the officials or employees under his/her supervision, subject to the norms established by the Board;
(h) direct the preparation of the short and long term plans of the Authority for contracting and for the development of personnel, of the operations, administrative controls, marketing strategies and all other functions needed to ensure the success of the Authority in the effective and efficient achievement of its objectives, and
(i) carry out any other functions assigned by the Board.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051e - Officers and employees

(a) The personnel of the Authority shall be excluded from Act Number 5 of October 14, 1975, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”. The appointments, separations, promotions, transfers, discharges, repositions, suspensions, leaves and changes in category, compensation or title of the officers and employees of the Authority shall be made and be allowed as provided by the norms and regulations prescribed by the Board and they shall be made pursuant to the merit principles established in the Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act.
(b) The Executive Director and the officers and employees of the Authority shall be entitled to the reimbursement of the necessary travel expenses or to the corresponding per diems, as authorized or approved according to the regulations adopted by the Board for the Authority.
(c) Before the nine (9) months of effectiveness of this act have elapsed the Authority must submit a report to the Governor and to the Legislature recommending whether it may be necessary to extend the effectiveness of the Authority for over the ten (10) years provided by this chapter or whether the Authority shall be able to achieve its goals within the time provided in this chapter.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051f - Monies and accounts

(a) All monies of the Authority shall be deposited in the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico or in depositories qualified for receiving funds of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, but they shall be maintained in a separate account or in separate accounts in the name of the Authority. Disbursements shall be made by the Authority according to the regulations and budgets approved by the Board.
(b) The Authority shall be exempt from the provisions of §§ 283—283p of Title 3, known as the “Government of Puerto Rico Accounting Act”. The Authority, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall establish the accounting system required to maintain the proper controls and statistical registers of all expenses and revenues of or administered or controlled by the Authority. The accounts of the Authority shall be kept so that they may be properly segregated as far as it would be advisable in relation to the various types of operations, projects and activities of the Authority.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051h - Transfer of property

Any contrary provision of law notwithstanding, including the Autonomous Municipalities Act, §§ 4001 et seq. of Title 21, and the autonomous subdivisions of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to assign and transfer or lease to the Authority, at its request, any property or interest thereon (including properties already devoted to public use) concession or franchise the Authority may deem necessary or convenient to achieve its purposes. The Municipalities of Ceiba and Naguabo shall be bound to negotiate in good faith with the Authority the terms under which any property, facility, concession, franchise or right belonging to the municipality that would be necessary or convenient for the redevelopment of the land and facilities of the Naval Station are to be granted through lease or sub-concession. None of the provisions of this section shall be understood to limit the powers of the Authority to acquire said properties or rights.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051l - Tax exemption

(a) It is hereby resolved and declared that the purpose for which the Authority is created and for which it shall exercise its powers is to promote the general welfare and foster commerce and prosperity, these being public ends to benefit the People of Puerto Rico. The Authority shall therefore be exempted from the payment of any income tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its municipalities on any of the properties acquired by it and under its power, dominion or possession, or on its activities for the construction, exploitation and conservation of any property or on the revenues derived from any of its activities.
(b) The Authority shall also be exempted from the payment of any type of fees, surtaxes and taxes required or that may be required by the laws for transacting judicial proceedings, for the issue of certifications from all offices and dependencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and for granting public documents and registering the same in any public register or registry in Puerto Rico.
(c) For the purpose of enabling the Authority to obtain the funds that will allow it to achieve its corporate purposes, the bonds issued by the Authority under this chapter, their transfer and the income that may be obtained therefrom, including any profits obtained from the sale of said bonds, shall be and shall remain at all times exempted from the payment of the income tax imposed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any of its municipalities.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051m - Agreements of the Government

The Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico hereby commits itself and agrees with any person who subscribes or acquires bonds of the Authority to not limit or restrict the rights or powers hereby conferred upon the Authority until said bonds, their date notwithstanding, together with the interest on the same, are totally paid and withdrawn. The Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico furthermore commits itself and agrees with any federal agency which, in case any federal agency builds, extends, improves or expands, or contributes with any funds for the construction, extension, improvement or expansion of any property of the Authority to not alter nor limit the rights or powers of the Authority in any manner whatsoever that may be incompatible with the continuous conservation and exploitation of said property or the extension, improvement or expansion of the same, or that may be incompatible with the proper execution of any agreements between the Authority and said federal agency; and the Authority shall continue to have and may exercise for as long as may be necessary or convenient for achieving the purposes of this chapter and for the purpose of any federal agency in building, extending, improving, expanding or contributing with the funds for building, extending, improving or expanding said property or part thereof, all the rights and powers conferred by this chapter.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051o - Remedies of the bondholders

(a) Any bondholder or his/her trustee, subject to any contractual limitations binding the bondholders of any bond issue or its trustees, including but not limited to the restriction of a specific portion or percentage of said bondholders to exercise any recourse, shall have the right and the power, for the equal benefit and protection of all bondholders that are in similar conditions to:
(1) Assert their rights against the Authority and its Board, officers, agents and employees so that they perform and fulfill their duties and obligations under this chapter, as well as its agreements and contracts with the bondholders through a mandamus or other complaint, action or procedure in law or equity;
(2) demand that the Board and the Authority take responsibility as if they were the trustees of an express trust through action or bill of equity;
(3) prohibit any acts or matters that might be unlawful or violate the rights of the bondholders through action or bill of equity, and
(4) file suits over any controversy that may arise related to the bonds.
(b) No recourse granted by this chapter to any bondholder or trustee thereof is meant to exclude any other recourse, but any of such recourses is accumulative and additional to all others and may be exercised without exhausting and without considering any other recourse granted by this chapter or by any other law. If any bondholder or trustee thereof fails to impugn any fault or violation of duties or contract, this would neither cover nor affect the faults or subsequent noncompliance with the duties or the contract nor impair any right or recourse over these. No delay or omission by any bondholder or trustee thereof, in exercising any right or power he/she may have in the case of any violation, shall impair said right or power nor shall it be understood as overlooking said fault or as being in accord with the same. Any substantive right and any recourse conferred upon bondholders may be enforced or be exercised periodically and as frequently as deemed convenient. In case any suit, action or procedure to enforce any right or to exercise any recourse were to be filed or initiated and then interrupted or abandoned or decided against the bondholder or any trustee thereof, then and in any of such cases the Authority and said bondholder or trustee thereof shall be reinstated to its former position, and its rights and recourses restored as if said suite, action or procedure had never been filed or initiated.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051p - Reports

The Authority shall submit to the Legislature and to the Governor, not later than ninety (90) days after receiving its audited financial statement for the preceding fiscal year the following:
(1) Its audited financial statement, and
(2) a full report of the transactions of the Authority during the preceding fiscal year and the status and progress of all its activities from the creation of the Authority or from the last of said reports.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 18.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051q - Distribution of funds to the General Fund

The Board of Directors of the Authority may from time to time distribute to the General Fund revenues of the Authority which in the judgment of the Board are not necessary to cover operating and maintenance expenses, the principal and interest on its obligations and the reserves for the payment of obligations and costs.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 20.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051r - Exemption

The Authority and the contracted entity are hereby exempted from §§ 1001 et seq. of Title 27, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Act”.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 21.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 2 - Military Matters (§§ 2001 — 3051s) › PART III - MILITARY FACILITIES (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › Chapter 231 - Roosevelt Roads Naval Station Facilities and Land Redevelopment Authority (§§ 3051 — 3051s) › § 3051s - Provisions in conflict rendered ineffective

In those cases in which the provisions of this chapter are in conflict with the provisions of any other law of the Legislature of Puerto Rico, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail unless the provisions of such other law specifically amend or repeal some or all the provisions of this chapter. Furthermore, unless otherwise strictly provided, no other law approved subsequently for regulating the administration of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any parts, offices, bureaus, departments, commission, dependencies, municipalities, branches, agents, officers or employees of the latter, shall be interpreted as applicable to the Authority although the matters and affairs of the Authority shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
History —Sept. 29, 2004, No. 508, § 22.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3102 - Creation and duties

A civil organization for public order to be known as the “Puerto Rico Police” is hereby created in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, whose duties shall be to protect persons and property, maintain and keep the public order, pursue and procure the most complete protection of the civil rights of the citizens, prevent, discover, investigate and persecute crime and, within the scope of its authority, enforce obedience of the laws and municipal ordinances and regulations promulgated thereunder. The members of the Police Force shall be included in the career service.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 3, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3103 - Direction and authority

The supreme authority in the direction of the Police shall be vested in the Governor of Puerto Rico, but the immediate administration and direction of the organization shall be delegated [to] a Superintendent.
The Governor shall appoint the Superintendent with the advice and consent of the Senate. Should a member of the Police be appointed to that office, that person shall retain all his/her rights and privileges as such, excluding the rank, while holding office as Superintendent. In the event a civilian is appointed to that office, that person shall be vested with all the rights and privileges of a member of the Force.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 4, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3106 - Associate Superintendent—Creation, authority, powers, duties

(a) The Superintendent shall appoint an Associate Police Superintendent, with the consent of the Governor, who under his/her direction, shall assist him/her in his/her administrative and operational duties. In the event the Superintendent should be absent or suffer from temporary disability, the Associate Superintendent shall substitute for the latter and exercise all his/her authority, powers and duties during said absence or disability. In the event of the death, resignation or removal from the Force of the Superintendent, the Associate Superintendent shall exercise all the authority, powers and duties of the former during said absence or disability. In the event of the death, resignation or removal from the Force of the Superintendent, the Associate Superintendent shall temporarily exercise all the powers of the Superintendent while said vacancy exists.
(b) The Associate Superintendent shall also be charge of all those matters entrusted to him/her by the Superintendent which will enable the discharge and performance of the duties inherent to his/her office, including those expressly entrusted to the Superintendent by law. He/she shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the Superintendent.
(c) The position of Associate Superintendent shall be classified under confidential service and the person appointed to said office shall hold said position at the discretion of the Superintendent. However, the person holding said position shall provide evidence of having obtained, at least, a master’s degree from a duly accredited university.
(d) In the event a member of the Force is appointed to that position, at the conclusion of said appointment, he/she shall turn to the corresponding permanent rank, the salary assigned to the aforesaid and shall receive the automatic salary increase if he/she has not reached the highest level in the salary schedule corresponding to the rank which he/she held prior to filling the confidential position.
(e) The Associate Superintendent may bear firearms for his/her personal protection and that of his/her family, even after ceased in said position and while demonstrably mentally and morally capable to do so.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 7; Oct. 7, 2009, No. 113, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3107 - [Auxiliary] Superintendents—Creation, attributes

The offices of [Auxiliary] Superintendents who shall answer directly to the Superintendent and hold said offices at his/her discretion, are hereby created. The [Auxiliary] Superintendents shall be in the Confidential Service and their salary shall be fixed by the Superintendent through regulations, taking into consideration the complexity of the particular [Auxiliary] Superintendent’s position assigned. The salary assigned to [Auxiliary] Superintendents shall never be equal to or higher than that received by the Associate Superintendent.
None of the provisions stated herein shall prevent the designation of members of the Force who hold it shall fully exercise the authority delegated by the Superintendent. Those members of the Force designated as [Auxiliary] Superintendents shall hold the rank of Colonel while performing as such. At the conclusion of said appointment, they shall return to their corresponding permanent rank, the salary assigned to it, and shall receive the automatic salary raise if they have not reached the highest level in the salary schedule corresponding to the rank which they held before holding the confidential position.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 8, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3113 - Supplementary payments

(a) The Superintendent shall establish, through regulations, the norms for granting supplementary payments. These payments shall not be subject to the limitations established in § 3112(4) of this title and shall only be paid when the employee is, in fact, performing the functions which provided the basis for granting said payment.
BASIS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT (1) For services in special assignments Up to three (3) steps (2) For services as motorcyclists Up to two (2) steps (3) For services which constitute extreme risk to the life of the member of the Force concerned Up to three (3) steps (4) For services as aircraft pilot and co-pilot Between $200 and $1,500 (5) For services as aircraft mechanic Between $150 and $500 (6) When due to the requirements of the service they must wear civilian clothes, for which they shall receive quarterly payments $200 per year
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 14, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3114a - Transfers

It shall be the public policy of the Puerto Rico Police, implemented through the sound discretion of the Superintendent, to rotate its members in order to train them in the various operating functions carried out by this agency.
The Superintendent shall have broad powers and discretion to consider and direct the transfer of any of the members of the force he/she deem[s] necessary for the best use and distribution of manpower.
Every transfer, except those carried out by request of the member of the Police force, shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the service.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, added as § 15A on Apr. 25, 2000, No. 71, § 1; Dec. 28, 2001, No. 185, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3115 - Increase in number of positions

When in the good of the service it should be necessary to increase the number of positions of the members of the Force or civilian employees, in a greater number than that authorized in the operating budget of the Police, the Superintendent shall file a petition justifying his/her request for the change to the Office of Management and Budget. Should said Office approve the petition, then the Superintendent shall proceed to process the change according to the norms established for such cases. No increase in the number of positions based on the elimination of others shall be authorized. Should it become necessary to make promotions as a result of the increase in the number of positions, they shall be made according to the provisions of §§ 3101 et seq. of this title.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 16, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3116 - Life insurance; payroll withholding

The Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico is hereby authorized to deduct from the salaries of the members of the Police the amount needed to pay the total cost of subscribing to a freely-selected life insurance plan. The withholding shall be made to those members of the Force who voluntarily subscribe to said plan and so request it in writing. Premiums deducted from the salaries of the members of the Police as authorized in this section shall be made available to the corresponding insurance company by the Secretary of the Treasury.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 17, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3116a - Social Security System enrollment of new officers of the Puerto Rico Police; payroll withholding

The Secretary of the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby directed to withhold the minimum amount required under Section 107 of Public Law 734 of August 28, 1950, as amended, to earn Federal Social Security credits, from the salary of the new officers of the Puerto Rico Police, beginning on July 1 st, 2015.
The foregoing shall be mandatory for every new officer of the Puerto Rico Police, and shall not apply to the civilian employees of the Puerto Rico Police.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, added as § 17A on Mar. 24, 2015, No. 38, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3118 - Medical Evaluation Board—Creation and powers

The Medical Evaluation Board, attached to the Puerto Rico Police, is hereby created. It shall be constituted by a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a specialist in internal medicine, a surgeon and a specialist in occupational medicine, who shall have not less than five (5) years of experience in their respective fields of medicine. Said Board shall elect a Chairperson from among its members.
The [Medical] Evaluation Board shall have full discretionary autonomy and its members shall be contracted by the Superintendent for a term of up to two (2) years.
The [Medical] Evaluation Board shall meet as many times as deemed necessary to fulfill the purposes of §§ 3101 et seq. of this title, and three (3) of its members shall constitute quorum. Decisions shall be made by a majority of the members present. When voting, quorum shall be ascertained.
The [Medical] Evaluation Board shall have those powers and duties granted by § 3117 of this title, and its decisions shall prevail over the determinations of the physicians of the State Insurance Fund and the Retirement System. Reinstatement of any member of the Force shall require the prior authorization of the Medical Evaluation Board.
The Superintendent shall provide the personnel, equipment, supplies and offices required by the Medical Evaluation Board to fulfill the purposes of §§ 3101 et seq. of this title, to be charged to the Police Force budget.
It is also provided that the Superintendent may contract the services of physicians, specialists and subspecialists who will provide support to the Medical Evaluation Board.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 19, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3119 - Municipalities; assistance and hospitalization

The municipalities shall have the obligation to supply, free of charge, adequate medical assistance, hospitalization and the necessary medications after being prescribed by a physician for their treatment, to the members of the Police Force, as well as to their spouses, minor children, children under twenty-one (21) years of age who are attending a post-secondary course of studies, or their disabled dependents. Likewise, all hospitals [and] clinics of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall render said medical and hospitalization services to the members of the Force as well as to their spouses, minor children or disabled dependents, when they so request them, and provide all prescribed medications free of charge, and issue any necessary certificates. The municipalities, and the Government hospitals and clinics shall give preferential treatment to the requests of the members of the Police for medical assistance and hospitalization. The benefits provided in this section shall be extended to the widows or surviving spouses of any member of the Puerto Rico Police unless they remarry, to their dependents until they come of age, or of any age disabled, and to the members of the Puerto Rico Police who retire with twenty-five (25) years or more of honorable service.
In the event that the persons entitled to these benefits have availed themselves of any type of prepaid health insurance plan, the state or municipal institution which provides them with any type of health services may bill said plan for the services rendered, exempting the person in question from paying the corresponding deductible.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 20, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3120 - Regulation weapons; use for target practice

Any member of the Force who has been trained in the use and handling of firearms is hereby authorized to use his/her regulation weapon and obtain ammunition for target practice in gun clubs, armories or target shooting clubs, subject to the regulations adopted for such purposes by the Superintendent.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 21, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3121 - Applicable policies to determined activities

Given the special nature of the services rendered by the Puerto Rico Police, the following is hereby established as the invariable policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and made a part of §§ 3101 et seq. of this title:
(a) The members of the Police shall not engage in propaganda or in any other activity in favor or against any political office while in service or in uniform. Neither shall they hold positions of leadership in political parties or organizations.
(b) Any activity on the part of the members of the Police to obtain transfers, promotions or any other personal benefit within the Puerto Rico Police through the use or employment of influences extraneous to the norms established by regulations or by law is hereby prohibited.
(c) Any member of the Puerto Rico Police may receive, while on duty, discounts in food establishments, provided that such discount is voluntarily offered by the establishment. No member of the Puerto Rico Police shall offer any service in exchange for such discount.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, § 22; July 29, 2011, No. 167, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-FIVE - Internal Security (§§ 1 — 3356) › Subtitle 3 - Security Generally (§§ 3101 — 3356) › PART I - Protection and Surveillance (§§ 3101 — 3356) › Chapter 331 - Puerto Rico Police of 1996 (§§ 3101 — 3142) › § 3122a - Review of minor and major faults—Maximum terms

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 3122 of this title, it is hereby established that any procedure in connection with a minor fault, including the investigation thereof and its final adjudication, initiated against a Police Force member, may not exceed a maximum term of one hundred and eighty (180) days, and that any procedure in connection with a major fault, including the investigation thereof and its final adjudication, may not exceed a maximum term of one (1) year. Such terms shall begin to course upon receipt by the Puerto Rico Police of a complaint against a Police Force member or upon appraisal of a possible commission of an act that entails a punitive sanction under the regulation promulgated by virtue of § 3122 of this title. Nevertheless, under exceptional circumstances beyond the control of the Superintendent of the Police, the terms provided for herein may be extended.
Furthermore, the Superintendent of the Police is hereby directed to amend Regulation No. 6505 of August 16, 2002, known as the “ Reglamento para el trámite de querellas administrativas contra miembros de la fuerza y personal civil que labora en la Policía de Puerto Rico ” [lit.: “Regulation on the Review of Administrative Complaints Against Puerto Rico Police Officers and Civilian Staf’f”], in order to establish streamlined and expeditious mechanisms to ensure that Police Force members shall be accorded all procedural guarantees necessary to receive a fair review pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
History —June 10, 1996, No. 53, added as § 23-A on Mar. 21, 2011, No. 35, § 1.