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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter II - Office of Election Comptroller (§§ 622 — 622p) › § 622n - Transfer of liabilities

The approval of this chapter shall not affect or impair the liabilities incurred by the Commonwealth Election Commission with any agency or private entity by virtue of Act No. 4 of December 20, 1977, as amended, known as the “Election Law of Puerto Rico”, which shall be assumed by the Election Comptroller as a result of this transfer.
Likewise, this chapter shall not invalidate any contracts duly executed by the Commonwealth Election Commission, if any, that are in effect as of the date of the approval of this act and by virtue of which services are rendered to the Election Auditor, if any, which shall continue in effect until their termination date, insofar as the terms thereof are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or except they are cancelled, if so provided by the contract in question.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 3.014.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter II - Office of Election Comptroller (§§ 622 — 622p) › § 622o - Special Fund of the Office of the Election Comptroller

All charges, fees or payments received by the Office of the Election Comptroller, as provided in this chapter, shall be covered into the Special Fund of the Office of the Election Comptroller. Likewise, anonymous contributions in excess of the limit established shall be covered into the Special Fund of the Office of the Election Comptroller.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 3.015; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter II - Office of Election Comptroller (§§ 622 — 622p) › § 622p - Summons

In order to comply with the duties imposed upon him/her by this chapter, the Election Comptroller, with approval of the Board of Election Comptrollers, may issue summons to compel the appearance of witnesses, take depositions, and furnish any kind of electronic, documentary, or other evidence. The Election Comptroller, as agreed on with the Board of Election Comptrollers, may resort to any Part of the Court of First Instance to petition the court to order compliance with a summons. The Court of First Instance shall give priority to considering and deciding upon such petition and have the authority to issue orders to compel the appearance of witnesses or the production of any document, object, data, or evidence previously required by the Election Comptroller. The Court of First Instance shall be empowered to hold a person in contempt for failure to comply with such orders. Any person may be prosecuted for and convicted of perjury committed when giving testimony under oath before the Election Comptroller, the Deputy Election Comptroller, or any person authorized for such purposes by these officials.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 3.016; Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 13.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter III - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 623 — 623c) › § 623 - Creation of the Contributions and Expenditures Audit Division

The Contributions and Expenditures Audit Division is hereby created as a division of the Office of the Election Comptroller with the powers granted by this chapter and the regulations to be adopted thereunder.
The Contributions and Expenditures Audit Division shall be administered by the Audit Division Director who shall be designated by the Board of Election Comptrollers. This official shall hold a trust position and may be removed by a decision of the Board.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 4.000; Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 14.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter III - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 623 — 623c) › § 623b - Minimum operational components

The organizational structure of the Office of the Election Auditor shall have at least one Compliance Oversight operational division or component.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 4.002; Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter III - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 623 — 623c) › § 623c - Compliance oversight

The Board of Election Comptrollers or any designated official shall oversee that all the requirements of law are met and that any regulations adopted by the Board are complied with.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 4.003; Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter IV - Office of the Expenditures Auditor (§§ 624-624c — 624c) › §§ 624—624c - Repealed. Act Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 18, effective Dec. 19, 2014

History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 5.000; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter IV - Office of the Expenditures Auditor (§§ 624-624c — 624c) › § 624a - Powers, duties, and functions of the Assistant Election Comptroller in charge of the Office of the Expenditures Auditor [Repealed]

History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 5.001; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter IV - Office of the Expenditures Auditor (§§ 624-624c — 624c) › § 624b - Minimum operational components [Repealed]

History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 5.002; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter IV - Office of the Expenditures Auditor (§§ 624-624c — 624c) › § 624c - Compliance oversight [Repealed]

History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 5.003; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625 - Contributions

It shall be unlawful to solicit, make, or accept contributions in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.000; renumbered as § 5.000 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 19.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625a - Natural persons

No natural person may, directly or indirectly, make contributions inside or outside of Puerto Rico to a political party, aspirant, candidate, campaign committee, authorized committee, or political action committee in excess of two thousand six hundred dollars ($2,600). The Board of Election Comptrollers shall adjust said limit to show the inflation rate in Puerto Rico, but the limit amount resulting from said adjustment shall be rounded to the nearest hundred. Limits shall operate by calendar year. The Election Comptroller shall be required to inform the general public, giving priority to natural or juridical persons with any interest in election campaigns, on the limits of the contributions authorized by law. Furthermore, it shall be the duty of the Election Comptroller to provide orientation regarding the rules, terms, and conditions related to the provisions of this section.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to Segregated Funds Committees or to Independent Expenditure Committees that do not coordinate or make a contribution to any party, aspirant, candidate, or the campaign committees, or authorized committees of any of the latter.
For purposes of this chapter, if a contribution is made to a committee that does not coordinate or contribute to any party, aspirant, candidate, or the campaign committee or authorized committee thereof, and such committee subsequently coordinates or contributes to any party, aspirant, candidate or campaign committee or authorized committee thereof, such committee, its founders, treasurer, and deputy treasurer shall refund to the Office of the Election Comptroller all funds received under its previous non-coordinating status and not used for non- coordinated expenditures during its previous non-coordinating status. The Office of the Election Comptroller shall identify the contributors in order to issue refunds and, if not possible, these sums shall be deposited in the Special Fund created under § 622o of this title. This is a joint obligation.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.001; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 9; renumbered as § 5.001 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 20.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625b - Repealed. Act Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 21, effective Dec. 19, 2014

History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.002; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625c - Ownership of contributions

No person shall make contributions with money or property belonging to another person. A contribution is made when it is delivered or given to an authorized agent or representative to receive it. A contribution made to the campaign committee or authorized committee, authorized agent or representative of the political party, aspirant, or candidate in question, as well as a coordinated expenditure of any of the former, shall be deemed to be a contribution made to a political party, aspirant, or candidate. Parties that agree or coordinate to support a common cause in any election, plebiscite, referendum, or consultation shall be deemed to be one single party for purposes of this chapter.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.003; renumbered as § 5.002 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 22.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625d - Anonymous contributions

(a) Any contribution in excess of two hundred dollars ($200) shall require the identification of the contributor with his name and last name, mailing address, name of the person or entity to whom the contribution is made, and an identification number such as: voter identification number issued by the State Election Commission, Puerto Rico driver’s license number, or in the absence thereof, the number of an identification issued by the State or Federal government containing the person’s full legal name, date of birth, the person’s gender, driver’s license or identification card number, a digital photograph of the person, the person’s principal residence address, the person’s signature, physical security features designed to prevent any kind of tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the document for fraudulent purposes.
(b) The total anonymous contributions that may be deposited by a party and its candidate for governor for matching in the Special Fund for Election Campaign Financing shall not exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) annually.
(c) Segregated committees and political action committees shall not receive anonymous contributions or contributions in cash.
(d) There shall be classified as allowed contributions raffles, draws, and bingos held by aspirants, candidates, elected officials, political parties, their respective committees, and other political committees for the purpose of supplementing their political campaign funding, in accordance with the terms of this chapter and any orders, resolutions, or guidelines issued thereunder.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.004; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 10; renumbered as § 5.003 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 23; Aug. 9, 2016, No. 166, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625e - Refund

If an aspirant or candidate who has received contributions for a certain elective office himself/herself, or through his/her campaign committee, authorized committee, authorized agent or representative for a certain election chooses to withdraw from such election, the aspirant or candidate shall be required to refund the contributors the total amount of contributions not used in the campaign, if any. Provided, That the real or personal property acquired with money proceeding from contributions shall be returned to the Election Comptroller to be transferred to the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico within a term of thirty (30) days as of the time he/she chooses to withdraw from aspiring or from the candidacy. Failure to comply with this section shall entail a fine for the total value of the property not returned plus legal interest. However, the Office of the Election Comptroller or the Government may refuse to receive the returned property if doing so would result in a burden or loss for the treasury. In the event that a contributor cannot be located or in the case of an anonymous contribution of two hundred dollars ($200) or less, which does not require the contributor’s identification, the aspirant or candidate who has received the contribution shall be responsible for remitting the same to the Secretary of the Treasury by means of a certified check, electronic transfer, or bank or postal money order. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cover any sum received under the provisions of this section into the Special Fund of the Office of the Election Comptroller.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.005; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 11; renumbered as § 5.004 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 24.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625f - Spouses and minors

Contributions made by a spouse shall be deemed to be separate contributions, so that each spouse may be able to contribute up to the maximum amount allowed under this chapter. In the case of contributions made by a legally emancipated minor, the date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY) of the minor and proof of the public document attesting to such emancipation shall be stated in the payment instrument. Under this chapter, the ability of unemancipated minors to make contributions on their own or through an adult is not recognized. If the payment instrument fails to state the amount contributed by each contributor of those who share the same payment instrument, the Election Comptroller shall consider the sum of the corresponding limits to the type of contribution made by said contributors in order to determine any excess contribution. If it is determined that there is an excess contribution, the Election Comptroller shall adjudicate the amount of contribution by dividing the total amount of the excess contribution among the persons who share the payment instrument into equal parts.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.006; renumbered as § 5.005 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 25.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625g - Juridical persons

No juridical person shall make contributions from its own resources inside or outside of Puerto Rico to any political party, aspirant, candidate, campaign committee or to any authorized agent, representative, or committee thereof, or to political action committees subject to this chapter that make contributions or coordinate expenditures among them. However, it may establish, organize, and administer a committee to be known as a segregated funds committee that, for the purposes of contributions and expenditures, shall be treated as a public action committee that must be registered in the Office of the Election Comptroller, render reports, and meet all requirements imposed under this chapter. Thus, its members, employees and their relatives up to a second degree of consanguinity or affinity may make contributions that shall be deposited in the bank account established and registered in the Office of the Election Comptroller for such purposes. The segregated funds committee may make contributions from said bank account to political parties, aspirants, candidates, campaign committees and authorized committees, as well as to political action committees making contributions to any of them.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.007; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 12; renumbered as § 5.006 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 25.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625h - Limits for Segregated Funds Committees and Public Action Committees

Segregated funds committees and political action groups may make contributions to any political party, aspirant, candidate, campaign committee, and authorized committees and to any authorized agent and representative thereof, provided that the contributions do not exceed the limits established in this chapter for natural persons or aggregates. These limits shall also apply to contributions made by members of a juridical person to the segregated funds committees and political action committees that shall use them to make a contribution to a political party, aspirant, candidate, campaign committee, and authorized committee, or to any authorized agent and representative thereof. Two (2) or more political action committees shall be deemed to be one (1) single committee if they have been established by the same person or group of persons, is controlled by the same person or group of persons, or share officials, directors, or employees.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.008; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 13; renumbered as § 5.007 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 25.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625i - Independent expenditures

Nothing in this chapter shall limit contributions of funds or any other thing of value for election-related purposes to natural persons, juridical persons, or political action committees that do not contribute or make coordinated expenditures to political parties, aspirants, candidates, campaign committees, or authorized committees, or with any authorized agent and representative thereof. However, in these cases, they shall meet the registration and report requirements as provided by law or regulations.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.009; renumbered as § 5.008 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 26.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625j - Repealed. Act Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 27, effective Dec. 19, 2014

History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.010; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 14; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625k - Access of parties, aspirants, candidates, and committees to public services

Political parties, aspirants, candidates, campaign committees, authorized committees, and political action committees shall have the same access and opportunity to obtain the utility services provided by the agencies of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. No political party, aspirant, candidate, campaign committee, authorized committee, or political action committee may request or accept special privileges from the agencies of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. No agency of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may grant special privileges to a political party, aspirant, candidate, campaign committee, authorized committee, or political action committee.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.011; renumbered as § 5.009 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 28.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625l - Contributions by public employees

No representative or agent of a political party, aspirant, candidate, campaign committee, authorized committee, and political action committee may request or receive a contribution from an official or employee of any agency, while such official or employee is performing official duties of his/her office or is in his/her workplace.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.012; renumbered as § 5.010 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 29.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625m - Coercion

No public official or employee of any agency may, during work hours and work days, attempt to exert influence, whether directly or indirectly, on any other public official or employee to pay, lend, or contribute part of his/her salary or anything of value to any political party, aspirant, candidate, campaign committee, authorized committee, and political action committee. The provisions of this section shall apply to soliciting contributions, whether in person or through flyers, through telephone messages, computer messages or similar means.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.013; renumbered as § 5.011 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 29.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625n - Use of real or personal property of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

The use of any motor vehicle, watercraft, aircraft, or real or personal property of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its municipalities for the purposes of carrying out political campaigns to support or oppose any political party, aspirant or candidate is hereby prohibited. The preceding sentence shall not apply to motor vehicles assigned to the Governor, the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in Washington, as well as Commonwealth Legislators, Mayors, and Election Commissioners, due to the nature of their duties, or to officials designated to such vehicles; moreover, in no case shall the use of more than one official vehicle per office be allowed for such purposes.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.014; renumbered as § 5.012 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 30.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625o - Lease of property for transportation

Motor vehicles, watercraft, or aircraft belonging to any instrumentality of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or its municipalities that are available for charter or lease may be used for elections purposes subject to a standard fee on equal terms for every customer. Leasing contracts executed for these purposes shall be available for inspection, reproduction or photocopy by the public at the government agency executing the lease and the Office of the Election Comptroller.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.015; renumbered as § 5.013 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 31.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625p - Restrictions to leased property

Motor vehicles, ships or aircrafts that are leased as provided in § 625o of this title shall not be marked or identified with political-partisan messages, insignia or emblems.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.016; renumbered as § 5.014 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 32.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter V - Office of the Contributions Auditor (§§ 625 — 625q) › § 625q - Lease regulations

The Office of the Election Comptroller shall promulgate regulations to implement the terms and conditions under which real property, motor vehicles, ships or aircrafts may be leased in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 6.017; renumbered as § 5.015 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 32.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626 - Filing of statement of organization

Every political action committee, campaign committee, and authorized committee shall register in the Office of the Election Comptroller, where a Registry of Committees shall be kept. For the purposes of this chapter, the segregated funds committees or independent expenditures committees shall be registered in compliance with the requirements, registration, reports, and limitations required to Political Action Committees, as applicable. The registration shall be made by filing a statement of organization with the Office of the Election Comptroller. Depending on the type of committee, the terms to file such statement of organization shall be the following:
(a) Every political action committee, campaign committee, and authorized committee of a candidate or aspirant shall present its statement of organization with the Election Comptroller within ten (10) business days following its designation as such.
(b) Every segregated committee or fund organized pursuant to §§ 625h, 625i, and 625k of this title shall file its statement of organization with the Election Comptroller within ten (10) business days following its establishment.
(c) Any other committee shall file its statement of organization with the Election Comptroller within ten (10) business days following its establishment as a committee as such term is defined in § 621 of this title.
(d) In the particular case of political organizations established and registered in another jurisdiction of the United States of America, its states or territories, with the intent, but not the main purpose, of making contributions or incurring expenditures for election-related purposes in Puerto Rico, said organizations shall file before the Election Comptroller a true copy of their credentials which certify them as such in their state of original jurisdiction within a term of ten (10) business days after having made its first contribution or expenditure for election-related purposes in Puerto Rico; or for referendums, plebiscites, consultations to the electors and special elections.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.000; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 15; renumbered as § 6.000 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 33.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626b - Segregated funds or independent expenditure funds

In the case of a segregated fund or independent expenditure fund under §§ 625h, 625i, 625k of this title, the committee shall notify the name of the related organization to the Election Comptroller. If the related organization is commonly known to the general public by its acronym, its statement of organization must also include such acronym.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.002; renumbered as § 6.002 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 35.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626c - Changes in the Information included in the statement of organization

Any change in the information submitted in a statement of organization shall be notified to the Election Comptroller within ten (10) business days following the change. If the change is made as a result of the provisions of subsection (i) of § 626a of this title, the provisions of § 625a of this title shall apply.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.003; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 17; renumbered as § 6.003 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 36.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626d - Designation of campaign committees and authorization and participation in other committees

(a) Any candidate or aspirant who raises or expends over five hundred dollars ($500) from his/her own money, shall designate one (1) committee as his/her campaign committee within ten (10) business days after making such expense or receiving such contribution, and such designation shall be included in the statement of organization of such committee.
(b) No candidate or aspirant shall designate more than one (1) committee as his/her campaign committee. The foregoing does not prevent a candidate or aspirant from authorizing additional committees or participating in a committee established to support a slate or group of candidates or aspirants that include such candidate or aspirant, or from participating in joint fundraising efforts, provided however, that all expenditures are disbursed or accounted in a pro-rata manner between the participating candidates or aspirants. In the specific case of committees created to support a slate of candidates for the same office, except for the office of governor, the expenditures of this committee shall not be deemed to be a contribution to the candidates it supports, provided that other candidates are not mentioned, in which case, the coordination shall be presumed and be charged as a campaign expenditure to the mentioned candidate. This committee may receive contributions within the limits applicable to political action committees. For the purposes of this provision, the mere presence of a candidate or aspirant at a fundraising activity of another candidate or aspirant shall not mean that a joint fundraising effort has been carried out.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.004; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 18; renumbered as § 6.004 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 37.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626e - Campaign committee officials

Every candidate or aspirant shall appoint a treasurer to his/her campaign committee, who shall be a resident of Puerto Rico.
(a) The campaign committee treasurer shall include his/her written acceptance to such office in the statement of organization.
(b) The candidate or aspirant may designate a deputy treasurer to carry out the duties of the treasurer when the latter is unable to do so. The deputy treasurer shall also be a resident of Puerto Rico and his/her appointment shall be included in the statement of organization of the committee.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.005; renumbered as § 6.005 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 38.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626f - Vacancy in the Office of Campaign Committee Treasurer

The candidate or aspirant may remove the treasurer of his/her campaign committee from such position. In the event of a vacancy in the position of campaign committee treasurer, the candidate or aspirant shall:
(a) Notify the Election Comptroller within fifteen (15) days after the vacancy occurs.
(b) Assume all the duties of the treasurer, if the committee lacks a deputy treasurer.
(c) Fill the vacancy in the office of treasurer and notify the Election Comptroller about the information required with respect to the treasurer in the statement of organization of the committee within fifteen (15) business days following the appointment.
(d) A successor treasurer shall not be responsible for the accuracy and reliability of the records of his/her predecessor.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.006; renumbered as § 6.006 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 38.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626g - Treasurer of other committees: vacancies; authorizations

Every committee shall have a treasurer. No political action or authorized committee shall receive contributions or donations or make expenditures while the office of treasurer is vacant. No committee shall make expenditures without the authorization of its treasurer or authorized agent. In case that the office of treasurer remains vacant, the committee shall notify the Election Comptroller within five (5) days after the vacancy occurs. When a committee appoints a treasurer to fill the vacancy, the committee shall notify the Election Comptroller about the information required with respect to the treasurer in the statement of organization of the committee within five (5) business days after the appointment.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.007; renumbered as § 6.007 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 38.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626h - Recordkeeping

The Treasurer of a Committee shall keep an account of:
(a) All contributions, gifts, and donations made by or on behalf of such committee.
(b) The name, address, voter’s identification number or driver’s license number of any person who makes contributions, gifts or donations of two hundred dollars ($200) or more;
(c) The name, address, voter’s identification number or driver’s license number of any person who makes contributions, gifts or donations that exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) annually, as well as the date and amount of such contributions, gifts, or donations.
(d) The name and address of any political action committee that makes contributions, gifts or donations, as well as the amount and date of such contributions.
(e) The name and address of any person to whom a disbursement is made, as well as the date, amount, and purpose thereof, and as appropriate, the name of the party, candidate or aspirant on whose benefit the disbursement was made, and the office sought by the candidate or aspirant. The treasurer shall also keep a receipt, invoice or cancelled check for every disbursement of two hundred dollars ($200) or more.
(f) The funds of all political action committees shall be kept segregated and shall not be mixed with the funds of any person.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.008; renumbered as § 6.008 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 39.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626i - Additional duties of the Treasurer

The Committee Treasurer shall also have the following duties:
(a) To timely draft the reports required by this chapter as required by the Election Comptroller.
(b) To file every report required by this chapter and attest to its accuracy under penalty of contempt.
(c) In the event that he/she notices any error or omission in any of the reports required by this chapter, to file an amended report.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.009; renumbered as § 6.009 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 40.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626j - Conservation of records

The treasurer of a political party committee, campaign committee, authorized committee, and political action committee shall keep all records required by this chapter until the Office of the Election Comptroller issues a final report of the election campaign related thereto. In the case of reports filed electronically, as provided in § 627l of this title, the treasurer shall keep a machine-readable copy.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.010; renumbered as § 6.010 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 41.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626k - Exclusive campaign depository; bank accounts

(a) Every political action committee, campaign committee, and authorized committee shall designate a bank authorized to do business in Puerto Rico as its exclusive campaign depository. No financial institution shall refuse to open or maintain a bank account for a committee established under the provisions of this chapter; provided, that said account complies with the local and Federal provisions set forth in connection therewith. There shall be no discrimination against any committee with respect to the opening of a bank account.
(b) Every committee shall keep a campaign account in its name with such depository in a branch open to the public. The committee may have other accounts with such depository, but in the same branch. The accounts shall identify the committee by its full name and no acronym may be used.
(c) Every contribution received directly or indirectly by the committee shall be deposited in the campaign account.
(d) Every disbursement made by a committee shall be by check drawn on the campaign account, except in the case of a petty cash disbursement.
(e) The committee may keep petty cash funds for making disbursements under two hundred fifty dollars ($250), but shall keep a record of such disbursements as required by § 626j of this title.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.011; renumbered as § 6.011 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 42.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626l - Terminating the committee

(a) A committee may not be terminated or dissolved until the treasurer files, with the Office of the Election Comptroller, a statement, under penalty of contempt, indicating that the committee is no longer receiving contributions or making disbursements and has no outstanding debts or obligations.
(b) None of the foregoing shall preclude the authority of the Office of the Election Comptroller to establish, by regulations, procedures to:
(1) Determine and declare that a committee is insolvent;
(2) orderly liquidate an insolvent committee and use its assets to reduce the outstanding debts or obligations thereof;
(3) terminate an insolvent committee after liquidating its assets and applying such assets to the outstanding debts or obligations thereof, and
(4) dispose of any campaign surpluses, acquired equipment, and any other existing property.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.012; renumbered as § 6.012 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 43.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626m - Debts of parties

As of the effective date of this act, the certified debts of the political parties in the custody of the State Election Commission shall be in the custody of the Office of the Election Comptroller. Any outstanding debts of over ten (10) years, counted as of the time they became due and payable, may be claimed within forty-five (45) days according to the procedure established in this chapter. This process shall be carried out only once. Only those debts that are claimed within the term and under the conditions set forth in this section shall be payable. Failure to claim by the creditor shall not be construed as a contribution to the political party. The Election Comptroller shall publish only one public notice in a newspaper of general circulation stating in detail the name of the creditors and the amount of the debt. Creditors shall have a term of forty-five (45) days to claim the payment by filing a sworn statement with the Office of the Election Comptroller, as well as attesting evidence of the debt. Once the forty-five (45)-day term provided in this section elapses, all unclaimed debts of the parties shall prescribe and shall be eliminated from the records of the party, and may not be claimed, excepting those in which the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is the creditor. The publication of the public notice shall not be construed as an admission or acceptance of the debt by the political party.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.013; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 19; renumbered as § 6.013 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 44.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VI - Organization of Political Action Committees and Others (§§ 626 — 626n) › § 626n - Political action committees

All the accounts of a political action committee shall be deemed to be part of such committee. Political action committees shall not organize or be part of other political action committees. Political parties, candidates, and aspirants may establish or administer campaign committees, and have and benefit from authorized committees; however, they, their campaign committees or authorized committees may not establish or administer political action committees. The report, registration, and limitation requirements imposed by this chapter to political action committees shall apply to every segregated fund for contributions or independent expenditures established for election-related purposes by a juridical person, whether or not they decide to organize as such.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.014; renumbered as § 6.014 on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 45.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE SIXTEEN - Election and Registration (§§ 1 — 4255) › Subtitle 2 - Additional Provisions (§§ 351 — 973q) › Chapter 60 - Puerto Rico Political Campaign Financing Oversight Act (§§ 621 — 634) › Subchapter VII - Reports (§§ 627 — 627l) › § 627a - Last-minute contribution reports

Any contribution or gift in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) received from a source after the October 31 st Report and before the November 15 th Report of the election year shall be reported to the Office of the Election Comptroller within a twenty-four (24)-hour period after receiving it. The report shall state the full name of the candidate and his/her committees, political party, or political action committee that received the contribution or gift, as well as their mailing address. The report shall also state the name of the donor or contributor, his/her mailing address, and identification. Last-minute contributions or gifts shall also be included in the next report filed by the candidate and his/her committees, political parties or political action committees with the Office of the Election Comptroller.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 8.001; renumbered as § 7.001 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 47.