2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWENTY-THREE - Public Planning and Development (§§ 1 — 11273) › PART II - Economic Development (§§ 231-241 — 695i) › Chapter 35 - Metropolitan Bus Authority (§§ 601 — 620) › § 607 - Officers and employees

(a) Appointments, removals, promotions, transfers, discontinuances, reinstatements, suspensions, leaves of absence and changes in grade, compensation or title of the officers and employees of the Authority shall be made as provided in rules and regulations to be approved by the Board of Directors, in consultation with the chief of personnel or the executive officer of the Office of Personnel of Puerto Rico, in pursuance of a general plan similar to that which may be in effect for employees of the Commonwealth Government under the personnel laws of Puerto Rico, insofar as the Board of Directors deems it consistent with the best interests of the Authority, of its employees and of its service to the public. For the purposes of the Personnel Act, the officers and employees of the Authority shall be within the exempt service. The Board of Directors and the officers and employees of the Authority shall be entitled to reimbursement for, or per diem payment in lieu of, such necessary travel expenses as shall be authorized or approved pursuant to rules and regulations of the Board of Directors.
Those officers and employees of any board, commission, agency, or department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico who are appointed to positions in the Authority and who, prior to said appointment, were beneficiaries of any existing pension, retirement or savings-and-loan fund system or systems, shall continue to have, after said appointment, the rights, benefits, obligations, and status with respect thereto that are prescribed by law for officers and employees holding similar positions in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, unless within six (6) months after this act takes effect or six (6) months after said appointment, whichever is later, the said officers or employees, or any of them, shall waive in writing such benefits, obligations or status. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to workers and employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement or unionized in a unit certified by the Labor Relations Board.
(b) No person shall hold office as director, officer, employee or agent of the Authority who has a direct or indirect financial interest in any privately owned enterprise engaged in the business of overland transportation or in any business whose primary activities are auxiliary thereto.
(c) For the purposes of §§ 761—788 of Title 3, creating the Employees Retirement System of the Commonwealth Government of Puerto Rico and its instrumentalities, the employees of the Ports Authority who became employees of the Metropolitan Bus Co., Inc., shall continue to be beneficiaries and to enjoy all the rights, benefits, obligations and status of the retirement plan established by the Ports Authority and of which they may be members. This provision shall be made retroactive to the date on which such employees were transferred to the Company.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 782 of Title 3, only such employees shall be beneficiaries as the Board of Directors of the Authority shall determine with the approval of the Board of Trustees of the Employees Retirement System of the Commonwealth Government and its instrumentalities.
History —May 11, 1959, No. 5, p. 17, § 7.