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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1004 - Archives as official depository

The Archives shall be the official depository of all public or private documents transferred to it under the provisions of this chapter.
History —Dec. 8, 1955, No. 5, p. 78, § 6, retroactive July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1005 - Archives attached to Institute of Puerto Rican Culture; supervision by Executive Director

The Archives shall be administratively attached to the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and its operation shall be subject to the supervision of the Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
History —Dec. 8, 1955, No. 5, p. 78, § 7; June 4, 1979, No. 63, p. 126, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1006 - General Archivist

The General Archivist, who shall be appointed by the Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, shall be in charge of the direction of the Archives. The General Archivist’s appointment shall be subject to the provisions of the Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act.
History —Dec. 8, 1955, No. 5, p. 78, § 8; June 4, 1979, No. 63, p. 126, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1007 - General Archives Advisory Committee

For the purpose of coordinating the Archives with the various government dependencies and formulating the general rules which are to govern the Archives, the Puerto Rico General Archives Advisory Committee is hereby established, composed of representatives of each of the Program Administrators. The Office of the Comptroller is excluded from this provision. The Executive Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture or his authorized representative shall be the ex officio Chairman of the Committee. In addition to the Committee’s regulations mentioned in the second paragraph of this section, this official shall establish the operating procedures of the General Archives Advisory Committee. If circumstances permit, he may require the Program Administrators to provide information, material, personnel, equipment and technical aid for the Committee’s operation and for the establishment and enforcement of the general operating standards for the Archives, and he may increase the number of Committee members by a maximum of three (3) additional members, should they be needed for its operation. The Archivist shall be the Permanent Secretary of the Committee and shall preside over its meetings in the absence of the Chairman.
The Commission shall meet in regular session once a year and in special session as often as the Chairman of the Commission deems proper or as the members of the Commission so request. The Commission shall prepare a set of rules and regulations which shall fix, among other things, the procedure to be followed for the disposal of documents in the possession of the Archivist if same should turn out to be useless, to be duplicates, or to be devoid of historical interest; if they more properly belong in some other dependency of the Government; or, if for any other like reason, they no longer merit being preserved in the General Archives of Puerto Rico.
History —Dec. 8, 1955, No. 5, p. 78, § 9; June 4, 1979, No. 63, p. 126, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1008 - Custody, preservation, and use of documents in Archives

The Archivist shall be responsible for the custody, preservation, and use of all the documents existing in the Archives.
History —Dec. 8, 1955, No. 5, p. 78, § 10, retroactive to July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1009 - Transfer of documents to Archives

The Archivist shall be authorized to require the transfer of the following documents, subject to the availability of space in the Archives:
(a) All documents dating from the days of Spain sovereignty.
(b) All documents more than fifty (50) years old, exclusive of those preserved in the files of the Notarial Archives and in the Registries of Property.
(c) All public documents which have belonged to an agency no longer in existence, unless such documents have been transferred by law to another government dependency.
(d) All public documents, regardless of their antiquity, which in the opinion of the Program Administrators are deemed to have lost their administrative usefulness.
Provided, however, That the transfer to the Archives of the documents described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not be made when the pertinent Administrator of the Public Documents Administration Program, as provided in § 1002a of this title, certifies in writing that the documents must remain in his custody for use in the current administration of the affairs of the dependencies under his jurisdiction.
History —Dec. 8, 1955, No. 5, p. 78, § 11; June 4, 1979, No. 63, p. 126, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1010 - Documents and manuscripts acquired by purchase or donation

The Archivist may accept for transfer to the Archives those documents and manuscripts acquired from individuals by purchase or donation which he deems to be of sufficient worth to justify their preservation.
History —Dec. 8, 1955, No. 5, p. 78, § 12, retroactive to July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1011 - Documents found outside Puerto Rico

The Archivist shall take steps toward transferring to the Archives documents which are found outside Puerto Rico and which are of permanent interest with relation to the history of Puerto Rico; Provided, That in the event that it is impossible to obtain the original document, the same can be substituted by photostats, microfilms, reproductions, or any other copy or excerpt of the documents interested.
History —Dec. 8, 1955, No. 5, p. 78, § 13, retroactive to July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1012 - Resources of the Archive

The Archives shall have funds for:
(a) The preservation of documents and manuscripts by modern methods, such as: a vacuum fumigating chamber, a rolling press, bookbinding equipment, a photographic laboratory, and any other equipment necessary for such work.
(b) The arrangement of the documents and manuscripts deposited in the Archives, and the preparation of inventories and other guides or particularizations necessary for readily locating the said documents and manuscripts.
(c) The reproducing, publishing, and exhibiting of documents and manuscripts worthy thereof.
(d) Making the documents available for the use of Government employees and the general public, through the promulgation of rules for the purpose.
History —Dec. 8, 1955, No. 5, p. 78, § 14, retroactive to July 1, 1955.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1013 - General provisions

(a) Government offices shall send to the Puerto Rico Library and the Puerto Rican Collection of the University of Puerto Rico a copy or edition of each report, bulletin, magazine or book published by and disseminated within the Government.
(b) Reproductions of documents forming a part of the Archives which are made pursuant to the standards established by the Advisory Commission and certified by the Archivist, shall be admitted in evidence as though they were the originals.
(c) Upon accepting the donation of any document which is not of a public nature, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall obtain from the donor a waiver of any author’s rights the donor may be entitled to and, in the event that donor is a third person, shall take all suitable measures to avoid a copyright violation.
(d) The Archivist is duty bound and hereby authorized to certify and issue copies of those documents in his custody of which reproductions are impossible to obtain.
(e) The Archivist shall, for the certifying of documents, have his official seal, of which the courts shall take judicial notice.
(f) No document pertaining to any Commonwealth dependency shall be destroyed, transferred, donated, altered or disposed of unless it is done pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Any person who commits one of these acts in connection with any public document shall be subject to the provisions of §§ 204, 205 and 206 of the Penal Code of Puerto Rico, Act No. 115 of July 22, 1974, as amended.
Any violation of the provisions of the regulations promulgated by the Program Administrators shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months or by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or by both penalties in the discretion of the court.
History —Dec. 8, 1955, No. 5, p. 78, § 15; June 4, 1979, No. 63, p. 126, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1014 - Title

The Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico is hereby created and shall be known by that name.
History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 41, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1015 - Administration

The Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico shall be located within the Capitol District and attached to the Office of Legislative Services.
History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 41, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1016 - Operation of the Historical Archive

The administrative direction of the Historical Archive shall be the responsibility of an Executive Director, who shall be appointed by consensus between the Presiding Officers of both Legislative Houses, and discharge such office for a term of ten (10) years. The person to be designated as the Executive Director shall have sound knowledge of the operations of the Legislative Assembly, as well as graduate studies in History, the Humanities, Social Science, Political Science, or Library Science, or related fields, or in default thereof, a combination of studies and four (4) years of combined experience in such areas. Likewise, he/she may meet studies and experience requirements if he/she has published works to his/her credit pertaining to the legislative endeavor or held administrative or legislative offices in the Legislative Assembly. The Director shall earn the salary established by the Presiding Officers of the Legislative Houses. The Director of the Office of Legislative Services, in coordination with the Office of the Superintendent of the Capitol, shall provide the Executive Director with the physical space to meet the purposes of §§ 1014—1023 of this title and provide human resources in addition to those in existence, as necessary for compliance with §§ 1014—1023 of this title.
History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 41, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1017 - Historical Archive organization

The Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico shall be composed of the following units, which already exist in the administrative structure of the Office of Legislative Services:
(1) The Committee Archives of the House of Representatives and the Senate of Puerto Rico and the FBI Files Reference Room.
(2) Inactive files of the House of Representatives and the Senate of Puerto Rico.
Furthermore, the Superintendent of the Capitol is hereby directed to submit for the approval of the Presiding Officers of both Legislative Houses, within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of approval of this act, a study and design for the construction or remodeling of a physical structure where the Historical Archive is to be located. Provided, That such study shall factor in the basic environmental conditions necessary for the conservation of documents and any other objects deposited with the Archive, as well as draw a budget estimating the costs and timeframe to conduct these works.
History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 41, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1018 - Functions of the Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly

The functions and duties of the Executive Director of the Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico shall be the following:
(1) To establish guidelines and controls to be followed for the proper management, preservation, conservation, and security of the historical and documentary heritage of the Legislative Assembly, including the document classification system and conservation techniques as necessary;
(2) to create the Rules for the Management of the Historical Heritage of the Legislative Assembly, as well as their implementation and strict observance;
(3) to provide advice on the infrastructure necessary to preserve, organize, and make such documentary wealth known to the public;
(4) to provide training for the conservation, organization, promotion, and destination of the documents and collections in the deposits of the Historic Archive of the Legislative Assembly;
(5) to promote the enrichment of our documentary wealth;
(6) to keep a catalog of all documents under the custody of the Archive, which shall be available to the public on the website of the Office of Legislative Services;
(7) to establish a document digitization process, so as to make such documents accessible to researchers and the general public on the Internet;
(8) to file an Annual Progress Report of the Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly with the Office of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, and
(9) to establish a remote digital archive that contains all historical documents and collections of the Historical Archive.
History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 41, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1019 - Documentary collections and deposits

(a) The Historical Archive shall keep custody of the following documents, not to be construed as a limitation:
(1) All Journals of Sessions and Minute Books of the Legislative Assemblies after the approval of the Constitution of Puerto Rico (1953 to present);
(2) the Journals of Sessions of the Constitutional Convention (1952);
(3) all documents related to the Legislative Assembly under the Charter of Autonomy (1898), the Organic Act of 1900 (Foraker Act), and the Organic Act of 1917 (Jones Act);
(4) all documents related to the construction of the Capitol, as well as the buildings comprised within the Capitol District, and the renovations sustained by them throughout history;
(5) all works of art or photographs related to the history of the Legislative Assembly or its buildings or facilities, and
(6) any documents, collections, or objects related to the Legislative Assembly, whether originating from existing Legislative Assembly Archives or under the custody of educational or private institutions, Government agencies, or individual private collections.
(b) The Historical Archive shall keep a Document Curatorship and Preservation Room or Laboratory, a Reference Room, and an Exhibits Area, all of which shall be provided with physical equipment and human resources specialized in the management of this kind of document, according to the needs of the aforementioned Rooms.
History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 41, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1020 - Accessibility; examination of documents

The Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico shall be open and accessible to the general public, and its collections may be examined, insofar as the documents that any person wishes to examine are kept within the rooms designated for such purpose and managed under the protection and conservation standards set forth in the Rules established for such purposes.
History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 41, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1021 - Rulemaking authority

The Executive Director of the Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico is hereby directed to adopt, within sixty (60) days following his/her designation by the Presiding Officers of both Legislative Houses, the Rules for the Management of the Historical Heritage of the Legislative Assembly, as well as any other rules as necessary to comply with §§ 1014—1023 of this title.
History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 41, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1022 - Collection deposit

The University of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth Election Commission, the Carnegie Library, the Planning Board, the Highway Authority, the General Archive, and any agency or instrumentality of the Government of Puerto Rico, including public corporations, are all hereby directed to deposit with the Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, any existing collections in their possession pertaining to matters contemplated in §§ 1014—-1023 of this title. These entities shall implement a Work Plan that contains a protocol on document management, so that these are deposited with the Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly within a term not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of approval of this act, seeking a process in which required documentary care and conservation standards are not compromised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, these entities shall keep a digital copy of such documentary collections.
History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 41, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 41 - Public Documents, Administration of; General Archives (§§ 1001 — 1023) › § 1023 - Funding

The Legislative Assembly shall appropriate the necessary funds for the acquisition of equipment as required to outfit and operate the Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. For this purpose, the Committees on Ways and Means and on Budget of the House of Representatives shall recommend the appropriation of funds for the establishment and operation of the Historical Archive of the Legislative Assembly on its report on the approval of the Joint Resolution on the Budget for the next fiscal year. However, the Legislative Assembly is hereby authorized and empowered to seek and obtain donations and to request municipal, state, or federal funds or resources, including the matching of funds, and to enter into agreements with other Commonwealth or federal government agencies, and even with private entities, to comply with the mandates of §§ 1014—1023 of this title.
History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 41, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 42 - Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex Governors and Ex First Ladies (§§ 1040 — 1040e) › § 1040 - Creation

The “Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex-Governors and Ex-First Ladies of Puerto Rico” is hereby created, which shall have the responsibility of preserving and saving historic materials, such as documents, books, artifacts, films, photographs and furniture that pertained to each of our Ex Governors and Ex First Ladies, it has received as donation. It shall keep them at the disposal of the general public of its use and enjoyment.
Each Governor or Ex Governor, or his/her succession interested [in] taking advantage of the provisions of this chapter, may choose the entity that would constitute the repository of his/her documents or objects. The chosen repository shall be a foundation created for said purpose, or a higher education institutional entity, public or private, that has stated its availability to carry out this [sic] duties.
In case the institution constituted as a Repository for documents or objects of Ex Governors and their spouses ceases to exist, the documents or objects in its possession shall be returned to them or to their successions. This shall not apply in cases of donations or to objects or documents acquired by way of purchase. The repository institution shall be obliged to notify the Ex Governor, Ex First Lady, or his/her succession of its cease of operations. They shall respond to said notification within a term of ninety (90) days after the date of the same. If no answer is received, the General Archives of Puerto Rico shall assume custody of said documents or objects.
History —Sept. 1, 2000, No. 290, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 42 - Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex Governors and Ex First Ladies (§§ 1040 — 1040e) › § 1040a - Historic material loan

The “Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex-Governors and Ex-First Ladies of Puerto Rico” may lend historic material to be exhibited in museums, teaching centers, libraries and public buildings. It shall establish the adequate procedure through regulations.
History —Sept. 1, 2000, No. 290, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 42 - Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex Governors and Ex First Ladies (§§ 1040 — 1040e) › § 1040b - Inventory of historic material

The “Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex-Governors and Ex-First Ladies of Puerto Rico” shall conduct a complete annual inventory of all the historic material under its control, copy of which shall be sent to the General Archives and to the Legislature.
History —Sept. 1, 2000, No. 290, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 42 - Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex Governors and Ex First Ladies (§§ 1040 — 1040e) › § 1040c - Donations

The “Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex-Governors and Ex-First Ladies of Puerto Rico” is hereby authorized, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, to receive donations from public or private institutions, and from persons or individuals.
History —Sept. 1, 2000, No. 290, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 42 - Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex Governors and Ex First Ladies (§§ 1040 — 1040e) › § 1040d - Special fund

The Special Fund for the “Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex-Governors and Ex-First Ladies of Puerto Rico” is hereby created to defray all construction and operational costs, as well as all actions needed to fully comply with the purposes of this chapter.
The Administrator of the Special Fund shall be the President of the Government Development Bank, who shall have control over the revenues and expenditures of the fund, subject to the guidelines established by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Administrator shall submit two (2) reports per year to the Legislature, which shall include a complete a detailed account of the expenses incurred in his actions and duties.
The resources of the Special Fund shall be administered in accordance with the regulations provided by the Administrator, and shall be deposited in the Government Development Bank.
The Special Fund shall be composed of:
(a) Allocations made by the Legislature.
(b) Contributions or transfers of any kind made to the “Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex-Governors and Ex-First Ladies of Puerto Rico” or to the administrator to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(c) The annual apportionment of one percent (1%) from the [income] collected on tobacco tax as established in § 9009 of Title 13, until accumulating and maintaining the maximum amount of six million dollars ($6,000,000).
This apportionment shall take effect on Fiscal Year 2001-2002.
History —Sept. 1, 2000, No. 290, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 42 - Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex Governors and Ex First Ladies (§§ 1040 — 1040e) › § 1040e - Disbursements

Disbursements to the Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex-Governors and Ex-First Ladies of Puerto Rico shall be made each fiscal year as a match of funds of sixty-six percent (66%) of the Fund’s contribution against a thirty-four percent (34%) of private contributions received or generated by the Repository. The maximum amount that could be annually disbursed shall be the one in existence in the Fund for the fiscal year in which the disbursement is made, divided by the number of Ex Governors who have designated a repository for the beginning of the fiscal year. For fund matching purposes, the repository may present to the Administrator all monetary contributions received by him to be used during the fiscal year, as well as all in-specie contributions received or costs for work, publishing and activities carried out by him in the fulfillment of the purposes of this chapter.
To authorize the matching of funds, an independent audit of the immediate preceding year of the working program and of the results obtained by the repository shall be conducted in order to fulfill the purposes of this chapter.
The Government Development Bank shall advance to the repository, as a loan, the funds necessary to establish the complete Repository for Archives and Memorabilia of Ex-Governors and Ex-First Ladies of Puerto Rico, and any other disbursement made to fulfill the provisions and objectives of this chapter.
History —Sept. 1, 2000, No. 290, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 45 - Gifts (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1101 - Acceptance of gifts by Governor, Secretary of the Treasury, departments and agencies of the Commonwealth

The Governor, the Secretary of the Treasury, the heads of departments and agencies, the instrumentalities and public corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are hereby authorized to accept, use and administer gifts of all kinds of property. The acceptance of any gift, pursuant to the powers herein conferred, shall be done in the name and in behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, except in the case of any instrumentality or public corporation with juridic personality and its own estate, in which case the gift shall be accepted in its own name.
History —June 19, 1958, No. 57, p. 129, § 1; June 9, 1975, No. 36, p. 90, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 45 - Gifts (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1102 - Public instrumentalities

The power to accept gifts in the case of public instrumentalities shall be in the directing organization or in the official exercising such duties, who may delegate such power to the executive director or to the official exercising the powers corresponding to said office.
History —June 19, 1958, No. 57, p. 129, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 45 - Gifts (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1103 - Conditional gifts

The acceptance of any conditional gift, in the case of any government entity not having juridical personality or proprietorship, may be done by the chief or principal officer of these government entities after an evaluation and analysis of the donation, and subject to prior written authorization by the Secretary of the Treasury in every case.
History —June 19, 1958, No. 57, p. 129, § 3; July 1, 1986, No. 55, p. 195, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 45 - Gifts (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1104 - Purposes

The power hereby granted to the heads of departments and agencies and to the instrumentalities and public corporations shall be limited in each case to the acceptance of gifts for the purposes entrusted by law to the respective entity. Provided, however, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to accept in the name of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico all kinds of gifts made to or for the use of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, exclusively for public purposes.
History —June 19, 1958, No. 57, p. 129, § 4; June 9, 1975, No. 36, p. 90, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 45 - Gifts (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1105 - Use and administration of gifts

The use and administration of the property received as gifts in the name of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall belong to the Governor or to the respective department or agency.
Whenever the Governor accepts a gift in the name of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico he may delegate to another official the power to use and administer the property given.
History —June 19, 1958, No. 57, p. 129, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 45 - Gifts (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1106 - Internal regulation and accounting of gifts by agencies; reports

The heads of departments and agencies and the instrumentalities and public corporations are hereby empowered to regulate in their offices the necessary proceedings for the administration and internal accounting of the gifts, as well as for the preparation of the reports required by the donors, all in accordance with the legislation and regulations governing gifts. For said purposes the Secretary of the Treasury is instructed to lend cooperation to agencies not having independent funds.
History —June 19, 1958, No. 57, p. 129, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 45 - Gifts (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1107 - Effective use of gifts, application of personnel and other laws

Upon the previous special authorization of the Governor, on the rational request of the head of department or agency concerned, the personnel laws and other laws and regulations shall not apply with regard to the effective use of these gifts, considering the purposes of same according to the legislation, regulations or contracts authorizing or governing them.
History —June 19, 1958, No. 57, p. 129, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 45 - Gifts (§§ 1101 — 1108) › § 1108 - Construction with other laws

No provision of §§ 1101 et seq. of this title shall be construed in the sense of impairing any faculty conferred by any other law to the Governor or to any department, agency, instrumentality or public corporation with respect to the acceptance, use and administration of gifts.
History —June 19, 1958, No. 57, p. 129, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 46 - Historic Preservation Office (§§ 1111 — 1116) › § 1111 - Creation

The Commonwealth Historic Preservation Office, henceforth, “the Office”, is hereby created to be attached to the Office of the Governor. Said Office shall have an Executive Director appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, who shall be the Commonwealth Official for Historic Preservation, henceforth “the Commonwealth Official”, pursuant to the provisions of Title 1, Section 101 of Federal Law of October 15, 1966 (P.L. 89-665), as amended, known as the “National Historic Preservation Act of 1966”. The initial salary of the Executive Director shall be similar [to] that of those public officials of equal hierarchy pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 89 of July 12, 1979, known as the “1979 Uniform Compensation Act”.
The Office shall be deemed to be an Individual Administrator pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”, regarding the administration of its human resources. The Commonwealth Official shall select and appoint the professional, technical, secretarial and clerical personnel deemed necessary for the proper operation of the Office and for complying with the duties imposed by this chapter. Said Official shall likewise determine their qualifications, requirements, functions and duties pursuant to the provisions of the aforementioned Act No. 5. The Classification Plan and the Compensation Plan of the Office shall be developed independently from those of the Office of the Governor, in consideration of the particular nature of said Office. Said Office may be assisted by the Office of the Governor in the administration of its human resources regarding its payroll transactions and other matters besides those regarding appointments, contracts, classification or compensation.
History —Aug. 21, 2000, No. 183, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 46 - Historic Preservation Office (§§ 1111 — 1116) › § 1113 - Organizational structure

The Executive Director shall be empowered to establish the organizational structure of the Office deemed necessary to comply with the provisions of this chapter, subject to the provisions of §§ 101 et seq. of Title 23, known as the “Office of Management and Budget Organic Act”.
History —Aug. 21, 2000, No. 183, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 46 - Historic Preservation Office (§§ 1111 — 1116) › § 1114 - Council for the Development and Administration the Ballajá Area—Creation

(a) The Council for the Development and Administration of the Ballajá Area, henceforth the “Council”, attached to the “Office”, is hereby created.
(b) The Council shall be constituted by seven (7) members, two (2) of which shall be ex officio members and five (5) shall be citizens appointed by the Governor. The ex officio members shall be the Commonwealth Official for Historic Preservation and one of the members of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, to be appointed by the Governor.
(c) The members of this Council shall be appointed for a minimum term of five (5) years and may be reappointed for an additional term of five (5) years.
(d) The operations of the Council shall be directed by a [Chairperson], to be appointed by the Governor.
(e) The incumbent members of the Council for the Development and Administration of the Ballajá Area, created through Executive Order of April 16, 1998, Administrative Bulletin 0E-1998-12, shall remain in office as provided in this chapter, for a term of five (5) years as of the date of effectiveness of this act.
(f) The Council shall have the following faculties and obligations, among others:
(1) Recommend to the Office projects, activities and tasks to implement the plan for use which governs the development of the Ballajá area.
(2) Sell articles and and/or souvenirs alluding to the Ballajá area.
(3) Solicit funds, donations and other contributions from government bodies as well as from private entities that may be used to achieve the purposes of this chapter. Said resources shall be covered into the Special Fund created by virtue of § 187k of Title 23, under the administration of the Office.
(4) Advise the Office regarding the agreements and accords entered into with the federal government and its agencies or with any private person or private or government entity needed to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
(5) The Council shall render an annual report to the Governor.
History —Aug. 21, 2000, No. 183, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 46 - Historic Preservation Office (§§ 1111 — 1116) › § 1115 - Succession

(a) For all purposes the Office shall be the successor of the Commonwealth Office for Historic Preservation created through the Executive Order of July 31, 1985, Administrative Bulletin No. OE-4498-1985, as amended, and for the ends and purposes of this chapter, shall have transferred to it the property or any interest in the same, the records, files and documents; the funds already appropriated or to be made available in the future, including surplus funds, assets, accretions of all kinds; the obligations and contracts of all types; and the licenses, permits and other authorizations of the Commonwealth Office for Historic Preservation.
(b) All personnel working at the Commonwealth Office for Historic Preservation at the time this act comes into effect shall be transferred to the Office. Said personnel shall retain all vested rights held by the date of effectiveness of this act, as well as the rights, privileges, obligations and status regarding any pension, retirement and savings and loan fund system to which they are affiliated.
(c) Those employees who by date of effectiveness of this act hold a career position in any other body of the central administration of the Executive Branch shall retain their former status and be relocated according to what is established in the Classification Plan of the agency from whence they come. Those employees who by date of effectiveness of this act are on leave without pay from another agency or who are rendering services as confidential employees shall be entitled to return to their former agencies without any impairment to their vested rights and to be relocated to the Office under the established Classification Plan.
(d) The Office shall develop and approve those regulations and standards needed for its proper operation according to the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 21, 2000, No. 183, § 5 [bis]
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 46 - Historic Preservation Office (§§ 1111 — 1116) › § 1116 - Relationship with other laws

The Office shall be subject to applicable Commonwealth and federal laws, besides among others, the following:
(a) Federal Law of October 15, 1966 (P.L. 89-665), as amended, known as the “National Historic Preservation Act”.
(b) Act No. 89 of June 21, 1955, as amended, which creates the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
(c) Sections 101 et seq. of Title 23, known as the “Office of Management and Budget Organic Act”.
(d) Sections 283—283p of this title, known as the “Government of Puerto Rico Accounting Act”.
(e) Sections 931 et seq. of this title, known as the “General Services Administration Act”.
(f) Section 187k of Title 23, which creates a special fund in the Department of the Treasury, under the administration of the Commonwealth Office of Historic Preservation.
(g) Sections 2101 et seq. of this title, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”.
The Office shall be excluded from the application of §§ 1451 et seq. of this title, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Labor Relations Act”.
History —Aug. 21, 2000, No. 183, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 48 - Purchase of Air Transportation Tickets for Public Servants (§§ 1168 — 1173) › § 1168 - Purchase of tickets

To provide that the purchase of air transportation tickets for public servants on an official trip from Puerto Rico, or any type of trip paid for with public funds, must be made through a travel agency in Puerto Rico, duly authorized by the Public Service Commission.
History —Sept. 28, 2002, No. 238, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 48 - Purchase of Air Transportation Tickets for Public Servants (§§ 1168 — 1173) › § 1169 - Travel agency

Any steps taken for the booking and purchase of air transportation tickets for public servants who, as such, undertake an official trip from Puerto Rico, or any type of trip paid with public funds, must be made through any “Puerto Rico travel agency” as the term is defined in §§ 1001 et seq. of Title 27, and known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Commission Act”, unless:
(a) The ticket is purchased outside of Puerto Rico.
(b) The ticket is a contribution from the airline to the Tourism Company, for promotional purposes.
(c) An Internet offer, taking into consideration the flexibility of said fees and the penalties in case of changes is more than ten percent (10%) less than the ticket offered by the travel agent.
(d) Convention and event offers are not available through Puerto Rico travel agents.
History —Sept. 28, 2002, No. 238, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 48 - Purchase of Air Transportation Tickets for Public Servants (§§ 1168 — 1173) › § 1170 - Public servants, definition

For purposes of this chapter the term “public servants” includes any person who, in representation of the Puerto Rico Government, or one of its branches, agencies, instrumentalities or municipalities, travels outside Puerto Rico, and whose air transportation expenses are in any manner paid for with public funds. This chapter shall not apply to employees of any offices of agencies, instrumentalities and public corporations of the Puerto Rico Government located outside the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Sept. 28, 2002, No. 238, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 48 - Purchase of Air Transportation Tickets for Public Servants (§§ 1168 — 1173) › § 1171 - Help for purchase of air tickets

Any type of trip where the Puerto Rico Government, in any of its branches, agencies, instrumentalities or municipalities, grants some help for the purchase or air tickets to any person or group going outside the island to represent Puerto Rico. The provisions of this chapter shall include any person or group of persons who go outside the island to represent Puerto Rico and/or receive help from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, through any of its branches, agencies, instrumentalities or municipalities, for the purchase of tickets.
History —Sept. 28, 2002, No. 238, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 48 - Purchase of Air Transportation Tickets for Public Servants (§§ 1168 — 1173) › § 1172 - Service fee

Travel agents issuing tickets for the purposes of this chapter may charge five percent (5%) of the air ticket price, up to a maximum of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each ticket as a service fee for the transactions performed if the issuer of the ticket does not pay a commission.
History —Sept. 28, 2002, No. 238, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 48 - Purchase of Air Transportation Tickets for Public Servants (§§ 1168 — 1173) › § 1173 - Regulations

The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue the necessary regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter.
History —Sept. 28, 2002, No. 238, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 50 - Bonuses for Accrued Mileage During Official Trips (§§ 1251-1254 — 1254) › § 1252 - Accrued mileage—Registered in government and municipal dependency [Repealed]

History —Sept. 4, 1996, No. 188, § 3, eff. 120 days after Sept. 4, 1996; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 50 - Bonuses for Accrued Mileage During Official Trips (§§ 1251-1254 — 1254) › § 1253 - Power to establish agreements and regulations [Repealed]

History —Sept. 4, 1996, No. 188, § 4, eff. 120 days after Sept. 4, 1996; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 50 - Bonuses for Accrued Mileage During Official Trips (§§ 1251-1254 — 1254) › § 1254 - Sanctions [Repealed]

History —Sept. 4, 1996, No. 188, § 5, eff. 120 days after Sept. 4, 1996; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 51A - Labor Relations; Public Service (§§ 1451 — 1454a) › § 1451 - Statement of public policy

The public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico regarding the right to organize into unions and to bargain collectively in the public service, is that which is stated below:
The organization of public sector employees into unions, and collective bargaining, shall be guided by criteria of productivity and the improvement of services to the people at the [lowest] possible cost.
The organization of public sector employees in unions, and collective bargaining, shall be conducted in consonance with the merit principle stated in this chapter.
The organization of public sector employees in unions, and collective bargaining shall be compatible with the responsibility of the agencies to serve the people which can not be delegated, and the power that this chapter grants to public employees, in the determination of wages, fringe benefits and terms and conditions of employment.
The organization of public sector employees in unions, and collective bargaining, shall be based on the obligation to maintain the essential services to the people of Puerto Rico without interruption and the attainment of the general welfare of the citizenry.
The organization of public sector employees in unions, and collective bargaining, shall encourage and promote the solution of disputes through mediation of complaints and arbitration mechanisms.
History —Feb. 25, 1998, No. 45, §§ 2.1—2.5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 51A - Labor Relations; Public Service (§§ 1451 — 1454a) › § 1451b - Right of affiliation—Right to organize workers unions and to affiliate to them

The employees of the agencies of the central government, shall have the right to organize and affiliate to labor organizations, which shall be certified by the Commission as the exclusive representative of the employees, pursuant to the provisions established hereinbelow and in accordance to the regulations adopted by the Commission.
History —Feb. 25, 1998, No. 45, § 4.1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 51A - Labor Relations; Public Service (§§ 1451 — 1454a) › § 1451d - Right of affiliation—Inclusions and exclusions

(a) Employees appointed to regular career positions of any agency of the central government may organize and affiliate to labor organizations.
(b) The following officials and employees shall be excluded from all bargaining units for purposes of collective bargaining certified by the Commission:
(1) Employees appointed to positions of trust, transitory, irregular, by day, or confidential.
(2) Officials subject to legislative confirmation.
(3) Supervisors of all agencies, as this term has been defined in this chapter.
(4) Employees of the Commission.
(5) Employees of the Central Office.
(6) Employees of the Governor’s own office and of administrative units or attached offices that exercise confidential functions or hold positions of trust.
(7) Employees of the Office of Management and Budget.
(8) Employees who render services for the Government of Puerto Rico or for any of its agencies or instrumentalities in offices outside of Puerto Rico.
(9) Employees of the Commonwealth Election Commission.
(10) Members of the Puerto Rico Police, Commonwealth civilian employees, and officials of the Puerto Rico National Guard and the officers, employees, and officials of the Department of Justice.
(11) Employees of the Office of Government Ethics.
(12) Bodies created for a specific purpose for a fixed term.
(c) Employees of the University of Puerto Rico are hereby excluded from the provisions of this chapter.
History —Feb. 25, 1998, No. 45, § 4.3, renumbered as § 4.2 and amended on Aug. 7, 2001, No. 96, § 2; Aug. 24, 2012, No. 206, § 1.