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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § § 862—862p - Repealed. Act Apr. 25, 2013, No. 9, § 54, effective April 25, 2013

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862a - Definitions [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 2; June 14, 1967, No. 134, p. 424; June 26, 1974, No. 86, Part 1, p. 301, § 1; Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 1; Dec. 21, 1994, No. 142, § 1; Nov. 11, 1999, No. 327, § 1; Sept. 7, 2004, No. 252, § 1; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862b - Purpose [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 3; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 1; June 26, 1974, No. 86, Part 1, p. 301, § 1; Nov. 14, 2009, No. 136, § 1; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862c - Membership [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 4; June 14, 1967, No. 134, p. 424; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 1; June 30, 1969, No. 146, p. 550; June 15, 1981, No. 13, p. 99; June 3, 1982, No. 43, p. 89, § 1; Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 2, p. 708; July 24, 1990, No. 18, p. 86; Sept. 7, 2004, No. 252, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862d - Government [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 5; June 14, 1967, No. 134, p. 424; June 30, 1969, No. 146, p. 543; Dec. 21, 1994, No. 142, § 2; Aug. 11, 1996, No. 123, § 5; Sept. 7, 2004, No. 252, § 3; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862e - Assembly of Delegates—Rights and powers [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862f - Powers and authority of the Board of Directors [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 7; June 14, 1967, No. 134, p. 424; Apr. 17, 1970, No. 7, p. 16; June 26, 1974, No. 86, Part 1, p. 301, § 1; Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 3; Dec. 21, 1994, No. 142, § 3; Jan. 4, 1998, No. 4, § 1; Sept. 7, 2004, No. 252, § 4; Nov. 14, 2009, No. 136, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862g - Savings and Loan Fund [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 8; June 14, 1967, No. 134, p. 424; June 8, 1973, No. 123, p. 493, § 4; June 26, 1974, No. 86, Part 1, p. 301, § 1, eff. 60 days after June 26, 1974; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862h - Disposal of amounts deducted prohibited [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 9; June 14, 1967, No. 134, p. 424; June 26, 1974, No. 86, Part 1, p. 301, § 1; Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 4; Nov. 11, 1999, No. 327, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862i - Insurance—Continuance; procedures [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 10; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 1; June 30, 1969, No. 146, p. 543; Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 5; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862j - Insurance—Death and years of service; certificate; category [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 11; June 14, 1967, No. 134, p. 424; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 1; Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 6; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862k - Insurance—Eligibility [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 12; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 1; Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 7; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862l - Insurance—Exclusion by reason of age [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 13; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 1; Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 8; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862m - Insurance—Beneficiaries [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 14; June 14, 1967, No. 134, p. 424; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 1; Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 9; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862o - Insurance—Classes [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 16; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 1; June 30, 1969, No. 146, p. 543; May 30, 1976, No. 81, p. 256; Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 10; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862p - Insurance—Notification of assessments [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 17; June 26, 1974, No. 86, Part 1, p. 301, § 1, eff. 60 days after June 26, 1974; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862r - Insurance—Right to benefits during temporary leave or suspension [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 19; June 3, 1976, No. 150, p. 445; amended and renumbered as § 18 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 12; Nov. 11, 1999, No. 327, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862s - Insurance—Continuation after resignation or severance from employment [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 20; June 30, 1969, No. 146, p. 543; June 3, 1976, No. 149, p. 443; renumbered as § 19 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 13; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862t - Insurance—Distribution of proceeds [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 21; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 1; June 30, 1969, No. 146, p. 543; June 3, 1976, No. 148, p. 441; renumbered as § 20 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 13; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862u - Insurance—Advances [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 22; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170; renumbered as § 21 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 13; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862v - Insurance—Who may be covered [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 23; June 14, 1967, No. 134, p. 424; June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 1; amended and renumbered as § 22 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 14; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862w - General provisions—Optional plans [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 24, renumbered as § 23 and amended on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 15; Sept. 7, 2004, No. 252, § 5; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862x - General provisions—Contract for reinsurance [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 25, renumbered as § 24 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 16; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862y - General provisions—Gratis certifications [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 26, renumbered as § 25 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 16; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 862z - General provisions—Report to Executive Director [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 27, renumbered as § 26 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 16; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863 - General provisions—Amortization of loans; deductions from monthly salary [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 28; June 26, 1974, No. 86, Part 1, p. 301, § 1; renumbered as § 27 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 16; Sept. 7, 2004, No. 252, § 6; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863a - General provisions—Property registrars; reports; exemption from fees [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 29, renumbered as § 28 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 16; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863b - General provisions—Malicious resignation [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 30, renumbered as § 29 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 16; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863c - General provisions—Exemption from taxes, attachment or execution [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 31, renumbered as § 30 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 16; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863d - General provisions—Transfers into Association’s funds [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 32, renumbered as § 31 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 16; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863e - General provisions—Net profits; annual dividends [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 33, renumbered as § 32 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 16; Aug. 17, 1990, No. 38; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863e-1 - General provisions—Annual report [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1996, No. 133, p. 417, added as § 34 on May 1, 1997, No. 11, § 1; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863f - General provisions—Deposit of funds [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 34; June 14, 1967, No. 134, p. 424; May 27, 1983, No. 42, p. 73; renumbered as § 33 and amended on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 17; renumbered as § 35 on May 1, 1997, No. 11, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863g - General provisions—Temporary appointment to Commonwealth Government [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, § 35; renumbered as § 34 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 18, renumbered as § 36 on May 1, 1997, No. 11, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863h - General provisions—Deduction of death insurance premium [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, added as § 35-A on June 19, 1968, No. 94, p. 170, § 2; June 26, 1974, No. 86, Part 1, p. 301, § 1; renumbered as § 35 on Aug. 11, 1988, No. 165, § 18; renumbered as § 37 on May 1, 1997, No. 11, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863i - Arbitration proceedings [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, added as § 35-B on Dec. 21, 1994, No. 142, § 4; renumbered as § 38 on May 1, 1997, No. 11, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863j - Insurance Commissioner—Jurisdiction [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, added as § 36 on Aug. 11, 1996, No. 123, § 1; renumbered as § 39 on May 1, 1997, No. 11, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863k - Commissioner of Financial Institutions—Jurisdiction [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, added as § 37 on Aug. 11, 1996, No. 123, § 1; renumbered as § 40 on May 1, 1997, No. 11, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863l - Control of assets, accounts, disbursements, funds and incomes [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, added as § 38 on Aug. 11, 1996, No. 123, § 1; renumbered as § 41 on May 1, 1997, No. 11, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863m - Government Ethics Office—Jurisdiction [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, added as § 39 on Aug. 11, 1996, No. 123, § 1; renumbered as § 42 on May 1, 1997, No. 11, § 2; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863n - Punishment of violators [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, added as § 40 on Aug. 11, 1996, No. 123, § 1; renumbered as § 43 on May 1, 1997, No. 11, § 2; Nov. 14, 2009, No. 136, § 3; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863o - Exemption [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, added as § 44 on Sept. 7, 2004, No. 252, § 7; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 35 - Puerto Rico Commonwealth Employees Association (§§ 831-859a — 863p) › § 863p - Unclaimed accounts [Repealed]

History —June 28, 1966, No. 133, p. 417, added as § 44 on Sept. 7, 2004, No. 252, § 8; Nov. 14, 2009, No. 136, § 4; Repealed. Act.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 36A - Our Puerto Rican Music (§§ 871 — 875) › § 871 - Obligation to reserve a fair participation

At every patron saint’s feast day celebration, artistic festival, or other musical event in which a variety of musical genres are performed and for which the Executive Branch or any public corporation or municipality defrays the total cost of the activity or contributes ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, the corresponding government agency must and shall be required to secure the fair and reasonable participation of the various exponents of our autochthonous Puerto Rican music. To determine whether said obligation has been complied with, a strictly quantitative analysis of the total budget used or the contribution made during the fiscal year for contracting artists and musicians by the agency, the public corporation, or the municipality and, in accordance thereof, the budget portion or the amount devoted to contracting artists or musicians interpreters of autochthonous traditional Puerto Rican music shall be examined.
History —Aug. 21, 2004, No. 223, § 2; July 19, 2005, No. 25, § 2; Aug. 18, 2011, No. 189, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 36A - Our Puerto Rican Music (§§ 871 — 875) › § 872 - Definitions

(1) Autochthonous traditional Puerto Rican music.— Includes Puerto Rican folk music and its variants, Puerto Rican Danza, Puerto Rican Bomba, and Puerto Rican Plena, and all those musical genres that the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, through a study of the historical reality and development of music in Puerto Rico, identifies as the product of such development and that it represents a unique and proper personality of the people of Puerto Rico and thus defines it. In accordance with this definition, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall certify the various artists and interpreters as interpreters of autochthonous Puerto Rican music, pursuant to the regulations it shall adopt for the proper implementation of this chapter. For purposes of this chapter, trovadores (Puerto Rican folk singers) who participate in folk song contests and competitions as well as trio music shall be considered exponents of autochthonous Puerto Rican music.
(2) Fair and reasonable participation.— The participation of the exponents or interpreters of autochthonous Puerto Rican music shall be fair and reasonable to the extent that their inclusion is in proportion and in balance, in comparative terms, with other types of musical genres included in the planning of the activity in question and which is subject to the provisions of this chapter. This is not to be interpreted to mean that the inclusion of other musical genres is similar or equal to that of the autochthonous Puerto Rican music. It shall rather mean that the inclusion of autochthonous Puerto Rican music is fair and reasonable if it is ascertained that at least:
(a) Ten percent (10%) of the total of the funds appropriated during the fiscal year is used to contract interpreters of autochthonous traditional Puerto Rican music, as defined in this chapter. This shall be done when the activity is directly organized by the government entity itself or when the services of an independent promoter or producer are contracted to carry out the activity.
History —Aug. 21, 2004, No. 223, § 3; July 19, 2005, No. 25, § 3; Aug. 18, 2011, No. 189, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 36A - Our Puerto Rican Music (§§ 871 — 875) › § 872a - Exclusions

Activities or events with a determined concept shall be excluded from the application of this chapter.
History —Aug. 21, 2004, No. 223, added as § 4 on Aug. 18, 2011, No. 189, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 36A - Our Puerto Rican Music (§§ 871 — 875) › § 873 - Obligations of the Executive Branch and public corporations and independent producers or promoters

(1) Should a formal procedure for adjudicating bids mediate for holding an activity or event subject to this chapter, the bid specifications prepared by the dependency, public corporation or municipality, shall include a provision that would compel compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Accordingly, every dependency or corporation shall draft regulations to ensure proper compliance with this provision.
(2) In case the contracts are granted or the contributions made without the mediation of a bidding procedure, and so that the contracting of artists or the contribution of public funds by the dependency, corporation or municipality may be finalized, the documents required for contracting artists, promoters or producers for the event in question must include a statement signed by the head of the dependency or the mayor certifying that the activity in question is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Every dependency and corporation shall adopt the regulations needed to comply with the objectives of this chapter.
(3) Every promoter or producer of musical events defrayed by public funds shall submit to the government agency, public corporation and/or municipality a detailed report ascertaining compliance with this chapter and establishing that the percentage corresponding to autochthonous Puerto Rican music had been set aside.
History —Aug. 21, 2004, No. 223, § 4; July 19, 2005, No. 25, § 4; renumbered as § 5 and amended on Aug. 18, 2011, No. 189, §§ 4, 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 36A - Our Puerto Rican Music (§§ 871 — 875) › § 875 - Entities exempted from compliance with this chapter

Without it being construed as a limitation, the following entities shall be exempted from compliance with this chapter:
(1) The Casals Festival.
(2) The Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.
(3) The Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music.
(4) Free schools of music.
The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture may, through regulations, extend and/or increase the number of entities excluded from this chapter, provided that the same are well-known organizations created for promoting and making known certain specific musical genres, which due to necessity, pertinence and practicality shall be continuously fostered individually, provided, that the budgetary contribution of the sponsoring government body does not cause, in any way, the elimination and/or reduction of the budget usually allotted for other events to which this chapter applies, and/or hinders the creation of new events to which this chapter would apply.
History —Aug. 21, 2004, No. 223, added as § 7 on July 19, 2005, No. 25, § 6; renumbered as § 7 on Aug. 18, 2011, No. 189, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 898 - Exchange and sale of Government equipment by certain agencies

The agencies of the Commonwealth Government authorized by law to make purchases without the intervention of the Service Office are hereby authorized to exchange and sell equipment units and to apply the bonus on said exchange, or the proceeds from the sale, to the cost of substitute similar units. The term “equipment” does not include such units as are not required for the proper transaction of the business of the agencies (surplus equipment) or such vehicles as are under the jurisdiction of the Transportation Chief. Deals not made under written contract shall be invalid.
History —Apr. 29, 1949, No. 145, p. 386, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 899 - Exchange and sale of Government equipment by certain agencies—Rules for enforcement

The Secretary of the Treasury shall, with the approval of the Governor, prescribe rules for the enforcement of this section and § 898 of this title, and he may amend or repeal such rules from time to time, also with the approval of the Governor.
History —Apr. 29, 1949, No. 145, p. 386, § 2; Apr. 26, 1950, No. 123, p. 322, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 900 - Intergovernmental transactions without public sale

Any purchase, sale, lease, exchange, or easement transaction between any department of the Government of Puerto Rico or municipality of Puerto Rico in connection with Commonwealth or municipal property and the Government of the United States or any agency, dependency, or instrumentality thereof, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any agency, dependency, or instrumentality thereof may be made without requirement of public sale, provided the said transaction is approved by the Governor of Puerto Rico as to the advisability thereof in the public interest, and that a favorable report thereon is made by the Secretary of Justice, with regard to the legal side of said transaction; Provided, further, That in case any such transactions or deals should have been carried out between any department of the Government of Puerto Rico or any municipality, and the People of Puerto Rico or any agency, dependency, or instrumentality thereof, or between any municipality and the People of the United States, or any agency, dependency, or instrumentality thereof, the same are hereby ipso facto validated.
History —Apr. 3, 1948, No. 4, p. 6, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 901 - Transfer of Government contract or order prohibited; sureties excepted

Without prejudice to the exception provided in the three (3) final paragraphs of § 902 of this title, no contract or order, or any interest therein, shall be transferred by the party to whom such contract or order is given to any other party, and any such transfer shall cause the annulment of the contract or order transferred as far as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is concerned. All rights of action, however, for any breach of such contract by the contracting parties, are reserved to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply where a failing or defaulting contractor, with the approval and consent of the head of the proper department, surrenders his contract to these sureties on the official bond of such contractor for the faithful performance of the contract, and such sureties undertake and satisfactorily carry out such contract.
History —Political Code, 1902, § 200; May 1, 1967, No. 16, p. 193.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 904c - Office room and services for cooperatives of Government employees

(a) The departments, dependencies, authorities, and other corporate instrumentalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including the municipalities and the Government of the Island of Culebra, are hereby authorized to provide, gratuitously or for pay, office space and furniture, cleaning, water, light and telephone services, as well as the necessary equipment, to cooperatives organized pursuant to law by the employees thereof. To this end, all services rendered by cooperatives so organized by the employees shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be for public purposes.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue the necessary regulation for the effectuation of the purposes hereof.
History —June 22, 1957, No. 84, p. 419, §§ 1, 2; May 24, 1960, No. 8, p. 17, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 914-1 - Purchasing of energy-efficient equipment

The Administration of Energy Affairs of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources is hereby ordered to revise, together with the General Services Administration, the regulations in effect for energy conservation in order to establish a preferential public policy for the procurement of energy-efficient equipment and appliances.
History —July 2, 1997, No. 30, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 914-2 - Applicability

The revised regulations shall apply to every agency, dependency, body, office, department, instrumentality, municipality or any other political subdivision of the Government of Puerto Rico, including the Puerto Rico Telephone Company, the Electric Power Authority, the Aqueducts and Sewers Authority and every other public corporation, including the Office of the Comptroller, regardless of whether they are subject to, or excluded from the provisions of §§ 931 et seq. of this title, known as the “General Services Administration Act”.
History —July 2, 1997, No. 30, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 914-3 - Adoption of guidelines

The agencies, municipalities or other dependencies of the Government of Puerto Rico excluded from the provisions of §§ 931 et seq. of this title and/or which have their own procurement regulations, shall adopt within the latter, as a basic guide, the standards for energy efficiency and for the use of renewable resources stipulated in the regulations to be revised as provided by §§ 914-1 and 914-2 of this title, without this preventing said standards for energy efficiency and for the use of renewable resources from being further enhanced or extended in said regulations.
History —July 2, 1997, No. 30, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 914-5 - Regulation; period to revise

The regulations shall be revised on or before six (6) months have elapsed from the date of approval of this act.
History —July 2, 1997, No. 30, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 914-6 - Biannual progress report

The Administration of Energy Affairs and the General Services Administration shall render a biannual progress report to the Legislature concerning the effects of this measure. Said report shall include information on the following matters, among others:
(a) The energy saved as a result of the measure.
(b) The economic cost/benefit of the standards and measures pursuant to §§ 914-1 — 914-6 of this title.
(c) The difficulties encountered in the implementation of the measure.
(d) Recommendations regarding the measure.
The Electric Power Authority shall provide the support, information and technical expertise that is requested by the other two (2) agencies in order to comply with this mandate.
History —July 2, 1997, No. 30, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 914-1a - Preferential vehicle purchasing policy

Every agency, entity, body, office, department, instrumentality, and municipality or other government subdivision, including those entities listed in § 914-2 of this title, is hereby directed to comply with the preferential policy with regard to the purchase of hybrid vehicles or vehicles that operate on methods alternative to fossil fuels, such as electricity, solar energy, hydrogen, and gas combined.
To carry out this preferential purchasing policy, every agency, entity, body, office, department or instrumentality is hereby directed to adopt and comply with the norms and guidelines for the acquisition of such vehicles, which shall be established by the General Services Administration.
The norms and guidelines promulgated by the General Services Administration and by municipal legislatures with the advice of such agency, shall contain, without it being construed as a limitation, the adoption of specifications for clean motor vehicles, as such term is defined in Section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, P.L. 102-486, and that produce emissions that do not exceed the limits set under the National Law Emission Program, 40 C.F.R., Part 86.
Every agency, entity, body, office, department or instrumentality shall be required to adjust their procurement procedures to the norms and guidelines issued by the General Services Administration to ensure that by Fiscal Year 2010-2011, at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the acquired vehicles meets the specifications provided in this section, and that by fiscal year 2012-2013, at least fifty percent (50%) of the acquired vehicles meets such specifications.
In the case of municipalities, each municipal legislature shall approve an ordinance establishing the dates in which the twenty-five (25%) and fifty percent (50%) compliance shall be achieved, in accordance with the provisions of this section. In no case shall the dates established through municipal ordinance to attain the twenty-five percent (25%) compliance goal be later than Fiscal Year 2011-2012, nor the date set to achieve the fifty percent (50%) compliance goal be later than Fiscal Year 2013-2014.
The General Services Administration may grant a dispensation to acquire motor vehicles that do not meet the specifications set forth in this section, when as an exemption, the government agency, entity, body, office, department or instrumentality justifies and supports that, due to the nature and use of the vehicle, there are no suppliers in the local market capable of satisfying the demand thereof; or on any other basis as provided by the General Services Administration through regulations.
In the case of municipalities, municipal legislatures may grant through ordinance a dispensation to acquire vehicles that do not meet the specifications established in this section, under the same conditions provided for the General Services Administration.
History —July 2, 1997, No. 30, added as § 1-A on Mar. 26, 2010, No. 36, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 926 - Electronic-machine center

(a) The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to use the funds, premises, personnel, materials, equipment and other facilities of the electronic-machine center for the purposes of rendering services to the dependencies of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to municipalities, to public corporations, to the Association of Employees of the Government of Puerto Rico, to annuity funds and to other trust funds.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury is likewise hereby authorized to start or take part in the appropriate preliminary investigations for the purpose of determining the advisability of the center rendering its services.
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury is also hereby authorized to use the facilities of the center to survey, design or revise the appropriate procedures to bring about the conversion to the electronic system.
(d) The services rendered to the Association of Employees of the Government of Puerto Rico, to the municipalities and to public corporations with independent treasuries may be rendered only upon request thereof. For the services rendered to these organizations the center shall collect an amount that shall never exceed the total cost of the services rendered. These amounts shall be covered into the General Fund of the Commonwealth Government.
(e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe and promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to enforce this section.
History —May 16, 1958, No. 12, p. 15, §§ 1—5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 926b - Internal procedures and regulations

Each of the entities bound by §§ 926a—926c of this title shall adjust its internal procedures and regulations to the provisions set forth in §§ 926a—926c of this title. No regulatory disposition approved by §§ 926a—926c of this title shall limit the scope of the provisions set forth herein. In turn, said entities shall adopt the necessary regulations to implement the provisions of same.
History —Sept. 3, 2003, No. 253, § 2, eff. 180 days after Sept. 3, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 926c - Swift administrative procedure

It is hereby ordered that the entities bound by §§ 926a—926c of this title shall institute a swift administrative procedure, by means of which prompt and effective relief is granted to all bidders who impugn the legality of the auctions or any other goods or non-professional services awards procedures when same are in contravention with the provisions of §§ 926a—926c of this title herein and the demands of Act No. 42. Such impingement shall be governed pursuant to the rights to reconsideration and judicial review set forth in §§ 2101 et seq. of this title, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act”, which shall protect all bidders who are affected by an adverse adjudication. The impingement shall affect the suspension of the validity and demandability of the obligations acquired in the auctions or in other adjudication procedures until such a time as the impingement filed before said government dependencies is decided in a final manner.
History —Sept. 3, 2003, No. 253, § 3, eff. 180 days after Sept. 3, 2003.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 926d - Distribution of resources assigned; public policy

(a) It is declared as public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to propitiate a more equal distribution of the resources provided in the budgets for the contracting of public diffusion media by the agencies and department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in order for these said resources to be distributed in the most cost effective manner, while reaching the greatest number of the Puerto Rican citizens.
(b) Every agency and dependency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall, as of two (2) years of the approval of this act, designate a total of at least fifteen percent (15%) of the resources provided in the budget for contracting of diffusion media, for the contracting of radio broadcast media, of which seven percent (7%) shall be set aside for independent radio stations that are not in chain with others, and seven and a half percent (71/2 %) for radio stations in chain with others.
(c) During the first year of effectiveness of this act, every agency and dependency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall assign at least five percent (5%) of the resources destined in their budgets for the contracting of diffusion media, to contracting with radio broadcast media. This subsection shall not apply to those agencies or dependencies that assign at least ten percent (10%) of the resources set aside in their budget for contracting with the diffusion media, to contracting in radio broadcasting media. Fifty percent (50%) of said funds shall be assigned for contracting with independent radio stations not in chain with others and the remaining fifty [percent] (50%) to chain radio stations.
(d) During the second year of effectiveness of this act, every agency or dependency of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall at least assign the fifteen percent (15%) required in subsection (b) of this section for contracting with radio broadcast media, which shall be distributed among the radio stations in the manner established in said subsection.
(e) The Office of the Comptroller shall oversee to the faithful compliance of all the provisions of this section as part of the auditing process of all agencies.
(f) The Department of State of Puerto Rico is exempted from the provisions of this section.
(g) Nothing of the herein provided shall contravene the provisions of the Act to Regulate and Limit the Advertising Expenses of the Government of Puerto Rico.
History —Dec. 16, 2005, No. 156, §§ 1—7, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 926e - Gasoline purchase contracts for official vehicles

(a) For the purposes of this section the following terms shall have the meaning expressed below:
(1) Regular gasoline. — Means the low-octane gasoline in the market that meets the operating requirements provided by the vehicle manufacturer.
(2) Official vehicle. — Means all vehicles that run under their own power, designed to operate in the public highways, be it bought, leased, rented, donated, ceded or lent, to be used by the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its departments, agencies, offices, municipalities, public corporations and other government entities, including the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch.
(b) Fine and special restitution. — All public officials or employees or private persons who, knowingly or negligently violate the obligation imposed in this section shall incur an administrative fault and be penalized with a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor of more than five hundred dollars ($500). They shall furthermore refund from their own money the cost for the service contracted in violation of the provisions of Section 2 of this Act.
(c) Consignment of collections. — The funds proceeding from the fines for violations of this section shall be consigned in the Emergency Fund of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Dec. 23, 2005, No. 162, §§ 3, 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37 - Governmental Supplies and Services (§§ 881-897 — 926f) › § 926f - Parameters of the use of Social Security number of entities that provide services to the Government

(a) It is the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico that every private enterprise that provides services to its constitutional branches, state or municipal agencies, dependencies, and instrumentalities and public corporations, as well as those that provide or shall render or provide services to public employees through payroll deduction contracts, those that make quotations or bids for auctions or contracting with the private sector, and those that benefit from donations or transfer of public funds for their operations, shall establish parameters for the protection of the confidentiality of the Social Security number of the persons from whom said information is obtained.
(b) The private entities referred to in subsection (a) of this section, as an eligibility requirement for contracting with the public sector or allocating public funds, shall guarantee to any citizen or public employee that his/her Social Security number shall not be circulated, displayed or revealed on any identification card, document of general circulation, or article that is accessible or visible to any person within or outside the entity, which does not need to know this data, nor shall the same be used as case, account, or claim number in public documents.
(c) The entities referred to in subsection (a) of this section may continue to obtain the social security number of persons in order to expedite identity verification, to standardize the internal procedures of information exchange, and to such purposes allowed by law such as, without it being construed as a limitation, credit transactions and investigations, state and municipal tax transactions and investigations, human resources administration, compliance with child support laws, and compliance with judicial orders or criminal investigations, among others, but always guaranteeing that the services offered to persons who for any reason do not have a social security number or who object to the use thereof shall not be interrupted, unless a special law so expressly provides, or that any federal law or regulation imposes or allows its obligatory use.
(d) The entities referred to in subsection (a) of this section that, at present, carry out contracting or render services, make bids, quotations or request fund appropriations or donations referred to in said subsection shall have a term of one (1) year after the approval of this act to certify that the public entity conducting the disbursement of funds is in compliance with its provisions, or render a progress report and work plan certifying that said entity shall comply with the same within the following fiscal year.
(e) The entities referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall defray from their own finances any claim for damages by a citizen for their noncompliance with the provisions of this section.
History —Sept. 1, 2006, No. 187, §§ 1—5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37A - Construction Materials Manufactured in Puerto Rico (§§ 927 — 927h) › § 927 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Commonwealth. — Means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, dependencies, municipalities and the public corporations.
(b) Construction works. — Means construction, reconstruction, repair, conservation or expansion works.
(c) Construction materials manufactured in Puerto Rico. — Means goods, articles and materials needed to carry out construction, that are extracted, manufactured, processed or finished in Puerto Rico.
(d) Cement manufactured in Puerto Rico. — Means cement manufactured in the Commonwealth using raw material from Puerto Rico with the exception of raw material unavailable in Puerto Rico for sale in industrial amounts; Provided, however, That in a case of force majeure or for causes or reasons beyond the control of the local factory, such as the breakdown of equipment, then raw material or an intermediate imported product may be used for a period not exceeding six (6) months, which may be extended for a further period of six (6) months if the Preference Board so determines. Included within this definition are cement blocks, pre-mixed concrete, concrete mixed at the site and mixture for plastering.
(e) Competitive Bidding Board. — Means the Competitive Bidding Board of the Department of Transportation and Public Works or of any other department, agency, dependency, instrumentality, public corporation, municipality or any other entity in charge of awarding bids in the Commonwealth.
(f) Public funds. — Means funds or guarantees from the Commonwealth or from the United States Government, and those funds provided by federal laws for the purposes of revitalizing the economy.
History —July 12, 1985, No. 109, p. 378, § 1; Aug. 2, 1988, No. 145, p. 605, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37A - Construction Materials Manufactured in Puerto Rico (§§ 927 — 927h) › § 927a - Calls for bids

In those cases in which a call for bids is required for the contracting of a construction work with public funds, the list of specifications handed to the bidders shall contain a provision requiring the use of construction materials manufactured in Puerto Rico in the proposals they submit before the entity charged with the responsibility of awarding the bid.
History —July 12, 1985, No. 109, p. 378, § 2; Aug. 2, 1988, No. 145, p. 605, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37A - Construction Materials Manufactured in Puerto Rico (§§ 927 — 927h) › § 927b - Contracts without competitive bidding

In the cases in which competitive bidding is not required by law and the Commonwealth contracts a construction work with public funds, the construction contract in which the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico participates shall require the use of construction material manufactured in Puerto Rico.
History —July 12, 1985, No. 109, p. 378, § 3, eff. 90 days after July 12, 1985.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 37A - Construction Materials Manufactured in Puerto Rico (§§ 927 — 927h) › § 927c - Works carried out by Commonwealth itself

When the construction work is carried out by the Commonwealth itself, it shall use construction materials manufactured in Puerto Rico in said works.
History —July 12, 1985, No. 109, p. 378, § 4, eff. 90 days after July 12, 1985.