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2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 52 - Prohibition and Inability to Hold Public Office (§§ 1491 — 1494) › § 1494 - False information

Any person who offers or provides false information with regard to a conviction for any of the crimes listed above with the intention of evading the purposes of this chapter shall incur a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for a fixed term of two (2) years. If there were aggravating circumstances, the fixed penalty established herein may be increased to a maximum of three (3) years; if there are extenuating circumstances, it may be reduced to a minimum of one (1) year. Provided, That this crime shall prescribe after five (5) years.
History —Aug. 5, 1993, No. 50, § 6; Feb. 20, 2004, No. 69, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 53A - Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption (§§ 1521 — 1527) › § 1521 - Creation

The Puerto Rico Police shall establish a register to be called “Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption”. Every person convicted of any of the crimes listed in §§ 1491—1494 of this title, shall be included in said register.
History —Sept. 7, 1997, No. 119, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 53A - Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption (§§ 1521 — 1527) › § 1522 - Scope

The contents of the register shall be limited to all those persons deemed ineligible for public service in the Government of Puerto Rico for having been convicted of any of the felonies or misdemeanors listed in §§ 1491—1494 of this title, during the exercise of a public function within the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico, the federal jurisdiction or in any of the states of the United States of America.
This chapter shall likewise apply to those persons who, even if they are not holding public office when they have committed any of the crimes of corruption listed in §§ 1491—1494 of this title, have been convicted as accomplices of public officials in the commission of said crime.
History —Sept. 7, 1997, No. 119, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 53A - Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption (§§ 1521 — 1527) › § 1523 - Contents

The Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption shall contain the following information:
(a) Full name of the person convicted of corruption.
(b) Driver’s license number, date of birth and last four digits of the Federal Social Security number.
(c) Case number, jurisdiction and court issuing verdict.
(d) Date of sentence or conviction of corruption.
(e) Crime for which convicted.
(f) Penalty imposed.
(g) Whether the sentence is final and binding or is under appeal.
History —Sept. 7, 1997, No. 119, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 53A - Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption (§§ 1521 — 1527) › § 1524 - Notification

The Police of Puerto Rico shall serve notice on the person concerned, in writing, of its intention to include said person in the Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption.
Said person, within thirty (30) days of being notified, may object and introduce evidence in his/her behalf stating the reason why he/she should not be included in the Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption.
The term for objecting and introducing favorable evidence shall be fixed by the Puerto Rico Police through regulations pursuant to the terms established for this type of procedure in §§ 2101 et seq. of this title, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedure Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”.
History —Sept. 7, 1997, No. 119, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 53A - Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption (§§ 1521 — 1527) › § 1525 - Duties and obligations of the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police

The Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police, or his/her representatives, shall have custody of the information contained in the Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption.
He/she shall be responsible for preserving and updating the information contained in the Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption.
He/she shall furthermore divulge the information to those persons designated in all Personnel Offices of the agencies and municipalities of the Government of Puerto Rico for purposes solely related to the provisions of this chapter.
Should the person convicted of corruption request a copy of the information contained in the Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption, it shall be provided free of charge. Said information shall be limited to the contents related to the person requesting the same.
History —Sept. 7, 1997, No. 119, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 53A - Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption (§§ 1521 — 1527) › § 1526 - Exclusion

Once the Director of the Personnel Administration Central Office verifies that the person convicted of corruption under §§ 1491—1494 of this title, has been made legally competent, the Superintendent of Police shall be bound to eliminate from the Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption all the information concerning the corruption conviction of said person. The agencies and municipalities of the Government of Puerto Rico shall be responsible for verifying, through the Police of Puerto Rico, whether the persons convicted of corruption under §§ 1491—1494 of this title, have been made competent, and thus, eliminated from the Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption, before the aspirant enters or the person made competent reenters the public service.
History —Sept. 7, 1997, No. 119, § 7.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 53A - Register of Persons Convicted of Corruption (§§ 1521 — 1527) › § 1527 - Obligation to notify convictions of corruption

The Department of Justice is hereby directed to notify the Police of Puerto Rico of all sentences for the crimes listed in §§ 1491—1494 of this title.
Likewise, the Police of Puerto Rico Police shall be bound to notify the Department of Justice of all sentences for any misdemeanors listed in §§ 1491—1494 of this title.
History —Sept. 7, 1997, No. 119, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1551 - Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “Reorganization Act of 1976”.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1552 - Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in order to attain the following aims:
(1) An efficient and economic functioning of government operations;
(2) to facilitate the redistribution of our economic resources in conformity with the priorities the occasion requires;
(3) to maintain and improve the rendering of services essential to the welfare of the people of Puerto Rico;
(4) to ease the adjustment of administrative standards and procedures to the realities of a dynamic Puerto Rico in order to maximize government productivity;
(5) to facilitate awareness and clarification among public employees of the purpose and aims of agencies to achieve a clearer understanding of work within the government scope;
(6) to more actively incorporate municipal structures within the development of the country;
(7) to establish closer bonds between government services and actions and the citizens;
(8) to improve the instruments and mechanisms of coordination, supervision and control that every Chief Executive must have over the Executive Branch, including its public corporations;
(9) to make flexible the government organization so as to facilitate putting into practice innovating approaches of use, consolidation, coordination and integration applicable to the totality of public activities;
(10) to propitiate that the functioning of the Executive Branch serve as an example and guide to all community sectors with regard to the degree of productivity and rendering of services to which we all should aspire.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1553 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter the term “agency” means any executive department, agency, authority, company, service, bureau, division, office, commission, board, public corporation, administration, position and any other body or dependency of the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth Government. It shall not include the municipalities.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1554 - Powers

The Governor of Puerto Rico shall evaluate the entire Executive Branch, including the public corporations, with a view to proposing necessary changes that will permit him to fulfill the purposes and aims set forth in § 1552 of this title, and shall submit the reorganization plan or plans hereinafter mentioned.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1555 - Reorganization Commission of the Executive Branch

(a) The Reorganization Commission of the Executive Branch, hereafter designated as the Commission, is hereby created. This Commission shall study and evaluate the organization, integration, composition, functions and procedures of the Executive Branch and likewise recommend to the Governor the changes and the adoption of measures it deems necessary to comply with the purposes set forth in § 1552 of this title.
(b) The Commission shall be composed of nine (9) persons, three (3) of whom shall be members of the Senate of Puerto Rico and three (3) of the House of Representatives, all of them designated by the respective President of each body. One of these shall be the Chairman of the [Government Commission of each body,] the parliamentary majority and another of the parliamentary minority of each body. The three (3) remaining members shall be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget [and] two (2) private citizens; the latter appointed by the Governor shall be persons of acknowledged interest and experience in matters of public administration.
The Governor shall also designate the Chairman of the Commission from among the members.
The absence, resignation or vacancy of any member of the Commission shall not affect the performance of its functions, duties and determinations.
In case a vacancy occurs, it shall be filled with a person representative of the kind of member originating the same and pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 5; Mar. 10, 1977, No. 4, p. 7, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1556 - Per diems and reimbursement of expenses

Members of the Commission who are not public officials or employees shall receive a per diem equal to fifty dollars ($50) for each session they attend, up to the maximum sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000) annually. All members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for travel and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 6; Mar. 10, 1977, No. 4, p. 7, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1557 - Technical and administrative support

The Commission may contract the necessary personnel to carry out the provisions of this chapter, as well as require from other government agencies the services of personnel that may be transferred to work in the Commission and who shall keep the rights, classification and benefits they enjoy in their respective offices or regular employments. Resources available in the public agencies and instrumentalities such as the use of information, offices, personnel, equipment, material and other facilities, may also be utilized.
The Office of Management and Budget shall render those administrative services that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 7; Mar. 10, 1977, No. 4, p. 7, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1558 - Information and summonses

The Commission may hold public or executive hearings as a means of receiving information, evidence, opinions or suggestions, for which officials and employees of the agencies, as well as private citizens, may be summoned.
Information and suggestions may also be obtained directly from the agencies; and records, books, documents, registries and any other evidence relevant to matters related to the reorganization of the Executive Branch may be examined. Agencies and private citizens shall submit the information, suggestions and evidence requested from them under warning of contempt to the duly authorized person. Oaths and statements may be taken as well.
Whenever the witness who has been summoned fails to appear to testify or to produce the evidence required or when he refuses to answer any question, the assistance of the Court of First Instance may be requested to compel the official’s appearance or statement or the evidence required, as the case may be. The Secretary of Justice shall furnish the necessary legal assistance for such purposes.
Once the petition is filed with the Court of First Instance, the latter shall issue a summons directing the witness to appear and testify or to produce the evidence requested, or both, before the authorized person in question, and any disobedience of the order issued by the court shall be punished as for civil contempt.
The evidence given by any witness that is summoned shall not be used against him in any criminal, civil or administrative proceeding.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 8; Mar. 10, 1977, No. 4, p. 7, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1559 - Scope of reorganizations

The Governor shall determine the reorganizations that may be convenient to make so as to achieve one or more of the purposes and aims stated in § 1552 of this title; shall decide and prepare the reorganization plan or plans under the provisions of this chapter, and shall submit them to the Legislature to implement, among others, the following types of reorganizations:
(1) The transfer of the whole or any part of an agency or of all or any functions thereof, to another agency;
(2) the consolidation of the whole or any part or function of any agency or all or parts or functions thereof with another or the same agency;
(3) the coordination of part or all the functions of an agency with any part or all the functions of another agency or agencies;
(4) the abolition of the whole or any part of an agency or function;
(5) the creation of an agency or function as part of the reorganization plan or plans;
(6) the abolition, change of functions, standards and operational procedures in the services the Government renders to citizens, whose only purpose may be to expedite the Government services to citizens;
(7) the delegation or transfer of functions of agencies to the municipalities of Puerto Rico;
(8) the reorganization or decentralization of services, functions or agencies to bring services closer to citizens;
(9) modifications in the working conditions of public employees to make feasible a greater productivity;
(10) any other measure that may be convenient to achieve one or more of the purposes and aims set forth in § 1552 of this title.
Upon submitting the reorganization plan or plans the Governor may provide the necessities for its most adequate implementation, including the fact that the reorganization may be made by stages and incorporating the necessary transitory measures.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 9.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1560 - Various provisions of plan or plans

The reorganization plan or plans submitted under the provisions of this chapter shall, moreover, include provisions on the following:
(1) To authorize the delegation by any official of any function or responsibility to another official or employee of the same agency or between agencies;
(2) to change the name of any agency affected by the reorganization and the title of its head, and to designate the name of any agency resulting from the reorganization and the title of its head; or to ascribe its functions;
(3) on the appointment, removal, term of office and compensation of the head and of one or more officials of any agency, including any agency resulting from a consolidation or reorganization or of new creation. The head so provided may be a person or a commission or board made up of two (2) or more members, as specified in the reorganization plan. In the case of the head of an agency that previously did not exist and that is created by the reorganization plan presented to the Legislature by the Governor, his appointment shall be made by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate;
(4) to transfer or otherwise dispose of the accounting books, files, property and personnel affected by the reorganization;
(5) to transfer such unexpended balances or savings resulting from appropriations and other funds, available for use in relation to any function or agency affected by the reorganization, as he deems necessary by virtue thereof, for use in relation to functions affected by said reorganization, or for the use of the agency or agencies assuming such functions after the reorganization plan takes effect;
(6) to wind up the affairs of any agency to be abolished.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 10.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1561 - Limitations

The reorganization plan or plans may not provide for and the reorganization adopted under this chapter may not have the effect of:
(1) Prolonging the term or existence of an agency beyond the term authorized by law or beyond the term in which it would have ceased if the reorganization had not been made;
(2) prolonging any function beyond the period prescribed by law therefor, or beyond the date on which it would have ceased if the reorganization had not been made;
(3) extending the term fixed by law for any position.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 11.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1562 - Presentation of plan or plans to Legislature

The Governor shall present the reorganization plan or plans to the Legislature, together with a declaration stating the need for their approval. The Commission created under § 1555 of this title shall carry out the proposed reorganization study or studies and shall keep the Committees on Government of the House and Senate informed of the progress of said studies for the sole purpose that these Committees may in turn inform their respective Houses about the work carried out. The Commission shall submit to the Governor one or several reports presenting its findings and recommendations on the organization, operation and procedures of the Executive Branch, in accordance with § 1555 of this title, and shall cease in its functions upon rendering its final report. The plan or plans may be presented either in a regular or a special session of the Legislature. In the case of a special session, they shall be presented on the first day of session.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 12; Mar. 10, 1977, No. 4, p. 7, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1563 - Maximum term for presentation of plan or plans

The Governor shall present the reorganization plan or particular plans any time after the approval of this act, but no later than April 30, 1982.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 13; Mar. 10, 1977, No. 4, p. 7, § 7; June 12, 1978, No. 41, p. 140; June 14, 1979, No. 71, p. 150; June 9, 1981, No. 9, p. 90.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1564 - Approval and effectiveness of plan or plans

The reorganization plan or plans presented by the Governor to the Legislature according to this chapter shall have to be approved or rejected not later than sixty (60) days following their presentation in a regular session and if presented in a special session, they shall have to be approved or rejected at any time within the term of duration thereof, through a resolution approved by each one of the Legislative Houses. Either of the Houses, by a majority vote of the total number of the members composing it, may adopt a resolution stating that it does not favor the reorganization plan presented, in which case this plan shall not take effect; Provided, That if within the above-mentioned terms the Legislature does not take action on the plan or plans submitted to its consideration, the same shall take effect.
In case the plan is not approved, the Houses or the one that disapproved it shall state the reasons therefor.
The Houses of the Legislature shall approve or disapprove the reorganization plan in the form presented to them by the Governor, without modifying it.
The reorganization plan or plans shall provide for their effectiveness, and even that any of its provisions may take effect on a date subsequent to the effective date of said plan in other respects and shall incorporate the necessary transitory measures.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 14; Mar. 10, 1977, No. 4, p. 7, § 8.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1565 - Ratification of obligations and vested rights

None of the provisions of this chapter shall affect, modify or annul any contract, loan, bond issue, note or any other type of obligation recognized by law, issued or legally contracted by any of the agencies reorganized under the adopted plan or plans; but on the contrary, all these contracts, loans, bonds, notes and other types of obligations, whatever their scope and nature, shall be faithfully complied with, satisfied and paid by the successor of the reorganized agency, or in the absence of such successor, by the agency or official the Governor may designate or by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and all assets and property of any kind thus transferred shall be preferably subject to fulfillment or payment of the above-mentioned contracts and obligations.
No suit, action or proceedings lawfully brought by or against an agency, by or against the head thereof or other official of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties, shall be dismissed because of the taking effect of the reorganization plan adopted under the provisions of this chapter; and the court, on motion or supplementary plea filed on any date within the twelve (12) months following the effective date of the reorganization plan or plans, showing to the satisfaction of the court the need for continuing such suit, action or other proceeding to resolve the questions involved, shall permit the same to continue, by or against the successor or said head, agency or official under the reorganization effected by the plan or plans, or if there is no successor, by or against the agency or official the Governor may designate.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 15.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1566 - Publication of plans

The reorganization plan or plans shall be published upon being presented to the Legislature and afterward, upon being approved, they shall be published jointly with the Laws of Puerto Rico in the volume corresponding to the session in which the plan was accepted.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 16.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 55 - Reorganization Act of 1976 (§§ 1551 — 1567) › § 1567 - Prohibition

No reorganization plan or plans shall have the effect of discriminating against a public employee by reason of race, color, sex, birth, age, origin or social condition, or for his political or religious ideas.
History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 17.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 57 - Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1623) › Subchapter I - Office of Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1610) › § 1601 - Short title

This subchapter shall be known as the “Office of Youth Affairs Act”.
History —July 13, 1978, No. 34, p. 477, § 1; Aug. 26, 2005, No. 85, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 57 - Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1623) › Subchapter I - Office of Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1610) › § 1601a - Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning stated below:
(1) Young person. — Means any person who is between thirteen (13) and twenty-nine (29) years of age.
(2) Youth. — Refers to the total population group between the age of thirteen (13) and twenty-nine (29) years.
(3) Young people. — Shall have the same meaning as the term “Youth”.
History —July 13, 1978, No. 34, p. 477, added as § 1A on Jan. 8, 2004, No. 40, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 57 - Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1623) › Subchapter I - Office of Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1610) › § 1605 - Office of Youth Affairs—Creation

The Office of Youth Affairs, henceforth denominated as the “Office”, is hereby created, which shall be attached to the Governor’s Office, and directed by an Executive Director.
History —July 13, 1978, No. 34, p. 477, § 5, renumbered as § 2 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 85, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 57 - Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1623) › Subchapter I - Office of Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1610) › § 1606 - Office of Youth Affairs—Executive Director, appointment

The Governor, with the prior advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint and fix the salary of the Executive Director who shall hold office at the will of the nominating authority.
The Executive Director shall be responsible for exercising the functions and duties assigned in this subchapter.
History —July 13, 1978, No. 34, p. 477, § 6, renumbered as § 3 and amended on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 85, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 57 - Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1623) › Subchapter I - Office of Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1610) › § 1608 - Office of Youth Affairs—Personnel

The Office shall appoint and hire, with the approval of the Governor or his delegated official, the executive, technical, administrative, secretarial and any other type of personnel needed to carry out the functions established in this chapter. The Office shall be considered as an Individual Administrator pursuant to Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975.
History —July 13, 1978, No. 34, p. 477, § 8, renumbered as § 5 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 85, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 57 - Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1623) › Subchapter I - Office of Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1610) › § 1609 - Office of Youth Affairs—Agreements and contracts, authorization to enter

The Office is authorized to enter into covenants, agreements and contracts with government agencies or private entities or employers so as to achieve the purposes of this chapter. Provided That, it may transfer funds to other bodies to carry out projects and activities for the benefit of our youth.
History —July 13, 1978, No. 34, p. 477, § 9, renumbered as § 6 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 85, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 57 - Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1623) › Subchapter I - Office of Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1610) › § 1610 - Transfer of programs and repeals

(a) To abolish the Job and Progress Corps Program, created by Act No. 115 of June 21, 1968, and transferred to the Youth Action Administration through Act No. 81 of May 31, 1973.
(b) To abolish the Youth Action Administration created by Act No. 81 of May 31, 1973, and to repeal Act No. 29 of May 6, 1976, as amended.
(c) The Child Commission’s powers that were transferred to the Youth Action Administration are hereby transferred to the Office of Youth Affairs, § 1607 of this title.
(d) The effective date for the transfer of programs and the abolition of the Youth Action Administration shall be fixed by the Governor through an Executive Order no later than ninety (90) days after the enacting of this act.
(e) The Governor shall appoint an official to perform the transfer of property, files, records, documents, funds, appropriations, and surplus, licenses, permits, and other authorizations and contracts to the Right to Employment Administration, as well as to the Office of Youth Affairs, provided herein.
History —July 13, 1978, No. 34, p. 477, § 13, renumbered as § 10 on Aug. 26, 2005, No. 85, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 57 - Youth Affairs (§§ 1601 — 1623) › Subchapter II - Programs administered by the Office (§§ 1621 — 1623) › § 1621 - Scholarships and loans program

(a) The Executive Director of the Office of Youth Affairs, adjoined to the Office of the Governor, is hereby authorized to create a program to grant loans to youths for the pursuit of technical and vocational studies, and to start their own business.
(b) The Executive Director of the Office of Youth Affairs shall set forth by means of regulation the norms and procedures that shall govern the granting of loans and scholarships to be granted pursuant to the dispositions in this section.
(c) All participants must comply with the following minimum requirements in order to be eligible to participate in the scholarships and loans program:
(1) Must be between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-nine (29) at the time of requesting the benefits.
(2) Must have the aptitudes and aspirations required in order to obtain the benefits and services of the Office of Youth Affairs.
(3) Must satisfy any other requirement set forth by regulation, and commit to comply with all the rules and norms of said regulation.
(4) In the selection of participants, there must be no discrimination by reason of race, color, sex, birth, social origin or condition, or due to political or religious beliefs. [Nor may a physically disabled participant be discriminated against because of his/her condition when it constitutes a limitation to participate in the program.]
(d) The amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000) from unassigned State Treasury funds are hereby appropriated to the Office of Youth Affairs for the granting of loans, acquisition of equipment, personnel recruitment, and other operational expenses in harmony with the purposes of this section.
(e) The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to forward the necessary funds up to the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000), the repayment of which shall be paid with the appropriation of funds set forth in subsection (d) of this section.
(f) The Executive Director of the Office of Youth Affairs shall render an annual report to the Legislature on the activities performed by same, and on the work plan for the following year.
History —Jan. 3, 2003, No. 35, §§ 1—6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (§§ 1631 — 1631h) › § 1631 - Short title

This chapter shall be known as the “Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program Act”.
History —July 8, 1986, No. 75, p. 244, § 1, retroactive to July 1, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (§§ 1631 — 1631h) › § 1631-1 - Definitions

For the effects of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning stated below:
(1) Young person. — Means any person who is between thirteen (13) and twenty-nine (29) years of age.
(2) Youth. — Refers to the total population groups between the age of thirteen (13) and twenty-nine (29) years.
(3) Young people. — Shall have the same meaning as the term “Youth”.
History —July 8, 1986, No. 75, p. 244, added as § 1A on Jan. 8, 2004, No. 41, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (§§ 1631 — 1631h) › § 1631a - Public policy

The public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is directed to do everything possible so that our youth will feel a rebirth of hope and faith in themselves, in the Government and in society in general, including feasible alternatives to guide them towards a productive life of progress and well-being for them and, thus, for Puerto Rico in general.
History —July 8, 1986, No. 75, p. 244, § 2, retroactive to July 1, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (§§ 1631 — 1631h) › § 1631b - Creation

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program is hereby created, attached to the Office of the Governor’s Youth Affairs Office, which shall be referred to hereinafter as the Program.
History —July 8, 1986, No. 75, p. 244, § 3, retroactive to July 1, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (§§ 1631 — 1631h) › § 1631d - Directorate: annual report

The Program shall be directed by the Director of the Youth Affairs Office. The Director shall issue an annual report, no later than April 30 of each year, to the Governor and to the Legislature on the operation of the Program, the use given to funds and the result of the evaluation of the subsidized projects.
History —July 8, 1986, No. 75, p. 244, § 5; Jan. 8, 2004, No. 41, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (§§ 1631 — 1631h) › § 1631e - Director; functions, powers and duties

In addition to the powers inherent to the position, the Director shall have, without it being construed as a limitation, the functions, faculties and duties stated hereinbelow:
(a) To establish, organize, develop and supervise the Program;
(b) to adopt, approve and amend the regulations needed for the operation of the Program;
(c) to receive, evaluate, approve or deny subsidy petitions filed by public agencies or private persons or entities, upon consultation with the Advisory Board created hereinbelow, when dealing with the approval or denial of a petition; Provided, That the procedure to be followed shall be established through regulations, and
(d) to request and accept donations in money, assets, properties, equipment, materials and services from any natural or juridical person, the federal government, the Commonwealth Government, local and municipal governments, and from any agency, dependency or instrumentality of these governments; Provided, That the donations shall be used exclusively to comply with and carry out the objectives of the Program.
History —July 8, 1986, No. 75, p. 244, § 6, retroactive to July 1, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (§§ 1631 — 1631h) › § 1631f - Advisory Board—Creation and composition

An Advisory Board is hereby created, composed of the Secretaries of Justice, Education, the Family, Addiction Services and a representative of the Advisory Board for the Protection and Strengthening of the Family in the Office of the Governor, as ex officio members, and five (5) members appointed by the Governor for a four (4) year term and until their successors are appointed and take office. The Governor shall designate the Chairman from its members.
History —July 8, 1986, No. 75, p. 244, § 7, retroactive to July 1, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (§§ 1631 — 1631h) › § 1631g - Advisory Board—Functions

Without it being construed as a limitation, the Board shall have the following functions:
(a) To advise the Director of the Program on the drafting and administration of the annual work plan;
(b) to coordinate with the Director to carry out the purposes of the Program;
(c) to advise the Director on the distribution of funds, with the approval or denial of a subsidy request and with the regulations said official shall approve in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and
(d) to ensure that the public policy established in this chapter is complied with, as well as the attainment of the objectives of the Program.
History —July 8, 1986, No. 75, p. 244, § 8, retroactive to July 1, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (§§ 1631 — 1631h) › § 1631h - Assistance

The Director of the Program and the Advisory Board may request other public agencies and private persons and entities to submit the reports, data, documents and statistics that are needed to carry out their functions and comply with the objectives of the Program.
History —July 8, 1986, No. 75, p. 244, § 9, retroactive to July 1, 1986.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58A - Juvempleo Program (§§ 1632 — 1632f) › § 1632 - Definitions

The following terms and phrases contained in this chapter shall have the following meaning:
(a) OYA.— The Office of Youth Affairs of the Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico.
(b) Program.— The “Juvempleo” Program, attached to the OYA.
(c) University institution.— Any university of the local public or private system accredited by the Council on Higher Education that offers bachelor’s degrees in any specialization.
(d) Post-graduate educational institution.— Any public or private educational institution that offers post-graduate studies in any specialty and is accredited by the Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education or any entity which assumes the duties thereof.
(e) Institution that grants associate degrees.— Any public or private educational institution that offers associate degrees in any specialty and is accredited by the Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education or any entity that assumes the duties thereof.
(f) University student.— Any young person in his/her last year of university studies toward a bachelor’s degree at any university institution of Puerto Rico accredited by the Council on Higher Education.
(g) Public employer.— All agencies, public corporations, administrations, consortiums, offices or public instrumentalities that are able to hire university students.
(h) Young student.— Any youth pursuing a technical, vocational, bachelor, graduate, or post-graduate degree at any public or private institution in Puerto Rico accredited by the Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education or the entity that assumes the duties thereof.
(i) Public employer.— Any Agency, Public Corporation, Administration, Consortium, Office, or Public Instrumentality that can hire young students.
(j) Private employer.— Offices, businesses, and private industries and corporations, which have a certificate of good standing, are duly incorporated in the Department of State, whether for profit or not, and can hire young students.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 464, § 2; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 231, § 1.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58A - Juvempleo Program (§§ 1632 — 1632f) › § 1632a - Creation

(a) The Juvempleo Program attached to the Office of Youth Affairs of the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby established in perpetuity. The conceptual framework for its design, legal structure, planning, development, implementation and operation shall be outlined and attuned to the structure of the Office that is in effect. The current assets and the administrative personnel shall remain under the new structure of the Juvempleo Program created by this chapter.
(b) OYA shall draft regulations to establish the public policy, which shall be based on clear and specific parameters identified by OYA through studies to be performed and empirical data from previous investigations and projects. The same shall prove the need Puerto Rican young students have to develop their employability skills through study programs, qualifications and on-the-job training, services directed toward facilitating job retention, counseling, and orientation.
(c) OYA shall render an annual report on the services provided by the Program, the needs of young students with regards to employment, projections on clients to be impacted during the following year, the number of clients served, the services rendered, and the satisfaction of clients and the employers with whom they worked. Such report shall be forwarded to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico not later than sixty (60) days after the close of the fiscal year.
(d) OYA shall have the duty to seek the collaboration of different for- profit or nonprofit employers from the government and the private sector to employ and negotiate a percentage of retention of young students.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 464, § 3; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 231, § 2.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58A - Juvempleo Program (§§ 1632 — 1632f) › § 1632b - Duties and responsibilities

The Executive Director of the OYA shall also have individual duties and responsibilities, as follows:
(a) The OYA shall render a detailed report to the Governor and the Legislature of Puerto Rico on the form and manner in which the appropriated budget is distributed and used for its operations, plans, projects and works being executed, as well as those to be executed in the future to harmonize its own organizational structure with the organizational structure of the Program.
(b) The OYA shall be responsible for the coordination of all matters that make viable and expedite the implementation of this chapter once it is approved.
(c) The Office of Youth Affairs shall be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the programs developed, so that it can identify deficiencies and implement immediate corrective action. The findings, conclusions and recommendations shall be discussed with the legal department, and a report shall be rendered, together with an affirmative action plan, to the Governor and the Legislature of Puerto Rico not later than thirty (30) days as of the conclusion of the study.
(d) OYA shall be responsible for conducting a process that enables the collection of statistical information and data with respect to the young students” training and educational needs and the services rendered with respect to work experience. Thus, once this chapter is implemented, Program directors may have an accurate frame of reference about the situation and needs of the young students, and develop integrated action plans together with the agencies and entities concerned.
(e) The analyses of studies, inventories of the jobs available in the public and private sector, the collaboration agreements with the public agencies and private businesses for young students to have their first work experience, and the opportunity to be retained therein shall be established through regulations drafted to such effects by OYA. The participation of the agencies, public corporations, administrations, consortia, public offices or instrumentalities, as well as for- profit and nonprofit corporations, offices, and private businesses and industries shall be voluntary rather than compulsory. The Office of Youth Affairs of the Office of the Governor shall not be required, under any circumstance, to include a young student as a participant of the Program.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 464, § 4; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 231, § 3.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58A - Juvempleo Program (§§ 1632 — 1632f) › § 1632b-1 - Internship Programs

Internship Programs are geared towards offering young students an educational experience that is not circumscribed to formal classroom learning. Through these programs, students shall receive professional experience in positions whose duties are related to the various areas of the Executive Branch, as well as in formulating and implementing public policy and economic development.
These programs are expected to provide students with a better understanding of how the Government works. Direct contact with public servants at various levels and from different backgrounds seeks to promote the sharing of knowledge, interests, and experiences that may be applicable to their professional life. These Internship Programs shall be created by law or by Executive Order.
(a) Internship Programs shall be attached to the Office of Youth Affairs, and shall be administered and directed by its Executive Director, except for those attached to another agency by law or Executive Order.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 464, added as § 5 on Dec. 30, 2010, No. 231, § 4.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58A - Juvempleo Program (§§ 1632 — 1632f) › § 1632b-2 - Requirements and selection of candidates for the Internship Program

(a) Participants shall be students at the technical, vocational, undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate level who have completed at least one academic semester towards their corresponding degree. They must be registered in institutions that have been duly accredited by the Council of Higher Education, unless additional requirements are established by law or by Executive Order.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 464, added as § 6 on Dec. 30, 2010, No. 231, § 5.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58A - Juvempleo Program (§§ 1632 — 1632f) › § 1632c - Budget appropriations

(a) For the 2004-2005 Operating Budget of the Office of Youth Affairs, the Office of the Governor shall set aside the necessary funds for the immediate implementation of the Program. For subsequent years, such funds shall be set aside in the Operating Budget of OYA. The funds to implement the Internship Programs shall come from the annual budget allocated for the Juvempleo Program. The amount appropriated to the Juvempleo Program for operating expenses shall not be less than one million nine hundred thousand dollars ($1,900,000)
(b) The funds appropriated to the OYA for the implementation of this chapter may not be used, reappropriated and/or transferred for any purpose other than those contained herein.
(c) The matching of Commonwealth, federal, municipal and private funds for the implementation of this chapter is hereby authorized.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 464, § 5; Dec. 30, 2010, No. 231, § 6.
2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 58A - Juvempleo Program (§§ 1632 — 1632f) › § 1632d - Rules to govern the operations of the Internship Program

Not later than sixty (60) days after the approval of this act, the Office of Youth Affairs shall incorporate rules that shall govern the Internship Program operations into the regulations of the Juvempleo Program. The same shall provide all the rules and procedures necessary for their adequate implementation. In particular, intern selection criteria shall be provided, taking into consideration, among others, the student’s academic preparation, grades, experience, major, and significant community service. The established procedures shall ensure an objective and impartial selection of Program participants. The regulations shall also include all that pertains to the payment of stipends, the pertinent procedures for the validation of Program participation as university credits, program duration, maximum number of interns to be selected, and any other matter that the Executive Director of the Office of Youth Affairs deems convenient.
History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 464, added as § 8 on Dec. 30, 2010, No. 231, § 7.