P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 1026
The sum of forty-four thousand dollars ($44,000) is hereby appropriated to the public corporation “Industries for the Blind, for the Mentally Retarded and for Other Disabled Persons of Puerto Rico” from any available funds in the Treasury of Puerto Rico not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of §§ 1025—1029 of this title. The said sum shall be transferred to a special fund to be known as “Special Fund of the Public Corporation, Industries for the Blind, for the Mentally Retarded and Other Disabled Persons of Puerto Rico”, and shall be placed at the disposal of the Secretary of the Family as paid in capital for the development of the activities thereof. All moneys under the control of the corporation shall be covered into the Treasury of Puerto Rico, to the credit of said Fund, to be drawn upon by the corporation against vouchers therefor. The corporation is hereby authorized to use the said Fund and any donation or benefits hereafter accrued, as a revolving fund for the development of industries for the blind, for the mentally retarded or for persons with other physical or mental handicaps which constitute obstacles to their occupational capacity and for other expenses inherent in the operation and development of said industries, including the payment of salaries and benefits to such blind and mentally retarded or to persons with other physical or mental handicaps which constitute obstacles to their occupational capacity, as well as the workmen’s accident insurance.
History —May 14, 1948, No. 207, p. 616, § 3; June 24, 1968, No. 127, p. 299, § 2, eff. July 1, 1968.