P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 1163e
The direction of the Corporation shall be exercised by the Board of Directors of the Conservatory of Music, hereinafter, “the Board”.
(a) The Board shall consist of seven (7) members, who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the Senate’s advice and consent, in the following manner: three (3) for a three (3) -year term; three (3) for a two (2) -year term; and one (1) for a four (4) -year term. Once these initial terms have concluded, the Governor shall appoint the future members of the Board for four (4) year terms. In case of a vacancy, substitutes shall be appointed, who shall exercise their duties for the unexpired term of the original appointment.
(b) The Board shall adopt the standards, rules, regulations, and procedures needed to exercise the powers and comply with the purposes of the Corporation.
(c) The Board shall appoint the Rector and shall assign his/her salary, taking into account the best interests of the Conservatory.
(d) The members of the Board shall be of legal age, residents of Puerto Rico, and have a bachelor’s degree as [a] minimum educational level, except for one (1) who shall be a person between the ages of eighteen (18) and thirty-five (35) and/or a full-time student at [an undergraduate level]. At least one of its members shall have proven musical abilities, and another shall have an outstanding record in the field of either post-secondary education or musical arts, and be committed to achieve the objectives framed in the Act which creates the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, and shall not be employees of the Conservatory.
(e) The members of the General Council of the Conservatory who have been appointed and are holding office, shall continue to act as members of the Board of Directors of the Conservatory created by this chapter until the terms of their appointments expire.
(f) The Board shall convene in regular sessions pursuant to an annual agenda which shall be approved in the first session of each year. The Board may hold special meetings after its Chairman has called the same, motu proprio or by request of a majority of its members.
Agreements and resolutions of the Board shall be made by the majority of the members attending.
The members of the Board shall receive per diems equal to the minimum per diems established in the Political Code for members of the Legislature for their attendance to sessions or committee meetings, for each special meeting, for meetings of a committee or other body and for the performance of any endeavor authorized by the Chairman of the Board.
History —May 30, 1980, No. 77, p. 212, § 3; July 31, 1985, No. 2, p. 778, § 4; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 141, § 5; Oct. 13, 2002, No. 244, § 1; Nov. 1, 2007, No. 155, § 1.