P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 1197
(a) The Board by a majority of its members shall appoint an Executive Director who shall be a person of recognized background and services in behalf of Puerto Rican culture, subject to the direction or general inspection of the Board, and shall serve at its volition. The Executive Director shall reside in Puerto Rico and shall receive a salary and hold a rank equivalent to a Secretary of the Government.
(b) The Executive Director shall appoint the personnel needed to perform or exercise the functions, powers and duties conferred to the Institute. The Institute shall be an Individual Administrator, as the term is defined in Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”. With the prior written consent of the Administrator of the Central Office of Personnel Administration and of the Director of the Office of Management and the Budget, the Executive Director may contract the services of the employees and officials of any other agency, instrumentality, dependency, public institution or political subdivision of the Commonwealth, and may pay them due compensation for the additional services they give the Institute after their regular working hours as public servants, without being subject to the provisions of § 551 of Title 3 and the provisions of any other act. When requesting said authorization the Executive Director shall justify the need to contract such personnel.
History —June 21, 1955, No. 89, p. 374, § 3; June 28, 1957, No. 109, p. 496; June 30, 1965, No. 122, p. 352; July 31, 1985, No. 5, p. 796, § 3.