P.R. Laws tit. 15, § 573
(a) This chapter creates the Fund and the Board for the Development of Full-Time High Performance Puerto Rican Athletes. The Fund shall be nourished with the appropriations of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other public funds, including other Commonwealth and federal funds allotted or obtained. This Fund shall be administered by the Board for the Development of Full-Time High Performance Puerto Rican Athletes attached to the Sports and Recreation Department.
(b) The use of the Fund shall be restricted to expenditures directly related to the training of the athletes chosen by the Board. These expenses include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) Payment of salaries to athletes.
(2) Contracting trainers, physicians, nutritionists, biomechanics psychologists, physical trainers, exercise physiologists or other professionals needed for training athletes.
(3) Purchase of the necessary equipment and supplies for training athletes.
(4) Trips, transportation, lodging and expenses directly related to camp training, competitions, trial competitions or training whether in Puerto Rico or abroad.
(5) Scholarships.
(6) Sabbaticals.
(7) Nutritional supplements.
(8) Medical and life insurance contributions.
(9) Providing athletes under the age of twenty-one (21) who participate in international sporting events with financial incentives. Provided, That five percent (5%) of the total of moneys covered into the Fund shall be set aside to defray the costs of said financial incentives.
(c) The surplus of this Fund shall not be subject to being reverted to the General Fund at the close of each fiscal year. Said surplus shall remain in a separate account, to be used as determined by this chapter.
(d) Only six percent (6%) of this Fund may be used for administrative expenses, and other expenses as necessary to achieve the purposes of this Fund, including the per diems to be paid to the members of the Board, when applicable.
(e) The members of the Board, including those public servants and employees who are not public servants or employees of the Department of Recreation and Sports, shall receive per diems for an amount equal to the minimum per diem established for the members of the Legislature, of up to a maximum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year.
(f) Under no circumstances shall the use of these moneys be allowed to conduct activities other than those described in this chapter or its enabling regulations.
History —Aug. 17, 2001, No. 119, § 3; Jan. 4, 2003, No. 65, § 1; Sept. 14, 2012, No. 245, § 1.