P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 21f
The preliminary analysis of the reorganization plans and the reports submitted for such purposes by the Governor to the Legislature, shall be the duty of the Joint Committee. The final action theron shall correspond to the Legislative Bodies. For such purposes, the following procedure is hereby established:
(a) The Secretaries of the House of Representatives and of the Senate shall remit the reorganization plans that the Governor submits for legislative consideration to the Chairperson or Co-chairperson of the Joint Committee, and after simultaneously notifying the members of the respective Bodies of their filing, they shall give public notice thereof through announcements published in two newspapers of general circulation in Puerto Rico.
(b) The Joint Committee shall hold public hearings on the reorganization plans submitted by the Governor, after which it shall adopt the Preliminary Report corresponding to each plan, which it shall file simultaneously with the Secretariats of the Legislative Bodies.
(c) Within five (5) days following the filing of each report, the House of Representatives and the Senate shall meet in Full Committee Session, individually, to analyze the Reorganization Plan under consideration, as well as the Joint Committee’s Report thereon. Amendments to the plan may be introduced in said Session, which, if approved by the Full Committee of each Body, shall be sent to each Body in plenum which shall remit it to the Joint Committee to deal with the discrepancies between one Body and the other, if any, and render a final report which shall be voted on, by list, by each of the Legislative Bodies.
(d) Within seven (7) days following the receipt of the amendments approved in the Committee in toto, the Joint Committee shall adopt and file a Final Report on the Reorganization Plan with the Secretariats of the House and the Senate. This shall be submitted to the consideration of the Bodies for its approval or rejection, without amendments, in a vote by list.
(e) The reorganization plans approved by both Bodies shall be sent to the Governor for his signature, as with any legislative bill.
History —Nov. 15, 1993, No. 88, § 8.