P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 4894
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Any public officer or employee who persistently neglects to comply with a duty imposed by law or regulation and, as a consequence of said omission causes the loss of public funds or damages to public property shall incur a misdemeanor.
If the assessed value of the loss of public funds or the damages to public property exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000), he/she shall incur a fourth degree felony.
The court may also impose restitution.
History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 266, eff. May 1, 2005.