P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 3085
Every official, ex-official, employee or ex-employee of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico who is sued for damages in his personal capacity, when the cause of action is based on alleged violations of the plaintiff’s civil rights, due to acts or omissions committed in good faith, in the course of his employment and within the scope of his functions, may request the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to provide him with legal representation, and to subsequently assume the payment of any judgment that may be entered against his person. The Executive Directors, former Executive Directors, members and former members of the governing boards of public corporations and Government instrumentalities, mayors and former mayors and officials and former officials of the municipalities, as well as the members and former members of the Municipal Police Corps of the different ranks, shall be covered by what is hereby provided, except for the payment of judgments, which shall be governed by the provisions of § 3092 of this title. Any action brought under the provisions of §§ 3077-3092a of this title shall not be covered by the provisions of this section.
Likewise, these provisions shall not be construed, for any reason whatsoever, as making the Commonwealth an insurer of the aforesaid public servants, nor as a waiver of the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth.
History —June 29, 1955, No. 104, p. 550, added as § 12 on Nov. 26, 1975, No. 9, p. 953, § 1; July 21, 1977, No. 12, p. 564, § 1; July 10, 1986, No. 113, p. 358, § 1; July 30, 1999, No. 177, § 1.