P.R. Laws tit. 3A, § IX
Within the year following his/her designation, the Secretary shall integrate within one (1) sole administrative structure, the work related to the planning, purchase, auditing, preparation and control of the budget destined to the adults and youth correction and rehabilitation areas, and the work related to personnel administration. The structure established to such effects shall promote function[al] economy and operational efficiency of the units that compose the Department.
The Department and the bodies that compose it are hereby exempted from compliance with the provisions of §§ 931 et seq. of this title, Organic Act of the General Services Administration with respect to the purchases and supplies process subject to the development and implementation of the corresponding regulations and procedures.
Within the term of fifteen (15) months counting from the effective date of this Reorganization Plan, the Governor shall submit to both Legislative Bodies a report on the implementation thereof, together with an outline of the organization of the Department and component bodies.
The report shall be filed at the Office of the Secretary of the House and of the Senate and shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Executive Reorganization Plans which shall, with[in] ten (10) days after the filing of the report, call to public Plans hearing [sic] to analyze and submit to both Legislative Bodies their findings, conclusions and recommendations. The report shall include a list of the measures established to increase the efficiency and productivity of the bodies that make up the entity and shall detail, in a specific manner, the mechanisms adopted or [to] be adopted.
The Legislature reserves the power to amend or refuse, partially or totally, the reorganization carried out or proposed within the terms and through the procedures set forth in the Executive Reorganization Plan of 1993.