P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 13
The following shall not be eligible for these prizes: officers and employees of the municipalities; the personnel of the Division of Organization and Methods of the Bureau of the Budget and of other administrative units engaged in the improvement of procedures and methods; persons contracted with a temporary character and in the capacity of technicians or professionals to carry out any inquiry, investigation, survey or consultation of a special nature on behalf of the Legislative Assembly of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or of a Committee of the Houses thereof, or on behalf and upon authorization of the Governor; the members of the Committee in charge of the administration of the Governor’s Annual Prize Program for Administrative Improvements. The Governor may refuse to award a prize to any officer or employee for any suggestion which is a part of the normal duties of his office or employment, or to the incumbent of any office who, because of his being responsible for major policies and programs, it would be improper for him to receive a prize from the Program.
History —June 13, 1953, No. 79, p. 278, § 2.