P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 9142
No agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, or public corporation or municipality, official or employee shall be compelled to make any payment whatsoever with respect to a previously authorized judgment or payment plan, when there are no funds available therefor when the legislative appropriation for such purposes has been exhausted; therefore, the garnishment of funds to enforce a judgment issued against the Commonwealth is hereby prohibited. The determination of lack of funds to make said payment shall be certified by the agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, public corporation or municipality in question and, in the event that such funds are appropriated by the Legislative Assembly, including those from the General Fund, it shall be confirmed by the Office of Management and Budget, whose determination with regard thereto shall be final.
The remedy available when there are no funds available for the payment of judgments shall be the payment of interest on the amount owed pursuant to the provisions of the Rules of Civil Procedure and the applicable special laws.
The provisions of this section shall also apply to municipalities.
History —June 17, 2014, No. 66, § 29.