The Administration shall acquire directly through purchase or lease or other means permissible under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and have under its jurisdiction, administration and control, all motor vehicles and any other means of land, air, and maritime transportation and their accessory parts attached to the Executive Branch, as well as any other material or equipment needed for the operation of this program.
(a) The Administrator is authorized to promulgate regulations on:
(1) The acquisition, use, maintenance, sale and everything related to the vehicles and means of transportation under his jurisdiction.
(2) The permanent assignment of motor vehicles to central stations and to the executive dependencies which, within reason, need them.
(3) Standards under which the executive dependencies could be authorized to operate their own shops, furnish their own means of transportation, or procure them from private enterprise.
(4) Standards and procedures through which authorizations to drive official vehicles may be issued or revoked, and the requirement to obtain such authorizations.
(5) Standards and procedures through which steps may be taken for the judicial recovery of damages caused to the government fleet of the Executive Branch under its jurisdiction; and to settle administratively the claims for damages to the fleet, through legal tender or in kind, following the procedure established for it by regulations approved by the Secretary of Treasury and the Secretary of Justice. Included with the documents pertaining to every settlement carried out by the Administrator shall be an estimate of the damages caused, prepared by a competent expert, specifying the sum for which said estimate is made. Sufficient photographs demonstrating the extent of the damages caused shall also be included, as well as photographs of those vehicles involved with their respective license plate.
However, when the General Services Administration makes a claim to any insurance policy for an accident which involves a vehicle assigned to the Puerto Rico Police, it shall be bound to reimburse to the Police any sum it receives as compensation.
(6) Structuring of a plan to stimulate the employees and officials of the Executive Branch who use vehicles for the performance of the duties of their office, to acquire and use private automobiles, under a system of compensation for mileage traveled, computed on the basis of the official highway map of Puerto Rico, and paid on the basis of the rates established from time to time by the Secretary of the Treasury; and any other means of compensation that the Administrator deems to be reasonable.
History —July 23, 1974, No. 164, Part 1, p. 752, § 18; May 19, 1976, No. 46, p. 126, § 1; June 30, 1977, No. 133, p. 391, § 1; June 26, 1980, No. 11, p. 892, § 1; Aug. 9, 1995, No. 140, § 1; Jan. 24, 2006, No. 34, § 1.