P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 1559

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§ 1559. Scope of reorganizations

The Governor shall determine the reorganizations that may be convenient to make so as to achieve one or more of the purposes and aims stated in § 1552 of this title; shall decide and prepare the reorganization plan or plans under the provisions of this chapter, and shall submit them to the Legislature to implement, among others, the following types of reorganizations:

(1) The transfer of the whole or any part of an agency or of all or any functions thereof, to another agency;

(2) the consolidation of the whole or any part or function of any agency or all or parts or functions thereof with another or the same agency;

(3) the coordination of part or all the functions of an agency with any part or all the functions of another agency or agencies;

(4) the abolition of the whole or any part of an agency or function;

(5) the creation of an agency or function as part of the reorganization plan or plans;

(6) the abolition, change of functions, standards and operational procedures in the services the Government renders to citizens, whose only purpose may be to expedite the Government services to citizens;

(7) the delegation or transfer of functions of agencies to the municipalities of Puerto Rico;

(8) the reorganization or decentralization of services, functions or agencies to bring services closer to citizens;

(9) modifications in the working conditions of public employees to make feasible a greater productivity;

(10) any other measure that may be convenient to achieve one or more of the purposes and aims set forth in § 1552 of this title.

Upon submitting the reorganization plan or plans the Governor may provide the necessities for its most adequate implementation, including the fact that the reorganization may be made by stages and incorporating the necessary transitory measures.

History —May 30, 1976, No. 71, p. 211, § 9.