In order to promote and ensure the administrative autonomy that is essential to carry out the critical function entrusted thereto, the Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor’s Panel shall be excluded from the application of Act No. 184-2004, as amended, known as the “Public Service Human Resources Administration Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”; Act No. 230 of July 23, 1974, as amended, known as the “Government of Puerto Rico Accounting Act”; Reorganization Plan 3-2011, known as the “2011 General Services Administration Reorganization Plan”; Act No. 78-1997, as amended, known as the “Act to Regulate Controlled Substances Detection Tests in the Public Sector Workplace” and from the Unique Registry of Bidders attached to the General Services Administration; Act No. 45-1998, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Labor Relations Act”; Act No. 5 of December 8, 1955, as amended, known as the “Public Documents Administration Act”; Act No. 265-2003, known as the “Act for Regulating Certain Government Financing and Personal Property Leasing Contracts”; Act No. 147 of June 18, 1980, as amended, known as the “Organic Act of the Office of Management and Budget”; and Act No. 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Statistics Institute Act.” Likewise, the Office shall remain exempt from the provisions of Act No. 7-2009, as amended, known as the “Special Act to Declare a State of Fiscal Emergency and Establish a Comprehensive Fiscal Stabilization Plan to Salvage the Credit of Puerto Rico.” The provisions of Act No. 197-2002, known as the “Act to Regulate the Transition Process of the Government of Puerto Rico,” shall only apply to the Office solely with respect to the fiscal account statements.
History Feb. 23, 1988, No. 2, p. 4, added as § 20 on Jan. 3, 2012, No. 4, § 7.