P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 1302
In order to continue the government’s purpose of protecting and improving the environmental conditions of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and to face the ever-increasing demand for greater and better solid waste disposal controls and facilities, a body politic and corporate is hereby created in the nature of a public corporation and government instrumentality of the Commonwealth, which shall be known as the Puerto Rico Solid Waste Authority, to be known hereinafter as the “Authority”.
The powers of the Authority shall be exercised by a Governing Board composed of the Director of the Puerto Rico Energy Office, the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the Executive Director of the Aqueduct and Sewer Authority and the Administrator of the Municipal Services Administration as ex officio members; three mayors, and four representatives of the private sector appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The three mayors shall hold office for the term for which they were elected. The Governor shall designate the Chairman of the Board from the members thereof.
Six members of the Governing Board of the Authority shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of the Board members present shall be necessary for all decisions.
The initial appointments of members who are not officials of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be made by the Governor for one (1), two (2), three (3), and four (4)-year terms, respectively; and said members shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualify. Successive appointments shall be made for four years.
In the event of a vacancy, the person appointed by the Governor to fill said vacancy shall exercise his functions for the official’s unexpired term.
The members of the Board who are not public officials shall be entitled to per diems at the rate of fifty dollars ($50) per day for each meeting they attend, and to reimbursement for travel and any other necessary expenses which they may incur while discharging their official functions.
The Authority thus constituted shall exercise public and essential government functions, and shall adopt the necessary or expedient policies, rules, regulations and procedures to exercise the powers and achieve the objectives conferred by this chapter. The exercise of the powers and faculties conferred by this chapter shall in no way invest the Authority with the nature of a private enterprise.
History —June 23, 1978, No. 70 p. 222, § 2; May 27, 1980, No. 53, p. 143; Aug. 23, 1990, No. 60, p. 239, § 3.