P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 964
The Coordinator shall have the following duties and functions:
(1) To identify, in consultation with all the mayors of Puerto Rico, the Planning Board and other available resources, those communities that shall be designated as special communities for the purposes of this chapter, on the basis of criteria, objectives, among which are the following:
(a) Socio-economic level;
(b) basic infrastructure conditions;
(c) environmental conditions, and
(d) the condition of the dwellings and other development aspects.
(2) To periodically update the inventory of the special communities designated for the purposes of this chapter.
(3) To watch over the implementation and periodic review of the effectiveness of one or more special communities development models based on the following:
(a) The principle of community self-management and control that makes the resident the central axis of the planning and renovation and development action.
(b) The alliance between communities, the public sector and the entrepreneurial sector to assume the different responsibilities to expedite the socio-economic development.
(c) The integral focus on the problem of poverty that rests on the conviction that it must be attacked from all fronts.
(d) The duty to become a liaison between the government agencies, public corporations, municipal governments, the private sector and organizations of the civil society, and the special communities.
(e) Promote that all assistance available in the government agencies, local as well as federal, public corporations and municipalities that can be destined to the development of projects and activities in special communities, in such a way that the initiation and conclusion dates of the projects can be established with reasonable certainty.
(f) Supervise the execution of the selected projects so that they are carried out pursuant to what is agreed upon, to wit, within the time and terms prescribed.
(g) Conduct directly, or through the initiative of another government or private entity, educational workshops and awareness campaigns on the scope and opportunities provided by this chapter.
(h) Perform all those acts required by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or that are inherent to the performance of the task imposed by this chapter, including coordination with the Advisory Council for the Development of Special Communities, established by this chapter.
(4) Submit, on or before February 28 of each year, an annual written report to the Legislature of Puerto Rico on the administration and implementation process of this chapter, the resources used, goals attained, plans drafted, and areas to be reviewed.
(5) Establish and adopt rules and regulations as are necessary for the operation of the Office, including, but not limited to organization and the use of equipment and facilities; and for the procedures to purchase goods and nonprofessional services in order to carry out all works in the “La Obra en tus Manos” Program whose cost does not exceed one hundred ninety-five thousand dollars ($195,000), or in any other Program of the Office with similar purposes that supersedes it, in accordance with sound public administration and fiscal health standards, and without being subject to the provisions of the Reorganization Plan of the General Services Administration.
(6) Receive donations, appropriations, and any other income, whether state or federal, for the development of different projects in special communities, rural communities, and communities in general.
(7) Administer the Puerto Rico Special Communities Socioeconomic Development Fund, according to the purposes for which it was created.
History —Mar. 1, 2001, No. 1, § 5; renumbered as § 6 and amended on Jan. 4, 2012, No. 7, § 2.