P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4165
Those municipal legislators who are employees of any public entity shall be entitled to a special leave with pay, for just cause. This leave shall not exceed a maximum of five (5) working days a year, nonaccruable. They shall also be entitled to leave without pay that shall not exceed five (5) working days a year, nonaccruable, regardless of any other leave they might be entitled to. Both leaves shall be used to attend sessions of the legislature and its meetings and hearings, in order to perform municipal legislative activities. The legislature shall remit in writing, in any of the two special leaves, to the municipal legislator, the summons to the corresponding meeting, at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance [of] it. The municipal legislator, the summons to the corresponding meeting, at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance [of] it. The municipal legislator shall be responsible for presenting said summons to the pertinent public entity, for the adjudication of the special leave that applies to such effect.
Those municipal legislators who are employees of a private entity shall be entitled to a special leave without pay, or to a special leave for just cause, at the discretion of the employer, regardless of any other leave. Up to a maximum of ten (10) nonaccruable working days a year, to attend the sessions of the legislature and comply with the other responsibilities mentioned in the above paragraph.
The employers of the municipal legislators, whether public or private, shall not discriminate against said employees for using the leave established herein. The Municipal Affairs Commissioner shall be responsible for the drafting and promulgating the regulations establishing uniform standards that shall govern the provisions of this section, no later than six (6) months after this act is approved.
History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, § 4.015, renumbered as § 4.014 on Oct. 29, 1992, No. 84, § 17; Apr. 13, 1995, No. 36, § 15.