P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4913

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§ 4913. Public agencies obligations to the Office

For the purposes of the provisions of § 4902(q) of this title, all public agencies that offer, provide, administer or have jurisdiction over any applicable procedures, programs, activities, services, funds or appropriations, whether related to these or those in which the municipal government could have or have the right to participate, shall remit to the Commissioner at least five (5) copies of the regulations, standards, executive orders, decisions, opinions, manuals of the procedures or services in effect under applicable local and federal laws. Public agencies shall comply with these provisions within ninety (90) days from the date on which the operations of the Office officially begin. Subsequently, and in any case in which standards, regulations and procedures are approved, amended, modified or repealed, or new requirements are established, or programs, activities, funds or services related or having and effect on, in any way, the municipalities or broadened in scope, eliminated or altered, public agencies shall send copies thereof to the Commissioner within ten (10) days of the date that said decision is made or action is taken.

In addition, and in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter, the Commissioner may request the services, facilities and personnel of any public agency, which they may render or offer. Any official or employee of a public agency who is transferred or temporarily attached to the municipal Affairs Commissioner’s Office by virtue of the provisions of this section, shall retain all rights, benefits, classification and position held in the original public agency.

History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, § 19.013, renumbered as § 19.014 on Apr. 11, 2001, No. 18, § 2.