Appointments, removals, promotions, transfers, resignation, reinstatements, suspensions, leaves and steps, compensations or titles of the officials and employees and/or any other transaction of the Authority shall be carried out and permitted, as provided in the rules and regulations to be established by the Board of Directors and in compliance with the general plan in effect for the employees of the Government of Puerto Rico, pursuant to §§ 274 et seq. of Title 18, to the extent that the Executive Director deems that this plan is consistent with the best interests of the Authority and its employees. The officials and employees of the Authority shall be entitled to reimbursement, or in lieu thereof, to the payment of per diems, for those necessary travel expenses as authorized or approved in compliance with the rules and regulations established by the Board of Directors.
History —May 6, 1974, No. 25, Part 1, p. 136, added as § 4 on June 24, 1998, No. 94, § 4.