P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 5042
The Municipality of San Juan shall provide support and cooperation to the Corporation, including the special assignment of personnel, the granting of unpaid leave to serve the Corporation for the amount of time necessary, and the transfer of equipment, funds, and property, except for those that are subject to liens, including mortgages, bond issues, or which serve as surety or collateral for lines of credit. It shall also encourage consultants and contractors in charge of the development of programs and projects to employ residents of the District and the Cantera Peninsula and/or to subcontract community enterprises to perform the work for which they are prepared, using mechanisms such as adjusting the execution of programs and projects to a scale that favors the participation of these enterprises. In the development of projects and programs in the District and the Cantera Peninsula, the municipality shall resort, as a first option, to the Registry of Bidders which shall be kept by the Corporation, as provided by this chapter. Whenever possible, the execution of the programs and projects shall adjust to a scale that furthers the participation of community enterprises through contracts or subcontracts. In case the project cannot be divided or its scale adjusted, then it shall be required to include provisions to ensure that the resources and enterprises in the Register of Bidders are considered by the contracted firms as a first option for the works or services to be subcontracted in the contracts that are to be awarded for works and services to be provided in the District and the Cantera Peninsula.
Any municipal officials or employees transferred or appointed to a position in the Corporation shall maintain the status and rights they had at the time of joining the service of the Corporation pursuant to the personnel laws in effect and shall also maintain any right to which they are entitled in any retirement system or pension fund prescribed by law for officers and employees holding similar positions in the Municipal Government.
The Municipality of San Juan is hereby directed to carry out all the necessary actions, in coordination with the Corporation, to include the Martín Peña Canal Community Businesses and Bidders Registry to the pertinent Municipal Registry.
History —Sept. 24, 2004, No. 489, § 13; Aug. 14, 2013, No. 104, § 9.