P.R. Laws tit. 2, § 951a
Regardless of the provisions of this chapter, in emergency situations such as hurricanes, storms, floods, earthquakes, fire or natural disasters, the Management and Budget Office shall expedite the processing of appropriations of the funds approved and which so expressly state it in the title of the measure, with the phrase “emergency assistance” to help remedy said disasters and shall not take more than five (5) working days to transfer the funds to the designated agencies. Likewise, every designated agency shall establish an expedited procedure for the delivery of said funds within a term that shall not exceed five (5) working days.
When dealing with a request for public funds, pursuant to the provisions of this section for the acquisition of equipment, the purchase of materials, and other social assistance activities (small pork barrel) to any entity to recover the damages caused by an emergency situation, said request does not have to be accompanied, at the time of approval, by the certified form referred to in § 946 of this title. However, said form shall be delivered within the next thirty (30) days from the approval of the bill that appropriates the requested public funds, and if not done so in the prescribed term, the entity shall be bound to return the appropriated public funds, if they were finally made available.
Under no circumstances shall emergency funds be appropriated, pursuant to the provisions of this section, to an entity that has a relationship within the fourth degree of consanguinity or a second degree of affinity with the legislator from whom the appropriation of public funds is requested or any of his/her employees.
History —Aug. 16, 2002, No. 179, added as § 12-A on Jan. 13, 2004, No. 52, § 1.