P.R. Laws tit. 2, § 140k
The Joint Committee on the Granting of Medals and Awards of the Legislature shall adopt the rules needed to govern, among others, the minimum content of the form to nominate the candidates for the Award, the procedure for the consideration and evaluation of the nominations submitted to the consideration of the Committee and any other matter that it deems necessary to comply with its functions. Likewise, the Committee shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation at least seven (7) months before the fourth Sunday of June of each year, stating the date that the Committee shall begin to receive nominations, and the deadline to submit them to the Joint Committee, and stating the times and place[s] that the nomination forms may be obtained; which shall be held on the fourth Sunday of June of each year.
History —Dec. 25, 2002, No. 299, § 5; May 19, 2005, No. 9, § 2.