P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 1468p
(1) The positions of chairperson and associate members of the Board of Appeals of the Personnel Administration System, created by Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, as amended, and of the Board of Appeals of the Education System, created by §§ 274e—274i-2 of Title 18, shall be abolished on the day before the Committee of Appeals, created by this chapter, begins its operations.
(2) The personnel, equipment, records, documents and budget appropriations belonging to the quasi-judicial entities mentioned in the subsection (1) of this section shall be transferred to the Commission created by virtue of this chapter.
(3) The Appeals Commission shall begin its operations on or before the day in which three (3) months have transpired from the date of approval of this act. During the transition process, each of the entities shall continue to function as they regularly do, until the new Commission begins to operate. Within said period, the Commission shall have established its main offices within the municipal demarcation of San Juan; have developed the regulations, norms and procedures that shall govern its internal operations and the exercise of its quasi-judicial functions; have organized the transferred personnel and recruited the minimum additional personnel, if necessary, to begin to operate normally.
(4) The Office of Management and Budget is hereby empowered, upon the authorization of the Governor of Puerto Rico, to prorate the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), chargeable to the operational expenses budget in effect at each of the quasi-judicial entities mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, to defray the expenses for disclosure and orientation among public employees and the general citizenry.
In subsequent years, the annual appropriations for the operations of the Appeals Commission shall be included in the General Expenses Budget of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —Aug. 3, 2004, No. 184, § 13.17; Sept. 2, 2004, No. 246, § 6.