2024 Laws of Puerto Rico
TITLE TWO - Legislature (§§ 1 — 1015)
Chapter 39 - Legislative Donations (§§ 901 — 920)
§ 902 - Purposes

This chapter establishes the requirements, norms and procedures for the filing, processing and consideration of applications for legislative donations, including the guidelines and instructions for an effective control thereof. Among other things, this chapter proposes to:

(a) Give an equal treatment to all requests for legislative donations, through the application of uniform norms and procedures for the filing, handling and evaluation of proposals and requests therefor.

(b) Ensure that legislative donations shall be granted solely to those active entities that carry out a recognized public function or activity and which are organized and operate pursuant to the laws of Puerto Rico.

(c) Establish specific norms for the use and control of legislative donations so that they are administered pursuant to the laws and regulations that govern the use of public funds and used solely for the public function or activity for which they are appropriated.

(d) Promote positive and coordinated collaboration among the entities that carry out a recognized public function or activity and the designated agencies.

(e) Make the designated agencies collaborate and execute an effective system for the control and supervision of the legislative donations under their managerial responsibility.

History —Dec. 29, 1995, No. 258, § 3.