Date: October 22, 2014

To establish the “Puerto Rico Registration and Vital Statistics Act”, for the purpose of establishing the Puerto Rico Vital Statistics Registry Office (OREV), which shall exercise full fiscal and administrative autonomy; establish its functions and responsibilities; provide for a minimum amount of local records; create the management position of State Registrar; establish minimum requirements, the term, functions and powers of the position; establish transitional clauses for the transfer and transfer of human capital, movable and immovable property; implement a security method to the Vital Statistics System for purposes of public health, national security, among others; establish procedures for handling legal documents provided for by law, such as certificates and reports of vital events; impose controls to prepare, maintain and disclose the content of vital records and reports in their custody; repeal Act No. 24 of April 22, 1931, according to...

Date: October 15, 2014

To amend Article 6 of Law 209? 2003, as amended, in order to provide that the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico may request, accept and receive donations, and to set and collect reasonable fees for obtaining the information and studies that originate, analyze or disclose by the Institute; that the sums collected for this purpose will be entered into a special account called “Special Fund of the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico”, which may be used to defray the operating and operating expenses of the Institute and the statistical activities that the Institute determine; amend Article 8 of the above-mentioned Act No. 209? 2003, to establish that the Board of Directors of the Institute has the power to approve the acquisition of equipment, materials and services whose value exceeds one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars; and to amend Article 11 of the aforementioned Law 209? 2003, for...

Fecha: 26 de septiembre de 2014

Para ordenar a la Autoridad de Puertos del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico que destine los recursos necesarios para recopilar, organizar y publicar las estadísticas sobre tráfico de pasajeros de todas las instalaciones portuarias dentro del Estado Libre Asociado, incluyendo los municipios de Vieques y Culebra, que posean la capacidad de permitir el transporte hacia dentro o fuera de los límites geográficos de Puerto Rico.

Date: September 24, 2014

To create the “Freedom of Knowledge Act”, in order to declare the public nature of any study, the product of research funded with public, state or federal funds for the purpose of expanding the public policy of transparency based on access to public and reliable information and statistics; to guarantee access to the general public to any study resulting from research funded with public, state or federal funds; to establish responsibilities, exceptions, penalties and mandatory procedures and delegate the guarantees of this Act to the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics.

Date: September 23, 2014

To create a State Register of Services for Older Adults; establish who will be registered in it, their duties and obligations; provide for the availability of information and notification to the community; empower the Office of the Attorney for the Elderly to adopt the necessary regulations; allocate funds necessary for the implementation of the Registry; and for other purposes.

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