To add a new Article 20 of Act No. 209-2003, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act, for the purpose of providing by law the Academies and Workshops Program of the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico; establishing a certification system for continuing education as a requirement for occupying and remaining in a position or position, or offering external consulting or advice, with the responsibility of collaborating or collecting data or developing statistical products in the statistical units of the agencies governmental; correct a technical error in paragraph (i) of Article 5 of the said Act; renumber subsequent articles; and for other purposes.

Date: May 26, 2009

To amend subparagraphs (f) and (m) of Article 5 of Act No. 209 of August 28, 2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, to provide that the Inventory of Statistics of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico be submitted to the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico on a quarterly basis; and to keep up to date a reliable system of statistics related to school dropout.

To amend Article 5 of Law 3-2017, known as the “Act to Address the Economic, Fiscal and Budgetary Crisis to Ensure the Functioning of the Government of Puerto Rico”, in order to guarantee the autonomy of the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute in compliance with Law 209-2003, as amended.