Date: February 24, 2017

To add a paragraph (l) to Article 8 of Act No. 209-2003, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act, for the purpose of providing that the Board of Directors shall have as part of its duties and powers the authority to adopt ethical standards applicable to any person who works in the statistical units of government agencies or who advises, intervenes or collaborates with the Statistical Production Service of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and for other purposes.

To create the “Law on the Registration of Trusted Positions”, for the purpose of establishing that all departments, agencies, corporations and instruments of the Government of Puerto Rico, its municipalities, the Legislative Assembly and the Judicial Branch keep a record of positions of trust and send information on the name, academic preparation, work and salary, compensation and any additional emoluments.

To add an Article 9.1 to Act No. 121 of July 12, 1986, as amended, known as the “Act to Establish Public Policy and the Bill of Rights for the Elderly in Puerto Rico”, for the purpose of authorizing a financial institution to withhold the disbursement of funds from an account belonging to an elderly person when it has knowledge or suspicion that such person is a victim of financial exploitation, and to require that they report the withholding due to knowledge or suspicion of such a case.