P. of S. 12

Memorials
IEPR
17 December 2025

Date: February 24, 2017

To amend Article 6 of Law 209-2003, as amended, to provide that the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico may request, accept and receive donations, and set and collect reasonable fees for obtaining information and studies that originate, analyze or disclose by the Institute; that the sums collected by this concept 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 determines; to 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, to provide that the Executive Director shall have the authority to establish a work unit and allocate the necessary resources for, at the request of any person, private entity or body government, or the Judicial Branch, offer the following services: (i) receive and evaluate inquiries; and issue opinions or advice; (ii) carry out analyses, surveys, studies and research within the scope of their competencies; (iii) provide all kinds of specialized technical services in the field of statistics; (iv) provide expert services; (v) design and offer all kinds of training; and (vi) provide any other service that falls within the framework of the Institute's competencies and specialized knowledge; as well as established by regulating the fees, compensation, payment system or the cost of each service; and for other purposes.

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P. of C. 1926

Date: December 22, 2023

To amend Article 3 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Statistics Institute Act” to provide that the Office of the Comptroller shall establish at its discretion the frequency of audits of the accounts and operations of the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute.

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To amend Article 1.3 of Act No. 54 of August 15, 1989, also known as the “Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention Act”, to recognize economic violence as a form of domestic violence; to order the Office of the Women's Attorney, Department of Family; Department of Justice; Department of Education; Department of Housing; Department of Economic Development; Department of Health; Department of Health; Police Negotiate; and Statistics Institute to take affirmative action to ensure dissemination and compliance with public policy against this and all other manifestations of domestic violence; and for other relevant purposes.

R. of C. 95

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