P. of S. 546

Memorials
IEPR
17 December 2025

Date: June 4, 2025

To amend Article 5 of Law 3-2017, as amended, known as the “Act to Address the Fiscal and Budgetary Economic 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.

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P. of S. 546

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P. of S. 12

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.

P. of S. No. 1641

Date: June 1, 2010

To require the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police to submit a monthly report, including and updated every month, information related to the statistics of Type 1 Crimes committed, in order to provide the Legislative Assembly with accurate information about where crimes are committed in order to take continuous measures to combat crime, and for other related purposes.

P. of C. 2080

Date: February 10, 2015

To amend Article 5 of Law 209? 2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, for the purpose of empowering the Institute to develop continuing education initiatives to promote knowledge in the field of data collection and statistics systems, and the public policy established in said law, and to coordinate this initiative with other public and private institutions, including universities in and outside Puerto Rico, the Office of Government Ethics, the Office of the Comptroller, the Federation and Association of Mayors, and for other purposes.