To amend Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13 and 21, add a new Article 22 and renumber Article 22 as Article 23 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, for the purpose of making technical amendments; providing that the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico may request, accept and receive donations; establish that the sums collected by this concept may be used to defray the operating and operating expenses of the Institute and the statistical activities that the Institute determines; provide for the power of the Board of Directors of the Institute to approve the acquisition of equipment, materials and services whose value exceeds the amount of one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars; provide that the Board of Directors shall have as part of its duties and powers the authority to adopt the 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; constitute a work unit and allocate the necessary resources to, at the request of any person, private entity or government agency, or the Judicial Branch, to provide compensated services; clarify the obligations of government agencies regarding the sending of statistical information to the Institute; provide that the Governor will include in the model budget the calculations for the current expenses of that Institute, without reviewing them, to guarantee its fiscal stability; create the Program of Academies and Workshops of the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico; establish a certification system for continuing education as a requirement for occupying and remaining in a position or position, or offering outside consulting or advice; ordering the Institute to prepare the necessary forms for notification by government bodies, and for other related purposes.

To add a new Article 115 and renumber the current Articles 115 and 116 as Articles 116 and 117 respectively, of Act No. 187-2015, as amended, known as the “Interagency Validation Portal Act for the Granting of Incentives for Economic Development of Puerto Rico”, in order to postpone the effectiveness of the Act and to relieve any agency, agency or instrument of the Government of Puerto Rico, municipality or public corporation, that is considered an Issuing-Certifying Agency or Receiving-Granting Agency, of comply with Articles 6 to 10 and Articles 14 to 112 of the Act in everything related to Certification of Compliance, retroactively from November 17, 2015 to January 1, 2018; to provide that any Issuing-Certifying Agency or Receiving-Granting Agency must continue to accept, receive, process, process and evaluate requests for incentives or tax benefits to

Date: June 28, 2021

To order the Department of the Family, the Institute of Statistics and the Puerto Rico Police Bureau to provide statistics on the incidence of child abuse and child exploitation in Puerto Rico since March 2020, the month that the closure and curfew began due to COVID-19; to provide the plan of action to address and combat child abuse and exploitation; and for other related purposes.

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