Date: April 17, 2015

To add new paragraphs (o) and (p), and to redesignate the current paragraphs (o), (p), (q) and (r), such as paragraphs (q), (r), (s) and (t), respectively, of Article 5 of Law 209? 2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, for the purpose of giving the said governmental entity the responsibility to promote the full inclusion of Puerto Rico in all international statistical programs, through bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements in statistical matters with other organizations, countries or regions, in order to have measurement mechanisms to compare the development of the Island with the rest of the countries of the world; and to temper the provisions of this Act with the provisions of paragraph (j) of Article 4 of Act No. 77 of June 19, 1979, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Administration of Federal Affairs Act”.

To amend Articles 3, 4, 6 and 8 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Statistics Institute Act”, for the purpose of updating references to laws that have been repealed and replaced by existing legislation; increasing the threshold for approval of contracts by the Board of Directors; and for other related purposes.

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To amend Article 13 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, for the purpose of ordering all governmental entities of the Government of Puerto Rico, municipalities and public corporations to make all their financial information available to citizens on the official website of the Institute of Statistics, in compliance with the public policy of transparency and openness of information; validity and; for other related purposes.