To amend Article 17 of Act No. 209 of August 28, 2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, to provide that the civil actions contemplated in this Act may be brought into force in the event of non-compliance by government bodies with obligations related to statistical activities, the preparation of the statistical product or publication of statistical reports, as required in their organic laws, regulations or special laws; incorporate a correction technique in paragraph (1) of that Article; and for other purposes.

To order the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute to carry out a formal census, with all the necessary research and scientific guidelines to help clarify the number of deaf people in the country, as well as their peculiarities and language used to communicate.

Date: November 20, 2013

To add the new subparagraphs (a) and (q) and renumber the current subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p) and (q) as subparagraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q) and (s) of Article 1.3; amend Article 2.03; add the new paragraphs (3) and (9) and re-list the current paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8), such as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) and (10) of Article 3.11 of Act No. 54 August 15, 1989, as amended, for the purpose of recognizing active empowerment of minors, who are experiencing a manifestation of violence, inequity or intimidation within a couple's relationship, to claim, before the appropriate authorities, an order of protection, without the need to receive the consent of their parent with parental authority, their legal guardian or the appearance of a judicial defender who provides them with legal capacity to claim the remedy that is appropriate in law;...