P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 1303
(a) The Office of Pretrial Services is hereby created as an autonomous entity attached to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Office shall constitute an Individual Administrator for the purposes of Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Personnel Act”. The Office, which is exempted from the norms and provisions of §§ 931 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “General Services Administration Organic Act,” may acquire by purchase or gratuitously, the equipment, materials and services needed to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The Office shall be administered and supervised by an Executive Director who shall be appointed by the Governor and shall carry out the functions and powers conferred on him/her by this chapter. This Executive Director shall receive an annual salary of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).
History —Aug. 12, 1995, No. 177, § 3; Aug. 4, 1997, No. 58, § 2; Dec. 11, 1998, No. 296, § 1; June 3, 2004, No. 133, § 1.