P.R. Laws tit. 1, § 179
The Commission, in the discharge of its duties, may use the services and facilities offered by private institutions and persons as well as by the departments, agencies, instrumentalities and other organizations of the Government of Puerto Rico, the municipalities and its political subdivisions. All such government entities shall cooperate with and shall offer their services and facilities to the Commission, at its request or at the petition of the Governor.
Likewise, the Commission may contract or appoint any officer or employee of the Government of Puerto Rico or of any of its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, organizations or political subdivisions where said officer or employee is rendering service. It shall be the duty of the appointing authority, in such case, to retain for said officers or employees, their offices or employments as long as the Commission makes use of their services.
The Commission is further authorized to contract, without being subject to the provisions of § 551 of Title 3, the services of any officer or employee of the Government of Puerto Rico or of any of its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, organizations or political subdivisions, and to pay for their additional services which they may render to the Commission outside of their regular hours of service.
The Commission, with the approval of the Governor, may entrust any department, agency, bureau, division, authority, instrumentality, organization or political subdivision of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to carry out any study or investigation, or any phase or part thereof, or to perform any other kind of work which might be necessary in the discharge of its functions. The government organization receiving such commission shall give the greatest priority as possible to the execution of the study, investigation or work which has been entrusted to it. The government organization which has been entrusted to carry out the study, investigation or work may request from the Commission and obtain from the latter, if in its judgment it is deemed necessary, upon the previous authorization of the Governor, a transfer of funds for the amount deemed reasonable by the Commission.
History —May 22, 1972, No. 32, p. 60, § 9; Aug. 30, 2000, No. 238, § 3.