The members of the Advisory Council shall be entitled to receive per diems equal to the minimum per diems fixed for the members of the Legislature of Puerto Rico for each meeting they attend or for each day in which they perform any task entrusted by the Council’s Chairperson with regard to the functions assigned to the Advisory Council by this chapter. Furthermore, they shall be entitled to reimbursement for the necessary expenses in which they actually incur in the performance of their official duties pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Office for such purposes.
A member who receives a pension for merit or for years of service or an annuity from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Employees Retirement Systems Administration or from any of its agencies, instrumentalities, public corporations or political subdivisions, shall be entitled to the payment of per diems without impairing his/her rights to the retirement pension or annuity.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 20, § 8.