The Office is hereby authorized to receive and administer funds from legislative appropriations, transfers, delegations, contributions, and donations of any sort from agencies, municipal governments and the Government of the United States of America, as well as from persons, nongovernmental organizations and other private entities for the design and implementation of projects and programs to be carried out by the Office, the agencies, entities and women’s nongovernmental organizations or by the constituency. The funds thus received shall be accounted for, controlled and administered subject to the laws that regulate the use of public funds, and the legal standards, rules or agreements by virtue of which they are received by the Advocate’s Office and in accordance with the regulations adopted for such a purpose. The Office may also receive any personal property from public agencies on loan, in usufruct or by donation and shall own, administer and use the same to carry out the functions set forth in this chapter.
History —Apr. 11, 2001, No. 20, § 18.