P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 626
Every political action committee, campaign committee, and authorized committee shall register in the Office of the Election Comptroller, where a Registry of Committees shall be kept. For the purposes of this chapter, the segregated funds committees or independent expenditures committees shall be registered in compliance with the requirements, registration, reports, and limitations required to Political Action Committees, as applicable. The registration shall be made by filing a statement of organization with the Office of the Election Comptroller. Depending on the type of committee, the terms to file such statement of organization shall be the following:
(a) Every political action committee, campaign committee, and authorized committee of a candidate or aspirant shall present its statement of organization with the Election Comptroller within ten (10) business days following its designation as such.
(b) Every segregated committee or fund organized pursuant to §§ 625h, 625i, and 625k of this title shall file its statement of organization with the Election Comptroller within ten (10) business days following its establishment.
(c) Any other committee shall file its statement of organization with the Election Comptroller within ten (10) business days following its establishment as a committee as such term is defined in § 621 of this title.
(d) In the particular case of political organizations established and registered in another jurisdiction of the United States of America, its states or territories, with the intent, but not the main purpose, of making contributions or incurring expenditures for election-related purposes in Puerto Rico, said organizations shall file before the Election Comptroller a true copy of their credentials which certify them as such in their state of original jurisdiction within a term of ten (10) business days after having made its first contribution or expenditure for election-related purposes in Puerto Rico; or for referendums, plebiscites, consultations to the electors and special elections.
History —Nov. 18, 2011, No. 222, § 7.000; July 3, 2012, No. 135, § 15; renumbered as § 6.000 and amended on Dec. 19, 2014, No. 233, § 33.