P.R. Laws tit. 16, § 4024
The Election Commissioners and Alternate Commissioners representing major parties, parties, and parties by petition shall be appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico by petition of the central governing body of the party they represent. They must be persons of recognized moral probity, duly qualified voters and residents of Puerto Rico at the time of their appointment, and knowledgeable about election-related matters.
Alternate Commissioners shall perform the duties of Election Commissioners in case of absence, disability, resignation, death, removal, or when the office becomes vacant for any reason, and until the Election Commissioner in question returns to his duties or a new designation is made. The Election Commissioners and Alternate Commissioners shall not be aspirants or candidates for office, nor hold elective public offices.
The annual salary of Alternate Commissioners shall be established by the Commission through regulations to such effect, which may not be equal to or greater than that of Election Commissioners. Alternate Commissioners may avail themselves of the benefits of a Retirement System or Retirement System Investment Plan provided by the Government of Puerto Rico or any one in which they were enrolled or participating in as of the date of their appointment.
Election Commissioners shall have an office in the facilities of the Commission and be entitled to request the Chair to appoint two (2) executive assistants, two (2) secretaries, four (4) clerks or their equivalent, one (1) statistician, one (1) election planning analyst, and one (1) registration officials’ coordinator or their equivalents according to the job classification plan in effect. Political parties by petition shall be entitled to have an office in the facilities of the Commission and to request the Chair to appoint the same number of employees stated above, except for the registration officials’ coordinator. Only a political party by petition that constitutes the third member in the Registration Boards shall be entitled to appoint a registration officials’ coordinator. Such personnel may be assigned by the Election Commissioners to perform election-related functions in their Offices at the headquarters of their political parties. These persons shall be appointed as trust employees, render services under the supervision of the Election Commissioner concerned, perform those tasks entrusted to them by the Commissioner, and earn the salary and be entitled to the benefits fixed by law and regulations for Commission personnel. The Election Commissioners may request to the Chair that their employees be hired by contract, but the sum to be paid for said contract shall, in no case, exceed the maximum compensation fixed for the regular position.
History —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 3.014; Nov. 21, 2011, No. 230, § 6; Dec. 22, 2014, No. 239, § 11.