P.R. Laws tit. 30, § 5002
(a) The Secretary may hire all the personnel that is needed for the updating of the operations of the Property Registry and the implementation of the electronic information systems. The Secretary may recruit temporary personnel, on a full-time or part-time basis, by designation or through a professional services contract, for a term that shall not exceed one year, and only renewable for another term that shall not exceed one year.
(b) The Secretary may hire any person who is a pensioner from the Registry and, in his discretion, shall fix the term and remuneration of these persons, which shall not exceed the full-time eight (8) -hour working day nor the maximum salary corresponding to a full-time employee who performs the same task.
Every person hired by virtue of this section shall also receive the pension they are entitled to by virtue of the laws of Puerto Rico. To such effects, they are exempted from the application of § 792 of Title 3, and from Section 1 of Act No. 40 of June 15, 1959. The hiring of said persons shall not impair any benefit or vented right they enjoy as pensioners.
The time that the persons hired pursuant to this section spend working on tasks they are assigned thereof, shall not be computed for retirement purposes, nor shall any withholdings be made in that regard.
(c) In the case of persons who work in other agencies or public corporations of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Secretary may request the Governor to detach them temporarily to the Property Registry.
The Secretary shall authorize the personal training programs that are needed for the implementation of this chapter, which may include training outside of Puerto Rico for the supervisory personnel and the Property Registrars.
History —Feb. 17, 2000, No. 48, § 21, eff. 90 days after Feb. 17, 2000.