P.R. Laws tit. 3A, § XI
None of the provision of this Plan shall be understood to modify, alter or invalidate any agreement, covenant, claim or contract which the officials or employees responsible for the bodies or programs, which are made part of the Department through this Plan have granted and are in effect when said Plan becomes effective. Any claim made by or against said officials or employees which is still pending resolution when this Plan is put into effect, shall remain in force until its final resolution.
All regulations governing the operation of the bodies or programs which, through this Plan, have been integrated into the Department and which are still in force when the aforementioned Plan becomes effective, shall continue to be in effect until they are altered, modified, amended, repealed or substituted.
All career service employees of the agencies affected by this reorganization are guaranteed employment and all vested rights under the personnel laws and regulations, as well as the rights, privileges, obligations and status with regard to any existing pension or retirement system or systems or savings and loan funds to which they were affiliated when this Plan was approved.
Employees and officials appointed for a fixed term through a method different from the one provided in this Plan, shall continue to hold their positions until said appointments expire.
Any law or part thereof which is contrary to the provisions of this Reorganization Plan, is hereby repealed.
History —Renumbered as § XIII on June 10, 2000, No. 97, § 16.