P.R. Laws tit. 3A, § XIX
The Governor is hereby empowered to take any transitory measures needed for the implementation of his Plan without interrupting the normal work of the bodies affected by it. He may also execute any additional internal reorganizations that are needed for the proper functioning of the Department, except that he/she shall not suppress bodies that are created by law. Those internal reorganizations that require legislation or amendments to statutes in effect, shall be introduced before the Legislature for its consideration and approval.
Within the year following the effectiveness of this Reorganization Plan, the Secretary shall submit an Internal Reorganization Plan to the Governor, which will consider the integration, as far as it is viable and functionally effective, of technical and managerial services common to all the components of the Departments, such as auditing, planning, economic studies, statistics, viability studies, environmental impact evaluations, legal advice and services, computerized data processing systems, and others. The Plan shall also include an analysis and recommendations on the agencies, functions and programs that should be transferred, relocated, merged or eliminated, as well as those that should be established, taking as a basis the Economic Model for Puerto Rico approved by the Governor. The restructuring shall have as its objectives, to eliminate unnecessary duplication, improve coordination, promote savings, and the proper use of public resources and achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness.
Within a term of fifteen (15) months, counted from the effective date of this Reorganization Plan, the Governor shall present in both Legislative Bodies a report on its implementation, together with the organization chart of the Department and its component bodies.
The report shall be filed in the Secretariats of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and shall be referred to the Joint Committee on Executive Reorganization Plans, which shall, within ten (10) days following the presentation of the report, call for public hearings to analyze and submit to the Legislative Bodies its findings, conclusions and recommendations.
The report shall include a statement of the measures established to increase the efficiency and productivity of the bodies that compose the entity, and shall specifically detail the mechanisms adopted, or to be adopted.
The Legislature retains the power to wholly or partially amend or reject the reorganization that has been made or proposed within the terms, and through the procedures established in the Executive Reorganization Act of 1993.
Pursuant to the determinations made throughout this process, the Secretary shall promote the filing of the bills leading to modifying the organic statutes of the component agencies of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, in order to adjust them to the facts and requirements of their program’s mission.