P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 292c
The Secretary shall give his/her opinion in writing to the Governor, the Legislature or any of its Houses, the Comptroller of Puerto Rico, and the heads of agencies and public corporations, when there is a resolution from its Board of Directors authorizing the request, on questions of law that arise in the exercise of its functions. Likewise, he/she shall give his/her opinion to the mayors of the municipalities, in which case the request shall be processed through the Office of the Municipal Affairs Commissioner. In the case of municipal legislatures, a resolution of the corresponding legislature shall be required, authorizing its president to request said opinion.
The Secretary is hereby empowered to adopt the norms that shall govern the requests and issue of opinions. When the matter being brought in the request for an opinion is before the consideration of a court, the Secretary shall abstain from issuing a formal opinion on the matter, but he/she may advise the official if he/she deems it necessary in order for the official to be able to continue performing the functions imposed by law, without undermining the power that corresponds to the Judicial Power as the final interpreter of the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth.
History —Aug. 9, 2004, No. 205, § 6.