P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 341d-1
Everything that concerns the Puerto Rico Energy Office is hereby transferred to the Department of Consumer Affairs. Said transfer includes the following without it being construed as a limitation:
(1) All of its powers duties, functions, faculties, positions, properties, equipment, files and documents; available funds and remainders from any source; contracts, obligations, exemptions and privileges originated under Act No. 128 of June 29, 1977, as amended.
(2) Any regulations that govern the operation of the Puerto Rico Energy Office in effect on the date of effectiveness of the transfer authorized by this act. These will continue in effect until amended or repealed by the corresponding administrative authority.
(3) The personnel of the Puerto Rico Energy Office who are holding regular permanent positions in the career service on the effective date of this act will be transferred with their regular career status. Confidential employees who on said date were entitled to reinstatement, in harmony with Act No. 5 of October 14, 1975, shall be transferred with a confidential status and will remain in their positions with that status until the nominating authority reinstates them to career status. The corresponding steps will be continued with regard to transitory employees who were entitled to a permanent position on that date according to the provisions of Act No. 56 of August 16, 1989, as amended.
The Director of the Central Office of Personnel Administration, in coordination with the Secretary of Justice, shall evaluate the files of the employees to be transferred to determine if the Energy Office complied with all the provisions concerning the merit system with special attention to their recruiting, selection and appointment. The Director shall recommend the pertinent actions.
The transferred personnel shall retain the same rights and benefits they had at the time of the transfer, as well as their rights and obligations with respect to any pension, retirement or savings and loans funds system. The classification, reclassification and compensation of the positions shall be established in harmony with the classification and compensation plans applicable to the Consumer Affairs Department. The transferred employees must meet the minimum requirements of the classification of the positions to which their functions are assigned. The Central Office of Personnel Administration shall take the necessary steps so that the compensation of the employees is affected as little as possible by the transfer.
(4) All the powers, duties and functions assigned in §§ 1062 et seq. of Title 23 and any other acts.
History —Apr. 23, 1973, No. 5, p. 15, added as § 5A on Aug. 21, 1990, No. 47, p. 194, § 1.