P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 532q
(a) The investigating official is hereby empowered to request that the Office of Management and Budget deny approval to the budget of any public agency that has a specific responsibility in accordance with §§ 1351 et seq. of Title 18, better known as the “Integral Educational Services for Persons with Disabilities Act”, that does not include an item [in] its budget to comply with its obligations. He/She is further empowered to impose administrative fines upon due notice and hearing, according and up to the amounts provided in §§ 501—509 of Title 1, §§ 2101 et seq. of this title, and any other act that authorizes it.
(b) Any person who willfully and maliciously impedes or obstructs the performance of the functions of the investigating of ficial or those of his/her office personnel, or submits false information knowingly, shall incur a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished with a fine that shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a maximum term of six (6) months, or both penalties, at the discretion of the court. When the impediment or obstruction referred to above, is caused by intimidation, force or violence, said action shall constitute a felony and upon conviction, the person shall be subject to the penalties established in § 3045 of Title 33.
History —Sept. 27, 1985, No. 2, p. 816, § 18, renumbered as § 20 and amended on Aug. 30, 1999, No. 298, § 14; July 30, 2007, No. 88, § 7.