P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 747
The travel expenses referred to in § 746 of this title include, in addition to those of the transportation of the members of the family of the employee, the expenses entailed in the transportation of his personal effects and household belongings and the transportation cost of the furniture up to the sum of four thousand (4,000) dollars, but without including ornamental objects of any kind or livestock. Provided, That for the contracting and payment of these services of transportation of such furniture, the formal purchase procedures used by the department, instrumentality, agency or office requiring the transfer shall be followed. Provided, however, that the travel and transportation expenses authorized in said section shall not be paid unless the employee chosen for said position commits himself, in writing, to remain in the said position for a period of not less than twenty-four (24) months, from and after the date his appointment becomes effective, unless he is separated from his employment because of permanent physical disability or any other cause not attributable to the employee; and in the event that the employee fails to make good said promise, any sum of money disbursed by the government dependency in connection with the travel and transportation of the employee and his family shall be recovered from said employee as though it were a debt owed by the employee to the government dependency. The employee shall post bond satisfactory to the Secretary of the Treasury, conditioned upon the performance of that obligation. For the purposes of §§ 746-748 of this title the term “family” shall include the dependents who are living with the employee and who are to continue living with him and depending on him in his new place of residence.
History —June 17, 1955, No. 73, p. 273, § 2; June 25, 1959, No. 69, p. 199, § 2; May 19, 1977, No. 28, p. 52.