P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 820
Upon the death of a public servant while in service, if at the time of his demise he had been uninterruptedly working for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for at least six (6) months and his beneficiaries or survivors were not entitled to the benefits of any retirement system or of the Federal Social Security because the deceased public servant was not covered, his beneficiaries or survivors shall be paid a death benefit consisting of a monthly salary for each year of service up to a maximum of twelve (12) salaries, or that is, one annual salary. This benefit shall be computed on the basis of the rate of monthly compensation the public servant was receiving at the time of his death. Provided, That this benefit shall be extended retroactively to probationary employees, physicians and other professionals who worked regularly for the Government under contract, and to wage earners and employees who for some reason or other were not members of a retirement system or of the Federal Social Security, and who died after January 1, 1952.
Natural or [juridical] persons whose services are contracted for by the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, to make more or less short and sporadic surveys and/or to give advice to the Government or any of its departments or instrumentalities, are hereby excluded from such benefit.
For the purpose of computing the first year of service, six (6) or more months shall be counted as a year of service. After the first twelve (12) months of service, one year and a fraction of a year shall be considered as two (2) years; two (2) years and a fraction of a year shall be considered as three (3) years, and so forth.
History —June 20, 1956, No. 65, p. 270, § 1, retroactive to Jan. 1, 1952.