P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 976
The Institute shall be governed by a Board of Directors consisting of seven (7) members, which shall be constituted by six (6) persons who shall be of acknowledged personal and professional integrity, objectivity and competence in any field of statistics, economics and planning, and a government official, to be designated by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The initial appointments of the members of the Board of Directors shall be three (3) for a term of two (2) years, two (2) for three (3) years, and the remaining members for five (5) years. The appointments of the subsequent terms shall be five (5) years. The appointments to fill vacancies shall be extended only for the remaining portion of the term to be filled. Five (5) members shall constitute quorum and the decisions shall be reached by majority vote.
The members, in the six (6) months immediately preceding their designations, shall not have been employees of any government organism, nor candidates to any elective office, whether in primaries, special elections or general elections. This shall not apply to professors of the University of Puerto Rico system, whom due to their knowledge and expertise in the area of statistics, may share their knowledge with this Board. The Governor may remove members of the Board of Directors from office for just cause after bringing charges and granting the opportunity to be heard. Board members shall discharge their office ad honorem and shall only have the right to receive the payment of a per diem of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75) per day of attendance to meetings or when carrying out official duties pertaining to their office. In no case shall they receive an amount over six thousand dollars ($6,000) in per diems per year. In the event the public official appointed by the Governor is a head of agency, said person shall not receive any per diem.
The Board shall adopt by majority vote the internal organization guidelines to be followed for the performance of its duties under this chapter in an effective and efficient manner, and shall meet not less than once per month.
History —Aug. 28, 2003, No. 209, § 7; July 27, 2004, No. 170, § 5.