P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 1115
(a) For all purposes the Office shall be the successor of the Commonwealth Office for Historic Preservation created through the Executive Order of July 31, 1985, Administrative Bulletin No. OE-4498-1985, as amended, and for the ends and purposes of this chapter, shall have transferred to it the property or any interest in the same, the records, files and documents; the funds already appropriated or to be made available in the future, including surplus funds, assets, accretions of all kinds; the obligations and contracts of all types; and the licenses, permits and other authorizations of the Commonwealth Office for Historic Preservation.
(b) All personnel working at the Commonwealth Office for Historic Preservation at the time this act comes into effect shall be transferred to the Office. Said personnel shall retain all vested rights held by the date of effectiveness of this act, as well as the rights, privileges, obligations and status regarding any pension, retirement and savings and loan fund system to which they are affiliated.
(c) Those employees who by date of effectiveness of this act hold a career position in any other body of the central administration of the Executive Branch shall retain their former status and be relocated according to what is established in the Classification Plan of the agency from whence they come. Those employees who by date of effectiveness of this act are on leave without pay from another agency or who are rendering services as confidential employees shall be entitled to return to their former agencies without any impairment to their vested rights and to be relocated to the Office under the established Classification Plan.
(d) The Office shall develop and approve those regulations and standards needed for its proper operation according to the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 21, 2000, No. 183, § 5 [bis]