Within the term of one (1) year from the date of approval of this act each agency shall:
(a) Prepare a diagram and summary describing its administrative and functional organization, the procedures for the approval of regulations, the manner of filing formal or informal petitions and the means by which the public can obtain information from the agency.
(b) Adjust its rules or regulations that establish the formal regulation and adjudicatory procedures, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(c) Compile approved rules and regulations which were in effect as of February 8, 1989 and which were not previously filed at the State Department in accordance with Act No. 112 of June 30, 1957, as amended. Each agency shall submit the rules and regulations described in the preceding sentence to the Office of the Secretary for publication in accordance with § 2129 of this title, indicating as the effective date of each rule or regulation the date as of which it originally became effective; Provided, That each agency shall comply with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section within the period it provides.
(d) Have available for reproduction, at the request of the interested person, after having paid the reasonable costs for reproduction, the final orders, the decisions and interpretations of the laws adopted by the agency. Provided, That in cases of emergency or natural disaster, catastrophic accidents or fire and for the civil protection in general, pursuant to Act No. 22 of June 23, 1976, as amended, entitled “Puerto Rico Civil Defense Act,” the agency shall provide a control number or a copy to serve as a receipt of any petition made by any person to the agency, in order to guarantee the due process and the award of the different aids to be granted as a consequence of such events. It shall also prepare and maintain a register of the decisions and interpretations issued up to June 30, 1991, with subject indexes, which set a precedent or fix guidelines. As of July 1st, 1991, said registers and indexes shall include all the interpretations and decisions.
History —Aug. 12, 1988, No. 170, § 1.6; Aug. 5, 1989, No. 43, § 1; Nov. 30, 1990, No. 18, § 4; Sept. 1, 2000, No. 279, § 1, eff. 60 days after Sept. 1, 2000.