P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 2302
Every agency head shall submit to the Secretary or payer, as the case may be, all the documents required to make the payment to purveyors viable, in a term not to exceed twenty (20) working days counting from the date the commercial invoices and other documents attesting the obligation which are needed to process the payment are received. In cases of discounts for down payment, the heads of agencies or their authorized representatives shall take the necessary measures to submit the documents to the Secretary or payer as soon as possible, so that they may avail themselves of the discounts agreed upon.
For the purposes of availing themselves of the provisions of this chapter, it shall be the responsibility of purveyors to submit the documents and information required by the agencies to process the payments.
History —Dec. 8, 1989, No. 25, § 3.