P.R. Laws tit. 25, § 172
It is hereby stated that the public policy of the Government of Puerto Rico is to protect our inhabitants in those emergency situations or disasters that affect the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and to provide them with the necessary assistance in the speediest and most effective manner possible to ensure the protection of their lives and property before, during and after the event. Likewise, it is the obligation of the Government to achieve the earliest recovery and stabilization of the services essential to our citizens and to our industrial, commercial and governmental activities.
In order to execute this public policy, the Government of Puerto Rico hereby creates the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency, with the power and responsibility of coordinating all pertinent Commonwealth, federal, municipal and private plans. The Commonwealth Agency shall coordinate its efforts with other states and territories of the union to achieve this purpose, within the scope of the laws, standards, and regulations of Puerto Rico and the United States.
The Commonwealth Agency may solicit, receive and process offers of help from natural or juridical persons from the private sector of any part of the world, and shall be responsible for the most effective use of the human and economic resources available wherever they may be, within the laws, standards and regulations of Puerto Rico and the United States.
History —Aug. 2, 1999, No. 211, § 2, eff. 60 days after Aug. 2, 1999.