P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 895f
The designating authority of the Office of the Special Commissioner for Vieques and Culebra, with the advice of the Office of Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, shall expeditiously and without delays seek:
(a) To relocate the personnel of the Office of the Special Commissioner for Vieques and Culebra that had been filling regular career service positions with permanent duties up to January 31, 2006, to other agencies of the Government of Puerto Rico.
(b) To relocate confidential employee status personnel of the Office of the Special Commissioner for Vieques and Culebra that were entitled to reinstatement as of January 31, 2006, pursuant to the provisions of § 1465a of Title 3, to other agencies of the Government of Puerto Rico. These shall remain in their positions with that status until the designating authority decides to reinstate them under the status of career employees.
The relocation shall be conducted taking into account the duties performed by each employee in the Office of the Special Commissioner for Vieques and Culebra. These employees shall be relocated to agencies in which there is a need for such personnel and the Office of Management and Budget shall identify the necessary funds for the relocation of employees entitled thereto, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and shall transfer said funds to those agencies to which these employees shall be relocated.
The personnel relocated shall conserve the same rights and benefits to which they were entitled at the time of the transfer, as well as the rights and obligations with respect to any pension or retirement or savings and loan funds system.
The classification, reclassification and compensation of the positions shall be established in accordance with the classification and compensation plans applicable in the corresponding agency of the Government of Puerto Rico. Transferred employees shall meet the minimum classification requirements for the positions to which their functions are assigned.
History —June 13, 2006, No. 114, § 9.