P.R. Laws tit. 21, § 4257
The municipalities may establish, adopt or incorporate, subject to the provisions of applicable laws, ordinances or regulations, any modern or innovative system or procedure, including the implementation of procedures, systems, operations and designs used in private enterprise, as model or pilot projects, to achieve greater profits, production and efficiency, and which lead to:
(a) Facilitate the population’s access to the bulk of minimum services of municipal competence or jurisdiction.
(b) Achieve better efficiency in the performance of their functions and the rendering of services.
(c) Improve their capacity to generate revenues and achieve a greater effectiveness or efficiency in the collection of municipal licenses, taxes, fees, tariffs, and others.
(d) Provide simple reports to keep the mayor and the officials informed about the municipality’s economy, and the status of its finances, in general.
(e) Improve and perfect the internal controls and compliance with laws, ordinances, resolutions and regulations in general.
(f) Better identify the budgetary needs, plan and administer municipal funds more effectively and expedite the drafting of the municipal budget.
(g) Expedite compliance with all the provisions of this subtitle or any others that apply to the municipalities, which may also expedite the performance of the services and the implementation of the laws and regulations regarding any competence of the Central Government that is delegated to them.
History —Aug. 30, 1991, No. 81, § 6.007.