P.R. Laws tit. 27, § 2621
The Joint Committee on Public-Private Partnerships of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico is hereby created, to be composed of five (5) senators and five (5) representatives. Among these, one (1) member of every minority political party represented in each House shall be appointed. Initially, the position of Chair of the Committee shall be held by one (1) of the senators designated by the Presiding Officer. Such designation shall be alternated every quadrennial with the House of Representatives.
The Joint Committee shall have jurisdiction to:
(a) Examine, investigate, evaluate, and study all matters relative to public-private partnerships, including, but not limited to, the provisions of § 2608(b)(2) of this title;
(b) evaluate and recommend any public-private partnership proposal not included into the priority projects established in § 2602 of this title;
(c) recommend the use of funds from the General Fund, as provided in § 2616(d) of this title, in which case, the Committee shall make its recommendation to the Committees with jurisdiction over budgetary affairs on both Legislative Houses; discharge any other function entrusted through a Concurrent Resolution, and
(d) Provided, further, That, in seeking to protect the public interest, every three (3) years, the Joint Committee on Public-Private Partnerships shall review the need and convenience of this chapter and submit a report to the Governor and the Legislative Houses.
The Joint Committee shall approve bylaws within a term not greater than twenty (20) days as of the date of approval of this act. Such bylaws shall contain any norms, procedures, and considerations as necessary to discharge the various tasks entrusted thereto. Based on the tasks entrusted, the Joint Committee created herein shall prepare and submit any such reports as necessary, in order to keep both Legislative Houses apprised of the results, recommendations, and conclusions gathered in the course of discharging such tasks.
The employees of the Joint Committee shall be subject to the provisions of the Personnel Regulations for each Legislative House, as per the body holding the Chair of the Committee. Joint Committee expenses shall be chargeable to the General Budget Fund of the Commonwealth Treasury. To defray such expenses, the sum of one hundred, seventy-six thousand dollars ($176,000) shall be appropriated and set forth in the Joint Resolution of the General Budget of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
History —June 8, 2009, No. 29, § 22; Oct. 18, 2012, No. 297, § 1; June 4, 2013, No. 26, § 1.