P.R. Laws tit. 2, § 702
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Agency.— Shall mean any entity, department, board, committee, division, bureau, office, public corporation or government institution of the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any official, employee or member of this branch who acts or seems to act in the discharge of his official duties except:
(1) The Office of the Governor.
(2) Property Registrars in regard to their power of qualification.
(3) The University of Puerto Rico with respect to its teaching functions.
(b) Administrative act.— Shall mean any action, omission, decision, recommendation, practice or procedure of an agency, as it has been defined in subsection (a) of this section. It shall not include, however, the functions inherent to the study, language, and approval of rules and regulations.
(c) Ombudsman.— Shall mean the Citizens’ Investigating Official, created herein.
(d) Special Ombudsman.— Shall mean the Official appointed by the Ombudsman to handle any claim arising in specific areas of public endeavor.
(e) Small Businesses Ombudsman.— Is the official to be appointed by the Ombudsman to handle the claims that arise in the areas referred to in the Small Business Administrative and Regulatory Flexibility Act, §§ 2251 et seq. of Title 3.
History —June 30, 1977, No. 134, p. 393, § 2; Dec. 21, 2000, No. 432, § 1; Dec. 28, 2000, No. 454, § 14, eff. 90 days after Dec. 28, 2000.