Every candidate elected in a general election, special election, or alternate selection method shall take a course regarding the management of public funds and property offered by the Office of the Comptroller.\n(1) The course shall have the duration of six (6) hours up to a maximum of twelve (12) hours.\n(2) The Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico shall be the entity responsible for designing and offering the course established in subsection (1), and shall develop it in coordination with the Commission and other agencies related to the fiscal management of public funds and property.\n(3) The different agencies comprising the three branches of government shall provide help and technical assistance to the Office of the Comptroller in the design and offering of such course when so requested.\n(4) The course shall include the accounting principles used in government, state, and municipal auditing systems and procedures, federal funds, and any other subjects the Office of the Comptroller deems to be essential and pertinent information for candidates elect to know with regards to government management.\n(5) The Governor elect and the Resident Commissioner elect shall be the only oller deems to be essential and pertinent information for candidates elect to know with regards to government management.\n(5) The Governor elect and the Resident Commissioner elect shall be the only candidates who may opt out of taking the course.\n(6) The Commission is hereby empowered to approve the regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of this subtitle, in coordination with the Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico.\nThis course shall be taken once every four years by the elected candidate subject to this provision.\nHistory —June 1, 2011, No. 78, § 10.013; Dec. 22, 2014, No. 239, § 44.
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