(a) The Puerto Rico Economic and Social Support Fund is hereby created under the custody of the Office of Management and Budget.(b) This Fund may receive legislative, municipal, federal and private donations and the matching or combination of said funds shall be allowed.(c) To begin its operations, the fund shall receive an initial appropriation of three million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($3,250,000) to be transferred from the Insurance Industry Supervision and Regulation Fund.(d) Any appropriation originating from this Fund, or any surplus therefrom resulting from a line veto by the Governor, or any available amount, shall be appropriated by means of Joint Resolutions approved by the Legislative Assembly. It is herein established that this provision shall not be violated by any Governing Board or by any other instrumentality or entity of the government.(e) The sum of three million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,250,000) originating from the Puerto Rico Economic and Social Support Fund shall be allocated to the different government agencies as provided below:(1) Council on Higher Educationa. sand dollars ($3,250,000) originating from the Puerto Rico Economic and Social Support Fund shall be allocated to the different government agencies as provided below:(1) Council on Higher Educationa. To grant scholarships and financial aidto qualifying students, excepting studentsfrom the University of Puerto Rico. 2,000,000(2) Sports and Recreation Departmenta. To transfer to the Puerto Rico OlympicCommittee as part of the matching offunds program and strengthening of highperformance sports training. This includesequipping and reconditioning facilities andthe new responsibility of the Youth Olympicsdelegation sponsored by the InternationalOlympics Committee and the technicalprogram of the Albergue Olmpico Schools 400,000b. For improvements to the park at the1ra Extension of Levittown, Toa Baja. 150,000Subtotal $ 550,000(3) Mental Health and Addiction Services Administrationa. To defray operating expenses of the UPENS.Foundation 100,000(4) Puerto Rico Statistics Institutea. To defray operating expenses. -0-(5) Energy Affairs Administrationa. To defray operating expenses. -0-(6) Institute of Puerto Rican Culturea. To defray operating expenses ofthe Contemporary Art Museum. defray operating expenses. -0-(5) Energy Affairs Administrationa. To defray operating expenses. -0-(6) Institute of Puerto Rican Culturea. To defray operating expenses ofthe Contemporary Art Museum. -0-(7) Fine Arts Center Corporationa. To defray expenses of the ModernArt Museum. 400,000(8) Appropriation under the custody of the Officeof Management and Budget.a. 'Consulta con el Pueblo.' -0-b. To settle the debt with the Department ofTransportation and Public Works regardingthe Ownership of the land where the Northand Sports Stations of the Tren Urbano arelocated.Subtotal -0-(9) Office of the Commissioner of Municipal Affairsa. For the construction of works and capitalImprovements in the Municipality of Yabucoa. 100,000b. For works and improvements at the VillaPesquera, Islote Ward, Jareadito Sector inthe Municipality of Arecibo. -0-c. For the development of cultural, arts and sportsprojects in the Municipality of Ponce. 100,000Subtotal $200,000Grand Total $3,250,000(f) The contracting with municipal governments, private contractors as well as with any department, agency or corporation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the development of the purposes of subsection (e) of cting with municipal governments, private contractors as well as with any department, agency or corporation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for the development of the purposes of subsection (e) of this section is hereby authorized.(g) The budget appropriations of this Joint Resolution for the agencies of the Executive Branch included in this Resolution whose budget is defrayed in whole or in part with charge to the General Fund shall not be reimbursed nor used for salary raises or other financial benefits during fiscal year 2010-2011, regardless of the legal source of said raises. These appropriations shall not be disbursed nor used for the annual monetary liquidation of sick leaves accrued in excess; said leaves accrued in excess may be liquidated as authorized by the appointing authority, through the enjoyment of accrued days. During the effective term of this Joint Resolution, salary raises and other economic benefits and the annual monetary liquidation of sick leaves accrued in excess are hereby cancelled in those agencies of the Executive Branch included in this Resolution whose budget is defrayed in whole or in part with charge to the General Fund. sick leaves accrued in excess are hereby cancelled in those agencies of the Executive Branch included in this Resolution whose budget is defrayed in whole or in part with charge to the General Fund. The cancellation of salary raises and other economic benefits provided in this subsection may only be altered in circumstances in which said raises are extremely necessary, upon previous identification of funds by the concerned agency, and the express authorization of the Office of the Management and Budget.(h) During the effective term of this Joint Resolution, and as a general rule for the responsible disbursement of budget appropriations for operating expenses and others, the Office of the Management and Budget may retain from the appropriations for the agencies of the Executive Branch included in this Resolution and whose budget is defrayed in whole or in part with charge to the General Fund, the amounts needed for the payment of contributions to the retirement systems, unemployment insurance, tax withheld from employees, electric power service, aqueducts and sewers service and the payments for leases of the agencies, when it determines that this withholding is necessary to assure surance, tax withheld from employees, electric power service, aqueducts and sewers service and the payments for leases of the agencies, when it determines that this withholding is necessary to assure compliance with these obligations by the concerned agencies.(i) The funds appropriated in subsection (e) of this section may be matched with federal, state and/or municipal funds. History —Aug. 1, 2010, No. 119, §§ 1—4, 6—10.
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