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(a) A Board which shall be known as the 'Board for the Priority Employment of the Elderly' is hereby created. It shall be composed by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources, who shall preside it; the Secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce; the Advocate for the Elderly; and two private citizens appointed by the Governor and with the consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico for a term of four (4) years. These private citizens shall respectively represent the business sector and the pensioners or retirees and shall be bound to comply with the provisions of §§ 1854 et seq. of Title 3, known as the 'Ethics in Government Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico'.(b) The Secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, by the majority vote of the Board members, shall approve any additional regulations needed to guarantee the achievement of the purposes of this chapter and of any fund created or that may be created pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of § 624 of this title. History —Jan. 23, 2006, No. 17, §§ 7, 8.