P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 34
The annual salary of the Secretary of State shall be $90,000 starting June 1, 1998.
The annual salary of the other Government Secretaries shall be $80,000, starting June 1, 1998. Provided, That the powers of the Governor to honor the original salary of those public officials who, due to the needs of public service, have been required to assume the direction of a government organism or entity that entails a reduction in the salary they earned in their former public service position.
The Governor shall hereby be empowered to assign such Secretaries a differential of up to one-third (1 / 3) of their salary.
For purposes of this section, the term “Secretaries” shall include the following:
The Secretaries of State, Justice, the Treasury, Health and the Family, Education, Recreation and Sports, Housing, Consumer Affairs, Corrections and Rehabilitation, Natural and Environmental Resources, Agriculture, Economic Development and Commerce, Labor and Human Resources, Transportation and Public Works, and any other Secretary that, by means of the creation of a department, may be established by the Legislature.
History —June 24, 1989, No. 13, § 2; Oct. 14, 1995, No. 213, § 1; June 10, 1998, No. 79, § 2; Aug. 21, 2003, No. 199, § 1, eff. retroactive to July 1, 2003.