P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 644
(a) In cases in which the provisions of this chapter are in conflict with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.
(b) By virtue of the autonomy proper to the Cooperative Movement Institute, the designation of its director shall remain unaltered under this chapter.
(c) None of the provisions of this chapter shall impair the right to enter into collective bargaining agreements, which right has been enjoyed by the fifty-nine (59) career employees of the Cooperative Development Administration and the twenty (20) career employees of the Office of the Inspector of Cooperatives, as well as the staff of all other attached entities, as applicable, nor shall they impair any vested rights earned by virtue of agreements negotiated under the pertinent provisions of Act §§ 1451 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Puerto Rico Public Service Labor Relations Act”.
(d) It is hereby provided that cognizance shall be taken of the exclusive representative, as previously certified by the Public Service Labor Relations Commission, the current administrator of §§ 1451 et seq. of Title 3, as well as the permanency of the fifty-nine (59) career employees, the appropriate unit as certified, and the collective bargaining agreements previously negotiated in the Cooperative Development Administration, now the Cooperative Development Commission.
(e) As for career personnel of the present Cooperative Development Administration, the Puerto Rico Cooperative Development Commission shall be deemed to be the successor employer. Likewise, the Public Corporation for the Supervision and Insurance of Cooperatives in Puerto Rico shall be the successor employer of the career personnel of the present Office of the Inspector of Cooperatives.
(f) This chapter shall invalidate neither any contracts duly executed by the Cooperative Development Administration nor those by the Office of the Inspector of Cooperatives, if any, in effect as of its date of approval, which shall remain effective until the agreed date of termination, unless the clauses set forth in such contracts contravene the provisions of this chapter or are cancelled on a prior date if so allowed under the contract in question.
(g) Whenever the construction of any part or provisions of this chapter becomes necessary, the same shall be construed in service of the fundamental purpose of fostering the stability and development of cooperative enterprises and to safeguard their autonomous nature.
(h) In service of the termination of the Cooperative Development Administration and the transfer of its functions to the Cooperative Development Commission, Act No. 89 of June 21, 1966, as amended, is hereby repealed.
History —Aug. 10, 2008, No. 247, § 29, eff. Feb. 1, 2009.