Esta ley enmienda el título de la Ley Núm. 96 de 7 de agosto de 2001, que a su vez enmendó la Ley Núm. 45 de 25 de febrero de 1998, conocida como la "Ley de Relaciones del Trabajo en el Servicio Público de Puerto Rico". La enmienda corrige secciones y artículos omitidos involuntariamente en el título original y ajusta el título para reflejar las enmiendas realizadas a la Ley Núm. 45.
(Approved June 15, 2003)
To substitute the title of Act No. 96 of August 7, 2001, known as the Act to Amend Act No. 45 of February 25, 1998, known as the "Puerto Rico Public Service Labor Relations Act."
After several meetings with representatives of the Puerto Rico Labor Unions Movement, in a historic moment was reached with the combination of strengths and commitments for the drafting of a measure to improve Act No. 45 of February 25, 1998, known as the "Puerto Rico Public Service Labor Relations Act."
This was not a simple task, because some groups were tenaciously opposed, perhaps due to lack of information, and they fought in all fronts, each to submit the amendments that were for the benefit of their own entities.
The Labor and Veterans Affairs Committee held executive meetings and public hearings on more than ten (10) occasions, achieving almost unanimous consensus among syndicate leaders, and unanimous consensus among the legislators of both Houses, and all political the ideologies in our country. In spite of this arduous task, after a study of the Act and the revision of same, it was necessary to make some corrections of Sections and
Articles in its title, which were omitted involuntarily during the legislative procedures of the original measure, House Bill No. 1219.
Additionally, on September 5, 2001, we filed House Bill No. 1514. However, during the processing of this measure, again some errors were found in the analysis for the final signature of the Honorable Sila M. Calderón, which caused the measure to be vetoed and referred for consideration of the measure, and correction of its title. The recommendations made by the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico were incorporated to temper same with the title of Act No. 96, approved on August 7, 2001, known as the Act to Amend Act No. 45 of February 25, 1998, known as the "Puerto Rico Public Service Labor Relations Act."
Section 1.- The title of Act 96 of August 7, 2001, is hereby amended to read as follows:
To amend subsection
(g) , add a new subsection
(v) , and redesignate subsections
(v) ,
(w) ,
(x) ,
(y) ,
(z) , (aa), (bb), (cc), (dd), and (ee), as
(w) ,
(x) ,
(y) ,
(z) , (aa), (bb), (cc), (dd), (ee), and (ff); amend subsection (aa), in Article 3, so redesignated; eliminate Section 4.2, and redesignate Sections 4.3, 4.4, $4.5,4.6,4.7$, and 4.8 as $4.2,4.3,4.4,4.5,4.6$, and 4.7 , respectively; to add subsection
(c) to Section 4.2, so redesignated; amend Section 4.3, so redesignated, to add subsection
(h) ; eliminate items (4) and (5) from subsection
(c) , and redesignate item (6) as item (4) in Section 4.7, so redesignated, in Article 4; amend Section 5.1, amend its subsections
(b) and
(g) , eliminate subsections
(i) and
(j) , redesignate subsections
(k) and
(l) as
(i) and
(j) , and add subsection
(k) ; eliminate Section 5.2, redesignate Sections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6 as Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5, respectively; amend
Section 5.3, so redesignated, in Article 5; amend subsections
(d) ,
(e) ,
(f) ,
(g) , and
(h) in Section 6.1 of Article 6; eliminate section 7.3, and redesignate Sections 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, and 7.8 as 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, and 7.7 in Article 7; eliminate subsections
(i) and
(j) , redesignate subsections
(k) ,
(l) ,
(m) ,
(n) , (ñ),
(o) ,
(p) ,
(q) ,
(r) ,
(s) , and
(t) as
(i) ,
(j) ,
(k) ,
(l) ,
(m) ,
(n) , (ñ),
(o) ,
(p) ,
(q) , and
(r) , respectively; amend subsection (ñ), so redesignated, and add subsection
(s) in Section 11.15 of Article 11; amend Sections 14.1 and 14.2 in Article 14; amend subsections
(b) and
(d) , and eliminate subsection
(c) , redesignating subsection
(d) as
(c) , and
(e) as
(d) in Section 16.1 of Article 16; amend subsection
(e) , eliminate subsection
(f) , and redesignate subsections
(g) ,
(h) ,
(j) , and
(k) as
(f) ,
(g) ,
(h) ,
(i) , and
(j) , and amend subsection
(h) , so redesignated, in Section 16.5 of Article 16; add Article 17 and redesignate Articles 17 and 18 as 18 and 19 of Act No. 45 of February 25, 1998, known as the "Puerto Rico Public Service Labor Relations Act."
Section 2.- This Act shall take effect immediately after its approval.
I hereby certify to the Secretary of State that the following Act No. 139 (H.B. 2181) of the $5^{ ext {th }}$ Session of the $14^{ ext {th }}$ Legislature of Puerto Rico:
AN ACT to substitute the title of Act No. 96 of August 7, 2001, known as the Act to Amend Act No. 45 of February 25, 1998, known as the "Puerto Rico Public Service Labor Relations Act.", has been translated from Spanish to English and that the English version is correct.
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, today $15^{ ext {th }}$ of March of 2004.
Elba Rosa Rodríguez-Fuentes Director