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- Sen. Rodríguez Veve Files Bill to Criminalize Officials’ Willful Failure to Follow Legal Mandates
For Puerto Rico’s taxpayers and citizens, this bill could mean greater accountability from public officials in upholding the law and fulfilling their duties, even when their actions do not result in direct financial loss.
- Fiscal Oversight Board Urges Governor to Reject Bill Extending Tax-Free School Supply Days
The Financial Oversight and Management Board (JSF) has warned Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González not to sign into law House Bill 272 (Proyecto de la Cámara 272), which already passed the Legislature and would extend the two tax-free periods for sales tax (IVU) on school materials from two to five days each.
- Is the Fiscal Board a Fourth Branch of Government? Study Points to Progressive Intervention Over the Legislature
A report by the League of Cities of Puerto Rico concludes that the Fiscal Oversight Board (JSF) has become a 'fourth branch of government' with more power than the Legislature.