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Mayors in Puerto Rico are the highest political position within a municipality. Their job includes the direction and administration of the municipality, as well as the fiscal management of it.
Election
Like most political positions in Puerto Rico, mayors are elected every four years in a general election. Voters registered as residents of each municipality vote for their respective mayors. As of now, there is no limit in terms for mayors.
Duties
Mayors in Puerto Rico have the following duties:
- Organize, direct, and supervise all the administrative activities of the municipality
- Prepare the general budget of the municipality
- Administer the budget and handle credit transfers
- Hire professional, technical, and consulting services deemed necessary, convenient, or useful
- Supervise, administer, and authorize fund disbursements received by the municipality.
Removal from office
According to an amend signed in 2006, a mayor in Puerto Rico can be removed from office for the following reasons:
- Being convicted of a felony.
- Being convicted of a misdemeanor which involves moral deprivation.
- Incurring in immoral conduct.
- Incurring in illegal acts which imply abandoning detrimental to the public function, inexcusable and unjustifiable negligence or conduct hindering to the best public interests. Such conduct must have affected the interests of the population and the rights of its inhabitants, must be related to the administration of the position of mayor, and must substantial in nature.
To determine the latter, any person can present charges against a mayor in front of a committee, which will then evaluate them and submit a verdict.