Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter 20 — Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability
§ 2128. Autonomy of Oversight Board
Statutory text
In general
Neither the Governor nor the Legislature may—
exercise any control, supervision, oversight, or review over the Oversight Board or its activities; or
enact, implement, or enforce any statute, resolution, policy, or rule that would impair or defeat the purposes of this chapter, as determined by the Oversight Board.
Oversight Board legal representation
In any action brought by, on behalf of, or against the Oversight Board, the Oversight Board shall be represented by such counsel as it may hire or retain so long as the representation complies with the applicable professional rules of conduct governing conflicts of interests.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act
Pub. L. 114–187 title I § 108 · 130 Stat. 549
Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 2128
(Pub. L. 114–187, title I, § 108, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 563.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–187, title I, § 108, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 563.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 108. AUTONOMY OF OVERSIGHT BOARD. (a) In General.— Neither the Governor nor the Legislature may— (1) exercise any control, supervision, oversight, or review over the Oversight Board or its activities; or (2) enact, implement, or enforce any statute, resolution, policy, or rule that would impair or defeat the purposes of this Act, as determined by the Oversight Board. (b) Oversight Board Legal Representation.— In any action brought by, on behalf of, or against the Oversight Board, the Oversight Board shall be represented by such counsel as it may hire or retain so long as the representation complies with the applicable professional rules of conduct governing conflicts of interests.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 114–187, , 130 Stat. 549, known as the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act and also as PROMESA, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2101 of this title and Tables.