Western Region

The Western Region Commission shall have jurisdiction over all matters related to the socioeconomic development of Aguadilla, Isabela, Rincón, Aguada, Moca, San Sebastián, Añasco, Las Marías, Mayagüez, Maricao, San Germán, Cabo Rojo, Sabana Grande, Lajas, Hormigueros, and Quebradillas; all matters related to government programs impacting the municipalities under its jurisdiction; legislative recommendations necessary to achieve solutions and achieve integrated and harmonious development in said jurisdiction; and the services provided by those municipal governments to their citizens.
Likewise, it shall work in coordination with the Commission on the Oversight of Public Funds, sharing jurisdiction over all matters related to the investigation and accountability of all state and federal fund allocations to agencies and public corporations intended to directly impact or affect the municipalities of Aguadilla, Isabela, Rincón, Aguada, Moca, San Sebastián, Añasco, Las Marías, Mayagüez, Maricao, San Germán, Cabo Rojo, Sabana Grande, Lajas, Hormigueros, and Quebradillas; any other entity that receives public funds or incentives, whether through federal appropriations, municipal improvements, intergovernmental transfers, or targeted budgetary allocations within its jurisdiction, whether for infrastructure, social welfare programs, community initiatives, among others that directly impact the population of the municipalities under the Commission’s jurisdiction; evaluation of the implementation of the programs for which public funds were allocated; performance audits conducted on government and municipal programs that directly impact the population under its jurisdiction and operate with federal funds, with an emphasis on field investigations and the summoning of regional directors of the entities implementing such funds; and over any matter delegated to it by the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico or its President.