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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1256
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1256 -
EXEMPTING THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FROM CONTRIBUTING FUNDS FOR THE
FIELD AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK AND RURAL HEALTH AND SANITATION
SERVICES OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
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WHEREAS,
under the present system of local government administration, the
municipal governments are required to contribute eight per cent of
their annual revenues for the conduct of field agricultural extension
work and rural health and sanitation services by the provincial
governments; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, current trends in country side development underscore the need
for the direct involvement of the local officials in the planning and
execution of mass-oriented and other relevant community projects;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to make available additional funds for priority
projects of the municipal governments and enhance the effectiveness of
the town mayors in promoting rural development, the compulsory
allocation of municipal revenues for contributions to the agricultural
and health services of the provincial governments has to be dispensed
with.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order:cralaw:red
Section 1. Exemption. — The municipal governments are
hereby declared exempt from the local fund contributions to the
provincial governments for the conduct of field agricultural extension
work and rural health and sanitation services required under Sections
1012 and 1813-H of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by
Republic Act No. 5185; and such sums shall be retained by the municipal
governments and utilized for the financing and prosecution of municipal
development projects. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. Issuance of rules and regulations. — The
municipalds to the provincial governments referred to in Section 1
hereof shall no longer be required as budgetary allocations of the
municipal governments and, for this purpose, the Secretary of Finance
shall issue the necessary implementing rules and regulations.
Section 3. Repealing Clause. — Sections 1012, 1013,
1014, 1813-H, 1813-I, and other pertinent provisions of the Revised
Administrative Code, Republic Act No. 5185, and other existing laws or
decrees inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Section 4. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect on January 1, 1978. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and Seventy-Seven.
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