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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1553
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1553 -
AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBER NINE HUNDRED
TWENTY-SIX ENTITLED "MODIFYING THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE
BICOL RIVER BASIN PROGRAM, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES", INCLUDING SORSOGON PROVINCE AND THE EFFICIENT COORDINATION,
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE BICOL RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
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WHEREAS, it
is a policy of the Government to promote the integrated development of
agriculture, natural resources, infrastructure and social services in
underdeveloped regions to solidify the economic and social structure of
our society;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 805 reconstituted the Cabinet
Coordinating Committee on Integrated Rural Development Projects
constituted under Letter of Instructions No. 99; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, an integrated rural development program has been adopted for
the Bicol River Basin;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the success of the program requires that the management and
planning of the basin area can be comprehensive, decentralized, and
framed within regional and national plans;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to enhance the organizational
framework and systems capability for planning and monitoring of this
integrated multi-project are development program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS; President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, in order to
insure the success of this program, do hereby order and decree the
following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 2 of the Presidential Decree No.
926 is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 2. Cabinet Committee Coordinator for the
Program. — The Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and
Communication shall be the Cabinet Committee Coordinator for the
Program and shall act for the Chairman of the Cabinet Committee in all
Administrative matters, in accordance with the broad policies and
guidelines established by the Cabinet Committee. As Cabinet Committee
Coordinator he shall have the following powers and functions.
a. Oversee the coordination of the planning and
implementation of the program;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b. Review the Program's consolidated plans, budgets
and work programs and recommended approval by the Cabinet Committee;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c. Arrange and/or negotiate with local and foreign
financial institutions, subject to approval by the Cabinet Committee
for the funding of rural development projects in the Basin; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d. Approved requests of the implementing departments
and agencies for budget releases for projects in accordance with the
consolidated plans, budgets and work programs approved by the Cabinet
Committee, Provided, That such approval, shall be subject to the
availability of funds in accordance with the existing budgetary policy,
laws, rules and regulations which shall be secured from the President;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
e. Appoint the Program Director and heads of major
organizational subdivisions of the Program Office;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
f. Bring to the attention of the Cabinet Committee
matters that require its urgent consideration;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
g. Call upon any department, bureau, office,
instrumentality of any political subdivision of the Government for such
assistance that may be needed in achieving the objectives of the
Program; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
h. Exercise such other related powers as may be
delegated by the Cabinet Committee."
To assist the Cabinet Committee Coordinator in the performance of the
above powers and functions, there is hereby created a staff directly
under him.
Section 2. Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 926
is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 3. Creation and Domicile of the Bicol River
Bicol Basin Development Program Office. — There is hereby created a
Bicol River Basin Development Program Office, hereinafter referred to
as the Program Office, which shall be under the supervision of the
Cabinet Committee Coordinator, for the purpose of coordinating the
planning and implementation of the projects by the implementing
departments and agencies at the national and provincial levels. The
Program Office shall have its principal office in Camarines Sur. It
shall also have a Manila Liaison Office for the purpose of facilitating
supportive actions at the national level and such sub-office as may be
necessary in any municipality or city within the Program Area.
Unless otherwise decreed, the jurisdiction of the Bicol River Basin
Development Program shall encompass all the municipalities and cities
of Camarines Sur, Albay and Sorsogon provinces. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Section 8 of the Presidential Decree No.
926 is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 8. Creation, Composition and Functions of the
Program Coordination, Committee. — For the purpose of providing
operating policies and guidelines, for the day-to-day operations of the
Program Office, there is hereby created a Bicol River Basin
Coordination Committee. It shall be composed of the Program Director as
Chairman, the National Economic and Development Authority Regional
Executive, Director for Region V as Vice-Chairman, with the Governors
of Camarines Sur, Albay and Sorsogon, and the designated
representatives of the Department of the Natural Resources and the
Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications, the
Regional Directors for Region V of the Department of Local Government
and Community Development, Agrarian Reform, Public Highways,
Agriculture, Health, Education and Culture, and the National Irrigation
Administration, as members." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
executive orders, administrative orders; letters of instructions, rules
and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any
provision of this Decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 5. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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