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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 751
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 751
- AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 674 DATED
MARCH 20, 1975 CONVERTING THE COLLEGE OF RIZAL AND THE RIZAL TECHNICAL
HIGH SCHOOL INTO THE RIZAL TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 674 dated March 20, 1975, converted the College
of Rizal and the Rizal Technical High School into Rizal Technological
Colleges to develop trained manpower of varied specializations and/or
skills; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order that the purposes and objectives of said Decree can
be more effectively and satisfactorily attained, it is necessary to
broaden the support and strengthen the organization of the said Rizal
Technological Colleges;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Meralco Foundation, Inc., has been organized for the
purposes, among others, of promoting, carrying on, conducting and
encouraging the advancement and development of education, scientific
research and training in the fields of industrial, technological,
agricultural, health, environmental, biological, physical and social
sciences as well as in humanities and in all other sciences or fields
of human knowledge and culture, with special emphasis on research
development, training, and related activities designed to contribute to
the maximization of economic productivity and community development,
wider distribution of social and economic values, and protection and
improvement of the environment; and
WHEREAS, the Provincial Government of Rizal and the Meralco Foundation,
Inc. have agreed to undertake a joint project to establish and operate
an educational technological institution in the Province of Rizal which
shall offer baccalaureate degrees in agriculture, fisheries, arts and
sciences, trades and technology and other degrees, as well as short
term courses, to meet the needs of Rizal Province and other cities and
provinces of the Philippines; and the establishment and the operation
of such educational technological institution will be in compliance
with the mandate of the Constitution of the Philippines, will achieve
the objective of the government, and will attain some of the lofty
purposes of the Meralco Foundation, Inc. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
amend Presidential Decree No. 674 as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 674
is hereby recommended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec. 1. The present College of Rizal and the Rizal
Technical High School, all situated at the Province of Rizal, are
hereby converted into the Rizal Technological Colleges (Province of
Rizal-Meralco Foundation Inc.), the same being organized as a
non-stock, non-profit corporation, a chartered entity, hereinafter
referred to in this Decree as the Colleges. The Colleges shall be
established, operated and maintained as hereunder provided, as a joint
project and undertaking of the Provincial Government of Rizal and
Meralco Foundation, Inc.
Section 2. Section 5 of the same Decree is hereby
amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 5. The governing body of the Colleges shall be
the Board of Trustees of the Rizal Technological Colleges. It shall be
composed of the Secretary of Education and Culture as Chairman, the
Provincial Governor of Rizal, the President of the Meralco Foundation
Inc., the President of the Colleges, and three (3) other members who
shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines. Of the three
members first appointed by the President, one shall serve for two
years; one to serve for three years; and one to serve for four years.
Thereafter, persons appointed to succeed such members shall hold office
for a term of four years and until their successors shall have been
appointed and qualified. In case of permanent vacancy, the position
shall be filled by appointment by the President of the Philippines.
Such appointee shall hold office for the unexpired term only.
The Secretary of Education and Culture, the Governor of the Province of
Rizal, and the President of the Meralco Foundation, Inc., may designate
their respective representatives in the Board who shall have all the
powers and privileges pertaining to their offices. In the absence of
the Secretary of Education and Culture who is the Chairman of the
Board, the members of the Board present may elect the temporary
chairman to preside over the meeting.
Section 3. Section 8 of the same Decree is hereby
amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
(J) To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and
donations of real and personal property of all kinds, to administer the
same for the benefit of the Colleges, or of any department hereof, or
ford to any student or students, in accordance with the directions and
instructions of the donor, and in default thereof, in such manner as
the Board of Trustees may in its discretion determine. All donations to
the Colleges shall be exempt from all taxes, shall be considered as
deductible items from the income tax of donors and shall be treated as
part of the payment by the donors or assessments under, and/or the
compliance with the requirements of, and shall be eligible for the tax
and other incentives provided by, the Labor Code of the Philippines
with regard to manpower training and development, and rules and
regulations pursuant to the said Labor Code, and amendments
thereof. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. A new provision is hereby inserted after
Section 19 of the same Decree to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 20. The Meralco Foundation, Inc., shall make
contributions of funds and/or equipment and facilities to provide
managerial, advisory, technological, professional and vocational
professorial or instructional skills useful for the establishment,
operation and maintenance of the Colleges, and shall solicit and
encourage major industries and other entities to make such
contributions and provide such support to the colleges; all such
contribution made by the Meralco Foundation Inc., to the Colleges, or
contributions by any individual, association, partnership, corporation
or any kind of entity to the Colleges and/or to the Meralco Foundation,
Inc., which in turn are contributed by the latter for the
establishment, operation and maintenance of the Colleges, shall be
exempt from all taxes and the money value of such contributions shall
be treated as payments of assessments under, and/or compliance with the
requirements of, and shall be eligible for the tax and other incentives
provided by, the Labor Code of the Philippines, as, and as may be,
amended, and the rules and regulations pursuant thereto, and shall be
in lieu of any taxes, charges and assessments of whatsoever nature and
authority now and in the future, for the development of the manpower,
education arts and sciences. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 5. Sections 20 and 21 of the same Decree are
hereby renumbered as Sections 21 and 22, respectively.
Section 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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