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Republic Act No. 6670
AN
ACT FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS AND TERMS USED IN PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE
NO. 1177, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO INSTITUTE A MODIFIED PERFORMANCE
BUDGET
SYSTEM.
REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 6670
AN
ACT FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS AND TERMS USED IN PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE
NO. 1177, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO INSTITUTE A MODIFIED PERFORMANCE
BUDGET
SYSTEM.
Section
1. Section 13 of P.D. 1177 is
hereby amended to read as follows:chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
"Sec.
13. Submission of the Budget.
— The President shall, in accordance with Section 22, Article VII of
the
Constitution, submit to the Congress within thirty (30) days from the
opening
of every regular session, as the basis of the General Appropriations
Bill,
a budget of expenditures and sources of financing, including receipts
from
existing and proposed revenue measures. Additional appropriations
proposals
may be submitted which correspond to part of the expenditure estimates
submitted as part of the budget proposal: Provided, That continuing
appropriations
may be enacted for public works, highways and other infrastructure
projects
which require more than one year for construction. In such cases,
revenue
estimates for the future years shall be used in the evaluation of
funding
availability. chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
"The
President may transmit to Congress, from time to time, such proposed
supplemental
or deficiency appropriations as are, in his judgment, (a) necessary on
account of laws enacted after the transmission of the Budget, or (b)
otherwise
needed in the public interest."
Sec.
2. Section 24 of the same decree
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec.
24. Appropriations for Personal
Services. — Appropriations for personal services shall be considered as
included in the amount specified for each budgetary program and project
of each department, bureau, office or agency, and shall be itemized.
The
itemization of personal services shall be prepared by the Secretary for
consideration and approval of the President as provided in Section 30
hereof:
Provided, that the itemization of personal services shall be prepared
for
all agencies of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches and
the
Constitutional bodies down to the division chief level and in the case
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Integrated National
Police
down to the rank of second lieutenant, except as may be otherwise
approved
by the President for positions concerned with national security
matters:
Provided, further, That appropriations for casual and/ or temporary
employees
shall be in lump-sum based on the number of man-hours to be
rendered."
Sec.
3. Section 26 of the same decree
is hereby repealed.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
4. Section 27 of the same decree
is hereby amended to read as follows:chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec.
27. Infrastructure and Other
Bills. — The public works, highways and other bills requiring
appropriations
may be filed at any time during the sessions of the Congress and shall
be considered by the Congress upon their being reported out by the
corresponding
Committees."
Sec.
5. Sections 28 and 29 of the
same decree are hereby repealed. chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
Sec.
6. Section 30 of the same decree
is hereby amended to read as follows:chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec.
30. Content of the General Appropriations
Act. — The General Appropriations Act shall be presented in the form of
budgetary programs and projects for each agency of the government, with
the corresponding appropriations for each program and project,
including
statutory provisions of specific agency or general applicability. The
General
Appropriations Act shall contain an itemization of personal services
which
shall be prepared by the Secretary before enactment of the General
Appropriations
Act."
Sec.
7. The following words, phrases
or terms wherever they appear in Presidential Decree No. 1177, as
amended,
are hereby amended to read: chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
(a) "Ministry
of the Budget" shall read "Department of the Budget and Management";(b) "Minister
of Budget" shall read "Secretary of the Department of Budget and
Management";
(c) "National
Assembly" and "Batasan" shall read "Congress"; chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
(d) "Ministry"
and "Ministries" shall read "Department" and "Departments,"
respectively;
and
(e) "Minister"
shall read "Secretary."chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
Sec.
8. All laws, decrees, executive
orders, and letters of instruction inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act and the Constitution are hereby repealed, superseded and/or
modified.
Sec.
9. This Act shall take effect
upon its approval. chanrobles virtuallaw libraryred
Approved:
August 4, 1988
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