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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2651 - AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE JALAUR MULTI-PURPOSE PROJECT IN
THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO AND GOVERNING ITS OPERATION AFTER ITS COMPLETION |
Section 1. There
shall be constructed at the Jalaur River in the Province of Iloilo,
based on plans and specifications duly approved by the Secretary of
Public Works and Communications, a multi-purpose project, to be known
as the Jalaur Multi-Purpose Project, hereinafter called the Project,
for the purposes of regulating and controlling floods caused by the
Jalaur River, storing its waters and using them to irrigate
agricultural lands in the Jalaur Valley, and generating and
transmitting electric power and energy.
Sec. 2. The construction of the irrigation system and flood control of the Project, including the high dam and impounding reservoir, shall be undertaken by or under the Bureau of Public Works, but the construction of the high dam and impounding reservoir shall be undertaken in such a manner as to enable the National Power Corporation to construct a hydro-electric powerhouse below the high dam, which hydro-electric powerhouse shall be constructed by or under the National Power Corporation as a part of the Project. The release of water from the reservoir shall be through said hydro-electric powerhouse, except during floods when excess water shall be released through spillways constructed for the purpose. After the completion of the construction of the Project, the Bureau of Public Works shall administer the operation of the irrigation system and flood control, including the high dam and impounding reservoir, and the National Power Corporation Project. Sec. 3. In order to coordinate the activities of
the Bureau of Public Works and the National Power Corporation in the
survey, designing, planning, construction and subsequent operation of
the Project, there is hereby created a coordinating committee, which
shall be known as the Jalaur Multi-Purpose Project Committee,
hereinafter called the Committee, and which shall be composed of the
Secretary of Public Works and Communications, as chairman and the
General Manager of the National Power Corporation, the Director of
Public Works, the Director of the National Planning Commission and the
Chairman of the National Economic Council, as members. Sec. 4. Such sum as may be necessary for the construction by or under the Bureau of Public Works of the irrigation system, flood control, and the high dam and impounding reservoir is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the proceeds of the bonds issued under Republic Act Numbered One thousand, but such sum shall be paid from the proceeds of the reparations payments under the provisions of Republic Act Numbered seventeen hundred eighty-nine. Such sum as may be necessary for the construction of the hydro-electric powerhouse and appurtenant works by or under the National Power Corporation shall be raised by the said corporation under the authority granted it by its charter. Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 18, 1960 |
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