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| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2695 - AN ACT TO
FURTHER AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, KNOWN AS
THE "PORTWORKS FUND ACT," AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE
HUNDRED AND THIRTY AND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND
SIXTEEN, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUND |
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Section
1. Section one of Act Numbered Thirty-five hundred
and ninety-two, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and
thirty and Republic Act Numbered Twelve hundred and sixteen, is hereby
further amended to read as follows: "Section 1. All
wharfage fees, harbor fees, berthing charges, storage charges, and net
income from the share of arrastre charges as defined under Republic Act
Numbered Thirteen hundred seventy-one as incorporated under Republic
Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, and all tonnage dues
defined under sections fourteen hundred seventeen and fourteen hundred
eighteen of the revised Administrative Code, collected in our ports
from the date on which this Act takes effect, shall be deposited in the
National Treasury and shall form a special fund to be known as
"Portworks Fund," which shall be disbursed in accordance with Acts of
Congress, for the study, investigation and field surveys, research,
planning, development, construction, improvement, maintenance and
repair of ports, port facilities and port areas, warehouses, sheds and
offices, buoys, lighthouses, and otherdes to navigation, including the
purchase, maintenance, rental charges, and replacement of necessary
equipment: Provided, however, That out of the total annual collection,
there is hereby set aside first, such sums as may be necessary to
reimburse the General Fund for the redemption or payment of bonds
issued or loans acquired by the National Government for the
development, construction and improvement of ports: Provided, further,
That fifty per centum of the remainder of the fund so formed is hereby
set aside for the necessary expenses for the study, investigation and
field surveys, research, maintenance and repair of ports, port
facilities and port areas including warehouses, sheds and offices,
buoys, lighthouses and otherds to navigation belonging to the National
Government, dredging, quarrying, and improvements incidental to such
maintenance and repair, including the purchase, repair and rental
charges and replacement of necessary equipment, to be allotted by the
Secretary of Public Works and Communications, with the approval of the
President, upon certification by the Secretary of Finance that the
necessary funds are available: And provided, further, That the
remaining fifty per centum of the remainder of the fund so formed shall
be appropriated by Acts of Congress for development, planning,
construction, and improvement of ports, port facilities and port areas,
including warehouses, sheds, and offices, buoys, lighthouses and
otherds to navigation, including the acquisition and operation of
construction equipment."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and sixty. Approved: June 18, 1960 |


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