REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6374 - AN ACT
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX, KNOWN AS
THE "LAND TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CODE"
Section 1.
Paragraph (a) and (c) of Section four of Republic Act Numbered Forty
one hundred thirty-six, otherwise known as the Land Transportation and
Traffic Code, are hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4. (a) There is created under the Department of
Public Works and Communications an office which shall be designated and
known as the Land Transportation Commission, composed of one
Commissioner and one Deputy Commissioner, who shall be vested with the
powers and duties hereafter specified. Whenever the word "Commission"
is used in this Act, it shall be deemed to mean the Land Transportation
Commission, and whenever the word "Commissioner" is used in this Act,
it shall be taken to mean the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, as
the case may be.
"(c) The Commissioner shall receive an annual
compensation of twenty thousand five hundred eighty pesos and the
Deputy Commissioner, an annual compensation of eighteen thousand six
hundred thirty-six pesos. The Commissioner shall be assisted by one
head executive assistant (MV regulation adviser or chief), one
administrative officer, one registration regulation chief, one
inspection, examination and licensing regulation chief, one law and
traffic enforcement regulation chief, one provincial regulation chief,
one utility and property regulation chief, one accounting officer, one
internal chief auditor, one personnel officer III, one budget officer
IV, and one chief medical division IV, who shall receive an annual
compensation of fifteen thousand two hundred sixty-four pesos each; ten
land transportation regional directors who shall receive an annual
compensation of fourteen thousand five hundred thirty-two pesos each;
ten transportation assistant regional directors, who shall receive an
annual compensation of eleven thousand three hundred twenty-eight pesos
each; and ten land transportation assistant regulation chiefs, who
shall receive an annual compensation of thirteen thousand one hundred
fifty-two pesos each; provided, that the assistant chiefs of divisions
shall receive an annual compensation of twelve thousand five hundred
sixteen pesos each; the chiefs of sections, district supervisors, and
land transportation registrars III shall receive an annual compensation
of ten thousand two hundred sixty pesos each; the assistant district
supervisors and land transportation registrars II shall receive an
annual compensation of eight thousand eight hundred thirty-two pesos
each; the land transportation registrars I shall receive an annual
compensation of seven thousand six hundred eight pesos each; and all
other employees in the land transportation commission whose salaries
are paid monthly shall receive an increase in an amount equivalent to
eight WAPCO ranges each, but in no case shall an employee exceed the
salary of his immediate superior."
Sec. 2. Section Sixty-one of Republic Act Numbered
Forty-one hundred thirty-six, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 61. Disposal of Monies Collected. — Monies
collected under the provisions of this Act shall be deposited in a
special trust account in the National Treasury to constitute the
Highway Special Fund, which shall be apportioned and expended in
accordance with the provisions of the "Philippine Highway Act of 1953";
provided, however, that the amount necessary to maintain and equip the
Land Transportation Commission but not to exceed twenty per cent of the
total collecting during any one year, shall be set aside for the
purpose."
Sec. 3. In order to carry out the provisions of
this Act the payment of salary differentials resulting from the
adjustment in salaries as provided for in this Act shall be implemented
from the amount that may be taken out of the twenty per cent of the
collections of the Land Transportation Commission necessary to maintain
and equip it from the fiscal year 1970-71. Thereafter, so much amount
as will be needed to carry out the purpose of this Act shall be
included in the annual appropriation of the Land Transportation
Commission.
Sec. 4. The incumbents of the positions at the
time of the approval of this Act whose salaries are herein standardized
shall automatically be entitled to the benefits hereof without the need
of another appointment.
Sec. 5. Any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the beneficiaries of the salary increases provided for
in this Act are not precluded from receiving general salary adjustments
that may be provided for government officials and employees in future
General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: August 16, 1971
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