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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 50BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 50 - AN ACT
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAY PROJECTS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Section 1.
Appropriation of Funds. — The following sums, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, are hereby appropriated out of the General Fund in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated in any subsequent General
Appropriations Acts, including the proceeds of bond issues and/or loans
and grants from local or foreign institutions, to implement public
works and highway projects of the National Government for the years
beginning 1980, as prescribed hereunder:
TITLE A. — Rural Infrastructure Support System
For the construction, improvement, provision, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and/or completion of Rural Infrastructure Support
Systems to service Bagong Lipunan Improvement of Sites and Services
(BLISS) and related programs covering the provision of community
centers, warehousing facilities, multi-purpose pavements and associated
facilities, including engineering and acquisition of sites, equipment,
materials, supplies and services to be used directly for the projects.
National Capital Region P400,000
Region I 20,100,000
Region II 13,100,000
Region III 4,100,000
Region IV 24,800,000
Region V 13,200,000
Region VI 14,800,000
Region VII 15,100,000
Region VIII 16,700,000
Region IX 9,900,000
Region X 13,700,000
Region XI 9,200,000
Region XII 10,500,000
Nationwide 24,400,000
——————
Total, Title A P200,000,000
TITLE B. — Rural Water Supply
For the construction, improvement, provision, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and/or completion of rural water supply facilities,
including engineering and acquisition of sites, equipment, materials,
supplies and services to be used directly for the projects.
B-1. Wells, Springs, and Other Point Source
Development Projects.
National Capital Region P10,000,000
Region I 129,000,000
Region II 87,000,000
Region III 138,000,000
Region IV 134,000,000
Region V 105,000,000
Region VI 134,000,000
Region VII 74,000,000
Region VIII 109,000,000
Region IX 66,000,000
Region X 60,000,000
Region XI 83,000,000
Region XII 70,000,000
Nationwide 64,000,000
–——————
Total Title B-1 P1,263,000,000
B-2 Communal Faucet Systems
National Capital Region P27,000,000
Region I 274,000,000
Region II 188,000,000
Region III 300,000,000
Region IV 344,000,000
Region V 251,000,000
Region VI 320,000,000
Region VII 242,000,000
Region VIII 296,000,000
Region IX 171,000,000
Region X 170,000,000
Region XI 217,000,000
Region XII 191,000,000
Nationwide 85,000,000
——————
Total Title B-2 P3,076,000,000
——————
Grand Total, Title B P4,339,000,000
TITLE C. — National and Communal Irrigation, and Farm Systems
Development
For the construction, improvement, provision, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and/or completion of national and communal irrigation,
and farm systems development projects, including engineering and
acquisition of sites, equipment, materials, supplies and services to be
used directly for the projects.
C-1. Communal, Irrigation and Farm Systems Development
Region I P193,000,000
Region II 208,000,000
Region III 109,000,000
Region IV 195,000,000
Region V 122,000,000
Region VI 100,000,000
Region VII 66,000,000
Region VIII 84,000,000
Region IX 105,000,000
Region X 163,000,000
Region XI 207,000,000
Region XII 254,000,000
Nationwide 100,000,000
——————
Total Title C-1 P1,906,000,000
——————
C-2. National Irrigation Projects
Region II P1,020,000,000
——————
1. Magat Multipurpose
Project (IBRD-assisted
Project) 966,000,000
2. Soil Erosion Control and
Watershed Management
Project, Magat River
Multi-Purpose Watershed
Area (IBRD-assisted
Project) 54,000,000
Region III P186,000,000
3. Soil Erosion Control and
Watershed Management
Project, Upper Pampanga
River Project Watershed
Area, Nueva Ecija
(IBRD-assisted Project) 186,000,000
Region IV P1,084,000,000
——————
4. Medium Scale Irrigation
Project, Mindoro and
Palawan (IBRD-assisted
Project) 900,000,000
5. Laguna de Bay Development
Project, Part B,
Cavite (ADB-assisted
Project) 184,000,000
Region X P119,000,000
——————
6. Lower Agusan Irrigation
Project, Agusan del
Norte (KFW-Assisted
Project) 119,000,000
Nationwide P360,000,000
7. Various Watershed
Management Projects 360,000,000
——————
Total, Title C-2 P2,769,000,000
——————
Grand Total, Title C P4,675,000,000
TITLE D. — Small Water Impounding Management Projects
For the construction, improvement, provision, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and/or completion of small water impounding management
(SWIM) projects, including engineering and acquisition of sites,
equipment, materials, supplies and services to be used directly for the
projects in support of the Bagong Lipunan Improvement of Sites and
Services (BLISS) and related programs.
National Capital Region P40,000,000
Region I 100,000,000
Region II 100,000,000
Region III 102,000,000
Region IV 100,000,000
Region V 100,000,000
Region VI 100,000,000
Region VII 100,000,000
Region VIII 100,000,000
Region IX 100,000,000
Region X 100,000,000
Region XI 98,000,000
Region XII 100,000,000
Nationwide 160,000,000
——————
Total Title D P1,400,000,000
TITLE E. — Farm Drainage
For the construction, improvement, provision, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and/or completion of drainage facilities and related
structures for communal irrigation systems, including engineering and
acquisition of sites, equipment, materials, supplies and services to be
used directly for the projects.
Region I P38,000,000
Region II 20,000,000
Region III 17,000,000
Region IV 16,000,000
Region V 7,000,000
Region VI 7,000,000
Region VII 4,000,000
Region VIII 7,000,000
Region IX 3,000,000
Region X 14,000,000
Region XI 7,000,000
Region XII 12,000,000
Nationwide 15,000,000
—————
Total, Title E P167,000,000
TITLE F. — Dredging of Rivers
For the dredging of rivers and inland waters and removal of
obstructions and encroachments, including engineering and acquisition
of sites, equipment, materials, supplies and services to be used
directly for the projects.
Region I P10,000,000
Region II 10,000,000
Region III 10,000,000
Region IV 15,000,000
Region V 10,000,000
Region VI 15,000,000
Region VII 20,000,000
Region VIII 20,000,000
Region IX 15,000,000
Region X 10,000,000
Region XI 15,000,000
Region XII 20,000,000
Nationwide 20,000,000
——————
Total, Title F P190,000,000
TITLE G. — Flood and Erosion Control for Highways and Railways
For the construction, improvement, provision, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and/or completion of flood and erosion control projects
for highways, including but not limited to embankments, revetments,
cross-drains, raising and construction of bridges and improvement of
bridge approaches, detours, and related structures, and the engineering
and acquisition of sites, equipment, materials, supplies and services
to be used directly for the projects.
National Capital Region P950,000,000
Region I 210,000,000
Region II 40,000,000
Region III 60,000,000
Region V 35,000,000
Region X 40,000,000
Region XII 30,000,000
Nationwide 50,000,000
——————
Total, Title G
P1,415,000,000
TITLE H. — Reclamation of Swamps and Inland Waters and Lands
For the reclamation of swamps and inland waters and lands, including
engineering and acquisition of sites, equipment, materials, supplies
and services to be used directly for the projects, and provision of
infrastructure.
National Capital Region P600,000,000
Region III 275,000,000
Region V 55,000,000
Region IX 125,000,000
Region X 82,000,000
Region XI 55,000,000
Region XII 550,000,000
Nationwide 150,000,000
——————
Total, Title H
P1,892,000,000
TITLE I. — Ports
For the construction, improvement, provision, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and/or completion of municipal fishing ports and
national ports, including engineering and acquisition of sites,
equipment, materials, supplies and services to be used directly for the
projects.
I-1. Municipal Fishing Ports
National Capital Region P10,000,000
Region I 30,000,000
Region II 30,000,000
Region III 20,000,000
Region IV 30,000,000
Region V 30,000,000
Region VI 40,000,000
Region VII 30,000,000
Region VIII 60,000,000
Region IX 40,000,000
Region X 20,000,000
Region XI 20,000,000
Region XII 20,000,000
Nationwide 40,000,000
——————
Total Title I-1 P420,000,000
I-2. National Ports
Region VI P65,000,000
1. Port of Iloilo (3rd IBRD —
assisted Port Package),
Iloilo City 65,000,000
Region VII P245,000,000
2. Port of Cebu (3rd IBRD —
assisted Port Package),
Cebu City 245,000,000
Region VIII P100,000,000
3. Port of Isabel (Support to
Industrial Estate), Leyte
100,000,000
Region IX P122,000,000
4. Port Zamboanga (3rd
IBRD-assisted Port
Package), Zamboanga
City 122,000,000
Region X P71,000,000
5. Port of Cagayan de Oro
(3rd IBRD-assisted Port
Package), Cagayan de Oro
City) 71,000,000
Total Title I-2 P603,000,000
——————
Grand Total, Title I
P1,023,000,000
TITLE J. — School Buildings
For the Construction, improvement, provision, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and/or completion of school buildings, including
engineering and acquisition of sites, equipment, materials, supplies
and services to be used directly for the projects.
National Capital Region P244,000,000
Region I 163,000,000
Region II 163,000,000
Region III 216,000,000
Region IV 325,000,000
Region V 244,000,000
Region VI 216,000,000
Region VII 190,000,000
Region VIII 190,000,000
Region IX 190,000,000
Region X 163,000,000
Region XI 244,000,000
Region XII 163,000,000
Nationwide 292,000,000
——————
Total, Title J P3,003,000,000
TITLE K. — National Buildings
For the construction, improvement, provision, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and/or completion of national buildings, and related
facilities, including engineering and acquisition of sites, equipment,
materials, supplies and services to be used directly for the
projects.
K—1. Regional, Provincial, City and Municipal Sports
and Recreational Centers
National Capital Region P60,000,000
Region I 40,000,000
Region II 40,000,000
Region III 40,000,000
Region IV 40,000,000
Region V 40,000,000
Region VI 40,000,000
Region VII 40,000,000
Region VIII 40,000,000
Region IX 40,000,000
Region X 40,000,000
Region XI 40,000,000
Region XII 40,000,000
——————
Total Title K-1 P540,000,000
K-2. Court of First Instance and Related Judicial
Buildings
National Capital Region P10,000,000
Region I 22,000,000
Region II 14,000,000
Region III 22,000,000
Region IV 38,000,000
Region V 18,000,000
Region VI 28,000,000
Region VII 26,000,000
Region VIII 18,000,000
Region IX 18,000,000
Region X 28,000,000
Region XI 14,000,000
Region XII 16,000,000
Nationwide 18,000,000
Total, Title K-2 P290,000,000
——————
Grand Total, Title K 830,000,000
TITLE L. — Urban Infrastructure
For the construction, improvement, provision, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and/or completion of small-scale infrastructure
facilities, such as communal water supply (tankers, tanks and public
standpipes), public toilets, sewage disposal, drainage and roads in
low-income areas, including engineering and acquisition of sites,
equipment, materials, supplies and services to be used directly for the
projects.
National Capital Region P220,000,000
Metro Manila Infrastructure,
Utilities, and
Engineering (IBRD-
assisted Project) 220,000,000
TITLE M. — Feasibility Studies and Engineering Activities
For the conduct of feasibility studies and investigations, surveys,
preparation of plans and designs, and other engineering activities for
infrastructure projects.
M-1 Public Works
Nationwide P200,000,000
Total, Title M-1 P200,000,000
M-2 Public Highways
Nationwide
1. Feasibility Studies and
Preliminary Engineering P50,000,000
2. Detailed Engineering
50,000,000
Total, Title M-2 P100,000,000
——————
Grand Total, Title M P300,000,000
Sec. 2. Detailed Plans and Programs of Work. —
Prior to the actual construction, improvement rehabilitation and or
construction of the projects covered in whole or in part by
appropriations in this Act, approval of detailed engineering plans and
programs of work by the Minister of Public Works or the Minister of
Public Highways, as the case may be, shall be obtained for every
project with an estimated cost greater than P1,000,000; by the line of
Bureau of Agency Head or, in the case of staff bureaus by the Ministry
Head concerned, for every project with an estimated cost greater than
P500,000 but not more than P1,000,000; by the Regional Director
concerned for every project with an estimated cost greater than
P200,000 but not more than P500,000; and by the District or City
Engineer concerned for every project with an estimated cost of P200,000
or less. The program of work shall include, among other things,
estimates of the work items, quantities and costs, a PERT/CPM (Program
Evaluation Review Technique/ Critical Path Method) network of the
project activities, and monthly cash flows. The program of work shall
cover at least a usable portion of the project and no construction
shall be started for portions of the project that are less than usable,
except projects requiring stage construction, in which case continuity
of construction up to the completion of a usable portion shall be
assured. Once the program of work is approved, it shall serve as the
basis for the implementation of the project and the corresponding
expenditure of funds. No project shall be divided into smaller portions
for the purpose of circumventing the provisions of this Section .
Sec. 3. Local Labor. — In the implementation of
projects covered by appropriations in this Act, the required unskilled
labor shall be procured, where available, from the sitio, barangay,
poblacion, municipality, or city where the project is located, and, for
this purpose, a certification from the City of Municipal Mayor or
Barangay Captain, as the case may be, shall be secured as to the
availability of the unskilled labor. Skilled labor shall be procured,
where available from within the province where the project is located.
Specialized skilled labor may be procured outside the province where
the project is located.
Sec. 4. Labor-Intensive Methods. — Whenever
technically and economically feasible, labor-intensive methods shall be
used in the prosecution of the projects authorized in this Act:
Provided, That (a) the estimated financial cost of each project done by
labor-intensive methods does not exceed the cost of the best
alternative construction method defined by the agency concerned by more
than ten per centum (10%), (b) the estimated duration of the project
done by labor-intensive methods does not exceed the duration of the
best alternative method defined by the agency concerned by more than
fifty per centum (50%), and (c) the employment of workers in the
projects will not unduly impair the labor requirements of agricultural
production in consultation with the Barangay Captain concerned:
Provided, finally, That before any such project is prosecuted, the
agency concerned shall prepare at least two alternative methods of
construction based on the same plans and structural standards, one
being labor-intensive together with a comparative evaluation of
projected financial and economic costs, employment generation, and
technical quality; such comparison shall be the basis for selecting the
most advantageous construction techniques to be employed in terms of
the criteria aforestated. The District or City Engineer concerned shall
certify in the program of work that he has maximized the use of
labor-intensive methods in accordance with the foregoing criteria. The
purchase of hand tools and other work implements for labor-intensive
methods may be charged against project funds not exceeding five per
centum (5%) of the estimated project cost. These implements may be
turned over to the laborers with the payment therefor deductible from
their wages on reasonable installments during the duration of their
employment in the project.
The agencies concerned shall refer to and take into consideration the
relevant studies of the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of
Public Highways for the identification of project work items or
activities for labor-intensive methods of construction.
Sec. 5. Pre-Construction Activities. — In the
implementation of the work, a general plan of operation shall be
prepared to indicate the methods and the procedures to be followed.
This plan will cover and organize all relevant fields of study,
delineation or responsibilities for undertaking each phase, specifying
or analyzing all analytical procedures and resources to be required for
conducting the studies.
Sec. 6. Purchase of Materials and Supplies. — The
Minister of Public Works or the Minister of Public Highways, as the
case may be, is authorized, subject to bidding and auditing
requirements, to procure the necessary materials and supplies for the
construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair and/or rehabilitation
of any project covered by appropriations in this Act. When these
materials and supplies are obtainable locally in the province or city
where the project is located, the same may be procured by the District
or City Engineer or, in the case of special projects, the Project
Manager, without prior authority from the Minister of Public Works or
the Minister of Public Highways, as the case may be, subject to bidding
and auditing requirements. No surcharge shall be imposed for the
service of procuring such materials and supplies. The expenditures for
these materials and supplies shall not exceed the estimated cost for
the same as stated in the approved program of work.
Sec. 7. Prosecution of projects by Administration.
— Any project covered by appropriations in this Act with a cost of
P500,000.00 or less, based on the approved program of work under
Sec. 2 hereof, may be done by administration or force account by the
bureau or agency concerned without benefit of public bidding. Every
project with a cost of more than P500,000.00 shall be advertised for
public bidding: Provided, That subject to the guidelines to be jointly
promulgated by the Minister of Public Highways and the Minister of
Public Works, preference shall be given to qualified bidders within the
region where the proposed project shall be constructed. If there are no
acceptable bids for such project, the project may be prosecuted by
administration by the bureau or agency concerned after securing the
approval of the Minister of Public Works or the Minister of Public
Highways, as the case may be, if the project cost is P2,000,000.00 or
less; and the approval of the President of the Philippines, upon
recommendation of the Minister of Public Works or the Minister of
Public Highways, as the case may be, if the project cost is more than
P2,000,000.00. In case of urgent necessity or emergency, however, a
project costing more than P500,00.00 may be prosecuted by
administration, without prior public bidding, by the bureau or agency
concerned subject to the approval by the Minister of Public Works or
the Minister of Public Highways, as the case may be, if the project
cost is P2,000,000.00 or less; and to the approval of the President of
the Philippines, upon recommendation of the Minister of Public Works or
the Minister of Public Highways, as the case may be, if the project
cost is more than P2,000,000.00.
Sec. 8. Negotiated Contracts. — Pursuant to the
general policy of undertaking projects by contract after public
bidding, no project covered by appropriations in this Act shall be
prosecuted by negotiated contract except: (a) in cases where public
bidding has failed to produce bids acceptable to the bureau or agency
concerned; or (b) in case of urgent necessity or emergency or danger to
life and property; or (c) in case of a project under contract, in which
case the agency concerned may negotiate with the contractor of the
on-going project to undertake the additional work under the same
contractual terms and conditions of the on-going contract less credit
for mobilization, except in cases of extraordinary inflation or state
of recession declared by the Government: Provided, That no negative
slippage is incurred by the contractor in any of his on-going projects:
Provided, further, That the additional work is within his contracting
capabilities. Authority to negotiate contracts for projects under these
exceptional cases shall be subject to prior approval by the Minister of
Public Works or the Minister of Public Highways, as the case may be, if
the project cost is P2,000,000.00 or less; and to approval by the
President of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the Minister of
Public Works or the Minister of Public Highways, as the case may be, if
the project cost is more than P2,000,000.
Sec. 9. Allocation of Regionwide Lump-Sum
Appropriations. — The lump-sum appropriations authorized in this Act
for each region shall be allocated to specific areas and projects
within the region concerned on the basis of their conformance to the
national and regional plans, and taking into account the size and
potential of the area, population, low rate of employment and/or
underemployment, and degree of infrastructure needs, and allocating
such projects as equitably as possible among the provinces and cities
within the region.
Sec. 10. Reports. — The head of the bureau or
agency concerned shall submit to the Minister of Public Works or the
Minister of Public Highways, as the case may be, quarterly
accomplishment reports, copies of which shall be furnished the
President (Prime Minister). the National Economic and Development
Authority, the Ministry of the Budget, the Speaker of the Batasang
Pambansa and the Chairman of the Regional Development Council of the
region where the project is undertaken. At the end of the calendar
year, the Minister of Public Works and the Minister of Public Highways
shall submit their annual accomplishment reports which shall include
the appropriations released as of the end of the calendar year, the
extent of the work accomplished, further works to be done to complete
the program of broad categories of public works and public highways
projects, and recommendations, if any, for transfer of appropriations
or changes of program to be incorporated in the succeeding
appropriations measure, to the President (Prime Minister), with copies
furnished the National Economic and Development Authority, the Ministry
of the Budget and the Batasang Pambansa through the Speaker.
Sec. 11. Separability. — If any provision of this
Act is declared unconstitutional, the remaining provisions shall remain
in force.
Sec. 12. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect
immediately upon approval.
Approved: December 20,
1979.
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