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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1108
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1108 -
AMENDING FURTHER THE REVISED PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY ACT, AS AMENDED, TO
FACILITATE THE MAINTENANCE OF LOCAL ROADS
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WHEREAS,
the allocation and use of funds for the maintenance of the country's
network of roads and bridges is prescribed in the Revised Philippine
Highway Act, as amended;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to improve procedures for funding the
maintenance of local roads and bridges to ensure fully effective local
road maintenance programs by local governments; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable to improve the capability of local government
to carry out their road maintenance programs in consonance with the
concept of local autonomy;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. The provisions of Section 8(d), Article IV
of Republic Act 917, as amended, are further amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 8. Nationald-Highway Maintenance Funds. — The
apportionment for nationald for tenance of local roads shall be
determined as follows:cralaw:red
"(d) In order to qualify for nationald for said
maintenance, provinces, cities and municipalities shall be required to
submit for approval by the Secretary of the Department of Public
Highways, an annual maintenance program two months prior to the start
of each new financial year, for the entire network of roads under their
jurisdiction. Provincial, city or municipal treasurers shall submit to
the Department of Public Highways a quarterly certification of
counterpart road and bridge maintenance funds for their respective
municipality, city or province. Certifications made by municipal
treasurers shall be attested to by their respective provincial
treasurers. The President may set the level of counterpart road and
bridge maintenance fund to be appropriated by local government units.
These shall be initially at least equal to one-half of the amount of
nationald in the case of provincial roads; at least twice the amount of
nationald for city roads; at least two-thirds of nationald for
municipal roads: PROVIDED, That the President may set local counterpart
maintenance requirements for barangay roads which shall be appropriated
by the municipalities or cities concerned."
Section 2. Section eleven of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 11. Supervision and control of projects
financed by the national government. — The provisions of any existing
law, rule or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, all highways
work project financed by the national government through the Department
of Public Highways expenditure program shall be under the control and
supervision of the Department of Public Highways, subject to such laws,
rules and regulations governing the prosecution of public works
projects: PROVIDED, That local government projects supported by
the national government through the Department of Public Highways
expenditure program, whether for maintenance, rehabilitation,
betterment or for improvement, shall be under the direct control and
supervision of the respective local government units; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, That the Department of Public Highways shall set maintenance
standards, planning requirements and control procedures governing the
approval and release of nationald funds as necessary to carry out the
requirements of Section eight of this Act, and for this purpose, may
inspect the financial accounts, work records and maintenance sites of
local authorities; PROVIDED, Further, That the Department of Public
Highways shall adopt the necessary procedures for monitoring the
financial and physical aspects of road maintenance activities of local
governments, to by augmented by appropriate mechanisms for reporting on
such maintenance activities which may be separately established by the
Department of Finance and the Department of Local Government and
Community Development in the exercise of their respective jurisdictions
over local governments, as authorized by law."
Section 3. Changes in Procedure. — The President may
change the procedural requirements and waive in whole or in part, local
counterpart requirements for financially distressed local government
units, which are prescribed in the Revised Philippine Highway Act
(Presidential Decree No. 17, as amended), for the purpose of achieving
the timely release of National Government funds intended asd to local
government for local maintenance and generally to ensure the efficient
maintenance of local roads.
Section 4. Repealing Clause. — The provisions of
laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
Section 5. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 22nd day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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