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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1531
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1531
- REORGANIZING THE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CENTER AND REDEFINING
ITS FUNCTIONS AND OBJECTIVES, REVISING FOR THIS PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE 1041
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WHEREAS,
the Government recognizes the crucial role of current and adequate
knowledge of the country's physical resources and environment in
determining national, regional strategies for development in
international negotiations;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, global and national perspective on natural resources and
environmental situation indicate a need to properly monitor the
exploitation and development of the country's natural resources and
changes in its physical environment;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there are rapidly developing technologies for gathering,
analyzing, and interpreting information relative to the inventory,
assessment and monitoring of the country's natural resources and
environment and the management thereof such that their proper
utilization will enhance the capability to formulate effective plans
for economic development; and
WHEREAS, recent developments and continuing scientific and
technological research and development activities on natural resources
information management have revealed the need to strengthen the system
and capability to plan and implement the country's natural resources
information programs by vesting the Natural Resources Management Center
with supplementary responsibilities and powers. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
revise Presidential Decree No. 1041, as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby
declared to be the policy of the Government (a) to utilize efficient
and appropriate technologies in the inventory, assessment and
monitoring of our natural resources; (b) to enhance the capability to
plan for accelerated economic growth; and (c) to provide for the
establishment and organization of the proper government agency to take
charge and be responsible for the attainment of these general
objectives.
Section 2. Reorganizing the Natural Resources
Management Center. — The Natural Resources Management Center, created
under Presidential Decree No. 1041, hereinafter referred to as the
NRMC, is hereby reorganized and constituted into a distinct agency
which shall be attached to the Department of Natural Resources for
policy and program coordination.
Section 3. Functions and Objectives. — The functions
and objectives of the Natural Resources Management Center are:cralaw:red
1. To formulate, develop and adopt a natural
resources information acquisition and processing program that will
provide data, information and studies required for the formulation of
resource policies and plans for the development and conservation of the
country's natural resources and the protection of the environment;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. To conduct natural resources and environmental
surveys and analysis using remote sensing and complementary
technologies;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
3. To conduct and undertake applied research in
visual and computerized processing and interpretation of remote-sensed
data, and in resource information handling and processing;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
4. To establish and maintain natural resources data
banks and information systems that will provide up-to-date inventory
and assessment of the country's natural resources as well as the status
of its administration, management and disposition by natural resources
management and policy agencies, permitting in due course easy and quick
access to appropriate data for planning;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
5. To carry out research and investigation on
specific resource and environmental issued, technology assessment and
forecasting studies in natural resources; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
6. To establish and operate training facilities and
provide support and external services through conferences, workshops,
seminars, short courses, and consultancy services;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
7. To establish, operate and maintain facilities for
natural resources data acquisition, reception, preprocessing, storage,
analysis and dissemination to include but not limited torcraft-borne
remote sensors, computerized system for imagery interpretation, general
purposes computers, photographic processing laboratories, computerized
mapping and cartographic systems and associated peripherals, and if
feasible ground receiving station for satellite remote sensed data;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
8. To establish, operate and maintain information
services including the distribution of imageries to survey
organizations, microfilming and microfiche and other reproduction
facilities, library services and referral systems; and
9. To promote ASEAN and international cooperation in
the application of advanced technologies in regional resource surveys
and assessment for the effective management thereof.
Section 4. Governing Committee. — The governance and
policy direction of the NRMC shall be exercised by a Governing
Committee hereinafter referred to as the Committee, composed of nine
(9) members, including the Chairman, as follows:cralaw:red
a. Secretary of Natural Resources — Chairman
b. Secretary of Agriculture — Member
c. Secretary of National Defense — Member
d. Secretary of Energy — Member
e. Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and
Communications — Member
f. Director-General of the National Economic and
Development Authority — Member
g. Chairman of the National Science Development
Board — Member
h. Presidential Assistant for Economic and
Development Affairs — Member
i. Director-General of NRMC — member
The members of the Committee shall be entitled to per diems and
allowances in accordance with existing laws in the performance of their
duties and in carrying out the business of the NRMC.
Section 5. Functions and Responsibilities of the
Committee. — The Committee shall have the following functions and
responsibilities:cralaw:red
a. To prepare and adopt such rules and regulations
necessary for the effective discharge of its functions;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
b. To update and review periodically the policies
and programs of the NRMC, including a five and ten year development
program, and adopt a rational strategy for natural resources
information management; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
c. To approve the staffing pattern and appoint the
officers and staff of the NRMC, whose numbers, organizational structure
and compensation shall be determined and approved by the Committee;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
d. To reorganize by creating, abolishing, dividing,
consolidating or integrating divisions, units or stations, and to
establish such inter-agency committees as may be necessary to
accomplish its purposes;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
e. To discipline and remove officers and employees
for cause;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
f. To determine and grant such allowances and other
incentives for consultants, technical staff and any person that may be
employed, hired, contracted, retained, engaged or involved by the NRMC
in any of its projects, activities or undertakings;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
g. To engage the services of experts, consultants,
and other personnel and entities, local or foreign, on contractual
basis or other arrangements, for temporary services;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
h. To determine, assess and collect such service
rates and charges for services rendered by the NRMC to its clientele;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
i. To accept turnover of assets, equipment,
property, and human resources in case of dissolution of any institution
or foundation undertaking endeavors similar to NRMC, and to operate
such institution or foundation in the national
interest; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
j. To accept donations, grants, gifts and loans from
domestic and foreign sources to carry out the activities and purposes
of NRMC;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
k. To confer or accept research and educational
grants;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
l. To require or call upon any department, bureau,
office, agency or instrumentality of the government for assistance as
it may need, including the detail of officials and employees on full or
part-time basis and to fix and provide for their allowances and other
instruments;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
m. To delegate any or all of its powers to the
Director-General except those powers which by provisions of law cannot
be delegated; and
n. To perform such other functions and duties
appertaining to a governing body and as may be necessary to carry out
thems and purposes of this Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 6. Director-General. — The NRMC shall have a
Director General to be appointed by the President of the Philippines
who shall be the executive officer of the NRMC. He shall receive such
salary and remunerations as may be determined by the Committee. He
shall have the following powers and duties:cralaw:red
1. To prepare, for the approval of the Committee,
the staffing pattern of the NRMC which shall include the determination
of the number and quality of such officials and personnel as may be
required for the proper discharge of the functions of the NRMC;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2. To have control and supervision over the
personnel, staff, operations, and internal administration of the NRMC
in accordance with existing laws and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Committee;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
3. To recommend to the Committee such policies,
measured, programs and projects which he deems necessary or desirable
for the effective exercise and discharge of the powers and
responsibilities of the NRMC;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
4. To submit an annual report to the Committee on
the operations, the status of the programs funded by and the financial
condition of the NRMC, including a recommendation for its budget for
the ensuing year; and
5. To exercise all the powers and functions of the
Committee except the powers which be provisions of law cannot be
delegated to the Director-General. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 7. Capital Investment Fund. — There is
hereby established a Capital Investments Fund of the NRMC to be derived
from and supported by periodic appropriations and subsidies from the
government or the National Treasury in such amount or amounts as will
be deemed sufficient and necessary for capital outlays and investments
in equipment and facilities, including payments for international
commitments, related to NRMC's programs, projects and activities, as
well as from contributions, donations, grants or loans from domestic
and/or foreign sources, and such other income derived from NRMC
operations. The government appropriations for the purpose shall be
included in the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1979 and
every year thereafter. Income generated by the NRMC shall form part of
said Fund and utilized for the same purpose.
Section 8. Exemption from taxes. — Any provision of
law to the contrary notwithstanding, any provision, contribution,
bequest, subsidy or financiald which may be made in favor of the NRMC
shall be exempt from taxes of any kind and shall constitute allowable
deductions in full from the income of the donors or givers for income
tax purposes.
Section 9. Consultants, Research Fellows and
Associates. — Whenever necessary, the Center may engage the services of
experts, consultants, and other personnel and entities, local or
foreign, on contractual basis or other arrangements for temporary
services to accomplish its purpose, or require and call upon the
technical and professional services of any department, bureau, office,
agency, or instrumentality of the government, including the detail of
official and employees on full or part-time basis. Those so engaged may
be issued appointments as consultants, research fellows and research
associates. The Committee shall provide such fees, allowances, and
incentives for consultants, technical staff and any person employed in
any of NRMC's projects and activities and provide additional
compensation and emolument for any government official or employees
engaged as consultant, research fellow or research associate, any law
to the contrary notwithstanding. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 10. Honoraria. — The NRMC may pay honoraria
to any government personnel providing assistance to the NRMC in
carrying out its purposes and objectives under this Decree.
Section 11. Miscellaneous Provisions. —
a. Personnel occupying existing positions in the
NRMC which are abolished by reason of its reorganization may be
absorbed by the NRMC, as reconstituted, on the basis of merit and
fitness.
b. Personnel who may be separated or terminated by
reason of the reorganization of NRMC shall be given gratuity pay based
on the ratio of one month pay for every year of service in the Natural
Resources Management Center.
Section 12. Separability Clause. — Should any of the
provisions in this Decree be declared unconstitutional, the same shall
not affect the validity of the other provisions contained herein.
Section 13. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 14. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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