WHEREAS,
the Educational Project Implementing Task Force, Department of
Education, has recommended that the Visayas State College of
Agriculture be developed and given the necessary facilities and powers
to serve the whole Visayas region; and chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is a need to amend the said Presidential Decree to
expand and strengthen the curricular programs in Agriculture and
applied sciences and make sure that the College shall have major
thrusts in Rural Sociology and Development Communications, Agricultural
Business Management and Cooperatives Education, Barrio Industries
Training, Research and Development, Training and Research Programs in
Coconut, Abaca and Rootcrops, and Technician Training in Forestry and
in Animal Health and production in line with the administration's
educational development programs;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 the amendment of Presidential Decree No. 470, as
follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 8 of Presidential Decree No. 470
is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 8. The College shall have the general powers
set forth in Section 13 of Act 1459 the exercise of which are hereby
vested exclusively in the Board of Trustees and the President of the
College in so far as authorized by the Board. In addition to its
general powers of administration, the Board of Trustees shall have the
following powers and duties:cralaw:red
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(c) To appoint, upon recommendation of the President
of the College, Vice Presidents and deans, heads of departments
professors, instructors, lecturers and other officers and employees of
the College; to fix their compensation; to prescribe their hour of
service, duties and the conditions of work as it may deem necessary and
proper; to grant to them in its discretion, leave of absence under such
regulations as it may promulgate, any provisions of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after due investigation
and hearing." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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Section 2. Section 8 of the same Decree is hereby
further amended by adding another paragraph after letter (j) to read as
follows:cralaw:red
(k) To undertake construction and/or repair of its
buildings, machineries, equipment and other facilities, and print
technical and educational materials in any printing establishment, any
provision of law or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 3. In addition to the amount already
appropriated for the Visayas State College of Agriculture for the
fiscal year 1974-75, there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in
the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated the following
operating expenses for purposes of implementing new programs and
carrying out immediately the provisions of this Decree:cralaw:red
Rural Sociology & Dev. Comm. P0.5 million
Agribusiness & Coop. Educ. 0.5 million
Agro-based Barrio Industries
Training, Research & Dev. 1.5
million
Training & Research Programs
in Coconut, Abaca & rootcrops
1.8 million
Technician training in animal
health & production 0.6
million
Agricultural Engineering
technician training in
Forestry 0.5 million
TOTAL P6.0 million
Hereafter, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions in
the General Appropriations Decree. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. For the construction of buildings and
laboratories, acquisition of additional experimental land, and for the
purchase of equipment and library materials for agricultural science
and technology, rural sociology and development communications,
agricultural business management and cooperatives education, cottage
industries training, research and development, training and research
programs in coconut, abaca and rootcrops, technician training in
forestry, animal health and production, and food processing and
marketing, the sum of six million pesos per year for the next two years
is hereby appropriated out of savings of funds appropriated for
constructions under Presidential Decree No. 475 or any funds in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Section 5. The Visayas State College, its assets,
acquisitions, income and its operations and transactions, shall be
exempt for any and all taxes imposed by the government or any of its
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
All gifts, donations and financial contributions to the college shall
be exempt from all taxes and shall constitute allowable deductions in
full from income of donors or givers for income tax purposes.
Section 6. The College is hereby authorized to
operate semi-commercial agricultural and technological enterprises on a
revolving fund basis with separate management and accounting to provide
realistic conditions for its instructional programs, provided that the
income will be used to support academic and research projects.
Section 7. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 12th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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