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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 701
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 701 -
FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE REVISED PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY
ACT, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED SEVENTEEN, ONE HUNDRED
THIRTY, AND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY
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WHEREAS,
Republic Act 917, otherwise known as the Philippine Highway Act of
1953, was previously amended by Presidential Decree Nos. 17, 130 and
320, for the purpose of providing among others, road maintenance funds
for national, provincial, city and municipal roads;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is a need to adequately maintain Feeder of
Farm-to-Market Roads, in order to facilitate the movement of goods and
people, particularly agricultural products which are the life-blood of
our economy; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Barangays are not financially capable of providing the
required counterpart fund for the Maintenance of existing and
unabandoned Feeder of Farm-to-Market Roads;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, road and bridge projects within barangay areas are generally
provided with limited appropriations, and therefore necessitates
assistance from the National Government, by subsidizing equipment
rentals on barangay road and bridge projects where use of equipment is
very necessary for the construction, improvement, and maintenance
thereof;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is deemed appropriate and advantageous to the local
community being the direct beneficiary of these projects if Barangays
be given the responsibility of maintaining all feeder or farm-to-market
reads within their respective areas;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, in order to
accelerate further the national economic development through effective
highway administration by providing adequate maintenance of Feeder or
Farm-to-Market Roads, do hereby decree and order;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Sub-paragraph (d), Section 6, Article III
of R.A. 917, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 6. Deductions for administrative expenses,
preliminary engineering, contingent emergency expenditures, and
discretionary fund.
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(d) Discretionary Fund. — Ten per centum of the
Highway Special Fund shall be allotted to the Discretionary Fund under
the control of the Secretary of Public Highways to be used; first, to
augment any deficiency in the allotment for administrative expenses;
for payment of gratuity benefits and the money value of accrued leaves;
for payment of compensation benefits to employees who become sick
and/or injured in the course of employment; second, to increase other
allotments provided for in this Act; third, to subsidize 50% of the
expected equipment rental required to undertake the construction,
improvement, and maintenance of selected feeder road and bridge
projects within barangay areas where equipment use is very necessary as
determined by the highway District/City engineer concerned.
All unexpended portion of this fund shall be carried over to the next
fiscal year for the same purpose."
Section 2. Section 8, Article IV of Republic Act 917,
as amended, is hereby further amended to add one sub-paragraph to
allocate maintenance funds for Feeder or Farm-to-Market Roads, to read
as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 8. Nationald-Highway Maintenance Fund. — The
apportionment for nationald for maintenance of local roads shall be
determined as follows:cralaw:red
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(h) Nationald for Feeder or Farm-to-Market Roads
shall be P2,500.00 per physical kilometer, whose existence is
determined by the Barangay Council, recommended by the Highway
District/City Engineer and approved by the Secretary of Public Highways
or his designated representative."
Section 3. Section 10, Article IV of Republic Act
917, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting the following:cralaw:red
"In the case of Nationald for Feeder or Farm-to-Market Roads as
provided in Sub-paragraph (h) Section eight of this Act, it shall be
released without requiring the counterpart funds, by the Secretary of
Public Highways, thru the Highway District/City Engineer, to the
Barangay officials concerned who has been duly authorized to handle
public funds. In the absence of the duly authorized barangay official,
it shall be released to the Municipal Treasurer concerned."
Section 4. All laws, rules and regulations
inconsistent with provisions of this decree are hereby amended,
revoked, or modified accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 16th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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