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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2233 - AN ACT TO
AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, ENTITLED
"AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE TOBACCO ADMINISTRATION, DEFINING
ITS OBJECTIVES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES." |
Section 1.
Paragraph (g) of section two, Article one of Republic Act Numbered
Eleven hundred and thirty-five, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(g) To
supervise and control the classification and grading of leaf tobacco in
the packing establishments of wholesale tobacco dealers, exporters,
large plantation owners, and auction floors; and" Sec. 2. Paragraphs (b), (h) and (k) of section three, Article two of Republic Act Numbered Eleven hundred and thirty-five, is hereby amended to read as follows: "(b) To
establish, maintain and/or subsidize a chemical tobacco research
laboratory for industrialization studies on processing, fermentation
and aging to produce a quality leaf for the factories and to establish
and maintain and/or subsidize pilot plants for industrial studies in
the manufacture of cigars and cigarettes, pipe and chewing tobacco to
reduce the cost of production and develop new blends. This phase of the
work shall be coordinated with, and under the supervision of, the
National Science Development Board. "(h) To buy,
process, and age, and sell all tobacco leaves, as well as stabilize and
guarantee prices of just cured tobacco leaves, based on grades, and to
promulgate such rules and regulations governing seed selection, pest
control, culture irrigation and the marketing of native tobacco leaf.cralaw Sec. 3. Section four, Article three of Republic Act Numbered Eleven hundred and thirty-five, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 4.
Composition and Appointment. — The powers of the PTA shall be vested
in, and exercised by, a Board of Directors consisting of seven members
to be appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on
Appointments. The President of the Philippines shall appoint the
Chairman of the Board from among its members who shall act as the
General Manager. Of the seven directors first appointed as above
prescribed, the President of the Philippines shall designate one to
serve for one year, one for two years, two for three years, two for
four years, and one for five years; and thereafter, each director
appointed shall serve for five years. Whenever a vacancy shall occur
among the directors, the person appointed to fill it shall hold office
for the unexpired term of the member whose place he is selected to
fill. Any director shall be subject to removal by the President of the
Philippines. Four members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. Before entering upon the
discharge of their duties, each of the directors shall take the oath
prescribed by law. The members of the Board shall each receives a per
diem of not to exceed twenty pesos for each day of meeting actually
attended by them except the General Manager who shall receive a salary
of not to exceed twelve thousand pesos per annum: Provided, That the
meetings of the Board shall not exceed four meetings a month." Sec. 4. Article III-A is inserted in Republic Act Numbered Eleven hundred and thirty-five which shall read as follows: "ARTICLE III-A. — Tobacco
Classification Council.cralaw Sec. 5. Section fifteen, Article eight of Republic Act Numbered Eleven hundred and thirty-five, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 15.
Capitalization. — To carry out the purpose of this Act, there is
created a special fund to be known as the 'Tobacco Industry Promotion
Fund' which shall be taken from the taxes derived from the tobacco
industry to be made available as follows: ten million pesos, which is
hereby appropriated for the fiscal year nineteen hundred fifty-nine and
nineteen hundred sixty, and, thereafter, an annual appropriation of ten
million pesos is authorized for a period of five years, which shall be
released not later than the end of the third quarter of every fiscal
year. This fund will be apportioned in the following manner: fifteen
per cent will be spent for operating expenses; seventy-five per cent
will be used for native tobacco cigar fillers trading; and ten per cent
for researches to improve the tobacco industry in all its phases.
"There shall be added to the
capital of the Philippine Tobacco Administration all the funds, assets
and properties still available belonging to the defunct National
Tobacco Corporation. In the event that there is an urgent or immediate
need for funds to carry out the trading operations of the PTA and the
funds herein appropriated are insufficient for such trading operations,
the PTA may borrow the needed amount to be guaranteed by the Central
Bank of the Philippines from any of the government financial
institutions like the Philippine National Bank, the Development Bank of
the Philippines and the Government Service Insurance System." Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.cralaw Approved: June 11, 1959. |
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