EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 586
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 586 - CREATING
THE SACOBIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
it is the policy of the government to provide integrated basic economic
and social services and facilities in all areas, particularly the
underdeveloped or resettlement sites in order to solidify the economic
and social structure of our society;
WHEREAS, an integrated rural development, in the form of the Ministry
of Human Settlements’ Bagong Lipunan Sites and Services (BLISS) Program
has been adopted for the development of the Sacobia area;
WHEREAS, the successful provision of integrated, rationalized, basic
services and facilities to the Sacobia community requires that the
planning, implementation, and management of the area be comprehensive,
decentralized and framed within regional, national plans and overall
strategy for the BLISS Program;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to enhance the organizational
framework, systems capacity and streamlining of developmental efforts,
for planning, implementing, and managing the programs in the Sacobia
Development Plan, to maximize benefits not only for Sacobia, but for
the nation as a whole;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, in order to
ensure the success of this project, do hereby order the following:
Section 1. Creation of Sacobia Development Authority.
— There is hereby created the Sacobia Development Authority,
hereinafter referred to as the Authority;
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. — The development
of Sacobia is hereby declared to be within the implementing strategies
of the Bagong Lipunan Sites and Services (BLISS) Program, under the
direct supervision of the Board herein created;
Sec. 3. Terms of Reference. — The Authority shall
adopt the following Terms of Reference:
1.
Acquire, purchase, own, hold, develop, lease, mortgage, pledge,
exchange, sell, transfer or otherwise invest, trade, or deal in, in any
manner permitted by law, real and personal property by every kind and
description or any interest therein, as may be necessary for the
accomplishment of the purposes of the Authority;
2. To borrow
money and otherwise, contract indebtedness and to secure payment
thereof by mortgage, pledge or deed of trust of, or any encumbrance
upon any or all of its then owned or after-acquired real or personal
properties and assets;
3. To enter
into, make, perform and carry out or cancel and rescind contracts of
every kind and for any lawful purpose, within any person, firm,
association, corporation, syndicate, domestic or foreign, or other;
4. To cause to
implement any other acts and things, and to exercise any other powers
which may be necessary to accomplish the purposes for which this
Authority is organized.
Sec. 4. Board Membership. — The Authority shall be
governed by a Board of Directors composed of the following:
Chairman:
Minister of Human Settlements
Members:
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Public Works
Minister of
Public Highways
Minister of
National Defense
Minister of
Local Government
and Community
Development
Minister of
Economic Planning
Minister of
the Budget
Minister of
Agrarian Reform
Chief of
Staff, AFP
Minister of
Natural Resources
Minister of
Energy
Minister of
Industry
Sec. 5. Program Execution Group. — A Program
Execution Group acting under the authority of the Board shall
administer and provide operational coordination in the affairs of the
authority. The Program Execution Group is composed of the:
Deputy
Minister of Human Settlements
Director of National Food and
Agriculture Council
Director, Bureau of Animal
Industry
Deputy Minister of Public Works
Deputy Minister of Public
Highways
Deputy Minister of National
Defense
Deputy Minister of Agrarian
Reform
Assistant Minister of Local
Government and Community
Development
Administrator, National
Electrification Administration
Administrator, Farm Systems
Development Corporation
Governor, Province of Tarlac
MHS Regional Supervisor, Region
III
The Deputy Minister shall serve
as head of the group.
Sec. 6. Powers and Functions of the Board. — The
Board of Directors shall have the following functions:
1.
Oversee the coordination of the planning, implementation and monitoring
of the project;
2. Review and
Authority’s consolidated plans, budgets and work programs and
recommended approval to the Chairman;
3. Arrange
and/or negotiate with local and foreign financing institutions, subject
to the approval of the Ministry of Finance with concurrence by the
Ministry of the Budget for funding the development of projects in the
area;
4. Appoint the
Authority’s Executive Director and Field Office Director and designate
them for the on-site or field office;
5. Call upon
any Ministry, office, instrumentality or any political subdivision of
the government for such assistance that may be necessary in achieving
the objectives of the Authority;
6. Exercise
such other powers as may be deemed necessary and expedient for the
successful development of the area.
Sec. 7. Domicile and Officers of the Sacobia
Development Authority. — The Authority, covering the entire 5,612
hectares of Sacobia, shall have a main office in Manila to be headed by
an Executive Director duly appointed by the Board who shall maintain a
technical and management staff to assist him in the performance of his
duties and responsibilities.
There shall also be an on-site Field Office headed by the field office
director duly designated by the Board and who shall likewise maintain a
technical and management staff for effective planning, implementation
and monitoring of the area’s programs and projects in coordination with
the main office.
Sec. 8. Powers and Functions of the Executive
Director, the Field Office and the Field Office Director. — The
Executive Director shall be appointed by the Board of the Directors. He
shall serve until such time as the Authority is dissolved unless sooner
removed from office for cause by the Board of Directors. He shall have
the following powers, duties and functions:
1.
Execute and administer the policies and decisions of the Board of
Directors;
2. Directly
coordinate the activities of all agencies and instrumentalities of the
government in the planning and implementation of projects on site;
3. Monitor the
progress and evaluate the effects of project execution by these
agencies and instrumentalities; and submit periodic financial reports
relating to the development of the area;
4. Apply for,
receive and accept grants and donation of funds, equipment, materials
and services needed for the development of the area within and outside
the Philippines;
5. Perform
such functions as are inherently necessary in the operational
management of the area’s development in accordance with the policies
and guidelines formulated by the Board of Directors.
The Field Office Director shall be appointed by the Board of Directors.
He shall serve until such time as the Field Office is dissolved unless
sooner removed from office for cause by the Board of Directors. The
Field Office Director shall have the following powers, functions and
duties:
1.
Execute and administer the policies and decisions of the Board of
Directors and the Executive Directors;
2. Directly
coordinate the activities of all implementing government
instrumentalities of on-site projects;
3. Submit
periodic financial and work accomplishment reports relating to project
implementation to the Board of Directors;
4. Organize
and manage the Field Office and adopt administrative rules and
procedures for its internal management;
5. Call upon
any Ministry, office, agency, instrumentalities or any political
subdivision of the government to assist in the planning and
implementation of the Sacobia Development Plan;
6. Performs
such other functions as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or
the Executive Director of the Authority.
The Field Office shall have the following functions:
1.
Serve as the coordinating center for inter-agency planning and
management of Sacobia programs and projects;
2. Identify
such development projects in the area for inclusion in the integrated
development program as authorized by the Board of Directors;
3. Prepare
feasibility studies for identified projects in Sacobia;
4. Maintain a
continuous feedback system with national agencies and cooperating
government instrumentalities involved in Sacobia’s development;
5. Promote and
encourage private enterprises and government agencies and
instrumentalities to plan, develop, implement projects necessary or
conducive to the acceleration of development in the area;
6. Apply for,
receive and accept grants and donations of funds, equipment, materials
and services needed for the implementation of the Sacobia Development
Plan from services within and outside the Philippines;
7. Call on
appropriate Ministry, Office or other government instrumentality for
assistance in the discharge of its duties; and
8. Perform
such other related functions as may be necessary to attain the
objectives of the Sacobia Development Plan.
Sec. 9. Appropriation. — For the Sacobia
Development Authority, the amount of Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000) is
hereby appropriated out of any available funds from the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated. For the succeeding calendar year
until its termination, the budgetary requirements shall be provided for
in the General Appropriation Act of the government in such amounts as
shall be adequate for the purpose.
Sec. 10. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
executive orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations, or
parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any provision of this Order
are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Sec. 11. Effectivity. — The Order shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty.