EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 658
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 658 - CREATION
OF A COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT PLANNING
WHEREAS, certain ministries and
agencies are involved in transport planning activities within their
respective areas of jurisdiction;
WHEREAS, there is need to ensure more effective interministerial
coordination in the formulation and implementation of government plans
and programs relating to transport development in the country; and
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416, the President is empowered
to undertake such organizational and related improvements as may be
appropriate in the light of changing circumstances and new
developments.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the
authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416, do hereby order
and ordain:
Section 1. Creation. — There is hereby created a
Committee on Transport Planning in the National Economic and
Development Authority to be composed of the following: the Minister of
Economic Planning, the Minister of Transportation and Communications,
the Minister of Public Works, the Minister of Public Highways and the
Minister of Tourism. The Chairman of the Committee shall be elected by
the members on a rotation basis and for such periods as may be
determined by the Committee.
Membership in the Committee shall be open to other Ministers as may be
deemed necessary by the Committee; or alternatively, other Ministers
concerned may be invited to attend and participate in particular
meetings and deliberations of the Committee where the subject matter
involves their respective ministries.
Sec. 2. Meetings. — The Committee shall hold
meetings as often as may be necessary, provided, that there shall at
least be one meeting every month. The members of the Committee shall be
entitled to per diems for actual attendance in meetings of the
Committee.
Sec. 3. Duties and Responsibilities of the
Committee. — The Committee shall have the following duties and
responsibilities:
a.
To advise the President and the NEDA Board on Matters concerning
transport planning and development;
b. To
coordinate inter-ministerial activities of individual agencies and
instrumentalities concerned with transport planning and development;
c. To
formulate government policies, plans and priorities on transport
planning and development in order to ensure consistency with national
development objectives and priorities established by the NEDA Board;
d. To set the
general goals and guidelines necessary for the pre-planning and
planning activities of the agencies concerned during the planning
cycles, and to undertake the review and integration of the various
modal transport plans, programs and projects in relation to the
transportation component of the over-all national development plan, and
where deemed necessary to the annual budgetary cycle;
e. To serve as
the mechanism for the integration, coordination, and rationalization of
inter-and intra-modal plans for transport planning and development,
especially at the inter-ministerial level; and
f. To
regularly monitor development plans and trends, both local and
international, affecting transport facilities and services.
Sec. 4. Technical Staff and Secretariat. — The
Inter-Agency Technical Committee on Transport Planning created under
Memorandum Order No. 473 of the President shall, in addition to its
present duties, act as the Technical Staff and Secretariat of the
Committee.
Sec. 5. Financial Requirements. — The operations
of the Committee shall be supported by contributions from the various
agencies represented in the Committee, from funds as are made available
to the Inter-Agency Technical Committee on Transport Planning, as well
as from funds as may be released by the Ministry of the Budget from
existing appropriations.
Sec. 6. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
charters, executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules
and regulations or part thereof that are in conflict with this
Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Sec. 7. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 28th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty-one.
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