EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 710
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 710 - CREATING
A MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
WHEREAS, under the New Republic,
national economic development shall be pursued with renewed dedication
and greater determination;
WHEREAS, the separation of the functions pertaining to public highways
from those concerning public works had been prompted by the necessity
of hastening the completion of the major road networks of the country;
WHEREAS, the construction of such major road networks having been
completed for the most part, such government functions may now be
merged once again for greater simplicity and economy in operations; and
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended, 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 as amended, do
hereby order and ordain:
Section 1. There is hereby created a Ministry of
Public Works and Highways, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry. The
existing Ministry of Public Works established pursuant to Executive
Order No. 546 as amended, and the existing Ministry of Public Highways
established pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 458 as amended, are
abolished together with their services, bureaus and similar agencies,
regional offices, and all other entities within their supervision and
control. Their functions, applicable appropriations, records,
equipment, property, and such personnel as may be necessary are hereby
transferred to the new Ministry.
Sec. 2. The authority and responsibility for the
exercise of the powers and the discharge of the functions of the
Ministry shall be vested in the Minister of Public Works and Highways,
hereinafter referred to as the Minister, who shall be appointed by the
President. He shall be assisted by such Deputy Minister as may be
necessary who shall be appointed by the President. The Minister is
authorized to determine and assign the respective functional areas of
responsibility of the Deputy Ministers, should there be more than one;
provided, that such delineation of responsibilities shall cover the
substantive functions and operations of the Ministry; and provided,
further, that no Deputy Minister shall be assigned primarily
administrative responsibilities.
Sec. 3. The Ministry Proper of the Ministry shall
be composed of an Office of the Minister, a Planning Service, a
Financial and Management Service, an Administrative Service, a Legal
Service, a Manpower Development Service, and a Comptrollership Service.
The Comptrollership Service shall absorb the abolished Infrastructure
Computer Center.
Sec. 4. The Ministry shall exercise supervision
and control over the following staff bureaus which are created in the
Ministry:
(1)
Bureau of Construction, which shall provide technical services on the
construction, rehabilitation, betterment, and improvement of
infrastructure facilities;
(2) Bureau of
Design, which shall undertake project development, engineering surveys,
and designs of infrastructure facilities;
(3) Bureau of
Equipment, which shall provide technical services on the management of
construction and maintenance equipment and ancillary
facilities;
(4) Bureau of
Maintenance, which shall provide technical services on the maintenance
and repair of infrastructure facilities; and
(5) Bureau of
Materials and Quality Control, which shall provide research and
technical services on quality control and on the management of
materials plants and ancillary facilities for the production and
processing of construction materials.
Sec. 5. The Ministry shall exercise administrative
supervision over the following entities:
(1)
National Water Resources Council
(2) Metro
Manila Flood Control Development Council
(3) Pasig
River Development Council
Sec. 6. The following corporations are attached to
the Ministry for policy and program coordination:
(1)
From Systems Development Corporation
(2) Local
Water Utilities Administration
(3)
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System
(4) National
Irrigation Administration
Sec. 7. The Communications and Electricity
Development Authority is attached to the Ministry of Energy for policy
and program coordination.
The Philippine Ports Authority is attached to the Ministry of
Transportation and Communications for policy and program coordination.
The Minister of Transportation and Communications shall be Chairman and
the Minister of Public Works and Highways a member of the Board of the
Authority.
The Central Luzon-Cagayan Valley Authority is abolished, and its
functions, applicable appropriations, records, equipment, property, and
such personnel as may be necessary are transferred to the appropriate
units of the Ministry, as may be determined by the Minister.
The functions of the Building Services and Real Property Management
Office of the General Services Administration pertaining to the
maintenance and repair of public buildings are hereby transferred to
the appropriate units of the Ministry, including applicable
appropriations, records, equipment, property, and such personnel as may
be necessary.
Sec. 8. The Minister of Public Works and Highways
shall assume the position of Chairman or member, as appropriate, of all
boards or other bodies previously held by either the Minister of Public
Works or the Minister of Public Highways in an ex-officio capacity.
Sec. 9. The Minister shall have such ministry-wide
regional offices as may be necessary, under the supervision and control
of the Office of the Minister, in accordance with Article I, Chapter
III, Part II of the Integrated Reorganization Plan as amended. Each
region shall be headed by a Regional Director, who shall exercise
supervision and control over the activities of the Ministry in the
region except as otherwise provided for below.
The Ministry shall have such Project Management Office as may be
required, pursuant to Letter of Instruction No. 1099, which shall be
under the supervision and control of the appropriate Regional Director,
unless otherwise determined by the Minister.
The Regional Director shall have administrative supervision over the
equipment depots and materials plants in the region. Such depots and
plants shall have separate managerial and accounting systems, and shall
be operated as financially self-sustaining entities.
Sec. 10. The Ministry is hereby authorized to
issue such orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary to
implement the provisions of this Executive Order: provided, that
approval of the Ministry of the Budget is obtained relative to the new
staffing pattern including appropriate salary rates, the organizational
structure at divisional and lower levels, and the realignment of
existing appropriations. The Minister may appoint qualified personnel
of the abolished Ministries to appropriate positions in the new
Ministry, and those not so appointed are deemed laid off.
Sec. 11. All Presidential appointees of the
abolished Ministries and their respective bureaus, offices, and other
entities under the supervision and control of or under the
administrative supervision of the abolished Ministries are laid off,
unless otherwise reappointed by the President; provided, that those who
are Career Executive Service Officers shall be reappointed or
reassigned by the President upon the recommendation of the Minister to
appropriate positions in the new Ministry, or assigned to the Career
Executive Service Board who shall endeavor to find appropriate
placement for them in other ministries or agencies; provided, further,
that those Career Executive Service Officers who have been assigned to
the Career Executive Service Board shall continue to receive their
salaries from any available and applicable funds; and provided,
finally, that those who are not placed in appropriate positions within
six months after their assignment to the Career Executive Service shall
be similarly laid off.
Sec. 12. All those who are laid off under the
provisions of this Executive Order shall be entitled to all benefits
and gratuities provided for under existing laws.
Sec. 13. Except as may otherwise be determined by
the Minister, all present incumbents of positions in the abolished
ministries shall continue to exercise their usual functions, duties,
and responsibilities, pending the issuance of the appropriate
implementing orders.
Sec. 14. All laws, decrees, orders, proclamations,
rules regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any of
the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Sec. 15. Any portion or provision of this
Executive Order that may be declared unconstitutional shall not have
the effect of nullifying the other provisions thereof, provided that
such remaining portions can still stand and be given effect in their
entirety to accomplish the objectives of this Executive Order.
Sec. 16. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this twenty-seventh day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen
hundred and eighty one.
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