EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1085
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1085 -
AUTHORIZING THE GROWTH CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT AND AGRO-MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM FOR REGION IV (SOUTHERN TAGALOG), PROVIDING FOR ITS
IMPLEMENTING MACHINERY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, regional planning and
development has been a major instrument of the New Republic in the
pursuit of accelerated national growth and development;
WHEREAS, to provide greater impetus to its regional development
program, the government has now geared its administrative machinery and
resources towards selective and prioritized regional
implementation;
WHEREAS, the National Economic and Development Authority Regional
Office of Southern Tagalog has formulated a regional two-pronged
strategy for the development of the regional mainland Luzon provinces
of Laguna, Batangas, Cavite, Quezon and Rizal, which are strategically
positioned in the pathway of the projected southern expansion of
development from Metropolitan Manila, and enhancing the growth of the
resource subregional provinces of Aurora, Marinduque, Romblon, Mindoro
Occidental, Mindoro Oriental and Palawan;
WHEREAS, the implementation of the said regional development strategy
will not only directly benefit the participant local government units
and their adjacent areas, but also hasten the agro-industrialization
efforts of the Southern Tagalog Region and contribute to the regional
planning movement in general;
WHEREAS, there is a need to adopt the said regional development
strategy as a government priority program and to create the
organizational machinery to implement it;
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 as follows:
Section 1. Policy Statement and Objectives. — The
Growth Corridor Development and Agro-Modernization Program for the
Southern Tagalog Region, hereinafter referred to as the Growth Corridor
Development and Agro-Modernization Program, designed for the integrated
regional development of the area, is hereby adopted as a priority
regional development program of the government. For this purpose, the
necessary government authorization and funding support shall be
provided for it and the local governments, various ministries and
agencies of the government and the private sector with pending and
proposed projects in the area are hereby directed to align their
activities and operation in order to provide full support to the
program.
Sec. 2. Creation of the Regional Growth Corridor
Development and Agro-Modernization Program Implementation Office. — In
order to implement the Growth Corridor Development and
Agro-Modernization Program, a Growth Corridor Development and
Agro-Modernization Program Implementation Office, is hereby created and
attached to the National Economic and Development Authority for
purposes of policy integration. The Program Office shall be responsible
for directing and coordinating the execution of the various projects
and the regulation of government and private activities in accordance
with the Growth Corridor Development and Agro-Modernization Program. It
shall review and coordinate the enforcement of the various legal,
fiscal and economic instruments for the implementation of the program.
It shall undertake lateral coordination with the Regional Development
Council (RDC) of Region IV through the RDC Executive Committee
regarding the detailed preparation and development of corridor projects
identified under the Growth Corridor Development and Agro-Modernization
Strategy and Program and the Regional Development Investment Program
for Region IV.
Sec. 3. Designation of the Regional Growth
Corridor Development and Agro-Modernization Advisory Committee. — In
addition to the Program Office, the implementing machinery for the
Growth Corridor and Agro-Modernization Development Plan consist of the
Growth Corridor Development Advisory Committee, hereinafter referred to
as the Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee shall consist of the
regular members of the Executive Committee of the Regional Development
Council of Region IV and the assemblymen, governors and city mayors of
all provinces in the region who are designated as ex-officio members of
the Advisory Committee, together with the Regional Executive Director
of NEDA Regional Office IV. There shall also be a representative from
the private industry who shall be selective by the ex-official members
of the Committee.
The members of the Advisory Committee shall, from among themselves,
elect their Chairman who shall have a term of office of one year. He
shall not be re-elected until each and every member of the Committee
shall have served as Chairman, unless the other members, may unanimous
vote, decide otherwise. Any re-election shall, however, be limited to
an additional tenure of one year, resulting in a two year successive
term of office.
The Advisory Committee shall provide advice to the Program Office. The
Growth Corridor Development and Agro-Modernization Program and the
identified priority projects, including major policy decisions
affecting the implementation of the Plan and the execution of the
projects shall be referred to the Advisory Committee for its review and
consideration. Its views and recommendation shall be considered by the
Program Office in making its final decision.
Sec. 4. Specific Functions of the Program Office.
— The Program Office shall have the following powers and functions:
1.
Conduct detailed preparation of the Corridor development and
agro-modernization projects identified under the Growth Corridor
Development and Agro-Modernization Program;
2. Refer to
the Advisory Committee for its review and recommend for the approval of
the NEDA Director-General Projects found feasible for external
financing;
3. Formulate
and revise, where necessary a Growth Corridor Development and
Agro-Modernization Program, specifying activities by type, capacity,
location and timing of implementation for adoption and implementation
by relevant government ministries/agencies, local governments and
private sectors;
4. Formulate a
Growth Corridor Development and Agro-Modernization Investment Program
for adoption and fund support by the Office of the Budget and
Management;
5. Initiate
and assist the organization of Area Development Corporations and
Industrial Promotion Committees which shall, together with the line
agencies of the government undertake the promotion and implementation
of the Growth Corridor Development and Agro-Modernization Program;
6. Formulate
guidelines for local and regional line agencies to observe in the
implementation of approved plans and programs in accordance with and in
support of the Growth Development and Agro-Modernization
Program;
7. Prescribe,
in coordination with the NEDA and the Ministry of Human Settlements,
subregional land uses, which shall guide the location of industries,
housing complexes, business and commercial centers in the preparation
of local development plants, zoning and other related ordinances;
8. Review and
recommend for approval of the Human Settlements Regulatory Commission
the local development plans and zoning ordinances of the cities and
municipalities in the provinces concerned, including changes and
amendments thereto;
9. Undertake
the assembly of land and use other techniques to acquire land for
housing, industrial or commercial and other related purposes, such as
lessee-purchase and land exchange;
10.
Coordinate, monitor and ensure that the execution of projects of the
various ministries and agencies, local government and private entities
are in accordance with the Growth Corridor Development and
Agro-Modernization Plan.
11. Negotiate
and contract loans as authorized by NEDA and the President.
12. Accept
use, disburse, or invest program funds coming from local or foreign
sources, including counterpart funds, for the promotion of the
objectives of the Growth Corridor Development and Agro-Modernization
Program;
13. Perform
such other related or incidental functions as are necessary for the
exercise of the abovementioned functions.
Sec. 5. Program Director. — The Regional Executive
Director of the NEDA Regional Office of Region IV shall serve
ex-officio as the Program Director of the Growth Corridor Development
and Agro-Modernization Program Implementation Office. His annual
compensation and allowances shall be fixed by the NEDA
Director-General.
The Program Director shall have the following powers and functions:
1.
Direct and supervise the conduct of all necessary studies and the
formulation of growth corridor and agro-modernization development
investment programs;
2. Recommend
to the NEDA Director-General the organizational set-up, staffing
requirements and annual budget of the Program Office;
3. Manage the
Office and adopt administrative rules and procedures for its internal
operation and management;
4. Recommend
to the NEDA Director-General the hiring of contractual personnel of the
Office including consultants, experts and other professionals whose
compensation and allowances shall be fixed in accordance with existing
laws and regulations;
5. Disburse
and administer the funds of the Office based on the approved budget
thereof and in accordance with pertinent laws and regulations;
6. In
accordance with law negotiate or enter into contracts with private or
public entities necessary in the performance of the functions of the
Office, subject to the approval of the NEDA Director-General and the
President.
7. Perform
such other functions as may be necessary, related or incidental to the
efficient and effective performance of the above-mentioned
functions.
Sec. 6. Detailed of Personnel. — The Program
Director may, subject to the approval of the NEDA Director-General,
secure the services of technical experts and professionals from all
branches of the government as the Program Office may need in the
conduct of its activities. For this purpose, the Program Director is
hereby authorized to reimburse detailed personnel of actual
representation and/or transportation incurred in connection with the
performance of their duties at rates approved by the NEDA
Director-General, subject to applicable accounting and auditing rules
and regulations.
Sec. 7. Program/Project Implementation of Programs
and/or Projects under the Growth Corridor Development and
Agro-Modernization Program. — The Program Office shall encourage and
assist active private sector participation, either by itself or in
joint venture with the government. For this purpose, the Program Office
shall initiate and assist in the organization of Area Development
Corporations which shall engage in the agricultural, commercial and
industrial undertakings in accordance with the Growth Corridor
Development and Agro-Modernization Program. The corporation shall
preferably consist of a combined government and private sector
membership.
The Program Office shall likewise undertake or assist in the creation
of Industrial Promotion Committees which shall be responsible for
promoting, assisting in, and providing technical and related advice to
individuals and corporations engaged in industrial and commercial
activities in the area.
The details of the organization of the Area Development Corporations
and the Industrial Promotion Committees shall be prepared by the
Program Office subject only to the approval of the NEDA.
Sec. 8. Appropriations. — The Office of the Budget
and Management is hereby directed to make available the funds required
for the operationalization of the Growth Corridor Development Program
Implementation Office.
The necessary funding shall be appropriated for the conduct of the
project preparation studies beginning 1986 Appropriation for the
succeeding fiscal years and until the completion of the project
preparation and program implementation activities of the Program Office
shall be provided in the General Appropriation Act.
Sec. 9. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
charters, Executive Orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules
and regulations or parts thereof that are in conflict with this
Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 10. Separability Clause. — Any portion or
provision 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. 11. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Eighty-Six.