EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 507
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 507 - DIRECTING
THE TRANSFER OF FISCAL YEAR 1992 APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEVOLVED SERVICES
AND FACILITIES OF CONCERNED NATIONAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND
AGENCIES TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT, ENJOINING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UNITS TO REVISE THEIR 1992 ANNUAL BUDGETS ACCORDINGLY AND INSTRUCTING
THE SECRETARY OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT TO ISSUE THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED FOR THE PURPOSE, ALL PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1992
WHEREAS,
Republic Act No. 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of
1992 mandates the devolution to local government units within six
months after its effectivity of responsibility over the provision of
certain services and facilities presently exercised by national
government agencies;
WHEREAS, Sec. 284 of the said Code provides that the internal
revenue allotment for fiscal year 1992 of local government units shall
be thirty percent (30%) of the total collection in 1989 of national
internal revenue taxes, equivalent to P24.48 Billion, inclusive of the
cost of services and facilities devolved by the national government
agencies;
WHEREAS, Sec. 284 of the Code further provides that local government
units shall, in addition to their respective shares from the P24.48
billion internal revenue allotment, be entitled to receive the amount
equivalent to the personal services cost of devolved national
government functions and facilities;
WHEREAS, the General Appropriations Act of fiscal year 1992 expressly
provides that the P18.08 billion direct appropriation for the internal
revenue allotment of the local government units shall be augmented by
P10 billion representing the cost of transferred functions from the
national government agencies including the cost of devolved personal
services;
WHEREAS, it is necessary that the appropriations for the devolved
functions and facilities be transferred from the 1992 budgets of the
devolution-affected national government agencies to the internal
revenue allotment of local government units to conform with Sec. 284
of the Code;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that the local government units revise their
respective 1992 annual budgets to enable them to finance such devolved
basic services and facilities as well as satisfy the other requirements
and limitations prescribed by the Code and in order to avoid any
temporary delay in the delivery of basic services;
NOW THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the law, upon the
recommendation of the Oversight Committee created under Sec. 533 of
the Code, do hereby order and direct:
Section 1. Transfer of Appropriation for Devolved
Services and Facilities to the Internal Revenue Allotment. — Of the
amounts appropriated under the 1992 General Appropriations Act for the
following functions, projects and activities for the following
functions, projects and activities of indicated devolution-affected
departments and agencies of the national government, such sums shall be
transferred to the internal revenue allotment of local government units
as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of Sec. 284 of the
Code:
A.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM
a.
Locally Funded Projects
1. Land and
Home development improvement projects
B. DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
a.
Regional Operations Function/Activities:
1.
Agricultural and fishery extension services
2. Regulation
of Agricultural and fishery activities
3. Conduct of
agricultural and fishery research activities
b.
Locally-Funded Projects
1.
Procurement and distribution of certified seeds
2. Purchase,
expansion and conservation of breeding stocks
3.
Construction, repair and rehabilitation of water impounding system
4. Support to
fishermen, including purchase of fishing nets and other materials
C. DEPARTMENT
OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT
a.
Regional Operations Function/Activities
1.
Local government budget officers services
D. DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
a.
Regional Operations Function/Activities
1.
Forest management services
2. Mine and
geo-sciences services
3.
Environmental management services
b.
Locally-Funded Projects
1.
Reforestation projects
(i)
New plantation establishment including provision for seedling
production
(ii)
Maintenance and protection of existing plantations
2.
Integrated social forestry projects
3. Watershed
rehabilitation projects
E. DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH
a.
Regional Operations Functions/Activities
1.
Extension of medical health services through provincial health office,
district, municipal and medicare community hospitals
2. Purchase of
drugs and medicines
3.
Implementation of primary health care program
4. Field
health services
5. Aid to
puericulture
b.
Locally-Funded Projects
1.
Construction, repair, rehabilitation and renovation of provincial,
district, municipal and medicare hospitals
2. Provision
for the operation of 5-bed health infirmaries
F. DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORK AND HIGHWAYS
a.
Regional Operations Function/Activities
1.
Repair and maintenance of infrastructure facilities and related
activities
b.
Locally-Funded Projects
1.
Water supply projects
2. Communal
irrigation projects
G. DEPARTMENT
OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
a.
Regional Operations Function/Activities
1.
Implementation of community-based program for rebel returnees
b.
Locally-Funded Projects
1.
Provision for the operation of a day-care center in every barangay
2. Pilot
community-based program for rebel returnees
3. Provision
for poverty alleviation in low-income municipalities and depressed
urban barangays
H. DEPARTMENT
OF TOURISM
a.
Regional Operations Function/Activities
1.
Domestic tourism promotion
2. Tourism
standard regulation
I. DEPARTMENT
OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
a.
Regional Operations Functions/Activities
1.
Promotion and development of trade, industry and related institutional
services
J. DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
a.
Regional Operations Functions/Activities
1.
Telecommunication services
2.
Transportation franchising and regulatory services
K.
COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
a.
Promotion, development and regulation of cooperatives function
b.
Cooperatives field operation function
L. HOUSING AND
LAND USE REGULATORY BOARD
a.
Regulation of human settlements plans and programs function
M. HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL
a.
Coordination of policy formulation and monitoring of housing activities
N. PHILIPPINE
GAMEFOWL COMMISSION
a.
Regulation and supervision of cock-fighting function
O. FUNCTIONS,
PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES WHICH HAVE
BEEN DEVELOPED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO —
a.
Functions and locally-funded projects of the Commission on Population,
Fiber Industry Development Authority, National Agricultural Fishery
Council, Livestock Development Council and National Meat Inspection
Commission; and,
b.
Location-specific national government offices, programs, projects and
activities such as the Sacobia Development Authority and the Kalinga
Special Development Authority, Development Coordinating Activities for
Leyte and Samar by the Office of the President, the Nueva Ecija
Integrated Rural Development Project and the Bula-Minalabac Integrated
Development Project of the Department of Agrarian Reform and the
Palawan Upland Support Services of the Department of Agriculture.
Sec. 2. Allocation of the Internal Revenue
Allotment to Local Government Units. — The level of the internal
revenue allotment to be released to the local government units in 1992
shall be P28 billion. This amount shall be allocated among the
provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays in accordance with the
following arrangement and schedule:
A.
The P18.08 billion direct appropriation shall be immediately augmented
by P1.63 billion representing the transferred appropriations for the
devolved capital outlay projects, net of reserves, of the Department of
Agrarian Reform (P0.01 billion), the Department of Agriculture (P0.05
billion), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (P0.6
billion), the Department of Health (P0.05 billion), the Department of
Public Works and Highways (P1.46 billion). The resulting P19.71 billion
internal revenue allotment shall be prorated in accordance with the
formula prescribed under Sec. 284 of the Code and released to the
concerned local government units on a quarterly basis.
B. The P8.29
billion balance shall cover the cost of functions, projects and
activities, inclusive of the personal services requirement, which shall
be devolved by national government agencies within six months after the
effectivity of the Code. This amount shall be apportioned among and
released to local government units in accordance with the devolution
process prescribed under Executive Order No. 503; Provided, However,
that this provision shall be effective only for Fiscal Year 1992,
thereafter, appropriations for the cost of functions, projects and
activities, inclusive of the personal services, of the devolved
national government-functions shall be provided for in General
Appropriations Act, after due consultations with the local government
units and the national government agencies concerned.
Sec. 3. Preparation of Revised Local Annual
Budgets for Fiscal Year 1992. — Local Government Units shall revise
their respective 1992 Annual Budgets which have been earlier enacted or
deemed reenacted pursuant to the provisions of the repealed
Presidential Decree No. 477 to reflect the following changes made by
the Code.
A.
Any fund or resources available for the use of the local government
units shall first be allocated for the following basic devolved
services and facilities before applying the same to other items of
expenditure:
i.
Construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of local roads;
ii.
Construction and improvement of concrete barangay roads and
multi-purpose pavements;
iii. Payment
of Personnel Economic Relief Allowance (PERA) in the amount of P500.00
a month per employee in accordance with the terms and conditions
prescribed under the General Appropriations Act.
iv. Payment of
honoraria of barangay chairmen not exceeding P1,000 a month and of
barangay councilors, treasurers and secretaries each not exceeding P600
per month including the P1,000 Christmas bonus for each barangay
chairman, councilor, treasurer and secretary pursuant to R.A. 7160;
v. Land and
home development improvement projects devolved by the Department of
Agrarian Reform;
vi.
Procurement and distribution of certified seeds, purchase, expansion
and conservation of breeding stocks, construction, repair and
rehabilitation of water impounding systems and procurement of fishing
nets and other materials supportive of fishermen devolved by the
Department of Agriculture;
vii.
Establishment of new forest plantations and maintenance and protection
of existing forest plantations devolved by the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources;
ix.
Construction, rehabilitation and repair of devolved provincial health
office/district/municipal/medicare community hospitals and facilities
of the Department of Health, including purchase of medical equipment;
and,
x.
Implementation of water supply and communal irrigation projects
devolved by the Department of Public Works and Highways;
B.
All other requirements and limitations provided for under Title Five of
Book II of the Code shall be strictly observed.
Sec. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The
Secretary of Budget and Management shall issue such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this
Order.
Sec. 5. Effectivity. — This Order shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and ninety-two.
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