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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 123 -
RECONSTITUTING THE NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BOARD
WHEREAS,
the National Water Resources Board (NWRB), the agency charged under
Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1067, otherwise known as the “Water Code
of the Philippines”, with the functions of regulating the “utilization,
exploitation, development, control, conservation or protection of water
resources”, needs to be strengthened to enable it to effectively
accomplish its mandate;
WHEREAS, the NWRB’s role as the government coordinating and regulating
body for all water resources-related development could be more
effectively handled if it is made independent from direct claimants to
water resources,
WHEREAS, pursuant to PD No. 424, as amended. NWRB is attached to the
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH);
WHEREAS, Sec. 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of Executive Order
No. 292, the Administrative Code of 1987, vests the President with the
continuing authority to reorganize the bureaucracy wherein she may
transfer any agency or function of any executive department to the
Office of the President and vice versa,
WHEREAS, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is
the government agency primarily responsible for the conservation,
management, development and proper use of the country’s environment and
natural resources;
WHEREAS, Executive Order (EO) No. 374, series of 1996, created the
Presidential Task Force on Water Resources and Development (PTFWRDM),
with the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources as Chair, whose
functions is to set water tariffs of Water Districts.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order and decree:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Chair
Vice-Chair
Members
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sec. 6.
The Presidential Task Force created under EO 374, series of 1996, as
amended by EO 409, series of 1997, is hereby abolished.
Sec. 7.
Sec. 8.
Sec. 9.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 12th day of September, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and
Two.
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