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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 115 -
AUTHORIZING ALL DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AND AGENCIES TO INCREASE
BY NOT MORE THAN TEN PERCENT (10%) THEIR FEES AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES
REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE RENDERED FOR A FEE, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS
Whereas, Batas Pambansa Blg. 325 authorizes
all heads of departments, offices, agencies and commissions of the
National Government to revise, conformably with rules and regulations
of the Department of Finance, their fees and charges;
Whereas, pursuant to Sec. 54, Chapter 12, Book IV of Executive Order
No. 292 (Administrative Code of 1987), the heads of bureaus, offices,
or agencies, may, upon approval of the department head, charge and
collect the cost of the services rendered by the bureau, office or
agency in excess of cost prescribed by law or approved by the same
authority;
Whereas, it is only proper that the persons receiving the services for
which the fees and charges are imposed should be made to share the
burden of the expenses incurred by the government particularly of those
agencies that last revised their fees and charges more than two (2)
years ago;
Whereas, the Secretary of Finance has recommended the revision of the
rates of such fees and charges collected by the departments, bureaus,
offices and agencies subject to certain exceptions;
IN VIEW THEREOF, all departments, bureaus, offices and agencies are
hereby authorized to increase the rates of their fees and charges for
services required by law to be rendered for a fee, by not more than Ten
Percent (10%); Provided, That this Memorandum Circular shall not apply
to (a) those departments, bureaus, offices and agencies that have
increased their fees and charges during the last two (2) preceding
years; (b) government-owned or controlled corporations and local
governments; (c) those fees and charges covered by international
agreements; and (d) those imposed by state universities and colleges,
government hospitals, medical centers and clinics.
The rates of fees and charges revised under this Memorandum Circular
shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in two
newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines and shall become
effective fifteen days after the last publication.
The heads of the departments shall be responsible for the
implementation of this Memorandum Circular in the bureaus, offices and
agencies within their respective administrative jurisdiction taking
into consideration the standards that (a) the fees and charges be
revised at just and reasonable rates sufficient to cover administrative
cost and (b) whenever practicable, be uniform for similar or comparable
services and functions.
The Department of Finance shall monitor compliance with this Memorandum
Circular and submit a report thereon to the Office of the President.
This Memorandum Circular shall not apply to the fees and charges
collected by the courts and constitutional bodies.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety.
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