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MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 44 -
ENJOINING ALL CONCERNED NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ASSIST IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RATIONALIZED DONATED VEHICLE PROGRAM OF THE
LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES (LMP)
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of
Sec. 23 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local
Government Code of 1991, local chief executives may, upon authority of
the sanggunian, negotiate and secure financial grants or donations in
kind, in support of the basic services or facilities enumerated under
Section 17 thereof, from local and foreign assistance
agencies;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 25 (c) of Republic Act
No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, the
President may, upon request of the local government unit concerned,
direct the appropriate national agency to provide financial, technical,
or other forms of assistance to the local government unit, at no extra
cost to the local government unit concerned;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13 of the General Provisions of Republic
Act No. 8745, otherwise known as the General Appropriations Act of
CY1999, national internal revenue taxes and import duties payable by
national government agencies to the National Government arising from
foreign donations, grants and loans are deemed automatically
appropriated;
WHEREAS, the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) has
taken the initiative to revive the Donated Vehicle Program (DVP),
undertaken from 1994 to 1996, which has assisted municipalities in
facilitating their availment of second-hand, slightly used motor
vehicles from foreign countries;
WHEREAS, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is the
duly constituted national government agency under Republic Act No. 6975
that is mandated to assist the President of the Republic of the
Philippines in the exercise of general supervision over local
governments;
WHEREAS, the DILG and the LMP have entered into a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) which provides for the establishment of a new
Rationalized Donated Vehicle Program that not only revives the old DVP,
but also institutes improvements to the system that will facilitate the
municipalities' availment of second-hand, slightly used motor vehicles
from foreign countries.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order that:
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Sec. 2.
The agencies concerned are also requested to conduct a yearly review of
said guidelines and procedures, subject to such rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the appropriate government agencies.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 28th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred
and Ninety-Nine.
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