Presidential Decree No. 1432 (PD 1432) — Establishing the Cotton Research and Development Institute
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 350, as amended by
Presidential Decree No. 1063, provided for the development of a viable
cotton-growing industry in the Philippines;
WHEREAS, the development of the cotton industry is dependent
upon the availability of effective and efficient cotton production, processing,
and utilization technology, and the transfer of such technology to users
thereof;
WHEREAS, there is need to strengthen and accelerate current
efforts in cotton research and development;
WHEREAS, a strong specialized organization with highly
competent full time teams of researchers and development technologists amply
supported with facilities, equipment, funds and staff, is required for the
implementation of cotton research and development programs fully responsive to
the demands of the industry;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the
Constitution do hereby decree and order the following:
SECTION 1. There is hereby established the Cotton Research
and Development Institute attached to the Don Mariano Marcos State University,
Batac, Ilocos Norte, to strengthen and accelerate current efforts in the
specialized areas of cotton research and development in order to support the
national objectives of attaining self-sufficiency in cotton in the shortest time
possible.
SEC. 2. The Institute shall have the following powers and
functions:
To design, encourage, supervise, fund and undertake research and development
programs in cotton consistent with the policies of the Philippine Cotton
Corporation and the requirements of the cotton-growing industry, specifically in
the areas of varietal improvement, agronomic practices, pest management,
post-harvest processing and utilization technology, socio-economics, transfer of
technology and other fields related to the development of efficient cotton
production, post-harvest, and utilization technology and technology transfer;
To monitor all problems encountered by cotton farmers and processors in
production, post-harvest processing, storage and marketing;
To set and prescribe the directions for cotton research in the Philippines
and to review and integrate cotton research studies and projects of other
agencies;
To assist in the training requirements of cotton production and industry
manpower development, and undertake programs related thereto;
To assist in the multiplication and storage of quality seed and the
dissemination of improved cotton varieties;
To develop up-to-date information on cotton production and post-harvest
technology;
To hire, employ and dismiss personnel and to enter into contracts of
agreements with them;
To purchase, own, hold, lease and dispose of all types of property, real or
chattel, essential for carrying out its functions;
To enter into contracts with any agency, entity or person in the pursuit of
its objectives;
To delegate such selected privileges, powers or authority as may be allowed
by law to corporations, cooperatives, associations, or individuals, as may
presently exist or be organized, to assist the Institute in carrying out its
functions; and
To undertake all such other activities required for, and related to,
research and development in the cotton industry.
SEC. 3. Policies, plans and programs of the Institute shall
be subject to the approval of an Advisory Board, and shall be reviewed annually
by the Board of Trustees of the Don Mariano Marcos State University.
The Board of the Institute shall be composed of the following:
The Secretary of Agriculture
The President of the Philippine Cotton Corporation
The President of the Don Mariano Marcos State University
The Director of the Cotton Research and Development Institute
Three others representing the research and development sectors to be
appointed by the President of the Philippines.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall be the Chairman of the Board.
SEC. 4. The Advisory Board is hereby empowered to determine
and create an organizational structure appropriate for the Institute including
the number, position and salaries of its officers and employees.
The Board shall appoint all officers and employees of the Institute shall
establish a compensation scheme including allowances, honoraria and other
benefits, and such other conditions of employment as it may deem proper,
including the engagement and provision of services of consultants and the detail
of personnel, to and from the Institute, as the Board may deem necessary for the
development of a viable cotton-growing industry.
The Institute shall be heeded by an Executive Director who shall be appointed
by the Board of the Institute. He will be assisted by such number of Deputy
Directors as may be appointed by the Board as required for carrying out the
functions of the Institute.
By mutual agreement of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Cotton
Corporation and the Board of the Institute, transfer to the Institute of all, or
selected, existing employees of the Corporation currently involved in research
and development activities shall be effected.
All technical and managerial employees of the Institute shall be selected on
the basis of merit and fitness and are not subject to the regulation of the
Office of Compensation and position Classification.
SEC. 5. The Institute may, for the purpose of its research
and development activities, obtain the services of scholars, scientists and
technical personnel of any agency of the government, the private sector, or from
abroad. Such personnel may be paid honoraria and allowances by the Institute,
exempted from existing provisions on honoraria and allowances contained in LOI
565 as implemented.
SEC. 6. The Institute is hereby authorized to construct
buildings and other facilities, lease and buy land, and purchase equipment
locally and abroad as may be necessary to carry out its functions. Furthermore,
the Institute shall be exempt from all forms of taxes and import duties and
other imposts on any materials, equipment, articles, goods, and services that
may be imported from abroad when not available locally on favorable terms.
SEC. 7. Expenditures and disbursements made by the Institute
in the conduct of its activities shall be subject to special auditing and
accounting rules and regulations suited to the requirements of research and
development. These special auditing rules and regulations shall be formulated by
the Commission on Audit and the Institute within four (4) months of the
effectivity of this Decree.
SEC. 8. To enable the Institute to carry out its functions
there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated the amount of FIVE MILLION PESOS (P5,000,000), with an
amount of least equal to this to be likewise appropriated each year for a period
of three years, and such other amounts as may be required thereafter. To
supplement the initial year's funding of the Institute, the Philippine Cotton
Corporation is hereby authorized to transfer funds from the Special Cotton
Financing Fund to the Institute in the amount of FIVE MILLION PESOS
(P5,000,000).
Funds of the Institute shall be used only for purposes approved by its
Board.
SEC. 9. The Institute is hereby authorized to negotiate for
the enter into contracts relating to loans to help finance its capital and
operating expenditures.
SEC. 10. The Institute may solicit and receive grants and
donations from government and private entities, whether local or foreign, and
administer the same in accordance with the terms of the donation or grant,
consistent with the Institute's objectives and functions.
SEC. 11. Any fund and all savings of the Institute shall
constitute a revolving fund which shall not be reverted to the General Fund.
SEC. 12. This Decree shall take effect immediately. All
acts, parts of acts, executive orders, ordinances, rules and regulations which
are inconsistent with the provisions of this Presidential Decree are hereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of June, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive
Assistant
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
