AMENDING SECTION 3 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3601, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 552

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1702
• Sections: 5

Preamble

WHEREAS, under Republic Act No. 3601 as amended by

Presidential Decree No. 552, the National Irrigation Administration, is charged

with the responsibility of constructing, improving, rehabilitating and

administering all national irrigation systems in the Philippines, including, all

communal and pump irrigation projects;

WHEREAS, the implementation of the irrigation integrated

program of the government and the attainment of the “Irrigation Age” as

envisioned under Republic Act No. 3601, is the primary responsibility and goal

of the National Irrigation Administration; and

WHEREAS, the increased pace of irrigation development

together with the increased cost of irrigation systems require an increase in

capitalization of the National Irrigation Administration and the strengthening

of its powers and resources to assure long tern capacity for meeting its

responsibilities and attaining its goals;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby

amend certain sections or provisions of Republic Act Number Thirty Six Hundred

and 0ne, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 552, to wit:

Section 1

SECTION 1. — Section 3 of Republic Act No, 3601, as amended

by Section 3, Presidential Decree No, 552, is hereby further amended to read as

follows:

"SECTION 3 (a) — Capitalization. The authorized

capital stock of the National Irrigation Administration shall be ten billion

pesos, which shall be subscribed and paid entirely by the Government of the

Republic of the Philippines. The amount is hereby appropriated for the purpose

out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided,

That only such amounts as are actually necessary for the implementation of

projects of the Administration shall be released as payments on capital

subscriptions, subject to approval of the President as provided by

pertinent budget laws."

(b) Operaing Capital. — All amounts collected by the National

Irrifation Administration as irrigation fees, administration charges, drainage

fees, equipmnet rentals, proceeds from the sale of unserviceable equipment and

materials, sale of all reparation goods allocated to the defunct Irrigation

Service Unit and the National Irrigation Administratiion, and all other income

shall be added to its operating capital.

The National Irrigation Administration is hereby authorized to impose as an

administration anad engineering overhead charge, 5% of the total cost of

projects undertaken by it, which shall likewise form part of its operating

capital.”

Section 2 Separability Clause.

SEC. 2. Separability Clause. — The provisions of

this Decree are hereby declared separable and if any clause, sentence, provision

or section of this Decree or its application thereby to any person or

circumstance should, for any reason be held invalid or unconstitutional, such

invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not effect the other provisions or

application of this Decree which can be given force and effect.

Section 3 Repealing Clause.

SEC. 3. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,

charters, executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules and

regulations, or parts thereof insofar as they are in consistent with the

provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified

accordingly.

Section 4 Effectivity.

SEC. 4. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take

effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of July, in the year of Our Lord,

nineteen hundred and eighty.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.

Presidential Assistant