AMENDING SECTION EIGHTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE TO PLACE CITY PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISORS DIRECTLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF CITY ENGINEERS.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 549
• Sections: 3

Preamble

WHEREAS, the respective charters of all cities include a

Department of Engineering headed by the city engineer as one of the

departments of the city government;

WHEREAS, these charters also provide that city engineers

shall be responsible for undertaking all public works projects financed

by city or local funds;

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 5185, otherwise known as the

Decentralization Law, authorizes city governments to create the position

of city public works supervisors, notwithstanding the fact that there

is already a City Engineer;

WHEREAS, by virtue of this authority, several city

governments have created the position of city public works supervisors

and assigning to this position all work provided by the city charters to

be undertaken by the city Engineer;

WHEREAS, such a situation resulted in overlapping of

functions, and in some instances the city engineer has been completely

divested of his duties and responsibilities to undertake local projects

as provided in the city charter;

WHEREAS, this situation is not conducive to the best

interests of the public, particularly the city residents.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the

powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby promulgate this

decree as part of the law of the land:

Section 1

SECTION 1. The provision of Section 18 of Republic Act No.

5185 to the contrary notwithstanding, the City Public Works Supervisor

shall be under the direct supervision of the City Engineer.

Section 2

SEC. 2. This decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of September, in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary