Presidential Decree No. 636 (PD 636) — Further Amending Sections Two, Ten and Fifteen of Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred and Fifty-Eight, as Amended, Creating the Department of Public Highways.
WHEREAS, there is urgent need for a Special Projects Service
in the Department of Public Highways which shall be responsible for the
management and implementation of all special projects financed wholly
or in part by foreign loans;
WHEREAS, there is likewise urgent need to provide the Bureau
of Construction and Maintenance in the Department of Public Highways
with an Administrative Division and the Bureau of Equipment with a Spare
Parts Division;
WHEREAS, the Secretary of Public Highways has strongly
endorsed the creation of the foregoing offices in order to enable the
Department to cope with its responsibilities and perform its function
with increased effectiveness and effeciency;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution,
do hereby decree and order:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 458, as
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 2. Organization of the Department of Public
Highways. — The Department of Public Highways, hereinafter called
the Department, shall be composed of a Department Proper made up of the
immediate Office of the Secretary, the Planning Service, the
Administrative Service, the Financial and Management Service, the
Project Execution Service and the Special Projects Service; two bureaus,
namely: (a) the Bureau of Construction and Maintenance and (b) the
Bureau of Equipment; and the Regional and District Offices.
The Special Projects Service shall be headed by a Director and
assisted by an Assistant Director to be appointed by the President upon
recommendation of the Secretary of Public Highways."
SEC. 2. The second paragraph of Section 10 of the same
decree, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The Bureau shall be headed by a Director assisted by an
Assistant Director. It shall be composed of the following divisions: (a)
Design Division, (b) Construction Division, (c) Soils and Materials
Division, (d) Maintenance Division and (e) Administrative Division."
SEC. 3. Section 15 of the same decree, as amended, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 15. Functions and composition of the Bureau of
Equipment. — The Bureau of Equipment shall be responsible for the
management and control of all equipment belonging to the Department,
including their repair, maintenance and allocation to the department
field offices. It shall have an Administrative Division, a Financial and
Management Division, a Planning Division, an Operations Division,
Equipment Depots and Area Shops, and a Spare Parts Division."
SEC. 4. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of January, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary
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