AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 470 CONVERTING THE VISAYAS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE INTO THE VISAYAS STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 700
• Sections: 8

Preamble

WHEREAS, the Educational Project Implementing Task Force,

Department of Education, has recommended that the Visayas State College

of Agriculture be developed and given the necessary facilities and

powers to serve the whole Visayas region; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to amend the said Presidential

Decree to expand and strengthen the curricular programs in agriculture

and applied sciences and make sure that the College shall have major

thrusts in Rural Sociology and Development Communication, Agricultural

Business Management and Cooperatives Education, Barrio Industries

Training, Research and Development, Training and Research Programs in

Coconut, Abaca and Rootcrops, and Technician Training in Forestry and in

Animal Health and Production in line with the administration's

educational development programs;

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

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

do hereby order and decree the amendment of Presidential Decree No. 470,

as follows:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section 8 of Presidential Decree No. 470 is

hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 8. The College shall have the general powers set

forth in Section 13 of Act 1459 the exercise of which are hereby vested

exclusively in the Board of Trustees and the President of the College

in so far as authorized by the Board. In addition to its general powers

of administration, the Board of Trustees shall have the following powers

and duties:

"x x x x x x

(c) To appoint, upon recommendation of the President of the

College, Vice Presidents and deans, heads of departments, professors,

instructors, lecturers and other officers and employees of the College;

to fix their compensation; to prescribe their hours of service, duties

and the conditions of work as it may deem necessary and proper; to grant

to them in its discretion, leave of absence under such regulations as

it may promulgate, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,

and to remove them for cause after due investigation and hearing."

"x x x x x x

Section 2

SEC. 2. Section 8 of the same Decree is hereby further

amended by adding another paragraph after letter (j) to read as follows:

(k) To undertake construction and/or repair of its buildings,

machineries, equipment and other facilities, and print technical and

educational materials in any printing establishment, any provision of

law or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 3

SEC. 3. In addition to the amount already appropriated for

the Visayas State College of Agriculture for the Fiscal year 1974-75,

there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National

Treasury not otherwise appropriated the following operating

expenses for purposes of implementing new programs and carrying out

immediately the provisions of this Decree:

Rural Sociology & Dev. Comm.

P0.5 million

Agribusiness & Coop. Educ.

0.5 million

Agro-based Barrio Industries Training, Research

& Dev

1.5 million

Training & Research Programs in Coconut, Abaca

& rootcrops

1.8 million

Technician training in animal health &

production

0.6 million

Agricultural Engineering technician training in

Forestry

0.5 million

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TOTAL

P6.0 million

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Hereafter, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the

provisions of this Decree shall be included annually in the General

Appropriations Decree.

Section 4

SEC. 4. For the construction of buildings and

laboratories, acquisition of additional experimental land, and for the

purchase of equipment and library materials for agricultural science and

technology, rural sociology and development communications,

agricultural business management and cooperatives education, cottage

industries training, research and development, training and research

programs in coconut, abaca and rootcrops, technician training in

forestry, animal health and production, and food processing and

marketing, the sum of six million peso per year for the next two years

is hereby appropriated out of savings of funds appropriated for

constructions under Presidential Decree No. 475 or any funds in the

National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Section 5

SEC. 5. The Visayas State College, its assets,

acquisitions, income and its operations and transactions, shall be

exempt from any and all taxes imposed by the government or any of its

political subdivision or taxing authority thereof.

All gifts, donations and financial contributions to the college

shall be exempt from all taxes and shall constitute allowable

deductions in full from the income of donors or givers for income tax

purposes.

Section 6

SEC. 6. The College is hereby authorized to operate

semi-commercial agricultural and technological enterprises on a

revolving fund basis with separate management and accounting to provide

realistic conditions for its instructional programs, provided that the

income will be used to support academic and research projects.

Section 7

SEC. 7. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of May, in the year

of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary