Presidential Decree No. 700 (PD 700) — Amending Presidential Decree No. 470 Converting the Visayas Agricultural College into the Visayas State College of Agriculture and for Other Purposes.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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