FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT TO CREATE TWO POSITIONS OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 743
• Sections: 6

Preamble

WHEREAS, the functions and responsibilities of the

Department of Public Highways, as created under Presidential Decree No.

458 and its subsequent amendments, have greatly expanded with the

creation of the Bureau of Barangay Roads;

WHEREAS, the present magnitude of work, functions and

responsibilities of the Department demand closer supervision and

coordination among the different bureaus, services, regions, district

and city offices to further increase the efficiency of the

organization;

WHEREAS, in order to attain this objective, the Secretary of

Public Highways recommends that it is necessary to create two positions

of Assistant Secretary: one for administration, charged with the duty

and responsibility of assisting the Secretary and the Undersecretary to

supervise and coordinate administrative work and functions in all levels

of the Department, to advise the Secretary and the Undersecretary of

the administrative needs and requirements of the whole organization, as

well as to assist in the formulation of policies, rules and regulations

to improve the administrative organization of the Department; and the

other for Planning and Operation charged with the duty of assisting the

Secretary and the Undersecretary on the performance of their functions

like reviewing long range and annual plans and programs, establishing

project priorities and selecting capital projects for funding and

execution, evaluating performance reports and integrating project

implications for aggregative planning in supervising the technical

organization of the Department, including bureaus, services, regions,

district and city offices and advising the respective heads of said

offices on the technical needs and deficiencies of their technical

setup, and in the formulation of technical policies relative to

planning, programming and operation.

WHEREAS, the creation of these positions are warranted by

the magnitude of work and responsibility of the Department;

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 1. The provisions of existing laws, rules and

regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, the positions of Assistant

Secretary for Administration and Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Operation, both with the rank of a Director, are hereby created in the

Department of Public Highways;

Section 2

SEC. 2. The Assistant Secretary for Administration shall

have the following main functions: assist the Secretary and the

Undersecretary in the supervision and coordination of all administrative

functions of the Department; determine the administrative needs and

requirements of all bureaus, services, regions, district and city

offices under the Department; recommend remedial measures to improve the

administrative organization, and assist the Secretary and the

Undersecretary in the formulation of policies, rules and regulations

pertaining to the administrative organization of the Department.

The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Operation shall have the

following main functions: assist the Secretary and the Undersecretary in

the planning, supervision and coordination of all technical work in the

bureaus, regions, district and city offices; assist the Secretary and

the Undersecretary in determining the technical needs of each office

under the Department, and propose policies, rules and regulations for

the efficient operation of the technical organization of the Department.

Section 3

SEC. 3. The Assistant Secretaries shall be appointed by the

President upon recommendation of the Secretary of Public Highways.

Section 4

SEC. 4. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations, or parts

thereof, as may be inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified

accordingly.

Section 5

SEC. 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of July, 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