Presidential Decree No. 751 (PD 751) — Amending Certain Provisions of Presidential Decree No. 674 Dated March 20, 1975 Converting the College of Rizal and the Rizal Technical High School into the Rizal Technological Colleges and for Other Purposes.
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 674 dated March 2.0, 1975,
converted the College of Rizal and the Rizal Technical High School into
the Rizal Technological Colleges to develop trained manpower of varied
specializations and/or skills;
WHEREAS, in order that the purposes and objectives of said
Decree can be more effectively and satisfactorily attained, it is
necessary to broaden the support and strengthen the organization of the
said Rizal Technological College;
WHEREAS, the Meralco Foundation, Inc., has been organized
for the purposes, among others, of promoting, carrying on, conducting
and encouraging the advancement and development of education, scientific
research and training in the fields of industrial, technological,
agricultural, health, environmental, biological, physical and social
sciences as well as in humanities and in all other sciences or fields of
human knowledge and culture, with special emphasis on research,
development, training, and related activities designed to contribute to
the maximization of economic productivity and community development,
wider distribution of social and economic values, and protection and
improvement of the environment; and
WHEREAS, the Provincial Government of Rizal and the Meralco
Foundation, Inc., have agreed to undertake a joint project to establish
and operate an educational technological institution in the Province of
Rizal which shall offer baccalaureate degrees in agriculture, fisheries,
arts and sciences, trades and technology and other degrees, as well as
short term courses, to meet the needs of Rizal Province and other cities
and provinces of the Philippines; and the establishment and operation
of such educational technological institution will be in compliance with
the mandate of the Constitution of the Philippines, will achieve the
objective of the government, and will attain some of the lofty purposes
of the Meralco Foundation, Inc.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby amend Presidential Decree No. 674 as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 674 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. The present College of Rizal and the Rizal
Technical High School, all situated at the Province of Rizal, are hereby
converted into the Rizal Technological Colleges (Province of
Rizal-Meralco Foundation, Inc.), the same being organized as a nonstock,
non-profit corporation, a chartered entity, hereinafter referred to in
this decree as the Colleges. The Colleges shall be established, operated
and maintained as hereunder provided, as a joint project and
undertaking of the Provincial Government of Rizal and the Meralco
Foundation, Inc."
SEC. 2. Section 5 of the same Decree is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"SECTION 5. The governing body of the Colleges shall be
the Board of Trustees of the Rizal Technological Colleges. It shall be
composed of the Secretary of Education and Culture as Chairman, the
Provincial Governor of Rizal, the President of the Meralco Foundation,
Inc., the President of the Colleges, and three (3) other members who
shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines. Of the three
members first appointed by the President, one shall serve for two years;
one to serve for three years; and one to serve for four years.
Thereafter, persons appointed to succeed such members shall hold office
for a term of four years and until their successors shall have been
appointed and qualified. In case of permanent vacancy, the position
shall be filled by appointment by the President of the Philippines. Such
appointee shall hold office for the unexpired term only.
The Secretary of Education and Culture, the Governor for the Province of
Rizal, and the President of Meralco Foundation, Inc., may designate
their respective representatives in the Board who shall have all the
powers and privileges pertaining to their offices. In the absence of the
Secretary of Education and Culture who is the Chairman of the Board,
the members of the Board present may elect the temporary chairman to
preside over the meeting."
SEC. 3. Section 8 of the same Decree is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"(J) To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of real
and personal property of all kinds, to administer the same for the
benefit of the Colleges, or of any department thereof, or for aid to any
student or students, in accordance with the directions and instructions
of the donor, and in default thereof, in such manner as the Board of
Trustees may in its discretion determine. All donations to the Colleges
shall be exempt from all taxes, shall be considered as deductible items
from the income tax of donors and shall be treated as part of the
payment by the donors of assessments under, and/or the compliance with
the requirements of, and shall be eligible for the tax and other
incentives provided by, the Labor Code of the Philippines with regard to
manpower training and development, and rules and regulations pursuant
to the said Labor Code, and amendments thereof."
SEC. 4. A new provision is hereby inserted after Section 19 of
the same Decree to read as follows:
"SECTION 20. The Meralco Foundation, Inc., shall make
contributions of funds and/or equipment and facilities and provide
managerial, advisory, technological, professional and vocational
professorial or instructional skills useful for the establishment,
operation and maintenance of the Colleges, and shall solicit and
encourage major industries and other entities to make such contributions
and provide such support to the colleges; all such contribution made by
the Meralco Foundation, Inc., to the Colleges, or contributions by any
individual, association, partnership, corporation or any kind of entity
to the Colleges and/or to the Meralco Foundation, Inc., which in turn
are contributed by the latter for the establishment, operation and
maintenance of the Colleges, shall be exempt from all taxes and the
money value of such contributions shall be treated as payments of
assessments under, and/or compliance with the requirements of, and shall
be eligible for the tax and other incentives provided by the Labor
Code of the Philippines, as, and as may
be, amended, and the rules and regulations pursuant thereto, and shall
be in lieu of any taxes, charges and assessments of whatsoever nature
and authority now and in the future, for the development of manpower,
education, arts and sciences."
SEC. 5. Sections 20 and 21 of the same Decree are hereby
renumbered as Sections 21 and 22, respectively.
SEC. 6. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 25th 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
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