Powers and Functions of the Commission.
Section 4
SEC. 4. Powers and Functions of the Commission.—The Commission shall have the following powers and functions: To act as a central government to establish and administer programs and provide services common to the area; To levy and collect taxes and special assessments, borrow and expend money and issue bonds, revenue certificates, and other obligations of indebtedness. Existing tax measures should, however, continue to be operative until otherwise modified or repealed by the Commission; To charge and collect fees for the use of public service facilities; To appropriate money for the operation of the metropolitan government and review appropriations for the city and municipal units within its jurisdiction with authority to disapprove the same if found to be not in accordance with the established policies of the Commission, without prejudice to any contractual obligation of the local government units involved existing at the time of approval of this Decree; To review, amend, revise or repeal all ordinances, resolutions and acts of cities and municipalities within Metropolitan Manila. To enact or approve ordinances, resolutions and to fix penalties for any violation thereof which shall not exceed a fine of P10,000.00 or imprisonment of six years or both such fine and imprisonment for a single offense. To perform general administrative, executive and policy-making functions; To establish a fire control operation center, which shall direct the fire services of the city and municipal governments in the metropolitan area; To establish a garbage disposal operation center, which shall direct garbage collection and disposal in the metropolitan area; To establish and operate a transport and traffic center, which shall direct traffic activities; To coordinate and monitor governmental and private activities pertaining to essential services such as transportation, flood control and drainage, water supply and sewerage, social, health and environmental services, housing, park development, and others; To insure and monitor the undertaking of a comprehensive social, economic and physical planning and development of the area; To study the feasibility of increasing barangay participation in the affairs of their respective local governments and to propose to the President of the Philippines definite programs and policies for implementation; To submit within thirty (30) days after the close of each fiscal year an annual report to the President of the Philippines and to submit a periodic report whenever deemed necessary; and To perform such other tasks as may be assigned or directed by the President of the Philippines.