Creation of the Human Settlements Commission.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Creation of the Human Settlements Commission.—For the purpose of carrying out the above declared policy, there is hereby created a Human Settlements Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, which shall be under the Office of the President of the Philippines." The Commission shall be composed of the following members: (1) the Deputy Director-General, National Economic and Development Authority; (2) the Undersecretary, Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications; (3) the Undersecretary Department of Public Highways; (4) the Undersecretary, Department of Natural Resources; (5) the Undersecretary, Department of Justice; (6) the Undersecretary, Department of Local Government and Community Development; (7) the General Manager, National Housing Authority; (8) the full-time Commissioner of the National Pollution Control Commission; (9) Undersecretary of Agriculture; (10) Deputy Commissioner of the Budget and (11) a Chairman appointed by the President who shall be a member of the National Economic and Development Authority. The Chairman and members of the Commission may be allowed to receive per diems and allowances as may be necessary for the performance of their duties. The Commission is authorized to create such working subcommittees as may be needed for carrying out the functions of the Commission. The Commission shall appoint and maintain an adequate technical and administrative staff, which will be headed by an Executive Director. The Task Force on Human, Settlements created and organized pursuant to Executive Order No. 419 and Presidential Decree No. 297, both dated September 19, 1973, shall be abolished upon the organization of the Commission herein created and its pertinent functions together with the applicable personnel, balance of appropriations, records, equipment and property shall be transferred to the Commission. The pertinent physical planning functions of the Planning and Project Development Office (PPDO) created by Department Order No. dated June 27, 1972 of the Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications (DPWTC) are hereby transferred to the Commission, together with such applicable personnel, appropriations, records, equipment, and property as maybe mutually determined by the DPWTC and the Commission. However, the DPWTC shall retain such physical planning functions as are essential to and supportive of the infra-structure program and operations of the DPWTC and of the corporations attached to the Department. The regular professional and technical personnel of the Commission shall be exempt from WAPCO rules and regulations.