Section 1
SECTION 1. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the general fund of the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one million and five hundred thousand pesos for the necessary buildings and other physical facilities and equipment of the Local Government Center of the University of the Philippines: Provided, That the sum of one hundred seventy-five thousand pesos is appropriated for the operating expenses of the Center for fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-five and nineteen hundred and sixty-six: Provided, further, That at least the amount of two hundred fifty thousand pesos shall be apppropriated every year thereafter, beginning with the next succeeding fiscal year out of funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the continued support of the Center. The said amount shall be allocated to the Local Government Center as a special budget of the Graduate School of Public Administration, separate from and in addition to the regular annual appropriation for the University of the Philippines: Provided, still further, That all the unexpended balances in the budget of the Center shall not revert to the General Fund of the Philippine Government but shall be retained for disbursements for purposes which will aid the Center in its future programs, any provision of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding: And, provided, finally, That all funds accruing to the Center by virtue of any authority shall be treated as an independent fiscal and accounting entity under the administration and control of the head of the Graduate School of Public Administration.