Section 8
SEC. 8. Appropriation.-The proceeds of the taxes imposed in Sections four and six of this Act accruing to the Account for the period from the effectivity of this Act up to June 30, 1971 shall be used to finance the appropriations of the Police Commission authorized under existing laws and the additional appropriation in the sum of sixty million pesos which is hereby appropriated also for expenditures of the Police Commission during the period from the effectivity of this Act to June 30, 1971, itemized as follows: I. For the payment of salary subsidy to cities, municipalities and municipal districts effective October 1, 1970 and as provided for in Section twenty of Republic Act Numbered Forty-eight hundred and sixty-four: Provided, (1) That the minimum salaries of members of the police forces shall be adjusted on the basis of the lowest minimum salary of two thousand eight hundred eighty pesos per annum; (2) That the amount of the subsidy shall be based number of Policemen specified in Section nineteen of the Police Act of 1966, unless the actual strength of the police force of the city or municipality on June 30, 1970 exceeded the said minimum number, in which case the subsidy shall be based on the actual strength on June 30, 1970, subject to the following conditions: (a) That only such number of policemen in excess of the minimum number as were not receiving the minimum salary fixed by Section twenty of the Police Act on June 30, 1970 shall be included in the number of policemen on which the salary subsidy shall be based; (B) That new appointments in excess of the minimum number made after June 30, 1970 shall not be included in the computation of the salary subsidy, even if the appointments are made to fill vacancies created by death, promotion, resignation, retirement or removal of policemen in the service on June 30, 1970; (C) That the salary subsidy shall be reduced as such vacancies occur until the basis of the subsidy becomes the minimum number of policemen fixed by Section nineteen of the Police Act of 1966 (3) That the salary subsidy shall be released simultaneously and proportionately within the first ten days of every month to all cities, municipalities and municipal districts entitled to such subsidy; (4) That the salary subsidy shall be used by the cities and municipalities first to pay all its policemen the minimum salaries fixed by Section twenty of the Police Act of 1966; and (5) That highest salaries paid to the policemen shall not be reduced by the city or municipality concerned unless the reduction is due to causes beyond the control of the city or municipality ____________________P40,500,000. II. For the payment of hospitalization, death and disability benefits under Section twenty-one of Republic Act Numbered Forty-eight hundred and sixty-four: Provided, That the Police Commission shall adjudicate said cases within forty-five days from the date the same shall be been submitted for decision, and such benefits shall be paid to the beneficiaries within ten days from the of adjudication by the Police Commission or the appropriate tribunal ______________________P4,000,000.00. III. For training of local police forces, extension of scholarship training or study grants to deserving police officers to be chosen by means of competitive physical and mental examination and on the basis of proportional regional representation upon recommendation of the municipal or city mayors concerned; for observation of police policies and the funding schemes of police agencies in appropriate countries; and for conducting crime research and crime prevention purposes ______________________P4,500,000.00 IV. For the purchase of firearms, ammunition, communications equipment, motor vehicles, investigation kits d other basic police equipment to be given as aid to local police agencies: Provided, That firearms, ammunition, communications equipment, and motor vehicles will be distributed among local police agencies on the basis of their need therefor to comply with the minimum requirements prescribed by the Police Commission in compliance with Section four, Paragraph (N) of the Police Act of 1966: Provided, further, That the firearms shall be of one standard brand, make or kind to be determined by the Police Commission and distributed according to a program to lie established taking into consideration the need of the local police agencies and the availability of funds for these purposes: Provided, still farther, That the Police Commission shall keep a complete record of the inventory of firearms and the ballistic tests thereof, ammunition, communications equipment, motor vehicles, and other basic police equipment given as aid, and the name, rank and home address of each member of a local police agency to whom a firearm is issued, together with the serial number and e of the firearm issued to him, and the date of issue; and no firearm shall be issued except to persons who appear on records of the Police Commission as regular members of local police forces: Provided, finally, That no such firearms, ammunition, communications equipment, and motor vehicles and other basic police equipment, shall be used directly or indirectly by any barrio self-defense unit or other para-military or similar organization P10,000,000. Any and all amounts received by a city or municipality as a result of this section shall be used to augment the existing appropriation of its police department, and unless caused by circumstances beyond its control, such appropriations shall not be diminished below its fiscal year nineteen hundred seventy-one level plus such amounts received that year for equipment, training grants and other aid to its police force from the national government and other agencies without prior approval of the Police Commission Any sum not needed for the purpose for which it has been appropriated shall be used to increase the number of policemen to the minimum number fixed by the Police Act, to increase the salaries of qualified, efficient and sufficiently trained policemen, or to appoint new qualified policemen, or to improve the police services of the city or municipality, as the city or municipal council may appropriate. V. For aid to the National Bureau of Investigation in the setting up of a modern central records filing system: Provided, That not more than five per cent thereof shall be used for salaries and wages _______________________ P1,000,000.00 _____________ Total P60,000,000.00 =========== One per cent of the total collections under this Act shall be used for administrative expenses in connection with the implementation of this Act: Provided, That not less than thirty per cent thereof shall be set aside and made available for the expenses of the committee created in Section ten hereof.