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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1411 - AN ACT
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS |
Section 1.
Long-range Program of Capital Improvements. � For the purpose of
implementing the 1955-1956 phase of the long-range program of capital
improvements of the Administration as contained in Appendix A hereof,
the following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary are hereby
appropriated out of the General Funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for projects indicated opposite the General
Revenue (GR) Finance Method, subject to the provisions hereinafter set
forth, for the purposes mentioned hereunder: Provided, That in the
allocation of funds for projects in this section, priority shall be
given to projects already commenced or are continuing in
character: [Itemized items omitted due to lack of space] Total (P810,000.00) Total for Miscellaneous P3,620,000.00 Total for Section 1 P36,786,200.00 =========== Sec. 2. Short-term Projects. � The following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary are hereby appropriated out of the General Funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for short-term projects, subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, for the purposes mentioned hereunder: Provided, That all waterworks and artesian wells projects herein authorized shall be undertaken by the National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority: [Itemized items omitted due to lack of space] Total for Sec. 2 P22,211,700.00 Sec. 3. School Building Program Under Republic Act No. 836. � For the purpose of implementing Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred and thirty-six, the provision of the same as to method of financing to the contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary of Finance is hereby authorized to borrow the necessary funds to carry out the purposes of said Act under the authority granted by either Republic Act Numbered Two hundred and forty-five or Republic Act Numbered One thousand. The schedules herein itemized are approved in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred and thirty-six and the sums indicated thereunder are hereby appropriated: [Itemized items omitted due to lack of space] Total P96,000.00 Total for Sec. 3 P20,000,000.00 ============ Sec. 4. Public Works Projects To Be Financed From Bond Issue. � The following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary are hereby appropriated from the proceeds of the sales of bonds to be issued under Republic Act Numbered One thousand, and/or from loans, that may be negotiated under existing laws, to be allocated by the President of the Philippines under the terms thereof and subject to such rules and regulations as he may prescribe: [Itemized items omitted due to lack of space] Total for Portworks P8,828,000.00 Total amount authorized from Bond Issue P222,266,000.00 ============ Sec. 5. Apportionment of Portworks Special Fund. � The following sums or so much thereof as may necessary are hereby apportioned and authorized to be released out of the construction portion of the Portworks Special Fund that have accrued under Act Numbered Three thousand five hundred and ninety-two, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and thirty, not otherwise apportioned and released, for portworks projects contained in the 1955-1956 phase of the Five-year Program of Capital Improvements and indicated opposite Financing Method "130", to be disbursed by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications pursuant to the provisions hereinafter set forth, for the purposes mentioned hereunder: [Itemized items omitted due to lack of space] Total Appropriations from Portworks Fund P4,875,000.00 ========== SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 6. Authority to Parent-Teacher Associations to Undertake Work on School Building Projects. � Any school building project for which funds amounting to four thousand pesos or more have been allocated shall be executed through public bidding in accordance with the usual contract procedures of the Bureau of Public Works. If there are no bidders or if the project can be executed at a reasonably lower cost that the lowest bid, such project shall be executed by administration, upon the approval of the highway district engineer without the necessity of securing the usual permit from the Office of the President through the Secretary of Public Works and Communications and the General Auditing Office. Provided, That in such case, preference shall be given to members of Parent-Teachers Associations in the construction thereof, and the work shall be undertaken with the intervention of the District Highway Engineer's Office only in an advisory capacity and to acquire such data or information as to enable him to prepare a cost-performance report thereon: Provided, further, That in communities where there is adequate supply of local materials, the Parent-Teacher Associations concerned may supply such construction materials as may be found advantageous in the prosecution of the work.cralaw Sec. 7. Self-help Projects. � Projects of local character for the improvement and benefit of the rural areas are hereby declared as self-help projects if done by administration, and the wage rate of laborers employed in such projects, if and when claimed by them, shall not be less than prescribed by law for agricultural laborers who shall be given preference in employment in such projects.cralaw
Sec. 8. Suspension of Work by Administration
Before General Elections. � Within the period of forty-five days before
every general elections, no laborer shall be employed or money spent on
any project authorized under this Act, even if the money is already
actually released at the beginning of such period except for: Sec. 9. Engineering Surcharges. � All provincial engineering surcharges on projects provided herein shall not exceed four per cent.cralaw Section 10. Program of Work Required Before Prosecuting Public Works. � Before prosecuting any public works the district, city or project engineer concerned shall prepare a program of work including, among other things, the total cost of materials and of the labor required, the anticipated duration of the work in men-days, the margin of contingencies above his estimates if the work is to be undertaken by administration, and in addition, an estimate of what he deems is a reasonable profit for the contractor if the work is to be undertaken by contract. In no case, however, shall this margin of contingencies be more than ten per cent of the cost of the work if undertaken by administration, or more than fifteen per cent if undertaken by contract. He shall, however, be allowed to submit a revised program of work before the completion of the project if, due to unforeseen fluctuation in price of labor and materials or other such circumstances, it becomes evident that he cannot successfully accomplish his original program. With the exception of projects the estimated cost of which is four thousand pesos or less, under no circumstance shall the district or city engineer start work without first obtaining approval of said program from the Head of the Bureau concerned, or his representative, not lower in rank than that of a Division Engineer, and no program of work for individual projects requiring site investigation and survey and the preparation of special construction plans based thereon shall be approved unless such plans are made the basis of the program. The Auditor General or his authorized representative shall have access to the program of work or other data required in this section.cralaw Section 11. Purchase of Building Sites Included in Appropriations. � Any appropriation herein authorized for the construction of buildings shall be understood as including the acquisition or purchase of sites, if such acquisition or purchase is necessary for the prosecution and completion of the project.cralaw Section 12. Use of Public Works Funds to Pay Overdraft or Purchase of Automobiles Prohibited. � No appropriation herein authorized shall be used to pay obligations or overdraft previously incurred, and no such appropriation shall be made available for the purchase of office equipment supplies and automobiles or station wagons, neither shall such appropriations be used to pay salaries of employees except those directly connected with the work or project and as otherwise specifically provided in Title I, Section 1 of this Act.cralaw
Section 13. Purchase of Materials, Equipment and
Supplies for Buildings, Waterworks and Artesian Wells. � The sums
necessary for the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies,
including galvanized iron or other roofing materials and other
common-use building materials, for the construction of the various
individual projects for buildings under Title A, for artesian wells
under Title C, for waterworks systems under Title D, and particularly
asphalt, cement and reinforcing steel for highways under Title B of
section one of this Act may be released in advance and pooled in lump
sum and disbursed by the Disbursing Officer of the Bureau concerned so
that wholesale purchases may be made, instead of the usual piecemeal
acquisition of materials, equipment and supplies by individual
projects, in order to effect a reduction in prices and avoid delays in
construction resulting from the testing of every piecemeal purchase.
After such wholesale purchase are made, the Head of the Bureau
concerned shall distribute the materials, equipment and supplies in
accordance with individual project needs; Provided, however, that in no
case may an allotment for any project for any district be reduced or
transferred to any project outside the project. Section 15. Status of Five-year Capital Improvement Program. � The Five-year Capital Improvement Program and Estimates annexed hereto as Appendix A is hereby approved and shall serve as the official guide of the proper Department Head in undertaking constructions, investigation, survey and preliminary studies, including design and preparation of final estimates, plans and specifications for individual structures that may be undertaken in advance with funds authorized under sub-title a of Title I of section one and under section five of this Act; in determining special fund allocation; and for future recommendation for implementation of public works projects programmed for subsequent years thereunder.cralaw Section 16. Authority to Collect Tolls. � The Secretary of Public Works and Communications is empowered to authorize the collection of the necessary tolls in projects mentioned in Appendix A which are to be financed exclusively from tolls.cralaw
Section 17. Reports. � On or before the opening day
of every regular session of Congress the proper Department Head shall
make a report to the Congress and to the President, in printed and
bound form, which shall include a detailed statement of the work done,
final estimates of cost for completion and status of each individual
project, including project sites and right-of-way acquired, tolls
collected, and amortizations paid on loans for projects financed thru
bond issue, releases of project funds made during the fiscal year
against the sums appropriated under this Act, and the unexpended
balances and unreleased portions of said appropriations as of date of
said report, including a statement of the extent of the relief of
unemployment effected by the prosecution of public works during the
year and a summary of performance by classes of public works indicating
in such summary the percentages of work accomplished and work yet to be
done to accomplish the program, together with his recommendations, if
any, for transfers of appropriations or for program changes to be
incorporated in the next Public Works Appropriation Act to be enacted
during the ensuing session of Congress. Section 19. Authority to finance projects programmed under Appropriation from General Revenue with proceeds from the issue of bonds under Republic Act No. 1000. � The President of the Philippines is authorized to modify the financial program contained in Appendix A hereof, so as to enable the Department concerned to undertake projects with the proceeds from the sales of bonds issued under Republic Act No. 1000 should sufficient amounts be unavailable in the National Treasury for the complete execution of the projects authorized under this Act to be financed from the general funds, and for such purpose the necessary sums are appropriated from said proceeds: Provided, That the project or projects for which funds shall be provided from said proceeds are certified to by the National Economic Council as self-liquidating and/or revenue-producing or as a project or projects sufficiently studied as among those which will be revenue-producing in a few years.cralaw
Sec. 20. Release of Project Funds. � Upon request
of the Department Head concerned, the sums appropriated under sections
one and two hereof shall be released by the Commissioner of the Budget,
who is hereby authorized to give priority to any project provided for
in this Act over authorized appropriations other than for the ordinary
operation of the National Government: Provided, That in releasing funds
and in initiating public works projects under this Act, not more than
sixty per centum of the amount appropriated under section one shall be
released until after the entire amount appropriated under section two
hereof shall have been released, except the amount appearing under
Title I, section one, or so much thereof as the Secretary of Public
Works and Communications may determine, which shall have precedence
over all other releases, Provided, further, That when a project is not
divisible, and release of funds by quarter will operate to delay
unnecessarily the execution of the work, the funds appropriated for
such projects shall be released in whole, the provisions of the
Republic Act No. 992 and similar provisions of Republic Act No. 1150
and other appropriation Acts to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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