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ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

CHAPTER 6 Attached Agencies

SECTION 47. Attached Agencies . — The following

units are hereby attached to the Department:

(1) Agricultural Credit Policy Council

(2) National Agricultural and Fishery Council

(3) Philippine Technical and Administrative Committee

for SEAFDEC

(4) Livestock Development Council

(5) National Meat Inspection Commission

(6) Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority

(7) Fiber Industry Development Authority

(8) National Tobacco Administration

(9) Sugar Regulatory Administration

(10) National Food Authority and its subsidiaries

(11) Quedan Guarantee Fund Board

(12) Philippine Fisheries Development Authority

(13) Philippine Rice Research Institute

(14) Philippine Coconut Authority and its subsidiaries

(15) National Irrigation Administration

(16) Sacovia Development Authority; and

(17) Regional Cooperative Development Assistance

Offices (Regions IX and XII).

SECTION 48. Specific Functions . — (1) The National

Agricultural and Fishery Council shall act as an advisory

and coordinative body of the Department. As such, it shall

conduct and encourage consultative discussions among

all

agricultural

sectors

at

the

municipal,

provincial,

regional and national levels;

(2)

The

Philippine

Technical

and

Administrative

Committee for Southeast Asia Fisheries Development

Center

(SEAFDEC)

shall

be

responsible

for

the

administration

and

management

of

the

SEAFDEC

Aquaculture Department and shall monitor and assess

the performance of research projects on fisheries and

aquaculture in accordance with the policies or standards

established by the SEAFDEC International Council and

the Department;

(3)

The

Livestock

Development

Council

shall

be

responsible for the formulation and establishment of

comprehensive

policy

guidelines

for

the

livestock

industry,

preparation

of

plans

and

programs

and

evaluation of livestock programs/projects;

(4) The National Meat Inspection Commission shall

conduct actual ante mortem inspection on all animals

presented for slaughter and post mortem inspection on

all animals presented for slaughter and post mortem

inspection

on

all

carcasses

intended

for

human

consumption

in

all

abattoirs

in the country; render

technical

assistance

in

the

construction

of

meat

establishments

(abattoirs,

dressing plants, processing

plants and meat markets) particularly on the selection of

sites, and plant design preparation, equipment design

and test runs; exercise overall supervision and control of

management and operations of all abattoirs, dressing

plants, meat processing plants and meat markets.

SECTION 49. Organization and Operation . — The

agencies attached to the Department shall continue to

operate and function in accordance with their respective

charters,

laws

or

orders

creating

them,

except

as

otherwise provided in this Code. Any provision of law to

the contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary shall serve as

Chairman of the governing boards of all attached units or

agencies.

TITLE V Public Works and Highways

CHAPTER 1 General Provisions

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy . — The State shall

maintain

an engineering and construction arm and

continuously develop its technology, for the purposes of

ensuring the safety of all infrastructure facilities and

securing for all public works and highways the highest

efficiency

and

the

most

appropriate

quality

in

construction. The planning, design, construction and

maintenance

of

infrastructure

facilities,

especially

national highways, flood control and water resources

development

system,

and

other

public

works

in

accordance with national development objectives, shall

be

the

responsibility

of

such

an

engineering

and

construction

arm.

However,

the

exercise

of

this

responsibility shall be decentralized to the fullest extent

feasible.

SECTION 2. Mandate . — The Department of Public

Works and Highways shall be the State's engineering and

construction arm and is tasked to carry out the policy

enunciated above.

SECTION

3.

Powers

and

Functions .

—

The

Department, in order to carry out its mandate, shall:

(1) Provide technical services for the planning, design,

construction, maintenance, or operation of infrastructure

facilities;

(2) Develop and implement effective codes, standards,

and reasonable guidelines to ensure the safety of all

public and private structures in the country and assure

efficiency and proper quality in the construction of public

works;

(3) Ascertain that all public works plans and project

implementation

designs

are

consistent

with current

standards and guidelines;

(4) Identify, plan, secure funding for, program, design,

construct or undertake prequalification, bidding, and

award of contracts of public works projects with the

exception only of specialized projects undertaken by

Government corporate entities with established technical

capability

and

as

directed

by

the

President of the

Philippines or as provided by law;

(5) Provide the works supervision function for all public

works constructions and ensure that actual construction

is done in accordance with approved government plans

and specifications;

(6)

Assist

other

agencies,

including

the

local

governments, in determining the most suitable entity to

undertake

the

actual

construction

of

public

works

projects;

(7) Maintain or cause to be maintained all highways,

flood control, and other public works throughout the

country except those that are the responsibility of other

agencies as directed by the President of the Philippines

or as provided by law;

(8) Provide an integrated planning for highways, flood

control and water resource development systems, and

other public works;

(9) Classify roads and highways into national, regional,

provincial,

city,

municipal,

and

barangay

roads and

highways,

based

on objective criteria it shall adopt;

provide

or

authorize

the

conversion

of

roads

and

highways from one category to another; and

(10) Delegate, to any agency it determines to have the

adequate

technical

capability,

any

of

the

foregoing

powers and functions; and

(11) Perform such other functions as may be provided

by law.

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