Section 10June 10, 1988, Sec./Art. 10

Responsibilities and Functions of the Commission. Pursuant to the mandate of the Constitution, Congress shall enact an organic act for the autonomous region in the Cordilleras with the assistance of the Regional Consultative Commission, and for this purpose:

(a) The Commission shall conduct public consultations and hearings at the district level and on regional basis, where the view and recommendations of various sectors, both governmental and non-governmental, shall be taken and recorded.

(b) The Commission may organize any number of committees it may deem necessary for the purpose.

(c) The record of the deliberations during the public hearings, including draft resolutions submitted, shall be open to public inspection under such guidelines as the Commission may deem reasonable and necessary.

(d) Within one hundred fifty (150) day from its convening, the Commission shall submit to Congress, for its information and consideration, periodic reports aside from its final report relative to the proposed organic act. The final draft of the report of the Commission shall be approved by a majority of all the members of the Commission.