Section 9Sec./Art. 9

Powers and Functions of the Commission. The powers and functions of the Cebu Port Commission shall be as follows:

a. To manage, administer, operate, maintain, improve and develop, coordinate and otherwise govern the activities of all the ports within its territorial jurisdiction;

b. To investigate, prepare, adopt, implement and execute a comprehensive and orderly plan for the overall development of all ports within its territorial jurisdiction, and to update such plans, as may be warranted from time to time;

c. To raise revenues for the Authority through fees, tolls, charges, rentals and the like for the use of any property, equipment or facility owned or controlled by it;

d. To raise and administer, together with such revenues as may by law accrue to the Authority, capital outlays by means of loans from any local or foreign financial institution to finance its projects;

e. To determine by survey and establish by engineering design the exact location, system and character of any and all port facilities which it may own, construct, establish, effectuate, operate or control;

f. To provide and maintain port facilities including accessory buildings and installations within its territorial jurisdiction on its own or through the private sector;

g. To prescribe and enforce rules and regulations on the use of wharves, piers and anchorages by ships and other watercraft;

h. To determine the organization of the Authority and create such functional units therein as it may deem necessary in the proper and efficient implementation of the functions and purposes of the Authority, including the appointment of officials and employees, it being understood that the security of tenure of then workers shall be respected consistent with existing laws;

i. To define the duties and fix the compensation and benefits of the General Manager, Deputy General Manager, Port Managers, and other officers of the Authority, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission and the Department of Budget and Management;

j. To approve the annual budget of the Authority and/or such supplemental budgets thereof as may be submitted by the General Manager from time to time; and

k. To perform such other duties as may be necessary and convenient for the attainment of the objectives of the Authority.