Section 20Sec./Art. 20

Duties and Responsibilities of the HLURB. - In addition to the powers, authorities and responsibilities vested in it by Republic Act No. 8763, Presidential Decree No. 902 - A, Batas Pambansa Big. 68 and Executive Order No. 535, Series of 1981, as amended, the HLURB shall:

(a) Regularly conduct free orientation for officers of homeowners associations or deputize another competent agency to conduct the orientation;

(b) Formulate and publish a Code of Ethics and Ethical Standards for board members detailing prohibited conflicts of interest;

(c) Register all associations, federations, confederations or umbrella organizations of the associations;

(d) Hear and decide inter - association and/or inter - association controversies and/or conflicts, without prejudice to filing civil and criminal cases by the parties concerned before the regular courts: Provided, That all decisions of the HLURB are appealable directly to the Court of Appeals;

(e) Formulate the rules or manner of verification and validation of petitions for the removal of director(s) or trustee(s) of the association or dissolution of the board pursuant to Sections 13 and 14 of this Act;

(f) Exercise the same powers over federations, confederations or umbrella organizations of the associations;

(g) Formulate, in consultation with the representatives of associations, federations, confederations or umbrella organizations of the associations, standard nomenclatures to be used for the associations' books of accounts, and a standard articles of incorporation and bylaws for homeowners' association for reference purposes;

(h) Formulate, in consultation with the representatives of associations, federations, confederations or umbrella organizations of the associations, the guidelines in regulating the kinds of contributions and fees that may be charged and/or collected by associations; and

(i) Call upon the Philippine National Police, other law enforcement agencies, and other instrumentalities of the government, if necessary, for the enforcement of its functions.