Administrative Order No. 19

SECTION 4. Funding Source of the SRI for Employees in the Executive Department Funds needed for the grant of the SRI to employees in the Executive Department shall be sourced, as follows: a. For NGAs, including SUCs and military and uniformed personnel, the amount required shall be charged against the: i. Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund under the FY 2019 General Appropriations Act to fund a portion of the SRI in the amount of Seven Thousand Pesos (P7,000) for each employee; and ii. Available released PS allotments of the respective agencies for the remaining Three Thousand Pesos (P3.000) for each employee. In the event that the available released PS allotments are insufficient to fully cover the remaining Three Thousand Pesos (P3.000) per employee, a lower but uniform amount shall be paid to all qualified employees of that agency. b. For GOCCs, the amount required shall be charged against their respective approved corporate operating budgets (COBs) for FY 2019 only. A GOCC which does not have sufficient funds to cover the maximum amount of Ten Thousand Pesos (10,000) may grant the SRI at a lower but uniform rate for all qualified personnel in that GOCC. SECTION 5. SRI for Employees in the Legislative and Judicial Departments and Other Offices Vested with Fiscal Autonomy. Employees in the Senate, House of Representatives, Judiciary, Office of the Ombudsman and Constitutional Offices vested with fiscal autonomy may likewise be granted a one-time SRI by their respective heads of offices at a uniform rate not exceeding Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000) each, chargeable against the available released allotment of their respective agencies, subject to the conditions set in Section 2 hereof. SECTION 6. SRI for Employees in Local Government Units (LGUs). The grant of the one-time SRI to employees in LGUs, including those in the barangays, shall be determined by their respective sanggunian depending on the LGU's financial capability, subject to the PS limitation in LGU budgets under RA No. 7160 or the "Local Government Code of 1991," and the conditions set in Section 2 hereof, at a uniform rate not exceeding Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000), chargeable against their respective FY 2019 local government funds. In determining the amount of the SRI, the sanggunian shall exercise prudence and judicious use of government funds, ensuring that the expenditure is reasonable and will not, in any way, adversely affect the delivery of services to the public. SECTION 7. SRI for Employees in Local Water Districts (LWDs). LWDs may also grant the SRI to their employees at a uniform rate to be determined by their Boards of Directors (BOD), which shall not exceed Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000) each, chargeable against their respective BOD-approved FY 2019 COBs only, subject to the conditions set in Section 2 hereof. SECTION 8. SRI for Employees in Agencies Exempted from the Coverage of RA No. 6758, as Amended. NGAs and GOCCs exempted from the coverage of RA No. 6758, as amended, may also grant the SRI to their employees at a uniform rate to be determined by their governing boards or agency heads, which shall not exceed Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000) each, chargeable against the NGAs' respective available funds and the GOCCs' FY 2019 COBs only, subject to the conditions set in Section 2 hereof. SECTION 9. Payment of the SRI. The payment of the SRI to all qualified government employees shall not be earlier than 20 December 2019. SECTION 10. Guidelines on the Grant of the SRI. The DBM shall issue supplemental guidelines to implement this Order, as may be necessary. SECTION 11. Separability Clause, if any provision of this Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting. SECTION 12. Repealing Clause. All issuances, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. SECTION 13. Effectivity. This Order shall take effect immediately following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. DONE, in the City of Manila, this 2nd of December, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Nineteen. (SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE By the President: (SGD.) SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA Executive Secretary