Executive Order No. 186 (2015)

Transfer of Functions

SECTION 1.

Transfer of Functions. The jurisdiction, control, administration and management, including the protection, development and rehabilitation of the watershed areas surrounding the following geothermal reservations, are hereby transferred to the DENR:

1. Tongonan Geothermal Reservation;

2. Palinpinon Geothermal Reservation;

3. Bacon-Manito Geothermal Reservation; and

4. Mount Apo Geothermal Reservation.

Funding

SECTION 2.

Funding. Subject to pertinent budgetary, accounting and auditing laws, rules and regulations, funds needed for the implementation of this Order shall be charged against sources to be identified by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Subsequent funding requirements for the implementation of this Order shall be incorporated in the annual budget proposals of the DENR through the General Appropriations Act.

Repeal

SECTION 3.

Repeal. All issuances, orders, rules, and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Separability

SECTION 4.

Separability. Should any provision of this Order be declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions unaffected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.

Effectivity

SECTION 5.

Effectivity. This Order shall take effect immediately upon publication.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 8th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO, III

By the President:

(SGD.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR. Executive Secretary