Executive Order No. 62 (2011) — DPWH is mandated to ensure that the planning, design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure facilities such as national highways, flood control and water resource development systems, are in accordance with the highest level of safety and efficiency and in line with the overall national development objectives;

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SECTION 1 · Transfer of LWUA to DPWH SECTION 2 · Authority to Exercise Administrative Supervision SECTION 3 · National Government Trustees SECTION 4 · Creation of an Inter-Agency Committee on the Water Sector SECTION 5 · Rules and Regulations SECTION 6 · Repeal SECTION 7 · Separability SECTION 8 · Effectivity

SECTION 1

Transfer of LWUA to DPWH

SECTION 1.

Transfer of LWUA to DPWH. LWUA is hereby transferred from DOH to DPWH.

SECTION 2

Authority to Exercise Administrative Supervision

SECTION 2.

Authority to Exercise Administrative Supervision. DPWH is hereby authorized to exercise administrative supervision over LWUA and shall continue to implement reforms, including but not limited to those established under EO No. 279 and EO No. 421, to ensure efficient flow of resources into the sector, thereby facilitating the implementation of projects therein.

SECTION 3

National Government Trustees

SECTION 3.

National Government Trustees. The Secretaries of Finance, Public Works and Highways, and Health, serving in exofficio capacity, shall sit as Members of the LWUA Board of Trustees representing the National Government. The foregoing exofficio members may designate their respective alternates who shall be officials next-in-rank, and whose acts shall be considered the acts of their principals. In no case shall the alternate be lower in rank than Assistant Secretary.

SECTION 4

Creation of an Inter-Agency Committee on the Water Sector

SECTION 4.

Creation of an Inter-Agency Committee on the Water Sector. The Secretary of Public Works and Highways, as Lead, shall convene the Inter-Agency Committee on the Water Sector which is hereby tasked to design and recommend to the President a water sector master plan which will effectively address all the issues and concerns of the water sector.

The Committee shall likewise recommend to the President the appropriate organizational structure of all concerned agencies for the effective implementation of the water sector master plan.

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Office of the President (OP) and such other concerned agencies shall form part of the Inter-Agency Committee on the Water Sector.

SECTION 5

Rules and Regulations

SECTION 5.

Rules and Regulations. DPWH, in consultation with the concerned agencies, shall formulate the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the effective implementation of this Executive Order.

SECTION 6

Repeal

SECTION 6.

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

SECTION 7

Separability

SECTION 7.

Separability. If any provision of this Executive Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.

SECTION 8

Effectivity

SECTION 8.

Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 26th day of October, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Eleven.

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

By the President:

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