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[ LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 976, December 31, 1979 ]
APPROVING THE CY 1980 OPERATING BUDGETS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
TO: Chairman and Heads of Government Owned or Controlled Corporations The Chairman, Commission on Audit The Chairman, Civil Service Commission The Minister of the Budget Whereas, Executive Order No. 518 establishes the policy, procedure and timetable for the preparation and approval of the operating budges of government owned or controlled corporations; Whereas, certain government owned or controlled corporations have submitted for approval, their respective operating budgets in compliance with the said Executive Order and the implementing rules and regulations; Whereas, the new system for the approval of corporate budgets is being implemented for the first time in 1980, with the attendant transitional difficulties; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby Order and Instruct: The internal operating budgets of the government owned or controlled corporations included in the list herewith attached are hereby approved pursuant to the provisions of Executive Order No. 518 and subject to the conditions herein established. The Minister of the Budget shall officially advise the corporate Chairmen and Heads of the details of the approved budgets; Executive Order No. 518 requires that no government owned or controlled corporation shall incur obligations or make payments for current operating or capital expenditures after the beginning of each calendar year without a budget approved the said Order. However, as a transitional measure for the corporations not covered by item no. 1 hereof are hereby authorized to incur obligations and make payments during the months of January and February 1980 within the limits of their average monthly expenditure levels in 1979. These corporations shall submit their operating budgets for approval on or before February 15, 1980. The provision of Section 15 of E.O. No. 518 shall be strictly enforced beginning March 1, 1980. Approval of the proposed expenditure levels shall not be construed to mean automatic approval of increases in salary, allowances, fringe benefits or other components of personnel compensation that are otherwise supportable by the said expenditure levels. Any increases in compensation shall be subject to the provisions of P.D. No. 985 and the applicable implementing Presidential Order. The Heads of government owned or controlled corporations shall submit on or before February 15, 1980, their respective plantilla of itemized positions, observing such format and submitting such information as may be required by the Minister of the Budget. The Chairman, Commission on Audit, the Chairman Civil Service Service Commission, and the Minister of the Budget shall see to it that the provisions of the Letter of Implementation governing the salaries, allowances and fringe benefits of corporate officials and employees are fully observed. Approval of the proposed expenditure levels shall not be construed to mean automatic approval of proposed government equity investments and proposed borrowings, both of which shall be subject to review and approval in accordance with established law and procedure. Notwithstanding the approval of the expenditure levels proposed by corporations, it shall be understood that expenditures, whether for current operating expenditures or for capital outlays, shall be made only with the availability of funds realized from the revenue, borrowing, or equity investments approved as the source of funding of the said expenditures. Any supplemental budgets, including additional funds appropriated or deemed appropriated, which are approved by corporate Government Boards, shall be submitted to the Minister of the Budget for appropriate action as called for under Action 10 of E. O. No. 518. Done in the City of Manila, this 31st day of December, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines List of Government Owned or Controlled Corporations whose CY 1980 operating budgets are approved pursuant to the provisions of E.O. No. 518 Financial Institutions Development Bank of the Philippines Land Bank of the Philippines Masaganang Sakahan, Inc. Lumang Bayan Realty Development Corporation Philippines National Bank National Investment and Development Corporation PNB International Finance Ltd. HK Social Security System Government Service Insurance System National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation Home Development Mutual Fund Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation Infrastructure/Utilities National Electrification Administration National Housing Authority Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation Philippine Ports Authority Industrial/Area Development Laguna Lake Development Authority Leyte Sab-A Basin Development Authority Public Estates Authority Export Processing Zone Authority Educational/Social/Scientific/Cultural Employees Compensation Commission Metals Industry Research and Development Center National Research Council of the Philippines Philippine Institute of Development Studies Philippine Veterans Assistance Commission Science Foundation of the Philippines