Executive Order No. 770-A, issued on September 30, 2009, amends Executive Order No. 770 to include the Leagues of Provinces, Cities, and Municipalities as regular members of the NEDA Board's National Land Use Committee (NB-NLUC). This amendment aims to ensure that local government units have representation in discussions regarding land use policies that impact their governance. The composition of the NB-NLUC now includes various government secretaries and the presidents of these leagues, alongside private sector representatives. The order takes effect immediately and revokes any conflicting executive orders or issuances.
September 30, 2009
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 770-A
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 770, SERIES OF 2008, TO MAKE THE LEAGUES OF PROVINCES, CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES AS REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE NEDA BOARD-NATIONAL LAND USE COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, Executive Order (EO) 770 entitled: "Amending Letter of Instruction 1350 otherwise known as 'Providing the Institutional Framework for National Physical Planning"' reconstituted the National Land Use Committee (NLUC) into a NEDA Board (NB) committee;
WHEREAS, Section 2 of EO 770 lists down the composition of the Committee and states that "The NB-NLUC shall invite the respective Presidents of the Leagues of Provinces, Municipalities and Cities to its meetings";
WHEREAS, the membership of the LGU Leagues in the NB-NLUC is necessary to ensure that local inputs and responses to land use policies that affect local governance are considered by the Committee.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of EO 770 is hereby amended to read as follows: aAcHCT
"SECTION 2. Composition. — The NB-NLUC shall be composed of the following:
| Chairperson | : | Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning |
| Members | : | Secretaries of Environment and Natural |
| Resources; Agriculture; Agrarian Reform; | ||
| Trade and Industry; Public Works and | ||
| Highways; Transportation and | ||
| Communications; Tourism; Interior and Local | ||
| Government; Justice; Science and Technology; | ||
| and Energy. | ||
| Chairpersons of the Housing and Urban | ||
| Development Coordinating Council/Housing and | ||
| Land Use Regulatory Board; and the National | ||
| Commission on Indigenous Peoples. | ||
| Presidents of the League of Provinces, | ||
| Municipalities and Cities. | ||
| Two private sector representatives." |
SECTION 2. All executive orders and executive issuances or portions thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked, amended or modified accordingly.
SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand Nine. aCTHDA