Increase in Salaries of COMELEC Chairman and Members
Republic Act No. 3038, enacted on June 17, 1961, increases the annual salaries of the Chairman of the Commission on Elections to 16,000 pesos and the Members to 15,000 pesos each. The Act allows the Commission to reorganize its office within six months of approval, including creating or abolishing departments and fixing salaries for subordinate officials, while ensuring that no permanent employees will be laid off or have their salaries reduced due to the reorganization. It also stipulates that salary rates for subordinate staff will be determined by the Commission and that necessary funds for implementation may be sourced from existing unexpended balances. The Act became effective on July 1, 1961.
Quick Answers
- What is Increase in Salaries of COMELEC Chairman and Members about?
- Republic Act No. 3038, enacted on June 17, 1961, increases the annual salaries of the Chairman of the Commission on Elections to 16,000 pesos and the Members to 15,000 pesos each. The Act allows the Commission to reorganize its office within six months of approval, including creating or abolishing departments and fixing salaries for subordinate officials, while ensuring that no permanent employees will be laid off or have their salaries reduced due to the reorganization. It also stipulates that salary rates for subordinate staff will be determined by the Commission and that necessary funds for implementation may be sourced from existing unexpended balances. The Act became effective on July 1, 1961.
- What type of law is Republic Act No. 3038?
- Increase in Salaries of COMELEC Chairman and Members (Republic Act No. 3038) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Increase in Salaries of COMELEC Chairman and Members enacted?
- Increase in Salaries of COMELEC Chairman and Members (Republic Act No. 3038) was enacted on Jun 17, 1961.
- What is the citation for Increase in Salaries of COMELEC Chairman and Members?
- Increase in Salaries of COMELEC Chairman and Members, Republic Act No. 3038, Jun 17, 1961 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 3038
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 17, 1961
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3038
AN ACT INCREASING THE SALARIES OF THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO REORGANIZE ITS OFFICE AND FIX THE SALARIES OF ITS SUBORDINATE OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 1. The subject to the provisions of Article ten, Section one, of the Constitution of the Philippines, the Chairman of the Commission on Elections shall receive an annual salary of sixteen thousand pesos and the other Members fifteen thousand pesos each. casia
SECTION 2. Within six months from the date of approval of this Act, the Commission on Elections may reorganize its office. It may abolish or create departments, divisions, sections or units, redistribute functions and personnel, change designations of positions and fix the salaries of its subordinate officials and employees: Provided, That the total number of existing permanent positions shall not be increased: And Provided, further, That no permanent employee already in the service of the Commission on Elections upon the approval of this Act shall be laid off or his salary reduced on account of such reorganization.
SECTION 3. The provisions of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the subordinate officials and employees of the Commission on Elections shall receive the salary rates fixed by the Commission without prejudice to whatever benefits they may receive under Reorganization Plans Numbers one-A and two-A regarding classification and pay, and other salary laws.
SECTION 4. The Commission on Elections is hereby authorized to use such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act from any unexpended balances of existing certifications to accounts payable from any appropriation for the Commission on Elections. Henceforth, appropriations to cover the salaries of officials and employees of the Commission on Elections as fixed in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be carried in the annual General Appropriation Acts.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July one, Nineteen Hundred Sixty-One.
Approved: June 17, 1961
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 57, No. 45, p. 8104 on November 6, 1961
Cite This Law
Increase in Salaries of COMELEC Chairman and Members, Republic Act No. 3038, Jun 17, 1961 (Philippines)
Increase in Salaries of COMELEC Chairman and Members, Republic Act No. 3038 (Phil. 1961)
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