Bill Type
House Bill
Congress Name
12th Congress of the Republic
Long Title
AN ACT REVERTING TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THE DISCHARGE OF BASIC AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIE S DEVOLVED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AND AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
Congress Author
ESCUDERO, FRANCIS G.
Date filed
July 3, 2001
Scope
NATIONAL
Urgent Bill
No

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 639, 12th Congress of the Republic
FULL TITLE : AN ACT REVERTING TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THE DISCHARGE OF BASIC AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIE S DEVOLVED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AND AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
ABSTRACT : Rationale: The recent passage of Republic Act No. 8435, otherwise known as the Agriculture Modernization Act of 1997, makes it imperative that the Department of Agriculture, the lead department tasked to implement the law, for its monitoring and data gathering requirements, shall have complete administrative control and supervision over all personnel in the field level that are involved in agriculture and fishery, in order that all effectively implement and achieve the objectives of the Agriculture and Fishery Law.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ESCUDERO, FRANCIS G.
DATE FILED : 2001-07-03
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Chipeco (005 ) 2. Syjuco (023 )
ADMINISTRATION BILL? No
URGENT BILL? No
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON 2001-07-24

Abstract

Rationale: The recent passage of Republic Act No. 8435, otherwise known as the Agriculture Modernization Act of 1997, makes it imperative that the Department of Agriculture, the lead department tasked to implement the law, for its monitoring and data gathering requirements, shall have complete administrative control and supervision over all personnel in the field level that are involved in agriculture and fishery, in order that all effectively implement and achieve the objectives of the Agriculture and Fishery Law.

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