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Chapter
1
Applicability and definition of terms
Article
1. Applicability. - These rules and regulations shall apply
to RWSA organized and registered by virtue of Executive
Order No, 577, as amended.
Article
2. Definition of Terms - As used in these rules, the following
words or terms shall have the following meanings, unless
a different meaning appears from the text of these rules
a.
"LWUA" shall mean the Local Water Utilities
Administration;
b. "WD" shall mean a local Water District formed
pursuant to PD 198, as amended;
c. "RWSA" shall mean Rural Waterworks and Sanitation
Association, a non-stock, non-profit cooperative association
organized and/or registered with the LWUA;
d. "Level III Service" shall mean a communal
faucet water system operated by the RWSA. It includes
a piped distribution system with each faucet serving four
(4) to six (6) household member consumers;
e. "Level III Service" shall mean an individual
household connection water system. It includes a piped
distribution network and at least a faucet for every household;
f. "Dependable and adequate service" shall mean
services that are consistent with the normal standards
based upon good quality management and operating practices,
sufficient in quantity, having regard for the demands
for service currently existing and reasonably anticipated
within the foreseeable future that is accessible on a
constant and regular basis;
g. "Member-consumer" shall mean any person or
entity who is a registered member of the RWSA;
h. "Investigator" shall mean a person deputized
by the LWUA to inspect water supply service and investigate
complaints for violation of any of these rules.
Chapter
II
Registration of RWSA
Article 1. Who shall apply- all duly registered RWSAs shall
continue as such and those to be organized shall register
with LWUA in accordance with the provisions of Executive
Order no. 577,as amended, in order to be entitled to the
powers, rights and privileges accorded by the said Executive
Order.
Article
2. Filing of Corporate Papers. - Articles of Incorporation,
By laws and Amendments thereof, Articles of Merger, Dissolution
and Changes in the Location of Principal Address shall be
presented to LWUA for evaluation and processing and, if
found to be in conformance with the provisions of Section
5 (d) of Executive Order No. 577, as amended, shall be filed
with the Office of the Corporate Secretary. Upon such filing,
the articles of incorporation, by-laws, amendments, consolidation,
merger, conversion, dissolution or certificate of change
of location of principal office shall be in effect.
Article
3. Place of Filing. - Every application for registration
or amendment or consolidation or dissolution shall be filed
with LWUA, the nearest water district in the province or
with any LWUA deputized agent. Where an application is filed
with the water district or LWUA deputized agent, said application
shall be duly forwarded to Local Water Utilities Administration,
MWSS-LWUA Complex Katipunan Road, Balara, Quezon City.
Article
4. Forms Required. - Every application shall be filed in
the forms prescribed by LWUA and signed by the incorporators
or officers of the RWSA.
Article
5. Requirements -
a)
For application for registration, the following documents
shall be submitted in two (2) copies each:
1. Articles of Incorporation
2. By-laws
3. Minutes of Organizational Meeting
4. Minutes of First Board Meeting
5. Feasibility Study
6. Certificate of Availability of loan funds if funding
is to be provided by other agencies.
b.)
For amendment of articles of incorporation or by-laws, the
following documents shall be required:
1.
Articles of Amendments
2. General Assembly Resolution
3. Board Resolution
c.)
For consolidation, the documents shall be required:
1.
Articles of Consolidation
2. General Assembly Resolution
3. Board Resolution
4. Written consent of creditors, if any
d.)
For merger, the following documents shall be required:
1.
Articles of Merger
2. General Assembly Resolution
3. Board Resolution
4. Written consent of creditors, if any
e.)
For dissolution, the following documents shall be required:
1.
Articles of Dissolution
2. General Assembly Resolution
3. Board Resolution
4. Written consent of creditors, if any
Article
6. Name - The name of the association shall include the
name of the community followed by the phrase "Rural
Waterworks and Sanitation Association, Inc.".
Article
7. Incorporators - At least five (5) but not more than fifteen
(15) persons residing in the same community may organize
an RWSA in the manner herein provided.
Article
8. Articles of Incorporation - The Articles of Incorporation
shall be executed pursuant to Executive Order No. 577, as
amended, and shall state among others, the following:
a.
Name of Association
b. Address of principal office
c. Term of corporate existence
d. Names and address of the incorporators
e. Names and address of directors who shall constitute
the initial board until their successors are elected qualified.
Such articles shall be signed by all incorporators, witnessed
by at least two witnesses and executed in due form.
Article
9. By-laws. - The power to adopt and thereafter to alter,
amend or repeal the by-laws shall be vested in the members,
but a decision for the purpose shall be carried out by the
majority vote of all members. The by-laws shall state the
rights and obligations of members define the duties of directors
and officers of the RWSA and may contain other provisions
for the regulation and management of the affairs of the
RWSA, which are not inconsistent with its articles of incorporation
and with Executive Order No. 577, as amended, and with other
existing laws and regulations.
Article
10. Members. - Each incorporator shall become a member of
RWSA but any person of voting age and who is the head of
the household may become a member provided that such person
agrees to avail of the services extended by the RWSA. Membership
in the RWSA shall not be transferable. The by-laws shall
prescribe additional qualifications and limitations with
respect to such membership.
Article
11. General Assembly Meeting. -
a)
A regular general assembly meeting of the members of the
RWSA shall be held every year on a date fixed in the by-laws;
b) Special meeting of the members may also held at any
time at the instance of the Board, or by ten percent (10%)
of all members:
c) Whenever for any cause, there is no person authorized
to call a meeting the LWUA upon petition of at least ten
percent (10%) of all members, may issue an order to its
deputized agents to call a meeting of the RWSA by giving
proper notice as required;
d) Members must be notified personally or by mail of any
meeting to be called not less than ten (10) days before
the date of such meeting stating the purpose(s), place
and time of such meeting.
e) Each member shall be entitled to only one (1) vote.
All questions shall be decided by a majority vote of the
members present. Election of directors and committee members
shall be by secret ballot to be administered by a committee
on election. All other matters may be decided by raising
of hands.
Article
12. Minutes of General Assembly Meeting and Reports of Officers
and Elections of Directors. -
Within 30 days after a general meeting and election of directors
of the RWSA, the chairman or any other officer of the RWSA
shall submit to LWUA the minutes of said meeting and the
results of the election duly certified by the RWSA Committee
on election. The RWSA shall likewise submit the Chairman's
report, the financial report and other committee reports.
Article
13. Board of Directors. The business and affairs of the
RWSA shall be vested in its board of directors, subject
to the regulatory supervision of LWUA. The function of the
Board shall be to establish policy. The board shall not
engage in the detailed management and operation of the water
system of the RWSA.
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14. Number and Qualifications. - The board of directors
of a RWSA shall be composed of five (5) persons who are
of voting age and residents of the community (ies) covered
by the RWSA. An individual holding an elective position
in this government service is disqualified to serve as a
director.
Article
15. - Compensation. - No member of the Board shall receive
any compensation other than per diems for his services as
a director or for his services rendered in any other capacity.
The per diems shall be fixed by the Board of Directors subject
to LWUA policies and guidelines. However, reimbursement
of actual expenses incurred in the performance of the duties
as a member of the RWSA Board may be allowed as specified
in LWUA policies and guidelines.
Article
16. Election and Term of Board of Directors (BOD). - The
general membership shall elect only the Board of Directors.
The directors named in the Articles of Incorporation shall
compose the interim board until the first annual meeting
of its member or until there successors are elected and
qualified. During the first annual assembly meeting, only
five (5) board members shall be elected to office, two (2)
of whom shall serve for a term of one (1) year, two (2)
for two (2) years, and one (1) for a term of three (3) years.
Thereafter, the members of the Board shall be elected for
a term of three (3) years. Any board members elected or
appointed to fill vacancies in the Board occurring before
the expiration of a particular term shall hold office only
for unexpired term.
Article
17. Officers - The officers of the Board shall be the Chairman,
Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer who shall be elected
by and from among the Board of Directors at a board meeting
held immediately after the annual meeting of the members.
Any change in the Board composition due to resignation or
other causes shall immediately be reported to LWUA.
Article
18. General Manager - The Board of Directors of the RWSA
may appoint a General Manager and fix his compensation.
Said appointment shall be forwarded to LWUA on a no-objection
basis. No person shall be appointed to the position of General
Manager unless he possesses the following minimum qualification:
a.
He must be a resident of the area covered by the RWSA;
b He must be familiar with waterworks business operations;
c. He must not be a board member of the RWSA;
d. He must possess adequate educational background.
The
general Manager shall have the following duties and responsibilities,
among others:
a
Advises and assists the Board of Directors on the formulation
of objectives, plans and policies in all areas of concern
to the RWSA;
b. Directs the management and business of the RWSA pursuant
to the resolutions and policies of the Board of Directors;
c. Prepares the budget of the RWSA and submits the same
to the Board of Directors for approval;
d. Submits a periodic report of the operations of the
RWSA to the Board of Directors and LWUA or at any other
time the board of LWUA may require;
e. Appoints employees of the RWSA;
f. Performs such other duties and responsibilities as
the board Directors may, from time to time, prescribe.
Article
19. Liability of Directors and Officers of the RWSA. - A
director may be held personally liable if:
a.
He willfully and knowingly votes for or assents to patently
unlawful acts of the RWSA;
b. He is guilty of gross negligence or bad faith in directing
the affairs of the RWSA;
c. He acquires and profits from any personal or pecuniary
interest in conflict with his duty as director and/or
officer.
Article
20. Amendments of Articles of Incorporation and By-laws.
- A RWSA may amend its articles of Incorporation and By-laws
by submitting the proposed amendments to a general assembly
meeting of members. If the proposed amendments are approved
by the majority of all the members, the Chairman and the
Secretary shall accomplish the required documents as provided
in Article 5 (b) herein. The amendment shall take effect
upon its approval by the LWUA.
Article
21. Consolidation or Merger. - The consolidation or merger
of two or more RWSAs may be effected in the event that LWUA
shall have determined, after a review and evaluation, that
such merger or consolidation shall be in the best interest
of the RWSAs concerned and the communities they serve.
Article
22. Effect of Consolidation or Merger. -
a.)
In the case, of consolidation, the individual existence
of the consolidating RWSAs shall cease and the articles
of consolidation shall be deemed to be the articles of
incorporation of the resulting RWSA; and in the case of
merger, the articles of merger of the resulting RWSA shall
be such that the existence of the merged RWSA shall be
absorbed and carried on by the surviving RWSA.
b.) All rights, properties, real or personal and privileges
including application for membership, all debts due on
whatever account of each of the consolidating or merging
RWSAs shall be deemed to be transferred to and vested
in the new or surviving RWSA.
c.) The new or surviving RWSA shall be responsible and
liable for all the obligation of each of the consolidating
or merging RWSAs; and,
d.) Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon
the property of any such RWSA shall be impaired by such
consolidation or merger.
Article
23. Dissolution. - RWSA may be dissolved by submitting to
LWUA the required documents as provided for in Article 5
(e) herein.
Article
24. LWUA's Approval and Effectivity of Merger, Consolidation
or Dissolution. - The Articles of Merger, or of Consolidation,
or of Dissolution signed and certified as herein required,
shall be submitted to LWUA for its approval. Where the LWUA
is satisfied that the merger or consolidation or dissolution
of the RWSAs concerned is not inconsistent with the provisions
of Executive Order No. 577, as amended, and existing laws
and regulations, it shall issue a Certificate of Merger,
or of Consolidation, or of Dissolution shall be in effect.
If upon investigation, the LWUA has reason to believe that
the proposed merger, or consolidation or dissolution is
contrary to or inconsistent with the existing laws, it shall
set a hearing at which the RWSAs concerned shall be given
the opportunity to be heard.
Article
25. Non-liability of Member for Debt of Association. - No
member shall be held liable or responsible for any debts
incurred by the RWSA nor the property of any member be subject
to any execution or court litigation.
Chapter
III
Duties
and Responsibilities of the RWSA
Article
1. Observance. - Every RWSA shall comply with all the terms
and conditions in its Certificate of Franchise, and all
existing laws, rules and regulations.
Article
2. Water Permit. - Every RWSA shall secure a water permit
from the National Water Resources Board in accordance with
the provisions of the Water code of the Philippines.
Article
3. Service. - Every RWSA shall operate, maintain and provide
dependable and adequate water service.
Article
4. Information and Assistance. - Every RWSA shall, upon
request give any member-consumer, all information and Assistance
pertaining to its service in order that said member-consumer
may secure safe, proper, adequate and efficient service.
Article
5. Investigation and Complaints. - Every RWSA shall, within
a reasonable time, make a full and prompt investigation
of complaints referred to it concerning the service it renders.
Article
6. Service Interruption. - In all cases where practicable,
every RWSA shall give notice to its member-consumers in
advance of any contemplated stoppage of water service and
the probable duration thereof in the area(s) affected.
Article
7. Accounts. - Every RWSA shall keep such books of accounts
and other records as may be necessary to afford an intelligent
understanding of its business. If a uniform system of accounting
is hereafter prescribed by the LWUA, said system shall be
adopted and observed.
Article
8. Maintenance of Water Source and Related Facilities. -
Every RWSA must properly maintain its water source and facilities
at all times. Water samples should be collected annually
or whenever necessary at the pump discharge or spring box
for laboratory test with the nearest Water District or Provincial
Health Office regarding the potability of the water supply.
Article
9. Installation of Meters. - Meters and auxiliary devices
shall be furnished and installed by the RWSA to member-consumers
with household connections.
Article
10. Location of Meters. - All meters shall be installed
within the consumer's premises, in a clean and safe location,
free from vibrations, and where it is easily accessible
for reading and testing. Under no conditions should meters
be located behind doors or where they can be easily broken
or jarred by moving objects.
Article
11. Water Meters. - No meter shall be placed in service
unless it has been tested and certified by the LWUA's accredited
suppliers or any of its designated agents in the provinces.
It must be readjusted and returned in service after being
tested, certified and sealed by the LWUA.
Article
12. Meter Reader and Bill Collector. - Every RWSA shall
employ in his service a meter and/or a bill collector, or
designate one of his employees to collect payment of water
bills from member-consumers.
Article
13. Payment of Bills. - The RWSA may require that a water
bill be paid within the specified time after demand has
been made. When the billing period covers a month or more,
the maximum time allowed for payment shall be within fifteen
(15) days after demand and upon expiration of the specified
time, service may be disconnected for non-payment; provided,
that two (2) days written notice of such disconnection is
made and if the member-consumer tenders payment of the unpaid
bill to the collector, said collector, agent or employee
shall be obliged to accept payment and issue a temporary
receipt for the amount and shall desist from disconnecting
service.
Article
14. Water Bills. - Water Bills shall be sent to member-consumer
at regular intervals, which shall allow the period covered,
amount of bills, among others.
Article
15. Reconnection of Service. - In case of disconnection
of service due to non-payment of bills, reconnection shall
be made immediately after the settlement of previous unpaid
bills including interest thereon. The RWSA may charge interest
on unpaid bills, which shall not exceed nine percent (9%)
per annum. A reconnection fee may be charged by the RWSA
from the member-consumer in an amount not exceeding twenty
pesos (P20.00).
Article
16. Non-profit, Non-discriminator, Operation and Services.
- The RWSA shall be operated on a non-profit basis for the
benefit of its members and shall, as to rates and services,
make no preference to any member, or to subject him to unreasonable
prejudice or disadvantage.
Article
17. Discrimination. - It shall be unlawful for the RWSA
to give undue preference or make unjust discrimination in
his service.
Article
18. Unauthorized Equipment. - No RWSA shall increase, substitute
or withdraw machinery nor equipment in service without previous
authority of the LWUA.
Article
19. Refusal, Obstruction to investigation, etc. - It shall
be unlawful for any RWSA or any of his employees or agents
to refuse, obstruct, hinder the conduct of an official investigation,
inspection, examination of his service or test of any of
his equipment by any official, deputy or agent of the LWUA.
Chapter
IV
Duties
and Responsibilities of the Member-Consumer
Article
1. Observance. - Every member-consumer shall comply with
all policies, rules, bulletins issued or
To be issued by the RWSA board.
Article
2. Payment of Bills. - Every member-consumer shall pay his
bill not later than fifteen (15) days from its presentation
and/or demand.
Article
3. Protection from loss of Damage, Payment of Lost/Damage
Communal Faucet or Meter. - Every member-consumer shall
see to it that the communal faucet or meter shall be protected
from loss or damage. The loss or damage due to the fault
or negligence of the member shall be borne by him.
Article
4. Entry to make Repairs. - Every member-consumer shall
allow the authorized personnel of the RWSA at reasonable
hours, to perform necessary repairs on the communal faucet,
meters or piping.
Article
5. Conservation of Water/Waste Water Disposal. - Every member-consumer
shall prevent the waste of water. He shall likewise see
to it that waste water shall be disposed in such a manner
that it will not be injure the health and safety of the
community.
Article
6. Change location of meter or tapping. - It shall be unlawful
for any member-consumer to dismount or change the location
of a meter, or transfer the location of tapping at the water
main without authority from the RWSA.
Article
7. Breaking of Meter seals. - No other person either than
those authorized by the RWSA shall break the seal of a meter,
nor shall a member-consumer permit such breaking of the
seal, or the tampering of a meter by unauthorized person.
Article
8. Unauthorized tapping, addition, extension or sub connections.
- It shall be unlawful to tap make or build any connection
with the water supply system or to make any addition, extension
or sub connection thereto without any written permission
with the RWSA.
Chapter
V
Application
for Water Service
Article
1. Forms. - Every prospective member-consumer shall be entitled
to the use of the level. If service upon signing and approval
of an application for membership to be furnished by the
RWSA. Other prospective member-consumers for level III water
service shall likewise sign an application for water service
in a form to be provided by the RWSA.
Article
2. Priority of Application. - Application for water service
shall be processed on a first come-first served basis.
Article
3. Service Deposit. - Service deposit shall be required
for commercial and industrial consumers of the RWSA in such
amount to be fixed by the BOD. This cash-deposit shall answer
for the unpaid bills.
Chapter
VI
Water
Tariff
Article
1. Water Rates and Charges. - Every RWSA shall strictly
adhere to its authorized water rates and charges and all
changes, modifications and adjustments thereof shall not
become effective unless reviewed and approved by the LWUA.
Article
2. Filing of Application for Water Rates Adjustments. -
Request for authority to increase/decrease rates shall be
in the form of a board resolution to be filed with the LWUA.
Article
3. Approval and Effectivity of Rates. - All adjustments
filed shall be reviewed and approved by the Board Trustees
of LWUA and shall be enforceable fifteen (15) days after
approval.
Chapter
VII
Conflicts
Between RWSAs
Article
1. Jurisdiction over Conflicts. - In case of conflict between
two or more RWSAs, the LWUA shall have exclusive jurisdiction
to settle such conflicts subject to such appropriate hearings,
implementing rules and regulations and other action as the
Board of Trustees may determine.
Article
2. Matters Supporting Claims. - In order to validate or
support claims or counter claim, positions taken by conflicting
RWSAs and to confirm directly the desire of the general
assembly of the conflicting RWSAs with respect to such conflict,
the LWUA Board may direct the conduct of a referendum, the
result of which may be considered as evidence in the appropriate
hearing, or take any remedial measure which the LWUA board
may decide to help resolve such conflict.
Chapter
VIII
Final
Provisions
Article
1. Copy of Rules and Regulations. - Every RWSA shall keep
a copy of these rules andregulaations on file.
Article
2. Water System Expansion and Upgrading. - Every RWSA shall
seek the prior approval of LWUA before taking up substantial
expansion, improvement or upgrading of its water works systems.
Article
3. Violation of these Rules and Regulations. - Violation
of any section of these rules shall be subject to the sanctions
provided for by existing laws and regulation including but
not limited to the exercise of the power under section 8of
Executive Order No. 577, as amended.
Article
4.Separability of Provision. - Should any provision of these
rules and regulations be declared invalid, no other provisions
hereof shall be affected thereby.
Article
5. Repealing Clause. - All rules and regulation, which are
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, amended or modified
accordingly.
Article
6. Effectivity. - These rules and regulations shall take
effect fifteen (15) days after their publication a newspaper
or general circulation.Adopted at Quezon City on July 27,
1988.
Approved
pursuant to resolution No. 108, series of 1988.
(SGD) TEODORO G. GENER
Chairman
(SGD) JUSTINO G. BERNAS
Vice-Chairman
(SGD) BENJAMIN G. DIOKNO
Member
(SGD) PORTHOS P. ALMA JOSE
Ex-Officio Member
ATTESTED
BY:
(SGD)
ARMANDO C. LIZASO
Corporate Secretary
Republic
of the Philippines
LOCAL WATER UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION
Katipunan Road, Balara, Quezon City
REVISED
RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE GRANT OF FRANCHISE PURSUANT
TO EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 124 WHICH ABOLISHED THE RURAL WATER
WORKS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. (RWDC) AND TRANSFERRED ITS
FUNCTIONS TO THE LOCAL WATER UTILITIES ADMNISTRATON (LWUA),
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY ADOPTS THE FOLLOWING RULES
AND REGULATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 36 OF EXECUTIVE
ORDER NO. 577, AS AMENDED.
ARTICLE
I
TITLE
AND DEFINITION OF TERMS
Section
1. Title. - These rules and regulations shall be known and
cited as the "Revised Rules and Regulations Governing
the Grant of Franchise."
Section
2.Definition of Terms.
a.
Executive Order" means Executive Order No. 577, as
amended by Executive Order No. 869 and Executive Order
No. 124 dated 30 January 1987.
b. "Commission" shall mean the Board of Trustees
of LWUA, acting as a Commission, pursuant to Section 36
of Executive Order No. 869.
c. "Commissioner" shall mean any member of the
Board of Trustees.
d. "RWSA" shall mean any Rural Water works and
Sanitation Association organized and registered under
Executive Order No. 577 as, amended.
e. "Person or entity" shall mean any natural
person, firm, association, cooperative, corporation, business
trust, partnership, local government and privately-owned
public service entity which operates and maintains a water
works system.
f. "Franchise" shall mean the authority granted
to any person of RWSA to supply water within its area
of coverage.
ARTICLE
III
PLACE
OF FILING APPLICATON
Section
1. Place of Filing. - Any application for franchise shall
be filed with the nearest Water Districts or other designated
agency for proper endorsement to the Local Water Utilities
Administration, Katipunan Road, Balara, Quezon City.
ARTICLE
IV
FORM
AND REQUIREMENTS
Section
1. Form. - All application shall be filed in the prescribed
form and sworn to by the applicant.
Section
2. Requirements. - An application shall be supported by
the following.
1.
Application of Franchise]
2, Certificate of Registration
3. Certificate of Project Completion
4. Copy of Bacteriological Analysis of the water duly
certified by the proper government agency.
5. Plan of the water system facilities (distribution system,
reservoir pump house, etc.)
6. Copy of Schedule of Rates
7. Breakdown of Investments
8. Statement of Income and Expenses.
Section
3. Filing Fee. - There shall be imposed and collected a
fee of One Hundred Fifty Pesos (P150.00) from the applicant.
ARTICLE
V
PROCESSING
APPLICATION
Section
1. Processing. - Upon receipt of an application of water
franchise, the LWUA shall process the same to determine
compliance with the requirements prescribed in Section 2.
Article IV hereof.
Section
2. Posting of Application. - If found in order, copies of
the application shall be sent to the applicant who is required
to post the same in the following places for a period of
thirty (30) days.
a.
Municipal hall and Barangay center of the community covered
by the application;
b. Place of business of the applicant;
c. The Water District Office within the area.
Section 3. Grant of Franchise. - After the lapse of the
posting period, and there being no opposition to the application,
the Commission shall grant the Franchise.
ARTICLE
VI
CONTESTED
APPLICATION
Section
1. Notice. - In case an opposition to an application for
franchise is filed. LWUA shall set the same for hearing
and shall serve notice in writing of the date thereof.
Section
2. Petition for Reconsideration. - Any party aggrieved by
the decision of the Commission may request for reconsideration
thereof filing a petition for reconsideration with the Commission,
within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the notice of
the order, ruling or decision in question.
ARTICLE
VII
ORDERS,
RULLINGS AND DECISIONS
Section
1. Time to Render. - In all cases, the Commission shall
render its orde, ruling or decision in writing within thirty
(30)days after the case is submitted for resolution or decision.
Section
2. Promulgation and Service. - Every order, ruling or decision
of the commission shall be promulgated and served upon the
person or public service entity affected thereby within
teen (1o) days from the time the same is entered and promulgated.
ARTICLE
VIII
EFFECTIVITY
Section
1. Effectivity. - These implementing Rules and Regulations
shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in
a newspaper of general circulation.Adopted at Quezon City
on July 27, 1988
Approved
pursuant to Resolution No. 109, series of 1988.
(SGD)
TEODORO G. GENER
Chairman
(SGD)
JUSTINO G. BERNAS
Vice-Chairman
(SGD)
BENJAMIN E. DIOKNO
Member
(SGD)
PORTHOS P. ALMA JOSE
Ex-officio Member
ATTESTED
BY:
(SGD) ARMANDO C. LIZASO
Corporate Secretary
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