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MALACANAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.65 0 ~
PRESCRIBING RULES TO GOVERN THE COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LOCAL WATER DISTRICTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 24 (s. 2011)
WHEREAS, on 10 February 2011, the President issued Executive Order
(EO) No. 24 entitied “Prescribing Rules to Govern the Compensation of Members
of the Board of Directors/Trustees in Government-Owned or Controlled
Corporations Including Government Financial Institutions”,
WHEREAS, in the exercise of the power of control of the President over
Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GOCCs), EO No. 24 was issued
to rationalize the compensation of the members of their Board of Directors;
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court, in the case of Davao City Water District
et. al. vs. Civil Service Commission and Commission on Audit, G.R. No. 95237-
38, dated September 30, 1991, declared Local Water Districts (LWDs) as
*"GOCCs with original charter’, they being quasi-public corporations created
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 198 (The Provincial Water Utilities Act of
1973), as amended, and whose employees belong to the Civil Service; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5 af EO No. 24 states that the members of the Board
of Directors of LWDs shall likewise be subject to the policies and principles set
forth therein, and that separate rules on the classification and compensation of
the said members of the Board of Directors shalll be issued for the purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, |, BENIGNO S. AQUINO Ill, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and by law,
do hereby order
Section 1. Coverage, The rules set forth herein shall apply to all duly
formed and existing LWDs.
Terms used in this Order shall have the same meaning as in EO No. 24
except when otherwise defined or provided
Section 2. LWD Classification. LWDs shal! be classified into four (4)
major categories (Category A, B, C, or D) based on the number