Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 4188)
The short title of Republic Act No. 4188 is the Mindoro Development Act of 1965.
The main purpose is to provide for the agricultural and industrial development of the Island of Mindoro, including constructing feeder roads, reforestation, flood control, reclamation, irrigation, resource utilization, recreational development, and general betterment of its inhabitants.
The Board consists of a chairman and four members appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, each serving a term of four years and removable only for cause.
They cannot engage in any business or profession or have financial interests in contracts with the Corporation or in businesses such as electric power generation, fertilizer manufacture or distribution, or any business that may affect the Corporation's projects.
A quorum is the chairman and two members present, and a two-thirds vote of the Board is necessary to pass a resolution.
All personnel actions are governed by a comprehensive and progressive merit system established by the Board, consistent with civil service rules and regulations.
The Corporation has succession powers; may sue or be sued; may exercise eminent domain; and may enter into contracts and perform functions necessary to carry out its corporate objectives.
The Corporation can acquire real and personal properties by purchase, lease, condemnation, or donation, and may dispose of these properties except those used for permanent dams, hydraulic power plants, or munitions plants constructed by the government or Corporation.
It is authorized to build provincial and barrio feeder roads, cooperate in agricultural experiments, produce and distribute electric power, construct dams and related facilities, establish schools and settlements for non-Christian tribes, and develop tourist and recreational resorts.
Laborers from the province and municipality where projects are undertaken shall be given preference.
The Board must submit a plan and recommendation for the unified economic development of the island in accordance with the Act's objectives for the President's approval.
No, it does not affect vested rights under existing laws related to water control and use for irrigation, though it does allow the Corporation to acquire property interests necessary to implement the Act.
They shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than six months nor more than three years.
They can be punished by imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years.
Twenty million pesos are authorized for the fiscal year following approval, with an equal amount annually included in the Public Works Appropriations for the next three fiscal years.