Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 5264)
The purpose is to create the Public Recreations Bureau in the City of Manila and to amend the Revised Charter of the City of Manila accordingly.
The Public Recreations Bureau is created under the Office of the Mayor of Manila.
The Bureau shall be headed by a director who shall receive an annual salary of sixteen thousand pesos. The incumbent veterinary director of the Manila Zoo shall continue as the director.
The director shall administer, supervise, maintain, and improve public recreational facilities such as the zoo, botanical garden, aquarium, playgrounds, parks, monuments, historical sites, museum, and public recreation buildings. The director shall also prescribe rules subject to the mayor's approval, implement development plans, conduct fundraising activities, provide amusement devices for rent, coordinate with various organizations, acquire animals and plants, authorize installation of amusement devices by private persons, dispose of excess animals and plants, enforce relevant laws, and perform other duties assigned by the mayor.
Yes, the director, with the approval of the Mayor, can collect reasonable entrance and recreation fees, rents, royalties, and other charges. These collections form a special revolving fund used exclusively for the improvement, maintenance, and development of the bureau's facilities and operations.
All records, personnel, balance of funds and appropriations, equipment, tools, implements, buildings, and facilities from these units shall be transferred to the Public Recreations Bureau.
Yes, with the mayor's approval, private persons may establish or install amusement and recreational devices on bureau property and collect reasonable fees, with at least twenty percent of gross receipts accruing to the bureau.
Yes, all laws, ordinances, administrative orders, or parts thereof in conflict with any provisions of this Act are repealed.
The Act took effect upon its approval on June 15, 1968.
No, the incumbent officials automatically assume their new positions and receive their new salaries without the necessity of a new appointment.