QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 75)
It renders the plan of organization for the administrative machinery of RA 3844 in full force and effect, realigning/reorganizing the affected agencies so they can implement the land reform program effectively.
The Land Reform Project Administration (LRPA).
Examples include: (1) establishing owner-cultivatorship and the economic family-size farm; (2) achieving a dignified existence for small farmers free from pernicious restraints; (3) creating a viable social and economic structure in agriculture for greater productivity and higher incomes; (4) applying labor laws equally to industrial and agricultural wage earners; (5) providing a more vigorous and systematic land resettlement and public land distribution; (6) making small farmers independent and self-reliant.
The appropriate bureaus and divisions of the Department of Labor.
It integrates personnel management so that the member agencies’ staff (including legal officers of the Office of the Agrarian Counsel providing legal services to the LRPA) are treated as one pool for operations, with assignments across agencies within the LRPA allowed when service requires, subject only to civil service laws.
Resolutions are valid and binding if: (1) for loans/financing, the Agricultural Credit Administration representative votes with the majority members of the body in the former case; and (2) for land financing, subject to approval of the Board of Trustees of the Land Bank or as permitted by delegation of authority approved by the Board.
It requires equal remuneration for positions involving the same or equivalent qualifications, equal responsibilities, and equal effort across the LRPA integrated organization.
Civil service laws, especially promotion rules (including consideration of the next-in-rank), apply so that qualified individuals in one member agency must be considered for higher positions in another member agency within the LRPA.
The Governor of the Land Authority (Chairman), the Administrator of the Agricultural Credit Administration, the Chairman/CEO of the Land Bank, the Commissioner of the Agricultural Productivity Commission, and another presidentially appointed member representing the party with the second largest number of votes in the last presidential election. The Agrarian Counsel acts as legal counsel of the NLRC.
The Chairman is the Administrator of the National Land Reform Project Administration and has the rank of a Cabinet member.
The two units are the Secretariat and the Plans and Programs Unit. Functions of the Secretariat include: (1) serving as principal clearing house for land reform operation information; (2) keeping records of NLRC proceedings/decisions; (3) reviewing budgets of member agencies for proper funding of NLRC-approved projects; (4) assisting in uniform administrative procedures and office management; (5) assisting uniform personnel policies and manpower placement; (6) planning and supervising training; (7) assisting in policies on materials/equipment administration.
It assists in formulating overall plans/programs for LRPA objectives, evaluates and integrates specific projects/programs submitted by member agencies for NLRC consideration, and includes functions such as research/statistics, project analysis/program preparation, and performance evaluation.
Through Regional Land Reform Committees and Land Reform Project Teams (with possible Sub-Regional Land Reform Offices when supervision through a single Regional Committee is not feasible). Regional Committees supervise at regional level; Project Teams administer at district levels.
It vests operational authority for LRPA within a region. It has administrative staff, staff assistants for credit extension/supervision and collection, and a supporting staff from non-member agencies on detail to perform supporting services (e.g., pest control, soil analysis, veterinary services).
It operates LRPA within its territorial boundaries where necessary for efficient administration. It is headed by a representative of the Land Authority and includes administrative staff, staff assistants for extension/credit and collections, and specialists detailed from non-member agencies for supporting services.
Field operations are undertaken directly by member agencies through their performance evaluation units, but all their programs/projects/activities are subject to approval of the NLRC. Where a Regional Committee exists, member agency field operations are undertaken through that Regional Committee.
It provides legal assistance to agricultural lessees and owner-cultivators and acts as legal counsel of the NLRC. It includes divisions and staff for special/appealed cases handling and legal research/technical advice, and its policies and budgets for legal officers serving the LRPA are subject to NLRC review for integration.