Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 62)
Before its transfer under EO No. 62, LWUA was attached to the Department of Health (DOH).
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is authorized to exercise administrative supervision over LWUA.
The Secretaries of Finance, Public Works and Highways, and Health serve as the National Government Trustees on the LWUA Board of Trustees ex officio.
Yes, ex officio members can designate their alternates who must be officials next-in-rank. The alternates must not be lower in rank than Assistant Secretary.
The Inter-Agency Committee on the Water Sector, led by the Secretary of Public Works and Highways, is tasked to design and recommend a water sector master plan to the President and suggest an appropriate organizational structure for the effective implementation of the plan.
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Office of the President (OP), and other concerned agencies are included in the committee.
The President derives the authority from Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of the Administrative Code of 1987, which allows continuing authority to reorganize the administrative structure of the Office of the President.
All orders, rules, regulations, and issuances or parts thereof that are inconsistent with EO No. 62 are repealed or modified accordingly.
Executive Order No. 62 took effect immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation.