Reconstituting Govt Disposal Committees

Section 10 of the General Provisions of R.A. No. 8174 establishes that the disposal of unserviceable, obsolete and/or excess equipment, supplies and materials is the responsibility of the respective owning department/agency.
Executive Order No. 309 reconstitutes disposal committees that were created earlier under E.O. No. 285.
R.A. No. 8174 serves as the operative statutory basis for the reconstitution mandated by Section 1.
The reconstitution is justified by the need to expedite disposal to avoid further deterioration, especially equipment exposed to the elements.

Executive Order No. 309 is issued to expedite the disposal of unserviceable government equipment and property.
The order addresses urgency created by committee membership changes following COA’s withdrawal from pre-audit-related participation.
Executive Order No. 309 is designed to keep disposal committees functional within each government department, bureau, office, or agency.

Section 1 reconstitutes disposal committees in each Department, bureau, office or agency.
Section 1 provides that the disposal committees created under E.O. No. 888 as amended by E.O. No. 285 dated July 25, 1987 are reconstituted.
Chairman is the senior official:
- For a department: a senior official with a rank not lower than the level of an Assistant Secretary; and
- For a bureau/agency: a senior official with a rank not lower than the level of an Assistant Director; and
- For a GOCC: the department manager.
Member is the head of administrative unit:
- For a department: the head of the department’s administrative service;
- For a bureau/agency: the head of the agency’s administrative division; and
- For a GOCC: the head of the GOCC’s equivalent organizational unit.
Member is the head of the property unit.

The reconstituted disposal committee has a Chairman and two Members as specified in Section 1.
The Chairman is required to be a senior official within the owning institution at the level stated for departments, bureaus/agencies, and GOCCs.
The Members are required to be drawn from the institution’s administrative leadership and the institution’s property unit leadership.
Section 1 places committee leadership and membership within the owning department/agency, consistent with R.A. No. 8174 responsibility for disposal.

Section 2 repeals or modifies all executive orders, rules, regulations, other issuances, or parts thereof that are inconsistent with Executive Order No. 309.
Section 3 makes the order effective immediately.
The order is dated March 08, 1996 and signed by Fidel V. Ramos.