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| JANUARY 6, 2020 | | OFFICIAL GAZETTE | | 569 |
| UNPROGRAMMED APPROPRIATIONS |
(x) North South Commuter Railway Project:
(xi) Capacity Building to Foster Competition Project; and
(xii) Dairy Goat Farming: A Livelihood Opportunity For Rural Farm Families.
Release of funds shall be subject to Special Provision No. 1 hereof.
(CONDITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION- President’s Affirmation Message, January 6, 2020, Volume I-B, page 612, R.A. No. 11465)
6. Risk Management Program. The amount of Fifteen Billion Pesos (₱15,000,000,000) chargeable against Purpose No. 5 shall be used for the government’s Risk Management Program to cover commitments made by, and obligations of, the National Government in the agreements covering Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects, subject to the following:
(a) Compliance with the conditions for the release of the Unprogrammed Appropriations under Special Provision No. 1 hereof;
(b) Approval of the PPP projects by the NEDA Board or the Investment Coordination Committee, in accordance with R.A. No. 6957, as amended by R.A. No. 7718. In case of obligations assumed by GOCCs, issuance or execution of a performance undertaking or other similar instrument by the agency concerned confirming that the National Government will assume said obligations in case of default by the GOCC; and
(c) Approval of the use of the Unprogrammed Appropriations by the DBCC upon recommendation by the head of the agency concerned and the DBCC-Technical Working Group on Contingent Liabilities.
Implementation of this provision shall be subject to guidelines that may be issued for the purpose.
7. Payment of Arrears of the Land Transportation Office for Information Technology Services. The amount of Two Billion Pesos (₱2,000,000,000) appropriated herein chargeable against Purpose No. 6 shall be used to cover the payment of Land Transportation Office for information technology services.
Releases for the purpose shall be subject to Special Provision No. 1 hereof.
8. Refund of the Service Development Fee for the Right to Develop the Nampeidai Property in Tokyo, Japan. The amount of Two Hundred Ten Million Five Hundred Seventy Nine Thousand Pesos (₱210,579,000) chargeable against Purpose No. 7 shall be used exclusively for the Refund of the Service Development Fee on the right to develop the Nampeidai Property in Tokyo, Japan to Nagayana-Taisei Consortium (NTC), pursuant to the Notice of Termination dated June 11, 2009 issued by the Secretary of Finance cancelling the award to NTC on the right to develop the Nampeidai property.
Release for the refund shall be subject to Special Provision No. 1 hereof, prior endorsement by the Secretary of Finance that the conditions, if any, for the refund have been complied with, and submission by the DOF of certification from the BTr that the amount corresponding to the Service Development Fee has actually been deposited with the National Treasury as income of the General Fund.
9. Prior Years’ LGU Shares. The amount of One Billion One Hundred Ninety Two Million Four Hundred Six Thousand Pesos (₱1,192,406,000) chargeable against Purpose No. 8 for prior years’ LGU shares from incremental collections from VAT, and from Special Privilege Tax shall be automatically released to the beneficiary LGUs only through authorized government servicing banks upon certification of actual collections by the revenue collecting agency and actual remittance to the BTr.
The LGU shall submit quarterly reports on the utilization of the prior years’ LGU shares, through the following:
(a) Local Government Units Reporting System (LGURS) or other electronic means for reports not covered by the LGURS; and
(b) LGU’s website.
The LGU shall send written notice when said reports have been submitted or posted on its website to the DBM, House of Representatives, Senate of the Philippines, House Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Finance, and other offices where the submission of reports is required under existing laws, rules and regulations. The date of notice to said agencies shall be considered the date of compliance with this requirement.
10. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Equity Infusion. The amount of Ten Billion Pesos (₱10,000,000,000) chargeable against Purpose No. 9 shall be used for the payment of increase in capitalization of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas pursuant to Section 2 of R.A. No. 7653, as amended by R.A. No. 11211.
Releases for the purpose shall be subject to Special Provision No. 1 hereof.
11. National Identification System. The amount of One Billion Pesos (₱l,000,000,000) chargeable against Purpose No.10 shall be used exclusively to support the funding requirements for the establishment of a single national identification system under R.A. No. 11055.
Releases for the Philippine Identification System shall be subject to Special Provision No.1 hereof.
12. Normalization Program in the Bangsamoro. The amount of Two Billion Pesos (₱2,000,000,000) chargeable against Purpose No.11 shall be used exclusively for the rehabilitation and development pursuant to Section 1, Article XIV of R.A. No.11054. The funds for the Program shall be released directly to implementing departments or agencies, such as, but not limited to, DA, DepEd, DOH, DTI, DSMD, DHD for the AFP, and DILG for the PHP.
Releases for the Normalization Program shall be subject to Special Provision No. 1 hereof and approval from the office of the President, based on the recommendation of the Inter-Cabinet Cluster Mechanism on Normalization. The OPAPP shall validate the periodic reports on the status of the implementation of the Program within thirty (30) days from the submission thereof by the implementing agencies.
13. Health Facilities Enhancement Program. The amount of Five Billion Four Hundred Forty Four Million Five Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand Pesos (₱5,444,537,000) chargeable against Purpose No.12 shall be used for the construction, upgrading, expansion, rehabilitation and/or repair of, and land acquisition for, barangay health stations, rural health units, LGU hospitals, specialized hospitals, regional medical centers, dangerous drugs abuse treatment and rehabilitation centers and other health care facilities, with priority given to those located or nearby areas where there are large number of poor families or households under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction or where there are no private health care facilities which can provide affordable and quality health care.
