EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 210 July 7, 1987
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 603, ENTITLED "CREATING A LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, VESTING THE SAME WITH AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT) PROJECT AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR"
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 603 created a corporate body known as the Light Rail Transit Authority;
WHEREAS, the reorganization of the Department of Transportation and Communications under Executive Order No. 125, as amended, renders necessary changes in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Authority, an agency attached to that body;
NOW, THEREFORE, I CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
Sec. 1. Section 3 of Executive Order No. 603 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. Board of Directors. The powers and functions of the Authority shall be vested in and exercised by the Board of Director's composed of the Secretary of Transportation and Communications as Chairman; the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Economic Planning, the Secretary of Public Works and Highways, the Secretary of Budget and Management, the Chairman of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, the Governor of the Metropolitan Manila Commission and the Administrator of the Authority, as ex-officio members; and (1) representative from the private sector to be appointed by the President. The appointed director shall serve for a term of two (2) years.
The officials next in rank to, or such officials duly designated by the regular members shall serve as alternate members, except that, in the absence of the Chairman, the Board shall elect a temporary presiding officer. The alternate members shall attend meetings of the Board and committees assigned to them by their principals and receive the corresponding per diem, whenever their principals are absent or said positions are vacant.
The Chairman and each Member of the Board shall receive a monthly commutable representation allowance of ONE THOUSAND (P1,000.00) PESOS and per diem of two hundred (P200.00) pesos for every meeting of the Board actually attended: Provided, That the total amount per diem which each may receive shall not exceed ONE THOUSAND (P1,000.00) PESOS a month.
Sec. 2. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.
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