ESTABLISHING THE METROPOLITAN MANILA FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE COUNCIL

WHEREAS, there were pending before Congress prior to
the promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972,
priority measures duly certified by the President as urgent for the
solution of pressing problems of the country;

WHEREAS, one of these measures is the “Act to
Undertake an Integrated Flood Control and Drainage Program for the
Greater Manila Area and Public Works Projects in other Cities and
Municipalities and to Provide Sources of Funds Therefor”;

WHEREAS, the above-mentioned act is necessary for
the implementation of solution to the recurring floods in the Manila
Metropolitan Area which have caused untold sufferings, tremendous loss,
and destruction of lives and properties;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of
the Philippines, in accordance with the powers in me vested by the
Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21,
1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do
hereby order and decree that the Metropolitan Manila Flood Control and
Drainage Council be established with the following as members: (1) the
Secretary of Public Works and Communications, Chairman; (2) the fourteen
member-mayors of the Metropolitan Mayors Coordinating Council as
members; and {3) such other members that the President may designate.

The Council shall have the tasks of formulating and implementing an
Integrated Flood Control and Drainage Program for the Metropolitan
Manila Area.

In order to provide for the proper financing of the project, there is
hereby created a Greater Manila Metropolitan Area Flood Control and
Drainage Fund Account to be deposited in the National Treasury which
shall be constituted from the following sources:

(a) Proceeds from a special metropolitan flood tax of twenty-five
(P0.25) centavos levied on all admission tickets of movie houses in
Greater Manila for a period of fifteen (15) years;

(b) Fund releases from appropriation of various Public Works Acts
for the Project;

(c) Proceeds from additional real estate taxes (not exceeding
one-eighth (1 /8) of 1 % of the assessed value of real estate located
within Metropolitan Manila), other taxes or sources which may be imposed
if and when the funds generated by the special metropolitan flood tax
on theater admission is not sufficient to complete and maintain the
control and drainage project.

All agencies and offices of the Government are enjoined to extend
full cooperation and assistance to the Metropolitan Manila Flood Control
and Drainage Council herein established to insure the successful
prosecution of the essential project.

Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of October, in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
		Acting Executive Secretary