AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 31, ENTITLED “REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES”

WHEREAS, for realization of such objectives
particularly in the area of regional development, the development thrust under
the NEDA Development Plan and priorities set forth for the regions for the
upliftment or improvement of depressed areas, requires extensive government
action;

WHEREAS, local officials are responsible and
instrumental in the implementation and supervision of government projects and
improvement;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution do
hereby order and ordain the amendment of the following Sections of Executive
Order No. 31 to read as follows:

Section 1. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the
Sangguniang Panlungsod or the Sangguniang Bayan, as the case may be, may authorize,
subject to the approval of the Ministers concerned, those officials whose
duties make it necessary or advisable for them to use special means of
transportation for the purpose of supervision, inspection, or investigation, to
utilize their privately-owned motor vehicles for official purposes and to
receive reimbursement for the same at the rate of sixty-five centavos (P0.65)
for each kilometer of travel in the case of automobiles and jeeps, on official
business: Provided, That the maximum allowances to be paid during any month
shall not exceed those given in the following schedules:

A. For provinces and cities having 350 kilometers
or more of designated first and second class roads connected with the
provincial capital or city ?

B. For provinces and cities having 200 or more of
designated first and second class roads connected with the provincial capital
or city but less than 350 kilometers –

C. For provinces and cities having 150 kilometers
or more of designated first and second class roads connected with the
provincial capital or city but less than 200 kilometers –

D. For provinces and cities having 75 kilometers or
more of designated first and second class roads connected with the provincial
capital or city but less than 150 kilometers –

Section 2. Employees of the National Government
and/or provincial and city government who perform field duties may be given
monthly allowances for providing other private means of transportation for
official purposes, when properly authorized, with the approval of the Minister
concerned, as follows:

a) For motorcycles, P0.25 per kilometer, or a
maximum of P100.00 per month.

b) For horses, P0.30 per kilometer, or a maximum of
P80.00 per month.

c) For bicycles, P0.15 per kilometer, or a maximum
of P40.00 per month.

Section 3. Provincial Auditors, Division
Superintendents of Schools and District Engineers who are national officials
already enjoying/entitled to transportation and representation allowance under
existing laws are not covered by this Executive Order except those authorized
under LOI Nos. 779, 804 and 821.

Section 4. All rules and regulations on the
official use of motor vehicles or other means of transportation referred to in
Executive Order No. 31, series of 1954 shall remain valid/enforceable.

Section 5. Repealing Clause. All rules and
regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with or contrary to any
provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed, amended and/or modified
accordingly.

Section 6. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 5th day of January
in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

By the President:

(SGD.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant