EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 329 July 11, 1988

CREATING APPRAISAL COMMITTEES IN THE METROPOLITAN MANILA AREA, DEFINING THEIR GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND PRESCRIBING THEIR PROCEDURES

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 132, Series of 1937, as amended by Executive Order No. 214, Series of 1939, should be updated due to the integration of four cities and thirteen municipalities by P.D. No. 824, removing the component municipalities of Metropolitan Manila from the jurisdiction of the Provinces of Rizal and Bulacan;

WHEREAS, there is a need to ascertain the purchase price of private properties required for development and infrastructure projects in the Metropolitan Manila Area;

WHEREAS, it is likewise necessary to define appraisal committees for the determination of the fair valuation of private properties to be purchased or acquired for public use;

WHEREAS, it is likewise necessary to define the functions and prescribe the procedures of these committees.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby create City Appraisal Committees and Municipal Appraisal Committees in the Metropolitan Area, composed of the following:

A. CITY APPRAISAL COMMITTEES

Chairman Metropolitan Manila Commission Governor's Representative

Member Department of Public Works and Highways

Member Representative

Member City Assessor

Member City Engineer

Member City Auditor

B. Municipal Appraisal Committees

Chairman, Metropolitan Manila Commission, Governor's Representative

Member of the Department of Public Works and Highways' Representative

Highways' Representative City Assessor (pursuant to P.D. No. 921)

Member Municipal Engineer

Member, Municipal Auditor

where the properties subject to valuation are located.

The procedures prescribed under Executive Order No. 132, Series of 1937, as amended in 1939, shall be followed by the Appraisal Committees created hereunder.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.