EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 770-A, September 30, 2009

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 770, SERIES OF 2008, TO MAKE THE LEAGUES OF PROVINCES, CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES AS REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE NEDA BOARD-NATIONAL LAND USE COMMITTEE

WHEREAS, Executive Order (EO) 770 entitled: “Amending Letter of Instruction 1350 otherwise known as ‘Providing the Institutional Framework for National Physical Planning'” reconstituted the National Land Use Committee (NLUC) into a NEDA Board (NB) committee;

WHEREAS, Section 2 of EO 770 lists down the composition of the Committee and states that “The NB-NLUC shall invite the respective Presidents of the Leagues of Provinces, Municipalities and Cities to its meetings”;

WHEREAS, the membership of the LGU Leagues in the NB-NLUC is necessary to ensure that local inputs and responses to land use policies that affect local governance are considered by the Committee.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. Section 2 of EO 770 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 2. Composition. The NB-NLUC shall be composed of the following:

Chairperson :

Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning

Members :

Secretaries of Environment and Natural Resources; Agriculture; Agrarian Reform; Trade and Industry; Public Works and Highways; Transportation and Communications; Tourism; Interior and Local Government; Justice; Science and Technology; and Energy.Chairpersons of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council/Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board; and the National Commission on Indigenous People. Presidents of the League of Provinces, Municipalities and Cities. Two private sector representatives."

Section 2. All executive orders and executive issuances or portions thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby revoked, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand Nine.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA

Executive Secretary