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WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 31, prescribed regulations governing the use of motor vehicle or means of transportation for official purposes;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 638 amending Executive Order No. 31 provides revised rates for certain provincial and city officials;

WHEREAS, there is an imperative need to include other local government officials of local governments who are likewise entitled to the use of motor vehicles or other means of transportation so as to ensure effectiveness in the supervision, inspection, or investigation relative to their official functions or business;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and ordain:

Section 1. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 31, as amended, is hereby further amended 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 purposes 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, cities and MUNICIPALITIES having 350 kilometers or more of designated first and second class roads connected with the provincial capital, city or MUNICIPALITY –

1. Provincial Governors, City Mayors and PROVINCIAL and City Engineers	P350
2. Provincial and CITY Treasurers and OTHER PROVINCIAL/CITY OFFICIALS OF EQUIVALENT RANK	300
3. MUNICIPAL MAYORS	200
4. MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS AND OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS OF EQUIVALENT RANK	150

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

1. Provincial Governors, City Mayors and PROVINCIAL AND City Engineers	P320
2. Provincial and CITY Treasurers and OTHER PROVINCIAL/CITY OFFICIALS OF EQUIVALENT RANK	280
3. MUNICIPAL MAYORS	150
4. MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS AND OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS OF EQUIVALENT RANK	100

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

1. Provincial Governors, City Mayors and PROVINCIAL and City Engineers	P290
2. Provincial and CITY Treasurers and OTHER PROVINCIAL/CITY OFFICIALS OF EQUIVALENT RANK	260
3. Municipal Mayors	120
4. MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS AND OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS OF EQUIVALENT RANK	80

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

1. Provincial Governors, City Mayors and PROVINCIAL and City Engineers	P260
2. Provincial and CITY Treasurers and OTHER PROVINCIAL/CITY OFFICIALS OF EQUIVALENT RANK	240
3. MUNICIPAL MAYORS	100
4. MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS AND OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS OF EQUIVALENT RANK	60

Section 2. The Joint Commission on Local Government Personnel Administration shall determine the other officials of equivalent rank to the Provincial and City Treasurers and Municipal Engineers as the case may be, for purposes of granting the allowances herein provided for upon recommendation of the local chief executive concerned.

Section 3. Repealing Clause. All rules and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed, amended and/or modified accordingly.

Section 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of May, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

By the President:

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