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Introduced by Senator S. R. QsmeAa 111 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) was created 
under Republic Act 6958 and mandated with the management and supervision 
of the Mactan International Airport in the Province of Cebu and the Lahug Airport 
in Cebu City. 
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RA 6958 'vested the MCIAA 
with comprehensive powers, for policy 
making over the airports, and the maintenance and operation of the airport 
facilities. These powers are to be exercised by a Board of Directors, composed of 
eleven members, including the Governor of the Province of Cebu or his duly 
authorized representative and four of his recommendees from the private sector 
who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines. 
In consequence, the MCIAA Board has turned out to be handicapped with 
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to the exclusion of 
considerations affecting the larger regional communities like the Central Visayas 
and Mindanao. 
narrow perspective of the provincial government, 
This bill seeks to amend RA 6958 by removing the Governor of Cebu 
from the Board, and substituting in his stead, a representative from the Office of 
the President. 
The private sector representatives shall be reduced in number 
from four to two, and the power to recommend such representatives shall also 
be removed from the Cebu Governor. 
These measures are designed to insulate the MCIAA from the incursions 
of local politics, 
and thus enable it to acquire a wider perspective to the 
management and development of the Mactan International Airport as a hub of 
transportation and commerce in the Visayas and Mindanao. 
In view of the foregoing, early passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
SERGIO OSMENA Ill 
Senator 
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator S. R. Osmefia 111 
AN ACT 
MODIFYING THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE 
THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT 6958, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 
CHARTER OF THE CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY. 
MACTAN-CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AMENDING FOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Republic of 
the Philippines in Congress assembled: 
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Section I. 
Section 6 Paragraph 1 of Republic Act 6958, otherwise known 
as the Charter of the Cebu International Airport Authority, is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
"Sec. 6. Board of Direcfors. - The corporate of the Authority shall 
be exercised by and vested in a Board of [eleven (1 I)] 
NINE (9) members, 
which shall be composed of a Chairmap, a Vice-chairman and [nine (9)] 
seven 
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members. 
The 
Secretary 
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Transportation 
and 
Communications and the General Manager of the Authority shall be the ex 
officio Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Board, respectively. 
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REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, The 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Transportation Office, and the Secretaries of 
the following executive departments or any Undersecretary or Assistant 
Secretary designated by the respective Secretaries shall be ex officio 
members, to wit: the Department of Finance, the Department of Justice 
and the Department of Tourism. 
In addition, TWO (2) [FOUR (4)] 
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members FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF THE CENTRAL VISAYAS 
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AND MINDANAO REGIONS [recommended by the governor of the 
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Province of Cebu] shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines 
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for a term of four (4) years [from the private sector. The governor of the 
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Province of Cebu or his duly authorized representative shall be the ninth 
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member.]” 
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Sec. 3. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its 
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Sec. 2. - Any provisions of law, decree executive order or any issuance 
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly. 
publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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