EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

“Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez
5221

House Bill No.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘According to the Philippine Statistical Authority, as of July 1, 2019,

erate. total inventory of cattle in the country was estimated at 2.56 milion heads. This
represents an increase of 0.4 percent compared with the previous year’s stocks of
2.55 million heads;
the total inventory of swine in the country was estimated at 12.70 million heads. This
represents a decrease of 0.6 percent compared with its previous year's stocks of
12.78 million heads;

_ the total inventory of chicken was estimated at 191.70 million birds. The inventory of
layer chicken was recorded at 40.24 milion birds or 6.5 percent higher than ne
previous year’s record of 37.77 million birds. Broiler chicken inventory grew by 6:2
Poreent, from 64.94 million birds in 2018 to 6897 million birds in 2019
Native/improved chicken inventory at 82.49 million birds declined by 1.5 percent from
its previous year's level of 83.71 million birds;

_ the total duck inventory was estimated at 11.83 million birds. This represents an
increase of 1.0 percent compared with the previous year's stocks of 11.71 million
birds.

Also, as of January 1, 2019, the total inventory of carabao was estimated at 2.87 million
heads This was 03 percent lower than its previous year's level of 2.88 million heads. And
as of January 1, 2016, the total dairy animal population was 44,432 heads,

Despite, these numbers, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of ihe
United Nations, Philippine meat imports for 2019 could go up by nearly 10 percent to
691,000 metric tons, from 629,000 MT last year as the improvement in the purchasing power
of Filipinos would hike demand for animal protein. This will further affect the local livestock
industry where importation has grown by double-digit in the past three years. Roughly 22%
Of our beeffcarabeef, 9% of pork and 11% of the poultry are supplied by other countries
Over 95% of milk and dairy products in the Philippines are sourced from abroad. The country
imports between USS3-4 billion dollars of livestock commodities annually

This is why we need to help revitalize our livestock industry and establish one single agency
mandated to support the development of the same. This shall cover every aspect of the
livestock business from the breeding and feeding of animals to entrepreneurship, marketing
research and development, and food safety and quality assurance.

In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this measure is earnestly requested

RYFUS/B. RODRIGUEZ


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS i)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session D)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriquez _ rae i:

5221

House Bill No.

AN ACT
TO RESTRUCTURE, RATIONALIZE AND INTEGRATE THE GOVERNMENT'S
LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY SUPPORT AGENCIES INTO THE PHILIPPINE LIVESTOCK
AUTHORITY IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN ITS DEVELOPMENT, PROTECTION AND
REGULATORY FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF DAIRY AND NATIVE
ANIMALS, PROVIDE FOR A LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT FUND, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. Title - This Act shall be known as the “Philippine Livestock Industry
Development Act’

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policies. — It is hereby the deciared policy of the State to
promote the development and competitiveness of the livestock industry, particularly the
Small-hold farmers and backyard raisers, in order to increase the supply of meat, poultry
dairy, eggs and other livestock products, improve the domestic supply of breeders as well as
feeds and forage, promote food safety and quality standards of livestock products, and attain
greater self-sufficiency in food and livestock commodities. It is likewise the policy of the State
to increase the incomes of farmers and farm workers and to alleviate rural poverty through
improved productivity and competitiveness, product diversification, job generation, enhanced
production efficiency and protection of the livestock industry from pests and diseases
Towards this end, the State shall nurture an enabling environment, establish more
responsive government policies and support programs, tighten the regulatory functions on
food safety and quality standards on livestock produce and processed products, and give
prime focus to the development of the livestock industry in the country.

The State recognizes the vital role of the private sector as partners in the various facets of
the livestock industry and shall provide incentives and the needed support to encourage
these activities and promote livestock farmer's organizations

SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. As used in this Act, the following terms and phrases shall
mean as follows

'@) Department — shall refer to the Department of Agriculture (DA):

b) Livestock — refers to any domestic or domesticated animal that is grown, kept or
raised in captivity for food or in the production of food or other by-products, regardless
of age, location or purpose of breeding. This includes all domestic animals that are
slaughtered for human consumption, maintained for draft animal power, and” for
recreational purposes, such as, but not limited to cattle, carabaos, buffaloes, horses,
sheep, goats, hogs, deer, rabbits, ostrich and poultry, among others. Products of
hunting or fishing of wild animals shall not be considered part of this definition;

c) Native Animals — Native animals refer to domesticated animals which contribute to
food production found in one geographical location that have developed unique
physical characteristics, behavior, product attributes, adapted to the local environment
and are products of selection with no infusion of exotic breeds for at least five (5)


generations, including, but not limited to, native chicken, goats, pigs, ducks, cattle and
horses;

d) Stock Farms — refers to the network of stock and breeding farms and facilities owned
and operated by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and the other government
livestock agencies for the purpose of demonstration of livestock farming technologies
and other programs.

e) Philippine Native Animal Development Centers ~ refers to a network of stock and
breeding farms and laboratories dedicated to the nurturing, maintenance, and
development of the country's native animals for food production purposes.

f) Smaliholder Farmer — refers to a farmer owning or cultivating five (5) hectares or less
of farmland

Section 4. Philippine Livestock Development Framework. The Philippine Livestock
‘Authority (PLA), established under Section 6 of this Act, shall, in coordination with the
Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), livestock
growers’ cooperatives and backyard raisers’ organizations, animal health care practitioners,
local government units (LGUs), and the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) — which shall
henceforth comprise the Livestock Development Advisory Board — formulate a ten-year
Framework for Livestock Development to be validated and updated every two years. Sach
Framework shall serve as guide to the formulation and implementation of plans, programs
and projects for the propagation, utilization and development of the livestock industry, in
‘each administrative region, including Philippine native animals, as envisioned in this Act
The Framework shall provide for the following:
‘a) Breeder Availability and Upgrading Programs. The PLA shall endeavor to
increase the total population of livestock in the country in terms of quantity and
quality through support programs for genetic improvement and upgrading,
establishment of more semen banks, and natural and artificial breeding stations, and
animal dispersal programs, as well as accreditation of breeding farms;
b) Pasture crops, animal feeds programs. The PLA shall establish enhanced
support for the development of pasture and forage crops, animal feeds resources
and inputs, and feeds processing facilities;
c) Animal Health Welfare and Protection. The PLA shall take the lead in the
implementation of prevention, control, containment and eradication of animal pests
and diseases by providing veterinary health services, and general livestock health
support programs. It shall implement continuing programs on surveillance, quarantine
and laboratory service, vaccination, animal movement control, monitoring and
management of potential epidemic threats, and public awareness campaigns on
livestock safety;
d) Enterprise Development. The PLA shall promote the establishment of
livestock credit facilities for small hold farmers and livestock cooperatives together
with financial literacy programs and “farming as business’ training programs with
technical support from the Agriculture Training Institute (AT!), Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and relevant local training institutes,
e) Training and Extension. In consultation with the ATI, TESDA-Accredited
Farm Schools, state universities and colleges (SUCs), LGUs and other relevant
institutions, the PLA shall provide support to training extension services to small
farmers and cooperatives on technologies and good practice in the propagation
utilization, marketing, processing and distribution of livestock, dairy and native
animals;
f) Market Promotion Programs. The PLA shall support livestock auction
markets, trade fairs, export initiatives, and encourage contract growing arrangements
between farmers cooperatives and institutional buyers of livestock produce. It shail
coordinate with the DA-Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS) on
price and quantity monitoring on farm-gate livestock produce, eggs, meat, milk and
livestock feeds and other inputs;


9) Research and Development. The PLA shall strengthen researc!
Spilaborations through the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR), Philippine Councit
for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (OST:
PCAARRD), SUC-based research institutions for technical support in the areas of
genetic resource improvement programs, pasture seeds and crops for animal food
and product processing that promote the development and competitiveness of the
livestock industry;

h) Food Safety and Quality Assurance ~ Consistent with the RA 10611 (Food
Safety Act), the PLA shall support the FDA in the enforcement and regulation of food
safety and quality standards on livestock produce and livestock by-products. The
PLA shall also implement food safety and quality enhancement programs to improve
the compliance levels of the livestock sub-sectors to ensure higher levels of
competitiveness, and faster growth of the livestock industry. Subject to the relevant
provisions of RA 11032 (Ease of Doing Business Act of 2018), the PLA shall assist
the FDA in hastening the registration and approval of livestock processing
establishments that serve as markets for primary livestock produce. It shall provide
advisory assistance on technical matters to help registrants of livestock-related
processing facilities, packaging plants, dairy pasteurization facilities and processed
Cheese production comply with food safety regulations and standards. When such
applications for registration or renewal of licenses of said livestock processing
establishments exceed, without compelling grounds, the processing time limits set
forth in RA 11032 — reckoning from the date of receipt of said applications ~ the PLA
is hereby authorized to receive the applications and approve the same, in support of
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and subject to the standards, protocols and
criteria prescribed by it.

i) Livestock Production Networks Program. The PLA shall formulate and
implement livestock cluster development programs for small hold farmers:
cooperatives, associations and/or federations in order to encourage economies of
scale, production efficiencies and mutual support

SECTION 5. Rationalization of Livestock Support Agencies. The Bureau of Animal
industry - created under Republic Act 3639, Philippine Carabao Center ~ created under R.A.
7307, National Dairy Corporation — created under R.A. 7884, and National Meat Inspection
Service — created under Presidential Decree No. 7, s. 1972 as amended by R.A.9296, are
y merged, siibject to further rationalization, to form the Philiopine Livestock Authasity
(PLA) which shall be headed by an Undersecretary.

The PLA shall have the following principal goals and functions:

41. To promote the competitive development of the livestock industry in general and the
various subgroups within the livestock sector as means of attaining food sufficiency
and combating rural poverty.

2, To undertake regulatory and monitoring services in order to ensure the quality
standards of production and processing, and food safety of livestock produce in the
country.

3. To harness the support of various sectors and networks in protecting the livestock
sectors and in responding to threats that may be brought about by pests, diseases
and animal epidemics.

The PLA shall have two main Offices under it:
1. Livestock Regulation Office (LRO) — to be headed by an Assistant Secretary, which
shall oversee the following Service groups

a) Import and Export Regulation Service (IERS)- shall provide regulatory
services as mandated under prior livestock import regulatory laws, including Act
3101 (1923), R.A. 1071, R.A. 1556, P.D. 34 section 105(r), and coordinate with
felevant units/agencies/institutions, including the Bureau of Customs and the


Department of Transportation, in developing strategies and measures to deal with
the country's livestock-related imports and exports and to prevent and minimize
health and environmental risks, The following divisions of the Bureau of animal
Industry shall be part of this Service group:
‘Animal Feeds, Veterinary Drugs and Biologics Control Division
(AFVDBD)
«National Veterinary Quarantine Services Division (NVQSD) .
b) Meat Inspection Service (MIS) - shall inherit the powers and functions, assets
‘and the organization of the National Meat Inspection Service created under R.A
9296 as amended by R.A. 10536. It shall continue to be the controlling authority
on all policies, regulations, guidelines and standards pertaining to meat produce,
meat handling, safety, quality, hygiene, and sanitation, including: establishing
safety and quality standards for meat produce (except for the roles related to
import and export of meat, which shall be assumed by the Import and Export
Regulation Service). Through its Regional Operation Centers, it shall continue to
conduct inspection and monitoring — in coordination with local government units —
of meat establishments engaged in slaughter, processing, and domestic meat
trade; registration of meat produce inspectors, meat handlers meat brokers, meat
products processing establishments; and accreditation of facilities, conveyances
and service providers for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Program
(HACCP) audit as well as compliance to hygiene and sanitation standards.
©) Livestock Protection and Disease Control Service (LPDCS) — shall, in
addition to the roles of the BAI mandated under Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Act
3639 of 1930, be responsible for programs, policies, surveillance and emergency
action to protect the livestock industry from the risk of outbreak of diseases or
pests and shall have the following powers and functions:
‘Livestock protection surveillance, including regular surveillance
inspections in partnership with industry players and the LGUs,
coordination with counterpart offices in other countries as well as the UN
food agencies, and implementing capability building programs in
partnership with the ATI to establish livestock protection surveillance and
emergency communications networks, that will include farmers groups,
LGU, the police and military, and other stakeholders;
« Pest and disease emergency response, by way of developing protocols
and responses upon declaration of any livestock pest and epidemic
disease incident, including regulation of movement of persons,
conveyances and plant material in affected areas, powers to deputize
police and military to control pest outbreaks, and disposal of affected
livestock resources and assets.
* Conducting scientific research and technology advancement programs on
livestock protection by partnering with SUCs, DOST, private sector
laboratories and international centers for livestock disease control
The following units of the BAI are hereby merged and consolidated into the
Livestock Protection and Disease Control Service, subject to further
rationalization, to wit:

* Animal Health and Welfare Division (AHWD)

Veterinary Laboratory Division (VLD)

2. Livestock Industry Development Office (LIDO) - to be also headed by an Assistant
Secretary, the LIDO shall coordinate the formulation and implementation of policies,
programs, and roadmaps to hasten and sustain the development of the various livestock
and native animal sub-sectors, consistent with the pertinent industry development
mandates under Section 3-1, 3-1, 6 and 7 of Act 3639 of 1930 (BAl), as well as in
Sections 5 and 6 of R.A. 7307 (Philippine Carabao Center - PCC) and Sections 3, 6, 11
12 and 13 of R.A. 7884 (National Dairy Authority - NDA) and the R.A. 8435 (Agriculture


and Fisheries Modemization Act of 1997 - AFMA). These shall include programs that
enhance the value chain of the livestock sector, such as improving industry utilization of
livestock research and development (R&D), supporting market development and
marketing services, enhancing the quality of inputs for livestock, improving processing
and diversification of by-products, as well as development of sources of feeds and
forage. There shall be particular focus on developing strategic livestock production
zones, clusters and networks in every province and/or rural district, and linking small
hold farms, cooperatives and community-based ventures, sources of credit and financing
and LGU support into sustainable enterprise ecosystems.

With these goals, LIDO shall supervise the following Services, which are hereby also
created, namely:

a) Ruminants Service (RS) — to provide developmental support, extension
services, research and technical assistance programs to small hold farmers of
cattle, carabaos, buffaloes, goats, and sheep for meat production and
processing as well as for draft animal purposes. The Ruminants Service shall
absorb the following units of the BAI, subject to further rationalization:

* National Beef Cattle Research and Development Center, and
+ National Small Ruminants Research and Development Center

b) Non-ruminants Service (NRS) — to provide developmental support,
extension services, research and technical assistance programs to small hold
producers of hogs, poultry and egg, ducks, geese, turkey, quails and other
birds, and all other livestock production including, but not limited to horses,
rabbits, and beehive farming. The Non-ruminants Service shall absorb the
following units of the BAI, subject to further rationalization

‘+ National Swine and Poultry Research and Development Center
+ National Stud Farms and horse development centers, created by
virtue of RA. 4618.
NRS shall continue the stud and racehorse development programs under
R.A. 4618, R.A. 7952 (Philippine Racing Club), R.A. 7978 (Metro Manila Turf
Club, Inc.), and RA 8007 (Manila Jockey Club)

¢) Dairy Development Service (DDS) ~ shall, in addition to the current focus on

cows, include carabaos and small ruminants as priorities, with the end in view
of increasing milk production in the Philippines towards a minimum of 40%
per year. Subject to further rationalization, the DDS shall assume the
development mandates, programs, assets and personnel of the following
agencies:

+ Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) created under R.A. 7307, and

* National Dairy Authority (NDA), created under R.A. 7884.

+ National Feed Resources Research and Development Center
The DDS shall continue and improve upon the dairy production and livelihood
programs of the PCC and NDA and their partnerships with stakeholders,
including state colleges and universities, especially in dairy cow and buffalo
breeding, propagation of diary animals and milk production technologies and
the pasteurization and initial processing of raw milk. It shall expand the
coverage of services in providing artificial insemination, bull loan program,
frozen semen dissemination, dairy animal modules, forage and feeds
development, training of technicians and farmers, R&D, technical assistance
and extension, analysis of milk samples, and nutrition laboratory services,
and marketing of dairy products and promotion of dairy farmers
cooperatives/associations. It shall facilitate industry networks and investment
in milk production, collection, and handling, processing, trading and marketing


4)

of Philippine milk produce, including promotion through specialty dairy kiosks
and in. international markets. The DDS shall also coordinate the
implementation of a national milk feeding program in partnership with the
Department of Education (DepEd) and/or the Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD) and local goverment units

Native Animal Development Service (NADS) - The Philippine Native
Animal Development Center is hereby upgraded to become the Native Animal
Development Service (NADS), which shall be responsible for the
identification, conservation, propagation, and promotion of Philippine native
animals, including native pigs, poultry, ducks, deer, and horses through the
use of appropriate technology as sources of meat, eggs, and other by-
products, and help increase incomes of farmers. It shall also be responsible
for the establishment of a gene pool of Philippine animals as well as their
registration as native animal species of the Philippines in the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) and/or other intemational intellectual property
registry bodies. To promote the propagation, processing, utilization and
development of Philippine native animals, there shall be created in each of
the three major island groups at least one native animal development center,
to be known as the Philippine Native Animal Development Center for Luzon
for Visayas and for Mindanao, respectively, to ensure the distributed
implementation of native animal policies and development programs and
make them accessible to farmers in their respective island groups. PNADS is
authorized to acquire properties, receive donations or grants for ‘the
establishment of said centers. It shall have a yearly native animals dispersal
program for rural communities that receive and are able to demonstrate
adequate social preparation and technical trainings.

In addition to the above, the Research and Marketing Service (RMS) and the Training
and Extension Service (TES) are hereby also created, which shall report directly to the
head of the PLA, with the following functions and objectives

The Research and Marketing Service shali be responsible for studies and
proposals for livestock and meat consumer protection, consumer attitudes, buyer
behavior, product satisfaction, and consumer experience apart from generating
information on product quality standards and new livestock products. RMS shall
absorb the Livestock Research and Development Division of the BAI.

The Training and Extension Service shall be responsible for organizing and
coordinating livestock training and educational programs in partnership with LGUs,
cooperatives federations, and regional offices of DA and AT! in order to promote and
upgrade the farmers’ skills and practices in livestock production, processing, storage,
handling, marketing, transport and the overall management of livestock farms.

SECTION 6. Authority in Livestock Pest-related Emergencies. With the LPDCS as its
implementing arm, the PLA is hereby designated as the overall coordinating government
body in the event of any livestock pest or epidemic incident that may be deemed to have the
potential to reduce the livestock population in any region by at least two percent (2%). The
PLA head shall have the authority to call for the creation or activation of the Animal and
Livestock Emergency Response Task Force (ALERT-TF) to be composed of key officials
at the regional level from the following agencies:

NOARONS

Department of Agriculture — Regional Office

Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) — Regional Office

Philippine National Police (PNP) and/or Philippine Army (PA) -- Regional Command
Provincial governor and/or Provincial Agriculturist

Congressional Representative of the affected district

Mayors of the affected municipalities/cities

‘Science experts on the case


SECTION 7. Transfer of Supervision and Functions. All on-going programs and functions
of the merged and re-grouped divisions and centers, including the NDA and PCC are hereby
transferred to the PLA service offices above created, but shall continue to be operational
until such time as the head of the new Agency is able to implement a rationalization and
reengineering program to align their functions, programs and activities to the objectives of
this Act. The affected personnel who may opt for early separation shall be entitled to receive
separation benefits equivalent to two months of salaries for every year of service in
government.

The BAI stock farms and research centers in, among others, Gen. Tinio, Nueva Ecija;
Tiaong, Quezon; Lipa, Batangas; Busuanga, and Coron in Palawan; Dumarao, Capiz,
Milagros in Masbate; Malaybalay, Bukidnon; Ubay, Bohol and the two separate forage
centers/stations in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur, the Philippine Carabao Center, including
its headquarters in Munoz, Nueva Ecija; and its regional centers in La Carlota, Negros
Occidental; Ubay, Bohol and Calauit, Zamboanga del Norte; and the various physical end
financial assets (including all receivables) of the National Dairy Authority shall be transferred
under the title, care and administrative supervision of the Livestock Industry Development
Office to primarily serve the needs of small-hold farmers as the base locations for purposes
of human resource development and livestock training, gene pool support facilities, livestock
breeding, extension work, demonstration activities, and trade promotion activities

SECTION 8. Exemption from Taxes and Duties. - The PLA shall be the focal office on the
upgrading of breeders and may, in behalf of livestock, poultry and dairy producer enterprises
and cooperatives, import and shall be exempt from the payment of customs duties and taxes
on the importation of livestock and dairy animals, veterinary and other supplies, other farm
inputs, dairy equipment and machineries, research equipment (including their spare parts),
provided that these are certified, monitored, and accounted for in terms of augmenting and
upgrading local stocks and breeders of small farmers, subject to the following conditions:

a) That the breeders are certified to upgrade and improve existing stocks of small
hold farms;

b) That the breeders shall be actually, directly and exclusively used by the small and
micro producer enterprises and/or cooperatives in the production of livestock
and/or manufacture of livestock by-products; and

©) That a quarterly monitoring report shall be made over a two-year period on the
status of the imported livestock and materials.

SECTION 9. Mandated Appropriations. - On top of the existing budgets of the relevant
agencies and units of the former BAI, NMIS, PCC and NDA, the amount of P500 million shall
be appropriated as funds for the reorganization and restructuring, initial programs and
operations of the PLA, to be set aside from the current agriculture development funds under
the Office of the Secretary. The current year's remaining appropriations of the agencies,
divisions or units that have been merged, abolished or transferred pursuant to this Act shall
be turned over to the PLA. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its continued
operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act
(GAA), provided that, henceforth, the budget share of the livestock sector shall not be lower
than fifteen percent (15%) of the total appropriations for the Department.

In addition, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is hereby mandated to
include annually, starting the year 2019, an initial aggregate amount of Five billion pesos
(P5,000,000,000.00) in the Prasident’s program of expenditures for submission to Congress
and to be allocated, as follows
(a) Thirty percent (30%) for grants to shared service facilities, including but not
limited to cold chain facilities and blast freezers, pasteurizing equipment, feed mills,
forage pelletizing equipment, dairy and meat processing equipment, packaging


facilities and others to serve the needs of livestock growers’ cooperatives and
organized small hold farms within each province;

(b) Fifteen percent (15%) for socialized credit with minimal interest rates to be
managed by the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) for the purchase of breeders,
growers, multipliers, feeds, livestock housing and farm equipment, under the Small-
hold Livestock Farm Modernization Program;

() Five percent (5%) for research and development, capability building and
technology transfer activities under the Livestock Farm Technology Support
Programs;

(d) Five percent (5%) for marketing and local and international trade fair support as
assistance to organized groups of small farmers;

(e) Five percent (5%) for scholarship and human resource development grants for
college courses in veterinary, animal husbandry and livestock/dairy processing
specializations, and TESDA courses related to livestock production as well as dairy
and meat processing.

(f) Twenty percent (20%) for infrastructure support programs, including gene pool
facilities, refrigerated transport of processed meat products, and for technical and
financial assistance to help small-scale producers and processors comply with
regulations on food safety and quality standards.

(g) Ten percent (10%) for the development of local feed inputs and forage resources
as well as small-scale feeds and forage processing facilities; and

(g) Ten percent (10%) for the upgrading of Regulatory Services, and for livestock
protection surveillance, testing, and emergency response facilities;

SECTION 10. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within thirty days (30) from the gate
of approval of this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall convene the
members of the Livestock Development Advisory Board to formulate the rules and
regulations for the proper implementation of this Act. Such implementing rules shall, among
others, provide for the following
a) Plans, programs, policy recommendations and proposed measures necessary to
carry out the objectives and functions of the PLA and its Offices and Service units;
b) Submit, an annual budget and proposed supplemental budget as may be needed
in its initial operations, and a consultative process for stakeholders in the formulation
of PLA’s annual budgets in line with the national budget cycle; and
©) A proposed rationalization program to update the organizational structure, and
plantilla of personnel of the PLA, in accordance with existing laws, rules and
regulations, including the early separation benefits for the occupants of positions
abolished.

SECTION 11. Repealing Clause.— All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and
regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or
modified accordinaly.

SECTION 12. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional
or invalid, other provisions thereof which are not affected thereby shall continue in full force

and effect, p

SECTION 13. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its
Publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of national circulation.

Approved,