An Act Establishing a Ceramic Processing Plant in the City of Danao, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor

REPUBLIC ACT No. 3866

An Act Establishing a Ceramic Processing Plant in the City of Danao, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. There is hereby established a ceramic processing plant in a place to be chosen by the Commissioner of the National Institute of Science and Technology in the City of Danao, where sufficient quantities of ceramic materials are found.

Section 2. The ceramic processing plant shall have the following functions:

Section 3. The ceramic processing plant shall have a chief who shall be known as the Chief Ceramic Technologist and such other personnel as may be necessary. They shall be appointed by the Chairman of the National Science Development Board, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of the National Institute of Science and Technology and subject to the approval of the said board.

The Chief Ceramic Technician shall be responsible for the effective operation of the ceramic processing plant. He shall be under the operational direction and supervision of the Commissioner of the National Institute of Science and Technology.

Section 4. Persons desiring to be trained in ceramics at the Ceramics Unit of the Industrial Research Center, National Institute of Science and Technology, shall apply to the head of the Ceramic Processing Plant and, upon approval of their application by the Commissioner of the National Institute of Science and Technology, shall be given a daily allowance not exceeding five pesos for a period not exceeding three months and transportation expenses from and to their province. The number of trainees and their qualifications shall be determined by the Commissioner of said Institute.

Section 5. The proceeds from the sale of products and/or materials as well as the fees collected for services rendered by the ceramic processing plant and the unexpended balance of its annual appropriation shall be used as a revolving fund for the operation of the plant, improvement of its products, and other studies connected with the project.

Section 6. Should the plant be sold to a private individual or corporation, the proceeds shall be employed for the establishment of similar plant or plants in other regions to be determined by the Commissioner of the National Institute of Science and Technology with the approval of the Chairman of the National Science Development Board.

Section 7. To carry out the purpose of this Act including the purchase of land, equipment, materials, supplies and the construction of buildings and shops in connection with the work, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand pesos for the fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-five: Provided, That of this sum, the amount of one hundred thousand pesos shall be used for the purchase of the site. Such amount as may be necessary for the operating expenses of the plant in succeeding fiscal years shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 8. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 12, 1964.