(1)
The Regional Economic Development Planning Board shall serve as the planning,
monitoring, and coordinating agency for all development plans, projects, and
programs intended for the autonomous region;
(2)
The Board shall evaluate and recommend for approval of the Regional Assembly,
the annual work programs and comprehensive development plans of the
autonomous region. Once approved, it shall be the duty of the Regional Governor
to ensure the proper implementation of the said annual work programs and
comprehensive development plans;
(3)
The Board shall formulate a master plan for a systematic, progressive, and total
development of the region. The master plan shall take into account the development
plans of the province, city, municipality, and barangay concerned as mandated by
Republic Act No. 7160, the Local Government Code of 1991;
(4)
After due notice in writing, the attendance at meetings of the Board by one-third
(1/3) of its members with the Regional Governor or the Regional Vice Governor
and the three (3) of the representatives of the private sector being present, shall be a
sufficient quorum for the board to transact business; and
(5)
The Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure for the conduct of its meetings.
SEC. 10. Board Technical Secretariat. - The Regional Planning and Development
Office (RPDO) serves as the Technical Secretariat of the Board.
TITLE V
PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY
Chapter 1
Philippine National Police Regional Command for the ARMM
Otherwise known as Special Regional Security Force (SRSF)
SECTION 1. The Philippine National Police Force in the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao. - The PNP Regional Command for the autonomous region hereinafter called
the Special Regional Security Force (SRSF) shall be charged with the preservation of peace, the
maintenance of law and order, and the protection of life, liberty, and property in the autonomous
region in consonance with the Constitution and pertinent legislation:
(1) The PNP Regional Command for the autonomous region/SRSF shall be composed
of the existing PNP units therein, the MNLF elements, and other resident of the area
who may be recruited into the SRSF;
(2) Powers and Functions of Special Regional Security Force. The Special Regional
Security Force shall exercise within the autonomous region the following powers and
functions:
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