05/02/2020 R.A. 6766 The National Government shall continue such levels of expenditures as may be necessary to carry out the functions devolved under this Act: Provided, however, That the annual budgetary support shall, as soon as practicable, terminate as to the line agencies or offices devolved to the Regional Government. Section 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding sections, the Government Service Insurance System, the Social Security System, the Pagtutulungan-Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya't Gobyerno (PAG-IBIG) and other funds of similar trust or fiduciary nature shall be exempt from the coverage of this Organic Act. Section 9. The National Government shall, in addition to its annual allotments to the Autonomous Region, provide the Regional Government One billion five hundred million pesos (P1,500,000,000.00) as annual assistance for five (5) years, to fund infrastructure projects duly identified, endorsed and approved by the Regional Planning and Development Board herein created: Provided, however, That the annual assistance herein mentioned shall be appropriated and disbursed through a Public Works Act duly enacted by the Cordillera Assembly: Provided, further, That this annual assistance may be adjusted proportionately in accordance with the number of provinces and cities joining the Autonomous Region: and Provided, finally, That the national programs and projects in the Autonomous Region shall continue to be financed out of national funds. Section 10. All commercial logging operations in the region are hereby suspended for twenty-five (25) years after the effectivity of this Organic Act: Provided, however, That no new permits, licenses or concessions of whatever kind for whatever purpose, whether regular or special, temporary or permanent, shall be issued within such period. Section 11. The Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) may suspend the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) with respect to ancestral lands in the Cordilleras for the purpose of identifying and delineating such lands: Provided, That in the Cordillera Autonomous Region, the Cordillera Assembly may enact its own law on ancestral domain subject to the provisions of the Constitution and the principles enunciated in this Act and other national laws. Section 12. (A) Within one (1) year from its organization, the Cordillera Assembly shall create a Cordillera Commission on Customary Laws which shall have the following functions: (a) Assist the Cordillera Assembly in the codification of indigenous laws on personal, family, tribal and property relations, ancestral lands, land use and land tenure; (b) Identify, classify, and demarcate ancestral lands owned by specific indigenous communities, families or clans; and (c) Perform such other functions as may be provided by regional law. (B) The Cordillera Commission on Customary Laws shall, within five (5) years from its establishment, submit its final report to the Cordillera Assembly which shall enact a law to be known as the Cordillera Code of Customary Laws. (C) The composition, qualifications, manner of appointment, compensation and term of office of the members of the Commission shall be determined by regional law. Section 13. (A) The creation of the Cordillera Autonomous Region shall take effect when approved by a majority of the votes cast by the constituent units provided in Section 2(B), Article I of this Act in a plebiscite which shall be held not earlier than sixty (60) days or later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the approval of this Act: Provided, That only the provinces and city voting favorably in such plebiscite shall be included in the Cordillera Autonomous Region. The provinces and city which do not vote for inclusion in the Autonomous Region shall remain in the existing administrative regions: Provided, however, That the President may, by administrative determination, merge existing regions. (B) The sum of Twenty-five million pesos (P25,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated as follows: (a) Five million pesos (P5,000,000.00) to be allotted to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the conduct of an information campaign on this Organic Act; (b) Ten million pesos (P10,000,000.00) to be allotted to the COMELEC for the holding of the plebiscite as provided herein; and (c) Ten million pesos (P10,000,000.00) to be allotted to the Regional Government for its initial organizational requirements. The amount of Twenty-five million pesos (P25,000,000.00) as herein appropriated shall be charged against the Contingent Fund; any deficiency thereof shall be taken from the savings of the National Government. (C) The COMELEC shall determine the manner of campaigning and the deputization of government agencies and non-government organizations for purposes of conducting an impartial information campaign and the requisite plebiscite. Section 14. Any provision or part of this Organic Act found to be invalid or unconstitutional shall not invalidate the provisions or parts thereof not affected thereby. Section 15. All laws inconsistent with this Organic Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. ARTICLE XXII Effectivity Section 1. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its complete publication in at least two (2) national newspapers and one (1) local newspaper of general circulation in the Autonomous Region. Approved: October 23, 1989 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6766_1989.html 14/14