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grant incentives to investors in the autonomous region in addition
to those provided by the Regional Government.
SEC. 4. Regional Economic Zone Authority; Freeports. –
The Regional Government may establish a regional economic zone
authority in the autonomous region. The Regional Economic Zone
Authority shall have similar powers as the Philippine Economic
Zone Authority and consistent with the Special Economic Zone
Act of 1995. The Regional Assembly may provide such additional
powers and functions to the Regional Economic Zone Authority
as may be necessary to meet the special circumstances of the
autonomous region.
Once the Regional Economic Zone Authority is created by
a Regional Assembly legislation, the Philippine Export Zone
Authority shall no longer authorize any other economic zone within
the autonomous region. Any corporation, firm, or entity established
within the autonomous region, by authority of the Philippine
Export Zone Authority, shall be placed under the jurisdiction of
the Regional Economic Zone Authority and shall continue to enjoy
the benefits granted to it by the Philippine Export Zone Authority.
SEC. 5. Use, Development of Mines, Minerals, and Other
Natural Resources; Revenue Sharing; Exceptions. – (a) Regional
Supervision and Control. The control and supervision over the
exploration, utilization, development, and protection of the mines
and minerals and other natural resources within the autonomous
region are hereby vested in the Regional Government in
accordance with the Constitution and the pertinent provisions of
this Organic Act except for the strategic minerals such as
uranium, petroleum, and other fossil fuels, mineral oils, all sources
of potential energy, as well as national reserves and aquatic parks,
forest and watershed reservations already delimited by authority
of the central government or national government and those that
may be defined by an Act of Congress within one (1) year from the
effectivity of this Organic Act.
(b) Sharing Between Central Government or National
Government and Regional Government in Strategic Minerals
Revenues, Taxes, or Fees. Fifty percent (50%) of the revenues,
taxes, or fees derived from the use and development of the strategic
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