Query: Guidelines on the reimbursement of Travel Expenses of Board of Directors of Local Water Districts (LWDs)

Question: Good day po, meron po ba tayong guideline for the reimbursable travel expenses of General Managers and BODs of local water districts? Thank you!

Response:

Executive Order (EO) No. 65 dated January 2, 2012, approved by former President Benigno S. Aquino III, provides the guidelines for the compensation of Board of Directors of Local Water Districts.

Section 10 of the said EO provides the answer for the above query.

This is what the EO says:

SECTION 10. Reimbursable Expenses. All necessary expenses of the members of the Board of Directors of LWDs to attend Board and other meetings and discharge their official duties shall be paid directly by the LWD. Any claim for reimbursement of necessary expenses by members of the Board of Directors of LWDs shall be subject to compliance with Section 12 of EO No. 24, provided that such expenses shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the actual per diems received for Regular and Special Board meetings. Further, reimbursement for travel expenses for official travel of members of the Board of Directors of LWDs shall be in accordance with the guidelines in EO No. 248 (s. 1995), as amended by EO No. 248-A (s.1995) and EO No. 298 (s. 2004). (underscoring and boldfacing supplied)

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In 2016, the LWUA issued clarifications on the above provision, in view of the numerous Notice of Suspension (NS) and Notice of Disallowance (ND) received by various water districts from the Commission on Audit (COA).

[View the copy of the clarifications]

[READ: What is a Notice of Suspension and Notice of Disallowance?]