Free Irrigation Service Act (Republic Act No. 10969). Country/Territory Philippines Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act Providing Free Irrigation Service, amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 3601, as Amended, Appropriating Funds therefor and for other purposes. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Water Keyword Irrigation Royalties/fees Water charges Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Act enters into force 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in two newspapers of general circulation. Abstract The Act provides for Free Irrigation Service. It establishes that upon the day of entry into force of this Act, all farmers with landholdings of 8 hectares and below are hereby exempted from paying irrigation service fees (ISF) for water derived from national irrigation systems (NIS) and communal irrigation systems (CIS) that were, or are to be, funded, constructed, maintained and administered by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and other government agencies, including those that have been turned over to irrigators associations (IAs). Farmers with more than 8 hectares of land, corporate farms, and plantations drawing water for agricultural crop production; and fishponds and other persons, natural or juridical, drawing water for non-agricultural purposes from NIS and CIS, or using the irrigation systems as drainage facilities, shall continue to be subject to the payment of ISF. Full text English Website www.lawphil.net References - Legislation Amends Republic Act No. 3601 creating the National Irrigation Commission. Legislation | Philippines | 1963 Keyword: Irrigation, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX