Free Irrigation Service Act (Republic Act No. 10969). Pays/Territoire Philippines Type du document Législation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act Providing Free Irrigation Service, amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 3601, as Amended, Appropriating Funds therefor and for other purposes. Sujet Agriculture et développement rural, Eau Mot clé Irrigation Royalties/redevances Redevances pour les eaux Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, East Asian Seas, Pacifique Nord, Asie du Sud-Est 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. Résumé 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. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.lawphil.net Références - Législation Amende Republic Act No. 3601 creating the National Irrigation Commission. Législation | Philippines | 1963 Mot clé: Irrigation, Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX