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NR # 2762
REF. NO.
NR # 2762
REF. NO.
According to Mendoza, an applicant may be allowed to cut coconut trees if the tree is 60 years old, no longer productive, is diseased-infected, damaged by typhoon or lightning or the agricultural land shall have been converted into residential, commercial or industrial areas or the tree would cause hazard to life and property. Cutting of coconut trees may be done only during the months of October, November and December, Mendoza said. Suarez said there is also a need to update and increase the permit fees collected from cutting coconut trees to reflect the effects of inflation, and to sustain funds for the meaningful replanting and replenishment program for cut trees. For every tree intended to be cut, the Act increases the application fee, from Twenty Five Pesos (P25.00) to One Hundred Pesos (P100.00), Suarez said. Of the amount, P40 shall accrue in favor of the PCA, P40 in favor of the municipal government concerned, and Twenty Pesos in favor of the barangay unit concerned. The fees allocated to the PCA shall be used for the PCAs replanting program and the fees allocated to the municipal government shall be used for the repair and rehabilitation of roads of the respective local government units which have been damaged by the passage of heavy vehicles used for transporting coconut lumber, and of municipal farm to market roads, Suarez said. (30) jsc