Policy Mandates of R.A. No.

8559

Sec. 3 (d)2, IRR , R.A. No. 8559- The practice of

agricultural engineering shall include the following ….
Preparation of engineering designs, plans,
specifications, project studies and estimates and the
supervision and other management services on the
construction, operation and maintenance of
agricultural, aquaculture and fishery, and forest product
machinery, agricultural buildings and structures, farm
electrification and energy systems, agricultural
processing equipment, irrigation and soils conservation
systems and facilities, agricultural waste utilization
systems and facilities;
Agricultural Buildings and Structures- shall include
silos and its components, agricultural machinery
and equipment sheds, farm houses, green/screen
houses, poultry houses, piggery houses,
slaugtherhouese, farm-to-market roads, farm
bridges, agricultural products
storage/warehousexxx

Sec 3(m) IRR, R.A. No. 8559

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 Policy Mandates of R.A. No. 8559

Sec. 21 (b) - No officer or employee of the government, chartered

cities, provinces and municipalities now or hereafter charged with
the enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations relating to the
construction or alteration of agricultural structures, machineries
and equipment, processes and systems shall accept or endorse
any plans or specifications which have not been prepared and
submitted in full accord with the provisions of this Act, nor shall
any payment be approved by any such officer for any work, the
plans and specifications of which have not been so prepared,
signed and sealed by a duly registered agricultural engineer.

….Violation of any of the foregoing shall be ground for administrative

and/or criminal action.
 Relation and Application of R.A. No. 8559 in the LGU
Operation pursuant to the Local Government Code

R.A. No. 7160

(Local Gov’t. Code)
Provision of basic services and
facilities, taxation and regulation
R.A. No. 8559 on agricultural buildings and
(AE Law) structures (building permits and
business licenses) by LGUs
Regulation on AE practice by
BOAE and PRC- plans, designs
and cost estimates must be
signed and sealed and the
construction of AE facilities and
systems such as agricultural
buildings and structures be
supervised by licensed agricultural
engineer/s
 R.A. No. 8559 directly relates and applies to the
operation of the LGUs, particularly in:

1) Provision of Agricultural and Infrastructure Services and

Facilities (Sec. 17 of Local Government Code)
 Communal irrigation, small water impounding projects, fish ports,
rain water collectors and water supply systems
 Slaugtherhouses, multi-purpose drying pavement and other post
harvest facilities
 Extension and On-site research--palay, corn and vegetable seed
farms, plant nurseries, demonstration farms, copra quality control,
inter-barangay irrigation systems, water and soil resources
utilization and conservation projects
 R.A. No. 8559 directly relates and applies to the
operation of the LGUs, particularly in:

2) Implementation of National funded projects ---DA, DAR,

etc. ( DA-DILG MC Joint MC No. 11, series of 2004)

 Irrigation ( STWs, SWIP, etc)

 Farm-to-Market Roads
 Post Harvest Facilities
 Farm Mechanization
 R.A. No. 8559 directly relates and applies to the
operation of the LGUs, particularly in:

3) Real Property Taxation (Book II, Local Government Code)

 Appraisal/ assessment of agricultural lands, building and

machineries
 R.A. No. 8559 directly relates and applies to the
operation of the LGUs, particularly in:

4) Regulatory Activities
 Issuance of Building Permits as City and Municipal
Engineers acts as Building Officials (Sec. 477, Local
Government Code)
 Issuance of Business Licenses for Agro-Processing and
other Agricultural Engineering Enterprises
 Registration of Agricultural Machineries and Fisheries Post
Harvest facilities ( Magna Carta for Small Farmers and
Fisheries Code)
 Relation and Application of R.A. No. 8559 in the
implementation of P.D. No. 1096

R.A. No. 8559

(AE Law)
Regulation on AE practice by
BOAE and PRC- plans, designs
and cost estimates must be
signed and sealed and the
construction of AE facilities and P.D. No. 1096
systems such as agricultural
(Building Code)
buildings and structures be
supervised by licensed agricultural Regulation on the design, location,
engineer/s construction, occupancy and
maintenance of buildings and
structures (including agricultural) to
ensure safety and functionality
through the issuance of building
permits by the Building Officials
 R.A. No. 8559 directly relates and applies to the
implementation of PD No. 1096 (National Bldg.
Code) as:

1) Agricultural Buildings is part of the scope and

application of the National Building Code (Sec. 103 and
701, PD No. 1096)
2) All building owners either government or private must
obtain first building permit from Building Official prior to the
construction ( Sections 301, PD 1096) ; and
3) Cost Estimates, Building Plans and Specifications need to
be submitted as part of the building permit application
(Sec. 302, PD No. 1096)
 Section 302 of P.D. No. 1096 states:

Sec. 302. Application for permits.

In order to obtain a building permit, the applicant shall file an application
therefore in writing and on the prescribed form with the Office of the
Building Official. Every application shall provide at least the following
information:
 A description of the work to be covered by the permit applied for
 Description and ownership of the lot xxx
 The use or occupancy for which the proposed work is intended
 Estimated cost of the proposed work

To be submitted together with such application are at least five sets of

corresponding plans and specifications xxx
It is clear from the reading of the above-qouted
provisions of R.A. No. 8559 that the making of plans
and designs, not to mention the management or
supervision of construction of agricultural buildings
and structures are activities, more or less within the
practice of “agricultural engineering”.
2 This permit shall be accompanied by the various
applicable ancillary and accessory permit, plans and
specifications signed and sealed by the corresponding
design professionals who shall be responsible for the
comprehensive and correctness of the plans in
compliance to the Code and its IRR and to all applicable
referral codes and professional regulatory laws.
Relation and Application of R.A. No. 8559 with the R.A. No.
7160 and P.D. No. 1096
R.A. No. 8559
(AE Law)
Regulation on AE practice by
BOAE and PRC- plans, designs
and cost estimates must be
signed and sealed and the
construction of AE facilities and
systems such as agricultural
buildings and structures be
supervised by licensed agricultural
engineer/s
R.A. No. 7160
(Local Gov’t. Code)
Provision of basic services and
facilities, taxation and regulation
on agricultural buildings and
structures (building permits and
business licenses) by LGUs
P.D. No. 1096
(Building Code)
Regulation on the design, location,
construction, occupancy and
maintenance of buildings and
structures (including agricultural) to
ensure safety and functionality
through the issuance of building
permits by the Building Officials