Executive Decree PCM-050-2019 by which the Community Development, Water and Sanitation Institute (IDECOAS) is elevated to the rank of Secretary of State
Poder Ejecutivo
- Decree: PCM-050-2019
- Published: August 15, 2019
- Issuing body: Poder Ejecutivo
- Gazette: 35,023
- Category: Administrative
Summary
This decree elevates the Institute for Community Development, Water and Sanitation (IDECOAS) to the rank of State Secretariat with ministerial status. IDECOAS now oversees three institutions: PRONADERS, FHIS, and INHIFE, without increasing the budget by reorganizing existing administrative resources.
Considerations
In accordance with Article 245, numeral 11 of the Constitution of the Republic of Honduras, it is the responsibility of the President of the Republic to exercise the General Administration of the State, among whose other powers is the authority to issue Agreements, Decrees and enact Regulations and Resolutions in accordance with the Law.
The General Law of Public Administration establishes in its Articles 11 and 17 that the President of the Republic has charge of the supreme direction and coordination of the Centralized and Decentralized Public Administration, who in the exercise of his functions may act on his own or in Council of Ministers in accordance with what is established in the Constitution of the Republic and the laws.
In accordance with Article 4 of the General Law of Public Administration, as amended by Legislative Decree No. 266-2013, the creation, modification or suppression of the Secretariats of State or of Deconcentrated Organisms or Entities may only be carried out by the President of the Republic in Council of State Secretaries.
By means of Executive Decree number PCM-013-2014, published in the Official Journal "La Gaceta", on May 30, 2015, under edition No. 33,440, the Institute for Community Development, Water and Sanitation (IDECOAS) is created with the purpose of institutionally integrating the National Program for Sustainable Rural and Urban Development (PRONADERS) of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS).
The Institute for Community Development, Water and Sanitation (IDECOAS) is a deconcentrated organ of public administration, coordinated by the Sectorial Cabinet of Infrastructure, Services and Public Enterprises, with financial, technical and administrative autonomy whose headquarters is located in the city of Tegucigalpa and may establish regional offices in the country created so that it may plan, organize, direct and control the functioning of the institutions under its responsibility.
The creation, modification or suspension of the Secretariats of State or of the Deconcentrated Organisms or Entities may only be carried out by the President of the Republic in Council of Ministers.
Articles
To raise to the rank of State Secretariat the Institute for Community Development, Water and Sanitation (IDECOAS), the governmental body responsible for organizing and directing the operation of the following institutions: National Program for Sustainable Rural and Urban Development (PRONADERS), the Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS) and the Honduran Institute of Educational Physical Infrastructure (INHIFE).
This Decree does not imply an increase in budget allocations to IDECOAS in the General Budget of Income and Expenditures of the Republic for Fiscal Year 2019 and subsequent fiscal years, since its operation and functioning shall be financed through an administrative and budgetary restructuring within said State Secretariat.
This Executive Decree enters into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic "La Gaceta". Given at Presidential House, Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the fifteenth (15) day of the month of August of the year two thousand nineteen (2019). BE COMMUNICATED AND PUBLISHED JUAN ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO CONSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC MARTHA VICENTA DOBLADO ANDARA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATION, BY LAW EBAL JAIR DÍAZ LUPIAN STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY HÉCTOR LEONEL AYALA ALVARENGA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF GOVERNANCE, JUSTICE AND DECENTRALIZATION LISANDRO ROSALES BANEGAS STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION REINALDO ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ RIVERA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL INCLUSION ARNALDO CASTILLO FIGUEROA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROBERTO ANTONIO PINEDA RODRÍGUEZ STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICES JULIÁN PACHECO TINOCO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL SECURITY FREDY SANTIAGO DIAZ ZELAYA STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE ALBA CONSUELO FLORES STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF HEALTH ARNALDO BUESO HERNÁNDEZ STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION CARLOS ALBERTO MADERO ERAZO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY MAURICIO GUEVARA PINTO STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK JOSÉ ANTONIO GALDAMES FUENTES STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICES OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT ROCIO IZABEL TABORA MORALES STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCE KARLA EUGENIA CUEVA AGUILAR STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ROBERTO ANTONIO ORDÓÑEZ WOLFOVICH STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF ENERGY ERNIE EMILIO SILVESTRI THOMPSON STATE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE OF TOURISM
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