SBN-1045 - Senate

SEC. 39. The Career Executive Service. - A strong, stable, competent,
well trained and highly motivated corps of career public managers that will provide
effective support to national development shall constitute the Career Executive Service
(CES). Entry and advancement in the CES shall be based on merit and fitness
which shall include integrity, demonstrated managerial and executive competence,
leadership and interpersonal qualities, technical expertise and other pertinent
qualifications.
The CES shall be governed by a separate merit system characterized by rank
rather than position; compensation based on rank and advancement to a higher rank on
the basis of executive and technical expertise.
SEC. 38. Membership. - A person who meets such managerial experience,
executive competence, and other requirements prescribed by the Commission through
the CESB, shall be conferred appropriate rank and shall be included in the register of
Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs).
SEC. 39. Career Executive Service Board. - The Career Executive Service
Board (CESB) shall be an attached agency of the Commission. It shall be responsible
for the development, maintenance and administration of the Career Executive Service.
SEC. 40. Composition of the Career Executive Service Board. - The
CESB shall be composed of the following: the Chairperson of the Commission as
Chairperson; the President of the Development Academy of the Philippines, ex-officio
member; the Dean of the University of the Philippines-National College of Public
Administration and Governance, ex-officio member; the president or duly designated
representative of a nationwide association of career executive service officers; the
president or duly designated representative of a nationwide association of personnel
managers; and, two (2) other members who shall be appointed by the President of the
Republic, and one of whom must be a retired CESO, both with terms of three (3) years.
Members of the CESB shall be provided with per diems and allowances as
determined by the Commission.
SEC. 41. The Career Executive Service Secretariat. - The Career
Executive Service Board (CESB) shall be assisted by the Career Executive Secretariat.
It shall be headed by an Executive Director and assisted by a Deputy Executive Director
both of whom shall be appointed by the CESB, and shall be responsible for the
implementation of the policies, rules, regulations, decisions, directives of the CESB.
SEC. 42. Rank Classification of Members of the Career Executive
Service. - Members of the CES shall be classified according to rank based on their
personal proven competence, qualifications, broad levels of responsibility and other
relevant considerations as determined by law and rules of the Board.
SEC. 43. Confernment of Appropriate Rank in the CES. - Conferment of
appropriate rank in the CES shall be made by the President upon recommendation of
the CESB. The issuance of appointments to appropriate ranks shall be made by the
department or agency heads.
SEC. 44. Personnel Mechanisms. - The CESB shall develop policies,
design standards and personnel mechanism for the Career Executive Service.
SEC. 45. Compensation. - Members of the CES shall be compensated
according to rank in accordance with the CES compensation plan and shall be provided
with attractive salaries, fringe benefits and reasonable allowances to be paid by the
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