June 2, 1999 – DO 59, s. 1999 – Collection and Remittance of Boy and Girl Scouts Membership Fees and Related Contributions
June 2, 1999
DO 59, s. 1999
Collection and Remittance of Boy and Girl Scouts Membership Fees and Related Contributions
To:   Bureau Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Superintendents
District Supervisors
Public and Private Elementary and Secondary School Principals
1.   Reports have reached this office that schools and/or Unit/Troop Leaders are collecting the boy/girl scout membership fees during enrolment period. Some of these Schools/Unit/Troop Leaders, however, remit these fees at the end of the school year, instead of remitting them in time for the Unit/Troop Re-Registration. In some cases, these collections are lost, misplaced or misused due to the length of time it is kept unremitted.
2.   To avoid requiring Schools/Unit/Troop Leaders to pay the insurance claims/benefits of paying members due to late or non-remittance of membership fees to the BSP/GSP Headquarters, hereunder are the proper procedures for the handling of said fees and the orderly registration of troops/units:
  1. The BSP/GSP Unit/Troop Leader shall collect the membership fee of P25.00 each from the boys/girls during the enrolment period and remit the whole amount not later than five days after collection to the BSP/GSP local Council Office.
  2. The BSP/GSP local Council Office shall issue the official receipt to the Troop/School and the corresponding number of membership cards to the registered members.
  3. The membership card shall serve as the official receipt of the individual paying member;
3.   Everyone is enjoined to ensure that all BSP/GSP membership fees and other Boy/Girl Scouting related contributions are remitted within the time frame indicated above to the BSP/GSP local Council Office concerned.
4.   This Order rescinds other previous issuances on this subject.
5.   Dissemination of the contents  of this Order to all concerned is desired.
ANDREW GONZALEZ, FSC
Secretary
Reference:
DECS Order: No. : 70, S. 1997
Allotment: 1—(D.O. 50-97)
To be indicated in the Perpetual Index
under the following subjects:
CONTRIBUTIONS
FEES
SCOUTING