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e
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ON7.CREATI
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ON
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velycreatedasnotbeadejurecor
porat
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es VOTERSOFSUB- PROVI NCESHOULDNOTBEEXCLUDEDFROM VOTI NG
andser vi
ces FORPROVINCIALOFFI CIALS
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o GR:Cont iguous PROVI
SION
o E:Unl essitcompr isesof2ormor e Di visi
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andar eaoftheLGUconcer nedt ol esst hanthemi nrequi r
ement s
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ons prescribedbythisCode
o Suf ficientt opr ovideforsuchbasi cser vicesand PROVF:I ncomecl assifi
cationoft heOr iginalLGUshal lnotfall
facil
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CONTI
NGUOUS SECTI
ON9.ABOLI
TIONOFLGUS
Thelandwithi
ntheterri
tor
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easonabl
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SION
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sincome,popul
ati
onandlandarea

PETITI
ONREQUI
REMENT hasbeenirr
ever
siblyreducedtol
essthanminimum st
andards
Peti
ti
onsshal
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esent
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essorSangguni
ang prescr
ibedf
orit
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ionunderBook3ofthisCode
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ion7tothe
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SION
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fythepr
ovince,
cit
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tyorbar angaywi thwhichtheLGUsoughttobe
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EFFECTOFLACKOFRESI DENTSWI THI NLGU Notfatalt
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heLGUcanest
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ON12.GOVERNMENTCENTERS
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hinthelocali
tyofLGU=Xi pso
fact
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SION
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SECTI
ON10.PLEBSI CI
TEREQUI REMENT offi
ces,agencies, orbranchesofheNG, LGU, orGovernment
Nocr eati
on,di
vision,mer ger,aboli
ti
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erati
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olledcor porat
ionmaybel ocated
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ocal
o UNLESSappr ovedbymaj ori
tyofthevotescasti na agenciesandof f
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er
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edf orthepurposeinthepol it
icaluni
t/
s NGorLGUorGO/ Cconcer nedshal lbeart heexpensesf ort
he
dir
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yinvolved constructi
onofi tsbuildi
ngsandf acil
iti
esint hegovernment
Pl ebi
sci
teshallbeconduct edbyt heCOMELECwi thin120days center
fr
om eff
ecti
vit
yoft helaworor di
nanceeffecti
ngsuchact i
on
o UNLESSsai dl aworor dinancefi
xesanot herdate SECTI
ON13.NAMI
NGOFLGUsandPUBLI
CPLACES,
STREETSAND
STRUCTURES
REASONFORPLEBI SCI
TEREQUI REMENT
SenatorPimental PROVI
SION
Enableregi
ster
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it
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ion REASONFORDEVOLUTIONOFPOWERI NPROVISION
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POLI
TICALUNI TAFFECTEDDEFI NED t
heseLGUsandfaci
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tyoftheMC
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ivi
legesorli
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COMPONENTCI TY
Shoul dbesubmi t
tedtoi
tspeopl
eforaplebisci
te SECTI
ON14.BEGI
NNI
NGOFCORPORATEEXI
STENCE
Duet omaterialchanget
hatwil
loccurastothepoli
ti
cal
and
economicri
ghtsoftheLGUandpeopl et
herein PROVI
SION
Cor porat
eexist
enceshal
lcommenceupont heelecti
onand
NOPLEBSICI
TEREQUI REDFORMERGEROFADMI NISTRATI
VEREGIONS quali
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ementforapl
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teinamergerexpressl
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ti
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imeisfi
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JURI
SIDI
CTIONOFPLEBSI CITEPROTESTSVESTEDWI
THTHECOMELEC
COMELEC SECTI
ON15.POLI
TICALANDCORPORATENATUREOFLGU
Xj ur
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PROVI
SION
SECTION11.SELECTIONANDTRANSFEROFLOCALGOVERNMENTSI
TE, LGUcr eat
ed=recogni
zedundert
hisCodeasabodypol
it
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OFFICESANDFACI LI
TIES cor
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obeexerci
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Damages=damnum absquei njuri
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Lawpr esumest hatthepartydamni fi
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ion
NATUREOFLOCALGOVERNMENTUNI TS RESTRI
CTI ONONPOLI CEPOWER
TWINFUNCTI ONS: I nterestofthepubl i
cgener al
lyrequir
esinter f
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vate
1. Theyserveasinst
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ti
esoft
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functi
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hegovernment Meansusedmustber easonabl enecessar yforaccompl i
shmentof
2. Theyactasagencyofthecommunit
yintheadmi
nistr
ati
onofl
ocal thepur pose
affai
rs Notdul yoppr essi
veuponi ndividuals
Subj ecttosupervisi
onoft hecour t
s
POWEROFLGUS
Val i
dexer ci
seofPP
Publi
c,gover
nment alorpol iti
cal o Anor di
nancedecl ari
ngwar ehousesaspubl icnuisance
o Thoseexer cisedi nadmi nist
eri
ngpower softhest
ateand o Enact mentofzoni ngor di
nance
promotingpubl icwel fare o Reser vati
onoflandf orstreetwideningandpar kinglot
s
o Legislativejudicial,publi
candpol i
ti
calpowers
Corporat
e,pri
vateorpr opr iety PD1586APPLICABLETOMC
o Exer ci
sedf orspeci al benefi
tandadvantageofthe Section16ofLGC=pr ovidesdutyofLGUstopromotethepeopl
e
s
communi ty r
ighttoabalancedecology
o Ex.Mai nt enanceofpubl iccemeter
y
LGUcannotcl aim exemptionfr
om PD1586
LGUhasdut ytoensurethequalit
yoftheenvi
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PROPERTYOFLGUs
LGU=j ur
idi
calperson=Xexemptf r
om PD1596
Divi
dedintopropertyforpubli
cuseandpat ri
moni alpropert
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Devotedtopubli
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SECTI
ON17.BASI
CSERVI
CESANDFACI
LITI
ES
o Publ i
c
o Underabsol utecontr
olofcongress
PROVI
SION
o LGUshavenoaut hor
it
ytocontrolorregulat
et heuseof
publi
cpr operti
es
A. Localgovernmentuni ts=sel f
-reliant
UNLESSspeci fi
cauthori
tyisvestedupont hem
Di scharget hef unctionandr esponsi bi
li
ti
esofnat ional
agenci es
byCongr ess
andof f
icesdevol vedt ot hem pur suantt othiscode
B. BasicServicesandf acil
iti
es:
SECTI
ON16.GENERALWELFARE
1. ForBARANAGAY
PROVI
SION Agr icul turalsuppor tser vices
Heal thandsoci alwel fareser vices
Gener alhygi eneandsani tati
on, beautifi
cation
NATUREOFTHEGENERALWELFARECLAUSE Kat ar ungangpambar angaymai nt
enance
Pol i
cepoweri sinher
entint heSt at
ebutnoti nMC Mai nt enanceofbar angayr oadsandwat ersupplysust em
Ther emustbeval iddelegationofpowerbyl egisl
aturetoMC I nf
rast r
uct urefaci l
iti
essuchasmul ti
-purposehal l
o Expr essdelegation I nf
or mat i
onandr eadingcent er
o I nf
erredbyt hemer ef actofcreat
ionoftheMC Sat el l
iteorpubl i
cmar ket
Gener alwelf
areclausedel egatesPPt oLGUsi nStatutor
yform 2. ForMUNI CIPALI TY
Liberall
yconstruedbyt hecour ts Ext ensi onandon- siter esear chser vi
cesf acil
it
iesr
elatedt o
Aut hori
zestheenactmentofor dinancesnecessaryandpr opert
o agricul tur
eandf i
sher yact ivi
ties
provi
dehealthandsecur it
y,prosperit
y,improvethemor al
s,peace, I mpl ement ationofcommuni ty-basedf orestryproj
ects( cont
rol
good,order
,etc. andr eviewoft heDENR)
Heal thser vices
LI
ABI
LITYFORCOMPENSATI
ONFOREXERCI
SEOFPP Soci alwel fareser vices
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Solidwast edi sposalsyst em orenvi ronment al management F. Nationalgover nmentmaypr ovi deoraugmentt hebasi cser vicesand
syst em faci
lit
iesassi gnedt oal owerl evel ofLGUwhensuchser vicesor
Muni cipalbui ldings, cul tur alcent ersandot herspor tsf acili
ti
es faci
lit
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I nfrast ruct ureact ivitiesi nt endedpr imar ilyt oser vicet he G. Thebasi cser vicesandf acili
ti
esenumer at e=f undedf rom t heshar eof
needsofr esident s theLGUi nt hepr oceedsofnat ionalt axesandot herlocalr evenueand
Publ i
cmar kets fundingsuppor tfrom t henat i
onal gover nment
Publ i
ccemet er y H. Regionalof ficeswhosef unct i
onsar edevol vedt otheLGU=phased
outwi thi
n1yearf rom theappr ovaloft hi sCode
Tour i
sm f acili
tiesandot hert ouristat tract ion
I. Thedevol ut ioncont empl atedi nt hiscodeshal lincludet ransf ert
o
Si tesf orpol iceandf i
rest ationandmuni cipal jail
LGUsoft her ecor ds,equi pmentandot herasset sandper sonnelof
3. ForPROVI NCE
l
ocalagenci es
Ext ensi onandon- siter esear chser vicesf aci lit
iesr elatedt o a. Per sonnelshal lbeabsor bedbyt heLGUt owhi cht heybel ong
agr i
cul tur eandf isher yact i
vities b. Pr ovi dedt hatt heirrightpur suantt ot heci vi
lsr rvicelawshal l
I mpl ement ationofcommuni ty-basedf or est rypr ojects( control notbei mpai red
andr eviewoft heDENR) c. Pr ovi dedf urthert hatr egional di rector swhoar ecar eer
Heal t
hser vices execut iveser viceof ficer sandot herot herof fi
cer sofsi milar
Soci alwel fareser vices rankwhocannotbeabsor bed=r et ai
nedbyt henat i
onal
I nfor mat i
onser vices gover nment
Sol idwast edi sposalsyst em orenvi ronment al management J. Toensur eact ivepar t
icipationoft hepr ivat esect orinlocalgover nance
syst em LGUsmaydi sposeofpubl i
ceconomi cent erpr i
sesownedbyt hem in
Muni cipalbui ldings, cul tur alcent ersandot herspor tsf acili
ti
es thei
rpr oprietar ycapaci ty
I nfrast ruct ureact ivitiesi nt endedpr imar ilyt oser vicet he a. Cost smayal sobechar gedf ort hedel iveryofbasi cservices
needsofr esident s orf acili
tiesenumer atedi nt hissect i
on
I ndust rialr esear chanddevel opmentser vi cesaswel last he
transf erofappr opr iat et echnol ogy EFFECTOFPROVI SION
Lowcosthousi ngandmassdwel li
ngs Coreofdevol
uti
onofcentr
algover
nmentpower
stot
heLGU
I nvest mentsuppor tser vi ces Cer t
ainpowersprevi
ousl
yexerci
sedonl
ybytheCGar
enot
Upgr adingandmoder ni zat ionoft axi nf or mat ionand devolvedt
oLGUs
collect i
onser vicest hr oughcomput er
I nter -
muni cipalt elecommuni cat ionsser vices EXCEPTI
ONSTOPROVI SION
Tour i
sm devel opmentandpr omot i
onpr ogr ams Publ i
cworksandinfrast
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ectsandot herfacil
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4. ForCI TY progr
amsandser vi
ces:
Al lser vi cesandf aci liti
esoft hemuni cipal ityandpr ovince 1. Fundedbyt henationalgovernmentundert he
Adequat ecommuni cat i
onandt ranspor tat ionf aci li
ties annualgeneralappropriat
ionsact,speciall
aws,
pert
inentexecuti
veor ders
Suppor tf oreducat ion, pol iceandf iveser vicesandf acilit
ies
2. Thosewhol l
yorpar t
iall
yfundedf r
om for ei
gn
C. Publicwor ksandi nf r
ast r uct ur epr oj ectswhi char ef undedbyt he
sources
Nat i
onalGover nmentundert heannualgener alappr opr iat i
onsAct ,
forei
gnsour cesandot herspeci al laws=Xcover edbyt hissect i
on EXCEPTIONTOEXCEPTI ON:
o Wher etheLGUconcer nedi sdulydesignatedast he
E:i ncaseswher et heLGUconcer nedi sdul ydesi gnat edast he
implementingagencyf orsuchPFS
implement ingagencyf orsuchpr oj ects, f
aci litiesandsevi ces
D. Designs,plans, speci ficat ion, test ingofmat erialsandpr ocurementof
WHENTHENATI ONALGOVERNMENTORNEXTHI GHERLGUMAY
equipmentf r om bot hf or eignandl ocalsour ces=under takenbyt he
PROVI
DEORAUGMENTSERVI CES
LGUconcer ned
E. Nat i
onalagenci esorof ficesconcer ned devol vet oLGU Whensuchservi
cesorfaci
li
ti
esar
enotmadeavailabl
eOR
responsibili
tyf ort hepr ovi sionsofbasi cser vicesandf aci l
iti
es Inadequat
etomeett
herequir
ementsoft
heinhabi
tant
s
enumer atedi nt hi scodewi thi n6mont hsaf teref f ect ivityoft hi scode
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PALWATERSDEFI NED
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MARY,SECONDARYandTERTI ARYHEALTHCAREDEFI NED Sect i
on248-
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ON37.LOCALPREQUALI
FICATI
ON,
BIDSANDAWARDS
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ocaluni
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PROVI
SION
NATUREOFMEMORANDUM OFAGREEMENT
Gener alpri
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Cont ract
sar ebindi
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enter
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bythepar t
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Acont r
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llookto 2. Repoft hemi nor
itypar t
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thesubstanceandnott othemer ef orm oftr
ansacti
on 3. Localt reasur
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4. 2repr esentati
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CHAPTERI
V 5. CPA
RELATI
ONSWI
THPEOPLE
SANDNON-
GOVERNMENTAL Bidsandawar dcommi ttee=per formsfunct
ionsoft heLocal
ORGANIZATI
ON Pr
equali
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onBidandAwar dsCommi tt
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Eachgover nmentunitshal lestabli
shasingl
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SECTI
ON34.ROLEOFPEOPLE
SANDNGOs pr
ocurement
Atl east5member sbutnotmor ethan7
PROVI
SION
LGUsshallpr
omotet
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ishmentandoperati
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s MODEOFCONTRACTI NGGENERALLY
andNGOtobecomeact
ivepar
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ON35.LI
NKAGESWI
THPEOPLE
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SION E:char terrequi
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omotesdevel
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SECTI
ON36.ASSI
STANCETOPEOPLE
sANDNGOs Xenact edforthebenef itofpropert
yholdersandt axbpayer
s
Xenact edforthebenef itorenri
chmentofbi dders
PROVI
SION
Shoul dbesoconst r
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eredast oaccomplishsuch
LGUt hroughit
sLCEandwi t
hconcur r
enceoftheSanggunian pur posefairelyandr easonablywithsolereferencetothepubli
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SECTI
ON38.LOCALTECHNI
CALCOMMI
TTEE Noonecanbedecl aredel ectedunl essher ecei
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SION o E:Wher etheel ectorate,full
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eeand ofthei rvote el i
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nginor dertopresentther epor
tsand numberofvot esmaybedeemedel ected vicemayor
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SECTI
ON44.PERMANENTVACANCI
ESI
NTHEOFFI
CESOFTHEG,
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M, SUBSTI
TUTIONOFCANDI DATE
VM Onl yanoffi
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o Anyper sonwhohasnotf il
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ON45.PERMANENTVACANCI
ESI
NTHESANGGUNI
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POLI
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efortheunexpi
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SCAUSEDBYSM NOTBELONGI
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Paragraphsaandb=cessat
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NTHEOFFI
CEOFTHELOCAL
ComponentCiti
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ungsodas CHIEFEXECUTIVE
thecasemaybe
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ci
ti
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lyincapacitatedbecause
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WHERETHEVACANCYI
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SANGGUNI
ANGBRGY 3. Travelabroad 1.Appoi nt
4. Suspensionf rom off
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WHERE WHO 3.Di smiss
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tyorMuni
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i
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SANGGUNI ANCONCERNEDUNDERSECTI ON45( c)DEFINED powersandprer
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recommendedt ohi m SECTI
ON48.APPROVALOFLEAVEOFABSENCE
Powerofappoi ntment=di screti
onar ypower
Si ncet herecommendat iontakesthepl aceofthenominationby LEAVEOFABSENCEBY APPROVALOF
polit
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kewisebeconsidereda G&M Presi
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condi t
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, by VG&VM LCE
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Componentcit
yorMuni
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NATUREOFAPPOI
NTMENT PunongBarangay Componentci
tyorMuni
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angay Anor di
nancemustbecl ear ,preci
se,def
init
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ninits
ter
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andwhatacti
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SECTI
ON48.LOCALLEGI
SLATI
VEPOWER proscri
bedandgovernthei ract i
onsaccordingl
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Sangguni
angPanlal
awigan Provi
nce TWOINQUI RI
ESTODETERMI NEW/ NORDINANCEI SINVALI DFOR
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angPanglungsod Ci
ty VAGUENESS:
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it
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REQUI
SITESFORVALI DITYOFORDI NANCE: discri
minatoryenfor
cement
1. Mustnotcontr
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2. Mustnotbeunfairoroppressive ORDINANCEUNDEREXPRESSORSPECI FI
CPOWER
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thasbeensubstanti
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exercisedinar easonablemanner
PRESUMPTIONOFVALI DITY
Pr esumpt i
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tuti
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NANCEUNDERGENERAL, I
MPLIEDORI NCI
DENTALPOWER
ordi
nances Isopentoinquir
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Anor di
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essi
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EFFECTI
FREASONABLEI NSOMEI NSTANCES
EFFECTOFPARTI ALINVALIDI
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St atutesandor dinancesar etober econcil
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GENERALANDCONSI SENTWI THPUBLI CPOLI CY i
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NTEPRETATI NOFORDI NANCES
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ndependentandcoor dinatebranchesofgovernment
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TALSOGOVERNEDBY
Mi
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NATI
ONALLAW Ci
tyMayor Sangguni
angPanglungsod
Theaut hor i
zati
ont ooper ateissuedbyt heFDAi sacondi ti
on Munici
palVicemayor Sangguni
angBayan
precedentt othegr antofamayor sper mi ttothedr ugstore PunongBarangay Sangguni
angBarangay
seekingtooper atewi thi
nthelimitsoft heci t
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ascertai
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REGULATI
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PRACTI CEOFPROFESSI ON SECTI
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NTERNALRULESOFPROCEDURE
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NOTE:Aci tymayorcannot,
thr
oughtheissuanceofsuchpermit,
regul
ate
thepracti
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essi
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ntheexcl
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CENSEENOTESTOPPEDTOQUESTI ONVALIDITY o Womenandf amily
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TERRI
TORIALLIMITATI ONSONOPERATI ONOFORDI NANCES 2. Theor derandcal endarofbusi nessf oreachsessi on
3. Thel egi
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SECTI
ON49.PRESI
DINGOFFI
CER
o Censur ed
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manded
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ceGover
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 -Providedthatthepenal t
yofsuspensi onorexpulsionshal
lrequi
re o Buti nsomej urisdictions i ftheappl i
cabl elawdoesnot
theconcur r
enceofat2/ 3vot eofalltheSanggunianmember s sor estr i
ct,ordinancesmaybei nt
roducedandpassedata
-Providedfurtherthatamemberconvi ct
edbyFJt oimpri
sonment singlesessi on
ofatleast1yearf oranycr i
mei nvolvi
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urpitude= Char terorst atutor yprovisionsoft hischar acterar egener ally
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ur etoobser vet hem i nvalidatest heact ion
6. Suchot herrul
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NTERNALRULESOFPROCEDURE readings
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l
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rom ti
met otime, adoptandchange, aboli
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suspend,modifyorwai veitsownr ul
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iamentar
yusageas i
nter estsmustbemadebyaSangguni anmemberbef orevot ing
toprocedure fortheor dinanceorr esol uti
ononsecondandt hirdr eadi ngs
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ion, whenact i
onishadnoti n HOWEVER, Article107( c)oft heRul esandRegul ationsi mpl anting
accordancetherewith theLGCof1991pr ovidest hatar esol uti
onmustbeenact edin
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utory thesamemannerpr escribedf oranor dinance, exceptt hati tneed
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onunl ess
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CONSTRUCTIONOFRULESANDACTS
Absentpr ooftot
hecontr
ary,anyactiontakenbyal ocall
egislat
ive RATI
FICATIONOFACTS
bodyispresumedtohavebeeni nconformitywit
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MODEOFLEGI SLATI VEACTI ON Ther ecanbenol egalconformat i
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lybebyor dinance,bylawor acts,noract
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byor dinanceorr esol uti
on i tmustacti nt hemannerpr escri
bed RESCI
SSIONOFACTS
Wher enopar t
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oni spointedout anyf orm of Thel egi
slat
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ationoranyofi tsboardor
procedur ewhi cht hecounci lmayadopti nexpr essi
ngits depart
ments,possesst hepowert or escindpr i
oractsandvotesat
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onismadet oappeari ntherecor dofthe anysubsequenttimeunt iltheactorvot eiscompl et
e
proceedi ngsinsomeper manentf orm, asby: o PROVI DEDt hatvest edri
ght sar enotviolat
ed
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mi t
ytothelaw
o Byamot ionadopt ingther ecommendat ionofacounci l appli
cableandt her ulesandr egulati
onsadoptedforthe
commi ttee governmentoft hebody
Depar turefrom t hef orm prescri
bedf orcor porati
onact i
on, asin
thepassageofanor dinance,willNOTaf f
ectt hevali
dit
yofsuch COMMI
TTEES
acti
on Constituti
onofcommi tteest oassi
stthecouncili
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o E:i ft
hechar terorgover ningl awmakessuchf ormal i
ty performanceofi tsduties
vit
al,
asbydecl ari
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teesmayal soexistandmaybecr eatedwhen
theprescr i
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NUMBEROFREADI NGSREQUI RED governingbodywhi chmayr ejectt
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ifi
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ortotheirfinalpassage
Mi
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i
nterestduet osomepr i
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MANDATORYCOMMI TTEES consider at i
onst hatmayt endt oaf fecthi sj udgmentt othepr ejudiceof
1. Commi ssiononappr opri
ati
ons theser viceort hepubl ic
2. Womenandf ami l
y Thedi scl osurer equi redundert hi
sActshal lbemadei nwr i
tingand
3. Humanr ights submi ttedt othesecr etaryoft hesangguni anorsecr etaryoft he
4. Youthandspor tsdevelopment commi tteeofwhi chhei samember
5. Envi
ronment alprot
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on Thedi scl osureshal l,incases, form par toft herecor dofpr oceedi ngs
6. Cooperati
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1.Discl osur eshal lbemadebef oret hememberpar ticipatesi nt he
REQUI
REMENTOFADOPTI NGRULESOFPROCEDURE deli
ber ationsont heor dinanceorr esolut ionunderconsi deration
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ngt he
businessmaybet r
ansactedonthef
ir
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onexceptt
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takeupthematterofadopti
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es t heordi nanceorr esolutionon2ndor3rdr eadi ngs
Theycanwor konothermatter
s 2. Di scl osureshal lbemadewhenamembert akesaposi tionor
makeapr ivilegespeechonamat tert hatmayaf fectbusi ness
SANGGUNIANHASNOCONTEMPTPOWER i
nt er est,f
inanci alcondi t
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el ationshipdescr i
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i
ndependentandcoor dinatebranchesofgovernment Thenecessi tyoft hevot eoft hei nterest edmemberdoesnot
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-interestsuf fi
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SECTI
ON51.FULLDI
SCLOSUREOFFI
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NESS i
nter esti namat ter,i
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NTERESTOFSANGGUNIANMEMBERS hisorherownpur posest ot hepr ejudi ceoft hosef orwhom t helaw
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SION CRIMINALPENALTI ESFORFAI LURETODI SCLOSE
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ce,makef ul
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nanci alinterest Puni shabl ebyi mpr isonmentnotexceedi ng5year soraf i
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nanci alorprofessi onal rel
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Sangguni anofwhi chhei samember ,whi chr elati
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o Suchr elationshipshal lincl ude: SECTI
ON52.SESSI
ONS
1. Owner shipofst ockorcapi tal
,orinvest ment ,intheenti
ty
orf i
rmt owhi cht heor dinanceorr esol utionmayappl y PROVI
SION
2. Cont ractoragr eement swi t
hanyper sonorent it
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rstdayofthesessi
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theor dinanceorr esol utionunderconsi derat i
onmay ofit
smember s,
thesanggunianshallfix,byresoluti
on theday,
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me, andplaceofitsr
egularsession
Confli
ctofinterestr eferst oonewher eitmayber easonably Sangguni angPanlalawigan,Pangl ungsod,Bayan=The
Mi
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 mi nimum numberofr egul
arsessi onshal lbe1xaweek assembledintheproperplaces,
willenabl
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Sangguni angBar anagy=2xamont h properbusi
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2. Whenpubl icinterestsodemands, specialsessi onsmaybecal led Thatnumberwhi chmakesal awfulbodyandgivesi
tpowerto
byt heLCEorbymaj or i
tyoft hemember soft hesangguni an passuponal aworordinanceordoanyval i
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3. Allsangguni ansessi onsshal lbeopent ot hepubl i
c
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rmat i
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5. Eachsangguni anshal lkeepaj ournalandr ecor dofits QUORUM FORRESOLUTIONS
proceedingswhi chmaybepubl i
sheduponr esooft hesangguni an Theconcur
renceandapprovalbymajor
it
yofthememberspresent
concerned andt
heexi
stenceofaquorum i
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idlyenactar
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uti
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SECTI
ON53.QUORUM CHANGEOFQUORUM BYSANGGUNI AN
Wher ethest
atut
eorcharterprescr
ibest
henumbert
hatshal
l
PROVI SION const
it
uteaquorum i
tCANNOTbechangedbyt hebody
1. Amaj orit
yofal lthemember soft hesangguni anwhohavebeen
electedandqual ifi
ed=quor um t ot r
ansactof fici
albusi ness POWEROFCOURTTODETERMI NECOMPLI ANCE
Shoul dthequor um ber aiseddur i
ngasessi on, thepresiding Cour t
shavej uri
sdicti
ontodet er
minecompli
anceofSangguni
ans
of fi
cershal limmedi atelypr oceedt ocal lther ollofthemember s wit
hthequor um requir
ement
andt hereaf t
erannouncet her esults Thecour tiscall
edupont odetermi
newhethert
heSanggunian
2.Wher et hesei snoquor um t hepr esi dingof ficermay: compli
edwi t
ht heLGCori t
simplementi
ngrul
es
Decl arer ecessunt i
l sucht i
measquor um isconst i
tuted, PURPOSEOFARREST
oramaj orit
yoft hemember spr esentmayadj ournf r
om Thepur poseofar rest
ingtheabsentsangguni
anmemberi smerel
y
dayt odayand tocompeltheiratt
endanceatt hesessi
onofthesangguni
an
Compelt heimmedi at eattendanceofanymemberabsent Nottoprosecutethem criminall
y
withoutj ust i
fiablecausebydesi gnatingamemberoft he
sangguni an,tobeassi st
edbyamemberofmember sof SECTI
ON54.APPROVALOFORDI
NANCES
thepol icef orceassi gnedi nt het erri
tor i
aljur
isdicti
ont o
thelGU, toarr estt heabsentmemberandpr esenthi m at PROVI
SION
thesessi on 1. Everyordinanceenact edbyt heSangguniangPanl alawigan,
3.Ifthereisst il
lnoquor um despi tet heenf orcementoft hei mmedi atel
y Sangguniangpangl ungsod, orsangguniangbayanshal lbe
precedingsubsect i
on nobusi nessshal lbet ransact ed present
edt ot heprovincialgovernororcityormuni cipalmayoras
Thepr esidingof fi
cer ,
uponmot i
ondul yappr ovedbyt hemember s thecasemaybe.
pr esent,shal lthendecl aret hesessi onadj ournedf orlackof a. I fthelocalCEconcer nedapprovedt hesame heshal l
quor um affixhi
ssignat ureoneachandever ypaget her eof
b. Ot herwise,heshal lvetoitandreturnthesamewi t
hhis
QUORUM DEFI
NED objecti
onst othesangguni an,whichmaypr oceedt o
Thatnumberofmember
sofabody,
whi
ch,
whenl
egal
l
y reconsiderthesame
Mi
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 c. Thesangguni anconcer nedmayover ri
dethevetoi fthe i
ntendst
oval
idat
etheor
dinance,
other
wiset
her
eisnoval
idat
ion
LCEby2/ 3voteofal li
tsmember s,t
herebymakingt he
ordi
nanceorr esolutioneff
ect
iveforalll
egali
ntentsand APPROVALOFANORDI NANCENOTAMI NI
STERI ALACT
purposes Thegr antofvet opowerconf ersauthorit
ybeyondt hesimple
2. Thevetoshal lbecommuni catedbytheLCEconcer nedtot he mechani calactofsi gni nganor di
nanceorr esol
utionasarequi
sit
e
sanggunian: toitsenfor ceabili
ty
a. Wi thin15daysPr ovi
nce Thesangguni anconcer ned,however ,mayover ri
dethevetoby2/3
b. Wi thin10daysCi t
yormunicipali
ty voteofal litsmember st her
ebymaki ngtheor di
nanceorresol
uti
on
c. Ot herwise,theordinanceshal
lbedeemedappr ovedasi f effecti
vef oralllegalintentsandpur poses
hehassi gnedi t Theconcur renceofal ocalchiefexecut i
veintheenactmentofan
3. Ordi
nancesenact edbyt heSanggunianBar angayshal
l,
upon ordinanceorr esolut
ionr equi
r es,notonlyaf l
ouri
shofthepen,but
approvalbyt hemaj ori
tyofallit
smember s,besignedbyt he theappl i
cat i
onofj udgmentaf termet i
culousanalysi
sand
punongbar angay i
ntelli
genceaswel l

ORDI
NANCEDI STINGUISHEDFROM RESO SECTI
ON55.VETOPOWEROFTHELOCALCHI
EFEXECUTI
VE
Resol
ut i
oni susedwheneverthelegi
slaturewishestoexpr
ess
anopinionwhichistohaveonlyatempor aryef
fect PROVI
SION
Ordi
nancei ntendedtopermanentl
ydirectandcontrolmatt
ers 1. THELCEmayvet oanyor dinanceoft hesangguni ang
appl
yingtopersonsandthingsingeneral panl
alawi gan, sangguni angpangl ungsodorsangguni angbayan
onthegr oundt hatitisul t
ravi r
esorpr ejudi cialtot hepubl ic
COMPLI
ANCEWI THPROCEDUREFORENACTMNTOFORDI NANCES welf
are st ati
ngt hehisr easonst her efori nwr it
ing
Substantialcompli
ancewi t
htherequisi
teprocedur
einenact ment 2. TheLCE, exceptt hepunongbar angay, shal lhavet hepowert oveto
ofanordinancei
sapr er
equisit
etoitsvali
dit
y anypar t
icul arit
em ori temsofan:
Noor dinanceisval
idunlessanduntilmandatoryprerequisi
test
o a. Appr opri
at i
onsor dinance
i
tsenactmentandpr omulgati
onaresubstanti
all
yobser ved b. Or dinancesorr esolut i
onsadopt ingl ocaldevel opment
pl anandpubl icinvest mentpr ogr am
PROCEDUREFORENACTMENTOFRESOLUTI ONS c. Or dinancedi rectingt hepaymentofmoneyorcr eating
Resol ut
ionsareenact
edi nthesamemannerpr
escri
bedforan liabili
ty
ordi
nance,exceptt
hatitneednotgothr
oughathi
rdreadi
ngfor I nsuchcase, thevet oshal lNOTaf fectt hei t
em ori tems
fi
nalconsider
ati
onunlessotherwi
sedeci
dedbyamaj or
it
yofal
l whi char eNOTaf f
ectt hei t
em ori temswhi char enotobj ected
thesanggunianmember s to
Thevet oedi t
em ori temsshal lnott akeef fectunl esst he
VALI
DATIONOFVOI DORDEFECTI VEENACTMENTOFORDI NANCES sangguni angover ridesthevet oi nt hemannerher ei
npr ovided
Wher eadef ectoccur si npr oceedi ngsofamuni cipal legislati
ve Ot her wise,thei t
em ori temsi ntheappr opriationsor dinance
body, t
hatdef ector dinarilymaybecur edbynewpr oceedi ngs oft hepr eviousyearcor respondi ngt ot hosevet oed, ifany,
commenci ngatt hepoi ntwher et hedef ectoccur red shal lbedeemedr eenact ed
o E:Amuni cipalitycannotbyasubsequentactval i
dat ean 3. TheLCEmayvet oanor dinanceorr esol utiononl yONCE
unauthor izedor dinance, onewhi chisul travir es,or Thesangguni anmayover ridet hevet ooft heLCEby2/ 3
beyondt hescopeoft hemuni cipalcorpor ationt oenact vot eofal lit
smember s,t
her ebymaki ngt heor dinance
Theor dinancemayal sobecur edorr ender edval idbyast atute ef fecti
vewi thoutt heappr ovaloft heLCEconcer ned
wheret herei snoconst ituti
onali nhibiti
onandwher ethe
l
egislatureor i
ginal lyhadpowert oaut hor i
zetheenact mentoft he LI
NEITEM VETOPROHI BI TED
ordi
nance, andatt het imeofi t
senact menthaddoneso GR:Li neitem vetoesofor dinancesbyLCEarepr ohibi
ted
o Pr ovidedt hatnovest edr ightsar eimpai redbyt he EXCEPTI ONS:
curati
vel egi slation 1. Appr opri
ationsor dinances
Whendone, subsequentl egi sl
ativesanct ionist heequi valentof 2. Or di
nancesorr esolutionsadopti
nglocaldevelopmentplan
ori
ginalaut hority andpubl icinvestmentpr ogram
Tohavet heef fectofcur at i
velegi slat
ion, t
hest atutemustnameor 3. Or di
nancesdi rectingt hepaymentofmoneyorcr eat
ing
i
dentifyinsomewayt hevoi dor dinanceorcl earlyindi catet hatit li
abili
ty
Mi
chel
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 Secti
on153ofBP337gr antstheSPt hepowert odeclarea
REASONSFORVETO municipalresolutionoror dinanceinvalidont hesolegr ound-t hat
Ordinancesmaybevet oedf
orbei
ng: i
tisbeyondt hepoweroft hel owerSangguni anorMayort oissue
o Ul tr
aViresor Absolutelynoot hergr oundi srecognizedbyl aw
o Pr ejudi
cialt
othepubl
icwel
far
e Ifaprovincialboar dpassest heselimi t
s, i
tusurpst heleg
functi
onsoft hemuni cipalcouncilorpr esident
ULTRAVI
RESDEFINED Ex.Thepr ovincialboar dmayNOTi nvalidateanor dinance
Anactper
formedwi
thoutanyaut
hor
it
ytoactont
hesubj
ect authori
zingt hemuni cipalmayort oexpr opr i
ateapr oper t
yont he
groundt hatsuchi sunnecessar y
EFFECTOFVETO
Thesubj ectordinancedoesnotbecomeef f
ective EFFECTOFSANGGUNI AN SDECLARATI ON
I t
em vetot hevetoshallnotaff
ectthei
tem oritemsthatarenot Anor di
nanceviolat
iveornotincompl i
ancewiththeci t
ycharteri
s
object
edto VOID
However ,thevetomaybeover r
iddenby2/3vot eoft
hepr oper Anor di
nancemustconf orm andbesubor di
natetothechar t
er,and
sanggunian insuchcase, theordi
nanceshallbeeff
ectiveasifi
t cannomor echangeorlimittheef
fectofthecharterthana
hadbeensi gnedbyt heLCE l
egislat
iveactcanmodi fyorsuper
sedeapr ovisi
onoft he
constit
uti
onofthest at
e
SECTION56.REVI
EW OFCOMPONENTCI
TYANDMUNICI
PAL Or dinancesmustNOTconf l
icti
nanydegr eewithitsobjectorwith
ORDINANCESORRESOLUTIONSBYSANGGUNI
ANGPANLALAWI
GAN thepurposesforwhi chthel
ocalcorporat
ionisorganized

PROVI
SION EFFECTOFLAPSEOF30- DAYPERI ODUNDERSECTI ON56( d)
1. Wi t
hi n3daysaf terappr oval t hesecr etarytot he Thi swr i
tersubmi t
st hatthelapseoft he30dayper i
oddoesNOT
sangguni angpangl ungsodorSBshal lf orwar dtot heSPf or for
ecl osej udicialreviewoft hevalidityoft heordinance
review Copi esofappr ovedor dinancesandr esol uti
on Nei therdoest hissect iondepr i
vetheSPoft heaut horitytodeclar
e
appr ovingl ocaldevel opmentpl ansandpubl i
cinvest ment anor dinanceasul t r
avi r
es
progr amsf ormul atedbyt hel ocaldevel opmentcounci l Thesect i
onmer el
ypr ovidesthattheor di
nancei spresumed
2. Wi t
hi n30daysaf terther eceiptofcopi esofsuchor di
nances consist entwi t
hl aw
andr esol utions t heSPshal lexami net hedocument sor Thepr esumpt ionofval i
dit
yhasi mpl icati
onsf orthoseenf orcing
transmi tthem t ot hepr ovincialatty,ori fther ebenone, tothe theor dinances
provi ncialpr osecut orforpr omptexami nat ion Wi thin10
Ex.Sect i
on58and190Theenf orcementoft heor dinances
daysf rom r eceiptoft hedocument s I nfor mtheSPi n
enumer atedaf terduenot i
ceofthei rdisapprovalorsuspensi on
wr i
tingofhi scomment sorr ecommendat ions,whi chmaybe
shallbesuf f
icientgr oundf oradmi nistrat
ivediscipli
nar yacti
ons
consi der edbyt heSPi nmaki ngdeci sions
againstt her esponsi blelocaloff
icialsandempl oyees
3. IftheSPf indst hatsuchanor di
nanceorr esoi sbeyondt he
powerconf erredupont heSPorSBconcer ned i tshall
JUDI
CIALREVI EW OFSP sACTI ONS
declar esuchor dinanceorr esoi nval i
di nwhol eori npar t.The
Wher etheSPexer cisesitspowerofsuper visionanddeclar
esthat
SPshal lent erit
sact i
oni nthemi nutesandadvi cet he
anor di
nanceorr esoi sbeyondt hepoweroft hesanggunian
correspondi ngci tyormuni ci
palityaut hor itiesoft heact ionit
concerned=exer cisesquasi -
judici
alfuncti
ons
hast aken.
4. Ifnoact i
onhasbeent akenbyt heSPwi thin30daysaf t
er Assuch, t
heactionoft heSPi sr
eviewablebyCERTI ORARIwith
submi ssionofsuchanor dinanceorr eso t hesameshal lbe theRTCunderRul e65oft heROCP
presumedconsi stentwi thlawandt her efor evali
d. RTCmayexer ciseor i
ginaljuri
sdict
ioninthei ssuanceofwrit
sof
certi
orariwit
hinthei rrespectiveregions
APPLI
CABILITYTOI NDEPENDENTCI TIES Si ncetheOf fi
ceoft hePr esisatal evelwher eappealsmay
NOTappl icabl
etoindependentci
ties properlybemadet ot heCA, t
heSPmustcor respondingl
ybeata
Onl yappl
icabl
etocomponentci t
iesandmuni
cipal
it
iesoft
he l
eveloverwhi cht heRTCmaypr operlyexercisejudi
cialr
evi
ew
pr
ovince
SECTI
ON57.REVI
EW OFBARANGAYORDI
NANCESBYTHE
REVI
EW POWEROFTHESP SANGGUNI
ANPANLUNGSODORSANGGUNI ANGBAYAN
Mi
chel
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 1. Unlessot her wisest atedi nt heor di nanceort heresol ution
PROVI
SION appr ovingt hel ocaldevel opmentpl anandpubl i
ci nvest ment
1. Wi t
hi n10daysaf t
eritsenact ment t heSBshal lfur ni
sh progr am t hesameshal ltakeef fectaf ter10daysf rom t he
copi esofal lbar angayor dinancestot heSPorSBconcer ned dateacopyt her eofi spost edi nt he:
forrevi ewast owhet hert heordinancei sconsi stentwi t
hl aw a. Bul letinboar datt heent ranceoft heprovi nci al,
andci tyormuni cipalor dinances capi tolorci ty,muni cipal , orbar angayhal l,ast he
2. IftheSPorSBast hecasemaybe, f
ailstot akeact ionont he casemaybe, AND
barangayor dinanceswi thin30daysf r om receiptt hereof b. I natl east2ot herconspi cuouspl acesint heLGU
thesameshal lbedeemedappr oved concer ned
3. IftheSPorSB, ast hecasemaybe, fi
ndst hebar angay 2. Thesecr et aryoft hesangguni anconcer nedshal lcauset he
ordinancesi nconsi stentwi thlaworci tyormuni cipal postingofanor di nanceorr esoi nt he:
ordinances t hesangguni anconcernedshal l
, within30days a. Bul letinboar datt heent ranceoft heprovi nci alcapi tol
from r eceiptther eof r eturnthesamewi thitscomment sand andt heci ty, muni cipal it
yorbar angayhal l inatl east
recommendat ionst otheSBconcer nedf oradjust ment , 2conspi cuouspl acesi nt heLGUconcer nednotl ater
amendmentormodi ficati
on i nwhi chcase, t
heef fecti
veof than5daysaf terappr ovalt her eof
thebar angayor di nancei ssuspendedunt i
lsucht i
meast he 3. Thet extoft heor dinanceorr esoshal lbedi sseminat edand
revisioncal l
edf ori tisef f
ect e postedi nFi lipinoorEngl ish, int hel anguageunder st oodby
maj orityoft hepeopl ei nt heLGUconcer ned, andt he
EFFECTOFI NCONSISTENCYOFBARANGAYORDI NANCES secret aryt ot hesangguni anshal lr ecor dsuchf acti nabook
I nconsist
enciesbetweenbarangayordi
nancesandstat
utesor keptf ort hepur pose, stat i
ngt hedat esofappr oval andpost i
ng
muni ci
palordinancesdoNOTi psofact
oinval
idat
eorsuspendt he 4. Thegi stofal lor dinanceswi thpenal sanct ionshallbe
former
soper ati
on publishedi n:
Thesangguni ansactofret
urni
ngtheordi
nancetotheSBarfor a. Anewspaperofgener alci rcul ationwithint he
adjustment,amendmentormodi fi
cati
on=suspendstheeffect
ivit
y provi ncewher et hel ocal legbodyconcer nedbel ongs
ofthebarangayor dinance b. I nt heabsenceofanynewspaperofGC post i
ngof
suchor di nancesshal l bemadei nallmuni cipal i
ti
es
JUDI
CIALREVIEW OFSANGGUNI ANGPANGLUNGSODORBAYAN S andci tiesoft hepr ovi ncewher et hesangguni anof
ACTI
ONS origi nissi tuat ed
Exerci
seofquasi-
judici
alfuncti
on 5. Inthecaseofhi ghl yur bani zedandi ndependentcomponent
Reviewablebywritofcert
iorar
iwit
htheRTCunderRul
e65oft
he cit
ies, themai nf eat ur esoft heor dinanceorr esolut i
ondul y
ROCP enact edoradopt edshal l:
Samesamesat aas.Hehe. a. I naddi tiont obei ngpost ed
b. Bepubl ishedoncei nal ocalnewspaperofGCwi thin
SECTI
ON58.ENFORCEMENTOFDI
SAPPROVEDORDI
NANCESOR theci ty
RESOLUTI
ONS c. Pr ovi dedt hati nt heabsencet her eof,
theor dinance
orr esoshal lbepubl ishedi nANYnewspaperofGC
PROVI
SION
Anyat tempttoenfor
ceanyor di
nanceorr esoapprovi
ngthelocal PROVI
SIONSONPUBLI CATIONANDNOTI CEAREMANDATORY
devel
opmentplanandpubl i
cinvest mentprogram,aft
erthe Pr ovisi
onsr especti
ngpubl i
cationandsuff
ici
entnoti
ceof
di
sapprovalt
hereof=suff
ici
entgr oundf orthesuspensi
onor ordinancesandr esoluti
onsar emandatory
dismi
ssaloftheemployeeorofficialsconcerned Fai l
uret opubli
shorgi venotice,ortodososubstant
ial
lyi
nthe
mannerpr escribed=VOI D
GROUNDFORADMI NISTRATIVECASE Theser equi
rement saremandat or
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Thisprovi
sionprovi
desanot
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orDI SMISSALor madeapr erequisi
tetotheordinancetaki
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form
SECTI
ON59.EFFECTI
VITYOFORDI
NANCESORRESO
SUBSTANTI
ALCOMPLI ANCE
PROVI
SION Charterandst
atut
orypr
ovi
sionsgover
ningt
hemodeandmanner
Mi
chel
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onmustbesubst anti
all
yf oll
owed act
ion
Thetime, pl
aceandmannerofpubl icat i
onornot iceofordinances Convi
cti
onbyFJi
sNOTnecessar
y
mustbei nsubst ant
ialcompliancewi thgover ni
ngpr ovi
sions
Sli
ghtinaccuraciesordeparturesfr
om t hepr escribedmodeand MORALTURPITUDEDEFINED
mannerofpubl icati
onornot i
ceofor dinances, wher et
he Anactofbaseness,vil
eness,ordepravi
tyi
nt hepri
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ti
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An el ect ive l ocalof fi
cialmay be di sciplines,suspended or I tcannotal waysbeascer tainedwhethermor altur
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um
2. Cul pabl evi ol ati
onoft heconst itut i
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meswhi char emal ainseandyetbutr arel
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3. Di shonest y, oppr ession, mi sconduct i n of f
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pitudeandt herear ecrimeswhichinvolvemoralturpit
ude
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onofdut y andar emal apr ohi
bit
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4. Commi ssionofanyof f
ensei nvol vingmor alturpitudeoran
of fensepuni shabl ebyatl eastpr isionmayor OTHER GROUND AS MAY BE PROVI DED IN THI
S CODE AND OTHER
5. Abuseofaut hority LAWS
6. Unaut horizedabsencef or15consecut ivewor ki
ngdays Sect.58,190and318oft hi
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panl alawi gan,sangguni ang pangl ungsod,sangguni ang CodeofConductandEt hi
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laws Desi stancebyt hecompl ainantdoesnotpr ecludeorbart hetaki
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An el ect i
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PROVI
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Compl ai
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PROVISI
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prevent
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antremovalf rom theser vice
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EFFECTOFPREVENTIVESUSPENSI ONONCOMPENSATI ON investigati
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SECTI
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PROVI
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Therespondentshallbeaccor
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orbycounsel
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NALANDEXECUTORYDEFI NED A publ i
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SECTI
ON69.EXECUTI
ONPENDI
NGAPPEAL holdi
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STAYOFEXECUTION SECTI
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SECTI
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Atleast25% Notmor
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SION
Thepowerofr ecallf
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ci encyoft her equi rednumberof af unctionoftheCOMELEC
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o Fai lur et o obt aint her equi red numberofsi gnat ures= findings t heSCshoul dnotdist
urbthesame
aut omat ical l
ynul l
ifi
est hepet ition Amot ionf orReconsiderati
oni sapr er equisi
tetot heviabi
li
tyof
3.Ifthepet iti
oni ff oundt obesuf ficienti nf orm t heCOMELECori tsdul y aspeci alcivi
lactionf orcert
iorar
it or eview thedeci si
onoft he
authorizedr epr esent ativeshal l: COMELEC
Wi thin 3 days f rom t he i ssuance oft he cer tifi
cat ion o E:I ft
hepar t
ywhoavai lsthelattercanconvi ncingl
yshow
pr ovi det heof ficialsoughtt ober ecal l
edacopyoft hepet it
ion, thathiscasef all
sunderanyoft hef oll
owingexcept i
ons
causei tspubl i
cat ioni nanat i
onalnewspaperofGC anda totherule
NGCi nt hel ocal it
y,onceaweekf or3consecut iveweeksat
theexpenseoft hepet it
ioner sand
At t he same t ime,post copi es t hereof i n publ ic and
conspi cuouspl acesf oraper i
odofnotl esst han10daysnor MEANI
NGOFPERCENTAGEREQUI REMENT
mor et han20days,f ort hepur poseofal l
owi ngt hei nterest ed Sect i
on69( d)oftheCoder equir
esthepeti
ti
ontobef il
ed,notonl
y
par ti
est oexami neandver i
f yt heval idityoft hepet i
ti
onand by one per son,butby atl east25% oft he totalnumberof
theaut hent icityoft hesi gnat ur escont ainedt her ein registeredvoters
4. The COMELEC ori ts dul y aut hor ized r epr esent ati
ves shal l,upon Whi l
et he init
iatoryrecal
lpet it
ion may notyetcont ainthe
i
ssuanceofcer tifi
cat ion pr oceedi ndependent lywi t
ht hever if
icat ionand signatur esofat25%oft hetotalnumberofregi
steredvoter
s the
authent i
cat ion ofsi gnat ur es oft he pet i
toner s and r egi ster ed vot er s petiti
onmustcont ai
nthenameofatl east25%ofthet ot
alnumber
containedt her ein ofregi steredvotersinwhosebehal fonl
yoneper sonmaysi gnin
Repr esent ativesoft hepet itioner sandt heof fi
cialsoughtt obe themeant ime
recal led shal lbe dul y not ified and shal lhave t he r ightt o
par ti
ci pat et her einasmer eobser ver s SECTI
ON71.ELECTI
ONONRECALL
Thef i
lingofanychal lengeorpr otestshal lbeal lowedwi thint he
per i
odpr ovidedi nt hei mmedi at elypr ecedi ngpar agr aph and PROVI
SION
shal lber uleduponwi thf inal it
ywi thin15daysf rom t hedat eof Uponf il
ingofaval idpetit
ionforrecal
lwithappr opri
atel
ocalof f
ice
fil
ingofsuchpr ot estorchal lenge oftheCOMELEC t heCOMELECori tDARshal lsetthedateof
5.Upont hel apseoft heaf or esai dper i
od t heCOMELECori tsDORshal l el
ecti
onorr ecall
,whichshal l
:
announcet heaccept anceofcandi dat est ot heposi tionand t her eafter o I nthecaseofbar angay,cit
yormuni cipaloff
ici
als-not
preparet hel istofcandi dat eswhi chshal li ncl udet henameoft heof fi
ci al bel at
ert han30daysuponcompl etionoft hepr ocedure
soughtt ober ecal l
ed outli
nesi ntheprecedingarti
cle
o Pr ovincialof f
ici
als notmor et han 45 days upon
REASONSFORPEOPLESRECALLASSEMBLY compl et
ion oft hepr ocedureoutl
inesi nthepr eceding
Tworeasons: art
icle
Mi
chel
leDugui
l 39
 The of f
ici
alsoughtt o be recal
led shall-aut omati
call
y be anelect
ion,itisclearthattheini
tiat
ionproceedi ngs
considered as dulyregi
ster
ed candi
dat e orcandidat
et othe i
sNOTpr ohibi
tedwi t
hinthe1yearper i
odpr ovidedin
pert
inentposit
ions,andli
keothercandidates,shal
lbeenti
tl
edto par
agraphb
bevotedupon 2. Becauset hepur poseoft hef i
rstlimi
tati
on in parb i st o
provi
de voters a suf f
ici
entbasi sf orjudging an el ecti
ve
SECTI
ON72.EFFECTI
VITYOFRECALL offi
cial
3. Becauset oconst r
uet helimitat
ioninparbasi ncludingt he
PROVI
SION i
niti
ationofrecallproceedingswoul dundulycur t
ailfreedom
Ther ecal
lofanel ecti
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cialshallbeeffectiveonlyupont he ofspeechandofassembl yguaranteedbytheconst ituti
on
elect
ion and pr oclamati
on ofsuccessori nt he person ofthe
candidatereceivingthehighestnumberofvot erscastdur i
ngthe SECTI
ON75.EXPRESSI
NCI
DENTTORECALLELECTI
ON
el
ectiononr ecall
Shoul dtheof fi
cialsoughtober ecal
ledrecei
vet hehighestnumber PROVI
SION
votes conf i
dencewi t
hhimi stherebyaffirmedandheshal l Al lexpensesincidentt
orecal
lel
ections bornebytheCOMELEC
conti
nueof fi
ce For t his purpose,t her
e shal
l be i ncl
uded i
n the General
appropri
ati
onsact acont i
ngencyf undatthedisposaloft
he
SECTI
ON73.PROHI
BITI
ONFROM RESI
GNATI
ON COMELECf ortheconductofr
ecallelecti
ons

PROVI
SION TI
TLEII
I
Theel ect
ivelocalof
ficialsoughtto berecal
led shal
lNOT be HUMANRESOURCESANDDEVELOPMENT
al
lowedtoresi
gnwhil
et herecal
lpr
ocessisi
nprogress
SECTI
ON76.ORGANI
ZATI
ONALSTRUCTUREANDSTAFFI
NGPATTERN
SECTI
ON74.LI
MITATI
ONONRECALL
PROVI
SION
PROVI
SION Ever yLGU shal ldesign and implementit
sown organi
zati
onal
a. Anyel
ect
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ocalof
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almaybet hesubj
ectofrecal
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ect
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uctureandstaff
ingpat t
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nghisterm ofof
fi
ceforl
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dence Taki ngintoconsiderati
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rementandfi
nancial
capabil
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b. Norecallshallt
akepl
ace: Subj ecttothemi nimum st andar
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ibedby
o Wi thin1yearf
rom thedateoft
heoff
ici
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sassumpt
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o theCivi
lServi
ceCommi ssi
on
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ceOR
o 1yeari mmedi
atel
yprecedi
ngaregul
arelect
ion SECTI
ON 77. RESPONSI
BILI
TY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE AND
DEVELOPMENT
REGULARELECTI ONDEFI NED
Ref erst otheelectionwher etheof fi
cehel dbythelocalelect
ive PROVI
SION
offi
cialsoughtt
ober ecal
ledwillbecontestedandbefil
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ef orHRanddevel opment
elect
orate i
nhi suni tandshal ltakeal lper sonnelact ionsi naccor dancewi th
NOTE:Davi deopini on Regul arelect
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onalor theConst iprovisionsonCi vilser vice,perti
nentl aws,andr ulesand
l
ocal,canonl yr efert oanelectionpart
icipat
edinbyt hosewho regulati
ons t hereon,i ncluding such pol i
cies,gui deli
nes and
possesst heri
ghtofsuf fr
age.I
tr ef
erstothedateofelecti
onNOT standardsast heCSCmayest ablish
totheelecti
onper i
odorcampai gn Pr ovided t hat the LCE may empl oy emer gency or casual
empl oyeesorl abor erspai donadai l
ywageorpi ece-
wor kbasis
MEANI
NGOFRECALLI NPROVI SI
ON and hired thr ujob or dersf orl ocalprojectsaut hori
zed byt he
Thet er
mr ecal
linsection74( b)refer
st orecallel
ectionandnot Sangguni anconcer ned, wi t
houtneedofappr ovalorat t
est ati
onby
tot
hepreli
minaryproceedingstoini
ti
aterecallbecause: theCSC
1. Secti
on74speaksofl imit
ati
onon recall
i sapowerwhi ch Pr ovidedf urtherthatt heper i
odofempl oymentofemer gencyor
shallbe exercised by t he r
egistered voters of a local casuall aborershallnotexceed6mont hs
governmentunit The Joi nt Commi ssion of Local Gover nment Per sonnel
a. Sincethevot ersdonotexer ci
sesuchr ightexceptin Admi nistrat
ion or gani zed pur suant t o PD 1136 her eby
Mi
chel
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ishedandit
spersonnel
,records,equi
pmentandot
herasset
s whether the appoi ntee possesses t he mi ni
mum
tr
ansfer
redt
otheappropr
iat
eofficeintheCSC quali
fi
cati
onsandnoneoft hedisqual
ifi
cat
ions whenit
approvesordisapprovesanappointment i tisNOTa
SECTI
ON78.CI
VILSERVI
CELAWS,
RULEANDREGULATI
ONSANDOTHE disci
pli
narycasewher ei
ntherespondentshouldhavebe
RELATEDI
SSUANCES affor
dedanoppor t
unitytobeheard

PROVI
SION NOPRI
ORNOTICEWHEREEMPLOYEECONTI NUOUSLYABSENT
Al lmat t
ersperti
nentt o HR and devel
opmentofLGU shal
lbe Nor equi
rementofnot iceisrequi r
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ati
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houtappr ovedl eavef oratl east
i
ssuancespromul gatedpursuantt
hereto 30daysbeforedr oppinghi mf rom therol l
s
o E:Unl essotherwisespeci
fi
edinthi
scode o E:However ,ift hetermi nati
onwasbasedsol elyont he
certifi
cation of t he Per sonnelOf fi
cer r egarding t he
RESI
GNATI ONANDABANDONMENT absencewi thoutl eaveandt heempl oyeecont estst he
Resi gnat ionist heactofgi vinguport heactofanof fi
cerbywhi ch same, arguingt hat:
hedecl ineshi sof fi
ceandr enounceshi sr ighttofur therusei t 1. The per sonnelof fi
cer who pr event ed hi m f rom
Requi r
ement sf orr esi
gnat ion: si
gni ngthel ogbookand
1. I ntent i
ont or el
inquishapar tofthet er m 2. St ates underoat ht hatt here was no not i
ce and
2. Actofr eli
nqui shment hearingint heSCS
3. Anaccept ancebyt hepr operaut hor i
t y Thecaseshoul dber emandedt ot hecommi ssionf or
HOWEVER,eveni fther esignationi snotval i
d apubl icof ficer furtherpr oceedings Undert hese circumst ances,i n
may be deemed t o have r el
inquished hi s of f
ice due t o hi s equi t
yandi npr opercompl i
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voluntar yabandonmentofsai dpost duepr ocess,t heempl oyeeshoul dbegi venal astf ul
l
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onthatt het ermi nati
onof
reli
nquishmentofanof fi
cebyt hehol derwi t
ht hei ntentionof hisser vi
ceswasi l
legal
terminat i
nghi spossessi onandcont rol ther eof
o I tisaspeci esofr esignation PROCEDUREFORJUDI CI ALREVI EW OFDECI SI
ONSOFTHECSC
o Whi l
er esignationi ngener alisaf or m ofrelinquishment Thespeci alci
vilactionforcerti
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nqui shmentt hrunon- user therei
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n,speedyandadequat eremedyi nthe
o Non- userr eferst oanegl ectt ouseapr ivilegeorar ight ordi
narycourseofl aw
El ement sofabandonment : Revi sedAdmi nCi r
cularNo.1-95-pr ovi
desforanappealt otheCA
1. I ntentiont oabandon from j
udgements, f
inalordersorresol ut
ionsoftheCSC.
2. Anover torexternalactbywhi cht heintent i
oniscar ried o Sect4t her eofmandat est hattheappealbet akenwi t
hin
intoef fect 15 days f rom not i
ce oft he deni
aloft he mot i
on for
Whenanof fi
ceri sdesignat edt oanot herpost hei snotr equi red reconsideration duly filed in accor dance wi t
h t he
toresignf r
om hi sor i
ginalpost governinglawoft hecour toragencyaquo

POWERTOREVOKEORCANCELAPPOI NTMENTSOFCSC
TheCSChast heaut horit
yt orevokeorcancelanappoi ntmentt oa SECTI
ON79.
LI
MITATI
ONTOAPPOI
NTMENTS.

ci
vilserviceposi t
ionaf t
eri tsRegi onalOf fi
cehasappr ovedt he
sameandt heappoi nteehadassumedt heposi ti
on PROVI
SION
UndertheAdmi nCodeof1987t heCSChast hepowerto: Noper sonshallbeappoi
ntedinthecareerservi
ceoft helocal
o Hearanddeci deadmi ncasesi nstit
utedbeforeitdi
rectl
y governmentifhe isrel
ated wi
thi
nt he four
th ci
vildegree of
oron appeal ,i ncluding cont ested appoint
ment s and consanguini
ty oraf
fi
nit
yt othe appoi
nti
ng orr ecommending
revi
ewdeci sionsandact ionsofi tsagenciesatt
achedtoi t authori
ty.
o Not withst
andi ngt heinit
ialappr ovalofanappoi nt
ment ,
thesamemayber ecall
edf orviolati
onofot herexisti
ng
civi
lservi
cel awsandr egulations SECTI
ON 80.
PUBLI
C NOTI
CE OF VACANCY;PERSONNEL SELECTI
ON
o Ast hecommi ssiononl yxami nest heconf or
mi t
yoft he BOARD.
appointment wi th applicable pr ovisi
ons of law and
Mi
chel
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PROVI SI
ON SECTI
ON82.
RESI
GNATI
ONOFELECTI
VELOCALOFFI
CIALS
(a)Wheneveral ocalexecut ivedeci dest ofillavacantcar eerposi ti
on
thereshallbepost ednot icesoft hevacancyi natl east3conspi cuous PROVISION
publi
cpl acesi nt hel ocalgover nmentuni tconcer nedf oraper i
odofnot (a)Resi
gnat
ionsbyel
ect
ivelocalof
fi
cial
sshallbedeemedef
fect
iveonl
y
l
esst hanfifteen( 15)days. uponaccept
ancebyt
hefoll
owingaut
horit
ies:
(b)Thereshal lbeest abl i
shed i n everypr ovi nce,ci tyormuni cipalit
ya
personnelsel ecti
onboar d t oassistthelocalchi efexecuti
veinthe: Resignat
ionof Accept
anceby
1.Judi ciousandobj ectiveselect i
onorper sonnelf oremploymentas o Governor
s Pr
esi
dent
wel las o Vi
ce-gover
nors,and
2.Forpr omot ion,andi nt hef ormulationofsuchpol i
ciesaswoul d o Mayorsand
cont ributetoempl oyeewel fare. o Vi
ce-mayors
(c)Theper sonnel selectionboar dshallbe:
1. Head-l ocalchiefexecut i
ve Of highly ur bani
zed ci
ties and
2. Member sshal lbedet erminedbyr esol ut
ionofthesangguni an i
ndependentcomponentciti
es
concer ned o Muni cipalmayors Gover
nor
a. Ar epresent ati
veoft heCi vilSer viceCommi ssion,ifany, o Muni cipalvi
ce-
mayors
b. Andt heper sonnelof fi
ceroft hel ocalgovernmentuni t o Ci tymayor s
concer nedshal lbeexof fi
ciomember softheboar d. o Ci tyvice-mayors

SECTI
ON81.
COMPENSATI
ONOFLOCALOFFI
CIALSANDEMPLOYEES Ofcomponentciti
es
Sanggunianmembers Sangguni
anconcer
ned
PROVI
SION Barangayoff
ici
als Ci
tyormunici
palmayor
The compensat ion ofl ocalof f
ici
als and per sonnelshal lbe
determinedbyt hesangguni anconcer ned: (b)Copiesoftheresi
gnat i
onlett
ersofelecti
vel ocalof
fici
als,togetherwi
th
o Pr ovided,Thatt hei ncr easei ncompensat i
onofel ecti
ve theaction t
akenbyt heaf or
esaidauthorit
ies shal lbef urnishedthe
localof ficialsshal lt akeef fectonl yaf terthet ermsof DepartmentoftheInt
eriorandLocalGover nment .
office oft hose appr oving such i ncrease shal lhave (c)Ther esi
gnati
onshal lbedeemedaccept edifnotact eduponbyt he
expi r
ed: author
it
yconcernedwithinfift
een(15)daysf rom recei
ptthereof
o Pr ovided,f urther ,Thatt hei ncreasei ncompensat i
onof
theappoi ntiveof ficialsandempl oyeesshal lt akeef f
ect (d)Irr
evocabl
er esi
gnations bysangguni an members shallbe deemed
aspr ovi dedi nt heor dinanceaut horizi
ngsuchi ncrease: accepteduponpr esentati
onbef or eanopensessi onoft hesangguni an
o Pr ovided,however ,Thatsai di ncreasesshal lnotexceed concernedanddulyenteredi nit
sr ecords:
the limi tations on budget ar y allocations f orper sonal Pr ovi
ded,however ,Thatthissubsect i
ondoesNOTappl yto:
ser vi
cespr ovidedunderTi t
leFi ve,BookI Ioft hisCode o Sangguni anmember swhoar esubjecttorecallel
ect
ions
o Pr ovided,f inally,Thatsuchcompensat i
onmaybebased or
upon t he per tinent pr ovisions of R. A. No 6758 - o Tocaseswher eexi sti
ngl awsprescri
bedt hemannerof
"Compensat ionandPosi ti
onCl assifi
cationActof1989" . actinguponsuchr esignati
ons
Thef oll
owingshal lbeent it
ledt osuchcompensat ion,allowances,
emol ument s,andsuchot herpr i
vil
egesaspr ovidedunderTi tl
e RESI
GNATIONANDABANDONMENT
OneBookI IIoft hisCode: Resignationist
heactofgi vinguport heactofanof fi
cerbywhi ch
o Punongbar angay hedecli
neshisoff
iceandr enounceshi srightt
ofurt
heruseit
o Sangguni angbar angaymember Requirement sf
orresignat i
on:
o Sangguni angkabat aanchai rman 1. I nt
enti
ontor el
inqui shapar toft
het er
m
o Bar angayt reasur er 2. Actofr el
inquishment
o Bar angaysecr et ary 3. Anaccept ancebyt hepr operauthori
ty
El ecti
ve localof ficials shal lbe ent it
led t ot he same l eave HOWEVER,eveni ft her esignationisnotval i
d apubl i
cof f
icer
privi
legesast hoseenj oyedbyappoi nt i
velocalof fi
cials,incl
uding may be deemed t o have r el
i
nquished his of
fi
ce due to hi s
thecumul at i
onandcommut ationther eof. vol
untaryabandonmentofsai dpost
Abandonment of an of fice def ined as t he voluntary
Mi
chel
leDugui
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 reli
nquishmentofanof fi
cebyt hehol derwi t
ht heintenti
onof performanceofdut y
terminati
nghi spossessi onandcont rolt
hereof 3. I fthereisreasont obeli
evet hatther espondentisguiltyoft he
o I tisaspeci esofr esi
gnati
on chargeswhi chwoul dwar r
anthi sremovalf rom t
heser vice
o Whi l
er esi
gnationi ngeneralisaform ofrelinqui
shment Uponexpi rat
ionoft hepr eventi
vesuspensi on t hesuspended
o Abandonmenti savol untaryrel
inqui
shmentt hrunon-user offi
cialorempl oyeeshal lbeaut omat i
callyreinst
atedi nof f
ice
o Non- userr eferstoanegl ectt
ouseapr ivil
egeorar ight without pr ej
udice tot he cont i
nuation of t he admi nistr
ative
Element sofabandonment : proceedingsagai nsthim unti
lit
st ermination.
1. I ntenti
ont oabandon Ifthedel ayi nthepr oceedingsoft hecasei sduet ot hef ault
,
2. Anover torexternalactbywhi chtheintent i
oniscar ri
ed neglectorr equestoft herespondent t hetimeoft hedel ayshall
intoeffect notbecount ed in computing theper i
od ofsuspensi on her ein
Whenanof fi
cerisdesignat edtoanotherpost hei snotr equir
ed provided.
toresignf r
om hi sori
ginalpost
WHEREPOWERTOPREVENTI VELYSUSPENDVESTED
WRI
TTENRESI GNATI ONREQUI RED Vestedi nt heLCEhavi ngaut horit
yovert hem
Resi gnati
onsbyel ect
ivelocaloff
ici
alsmustbei nWRI TINGast hi
s Thispoweri sNOTexcl usive
provi
sionexpr esslystatesthatcopiesofr esignat
ionl ettersshall The Ombudsman or hi s deput y may i mpose pr eventi
ve
befurnishedtot heDILG suspensi ons wher e,i n hi sj udgmentt he foll
owing requisit
es
Senat orPiment elsubmi tsthatther easonforther equirement :i
s concur :
thediffi
cult
yinpi npoint
ingof f
ici
alresponsibi
li
tyforthedi schar
ge 1. Theevi denceofgui ltisstrong
ofgovernmentdut i
eswi t
houtwr i
tt
enr ecor
ds 2. Anyoft hef ollowingci rcumst ancesar epresent:
1. Thechar geagai nsttheof fi
cerorempl oyeei nvol
ves
SECTI
ON83.
GRI
EVANCEPROCEDURE di
shonest y,oppr ession,or gr ave mi sconduct or
negl ectint heper f
ormanceofdut y
PROVI
SION 2. Thechar geswoul dwar rantr emovalfrom service
I n everyl ocalgovernmentunit,thelocalchiefexecuti
veshall 3. The r espondent s cont i
nued st ay in of f
ice may
establi
shapr ocedur
et oinqui
reinto,actupon,r esol
veorsett
le prejudicet hecasef i
ledagai nsthim
compl aint
s and gr ievances present
ed by l ocalgovernment A pr event i
vesuspensi on can bedecr eed on theof fi
cialunder
empl oyees. investigat i
on af terchar ges ar e broughtand even bef orethe
chargesar ehear dsi ncet hesamei snoti nthenat ureofpenal t
y
SECTI
ON84.
ADMI
NISTRATI
VEDI
SCI
PLI
NE.
butmer elyapr elimi nar yst epinadmi nist r
ati
veinvestigat
ion
RA 3019 - Li kewi se, t he cour t
s may i mpose pr eventi
ve
PROVI
SION suspensi onsunderwhi chmaynotexceed60days
I nvestigati
on and adj udi
cati
on of admi nist
rati
ve complai
nts Imposi ti
onofpr event ivesuspensi oni smandat oryupont hef i
li
ng
againstappoi nt
ivel ocaloff
ici
alsandempl oyeesaswel lasthei
r ofval i
di nformat ion
suspensi onandr emoval shallbei naccor dancewi t
hthecivi
l Theval idit
yoft hei nf ormat i
oni sdet erminedatpr e-
suspension
servicelawandr ulesandotherperti
nentlaws. hearings
The r esults ofsuch admi nist
rat
ive investi
gations shal
lbe
reportedt otheCivilServi
ceCommi ssion. DESI
GNATIONNOTPREREQUI SITEFORPREVENTI VESUSPENSION
Thedesignati
onofar eplacementisnotar
equi
sit
etogi
veef
fectt
o
SECTION 85.
PREVENTI
VE SUSPENSI
ON OF APPOI
NTI
VE LOCAL pr
event
ivesuspensi
oni sundertheCSL
OFFICIALSANDEMPLOYEES.

EFFECTOFPREVENTIVESUSPENSI ONONCOMPENSATI ON
PROVI
SION Thereare2typesofprevent
ivesuspensi
on:
Thel ocalchiefexecuti
vesmaypr event
ivel
ysuspendf oraperi
od 1.Pr
event
ivesuspensi
onpendinginvest
igat
ion
not exceeding sixt
y( 60) days and subor di
nate off
ici
alor 2.Pr
event
ivesuspensi
onpendingappeal
employeeunderhi sauthori
typendi nginvest
igat
ionifthechar
ge
agai
nstsuchof f
ici
alorempl oyeeinvol
ves: Preventi
ve suspensi
on pendi
ng Preventi
ve suspension pending
1. Dishonesty i
nvestigat
ion appeal
2. Oppr essi
on or gr ave mi sconduct or neglect in the Notapenal t
ybutonlyameansof Puniti
ve,al
though i
ti sin ef
fect
,
Mi
chel
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enabl
ing t
hedisci
pli
ning authori
tyt
osubsequentl
y considered il
legal if empl oyeesundert heirjur
isdict
ion
conductunhamper
edinvesti
gation respondent i
s exonerated and t he Theirdeci si
onsshal lbef i
nal i ncaset hepenal t
yimposedi s
admin deci
sion f
indi
ng him guilt
yi s suspensi onwi thoutpayf ornotmor ethanthi
rty(30)days
reversed Ifthepenal tyi mposedi sheavi erthansuspensi onofthirt
y( 30)
days t he decision shal lbe appeal abl
et ot he Ci
vilService
Itispr ecisel
ybecauset herespondenti spenalized beforehis Commi ssion whi chshal ldecidet heappealwi t
hinthirt
y( 30)
sentencei sconfi
rmedt hatheshoul dbepai dhi ssalariesinthe daysf rom r eceiptther eof
eventhei sexonerated o Butt heappealshal lnotpreventtheexecuti
onthereof
Itwouldbeunj ustt odepr i
vehim ofhi spayasar esultofthe In caset her espondent -
appellantisexoner ated heshal lbe
i
mmedi ateexecuti
onoft hedecisi
onagai nsthim andcont i
nueto rei
nst ated t o hi s posi t
ion wi th allthe rights and privi
lege
dosoevenaf t
eri
ti sshownt hatheisi nnocentoft hechargesfor appur tenantt heretof rom t
het i
mehehadbeendepr i
vedthereof
which he was suspended Thi st heory woul d make t he
admi ni
strati
vedecisionnotonlyexecutorybutfinalandexecut or
y.
SECTI
ON88.
EXECUTI
ONPENDI
NGAPPEAL.

SECTI
ON86.
ADMI
NISTRATI
VEI
NVESTI ON.
GATI
PROVI
SION
PROVISI
ON An appealshal lNOT pr eventthe executi
on ofa deci sion of
I nanyl ocalgover nmentuni t,administrat
ivei nvestigat
ionmaybe removalorsuspensionofar espondent
-appel
lant.
conductedbyaper sonoracommi tteedul yaut horizedbyt he I n caset herespondent
-appell
antisexoner ated heshal lbe
localchiefexecut ive. rei
nstated to his posi
ti
on wi t
h allthe rights and privi
leges
Sai dpersonorcommi tt
eeshal l: appurtenantt
heretofr
om thetimehehadbeendepr i
vedthereof.
o Conduct hear ings on t he cases br ought against
appoi ntivel ocaloffi
cialsandempl oyeesand
o Submi tt heirfindingsandr ecommendat i
onst othel
ocal SECTI
ON89.
PROHI
BITEDBUSI
NESSANDPECUNI
ARYI
NTEREST
chi efexecut i
veconcer nedwi t
hinf if
teen( 15)daysfrom
theconcl usionoft hehear i
ngs. PROVI SI
ON
Theadmi nistr
ativecasesher ei
nment ionedshal lbedeci dedwit
hin (a)Itshallbeunl awf ulf oranyl ocalgover nmentof fi
cialorempl oyee,
90daysf r
om t het imet her espondenti sf or
mal lynot if
iedofthe dir
ectl
yori ndi
rectl
y,to:
charges (1)Engagei nanybusi nesstransactionwi tht helocalgovernmentuni tin
SECTI
ON87.
DISCI PLI NARYJURI SDICTION. whichhei sanof ficialorempl oyeeoroverwhi chhehast hepowerof
supervi
sion,orwi th any ofi ts authorized boards,of fi
cial
s,agents,or
PROVI
SION att
orneys,wher ebymoneyi stobepai d,orpr opertyoranyot hert
hingof
Thel ocalchi efexecutivemayi mposet hepenalt
yofr emovalf rom valueistobet ransferred,direct
lyori ndirect
ly,outoft heresourcesoft he
servi
ce,demot ioninrank, l
ocalgovernmentuni ttosuchper sonorf irm
o Suspensi on-fornotmor ethanone( 1)yearwithoutpay
o Fi ne-i nanamountnotexceedi ngsix(6)mont hssalar y (2)Hol
dsuchinter
est
sinanycockpi
torot
hergamesl
icensedbyal
ocal
o Repr i
mandandot herwisediscipli
nesubordi
nateof f
icials gover
nmentuni
t;
andempl oyeesunderhi sjuri
sdicti
on.
I fthepenal tyi mposedi ssuspensionwi t
houtpayf ornotmor e (
3)Purchaseanyrealestat
eorotherpropert
yf orf
eit
edinfavorofsuch
thanthir
ty( 30)days hi sdecisionshallbefi
nal. l
ocalgover
nmentunitforunpai
dtaxesorassessment ,orbyvirt
ueofa
I fthepenal tyi mposedi sheavi erthansuspensionoft hi
rty( 30) l
egalpr
ocessatt
heinst
anceofthesai
dlocalgovernmentuni
t;
days t he deci sion shallbe appeal abletot he Ci
vilSer vice
Commi ssion whi chshal ldecidet heappealwi t
hint hi
rt
y( 30) (4)Beasuret
yf oranyper
soncontr
acti
ngordoi ngbusi
nesswi
tht
hel
ocal
daysfrom r eceiptthereof. gover
nmentunitforwhi
chasuret
yisrequi
red;and
Exceptasot herwiseprovidedbyl aw
(5)Possessoruseanypubl
icpr
oper
tyoft
hel
ocalgover
nmentuni
tfor
WHERETHEPOWERTODI SCIPLINEVESTEDGENERALLY pri
vat
epur poses
LCE shallhave jur
isdict
ion t
oi nvest
igat
e and deci
de matter
s
invol
ving di
sci
pli
nary acti
ons againstsubor
dinat
e off
icer
s and (
b)Al
lot
herpr
ohi
bit
ionsgover
ningt
heconductofnat
ionalpubl
icof
fi
cer
s
Mi
chel
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r
elat
ingt
oprohibi
tedbusinessandpecuniar
yinterestsoprovi
dedforunder: hel
donceaweek
R. A.No.6713-CodeofConductandEt hicalSt
andardsf
orPubl i
c
Offi
cial
sandEmpl oyees PROFESSI
ONDEFI NED
Ot herlawsshallalsobeapplicabl
et olocalgovernmentoffi
cial
s Twopossi bledef i
nit
ions:
andempl oyees. 1. Professionasacal li
ngr equiri
ngspecializedknowledgeand
oft
enl ongandi nt
ensivepr eparati
oni nskill
sandmet hods
CRI
MINALLIABILITYFORVI OLATIONOFPROHI BITION as wel las sci enti
fi
c,hi stori
calorschol arly pri
ncipl
es
Section514providesthatanylocalof
fi
cialandanypersondeal
ing under l
ying such ski l
lsand met hodsand mai ntai
ning by
wit
hhim whoviolatet
hepr ohi
bit
ionpr
ovidedinthi
sprovisi
onshal
l for
ceofor gani zati
onorconcer tedopinionhi ghstandards
bepunishedwith: ofachi evementandconduct ,commi t
ti
ngi tsmember sto
o I MPRISONMENTf or6mosand1dayt o6yearsOR continuedst udyt oaki ndofwor kwhichhasf oritsprime
o FI NEofnotlessthan3knormor ethan10kOR purposet herender i
ngofpubl i
cser vi
ce
o Bot hatthecourt
sdiscr
eti
on 2. Professionasapr inci
palcal li
ng,vocationorempl oyment
Thi sdefini
tionshoul dbef oll
owedf orthisprovi
sion
SECTION90. PRACTI CEOFPROFESSI ON
PRACTI
CE OF PROFESSI ON BY PROVI NCI AL GOVERNORS,CI TY AND
PROVI SION MUNICI
PALMAYORS
(a)Allgover nors,city and munici
palmayor s ar
e pr
ohibit
ed fr
om DILGMemor andum Ci rcularNo.90- 81pr ovidest hegui del
inest o
practi
cingtheirprofessionorengagi
nginanyoccupationotherthanthe be obser ved i nt he gr antofper mi ssi on t ot he pr acti
ce of
exerci
seoftheirfunctionsasl
ocalchi
efexecut
ives. pr
ofessionandt ot heaccept anceofpr ivat eempl oymentofl ocal
el
ecti
veof ficials:
(b)Sanggunianmember smaypr act icet heirprofessi
ons,engagei nany 1. Per mi ssi ongr antedbySecr etaryofLG
occupat
ion,orteachi nschool s 2. Provi nci alGover nor s,Ci tyandMuni cipalMayor swhodut ies
E1:Exceptdur i
ngsessi onhour s andr esponsi bil
iti
esr equi ret hatt hei rent ir
et imebeatt he
E2:Pr ovided, Thatsangguni anmember swhoar ealsomember sof disposaloft hegover nment pr ohi bitedt oengagei nt he
theBarshal lnot: pract i
ceoft heirpr of essionandt oacceptpr ivateempl oyment
1. Appearascounselbef or eanycour ti
nanyci vilcasewher ein dur i
ngt hei rincumbency
a l ocal gover nment uni t or any of fi
ce, agency, or 3. Otherl ocalel ectiveof fi
cialsmaybeal lowedt opr act i
cet heir
i
nst rumentalit
yoft hegover nmenti stheadversepar t
y; professi on orengage i n privat e empl oymenton a l imi t
ed
2. Appearascounseli nanycr iminalcasewher einanof ficeror basisatt hedi scr etionoft heSec.ofLG,subj ectt oexi sti
ng
empl oyeeoft henat i
onalorl ocalgover nmenti
saccusedofan lawsandt othef ollowi ngcondi tions:
of
f ensecommi ttedinrelat i
ont ohisof fi
ce. a) Thatt het i
mesodevot edout sideofof ficehour sshoul d
3. Col lect any f ee f or t heir appear ance in admi nistrati
ve be:
pr
oceedi ngsi nvolvingt hel ocalgover nmentuni tofwhi chhe Fi xedbyt heLCEconcer ned
i
sanof fi
cial;and Tot heendt hati twi l
lnoti mpai rinanywayt he
4. Usepr oper t
yandper sonneloft hegover nment ef f
iciencyoft heof ficialsconcer ned
E:exceptwhen t hesangguni an memberconcer ned is b) Thatnogover nmentt i
me,per sonnel ,fundsorsuppl i
es
defendingt heinterestoft hegovernment. shal lbeut ili
zed i nt hepur sui tofone spr of ession or
pr i
vat eempl oyment
(c)Doct
orsofmedi
cinemaypracti
cetheirprofessi
onevendur i
ngoffi
cial c) Thatno conf li
ctofi nter estbet ween t he pr actice of
hoursofwor
konl
yonoccasionsofemergency: pr of essionorengagementi npr ivat eempl oymentandt he
Provided t
hatthe of
fici
als concerned do NOT deri
ve of ficialdut iesoft heconcer nedof ficialshal lariset her eby
monetar
ycompensati
ontherefrom d) Such ot her condi tions t hat t he Sec of LG deems
necessar yt oi mpose on each par ticularcase,i nt he
REASONFORPROHI BITION i
nt er estofpubl icser vice
Thedif
fer
enceintreatmentbet
weengovernor
sandmayor sonone TheSCr ulest hatt heDI LGhasnotcommi ttedGADi ni ssuingt he
handandSanggunianmember sont heot
heri
sthat
: Memor andum Ci rcular
o Theofficeofthegover
norormayorisaful
lti
mejob o I tdoesnoti nfringeupont heSC spowerandaut hor i
tyt o
o The regularsessi
ons ofSanggunian members ar
e pr escr iber ulesont hepr act iceofl aw
Mi
chel
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 o Itsi
mpl ypr escribesrulesofconductf orpubli
cof fi
cialsto No l ocalof fici
alorempl oyeei nt hecar eercivilser viceshal l
avoidconf lict
sofi nterestbetweent hedischargeoft hei
r engagedi rectl
yori ndirectlyinanypar ti
sanpolit
icalactivit
yort ake
publicdutiesandt heprivatepracti
ceoftheirprofession partinanyel ection, i
nitiati
ve, r
eferendum,plebi
scite,orrecal l
,
Secti
on90doesnott r
ansgr esstheequalpr otecti
onclauseoft he o E:exceptt ovot e
consti
tut
ion Norshal lheusehi sof f
icialauthorit
yori nfl
uencet ocauset he
o Asi tdoesnotdi scri
minat eagainstl
awyersanddoct ors performanceofanypol iti
calact i
vit
ybyanyper sonorbody.
o I tappliest oal lprovincialandmuni cipaloffi
cialsint he o E:Hemay, however ,expresshisviewsoncur renti ssues,
professionsorengagedi nanyoccupat i
on orment i
ont henamesofcer t
aincandidat esf orpubl i
c
offi
cewhom hesuppor t
s.
WHENCONFLICTOFI NTERESTEXI STS Elective localof fici
als mayt ake partin parti
san pol iti
caland
Confl
ictofinterestexistswher et
heinter
estoftheLGYwi t
hwhich el
ect oralactivit
ies
theoffi
cialisconnect edareopposedt otheinter
estsofpersons o E:Buti tshal lbeunl awfulforthem tosoli
citcont ributi
ons
whoobt ainshisser vi
ces fr
om t hei rsubor dinatesorsubj ectthesesubor dinatesto
Thus,a pr ovinci
alf iscalwas disquali
fi
ed f
rom r epr
esenti
ng a anyoft hepr ohibitedact sundert heOmni busEl ecti
on
municipali
tywher ethei nt
erestofthelatt
erwer eadversetothe Code.
provi
ncewi thwhi chhewasempl oyed
EXCEPTI
ONSTOPROHI BI
TION
Localof
fi
cial
sorempl oyeesmay:
SECTI
ON91.
STATEMENTOFASSETSANDLI
ABI
LITI
ES.
o Expr esshisviewsoncur
renti
ssues,or
o Ment i
onthenamesofcertai
ncandidat
esf
orpubl
icof
fi
ce
PROVI
SION whom hesuppor ts.
Officialsandemployeesoflocalgover nmentunit
sshallfi
leswor
n:
1. St atementsofassets,l
iabili
tiesandnetwor t
h, SECTION 94.APPOI
NTMENT OF ELECTI
VE AND APPOI
NTI
VE LOCAL
2. Li sts of relat
ives wi thin t he fourt
h ci vil degr
ee of OFFICIALS;CANDIDATESWHOLOSTINANELECTION.
consanguini
tyoraffi
nit
yi ngover nmentservice
3. Fi nanci
alandbusinessi nterests PROVI
SION
4. Per sonneldatasheetsasr equiredbylaw. NO el ectiveorappoi nti
vel ocalof f
icialshall beeligi
blefor
appointmentordesi gnati
oni nanycapaci t
ytoanypublicoff
iceor
posit
iondur i
nghi stenure.
Noel ecti
veorappoi nti
vel ocaloffici
alshal l holdanyot her
SECTI
ON92.
OATHOFOFFI
CE off
ice orempl oymenti nt he gover nmentorany subdi visi
on,
agencyori nstr
ument al
it
yther eof
,includinggovernment-
ownedor
PROVI
SION contr
olledcorpor at
ionsortheirsubsidiaries.
Al lel
ect
iveand appoi ntivel ocalof f
icialsand empl oyeesshal l, o E:Unl essot herwiseal l
owedbyl aw orbyt heprimary
uponassumptiont ooffi
ce: funct
ionsofhi sposi t
ion,
1. Subscr ibetoanoat horaf f
ir
mat i
onofof f
iceint he
prescr i
bedfor m. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF APPOI NTMENT OF LOCAL ELECTI VE
2. Theoat horaf f
ir
mat i
onofof fi
ceshal lbe f i
ledwith OFFI
CIALSTOANOTHERPOST
theof fi
ceoft helocalchiefexecut iveconcerned. Thevi ewt
hatanel ect
iveoffi
cialmaybeappoi
ntedtoanot
herpost
3. A copyoft heoat h oraf fi
rmat i
on ofof f
iceofal l i
fall
owedorbyt heprimaryfuncti
onsofhisoff
ice i
gnoresthe
electiveandappoi ntivel
ocalof f
icial
sandempl oyees cl
ear-
outdif
ferenceint hewor di
ngoft hefi
rst2paragr
aphsof
shal lbe pr eser ved i
nt he indivi
dualper sonal Sect
ion7,
Articl
e9-Boft heConstit
uti
on
recor dsfi
leundert hecustodyoft hepersonnelof f
ice,
division,orsect i
on oft he localgover nmentuni t 1stParagraph 2ndParagraph
concer ned. Noelecti
veof fi
cialshal
lbeeligi
ble Unlessotherwsi
seallowedbyl awor
forappoi
ntmentordesi gnat
ion in by the primaryf uncti
ons of his
Sect
ion93.
PARTI
SANPOLI
TICALACTI
VITY.
anycapacit
yt oanypubl icof
fi
ceor posit
ion,noappointi
veof f
ici
alshal
l
posi
ti
onduringhist enur
e hol
danyot heroffi
ceorempl oyment
PROVI
SION i
n t he gover nment or any
Mi
chel
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 subdivisi
on,agency.. per
missi
onoft
hegover
norconcer
nedf
oranyt
ravelout
sidet
hepr
ovi
nce
Thef ir
stpar agr
aphappear stobe Whi l
et he2nd paragraphauthori
zes
morest r
ingentanddoesnotpr ovide hol ding ofmul tipl
e off
ices by an (
c)Localgover nmentofficial
straveli
ng abroad shall notif
yt hei
r
any exception t
ot he rule against appoi nt
iveoffi
cialwhenal l
owedby r
espect
ivesanggunian:
appointmentsordesi gnationofan l aw orbyt hepr i
mar yf
unctionsof Pr ovi
ded,Thatwhent heperiodoft r
avelextendstomor ethan
el
ectiveoffi
cialt
oot hergovernment hi sposition t
hree3mont hs,duringperi
odsofemer gencyorcri
sisorwhenthe
posts,exceptasr ecognizedbyt he t
ravelinvol
vestheuseofpubl icfunds per missionfr
om the
Constiit
self Offi
ceofthePresidentshal
lbesecured

(d)Fi el
dof f
icersofnat ionalagenci esorof fi
cesassignedinpr ovi
nces,
Thedist
inct
ionbet
weenthefir
standsecondparagr
aphswasnot cit
ies,andmuni ci
pali
ti
esshal l notl eavet hei
roffi
cialst
ationswithout
acci
dent
alwhendrawn,andnotwit
houtr
eason. givingpriorwrit
tennoticet othelocalchi efexecut
iveconcerned.
Suchnot iceshallstate:
SECTI
ON95.
ADDI
TIONALORDOUBLECOMPENSATI
ON.
o Dur ati
onoft ravelandt he
o Nameoft heoffi
cerwhom heshal ldesi
gnatetoactf or
PROVI
SION andinhi sbehalfduringhi sabsence.
Noel ecti
veorappoi ntivelocaloff
ici
aloremployeeshal
lrecei
ve
addit
ional,doubl e,orindi
rectcompensati
on SECTI
ON97.
ANNUALREPORT
o E:unl essspeci fi
call
yauthori
zedbylaw
Noracceptwi thoutt he consentofCongr ess any pr
esent, PROVI
SION
emolument s,of fi
ce,or t it
le of any ki
nd from any forei
gn Onorbef oreMar ch31ofeachyear ever ylocalchiefexecut
ive
government . shallsubmi tanannualr eportt ot hesanggunianconcer nedonthe:
Pensi onsorgr atuiti
es shal lNOTbeconsi deredasaddi
ti
onal, o Soci o-economi c
double,orindi
rectcompensat i
on o Pol it
icaland
o Peaceandor dercondi tions,and
o Ot hermat t
ersconcer ningt helocalgovernmentunit,
Whi chshal lcovert heimmedi atelypr ecedi
ngcalendaryear.
Acopyoft her eportshal lbef or wardedt o t heDepar t
mentof
theInteri
orandLocalGover nment .
Componentci ti
esandmuni cipal i
tiesshall li
kewiseprovidethe
sangguni ang panl alawigan copi es oft hei
rr especti
ve annual
reports.
SECTI
ON96.
PERMI
SSI
ONTOLEAVESTATI
ON TITLEI V
LOCALSCHOOLBOARDS
PROVI SION
(a)Provinci
al,ci
ty,muni cipal,andbar angayappoi ntiveoffi
ci al
sgoi ngon SECTI
ON98.CREATI
ON,
COMPOSI
TION,
ANDCOMPENSATI
ON.
offi
cialt
ravelshall
:
1. Appl yandsecur ewr i
tt
enper missionf r
om t heirrespect i
vel ocal PROVI SION
chi
efexecut ivesbef oredepar t
ure (a)Thereshal lbeest
ablishedinever
yprovince,cit
y,ormuni
cipal
it
ya
2. Theappl icationshal lspecifyther easonsf orsucht ravel,and provi
ncial,
cit
y,ormuni
cipalschool
boar
d,r
especti
vely.
3. Theper mi ssionshal lbegi venorwi thheldbasedon:
a. Consi derati
onsofpubl i
cinterest (
b)Thecomposit
ionofl ocalschoolboardsshallbeasf ol
lows:
b. Fi nancial capabi l
it
y of t he l ocal gover nment uni t 1. Theprovinci
alschoolboar dshallbecomposedof :
concer nedand Co- chairman - The gover nor and t he divisi
on
c. Ur gencyoft hetravel. superintendentofschoolsas;
4. Shoul dthel ocalchi efexecut iveconcer nedf allt
oactuponsuch Chai rmanoft heeducat i
oncommi tt
eeoft hesangguniang
appl
icat
ionwi thin4wor kingdaysf rom recei ptt
her eof i tshall panlalawigan,
bedeemedappr oved Pr ovincial t r
easurer
, t he r epresentat
ive of t he
(b)Mayor sofcomponentci ti
esandmuni cipali
tiesshall secur ethe "pederasyon ng mga sangguni ang kabat aan" i
nt he
Mi
chel
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l 47
 sangguni angpanl al awi gan SECTI
ON99.
FUNCTI
ONSOFLOCALSCHOOLBOARDS
Dul y el ect ed pr esi dentoft he provi ncialf eder ation of
par ents- teacher sassoci ations PROVISI
ON
Dul yel ect edr epresent ativeoft het eacher s' organi zat i
ons Thepr ovincial ,cityormuni cipalschool boar dshall
:
int hepr ovi nce 1. Det ermi ne,i naccor dancewi t
ht hecr iteri
asetbyt heDepar tment
Dul y el ect ed r epr esent at i
ve of t he non- academi c ofEducat i
on, Cul tureandSpor t
s:
per sonnelofpubl icschool si nthepr ovince, asmember s; a. The annualsuppl ement ar y budget ary needs f ort he
2. Theci tyschoolboar dshal lbecomposedof : oper ationandmai ntenanceofpubl icschool swi thinthe
Co- chai rman-Ci tymayorandt heci t
ysuper intendentof provi nce, city, ormuni ci
pal ity, asthecasemaybe, and
school s b. Thesuppl ement ar yl ocalcostofmeet ingsuchneeds,
Chai rmanoft heeducat ioncommi tteeoft hesangguni ang whi chshal lber eflectedi nt hef orm ofanannualschool
panl ungsod boar dbudgetcor respondi ngt oitsshar eoft hepr oceeds
Ci tyt r
easur er oft he speci all evy on r ealpr operty const it
uting the
Repr esent at iveoft he" peder asyonngmgasangguni ang Speci alEducat i
onFundand
kabat aan"i nt hesangguni angpanl ungsod c. Suchot hersour cesofr evenueast hisCodeandot her
l
awsoror dinancesmaypr ovi de;
c
Dul yel ect edpr esi dentoft heci t
yf eder ationofpar ents-
2. Aut horizet hepr ovinci al,ci tyormuni cipaltreasur er,ast hecase
teacher sassoci ations
maybe, t odi sbur sef undsf rom t heSpeci alEducat i
onFund
Dul yel ect edr epresent ativeoft het eacher s' organi zat i
ons
pur suantt ot hebudgetpr epar edandi naccor dancewi t
hexi st
ing
int heci ty
rulesandr egul ations;
Dul y el ect ed r epr esent at i
ve of t he non- academi c 3. Ser veasanadvi sor ycommi t
teet ot hesangguni anconcer nedon
per sonnelofpubl icschool si ntheci t
y, asmember s;and educat ionalmat terssuchas,butnotl imitedto,thenecessi tyfor
(3)
Themuni cipalschoolboar dshal lbecomposedof : andt heusesofl ocalappr opr i
ati
onsf oreducat i
onal purposes;and
Co- chai r
men -Muni cipalmayorand t he di st r
ictsuper visorof 4. Recommendchangesi nthenamesofpubl icschool swi thinthe
schools territ
orialj urisdict i
onoft hel ocalgover nmentuni tf orenact ment
Thechai r man oft heeducat ion commi tteeoft hesangguni ang byt hesangguni anconcer ned.
bayan TheDepar tmentofEducat ion,Cul t
ur eandSpor tsshal lconsul tthe
Themuni cipaltreasur er l
ocalschoolboar dont heappoi ntmentof
The r epr esent ative oft he " peder asyon ng mga sangguni ang Di visionsuper intendent s
kabataan"i nthesangguni angbayan Di strictsuper visor s
Thedul yel ectedpr esi dentoft hemuni cipalf eder at i
onofpar ent- Schoolpr i
nci pals, and
teacherassoci at ions Ot herschoolof ficials.
Thedul yel ectedr epr esent ativeoft het eacher s'or gani zat i
onsi n
themuni cipalit
y, and CONSULTATI ONNOTREQUI REDFORDESI GNATI ON
Thedul yel ectedr epr esent ativeoft henon- academi cper sonnelof Sect i
on99appl i
est oappoi nt
mentsmadebyt heDECS
publicschool si nt hemuni cipal i
ty,asmember s. However ,in 1994,t he CareerExecut ive Boar di ssued Memo
(c) Int he event t hat a pr ovince or ci ty has 2 or mor e school CircularNo.21 pl acing theposi ti
onsofschool sdi visionsand
superintendents, andi nt heeventt hatamuni cipali
tyhas2ormor edi str
ict super intendent s and assi st
antschools di vi
sion super i
ntendent
supervisors t he co- chai rman oft he l ocalschoolboar d shal lbe WI THINTHECAREEREXECUTI VESERVI CE
determinedasf oll
ows:
Powert oappoi ntper sonst ocar eerexecut i
veser vi
ceposi ti
ons
1. TheDepar tmentofEducat ion,Cul t
ur eandSpor t
sshal ldesi gnat e
wast r
ansf erredf r
om DECSTOTHEPRESI DENT
theco- chai rmanf ort hepr ovi ncial andci tyschool boar ds;and
Thepr erogativet o designatetheappoi nteest otheirpar t
icular
2. Thedi visionsuper int endentofschool sshal ldesi gnat et hedi str
ict
stationswasvest edint heDECS, pursuantt ot heexigenciesoft he
supervisorwhoshal lser veasco- chai rmanoft hemuni cipalschool
service
board.
3. The per formance of t he dut ies and r esponsi bili
ties of t he Desi gnat i
onswhi chpar takeoft henat ur eofar eassi gnmentt o
abovement i
onedof ficialsi nt heirr espect i
vel ocalschoolboar ds whi cht her equirementi nSect i
on99ofpr iorconsultationwi ththe
shallnotbedel egat ed. l
ocalschoolboar d DOES NOT APPLY i tonl yr ef
erst o
appoi ntment smadebyt heDECS

Mi
chel
leDugui
l 48
 year.
APPOINTMENT REASSI GNMENT o Theaf f
ir
mat i
vevot eoft hemaj ori
tyofal lt
hemember s
An appoi
ntmentisdef i
ned ast he Mer el
yamovementofanempl oyee shallbenecessar ytoappr ovet hebudget.
sel
ecti
on,by the aut
horit
y bested from one or gani
zati
on uni t t o Theannualschoolboar dbudgetshal lgivepri
orit
ytothefoll
owing:
wit
hthepower,ofanindivi
dualwho anotherinthesamedepar tmentor 1. Construction,repair,and mai nt enanceofschoolbui l
dings
i
st oexer
cisefuncti
onsofagi ven agency whi ch does noti nvol
ve a and ot herf acil
it
ies ofpubl ic el ementary and secondary
off
ice reducti
on inr ank,stat
usorsal ary schools;
anddoesnotr equi r
etheissuanceof 2. Establi
shmentandmai ntenanceofext ensionclasseswher e
anappoi nt
ment necessary;and
When compl eted,usuall
y wi thits A designati
onconnot esmer el
yt he 3. Sports act i
vit
ies att he division,di st
rict
,muni ci
pal,and
confir
mati
on, t he appoi ntment i
mposi ti
onofaddi ti
onalduti
esonan barangayl evel
s.
resul
tsinsecur i
tyoftenuref orthe i
ncumbentof f
icial
personchosen FI
SCALYEARDEFI NED
E:unl esshei sreplaceable Thef iscalyearofLGUi
saperi
odbeginni
ngwiththef
ir
stdayof
atpleasurebecauseoft he Januaryandendingwit
hthe31stdayofDecemberofthesame
natureofhisoff
ice year
Januar y1December31
USEOFSPECIALEDUCATI ONFUND
Legisl
atureint endedt heSpeci alEducat ionFundt oanswerf orthe
compensat i
onoft eachershandl i
ngext ensionclasses SECTI
ON101. COMPENSATI ONANDREMUNERATI ON
Theper t
inentpor tionoft her epeal i
ngcl auseofLGCpr ovidesthat Theco- chair
menandmember soft heprovi
ncial,ci
tyormunicipal
whatwasexpr essl yrepealedbyt heLGCwasonl ySect3ofRA schoolboar d shallperform t hei
rdut i
es as such wi t
hout
5447whi chdeal swi ththeal locat ionoft axesonVi rginiaType compensationorr emuner at
ion.
Cigarsanddut iesoni mpor t
edl eaft obacco Member sthereofwhoar enotgover nmentoffi
cialsoremployees
The f ai
luret o add a speci ficr epeal i
ng clause par ti
cularl
y shallbe ent itl
ed to necessar ytravel
ing expenses and
ment i
oningt hest atut
et ober epeal edi ndicatesthattheintentwas all
owances
NOT t or epealany exi st
ing l aw on t he mat t
er,unl ess an o Char geableagai nstthef undsoft helocalschoolboard
ir
reconcil
ablei nconsi stencyandr epugnancyexi stsinthet ermsof concerned
thenewandol dl aws o Subj ectt o exi
sting accounti
ng and auditi
ng rul
esand
Hence,thepr ovisi onallocati
onf undsf orsalari
esunderSect1of regulat
ions.
RA5447, whi char enoti nconsi stentwi thSect272and100( c)of
LGCr emai ninf or ceandef f
ect

SECTI
ON100.
MEETI
NGSANDQUORUM;
BUDGET
TI
TLEV.
PROVI
SION LocalHeal
thBoar
ds
Thel ocalschoolboar dshallmeetatl eastonceamont horas
oftenasmaybenecessar y. SECTI
ON102.CREATI
ONANDCOMPOSI
TION.
Anyoft heco- chair
menmaycal lameet i
ng.
Amaj orityofal li
tsmember sshallconstit
uteaquor um. PROVI SION
However ,whenbot hco- chair
menar epr esentinameet ing,the (a)Thereshallbeestabli
shedal ocalheal
thboar dinever
yprovince,ci
ty,
or
l
ocalchi efexecut i
veconcer ned,asamat t
erofpr otocol
,shallbe municipali
ty.Thecomposi t
ionofthelocalhealt
hboardsshallbeasfoll
ows:
givenpr eferencet opresi
deovert hemeet i
ng. 1. Thepr ovinci
alhealthboardshallbe:
The di vision super int
endent, city super i
ntendent or di str
ict Chai rman-gover nor
supervisor, asthecasemaybe, shallpreparet hebudgetoft he Vi ce-chair
man-pr ovinci
alhealt
hof f
icer
schoolboar dconcer ned. Member s:
o Suchbudgetshal lbesuppor t
edbypr ograms,pr oj
ects, o The chai rman oft he commi t
tee on heal
th ofthe
andact ivi
ti
esoft heschoolboar df ortheensuingf iscal sangguniangpanlalawi
gan
Mi
chel
leDugui
l 49
 o Ar epr esent at i
ve f rom t he pr ivat e sect orornon- PROVI
SION
gover nment al or ganizat ions i nvol ved i n heal t
h The boar d shallmeetatl eastonce a mont h oras may be
ser vices, and necessar y.
o Ar epr esent at iveoft heDepar tmentofHeal t
hi nthe Amaj ori
tyoft hemember soft heboar dshal
lconst
itut
eaquor um,
pr ovince Butt hechai r
manort hevice- chair
manmustbepr esentduring
2. Theci tyheal t
hboar dshal lbe: meetings wher ebudgetar ypr oposal
sar ebei
ngpr epar
edor
Chai rman-ci tymayor considered.
Vi ce-chai rman-ci tyheal thof fi
cer Theaf fi
rmat i
vevot eofallthemaj ori
tyofthemember sshallbe
Member s: necessarytoappr ovesuchpr oposals.
o Chai rman of t he commi tt
ee on heal th of t he
sangguni angpanl ungsod SECTI
ON104.
COMPENSATI
ONANDREMUNERATI
ON
o Ar epr esent ative f r
om t he pr ivate sect orornon-
gover nment al or gani zations i nvolved i n heal t
h PROVI
SION
ser vices, and Thechai rman,vice-chai
rman,andmember soft hepr ovi
ncial
,cit
y
o Ar epr esent ativeoft heDepar tmentofHeal t
hi nthe ormunicipalheal t
h boar d shallperfor
m t heirdut i
es as such
ci ty wi
thoutcompensat i
onorr emuner at
ion.
3. Themuni cipalheal thboar dshal lbe: Member st hereofwhoar enotgover nmentofficial
sorempl oyees
Chai rman-muni cipalmayor shallbe ent it
led to necessar ytraveli
ng expenses and
Vi ce-char iman-muni cipalheal thoff i
cer al
lowances
Member s: o Char geableagai nstthef undsoft hel ocalhealt
hboar d
o Chai rman oft he commi ttee on heal th oft he concerned
sangguni angbayan o Subj ectt o exi
sting accounti
ng and audi t
ing r
ulesand
o Ar epr esent ati
vef rom t hepr ivatesect orornon- regul
ations.
gover nment alor gani zat i
ons i nvolved i n healt
h
ser vi
ces SECTI
ON 105.
DIRECTNATI
ONALSUPERVI
SION ANDCONTROLBYTHE
o Ar epr esent ati
veoft heDepar t
mentofHeal thin SECRETARYOFHEALTH
themuni cipal i
ty
(
b)Thef
unctionsoft hel ocalheal t hboar dshal lbe: PROVI
SION
1. To pr opose t ot hesangguni an concer ned,i n accor dancewi t
h I ncasesofepi demi cs,pestil
ence,andot herwi despreadpublic
standar dsandcr iteriasetbyt heDepar tmentofHeal th,annual healt
hdanger s, t heSecr etaryofHeal thmay, uponthedir
ecti
on
budget ary allocat ions f ort he oper ation and mai nt
enance of ofthePresidentandi nconsul tat
ionwi ththel ocalgovernmentunit
healthf acili
ties and ser vices wi thint he muni cipalit
y,ci t
y or concerned, t empor ari
lyassumedi rectsuper visionandcontrol
province, ast hecasemaybe; overheal th oper at
ions i n any l ocalgover nmentuni tforthe
2. Toser veasanadvi sor ycommi tt
eet ot hesangguni anconcer ned durat
ionoft heemer gency
onheal thmat t erssuchas, butnotl i
mi t
edt o, thenecessi tyfor,and Buti nNOcaseexceedi ngacumul ati
veper i
odof6mont hs.
applicat i
onof , localappr opr iati
onsf orpubl icheal t
hpur poses;and o E:Wi tht heconcur renceoft helocalgover nmentuni t
3. Consi stentwi tht het echni calandadmi nistrat i
vest andar dsoft he concerned, theperiodf orsuchdi rectnat i
onalcontr
oland
Depar tmentofHeal th, cr eat ecommi tteeswhi chshal ladvisel ocal supervisi
onmaybef ur t
herext ended.
healthagenci esonmat ter ssuchas, butnotl i
mi t
edt o,
a. Per sonnelsel ect ionandpr omot ion TI
TLEVI
.
b. Bi dsandawar ds LocalDevel
opmentCounci
ls
c. Gr ievanceandcompl aints
d. Per sonneldi sci pl i
ne SECTI
ON106.
LocalDevel
opmentCounci
ls.
e. Budgetr evi ew
f. Oper at ionsr evi ew PROVI
SION
g. Si mi larf unct i
ons. Eachl ocalgovernmentunitshallhaveacompr ehensivemulti-
sect
oraldevel
opmentpl an to be i
nit
iat
ed by i
ts devel
opment
SECTI
ON103.MEETI
NGSANDQUORUM. counci
landapprovedbyit
ssanggunian.
Fort hi
spurpose,thedevelopmentcouncilatt
heprovinci
al,ci
ty,
Mi
chel
leDugui
l 50
 munici
pal,orbar angay level,shallassi
stt he corr
espondi
ng
sanggunian in sett
ing t
he di rect
ion ofeconomic and social PROVI
SION
devel
opment ,and coordinating devel
opmentef f
orts wi
thi
ni ts Wi thi
naper i
odof60daysf rom thestartofor ganizati
onofl ocal
ter
ri
tori
aljur
isdi
ction. developmentcouncil
s t henon-governmentalor ganizat
ionsshall
choose from among t hemselves theirrepresent ati
ves to sai
d
councils.
SECTI
ON107.
COMPOSI
TIONOFLOCALDEVELOPMENTCOUNCI
LS Thel ocalsanggunianconcernedshal laccreditnon- governmental
organizat
ionssubj
ecttosuchcr i
teri
aasmaybepr ovi
dedbyl aw.
PROVISION
Thecomposi ti
onoft hel ocaldevel opmentcounci l shal lbeasf ollows:cda SECTI
ON109.FUNCTI
ONSOFLOCALDEVELOPMENTCOUNCI
LS.
1. Thebar angaydevel opmentcounci lshal lbe:
Headedbyt hepunongbar angay PROVI SION
Member s: (a)Thepr ovi nci al,ci
ty, andmuni cipaldevel opmentcouncil
sshal lexer ci
se
o Member soft hesangguni angbar angay t
hef oll
owi ngf unct ions:
o Repr esent atives of non-gover nment al 1. For mul atel ong- t
erm,medi um- t
er m,andannualsoci o-economi c
or gani zations oper ating i nt he bar angay who devel opmentpl ansandpol i
cies;
shal lconst itutenotl esst han oft hemember s 2. For mul ate t he medi um- term and annual publ ic invest ment
oft hef ullyor ganizedcounci l progr ams;
o Ar epresent ativeoft hecongr essman. 3. Appr aise and pr i
or it
ize soci o-economi cdevelopmentpr ograms
2. Theci tyormuni cipaldevel opmentcounci lshal lbe: andpr ojects;a
Headedbyt hemayor 4. For mul atelocali nvest menti ncent i
vestopromot ethei nfl
ow and
Member s: direct ionofpr i
vat ei nvestmentcapi t
al;
o Al lpunongbar angaysi nt heci tyormuni cipali
ty 5. Coor dinate, moni tor, and eval uate the implement ation of
o Thechai rmanoft hecommi tteeonappr opr i
ationsof devel opmentpr ogr amsandpr ojects;and
thesangguni angpanl ungsodorsangguni angbayan 6. Per for m such ot herf unct i
ons as maybe pr ovided byl aw or
concer ned; componentaut hor i
ty.
o Thecongr essmanorhi sr epr esent ati
ve;and (b)The bar angay devel opmentcounci lshallexerci
se t he following
o Repr esent ativesofnon- gover nment alor ganizations functi
ons:
oper ati
ngi nt heci tyormuni cipal i
ty,ast hecasemay 1. Mobi lizepeopl e'spar tici
pat ioninl ocaldevel
opmentef fort
s;
be,who shal lconst it
ut e notl ess t han oft he 2. Pr epar e bar angay devel opment pl ans based on l ocal
member soft hef ullyorgani zedcounci l. requi rement s;
3. Thepr ovincialdevel opmentcounci lshal lbe: 3. Moni torand eval uat et he i mpl ementati
on ofnat i
onalorl ocal
Headedbyt hegover nor progr amsandpr ojects;and cd
Member s: 4. Per for m such ot herf unct i
ons as maybe pr ovided byl aw or
o Al lmayor sofcomponentci tiesandmuni cipali
ties; compet entaut hor it
y.
o Thechai rmanoft hecommi tteeonappr opr i
ationsof
thesangguni angpanl alawi gan; SECTI
ON110.MEETI
NGSANDQUORUM
o Thecongr essmanorhi sr epr esent ati
ve;and
o Repr esent ativesofnon- gover nment alor ganizations PROVISI
ON
oper ati
ngi nt hepr ovince,whoshal lconst i
tutenot Thel
ocaldevel
opmentcounci
lshal
lmeetatl
eastonceever
y6mont
hsor
l
esst hanone- f
our th oft hemember soft hef ully asof
tenasmaybenecessary.
organizedcounci l.
Thelocaldevelopmentcounci l
smaycal luponanyl ocalof f
icialconcer ned
oranyoffi
cialofnationalagenci esorof fi
cesi nt hel ocalgover nmentuni tto SECTI
ON111.
EXECUTI
VECOMMI
TTEE
assi
stinthef ormulationoft hei rr espect i
vedevel opmentpl ansandpubl i
c
i
nvestmentpr ograms. PROVI SI
ON
(a)Eachlocaldevel
opmentcounci
lshal
lcr
eat
eanexecuti
vecommi
tt
eet
o
SECTI
ON 108. REPRESENTATI
ON OF NON-
GOVERNMENTAL repr
esentitandactini
tsbehal
fwheniti
snoti
nsessi
on.
ORGANIZATI
ONS
Mi
chel
leDugui
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Thecompositi
onoft heexecut i
vecommi tt
eeshal lbeasf ol l
ows: Therei sher ebyconst it
utedf oreachl ocaldevel opmentcounci la
1. Theexecut ivecommi tteeoft hepr ovinci aldevel opmentcounci l secretari
atwhi chshal lber esponsi blefor:
shal
lbecomposedof : o Pr ovi dingt echni calsuppor t
Chai rmanGover nor o Document ationofpr oceedings
Member s o Pr epar ati
onofr epor tsand
o Ther epresent ati
veofcomponentci t
yandmuni cipal o Such ot her assi stance as may be r equi r
ed i nthe
mayor stobechosenf rom amongt hemsel ves dischar geofi tsf unct i
ons.
o Thechai rmanoft hecommi tteeonappr opr iati
onsof Thel ocaldevel opmentcounci lmayavai loft heser vicesofany
thesangguni angpanl alawi gan non-government al or gani zation or educat i
onal or r esear
ch
o Thepr esidentoft hepr ovincialleagueofbar angays, i
nsti
tut i
onf ort hispur pose.
and Thesecr et
ar iatsoft hepr ovinci al
,cit
y,andmuni cipaldevelopment
o Ar epr esent ati
veofnon- gover nment alor ganizations councilsshal lbe:
thatar er epresentedi nt hecounci l, o Headedbyt heirr espectivepl anning and devel opment
2. Theexecut ivecommi tt
eeoft heci tyormuni cipaldevel opment coor di nators
councilshallbecomposedof : Thesecr et
ar iatoft hebar angaydevel opmentcounci lshallbe:
Chai rmanMayor o Headedbyt hebar angaysecr etary
Member s o Whoshal lbeassi stedbyt heci tyormuni cipalplanni
ng
o Thechai rmanoft hecommi tteeonappr opr iati
onsof anddevel opmentcoor di
natorconcer ned
thesangguni angpanl alawi gan
o The pr esidentoft he ci t
y ormuni cipall eague of
barangays, SECTI
ON 114.
RELATI
ON OFLOCALDEVELOPMENTCOUNCILSTO THE
o Ar epr esent ati
veofnon- gover nment alor ganizations SANGGUNIANANDTHEREGIONALDEVELOPMENTCOUNCI
L.
thatar er epresentedi nt hecounci l,
3. Theexecut ivecommi tt
eeoft hebar angaydevel opmentcounci l PROVI
SION
shal
lbecomposed: The pol ici
es, pr ograms, and pr oj
ects pr oposed by l ocal
Chai rmanPunongBar angay developmentcounci l
s shal
lbe submi tt
ed t ot he sangguni an
Member s concer nedforappr opriat
eact i
on
o Repr esent ativeoft hesangguni angbar angayt obe The l ocaldevel opment pl ans approved by t hei
rr espect i
ve
chosenf rom amongi t
smember sand sangguni anmaybei ntegrat
edwi ththedevel opmentpl ansoft he
o Ar epr esent ati
veofnon- gover nment alor ganizations nexthigherl eveloflocaldevelopmentcounci l
thatar er epresentedi nt hecounci l Theappr oveddevel opmentpl ansofpr ovinces,highly-
ur banized
(b)The executive commi ttee shal lexer ci
se t he f oll
owi ng power s and cit
ies,andi ndependentcomponentci ti
esshal lbesubmi ttedtot he
functi
ons:
regionaldevel opmentcounci l
,whichshal lbei nt
egratedi ntot he
1. Ensuret hatthedeci sionoft hecounci lar efaithfull
ycar r
iedout regionaldevel opment pl an f or submission tot he Nat ional
andimpl ement ed; Economi candDevel opmentAut hori
ty,i
naccor dancewi thexisting
2. Acton mat tersr equi ri
ng immedi ateat t
ent i
on oract ion byt he l
aws.
council
;
3. Formulatepol icies,pl ans,and pr ogr amsbased on t hegener al
pri
ncipleslaiddownbyt hecounci l;and SECTI
ON115.
BUDGETI
NFORMATI
ON
4. Actonot hermat ter sthatmaybeaut hor izedbyt hecounci l.
PROVI
SION
SECTI
ON112.
SECTORALORFUNCTI
ONALCOMMI
TTEES. TheDepar tmentofBudgetand Managementshal lfur
nishthe
var
iousl
ocaldevelopmentcounci l
s:
PROVI
NCIAL o Infor
mat i
on on f inanci
al resources and budget
ary
Thelocaldevel
opmentcounci
lsmayform sect
oralorf unct
ional all
ocationsapplicabletothei
rr espect
ivej
uri
sdi
cti
onsto
commi
tteestoassi
stt
hem i
ntheper
for
manceoft hei
rfuncti
ons. guidethem intheirplanni
ngfunctions.

TITLEVI
I.
SECTI
ON113.
SECRETARI
AT LOCALPEACEANDORDERCOUNCI
L
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 g. DILG
SECTI
ON116.ORGANI
ZATI
ON h. Executi
veDir
ectorofDangerousDrugsBoar
d
i
. Repr esent
ati
vesoft heNGOorpeopl e
sorgani
zat
ionsi
n
PROVI
SION the provi
nce represent
ing the academi
c,civi
c and
Ther eisherebyest
abli
shedineveryprovi
nce,cit
yandmunici
pali
ty rel
igi
ousorgani
zati
onswhoar eappoint
edbythemayor
alocalpeaceandordercouncil
,pursuanttoE.O.No.
The l ocalpeace and or der council
s shallhave the same FUNCTIONSOFPEACEANDORDERCOUNCI L
compositi
onandf unct
ionsasthosepr escri
bedbysaidexecut
ive Regi
onal,provinci al,andci t
y/muni cipalpeaceandor dercouncilsshallhave
order
. thef
oll
owi ngdut i
es:
1. For mul ate pl ans and r ecommend such measur es whi ch will
COMPOSITIONOFPROVI NCI ALPEACEANDORDERCOUNCI L i
mpr oveorenhancepeaceandor derandpubl icsaf et
yi ntheir
1. ChairmanGover nor respect ivear easofr esponsi bili
ty
2. Representativeoft heSangguni angPanl al
awigan 2. Moni tort hei mplement ationofpeaceandor derprogr amsand
3. SocialWel f
areandDevel opmentOf f
icer projectsatt hepr ovincial,cit
yormuni cipallevelsandtheoper ati
on
4. TheInformat ionOf fi
cer ofCi vilianVol unteerSel f-DefenseOr ganizationsandsuchot her
5. TheHeal thOf fi
cer count er-insur gencypr ogramsandact ivi
ties
6. Representativeoft heFol lowi ngNat i
onalGovernmentOff
icesor 3. Makeper iodi cassessment soft hepr evail
ingpeaceandor der
agenciesappoi ntedbyt heirrespect i
veheads: situationi nt heirrespectivear easofr esponsi bi
li
tyandsubmi ta
a. Pr ovinci alDirectoroft hePNP reportt her eon wi t
hr ecommendat i
ons t ot he Chairman oft he
b. Commi ssiononHR Nat i
onalpol iceandor dercounci l
c. Commandi ng gener alof fi
cerorof f
icerofthe Armed 4. Per f
orm al lot herfunct i
onsassi gnedbyl aw,t hePresidentorthe
forcesi nt hepr ovince Nat i
onalPeaceandOr derCounci l
d. Pr ovinci alofficeoft heNBO
e. Nat i
onalSecur i
tyCounci l TI
TLEVII
I
f. Pr ovinci alProsecut or
sOf fi
ce Aut
onomousSpeci
alEconomi
cZones
g. DI LG
h. Execut iveDi rectorofDanger ousDrugsBoard SECTI
ON117.ESTABLI
SHMENTOFAUTONOMOUSSPECI
ALECONOMI
C
i. Repr esent ati
vesoft heNGOorpeopl esor
gani
zati
onsin ZONES
the pr ovince r epresent ing t he academic,ci
vic and
rel
igious or ganizations who ar e appoi
nted by the PROVI
SION
gover nor Theest abli
shmentbylawofaut onomousspeci aleconomi
czones
i
nselectedareasoft
hecountryshallbesubjecttoconcurr
enceby
thel
ocalgovernmentuni
tsincludedtherei
n.
COMPOSITIONOFCI TY/MUNI CIPALPEACEANDORDERCOUNCI L
1. ChairmanMayor
2. Representativeoft heSangguni angPangl ungsodorBayan
3. SocialWel f
areandDevel opmentOf ficer
4. TheInformat ionOf fi
cer
5. TheHeal thOf fi
cer
6. Representativeoft heFol lowingNat i
onalGovernmentOffi
cesor
agenciesappoi ntedbyt heirr
espectiveheads: TI TLEVII
I.
a. Ci tyorMuni ci
palchi efofoft hePNP Ot
herPr
ovi
sionsAppl
icablet
oLocalGover
nmentUni
ts
b. Commi ssiononHR
c. Commandi ng gener alof f
icerorof f
icerofthe Armed CHAPTERI
forcesint hecityormuni ci
pal i
ty Set
tl
ementofBoundar
yDi
sput
es
d. Pr ovincialoffi
ceoft heNBO
e. Nat i
onalSecur ityCounci l
f. Ci tyormuni cipalpr osecutorsoff
iceorcit
yormuni ci
pal
att
y SECTI
ON118.JURI
SDI
CTI
ONALRESPONSI
BILI
TYFORSETTLEMENTOF
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BOUNDARYDI
SPUTE. therefor eandshal lbeaccompani edby:
o Dul yaut hent icatedcopyoft hel aworst atut ecr eat i
ng
PROVI
SION theLGUoranyot herdocumentshowi ngpr oofof
Boundarydi
sput
esbetweenandamonglocalgover
nmentuni
ts creat i
onoft heLGU
shal
l,
asmuchaspossibl
e,beset
tl
edamicabl
y.Tothi
send: o Pr ovi ncial ,city,muni cipal , bar angaymapdul y
certifi
edbyt heLMB
Boundar
ydisputesi
nvol
ving Shal
lberef
err
edf orset
tl
ementto o Wr i
ttencer ti
ficat ionoft hePCM assessorast o
2ormorebarangaysint
hesame sangguni
angpanlungsodor terr
itor i
alj ur i
sdi ctionovert hedi sput edar ea
ci
tyormunici
pali
ty sangguni
angbayanconcerned. accor dingt or ecor dsi ncust ody
o Wr i
ttendecl ar ati
onorswor nst atement soft he
2ormor emuni ci
pal
it
ieswi
thi
nthe sangguniangpanlalawigan peopl er esi dingi nt hedi sput edar ea
samepr ovince concerned o Suchot herdocument sori nf ormat ionasmaybe
Municipal
it
iesorcomponentci
ti
es shallbejoi
ntl
yrefer
redfor requi redbyt heSangguni anhear ingt hedi sput e
ofdi
fferentprovi
nces sett
lementtothesangguni ansof 3. ANSWEROFADVERSEPARTY
theprovincesconcerned Uponr ecei ptbyt heSangguni anconcer nedoft hepet it
ion
Componentcit
yormunicipali
tyon shallbejoi
ntl
yrefer
redfor togetherwi tht her equi reddocument s t heLGUorLGUs
theonehandandahighly sett
lementtotherespective compl ainedagai nstshal lbef ur nishedcopi est her eof shal l
urbani
zedci
tyontheother,ortwo sangguniansoftheparties. begi ven15wor kingdayswi t
hi nwhi cht of i
let heiranswer s
(2)ormorehi
ghlyur
banizedciti
es, 4. HEARING
Wi t
hin5wor kingdaysaf terr ecei ptoft heansweroft he
Intheeventt hesanggunianf ai
lstoef f
ectanami cabl
esettlement adver separ ty t heSangguni anshal lheart hecaseand
withinsixty(60)daysfr
om t hedat ethedisputewasreferred all
owt hepar tiesconcer nedt opr esentt hei rrespect ive
thereto,
itshalli
ssueacer t
ifi
cationtothateffect Thereafter
,the evidence
disputeshallbeformall
yt r
iedbyt hesangguni anconcernedwhi ch 5. JOI
NTHEARI NG
shalldecidetheissuewithi
nsi xty(60)daysf rom t
hedateoft he When2ormor esangguni ansj oi ntlyhearacase t heymay
certi
fi
cationrefer
redtoabove. sitenbancordesi gnat et hei rr espect iver epr esent at i
ves
Wher er epresent at ivear edesi gnat ed t her eshal lbean
EFFECTOFBOUNDARYDI SPUTE equalnumberofr epr esent ativesf rom eachSangguni an
Wher ethet err
itoryofproposedLGUi sbeingclaimedby2LGUsi n Theyshal lelectf rom amongt hemsel vesapr esi dingof fi
cer
aboundar ydispute,theresoluti
onforsuchdi sputeisar equi
sit
e andasecr etary
forthecreat i
onoft heformer I ncaseofdi sagr eement ,sel ect ionshal lbebydr awi ngl ot s
Thi sisbecauset heterri
tori
aljuri
sdict
ionofaLGUmustbe 6. FAI
LURETOSETTLE
properlyidentif
iedbymet esandboundsbymor eorl ess I ntheeventt hatt heSangguni anf ai lst oami cabl yset tl
et he
permanentnat uralboundariesbeforeitmaybecr eated disput ewi t
hin60daysf rom t hedat esuchdi sput ewas
Unt ilsuchi ssueisresolvedwi thfi
nali
ty,t
odef i
net het er
ri
tor
ial referredt heret o i tshal l i
ssueacer tifi
cat i
ont othatef fect
j
urisdicti
onofLGUwoul donl ybeenexer ciseoffutil
ity. andt hatcopi est her eofshal lbef ur ni shedt hepar ti
es
concer ned
7. DECI
SI ON
Wi t
hin60daysf or mt hedat et hecer tificat ionwasi ssue t he
disput eshal lbef or mal lyt ri
edanddeci dedbyt heSangguni an
PROCEDUREFORSETTLEMENTOFBOUNDARYLI NES concer ned
1. FI
LINGOFPETI TION Copi esoft hedeci sionshal lwi thi n15daysf rom t he
TheSangguni anconcer
nedmayi niti
ateacti
onbyf i
li
nga promul gat i
ont her eof bef ur nishedt hepar ti
esconcer ned,
pet
it
ion DILG, LocalAssessor ,COMELEC, NSO, Ot herNat i
onal
I nt
hef or
m ofaRESOLUTI ON Gover nmentAgenci esandOf fi
cesConcer ned
Wi t
ht heSangguni
anhavingjuri
sdict
ionoverthedispute 8. APPEAL
2. CONTENTSOFPETI TI
ON Wi t
hint het i
meandmannerpr escr ibedbyt heROC, anypar ty
Thepet it
ionshal
lst
atet
hegr ounds,reasonsorjust
ifi
cat
ions mayel evat et hedeci sionoft heSangguni anconcer nedt ot he
properRTChavi ngj urisdi ctionovert hedi sput es
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 Byf i
li
ngt herewi t
htheappr opriatepl eadi ng,stati
ngamong PROVI
SION
others: Localiniti
ative-ist
helegalpr
ocesswher
ebytheregist
eredvot
ers
o Thenat ureofthedi spute ofalocalgovernmentunitmaydir
ect
lypr
opose,enact,
oramend
o Thedeci si
onoft heSangguni anconcer ned,and anyordinance.
o Ther easonsforappeal ingt her efr
om
TheRTCshal ldecidethecasewi t
hinoneyearf rom thefi
li
ng POWERTOENACTRESOLUTI ONSI NCLUDEDI NPOWEROFI NITIATI
VE
thereof Section120mustber eadwi thSecti
ons124and125oft heCode
Decisionsonboundar ydisputespr omul gatedjointlyby2or Localini
ti
ativesshal
lext endonlytosubjectsormatterswithi
nthe
mor eSangguni anpanlalawigansshal lbehear dbyt heRTCof localpowersoftheSangguni antoenact
thepr ovi
ncewhi chfir
sttookcogni zanceoft hedi spute Thisincl
udesor di
nancesaswel lasresolut
ion
Pendi ngfinalresoluti
onoft hedi sput e, t
hestatusoft he However ,r
esoluti
onsar enotnormal l
ysubjecttoref
erendum fori
t
affectedar eapr i
ortothedisput eshal lbemai ntainedand maydest roytheeffi
ciencynecessar ytothesuccessful
continuedf orallpurposes admi ni
str
ati
onoft hebusi nessaffai
rsofaci t
y

RTCHAVEJURI SDICTI ONOVERBOUNDARYDI SPUTESBETWEEN RESOLUTI ON ORDI NANCE

MUNICI
PALITIESANDCOMPONENTCI TIES Usedwhenevert helegislature Isi
ntendedtopermanent
lydir
ect
Section118oft heLGCappl i
est osit
uationinwhi chacomponent wishestoexpressandopi nion andcontrol
mattersappl
yingt
o
ci
tyoramuni ci
palci tyseekst osettl
eaboundar ydisput
ewitha whichistohaveonl yat empor ar
y per
sonsandt hi
ngsingeneral
hi
ghlyur banizedci ty,NOTwi t
hani ndependentcomponentci ty ef
fect
Thepr ocedur er ef
er redtoinSect118doesNOTappl ywher
ethe Normallynotsubjecttor ef
er endum
LGUinvol vedar emuni ci
palit
yandi ndependentcomponentci ty
BP129RTCshal lhaveexcl usiveoriginalj
uri
sdicti
oninal
lcases I
NITI
ATI
VEDI
STI
NGUI
SHEDFROM REFERENDUM
notwithintheexcl usi vej
urisdicti
onofanycour t
,tri
bunal
,per
son
orbodyexer cisingj udici
alorquasi -
judicialf
uncti
ons INI
TIATI
VE REFERENDUM
Ent
ir
elyt
hewor
koftheel
ect
orat
e Begunandconsent edt
obyt helaw
SECTI
ON119.
APPEAL. makingbody
Processoflaw-makingbyt he Merelyconsistsoftheelect
orat
e
PROVI
SION peoplethemselveswit
houtt he approvi
ngorr eject
ingwhathas
Wi t
hinthetimeandmannerpr escribedbyt heRul esofCour t,any parti
cipat
ionandagainstthewishes beendrawnuporenact edbya
partymayel evat et
hedeci sionoft hesangguni anconcer nedt othe oftheirel
ectedrepr
esentati
ve l
egislat
ivebody
properRegi onalTrialCour thavingj uri
sdict
ionovert heareai n
dispute.
TheRegi onalTr i
alCour tshalldecidet heappeal withinone( 1) COMELECCANNOTCHANGEREQUI REMENTSBYRESOLUTI ON
yearfrom thef i
li
ngt hereof. Wher etheresolut
ionisfori
ni t
iati
vebutt
heCOMELECr esol
uti
on
Pendi ngf i
nalresolutionoft hedisput edareapriortot hedispute set
sguidel
ines,charact
eri
zingi tasaref
erendum itcommi t
s
shallbemai ntainedandcont i
nuedf oralll
egalpurposes. GADbecausei tcannotcontrolorchangethecontentorsubstance
ofl
egisl
ati
on

SECTI
ON121.WHOMAYEXERCI
SE

PROVI
SION
Thepoweroflocali
nit
iat
iveandref
erendum maybeexerci
sedby
al
lregi
ster
edvot
ersoftheprovi
nces,ci
ti
es,
munici
pal
iti
es,and
bar
angays.
CHAPTERII
LocalI
nit
iat
iveandRef
erendum
SECTI
ON122.
PROCEDUREI
NLOCALI
NITI
ATI
VE
SECTI
ON120.LOCALI
NITI
ATI
VEDEFI
NED
PROVI
SION
Mi
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 1. Notl esst han1kr egi ster edvot ersi ncaseofpr ovi ncesandci ties 7. Anabst
ractorsummar yproposi
ti
oninnotmoret
han100words
////100i ncaseofmuni cipal ities/ / /andf ifty( 50)i ncaseof whi
chshallbelegi
blywri
tt
enorprint
edatthet
opofever
ypageof
barangays, mayf ileapet itionwi t ht hesangguni anconcer ned t
hepeti
ti
on
proposi ngt headopt ion, enact ment ,repeal , oramendmentofan
ordinance PROCEDUREFORI NI
TIATI
VE
2. Ifnof avor abl eact iont her eoni st akenbyt hesangguni an Seepage199-
202
concer nedwi thint hirty( 30)daysf rom i tspr esent ation t he
proponent s, throught hei rdul yaut hor izedandr egist ered SECTI
ON123.
EFFECTI
VITYOFLOCALPROPOSI
TIONS
represent atives, mayi nvoket hei rpowerofi ni ti
at i
ve, gi vingnot i
ce
thereoft ot hesangguni anconcer ned. dc PROVI
SION
3. Thepr oposi tionshal lbenumber edser i
al lyst ar ti
ngf rom Roman I ft
hepr oposit
ioni sapprovedbyamaj ori
tyofthevotescast i
t
numer alI.TheCOMELECori tsdesi gnat edr epr esent ativeshal l shallt
akeef f
ectf if
teen(15)daysaf t
ercerti
fi
cati
onbythe
extendassi st ancei nt hef or mul ationoft hepr oposi t
ion. COMELECasi faf fi
rmativeactiont
hereonhadbeenmadebyt he
4. Two( 2)ormor epr oposi tionsmaybesubmi ttedi nani nitiative. sanggunianandl ocalchiefexecut
iveconcerned.
5. Proponent sshal lhaveni net y( 90)daysi ncaseofpr ovi ncesand I fi
tfail
st oobtainsai dnumberofvot es theproposit
ioni
s
citi
es, sixty( 60)daysi ncaseofmuni cipal iti
es, andt hi rty( 30) considereddef eated.
daysi ncaseofbar angaysf rom not i
cement ionedi nsubsect ion(b)
hereoft ocol lectt her equi r ednumberofsi gnat ures.
6. Thepet iti
onshal lbesi gnedbef oret heel ectionr egi strar ,orhi s SECTI
ON124.
LIMI
TATI
ONSONLOCALI
NITI
ATI
VE
designat edr epr esent atives, int hepr esenceofar epr esent ativeof
thepr oponent ,andar epr esent ativeoft hesangguni anconcer ned PROVI
SION
i
napubl icpl acei nt hel ocalgover nmentuni t ,ast hecasemaybe. 1. Thepowerofl ocaliniti
ati
veshall
notbeexer cisedmor ethanonce
Stationsf orcol lect i
ngsi gnat ur esmaybeest abl i
shedi nasmany ayear .
placesasmaybewar rant ed. Cd 2. Ini
tiat i
veshallextendonl ytosubject
sormat t
erswhichar ewi t
hin
7. Upont hel apseoft heper iodher einpr ovi ded, theCOMELEC, thel egalpower soft hesangguniant oenact.
throughi t
sof fi
cei nt hel ocalgover nmentuni tconcer ned, shal l 3. Ifatanyt i
mebef oret heini
ti
ati
veisheld,thesanggunian
certi
f yast owhet herornott her equi rednumberofsi gnat ureshas concer nedadoptsint ot
ot
hepropositi
onpr esentedandt helocal
beenobt ained. Fai l
ur et oobt aint her equi rednumberdef eat s chiefexecut i
veappr ovesthesame t heinit
iat
iveshallbe
thepr oposi tion. cancel led. However ,t
hoseagainstsuchact i
onmay, iftheyso
8. Ifther equi rednumberofsi gnat uresi sobt ai ned, t heCOMELEC desir e,appl
yf ori
niti
at i
veinthemannerher einprovi
ded.
shallthensetadat ef ort hei ni ti
at i
vedur i
ngwhi cht hepr oposi ti
on
shallbesubmi ttedt ot her egist er edvot er si nt hel ocalgover nment
unitconcer nedf ort hei rappr ovalwi thinsi xty( 60)daysf rom t he SECTI
ON125.
LIMI
TATI
ONSUPONSANGGUNI
ANS
dateofcer t
ificat ionbyt heCOMELEC, incaseofpr ovi ncesand
citi
es, forty-five( 45)daysi ncaseofmuni cipal iti
es, andt hirty( 30) PROVI
SION
daysi ncaseofbar angays. Thei ni t
iat iveshal lthenbehel don Anypr oposit
ionoror dinanceappr ovedt hrought hesystem of
thedat eset ,af terwhi cht her esul t
st her eofshal lbecer tifiedand i
niti
ati
veandr eferendum asher ei
npr ovidedshal lNOTbe
proclai medbyt heCOMELEC. repeal
ed,modi f
iedoramendedbyt hesangguni anconcer ned
withi
nsix(6)mont hsfr om thedateoft heappr ovalthereof,
FORM OFPETI TION Andmaybeamended, modi fi
edorr epealedbyt heSangguni an
Apeti
ti
onshal lcontai
nt hefoll
owing: o Wi thinthr ee(3)year sthereafter
1. Cont entsortextoft heproposedordi
nancesoughtt obeenacted, o Byavot eoft hr ee-
fourt
hs( 3/4)ofallitsmember s
approvedorr ej
ected,amendedorr epealed,asthecasemaybe o Pr ovided, Thati ncaseofbar angays, theper i
odshall be
2. Thepr oposit
ion ei
ght een( 18)mont hsaftertheappr ovalthereof.

3. Ther easonstherefor
4. Thati tisnotsubjecttoanyoft heli
mitati
onpr ovi
deinArt150of
theImpl ementi
ngRul es LI
MITATI
ONSONSANGGUNI AN
5. Si gnaturesofthepet i
ti
onersorregi
steredvoters Theprovi
sioni
sunclearastowhent
he3yearper
iodbegins
6. Af or
maldesi gnati
onoft hei
rdulyauthorizedrepr
esent
ati
ves Senat
orPimentelbel
ievest
hatt
he3year
sprot
ect
edperiodstar
ts
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 attheendofthe6mont hperi
odwherethepr
oposi
ti
onor Buti
ncor
por
atedandadopt
edi
nlar
gepar
tthepr
ovi
sionsofLTC
ordinancer
ecei
vesabsolut
eprot
ect
ion

AMENDMENTSOFPROPOSI TIONSORORDI NANCESBYI NITI

ATI VEOR SECTI
ON129.POWERTOCREATESOURCESOFREVENUE
REFERENDUM
Ar estri
ctionagainstamendmentbyt hecounci l
,thatexpressl
y PROVI
SION
rel
atedt oor di
nances,
whichhavebeenenact edbyadi r
ectvoteof Eachl ocalgovernmentunitshallexerciseitspowerto:
thevot ers o Cr eat
eitsownsour cesofr evenueand
NOTappl icabl
eto, anddoesnotpreventamendmentofan o Tol evytaxes,f
ees,andchar ges
ordinanceenact edbyt hemayorandcounci l
andr ef
erredtothe Subj ecttotheprovisi
onsherein,consistentwit
hthebasicpol
icyof
votersf orthei
rrejecti
onorapprovalunderalawper mitti
ng l
ocalaut onomy.
referendum Sucht axes,f
ees,andchargesshal laccrueexclusi
velyt
othelocal
governmentuni t
s.
SECTI
ON126.LOCALREFERENDUM DEFI
NED.

NATUREOFLGU SPOWEROFTAXATI ON
PROVI
SION Muni ci
palcorpor at ionshavenoi nherentr i
ghttoimposet axes
Localr efer
endum i sthelegalpr
ocesswher ebytheregister
ed Thechar terorst atut emustpl ainlyshowani ntenttoconferthat
voter
soft helocalgovernmentuni t
smayappr ove,amendorr ej
ect powerort heLGUcannotassumei t
anyordinanceenact edbyt hesanggunian. Thet axati
onpowerofmuni cipal corporationscannotber estri
cted
Thel ocalreferendum shallbeheldunderthecontrolanddirecti
on bymer eadminist rativeissuances
oftheCOMELEC UnderSect5, art10oft heConst ionl yguideli
nesandl imit
ations
o 60daysi ncaseofpr ovi
ncesandci ti
es, thatmaybeest abl ishedbyt hecongr esscandef i
neandl i
mitthe
o 45daysi ncaseofmuni cipali
ti
esand taxati
onpowerofl ocalgover nment s
o 30daysi ncaseofbar angays. Ar t10oft heConst ipr ovidesf oradel egat i
onoft hatpowerin
TheCOMELECshal lcert
ifyandproclai
mt heresul
tsoft hesaid favorofLGUs
ref
erendum. Muni ci
palCor por ationshavet hepowert ocreatetheirown
sourcesofr evenue, l
evytaxes, et c.subjecttoguideli
nesand
SECTI
ON127.AUTHORI
TYOFCOURTS l
imitati
onssetbyt hecongr ess

PROVI
SION TERRI
TORI
ALLIMITATI ONSONTAXATI ONPOWER
Not hi
nginthisChaptershallpreventorprecl
udethepropercourts GR:Amuni cipal
itycannotor dinar
il
ytaxproper
ty
from decl
aringnullandvoidanypr oposit
ionapprovedpursuantto o E:Unl essl egisl
aturehasauthori
tytodel
egat
ethepower
thisChapterforvi
olati
onoft heConst i
tut
ionorwantofcapacityof totaxpr opertyoutsidemunici
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nfacthas
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POWERTOLEGI SLATEPENALTI ESFORVI OLATIONOFTAX
BOOKI
I ORDI
NANCES
LOCALTAXATI
ONANDFI SCALMATTERS Sangguniansareauthor
izedtoprescri
befi
nesorotherpenalt
ies
forvi
olati
onoftaxordi
nances
SECTI
ON128.SCOPE. o Fi ne-Xbel essthan1knormor ethan5k
o I mpri
sonmentXbel essthan1mont hnormor ethan6
PROVI
SION mont
hs
Thepr ovi
sionsherei
nshallgover
nt heexerci
sebyprovi
nces,
cit
ies, Suchf i
neorotherpenal
tyorbothshallbei
mposedatt he
muni ci
pal
iti
es,andbarangaysoftheirt
axingandotherr
evenue- discr
eti
onofthecourt
rai
singpower s.C Sangguniangbarangaysmaypr escri
be:
o Fi ne-notlessthanP100normor ethan1k
HI
STORYOFLOCALGOVERNMENTTAXATI ONd
TheLGCrepeal
edt
heLocalTaxCode

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CHAPTERI I posters,leaflets,handbi l
ls,cer ti
fi
cat es,receipts,pamphl et
s,and
Specif
icProvi
sionsontheTaxi
ngandOt
herRevenue-
Rai
singPower
sof othersofsi mi l
arnature,
LocalGovernmentUni
ts RATE:Notexceedi ng50% of1% oft hegr ossannualr ecei
ptsfor
theprecedingcal endaryear .
ARTI
CLEI Ratei nt hecaseofanewl yst ar
t edbusi ness:t het axshallnot
Pr
ovi
nces exceed1/ 20ofoneper cent1%oft hecapi tali
nvest ment .
o I nt hesucceedi ngcal endaryear r egar dlessofwhen
SECTI
ON134.SCOPEOFTAXI
NGPOWERS thebusi nessst ar t
edt ooper ate,thet axshal lbebasedon
thegr ossrecei ptsf ort hepr ecedingcal endaryear ,or
PROVI
SION anyf racti
ont her eof,aspr ovidedher ein.
Exceptasotherwi
seprovi
dedint
hisCode E:Ther eceiptsf r
om t hepr i
ntingand/ orpubl ishingofbooksor
The provi
nce may levy onl
ythe t
axes,f
ees,and char
ges as other reading mat erials pr escribed by t he Depar t
ment of
pr
ovi
dedinthisAr
ticl
e. Education,Cul tureandSpor tsasschoolt extsorr ef er
ences
shallbeexemptf rom thet axher eini mposed.
SECTI
ON135.TAXONTRANSFEROFREALPROPERTYOWNERSHI
P
SECTI
ON137.
FRANCHI
SETAX
PROVI
SION
Thepr ovincemayi mposeat axont hesal e,donat ion,bar t
er ,oron PROVI
SION
anyot hermodeoft ransf er r
ingowner shiport i
tl
eofr ealpr operty Not withstanding any exempt ion grant ed by any l aw orot her
att her ateof: speciallaw,t he pr ovi
nce may i mpose a t ax on busi nesses
o Notmor e50%oft he1%oft he: enjoyingaf ranchi se,
Tot alconsi derationi nvolvedi ntheacqui siti
onof RATE:Notexceedi ng50% of1% oft hegr ossannualr ecei
ptsfor
thepr oper t
yOR thepr ecedingcal endaryearbasedont hei ncomi ngr ecei
pt,or
Oft hef airmar ketval uei ncaset hemonet ary reali
zed,withini t
st er
ri
torialjur
isdi
cti
on.
consi deration invol ved int he t r
ansf eri s not I nthecaseofanewl yst artedbusiness:t het axshal lnotexceed
subst ant i
al,whicheveri shigher. 1/20ofoneper cent1%oft hecapitalinvest ment .
o E:Thesal e,transf erorot herdi sposi ti
onofr ealpr operty o I nt hesucceedi ngcal endaryear r egardlessofwhen
pursuantt oR. A.No.6657 shal lbeexemptf rom t his thebusi nessst ar t
edt ooperate, t
het axshallbebasedon
tax. thegr ossr eceiptsf orthepr ecedingcal endaryear ,or
TheRegi sterofDeedsoft hepr ovinceconcer nedshal l,bef ore anyf ractionther eon,asprovi dedher ein.
regi
ster i
nganydeed, r equirethepr esent ationoft heevi dence
ofpaymentoft hist ax. SECTI
ON 138. TAX ON SAND, GRAVEL AND OTHER QUARRY
Thepr ovinci alassessorshal ll
ikewi semaket hesamer equirement RESOURCES
bef orecancel l
inganol dtaxdecl arationandi ssuinganewone
i
npl acet her eof. PROVI
SION
Not ariespubl icshal l f urnisht hepr ovincialtreasur erwi t
ha Thepr ovincemayl evyandcol lectnotmor et han 10% off ai
r
copy ofany deed t ransf erri
ng owner ship ort itl
et o any r eal mar ketval ueint helocalitypercubi cmet erofor dinaryst ones,
propertywi thin30daysf rom t hedat eofnot arizati
on. sand,gr avel,eart
h,andot herquar r
yr esour ces,asdef i
nedunder
I tshal lbet hedut yoft hesel l
er,donor ,transferor,execut oror theNat ionalI nter
nalRevenueCode,asamended,ext r
act edf rom
admi nistratorto payt het axher einimposed60daysf rom t he publicl andsorf rom thebedsofseas,l akes,r ivers,st reams,
date oft he execut i
on oft he deed orf rom t he dat e oft he creeks, andot herpublicwat erswithi
ni tsterrit
orialjurisdiction.
decedent 'sdeat h. Theper mi ttoextr
actsand, gr
avelandot herquar ryr esour cesshal l
bei ssuedexcl usivel
ybyt heprovincialgover nor,pur suantt ot he
ordinanceoft hesangguni angpanl alawigan.Cd
SECTI
ON136.
TAXONBUSI
NESSOFPRI
NTI
NGANDPUBLI
CATI
ON The pr oceeds oft he tax on sand,gr aveland ot herquar r
y
resourcesshal lbedistri
butedasf ollows:
PROVI
SION 1. Pr ovi
nce30%
The pr ovi
nce may i
mpose a tax on t
he busi
ness ofper
sons 2. ComponentCi tyorMuni cipalitywher et hesand,gr avel,
engaged inthe pr
int
ing and/
orpubl i
cat
ion ofbooks,cards, andot herquar r
yresourcesar eext r
acted-30%
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(3)Barangay wher
ethe sand,gr
avel
,and ot
herquar
ryr
esour
ces ar
e between sai d pr opri
etors, lessees, or oper ators and t he
ext
ract
ed40% dist
ributor soft heci nematographi cfi
lms.
E:Thehol dingofoper as,concer ts,dramas,r ecital
s,pai nti
ngand
SECTI
ON139.PROFESSI
ONALTAX artexhi bitions,f lowershows,musi calpr ograms,l i
terary and
oratori
calpr esentations,shallbeexemptf r
om t hepaymentoft he
PROVI
SION taxher eoni mposed.
Thepr ovincemayl evyanannualpr of essi onalt axoneachper son o Et oE:Exceptpop, r
ock, orsimilarconcer ts
engagedi ntheexer ci
seorpr act i
ceofhi spr ofessionr equi r
ing Thesangguni angpanl alawiganmaypr escribet het ime,manner ,
gover nmentexami nat i
on termsandcondi t
ionsf orthepaymentoft ax.
Rat e:Atsuch amountand r easonabl e cl assifi
cation as t he Incaseoff r
audorf ai
luret opayt het ax t hesangguni ang
sangguni angpanl alawiganmaydet ermi nebutshal linnocase panlalawi ganmayi mposesuchsur charges,interestandpenal ti
es
exceed300pesos asitmaydeem appr opri
ate.
Ever yper sonl egal l
yaut hor izedt opr acticehi spr ofessionshal lpay Thepr oceedsf r
om t heamusementt axshal lbeshar edequal l
yby
the pr ofessi onalt ax tot he pr ovince wher e he pr act ices hi s thepr ovinceandt hemuni ci
palit
ywher esuchamusementpl aces
professi onorwher ehemai nt ai nshi spr incipalof f
icei ncasehe arelocat ed
practiceshi sprof essioni nsever alpl aces:
Pr ovided, however , That such per son who has pai d t he
correspondi ngpr ofessionalt axshal lbeent itl
edt opr act icehi s SECTI
ON141.ANNUALFIXEDTAXFOREVERYDELI
VERYTRUCKOR
professi oni nanypar toft hePhi l
ippi neswi thoutbei ngsubj ected VANOFMANUFACTURERSORPRODUCERS, WHOLESALERSOF,
toanyot hernat ionalorl ocalt ax,l i
cense,orf eef orthepr act i
ceof DEALERS,
ORRETAILERSIN,
CERTAI
NPRODUCTS
suchpr of ession.
Any i ndi vidualorcor porat ion empl oying a per son subj ectt o PROVI
SION
professi onalt axshal lrequi repaymentbyt hatper sonoft het ax Thepr ovincemayl evyanannual f
ixedtaxf orever yt r
uck, vanor
onhi spr ofessionbef oreempl oymentandannual l
yt hereaf ter.Cd anyvehi cleusedbymanuf act urers,producer s,whol esaler s,
Thepr ofessi onalt axshal lbepayabl eannual ly,onorbef oret he dealersorr etail
ersi nthedel i
ver yordi str
ibutionofdi stil
ledspi r
it
s,
Januar y31. fermentedl iquor s,softdrinks, cigarsandci gar ett
es, andot her
Anyper sonf ir
stbegi nni ngt opr act i
ceapr ofessi onaf t
ert hemont h productsasmaybedet ermi nedbyt hesangguni ang
ofJanuar ymust ,however ,payt hef ulltaxbef oreengagi ngt herein. panlalawigan, t
osal esout l
ets, orconsumer s, whet herdirect lyor
Al i
neofpr ofessiondoesnotbecomeexempteveni fconduct ed i
ndi r
ectl
y, withint heprovince
withsomeot herpr ofessi onf orwhi cht het axhasbeenpai d. RATE:Anamountnotexceedi ng500pesos
E:Pr ofessi onalsexcl usivelyempl oyedi nt hegover nmentshal lbe Themanuf act urers,producer s,whol esalers,deal ersandr etailer
s
exemptf r om thepaymentoft hist ax. refer
redt oint hei mmedi atelyf oregoingpar agr aphshal l
be
Anyper sonsubj ectt ot hepr of essionalt axshal lwr it
ei ndeeds, exemptf r
om t het axonpeddl erspr escri
bedel sewher eint his
receipts,pr escr i
ptions,r epor ts,books ofaccount ,pl ans and Code.
designs, surveysandmaps, ast hecasemaybe, thenumberoft he
offi
cialr ecei ptissuedt ohi m. ARTI
CLEII
MUNICI
PALI
TIES
SECTI
ON140.AMUSEMENTTAX
SECTI
ON142.SCOPEOFTAXI
NGPOWERS
PROVI
SION
Thepr ovincemayl evyanamusementt axt obecol l
ectedfr
om the PROVI
SION
propri
etors,lessees,oroper ator
soft heat ers,cinemas,concer t Exceptasot her
wiseprovi
dedi
nthisCode,
munici
pali
ti
esmayl
evy
hall
s,circuses,boxi ngstadi
a, andotherpl acesofamusement taxes,
fees,
andchargesnotot
herwisel
evi
edbyprovi
nces.
RATE:Notmor et han30%oft hegrossr ecei
ptsf r
om admi ssi
on
fees. SECTI
ON143.TAXONBUSI
NESS
I nthecaseoft heatersorcinemas-t het axshallfir
stbededucted
andwi thheldbyt heirpropri
etors,l
essees, oroperatorsandpaidto PROVI
SION
the provinci
alt r
easur erbef orethe gr oss receipts ar
e divi
ded Themuni
cipal
it
ymayi mposetaxesont hefol
lowingbusi
nesses:
Onmanuf
acturers,
assembler
s,repackers,
processor
s,br
ewers,
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dist
il
lers,
rect
if
ier
s,andcompounder sofli
quors,
disti
ll
edspi
ri
ts,
andwi nesormanuf act
urersofanyarti
cleofcommer ceof
whateverkindornature,i
naccordancewiththefol
lowing
schedule:

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SECTI
ON 144.
RATES OF TAX WI
THI
N THE METROPOLI
TAN MANI
LA
AREA
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 t
hisCode
PROVI
SION
Themuni ci
pal
it
ieswi
thi
ntheMet
ropol
it
anManil
aAreamayl evy SECTI
ON 148.FEESFOR SEALI
NG AND LI
CENSI
NG OFWEI
GHTSAND
taxes MEASURES.
RATE:Notexceedby50% t hemaximum r
atespr
escr
ibedi
nt he
precedi
ngsect
ion PROVI
SION
Themuni cipali
tymayl evyf eesf ort heseal i
ngandl i
censi ngof
weight s and measur es atsuch r easonabl er ates as shal lbe
SECTI
ON145.RETI
REMENTOFBUSI
NESS prescribedbyt hesangguni angbayan.
Thesangguni angbayanshal lprescribethenecessar yr egulations
PROVI
SION fort he use ofsuch wei ghts and measur es,subj ectt o such
Abusi nesssubj ectt otaxpursuanttotheprecedingsectionsshal
l, guideli
nesasshal lbepr escribedbyt heDepar tmentofSci ence
uponterminationt hereof,submitaswor nstatementofi t
sgross andTechnol ogy.
salesorrecei
pt sfort hecurrentyear. The sangguni an concer ned shal l,by appr opriat
e or di
nance,
I fthetaxpaiddur ingt heyearbel essthant hetaxdueonsai d penal i
zef r
audulentpr act i
cesandunl awf ulpossessi onoruseof
grosssal
esorr eceiptsoft hecurrentyear thedi f
ferenceshal
l i
nst r
ument sofwei ghtsandmeasur esandpr escribethecr imi nal
bepaidbef or
et hebusi nessisconsideredoffi
ciall
yreti
red penaltythereforinaccor dancewi t
ht hepr ovisi
onsoft hi
sCode.
Pr ovided,however ,Thatt hesangguni anconcer nedmayaut hor ize
SECTI
ON146.PAYMENTOFBUSI
NESSTAXES themuni cipaltreasurert o settl
ean of fensenoti nvolvi
ng t he
commi ssi
onoff raudbef oreacaset hereforisf i
ledincour t,upon
PROVI
SION paymentofacompr omisepenal tyofnotl esst han200pesos.
Thet axesi mposedunderSect ion143shal lbepayabl eforever y
separate ordi st
inctest abl
ishmentorpl ace where busi ness SECTI
ON149.FI
SHERYRENTALS,
FEESANDCHARGES
subjecttot het axi sconduct edandonel i
neofbusi nessdoesnot
becomeexemptbybei ngconduct edwi t
hsomeot herbusinesses PROVI
SION
forwhichsucht axhasbeenpai d. Muni cipali
tiesshal lhavet heexcl usiveaut hor i
tytogr antf isher y
Thet axonabusi nessmustbepai dbyt heper sonconductingt he pri
vil
egesi nt hemuni ci palwat ersandi mposer ental s,feesor
same. chargesther efori naccor dancewi ththepr ovisionsoft hissect i
on.
I ncaseswher eaper sonconduct soroper atestwo( 2)ormor eof Thesangguni angbayanmay:
thebusinessesment ionedi nSect ion143oft hi
sCodewhi char e 1. Gr antf isher y pr ivil
eges t o erectf i
sh cor rals,oyst er s,
subjectt othesamer ateoft ax t hetaxshal lbecomput edon mussel s orot heraquat ic beds orbangus f ry ar eas,
thecombi nedt otalgrosssal esorr eceiptsoft hesaidtwo( 2)or within a def i
ni te zone of t he muni cipalwat er s,as
morer elatedbusi nesses. deter mi nedbyi t :
I ncaseswher eaper sonconduct soroper atestwo( 2)ormor e Pr ovi ded, however , That dul y r egister ed
businessesment ioned in Sect ion 143 oft hi
sCodewhi ch ar e or gani zati
ons and cooper atives of mar ginal
subjecttoDI FFERENTr atesoft ax t hegr osssalesorr eceipts fisher men shal lhavet hepr eferentialr i
ghtt osuch
ofeachbusi nessshal lbesepar atel
yr eportedforthepurposeof fi
sher ypr i
vi l
eges:
comput ingt het axduef r
om eachbusi ness. Pr ovi ded,f ur ther,Thatt hesangguni angbayanmay
requi r e a publ i
c bi dding in conf ormi ty wi th and
SECTI
ON147.FEESANDCHARGES pur suantt o an or dinance f ort he gr antofsuch
pr i
vileges:
PROVI
SION Pr ovi ded,f inally,That i nt he absence of such
Themuni cipali
tymayi mposeandcol lectsuchr easonablefees or gani zati
ons and cooper at
ives ort heirf ailuret o
andchar gesonbusi nessandoccupationandont hepr act
iceof exer ci se thei rpr eferentialright ,otherpar ti
es may
any pr ofession or calli
ng,commensur at e wi
tht he cost of par ticipatei nt hepubl icbiddi ngi nconf or mitywi th
regulat
ion,i nspecti
on and li
censi
ng bef ore any person may theaboveci tedpr ocedur e.
engage i n such business or occupation,or pr acti
ce such 2. Gr antt hepr i
vileget ogat her,takeorcat chbangusf ry,
professionorcal l
ing prawnf ryorkawag- kawagorf ryofot herspeci esand
o E:exceptasr eser
vedtothepr ovinceinSect i
on139of fi
shf r om t hemuni cipalwat ersbynet s,t r
apsorot her
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 fishi
nggear stomar ginalfishermenf reeofanyr ental
, and
fee,chargeoranyot herimposi tionwhat soever . 2. 40%t otheci t
yormuni cipalit
ywher ethepl ant ati
oni slocat ed.
3. Issuel i
censesf ort heoper ationoff i
shi ngvessel sof Incaseswher eamanuf act urer,assembl er,producer ,expor teror
three(3)t onsorlessf orwhi chpur poset hesangguni ang contractorhast wo( 2)ormor ef actories,pr ojectoff ices,pl ant s,
bayanshal lpromulgat erulesandr egul ati
onsr egarding orpl antati
onsl ocated in di f
ferentl ocal i
ties t he70% sal es
thei ssuancesofsuch l i
censest o qual i
fi
ed applicants all
ocat i
onment ionedinsubpar agr aph( b)ofsubsect ion( 2)above
underexi sti
nglaws; shallbepr orat
edamongt hel ocaliti
eswher et hef actor i
es,pr oject
Pr ovided,however ,Thatt hesangguni anconcer ned offi
ces,plants,andpl antationsar el ocatedi npr opor tiont ot hei r
shall,byappr opr i
ateordinance,penal izetheuseof respectivevolumesofpr oduct iondur ingt heper i
odf orwhi cht he
explosives, noxi ous or poi sonous subst ances, taxisdue.
electri
cit
y,mur o-ami,andot herdelet eri
ousmet hods Thef or
egoing salesallocat i
on shal lbeappl ied irrespect i
veof
off i
shingandpr escri
beacr i
minalpenal t
ythereforin whet herornotsal esar emadei nt hel ocal it
ywher et hef actor y,
accor dancewitht heprovisionsoft hisCode: projectoffi
ce,plant,
orplant ationi slocated.
Pr ovided,f i
nally,Thatt he sangguni an concer ned
shallhavet heaut hori
tytopr osecut eanyvi olat
ionof ARTICLEI
II
thepr ovisi
onsofappl i
cablef i
sheryl aws. CI
TIES

SECTI
ON150.SI
TUSOFTHETAX SECTI
ON151.
SCOPEOFTAXI
NGPOWERS

PROVI
SION PROVI
SION
Forpur posesofcol lect i
onoft het axesunderSect ion143oft his Exceptasot herwisepr ovidedi nt hi
sCode,t hecit
y,maylevyt he
Code,manuf act urer s,assembl ers,r epacker s,br ewer s,di still
er s, taxes,fees,andchar geswhi cht hepr ovi
nceormuni ci
pal
it
ymay
rectifiersandcompounder sofl iquor ,di sti
ll
edspi ri
tsandwi nes, i
mpose:
mi l
lers,pr oducer s,expor ters,whol esal ers,di st r
ibutor s,deal er s, Pr ovided,however ,Thatt het axes,f eesandchargeslevi
edand
cont ract ors,banks and ot herf inanci ali nst itutions,and ot her collect
edbyhi ghlyurbanizedandi ndependentcomponentci t
ies
busi nesses,mai ntai ning oroper ati
ng br anch orsal es out l
et shal laccruet othem anddi stri
butedi naccor
dancewitht he
elsewher e shal lr ecor dt hesal ei nt hebr anchorsal esout l
et provisi
onsoft hisCode.
maki ngt hesal eort r ansact ion,andt het axt her eonshal laccr ue Ther atesoftaxest hattheci t
ymayl evymayexceedt hemaximum
andshal lbepai dt ot hemuni cipal i
tywher esuchbr anchorsal es ratesal l
owedf orthepr ovinceormuni cipal
it
ybynotmor ethan
outleti sl ocat ed. fif
typer cent(50%)
I ncaseswher et herei snosuchbr anchorsal esout l
eti ntheci tyor o E:Exceptt heratesofpr ofessionalandamusementtaxes.
muni cipal i
tywher et hesal eort ransact i
oni smade t hesal eshal l
bedul yr ecor dedi nt hepr inci palof fi
ceandt het axesdueshal l ARTI
CLEIV
accr ueandshal lbepai dtosuchci tyormuni cipal i
ty. BARANGAYS
The f ollowi ng sal es al l
ocat ion shal lappl yt o manuf act urer s,
assembl ers,cont ract ors,pr oducer s,andexpor terswi thf act ories, SECTI
ON152.SCOPEOFTAXI
NGPOWERS
projectof fi
ces,pl ant s,and pl ant ationsi nt hepur sui toft hei r
busi ness:cd PROVI
SION
1. 30% ofal lsal esr ecor ded i nt hepr i
nci palof f
ice shal lbe Thebar angaysmayl evyt axes,fees,andchar ges,aspr ovidedin
taxabl ebyt heci tyormuni cipalitywher et hepr incipalof ficei s thi
sAr t
icle,
whichshal lexcl usivel
yaccr uetothem:
locat ed;and 1. Taxes Onst or
esorr etailerswithfixedbusinessest abli
shment s
2. 70% ofal lsal es r ecor ded i nt he pr i
nci palof f
ice shal lbe withgrosssalesofr eceipt soft heprecedingcalendaryear :
taxabl ebyt heci tyormuni cipal i
tywher et hef act ory,pr oj ect 50korl ess,int hecaseofci ti
esand
of f
ice, plant ,orpl antationi slocat ed. 30korl ess,int hecaseofmuni ci
pali
ties,atar atenot
I ncaseofapl ant ationl ocat edatapl aceot hert hant hepl ace exceedi
ng1%onsuchgr osssalesorreceipts.
wher et hef act oryi sl ocat ed, sai d70%ment i
onedi nsubpar agr aph 2. Servi
ceFeesorChar ges Bar angaysmaycol lectreasonable
(b)ofsubsect ion( 2)aboveshal lbedi videdasf ol lows: fees orchar ges forser vices rendered in connect i
on wi t
ht he
1. 60% t ot heci tyormuni cipal i
tywher et hef actoryi sl ocat ed; regul
ationsort heuseofbar angay-ownedpr oper ti
esorser vi
ce
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 faci
li
ti
essuchaspal ay, copr a,ortobaccodr yers.
3. BarangayCl ear ance No ci t
yormuni ci
pal i
tymayi ssueany SECTI
ON158.JURI
DICALPERSONSLI
ABLETOCOMMUNI
TYTAX
l
icenseorper mi tforanybusi nessoract ivi
tyunl essacl earancei s
fi
rstobtainedf rom t hebar angaywher esuchbusi nessoract i
vityis PROVI
SION
l
ocatedorconduct ed. Ever ycor porationnomat t
erhow cr eatedoror gani zed,whet her
Forsuch cl ear ance,t he sangguni ang bar angay may domest icorresi dentf oreign,engagedi nordoi ngbusi nessint he
imposear easonabl efee. Phil
ippines shal lpayanannualcommuni t
ytaxofP500andan
Theappl icat i
onf orclearanceshal lbeact eduponwi t
hin7 annualaddi ti
onalt ax,whi ch,in no case,shal lexceed 10k i n
workingdaysf rom t hef i
li
ngt hereof. accordancewi t
ht hef ollowi ngschedule:
I ntheeventt hatt hecl earancei snoti ssuedwi t
hint he Forever y5kwor thofr ealpr oper
tyinthePhi l
ippinesownedbyi t
saidper i
od,t heci tyormuni cipali
tymayi ssuet hesai d duri
ngt hepr ecedingyearbasedont heval uati
onusedf ort he
li
censeorper mi t. paymentofr ealpr oper tyt axunderexi stinglaws,f oundi nt he
4. OtherfeesandChar gesThebar angaymayl evyr easonablef ees assessmentr ollsoft heci tyormuni ci
palitywher ether ealproper t
y
andchar ges: i
ssituated 2pesos
a. Oncommer ci
albr eedingoff ighti
ngcocks, cockfightsand Forever y5kofgr ossr ecei ptsorearningsder i
vedbyi tfrom i t
s
cockpi ts businessinthePhi li
ppi nesdur i
ngtheprecedi ngyear 2pesos
b. Onpl acesofr ecreationwhi chchar geadmi ssionf ees; Thedi vi
dendsr eceivedbyacor porat
ionf rom anot hercorpor at
ion
and howevershal l,forthepur poseoft headdi ti
onaltax,beconsi dered
c. On bi llboar ds,si gnboards,neon si gns,and out door aspar tofthegr ossr ecei ptsorear ni
ngsofsai dcorpor ati
on.
advertisement s.

ARTI
CLEVI SECTI
ON159.
EXEMPTI
ONS.
COMMUNITYTAX
PROVISION
SECTI
ON156.
COMMUNI
TYTAX Thefol
lowingareexemptfrom t
hecommuni t
ytax:
1. Di pl
omaticandconsularr
epresentat
ives;
PROVI
SION 2. Tr ansi
entvisi
tor
s when theirstayi nthe Phi
li
ppi
nes does not
Citi
esormunicipal
it
iesmaylevyacommuni
tyt
axi
naccor
dance exceed3months
wi
ththepr
ovi
sionsofthi
sArt
icl
e.

SECTI
ON157.I
NDI
VIDUALSLI
ABLETOCOMMUNI
TYTAX SECTI
ON 163.
PRESENTATI
ON OF COMMUNI
TY TAX CERTI
FICATE ON
CERTAINOCCASI
ONS
PROVI
SION
Everyi nhabitantofthePhi l
ippi
nes: PROVI
SION
o 18year soldorover Whenani ndividualsubj ectt ot hecommuni tytaxacknowl edges
o Whohasbeenr egularl
yempl oyedonawageorsal ary anydocumentbef oreanot arypubl ic, t
akestheoat hofof fi
ceupon
basisforatleast30consecut ivewor kingdaysdur ingany elect
ionorappoi ntmentt oanyposi tioninthegover nmentser vice;
calendaryear, recei
ves any l i
cense,cer ti
ficate,or per mitf r
om any publ i
c
o Orwhoi sengagedi nbusinessoroccupat i
on, authori
ty;paysanyt axorf ee;r eceivesanymoneyf rom anypubl i
c
o Orwhoownsr ealpropertywi t
hanaggr egateassessed fund;transact sot herof ficialbusi ness;orr eceivesanysal aryor
valueofOnet housandpesos( P1,000.00)ormor e, wagef rom anyper sonorcor por ati
on, i tshallbethedut yofany
o Orwhoi srequi
redbyl awt ofi
leani ncomet axreturn person,of fi
cer ,orcor por ati
on wi th whom such t ransacti
on is
shal lpay an annualaddi ti
onalt ax ofP5 and an annual madeorbusi nessdoneorf rom whom anysal aryorwagei s
addi
tionalt ax ofP1 f orever y 1k from busi ness,exer cise of recei
vedt or equi r
esuchi ndividualt oexhibitthecommuni tytax
prof
essionorf r
om propertywhichinnocaseshal lexceed5k certi
fi
cate.
I nthecaseofhusband and wi f
e t headdi t
ionalt axher ein Thepr esent ation ofcommuni tyt axcer ti
fi
cateshal l notbe
i
mposedshal lbebasedupont het ot
alpr opertyownedbyt hem requir
edi nconnect i
onwi t
ht her egi str
ati
onofavot er.
andthet otalgrossrecei
ptsorear ningsderivedbyt hem When,t hroughi t
saut horizedof fi
cer s,anycor porati
onsubj ectto
thecommuni t
yt axr eceivesanyl i
cense, certi
fi
cate,orpermi tfr
om
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 anypubl icaut hority,paysanyt axorf ee,receivesmoneyf rom attachmentorexecut i
ont hereoff ordeli
nquencyi nt hepayment
publicfunds, ortransact sot heroffi
cialbusi ness itshal
lbet he ofanyl ocalt ax, feeorchar ge, i
ncludingther elat
edsur chargeand
dutyoft hepubl i
cof fi
cialwithwhom sucht ransacti
onismadeor i
nter est:
business done,t or equire such cor poration to exhi
bitt he 1. Tool sandi mpl ement snecessar i
lyusedbyt hedel inquentt axpayer
communi t
yt axcer tif
icate. i
nhi stradeorempl oyment ;
The communi t
yt ax cer t
ifi
cater equired int he t
wo preceding 2. One( 1)hor se, cow, carabao, orot herbeastofbur den, suchast he
paragraphsshal lbet heonei ssuedf orthecur rentyear delinquentt axpayermaysel ect,andnecessar ilyusedbyhi mi nhis
o E:exceptf ort heper iodfrom Januar yuntilt
heApr i
l15 ordinar yoccupat ion;
eachyear ,inwhi chcase,t hecer t
ifi
cateissuedfort he 3. Hisnecessar ycl othing,andt hatofallhisfami l
y;
precedingyearshal lsuffi
ce 4. Househol df urni t
ureandut ensilsnecessaryf orhousekeepi ngand
usedf orthatpur posebyt hedel inquenttaxpayer ,suchashemay
SECTI
ON176.LEVYONREALPROPERTY select ,ofaval uenotexceedi ngTent housandpesos( P10,000.00);
5. Provi si
ons,i ncl uding cr ops,act uall
y provided f ori ndivi
dualor
PROVI
SION fami l
yusesuf ficientforf our( 4)mont hs;
Af t
ert heexpi r
ationoft het i
mer equi redt opayt hedel i
nquentt ax, 6. The pr ofessionall ibraries ofdoct ors,engi neers,l awyers and
fee, or char ge, r eal pr oper ty may be l evied on bef ore, j
udges;
simul taneousl y,or af ter t he di straint of per sonal pr operty 7. Onef i
shingboatandnet ,notexceedi ngthet otalval ueofTen
belongi ngt ot hedel inquentt axpayer Thepr ovincial,cityor thousand pesos ( P10,000. 00),by t he lawf uluse ofwhi ch a
muni cipalt r
easur er,ast hecasemaybe,shal lpr epareadul y fi
sher manear nshi sl i
velihood;and
authent i
catedcer tifi
cat eshowi ngt henameoft het axpayerand 8. Anymat eri
alorar t
iclef ormingpar tofahouseori mpr ovementof
theamountoft het ax, fee, orchar ge, andpenal t
yduef rom him. anyr ealpr oper ty.cd
Sai dcer ti
ficateshal loper atewi tht hef or ceofal egalexecut i
on
throughoutt hePhi l
ippi nes. Levyshal lbeef fect edbywr i
ti
ng TI
TLEI.
uponsai dcer tif
icatet hedescr i
pt i
onoft hepr oper tyuponwhi ch RealPr
opert
yTaxat
ion
l
evyi smade.
Att hesamet ime,wr ittennot iceoft hel evyshal lbemai l
edt oor CHAPTERI
served upon t he assessorand t he Regi sterofDeeds oft he Gener
alProvi
sions
provi nce orci ty wher et he pr oper tyi sl ocat ed who shal l
annot at ethel evyont het axdecl ar ationandcer ti
ficateoft it
leof SECTI
ON197.SCOPE
thepr oper ty,respect i
vel y,andt hedel inquentt axpayeror ,ifhebe
absentf rom t hePhi l
ippi nes,t ohi sagentort hemanageroft he PROVI
SION
busi nessi nr espectt owhi cht hel iabilityar ose, orift herebenone, ThisTit
leshallgover
nt headmi
nistr
ati
on,appr
aisal
,assessment
,
totheoccupantoft hepr oper tyinquest ion.Cd l
evyandcol
lecti
onofrealpr
oper
tytax
I n case t he l evy on r ealpr oper t
yi s noti ssued bef ore or
simul taneousl ywi tht hewar rantofdi str aintonper sonalpr oper t
y, SECTI
ON198.FUNDAMENTALPRI
NCI
PLES
and t heper sonalpr oper tyoft het axpayeri snotsuf fi
cientto
satisfy hi s del i
nquency, t he pr ovi nci al,ci ty or muni cipal PROVI
SION
treasur er,ast hecasemaybe, shallwi thin30daysaf t
erexecut i
on Theappr aisal, assessment ,levyandcol l
ecti
onofr ealpropertytax
oft he di st r
aint,pr oceed wi t
ht he l evy on t he t axpayer 'sr eal shal
lbegover nedbyt hefoll
owingf undamentalpr
inciples:
proper ty. 1. Realpr oper tyshal lbeappraisedatitscurr
entandf airmarket
Ar epor tonanyl evyshal l
,wi thin10daysaf terr eceiptoft he value;
war rant , besubmi ttedbyt hel evyi ngof ficertot hesangguni an 2. Realpr oper tyshal lbeclassifi
edforassessmentpur poseson
concer ned thebasi sofi tsact ualuse;
3. Realpr oper t
yshal lbeassessedont hebasi sofauni f
orm
SECTI
ON 185.PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM DI
STRAI
NT OR classif
icat ionwi thineachlocalgovernmentuni t
;
LEVY. 4. Theappr aisal,assessment ,l
evyandcol l
ecti
onofr ealproperty
taxshal lnotbel ettoanypr i
vateperson;and
PROVI
SION 5. The appr aisaland assessmentofr ealpr operty shallbe
Thefol
l
owi
ngpr
oper
tyshal
lbeexemptf
rom di
str
aintandl
evy, equitable
Mi
chel
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 14.Indust rialLand-i slanddevot edpr i
ncipal l
yt oi ndust rialact i
vity
as capi tali nvest ment and i s not cl assi fi
ed as agr icult
ur al,
commer cial,ti
mber ,miner alorr esidentialland;
15.Machi ner y - embr aces machi nes, equi pment , mechani cal
SECTI
ON199.
DEFI
NITI
ONOFTERMS. cont rivances,i nstrument s,appl i
ancesorappar atuswhi chmayor
may notbe at tached,per manent l
y ort empor ar il
y,t ot he r eal
PROVI
SION proper ty.I ti ncludes t he physi calf acili
ties forpr oduct i
on,t he
Whenusedi
nthi
sTi
tl
e,t
het
erm: i
nst allat ionsandappur tenantser vi
cef acili
ti
es,t hosewhi char e
mobi le,sel f-
power edorsel f-propel l
ed,andt hosenotper manent ly
1. Acqui siti
on Cost - f or newl y-acqui red machi ner y not yet attached t ot he r ealpr oper tywhi ch ar e act ual ly,di rect l
y,and
depr eci atedappr aisalandl evyandappr aisedwi thint heyearofi t
s exclusi velyused t o meett heneedsoft hepar t
iculari ndust ry,
pur chase,r efer st ot heact ualcostoft hemachi ner yt oitspr esent businessoract ivi
tyandwhi chbyt heirver ynat ur eandpur pose
owner ,
plust hecostoft ranspor tation, handl ing, andi nstallati
onat are desi gned f or,ornecessar yt oi t
s manuf actur i
ng,mi ning,
thepr esentsi t
e;acd l
oggi ng, commer cial,i
ndust r
ial oragr iculturalpur poses;
2. Act ualUse -r ef er st ot he pur pose f orwhi ch t he pr oper tyi s 16.Miner alLands-ar el andsi n whi ch mi nerals,met alli
cornon-
princi pallyorpr edomi nant lyut il
izedbyt heper soni npossessi on met al l
ic,exi sti n suf fi
cientquant it
y or gr ade t oj ust i
fyt he
ther eof; necessar yexpendi turest oext r
actandut il
izesuchmat erials;cdt
3. AdVal or em Tax- i sal evyonr ealpr oper tydet er minedont he 17.Reassessment-i st he assi gning ofnew assessed val ues t o
basi sofaf i
xedpr opor tionoft heval ueoft hepr oper ty; proper ty,par ti
cularlyr ealest at e,ast her esul tofagener al,partial,
4. Agr icultur alLand-i sl anddevot edpr inci pal l
yt ot hepl antingof orindi vidualr eappr ai
saloft hepr oper t
y
trees,r aisi ngofcr ops,l ivest ockandpoul t
ry,dai r ying,sal tmaki ng, 18.Remai ningEconomi cLi fe i st heper iodoft imeexpr essedi n
i
nl and f ishi ng and si mi lar aquacul t
ur alact iviti
es,and ot her yearsf rom t hedat eofappr ai salt ot hedat ewhent hemachi ner y
agr i
cul turalact ivities,and i s notcl assi fi
ed as mi neral,timber , becomesval ueless;
resident i
al ,commer cialori ndust ri
al land; 19.Remai ningVal ue-i st heval uecor respondi ngt ot her emai ning
5. Appr aisal-i st heactorpr ocessofdet ermi ni ng t heval ueof usef ull ifeoft hemachi nery;
proper t
yasofaspeci fieddat eforaspeci ficpur pose;c 20.Repl acementorRepr oduct ionCost-i st hecostt hatwoul dbe
6. Assessment-i st heactorpr ocessofdet ermi ni ngt heval ueofa i
ncur redont hebasi sofcur r
entpr ices,i nacqui ri
nganequal ly
proper t
y,orpr opor tion t her eofsubj ectt ot ax,i ncluding t he desir abl esubst it
ut epr oper ty,ort hecostofr epr oduci nganew
discover y, li
st i
ng, classi fication, andappr aisalofpr oper ti
es; replicaoft hepr oper t
yont hebasi sofcur rentpr iceswi tht hesame
7. AssessmentLevel-i st heper cent ageappl iedt ot hef airmar ket orcl osel ysimi l
armat erial;and
valuet odet er minet het axabl eval ueoft hepr oper ty; 21.Resi dent ialLand-i slandpr i
nci pal l
ydevot edt ohabi tation.
8. AssessedVal ue- i st hef airmar ketval ueoft her ealpr oper t
y
mul tipliedbyt heassessmentl evel .Iti ssynonymoust ot axabl e CHAPTERII
value; APPRAI
SALANDASSESSMENTOFREALPROPERTY
9. Commer ci alLand-i sl anddevot edpr i
nci pal l
yf ort heobj ectof
prof itand i s notcl assi fied as agr i
cul tural ,indust ri
al,mi ner al, SECTI
ON201.
APPRAI
SALOFREALPROPERTY
ti
mber ,orr esi dent iall and;
10.Depr eciat ed Val ue -i st he val ue r emai ning af terdeduct ing PROVI
SION
depr eci ationf rom t heacqui siti
oncost ;cdt Al lr
ealpropert
y,whethertaxableorexempt,shal
lbeappr ai
sedat
11.Economi cLi fe-i st heest imat edper iodoverwhi chi ti santicipat ed thecurrentandfairmar ketvalueprevai
li
nginthelocali
tywhere
thatamachi ner yorequi pmentmaybepr ofitablyut il
ized; thepropert
yissit
uated.
12.Fai rMar ketVal ue-i st hepr iceatwhi chapr oper tymaybesol dby TheDepar tmentofFi nanceshal l promulgat
et henecessary
asel l
erwhoi snotcompel l
edt osel landboughtbyabuyerwhoi s rul
es and r egul
ati
ons f or the classi
fi
cati
on,appr ai
sal
,and
notcompel l
edt obuy; assessmentofr ealpropertypursuanttot heprovi
sionsofthis
13.Impr ovement-i saval uabl eaddi tionmadet oapr opertyoran Code.
amel iorationi nit scondi tion, amount ingt omor et hanamer er epai r
orr epl acementofpar tsi nvol vi
ngcapi talexpendi t
ur esandl abor , SECTI
ON 202.DECLARATI
ON OFREALPROPERTYBYTHEOWNER OR
whi chi si nt endedt oenhancei t
sval ue, beaut yorut i
lityort oadapt ADMINISTRATOR
i
tf orneworf ur t
herpur poses
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PROVI
SION PROVI
SION
I tshal lbet hedut yofallper sons,nat uralorj ur idical ,owni ngor I never ypr ovinceandci ty,includi ngt hemuni ci palitieswi thinthe
admi nisteringr ealproperty,includingt hei mpr ovement st her ein, Met ropol itanMani l
aAr ea,t her eshal lbepr epar edandmai ntained
withinaci t yormuni ci
palit
y,ortheirdulyaut horizedr epr esent ative, byt hepr ovi ncial,cit
yormuni cipal assessoranassessmentr oll
topr epare, orcauset obepr epared, andfil
ewi t
ht hepr ovi ncial,
ci ty Assessmentr oll-wher einshal lbel i
st edal lrealpr oper ty, whether
ormuni cipalassessor ,aswor nst atementdecl ar i
ngt het rueval ue taxabl eorexempt ,l
ocat edwi thint het erritori
alj urisdi ctionoft he
oft hei rpr operty,whet herpr eviously decl ared orundecl ared, l
ocalgover nmentuni tconcer ned.
taxableorexempt ,whichshallbet hecur rentandf airmar ketval ue Realpr oper tyshal lbel i
st ed,val uedandassessedi nt henameof
ofthepr oper t
y,asdet erminedbyt hedecl ar ant.Suchdecl aration theowneroradmi nistrator ,oranyonehavi ngl egali nt er esti nthe
shallcont ainadescr i
pti
onoft hepr oper t
ysuf ficienti ndet ai
lt o proper ty.
enabl et he assessororhi s deput yt oi dent ifyt he same f or Theundi videdr ealpr oper tyofadeceasedper sonmaybel isted,
assessmentpur poses. valuedandassessedi nt henameoft heest ateoroft hehei r
sand
Theswor ndecl arati
onofr ealpr opertyher einr eferredt oshal lbe devi seeswi thoutdesi gnat i
ngt hem i ndi vidual l
y;andundi vi dedr eal
fil
ed wi tht he assessorconcer ned once ever yt hr ee ( 3)year s proper tyot hert han t hatowned byadeceased maybel isted,
duringt heper i
odf rom Januar yf i
rst(1st)t oJunet hirtieth( 30t h) valued and assessed i nt henameofoneormor eco- owner s:
commenci ngwi ththecalendaryear1992. Provi ded,however ,Thatsuchhei r,devi see,orco- ownershal lbe
l
iabl esever all
yandpr opor t
ionat elyf oral lobligat ionsi mposedby
SECTI
ON 203.DUTY OF PERSON ACQUI
RING REAL PROPERTY OR thisTi tl
eandt hepaymentoft her ealpr oper t
yt axwi thr espectt o
MAKINGI
MPROVEMENTTHEREON. theundi videdpr oper ty.
Ther ealpr oper t
yofacor por ation,par tnershi p,orassoci ati
on
PROVI
SION shal lbel isted, valuedandassessedi nt hesamemannerast hatof
I tshal lalso be the duty ofany per son,orhi s authorized ani ndividual .
represent
ative,acquiri
ng at any t ime realpropertyi n any Realpr oper ty owned by t he Republ ic oft he Phi lippi nes,i t
s
muni ci
pali
tyorcityormakinganyi mpr ovementonrealpr operty, i
nst rument alit
iesandpol iti
calsubdi vi sions,t hebenef icialuseof
toprepare,orcausetobeprepared,andf i
lewi
ththeprovi
ncial,cit
y whi ch has been gr ant ed,f orconsi derat ion orot her wi se,t oa
ormuni cipalassessor aswor nst at
ementdeclar
ingt het rue taxabl eper son, shallbel isted,val uedandassessedi nt henameof
valueofsubj ectpropert
y,wi
thi
n60daysaf t
ertheacquisiti
onof thepossessor ,granteeoroft hepubl i
cent i
tyifsuchpr oper t
yhas
such pr operty or upon compl etion or occupancy of t he beenacqui redorhel df orr esaleorl ease.
i
mpr ovement ,whi
chevercomesearlier.

THECITY
SECTI
ON204.DECLARATI
ONOFREALPROPERTYBYTHEASSESSOR. CHAPTERI
ROLEANDCREATIONOFTHECI
TY
PROVI
SION
Whenanyper son,natur alorjuri
dical
,bywhom r ealproper
tyis SECTI
ON448.ROLEOFTHECI
TY
requi
redtobedecl aredunderSect ion202her eof
,refusesorfail
s
for any reason to make such decl ar
ati
on wi thinthe ti
me PROVI
SION
prescri
bed, t hepr ovincial
,cityormuni cipalassessorshal l Theci ty,consi
sti
ngofmor eurbani
zedanddevel opedbarangays
himselfdecl
arethepr oper t
yinthenameoft hedef aul
ti
ngowner , Ser vesasagener alpurposegover
nmentfort hecoordi
nationand
i
fknown,oragai nstanunknownowner ,ast hecasemaybe,and del
ivery ofbasi c,r egul
ar,and dir
ectser vices and effect
ive
shallassesst heproper tyfortaxat
ioninaccor dancewiththe governanceofthei nhabit
antswit
hini
tster
ri
tor i
alj
uri
sdi
ction
provi
sionofthi
sTi t
le.
No oat h shallber equired ofa declarati
on t husmadebyt he SECTI
ON449.
MANNEROFCREATI
ON.
provi
ncial
,ci
tyormuni cipalassessor.
PROVI
SION
Aci tymaybecr eated,di
vided,merged,abol
ished,ori
tsboundar
y
SECTI
ON 205.LI
STI
NG OF REAL PROPERTY I
N THE ASSESSMENT substant
ial
lyalt
ered:
ROLLS. o Onl ybyanActofCongr ess,
and
o Subj ecttoappr ovalbyamaj or
it
yoft hevotescastina
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chel
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 plebi
scit
et obeconductedbyt heCOMELECi nt helocal Citi
eswi thami nimum popul ati
onof200ki nhabi tants, ascer ti
fi
ed
governmentunitoruni
tsdi
rect
lyaffect
ed. byt he Nat i
onalSt atisti
cs Of fi
ce,and wi t hint he l atestannual
Exceptasmayot herwi
sebepr ovi
dedinsuchAct ,theplebi
scit
e i
ncome ofatl east50M based on 1991 const antpr i
ces,as
shallbehel
dwi t
hin120daysf r
om t
hedat eofit
sef
fecti
vit
y. certified by t he ci t
yt reasurer,shal lbe cl assi f
ied as hi ghly
urbani zedci ti
es.
Citi
es whi ch do notmeett he above r equi rement s shal lbe
consi der edcomponentci ti
esoft hepr ovincei nwhi cht heyar e
geogr aphi callylocated.
SECTI
ON450.
REQUI
SITESFORCREATI
ON. Ifacomponentci t
yisl ocatedwi thint heboundar iesoft wo( 2)or
mor epr ovinces,suchci t
yshal lbeconsi deredacomponentoft he
PROVI
SION provi nceofwhi chitusedt obeamuni cipal i
ty.
Amuni ci
pal i
tyoracl usterofbar angaysmaybeconver t
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on ort his Code,
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theci typr oposedt obecr eatedi scomposedofone
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ON451.CI
TIES,
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FIED

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SION
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yur bani
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ded,
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eswhosechar ter
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ingforprovinci
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SECTI
ON452.
HIGHLYURBANI
ZEDCI
TIES

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SION
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