Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL No.  ____________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by HON. RUTH MARIANO-HERNANDEZ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
A competent government workforce comprises the backbone and the muscle for 
excellence in service to the public. 
This entails the management of human resources in local government units (LGUs) 
includes manpower planning and forecasting, recruitment and selection of prospective 
employees, staff training and development, performance management, employee 
discipline, and the promotion of employee welfare and productivity, among others. 
More importantly, it involves the formulation and implementation of Human Resource 
Development Plans that promote development interventions to achieve strategic 
organizational goals and directions, translate them into operational programs, and 
consequently, institutionalize a management paradigm and climate conducive to 
excellent delivery of public service and the promotion of public accountability that are 
all aligned with national development policies and vision. 
Republic Act No. 7160, or the Local Government Code of 1991, mandates a list of 
appointive officials common to LGUs that are in-charge of specific aspects of local 
governance. These include local treasurers, budget officers, agriculturists, and health 
officers, among others. However, it does not specifically include a human resource 
management officer to take charge of human resource management and development 
functions in the LGUs units in accordance with existing laws and policies. 
Hence, this bill seeks to institutionalize the mandatory appointment of a human 
resource management officer who shall head the LGU human resource management 
offices or divisions or departments in provinces, cities and municipalities in the 
country.  
With the foregoing, the immediate consideration and passage of this bill is earnestly 
urged. 
HON. RUTH MARIANO-HERNANDEZ 
2ND District, Laguna 
September 30, 2021
12:48 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL No.  ____________________ 
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by HON. RUTH MARIANO-HERNANDEZ 
AN ACT 
CREATING A MANDATORY POSITION FOR A HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
OFFICER IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Republic of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled :  
SECTION 1. Section 443 of Republic Act No. 7160, or the ‘Local Government Code of 
1991’, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows : 
SECTION 443. Officials of the Municipal Government. – (a) There shall be in each 
municipality a municipal mayor, a municipal vice-mayor, sangguniang bayan 
members, a secretary to the sangguniang bayan, a municipal treasurer, a 
municipal assessor, a municipal accountant, a municipal budget officer, a 
municipal planning and development coordinator, a municipal engineer/building 
official, a municipal health officer [and], a municipal civil registrar[.], AND A 
MUNICIPAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER. 
“(b) x x x 
“(c) x x x 
“(d) x x x 
“(e) x x x.” 
SECTION  2.  Section 454 of the same Code is hereby amended to read as follows : 
SECTION 454. Officials of the City Government. – (a) There shall be in each 
city 
a mayor, a vice-mayor, sangguniang panlungsod members, a secretary to the 
sangguniang panlungsod, a city treasurer, a city assessor, a city accountant, a city 
budget officer, a city planning and development coordinator, a city engineer, a 
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city health officer, a city civil registrar, a city administrator, a city legal officer, a 
city veterinarian, a city social welfare and development officer, [and] a city 
general services officer[.], AND A CITY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
OFFICER. 
 
“(b) x x x 
 
“(c) x x x 
 
“(d) x x x 
 
“(e) x x x.” 
 
 
SECTION  3.  Section 463 of the same Code is hereby amended to read as follows : 
 
SECTION 463. Officials of the Provincial Government. – (a) There shall be in each 
province a governor, a vice-governor, members of the sangguniang panlalawigan, 
a secretary to the sangguniang panlalawigan, a provincial treasurer, a provincial 
assessor, a provincial accountant, a provincial engineer, a provincial budget 
officer, a provincial planning and development coordinator, a provincial legal 
officer, a provincial administrator, a provincial health officer, a provincial social 
welfare and development officer, a provincial general services officer, a 
provincial agriculturist, [and] a provincial veterinarian[.], AND A PROVINCIAL 
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER. 
 
“(b) x x x 
 
“(c) x x x 
 
“(d) x x x 
 
“(e) x x x.” 
 
SECTION  4.  A new article and section to be denominated as Article XXI, Section 490-A 
shall be inserted after Article XX, Section 490 of Title V, and shall read as follows : 
 
 
ARTICLE XXI 
THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER 
 
 
SECTION  490-A.  QUALIFICATIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES – 
 
(A) NO 
PERSON 
SHALL 
BE 
APPOINTED 
AS 
HUMAN 
RESOURCE 
MANAGEMENT OFFICER UNLESS HE IS A CITIZEN OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
THE PHILIPPINES, OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER, A HOLDER OF A 
COLLEGE 
DEGREE 
PREFERABLY 
IN 
PSYCHOLOGY 
OR 
PUBLIC 
ADMINISTRATION, 
AND 
A 
CIVIL 
SERVICE 
ELIGIBLE 
OR 
ITS 
EQUIVALENT, A RESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT (LGU) 


CONCERNED, HAS ACQUIRED EXPERIENCE IN HUMAN RESOURCE 
MANAGEMENT FOR AT LEAST FIVE (5) YEARS IN THE CASE OF THE 
PROVINCE OR CITY, OR THREE (3) YEARS IN THE CASE OF A 
MUNICIPALITY, AND HAS UNDERGONE THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM 
FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICERS TO BE CONDUCTED 
BY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (CSC). 
 
THE APPOINTMENT OF A HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER 
SHALL BE MANDATORY FOR PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL 
GOVERNMENTS. 
 
(B) THE 
HUMAN 
RESOURCE 
MANAGEMENT 
OFFICER 
SHALL 
BE 
APPOINTED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE CSC FROM THE LIST OF AT 
LEAST THREE (3) ELIGIBLE RECOMMENDEES OF THE LOCAL CHIEF 
EXECUTIVE OF THE LGU CONCERNED, SUBJECT TO CIVIL SERVICE 
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
 
(C) THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER SHALL : 
 
(1)  FORMULATE A HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT 
WILL ENHANCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PROCESSES IN THE 
LGU 
CONCERNED 
WITH 
EMPHASIS 
IN 
THE 
AREAS 
OF 
RECRUITMENT 
AND 
SELECTION, 
CAREER 
DEVELOPMENT, 
PERFORMANCE 
MANAGEMENT, PERSONNEL WELFARE, AND 
REWARDS AND INCENTIVES FOR SERVICE EXCELLENCE; 
 
(2) MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE MANAGEMENT OF PERSONNEL 
PERFORMANCE IN THE LGU CONCERNED AND ENSURE THAT SUCH 
IS 
IN 
ACCORDANCE 
WITH 
CIVIL 
SERVICE 
RULES 
AND 
REGULATIONS; 
 
(3) INSTITUTIONALIZED A CENTRALIZED RECORDS DEPOSITORY OF 
HUMAN RESOURCE DOCUMENTS SUCH AS APPOINTMENT PAPERS, 
PERSONAL DATA SHEETS, SERVICE RECORDS, STATEMENTS OF 
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, LEAVE CREDITS AND OTHER PERTINENT 
RECORDS; 
 
(4) CONDUCT 
CONTINUING 
HUMAN 
RESOURCE 
DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS, AND OTHER CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO 
ENHANCE THE COMPETENCY OF PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS; 
 
(5) ENSURE THAT CIVIL SERVICE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS ON 
PERSONNEL MATTER ARE PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED; 
 
(6) ADVISE THE LOCAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE CONCERNED ON MATTERS 
RELATED TO CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS ON 
RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND PLACEMENT, LEARNING AND 
DEVELOPMENT, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, AND REWARDS 
AND RECOGNITION, AND OTHER HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES; 


 
(7) ESTABLISH 
LINKAGES 
AND 
PARTNERSHIPS 
WITH 
HUMAN 
RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
AGENCIES; AND, 
 
(8) EXERCISE SUCH OTHER POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES AS 
MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY LAW OR ORDINANCE. 
 
SECTION  5.  Implementing Rules and Regulations  -  Within ninety (90) days from the 
promulgation of this Act, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and 
the Civil Service Commission (CSC) shall promulgate the rules and regulations 
necessary for the effective implementation of this Act. 
 
SECTION  6.  Separability Clause  -  If any part, section or provision of this Act shall be 
held invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain 
in full force and effect. 
 
SECTION 7. Repealing Clause - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and 
regulations or issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are 
hereby modified or repealed accordingly. 
 
SECTION  8.   Effectivity Clause  -  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its full 
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation. 
 
Approved,