Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila 8:00 am

DATE March 12, 2024

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House Bill No. 10093

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE MARCELINO C. LIBANAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The Municipality of Guiuan has been classified as the 2" income class municipality in
the Province of Eastern Samar having a total revenue for the fiscal year 2021 of
PHP229,036,361.21 million with assets of PHP738,915,781.55 million, it is notably manifesting
that Guiuan is on its way to further development. The rapid growth of economic development and
population in the region triggered a drastic increase in the volume of transactions, thus, a greater
demand for public service.

In order to solve the burden and inconvenience of the transacting public in terms of long
travels to and from the regular district offices and to bring our services closer to the people in all
parts of the region, the Regional Management created additional offices without legislation, to wit:
Six (6) Extension Offices, namely: Tacloban Extension Office, Tacloban City; Sogod Extension
Office, Sogod, Southern Leyte; Javier Extension Office, Javier Leyte; Mercedes Extension Office,
Mercedes, Eastern Samar; Guiuan Extension Office, Guiuan, Eastern Samar and Baybay
Extension Office (Now Baybay District Office) Baybay City, Leyte. There is only one (1)
Licensing Center which is the Tacloban City Licensing Center.

Per Office Order No. 2021-062 dated March 05, 2020, LTO Guiuan Extension Office was
established in the Municipality of Guiuan, Province of Easten Samar which is under the
administrative supervision and control of the LTO Regional Office No. VIII. Thus, creating a
regular district office in the area is practicable to the objective of our agency in mi red
tape in government and in bringing LTO services closer to the clients. It supports the principle of
decentralization and devolution of the functions in order to promote efficiency in the delivery of
service.

This bill therefore seeks to convert LTO Guiuan Extension Office in Eastern Samar to a
regular LTO District Office in the province.

In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

MARCELINO C. LIBANAN


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House Bill No.10093

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE MARCELINO C. LIBANAN

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE EXTENSION OFFICE OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE (LTO) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUIUAN, PROVINCE OF EASTERN
SAMAR INTO A REGULAR LTO DISTRICT OFFICE AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The existing Land Transportation Office (LTO) Extension Office in the
Municipality of Guiuan, Eastern Samar is hereby converted into a regular LTO district office.

SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Department of Transportation shall immediately
include in the Department's program the operationalization of the above-mentioned regular
LTO district office in the Lone District of Eastern Samar, the initial funding of which shall be
charged against the current year’s appropriations of the Extension Office located in Guiuan,
Eastern Samar. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued operation of the
said regular LTO district office shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.