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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S.B. NO. 2571 
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Local Government Code provides that the territorial and political 
subdivisions of the State shall enjoy genuine and meaningful local autonomy to 
enable them to attain their fullest development as self-reliant communities and 
make them more effective partners in the attainment of national goals. 
Furthermore, it endeavors to provide for a more responsive and accountable 
local government structure instituted through a system of decentralization 
whereby local government units shall be given more powers, authority, 
responsibilities and resources. 
This bill proposes to amend Section 470 and 471 of the Local Government 
Code providing for the appointment, qualifications, powers and duties of the 
Provincial, City or Municipal Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer. This 
measure proposes that the appointment of the Provincial, City and Municipal 
Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer be vested to the Governor of the Province, or 
the City or Municipal Mayor concerned. It w.ill allow direct supervision and 
accountability of the Treasurer to the Governor of the Province, or the City or 
Municipal Mayor concerned. Furthermore, it is deemed proper that such power of 
appointment be vested on the Governor of the Province, or the City or Municipal 
Mayor concerned because treasurers are paid wholly from local funds; yet it is 
the Secretary of Finance who has the power to discipline, suspend or dismiss the 
treasurer. In effect, the present status of the law prevents the Governor of the 
Province, or the City or Municipal Mayor concerned from exercising disciplinary 
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powers over the treasurer: which in itself may be an anomaly. 
Immediate passage of this bill is therefore requested. 
MANNYVLLAR 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S.B. NO. 2571 
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR VILLAR 
AN ACT AMENDING TITLE V, SECTION 470 (A), (8) AND SECTION 
471 (A) OF RA 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
CODE OF1991 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
Section I . Section 470 (A) of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local 
Government Code of 1991, herein after referred to as the Code, is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 470. Appointment, Qualifications, Powers, and Duties. -
(a) The Treasurer shall be appointed by the GOVERNOR OF 
THE PROVINCE, OR THE CITY OR MUNICIPAL MAYOR 
CONCERNED, AS THE CASE MAY BE, subject to civil service 
law, rules and regulations. 
Section 2. Section 470 (B) of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local 
Government Code of 1991, herein after referred to as the Code, is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 470. (b) The treasurer shall be under the DIRECT 
CONTROL AND SUPERVISION of the governor or mayor, as 
the case may be, to whom he shall report regularly on the tax 
collection efforts in the local government unit. 
Section 3. Section 471 (A) of RA 7160, otherwise known as the Local 
Government Code of 1991, herein after referred to as the Code, is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 471. Assistant Treasurer. - (a) An assistant treasurer 
may be appointed by the GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE, 
OR THE CITY OR MUNICIPAL MAYDR CONCERNED, AS 
THE CASE MAY BE, subject to civil service law, rules and 
regulations. Section 4. Repealing Clause. All laws, rules and 
regulations, decrees, issuance or any part or parts thereof 
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, modified or 
amended accordingly. 


· Section 5. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is held invalid or 
unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected hereby shall remain valid and 
subsisting. 
Section 6. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect 15 days after its complete 
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers or of general 
circulation, whichever comes first. 
Approved,