REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Quezon City 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Third Regular Session 
H.B. No. _____________ 
Introduced by Representative CAMILLE A. VILLAR 
AN ACT 
CONVERTING 
THE 
EXTENSION 
OFFICE 
OF 
THE 
LAND 
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) LOCATED IN LAS PIÑAS CITY INTO A 
REGULAR LTO DISTRICT OFFICE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The City of Las Piñas is a highly-urbanized city with a land area of 32.69 square 
kilometers or 12.62 square miles. Its population, as determined by the 2020 National 
Census, was 606,293, representing 4.50 % of the total population of the National Capital 
Region1. Based on these figures, the population density is computed at 
18,547 inhabitants per square kilometer or 48,042 inhabitants per square mile2. 
One of the fastest growing communities, the city boasts of residential-commercial 
locale matched by environmental spaces and cultural heritage sites. Home to the Las 
Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Eco-Tourism Area, a protected wetland area 
hosting a mangrove forest and species, a unique place for nature travel, bird watching 
and provides a vantage sea view of the Manila Bay. Las Piñas City also boasts of the 
Bamboo Organ in St. Joseph Parish Church, a 19th-century cultural treasure with the 
reborn musical pipe providing distinct musical harmony. 
The city is a gateway to the Philippine capital, the rest of Metro Manila and Southern 
Tagalog. Considered as a first-class LGU, its economy is founded on a combination of 
manufacturing, production, commercial establishments, A1 academic institutions, and 
home-grown entrepreneurs. 
1 Census of population (2020), National Capital Region (NCR). Total Population by Province, City, 
Municiaplity and Barangay, PSA, July 8, 2021 
2 Ibid, PSA, July 8, 2021 
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With these as backdrops, this legislation is being pursued. It seeks to convert the Las 
Piñas Extension Office of Land Transportation Office as a regular or LTO District 
Office. The offices handle driver's license applications and motor vehicle registration, 
with the number of daily and total annual transactions, personnel, office's land area and 
income as determining factors. 
The rationale for the conversion in Las Pinas City, are as follows: 
1. Transportation is a driver of the economy. Upgrading of services mean development
and converting the LTO office from its present Extension status to a regular District
Office would mean faster processing of transactions and shorter queues in application
and registration.
2. It would ease the difficulties being encountered by owners of motor vehicle owners
and drivers. Necessarily, it means safety of the sector.
3. The bill is consistent with the policy enshrined in LTO Memorandum Circular 2020-
2200 on:
a. Public Service. To serve the greatest number of the people in the transportation
sector of the city and its nearby population;
b. Integrity of Motor Vehicle Registration and the driving community.
Addressing the increasing volume of transactions, streamlining the processes and
simplifying the ease of doing business.
This legislation is submitted for approval. 
CAMILLE A. VILLAR 


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Quezon City 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Third Regular Session 
H.B. No. _____________ 
Introduced by Representative CAMILLE A. VILLAR 
AN ACT 
CONVERTING 
THE 
EXTENSION 
OFFICE 
OF 
THE 
LAND 
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) LOCATED IN LAS PINAS CITY 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:chanRoblesvirtualLawlibrary 
Section 1. This Act shall be known as an “Act Converting the Las Piñas City Extension 
Office into a regular district office of the Land Transportation Office (LTO)”. 
Sec. 2. The existing Las Piñas City LTO Extension Office is hereby converted into a 
regular LTO District Office. 
Sec. 3. The Secretary of Transportation and Communications shall immediately include 
in the Department’s programs the operationalization of the Regular LTO District Office 
in Las Piñas City, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s 
appropriations of the Las Piñas City LTO Extension Office. Thereafter, such sums as 
may be necessary for the continued operation of the Regular LTO District Office shall 
be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official 
Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation, whichever comes earlier. 
Approved, 
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