SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS.
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Bill No3 84.2

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE PIA S. CAYETANO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as "The Local Government Code of
1991," as amended, was enacted precisely to breathe life into the constitutional
mandate of local autonomy by establishing a more responsive and accountable local
government structure instituted through an efficient system of decentralization
Essentially, this system is geared towards empowering local government units to
achieve their full development as self-reliant communities, making them more
effective and meaningful partners in the attainment of the nation’s goals

Being the basic political unit, the barangays serve as “the primary planning
and implementing unit of government policies, plans, programs, projects and
activities in the community, and as a forum wherein the collective views of the people
may be expressed, crystallized and considered’ (Section 384 of the Local
Government Code). As such, it is the country’s ultimate front-liner in the provision of
a broad range of basic services to the community, as well as in the delivery to the
citizenry of their first taste of the fruits of local public service.

In this sense, the creation of barangays, upon proper compliance with the
requirements set by the Constitution and Local Government Code, thus only serves
to bolster the capability of local governments to efficiently and effectively perform
their respective functions, duties and responsibilities in the name of autonomy,
decentralization and national growth and prosperity

Further, the policy of establishing, protecting and enhancing fiscal autonomy
‘on all levels of local governance is integral to the proper exercise of local
government functions. This policy refers not just to the power to allocate one’s
resources in accordance with one’s priorities but also the power to create one’s own
sources of revenue in addition to one’s equitable share in the national taxes released
by the central government

Section 6, Article X of the Constitution states: “Local government units shall
have a just share, as determined by law, in the national taxes which shall be
automatically released to them.’ The Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) as
incorporated in the general appropriations law enacted annually by the legislature is
the "just share” contemplated by the constitutional mandate, Therefore, it is clearly
an indispensable component in the grant of meaningful and true fiscal autonomy to


local government units. Further, Sec. 25 of RA 7160 bolsters the Constitutional grant
of a just share of LGUs in the IRA.

Thus, this bill seeks to invoke the 1987 Constitution and RA 7160 by allowing
Barangay North Daanghari to be entitled to a just share from the national taxes

Barangay North Daanghari, located within the City of Taguig, Metro Manila, is
one such barangay excluded from a share in the IRA. It has a land area of One
Hundred Forty Six Thousand Eight Hundred square meters (146,800 sq. m.), more
or less, and a population of Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred and Eight (11,708). It
is bounded on the North by General Santos Avenue; on the East, by Case 14 590-D,
Taguig Cadastral Mapping (Barangay Bagumbayan), P.U.P. Compound, Sta, Maria
Industrial Subdivision and the Manila Railroad Company (Railroad Tract); on the
South, by Marialac Avenue; and on the West, by Paranaque Cadastre, Having thus
complied with the requisites prescribed under Section 386 of the Local Government
Code and the plebiscite requirement contained in Section 10, Article X of the
Constitution, it was separated from the original Barangay Bagong Tanyag, and
created as a separate barangay by the City Government of Taguig, acting through
the Sangguniang Panlungsod, under City Ordinance No. 27-2008 approved on July
15, 2008. Its corporate existence began on October 25, 2010 when its first set of
regular officials was elected, pursuant to Section 14 of the Local Government Code.

In view of these considerations, and in the face of resonating and unified
public clamor for a clear and immediate legislative remedy to the matter at hand, the
immediate approval of this bill is highly and earnestly sought.

Rig & Cot

2” District of Taguig City


SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Bill No. 388.42

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE PIA S. CAYETANO

AN ACT
CREATING A BARANGAY TO BE KNOWN AS BARANGAY NORTH DAANG
HARI IN THE CITY OF TAGUIG, METRO MANILA

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

SECTION 1. Creation of Barangay North Daang Hari. - The North Daang

Hari Proper in Barangay Bagong Tanyag, City of Taguig, Metro Manila is hereby

separated from Barangay Bagong Tanyag and constituted into a distinct and
independent barangay to be known as Barangay North Daang Hari

SEC. 2. Territorial Boundaries. ~ The territorial boundaries of Barangay

North Daang Hari shall consist of permanent natural boundaries identified as follows:

“Bounded on the North by General Santos Avenue;

On the East by Case 14 590-D, Taguig Cadastral Mapping (Barangay
Bagumbayan), P.U.P, Compound, Sta, Maria Industrial Subdivision and the Manila

Railroad Company (Railroad Tract);

‘On the South by Mafialac Avenue; and

On the West by Paranaque Cadastre

SEC. 3. Conduct and Supervision of Piebiscite. — The plebiscite conducted
and supervised by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Barangay Bagong


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Tanyag pursuant to City Ordinance No, 27, Series of 2008 of the Sangguniang
Panlungsod of the City of Taguig, which ratified the creation of Barangay North
Daang Hari as proclaimed by the City Board of Canvassers on December 28, 2008,
shall serve as substantial compliance with the plebiscite requirement under Section
10 of Republic Act No. 7160, as amended, otherwise known as the “Local
Government Code of 1991

SEC. 4, Incumbent Barangay Officials. - The incumbent barangay officials
of Barangay North Daang Har, City of Taguig shall continue to hold office until such
time that their successors have been duily elected and qualified

SEC. 5. Public Infrastructures and Facilities. - All existing public
infrastructures and facilities for public use existing therein at the time of the approval
of this Act are hereby transferred without cost or compensation to and shall be

administered by the new barangay

SEC. 6. Internal Revenue Allotment Shares. - Barangay North Daang Hari
shall be entitled to Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) shares pursuant to Section 285
of Republic Act No. 7160, as amended, otherwise known as the “Local Government
Code of 1991”,

SEC. 7. Separability Clause. ~ \f, for any reason, any part or provision of this
Act is declared unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions which are not
affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect

SEC. 8. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official

elle oF in any Newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,