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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES O2 Aue 2015
Quezon City, Metro Manila Time:__(

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

VON UNIT
BILLS AND iNULX SERVI

House BILLNo, 2344

Introduced by Honorable Luis A. Ferrer IV, Honorable Roy M. Loyola and
Honorable Abraham N. Tolentino

EXPLANATORY NOTE

It has been provided in the 1987 Philippine Constitution that each legislative
district shall comprise, as far as practicable, contiguous, compact and adjacent
territory. Each city with a population of at least two hundred fifty thousand, x x x
shall have at least one representative.

Likewise, Congress is authorized to make a reapportionment of legislative
districts based on the standards provided in the Philippine Constitution.

The City of General Trias belongs to the 6" district of the Province of
Cavite. It became a city on December 12, 2015 with 33 barangays having a total
area of 81.46 km2 and a total population for the year 2015 alone of 314,303.

To give life to the constitutional provision of representation for each
250,000 population, this measure seeks to separate the City of General Trias from
the 6'” District of Cavite and make it as the lone Legislative District in the City of
General Trias. A corresponding reapportionment of certain districts as well as the
creation of new districts inevitably follows.

Passage of this measure-is earnestly sought.

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LUIS A/FERRER IV ey M, LOYOLA ABRAHAM N. TOLENTINO



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

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 234i

Introduced by Honorable Luis A. Ferrer lV, Honorable Roy M. Loyola, Honorable
Abraham N. Tolentino

AN ACT CREATING THE LONE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF GENERAL
TRIAS THEREBY REAPPORTIONING CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS.
IN THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE

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

SECTION 1. Creation of a Lone Legislative District of General Trias. There
shall be created a Lone District of General Trias in the Province of Cavite thereby
reapportioning the districts comprising the 5‘, 6" and 7" Districts and the creation
of the 8” and 9" Legislative Districts, all in the Province of Cavite.

SECTION 2. Composition of the 5‘, 6'" and 7" Legislative Districts. As an
offshoot of the creation of a Lone District in the City of General Trias in the
Province of Cavite, the following Legislative Districts shall hereby be
reapportioned, to wit:

5th District - Total Population: 252,700
Composition

Municipality of Carmona - 95,557
Municipality of General Mariano Alvarez - 155,143

6th District - Total Population: 314,303
Composition :

City of General Trias - 314,303


7th District - Total Population : 371,827
Composition ri

City of Tagaytay : 71,181
Municipality of Alfonso : 51,839

Municipality of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo : 22,220
Municipality of Magallanes : 22,727
Municipality of Maragondon : 37,720
Municipality of Mendez: 31,529

Municipality of Naic : 111,454

Municipality of Ternate : 23,157

SECTION 3. Creation of the 8 and 9" Legislative Districts in the Province
of Cavite. As a result of the reapportionment of the 5", 6” and 7" Legislative
Districts, herewith is the creation of two new Legislative Districts, the 8° and 9°"
Legislative Districts, respectively, in the Province of Cavite, to wit:

8th District - Total population 1 285,734
Composition :

Municipality of Silang - 248,085
Municipality of Amadeo - 37,649

9th District -Total Population : 447,500
Composition :

Trece Martires City : 155,713
Municipality of Tanza: 226,188
Municipality of Indang : 65,599

The composition of the current 1*, 2%, 3° and 4" Legislative Districts of the
Province of Cavite shall not be affected by the reapportionment mandated under
this Act. As such, the compositions shall remain, as follows:

1* District - Cavite City, Municipality of Kawit, Municipality of Noveleta and
Municipality of Rosario

2" District - The lone District of Bacoor City
3 District - The lone District of Imus City
4" District - The lone District of Dasmarifias City
SECTION 4. Election of Representative. The election of the
Representative of the Lone District of General Trias as created under this Act shall

take place in the next national and local elections after the effectivity of this Act
and every three (3) years thereafter.


SECTION 5. Election of Representatives in the newly-created 8th and 9th
Legislative Districts in the Province of Cavite. There shall be the election of a
Representative of each of the newly-created 8th and 9th Legislative Districts,
respectively, which shall take place in the next national and tocal elections after
the effectivity of this Act and every three (3) years thereafter.

SECTION 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Commission on
Elections shall issue the rules and regulations necessary for the effective
implementation of this Act within thirty (30) days after its effectivity.

SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations and
other issuances or part thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this
‘Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 8. Effectivity. This Act shall be effective fifteen (15) days after
its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,