HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES )
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
First Regular Session )

House Bill No. eos

Introduced by REP. FAUSTINO MICHAEL CARLOS T. DY, III

EXPLANATORY NOTE

We have been witnesses to the deplorable conduct of public utility
agencies, companies or corporations, both public and private, that
supply water, light power, gas telephone, and other services, of leaving
the road, street, passageway of pathway where an installation
maintenance or repair work was done in a very deplorable and
dangerous situation. More often than not, the repair or reconstruction
takes place many months later and in a haphazard way. In the
meantime, the poor residents of the area suffer the inconvenience of
using the road, street or passageway in dire need of repair.

This bill seeks to relieve the suffering public by requiring the
utility agency, company or corporation to repair or reconstruct the place
within seventy-two (72) hours from completion of the work. To ensure
compliance thereof, the proposed law requires the Punong Barangay or
the barangay secretary to issue a certificate of repair work completion,
which will be the basis for any further activities that any public utility
companies or enterprise, which may venture out in the same barangay.

‘The swift passage of this measure is fervently sought.

Faustino Michael
5'? District, Isabela

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES )
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
First Regular Session )

House Bill No. 2663

Introduced by REP. FAUSTINO MICHAEL CARLOS T. DY, III

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCIES AND
COMPANIES OR CORPORATIONS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
TO REPAIR ANY DIGGING OR DECONSTRUCTION MADE IN THE
COURSE OF THEIR INSTALLATION OR MAINTENANCE WORK

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

SECTION 1. Coverage. - This Act shall apply to all public utility
agencies and companies or corporations, both public and private, that
supply water, light, power, gas, telephone and other services to the
public.

SECTION 2. Acts Required. - Any existing law to the contrary
notwithstanding, all public agencies, companies or corporations
covered by this Act shall, within seventy two (72) hours from completion
of any work affecting any road, street, passageway, pathway and similar
places, repair or reconstruct the same by restoring it to its status prior
to such work. The repair or reconstruction shall be done in the presence
of the Punong Barangay concerned or in its absence, the Barangay
Secretary, who is hereby required to issue a certificate of repair work
completion. A copy of the certificate shall be retained by the Barangay
Official for record purposes.


SECTION 3. Penalty. - The manager and official of the public
utility agency, company or corporation who have direct supervision in
the installation or repair work shall be liable for violation of Section 2
of this Act, and, upon conviction, shall be punished with imprisonment
of not less than six (6) months but not more than one (1) year and a
fine of not less than Fifty Thousand Pesos (P 50,000.00) but not more
than One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100, 000.00).

SECTION 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)

days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers

of general circulation.

APPROVED,