Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 8933
Introduced by Rep. MARIO VITTORIO “MARVEY” A. MARINO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In spite of rising fuel costs, more and more vehicles are clogging
the streets, not only of Metro Manila, but of the urbanized cities
nationwide. Due to congestion, perennial problems in the land
transportation system are highlighted such as lack of road discipline
of drivers, non-compliance to emissions and vehicle safety standards,
overloading of vehicles especially motorcycles, the abundance of
tricycles and pedicabs on main roads, “colorum” public utility
vehicles including out of route PUVs, reports of smuggled, carnapped
or unregistered vehicles plying the streets. These are symptoms of a
lack of a unified or integrated traffic management system that has a
prospect of becoming worse in the next few years if remained
unchecked.

This measure seeks to provide a mechanism for the Land
Transportation Office to come up with a uniform code which shall
govern the streets nationwide. Violations such as lack of signal or
safety devices, seatbelts, illegal parking and all other traffic
violations including internationally recognized road or driving
etiquettes their commensurate penalties should be reflected in the
code.

The measure will also enable the LTO, the LTFRB, the PNP, the
MMDA and the Local Government Units to have an integrated
database on all registered land vehicles. Not only will this system
give us a more accurate count of the total number vehicles in the
streets, it will also provide a basis for a more effective collection of
registration fees and taxes. The system will also help curb the use of
smuggled, carnapped or unregistered vehicles.


Furthermore, the measure also seeks to maintain an integrated
database on all licenses and traffic tickets or citations issued by the
LTO, MMDA and LGUs with traffic enforcement units nationwide.
This will curb the issuance of a driver's license or the renewal of
license to driver who have violations or complaints in any part of the
Philippines.

The approval of this measure does not ensure the alleviation of
the traffic situation all over the country but will surely ensure traffic
discipline and safety.

Ge— fe—

MARIO VITTORIO A. MARINO


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
6933

House Bill No.

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Introduced by Rep. MARIO VITTORIO “MARVEY” A. MARINO
5‘ District, Batangas

AN ACT PROVIDING A MECHANISM TO STRENGTHEN THE
LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, PROVIDING FOR AN
INTEGREATED LAND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.

Section 1. __ Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Land
Transportation Management System of the Philippines”.

Section 2. Declaration of Policy. - The State in preserving and
protecting the rights of its people to an effective land transport system,
hereby supports and promotes the implementation of a consolidated
transportation code to improve and maintain an effective land
transportation system in full compliance with the international
standards/practices; make full use of current technology in enforcing the
traffic code and fostering cooperation between the various local
government units and the government agencies tasked to oversee or
regulate land transportation.

Section 3. Uniform Traffic Rules and Regulations, Violations
and Penalties. - The Land Transportation Office is hereby tasked to
develop or consolidate a uniform code or a comprehensive manual of traffic
rules and regulations, acts consisting violations thereof and the
commensurate penalties for each violation to be implemented and enforced
in nationwide by the Land Transportation Office, Philippine Nation Police,
Local Government Units and other government agencies tasked to oversee
or regulate land transportation. Depending on geographical location, rules
and penalties may be adjusted to suit type or class of city or municipality
and its local ordinances.


Section 4. Unified Database on all classes of private, public
utility and government vehicles - The Land Transportation Office, the
Land Transportation franchising and Regulatory Board, Philippine
National Police, the Metro Manila Development Authority and Local
Government Units with traffic enforcement units are mandated to
maintain a unified database or must have immediate access to a unified
database on all land transport vehicles to ensure that in the event of
apprehension, said land transport can be immediately checked if it is in
compliance with emission and vehicle safety standards, is duly registered
or possesses the correct franchise, and is being used or driven by its
rightful owner or authorized driver.

Section 5. Unified Database on Drivers License and Tickets
Issued - the Land Transportation Office, the Land Transportation
Franchising and Regulatory Board, Philippine National Police, the Metro
Manila Development Authority and Local Government Units with traffic
enforcement units are mandated to maintain a unified database or must
have immediate access to a unified database on all licenses and tickets
issued to ensure that licenses and tickets or citations issued are genuine,
that the owner of the license has no pending complaints or violations in
other localities and that owner of license has complied with all conditions
that come with its issuance in the event of apprehension.

Section 6. Instituting a BOLO system. A Be On the Look Out
(BOLO) system shall be instituted in line with the establishment of a
unified database for the faster apprehension of erring drivers, hot cars and
the like.

Section 7. Instituting immediate Access of Apprehending
Officers to Database. Authorized Apprehending Officers shall be
provided equipment for wireless or online real-time access to the unified
database to enable them to check on the records of the apprehended driver
and/or vehicle but access shall be limited only to checking the authenticity
or validity of the drivers license. OR/CR of the vehicle as well as the record
of violations.

Section 8. Instituting immediate access of Law Enforcement
Offices to database. In cases involving accidents or crimes which require
identification or locating of suspects thru a driver’s license or car
registration information, law enforcement offices shall also be granted
access to the unified database.

Section 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations — The Land
Transportation Office, the Land Transportation Franchising and
Regulatory Board, Philippine National Police, the Metro Manila
Development Authority and Local Government Units with traffic
enforcement units shall promulgate within sixty (60) working days from


effectivity of this Acts, Rules & Regulations as maybe necessary to ensure
the efficient and the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act.

Section 10. Appropriations. Upon approval, the amount necessary
for the implementation of this Act shall be included in the General
Appropriations Act.

Section 11. Oversight Committee ~ An Oversight Committee on
Land Transportation is hereby created composed of the Chairmen of the
House and Senate Committees on Transportation and Local Government
to ensure that the implementing rules and regulations of this Act is
enacted. The Oversight Committee shall be dissolved eighteen (18) months
after the full implementation of this Act.

Section 12. Repealing Clauses. — All laws, executive orders, letters
of instructions, rules and regulations and other issuances, or provision
thereof, which are inconsistent with the of this Act are hereby repealed,
amended or modified accordingly.

Section 13. Separability Clause. — The provisions of this Act are
hereby declared separable. If any provision or portion thereof shall be held
invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions will remain in full force
and effect.

Section 14. Effectivity — This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15)
days following its publication in two (2) national newspaper of general
circulation, or in the Official Gazette, whichever comes first.

Approved.