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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESi«: 16 AUG 2016
Quezon City, Metro Manila 5.2, A

SEVENTEENTH CONG! S as of

First Regular Sessio: PEQISTRATION UNIT

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HOUSE BILL NO.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish a Land Transportation Office
(LTO) Satellite Office in the Municipality of Malay, Province of
Aklan. It aims to meet the needs of the motoring public in
relation to all license and motor-related transactions being
provided by the said office. This will make it a lot less
troublesome for Aklanons living in far-flung municipalities like
Malay, Nabas and Buruanga in the same province to transact
with the LTO for vehicle registration or application/renewal of

driver’s licenses.

At present, the nearest Office is located in Kalibo. Total
distance from Malay to Kalibo Town is 54.01 kilometers or equal
to 33.56 miles and 29.14 nautical miles,

Over time, Malay has evolved into a first class municipality.
According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 52,973
people. The resort island Boracay is part of the municipality. It is

the key area in Aklan today because of the eco-tourism acumen


of Boracay island. The dramatic rise of the economic allure of
Malay goes in cadence with the influx of people from other places

not only from Aklan but from the nearby Panay provinces.

The proposed measure would declog the workload of
existing LTO Kalibo District Office that has previously served the
residents as they would now be handled by the extension office.
The present situation renders registration and other transactions
expensive and inconvenient to vehicle owners as well as those
applying and renewing driver’s licenses, making the
establishment of a separate LTO satellite office in Malay
imperative. Since there is currently a lone LTO district office,
even a week-long processing of various paperwork become much
slower due to the workload and backlog this office incurs. In
turn, queues and the waiting hours become longer for
applicants. Creating a satellite LTO office would ease the
difficulties being encountered by people in the areas where there
have been reported congestion of transactions or where it is quite

inaccessible to people from nearby towns,

It is a one-stop-center compound to ensure comfort and
convenience for the transacting clients. This is in line with the
enshrined policy to ensure quality service to the public and that
appropriate number of competent human resources maybe
supplied by the management to answer the call of bringing the
services much closer to the public.

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ENGR. CARLITO “Lito” MARQUEZ (4,


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

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO.

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A LAND TRANSPORTATION (LTO)
SATELLITE OFFICE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
MALAY, PROVINCE OF AKLAN, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy- Pursuant to
Article XII, Section 1 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution
that the goals of the national economy are a more
equitable distribution of opportunities, income and
wealth, the State hereby adopts a policy to ensure quality
service to the public and that appropriate number of
competent human resources maybe supplied by the
management to answer the call of bringing the services
much closer to the public. Towards this end, the State
ensures the expeditious renewal and application of
driver’s license and car registration.


SECTION 2. There shall be established under the
supervision of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Main
Office in Quezon City, a satellite office of the LTO in the
Municipality of Malay, Province of Aklan.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Transportation shall
immediately include in the Department’s programs the
operationalization of the LTO Satellite Office in the
Municipality of Malay, Province of Aklan, the funding of
which shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4. The Chairperson of the LTO shall issue
such rules, and regulations as may be necessary to carry
out the purpose and objective of this Act.

SECTION 5. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason,
any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or
invalid, other provisions hereof which are not affected
thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees,
executive orders, proclamation and administrative
regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take
effect immediately after its publication in at least two (2)
national newspapers of general circulation or in the
Official Gazette.

Approved.