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NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4614

Introduced by Representative MARLYN L. PRIMICIAS-AGABAS

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to convert the Land Transportation Satellite Office in
the Municipality of Rosales, Province of Pangasinan, into a regular land
transportation district office in the 6 District of Pangasinan.

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has always envisioned itself
as a frontline government agency showcasing a fast and efficient public
service for a progressive land transport sector. To this end, satellite
offices were created to expand the scope of its services to a wider number
of clientele in the transport sector.

However, there are cases when at some point in time satellite
offices cease to function as satellite offices and start functioning as
regular LTO offices in line with the LTO’s vision of showcasing a fast and
efficient public service. Such is the case of the LTO Satellite Office
located in Rosales, Pangasinan. It was originally operating in the
Municipality of Tayug, Pangasinan. But due to high clientele demands
buttressed by the establishment of a national government center in
Carmay, Rosales, Pangasinan, the LTO Satellite office in Tayug was
transferred to Rosales. After several years of operation, the volume of
transactions at LTO Rosales considerably increased to a level unparallel
to a satellite office. It has reached a stage when its income has even
surpassed that of the LTO regular office stationed in Urdaneta,
Pangasinan. The number of clientele in Rosales, some of whom come as

far as Nueva Ecija and Tarlac, considerably multiplied the volume of
transactions in LTO Rosales.


We are aware also that a satellite office can only function under
limited restrictions. Mostly, it is only confined to applications for student
permit, renewal of license and motor vehicle registration. The rest of the
functions are exercised by LTO regular offices. Much as it would like to
cover all LTO transactions, LTO Rosales cannot function as regular LTO.
Given the fact that LTO Rosales is the only LTO office in the 6% District
of Pangasinan which caters to ten municipalities including adjacent
municipalities bordering Tarlac (Region Ill) and Nueva Ecija (Region Il),
there is a need to convert the same into a regular LTO office that can
regularly function with all the services attached to a regular district
office.

On top of its functionality, the conversion of LTO Rosales satellite
office into a regular LTO district office can serve as a solution to the
common problems of delay in the delivery of LTO services as this would

necessarily translate to a faster processing of transactions and shorter
queues.

Hence, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

-AGABAS



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 4614

Introduced by Representative MARLYN L. PRIMICIAS-AGABAS

AN ACTCONVERTING THE SATELLITE OFFICE OF THE LAND
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) IN MUNICIPALITY OF
ROSALES, PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN INTO A REGULAR LTO
DISTRICT OFFICE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The existing Land Transportation Office (LTO)
Satellite Office in Rosales, Pangasinan is hereby converted into a
regular LTO district office.

SEC.2. The Secretary of Transportation shall include in the
Department’s program the operationalization of a Regular LTO
District Office in Carmay, Rosales, Pangasinan, the initial funding
of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriation
of the said Satellite Office. Thereafter, such sums as may be
necessary for the operation as a Regular LTO District Office shall
be included in the annual General Appropriations Acts.

SEC.3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.

Approved,

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