Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
19th Congress
First Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO.
5203
Introduced by Rep. MARIA VANESSA C. AUIVIENTADO
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This   bill   seeks   to   convert   the   Municipality   of   Ubay   into    a
component city of the Province of Bohol to be known as the Science City
Of Ubay.
The  town   of  Ubay  is  a  first-class   municipality   in  the  province.
According  to  the  2020  census,  its  forty  four  (44)  barangays  have  a
combined   population  of  85,799,   making   Ubay  the   largest  and   most
populated  municipality in  Bohol.  ]t has a  land area of approximately 335
square  kilometers  (292.05  hectares).     In  addition,   Ubay  is  the  most
progressive municipality in terms of income and livelihood opportunities.
A thriving  metropolis,  most of the  people coming from the  nearby
towns converge in  Ubay for daily commercial and business transactions.
It   is   equipped   with   amenities   of  modern   living   like   shopping   malls,
banking  institutions,  telecommunication  systems,  satellite cable system,
adequate    roads,    markets,    public    transport    system,    and    sports
entertainment facilities.  It has an ISO Certified 300 bed capacity hospital,
the Don Emelio Del Valle Memorial Hospital.
In  terms  of support  infrastructure,  it  has  the  Ubay  seaport which
can provide such as it is linked to major port destinations of neighboring
provinces such  as Bato and  Hilongos  in  Leyte,  Maasin  City in  Southern
Leyte,  and Cebu City.  In addition,  it has another port terminal, the Tapal
Wharf that serves the President Carlos P. Garcia - Ubay and vice-versa
route.    Furthermore,    Ubay   has   an   airport   which   was   built   by   the
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Americans  prior to World  War  11  and  has  been  utilized  by  light  planes
since  then.  Ubay  airport  is  set to  be  rehabilitated  to  provide  additional
infrastructure support.
The   Municipality  of  Ubay  also   boasts  being  the   home  of  the
various state-of-the art centers for excellence in the field of science and
technology and also for research and development agencies.  Foremost
of this research facility is the Philippine Carabao Center-Ubay stock farm
which is the largest and oldest government livestock and research facility
for cows, carabaos, sheeps and goats in the Philippines.   It is also home
to  the  Bohol  Experimental  Station  for  rice  research  and  development,
the  Sinandigan  Multi  Species  Hatchery of the  Bureau  of Fisheries  and
Aquatic   Resources,    Ubay   Green    Park   and   Techno   Center,    etc.
Consequently,  Ubay is considered as the Science techno-hub center of
Bohol.
Thus,   the   demand   for   social   services   in   Ubay   has   greatly
increased,  which  however,  its  limited  powers  as  a  municipality  cannot
cope  with.  As  a  city,  it  will  be  given  greater  local  autonomy  and  less
bureaucracy,  as well  as a  bigger share of the financial  resource which
can be used to expand the city's social services.
The Municipality of Ubay meets the legal requirements pursuant to
Republic  Act  No  7160  as  amended,  otherwise  known  as  the   "Loca/
9ovpmmenf Coc!e of the Philippines". Ubay trrty deserves to be a arty
for  its  continued  progress  and  prosperity.   Finally,  as  fitting  tribute  to
Ubay as the science techno-hub center of Bohol, the city shall be known
as the Science City of Ubay.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
G/I
MARIA VANESSA C. AUMENTADO
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
19th Congress
First Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO.
5203
Introduced by Rep. IVIARIA VANESSA C. AUMENTADO
AN ACT
CoNVERTiNG THE IviuNic]pALlrv oF uBAy IN THE pRoviNCE oF
BOHOL INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE SCIENCE
CITY OF UBAY
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives Of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 1.  Short Tff/e. -This Act shall be known as the "Charfer
of the Science City Of Ubay."
SEC. 2.   Sc/-ence Ci-fy of Ubay. - The Municipality of Ubay in the
Province of Bohol shall be converted into a component city to be known
as the Science City of Ubay, hereinafter referred to as the Ci.fy, which shall
comprise the present territory of the Municipality of Ubay.
The  territorial  jurisdiction  of  the  City  shall  be  within  the  present
metes and bounds of the Municipality of Ubay.
The foregoing provision shall be without prejudice to the resolution
by  the  appropriate  agency  or forum  of  any  boundary  dispute  or  case
involving questions of territorial jurisdiction between the Science City of
Ubay and the adjoining local government units (LGUs): ProvT'ded, That the
territorial jurisdiction  of the disputed  area or areas shall  remain with the
local government unit which has existing administrative supervision over
said area or areas until the final resolution of the case.
SEC. 3. .Coxporafe Powers. -The City constitutes a political body
corporate  and  as  such  is  endowed  with  the  attributes  of  perpetual
succession  and  possessed  of the  powers which  pertain  to a  municipal


corporation  to  be  exercised  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this
charter.  The City shall have the following corporate powers:
(a) To have a continuous succession in its corporate name;
(b) To sue and be sued;
(c) To have and use a corporate seal;
(d) To acquire, hold and convey real or personal property;
(e) To enter into any contract and agreement; and
(f) To exercise such other powers, prerogatives or authority subject
to the limitations provided in this Act or other laws.
SEC. 4.   Genera/ Povers. - The City shall have a common seal
and  may  alter  the  same  at  pleasure: Provt.ted, That  any  change  of
corporate seal shall be registered with the Department of the Interior and
Local Government (DILG).  It shall exercise the powers to levy taxes, fees
and charges; to close and open roads, streets, alleys, parks or squares;
to take,  purchase,  receive,  hold,  lease, convey and dispose of real and
personal  property for the general  interests of the City;  to expropriate or
condemn private property for public use; to contract and to be contracted
with; to sue and be sued; to prosecute and defend until final judgment and
execution,  suits  wherein  the  City  is  involved  or  interested  in;  and  to
exercise all the powers as are granted to corporations or as hereinafter
conferred.
SEct 5.  i/abi./i.fy forDamages. -The City and its officials shall not
be  exempt  from  liability  for  death  or  injury  to  persons  or  damage  to
property.
SEC. 6.     Jwr7-sdi.cfi.on.  -The  jurisdiction  of  the  City,  for  police
purposes only, shall be coextensive with its territorial jurisdiction and, for
the purpose of protecting and ensuring the purity of the water supply of
the  City,  such  police jurisdiction  shall  also  extend  over all  the  territory
within the drainage area of such water supply, or within one hundred (100)
meters of any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct or pumping station used
in connection with the city water service.
The  city  court of the  Science  City of  Ubay  shall  have  concurrent
jurisdiction with the city or municipal court of the adjoining municipalities
or cities, to try crimes and misdemeanors committed within said drainage
area or within said spaces of one hundred (100) meters.
The  court first taking  cognizance  of such  an  offense  shall  have
jurisdiction to try cases to the exclusion  of others.  The  police forces of
several   municipalities   and   cities   concerned   shall   have   concurrent
jurisdiction with the police forces of the City for the maintenance of good
order and the enforcement of ordinances throughout said zone,  area or
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space. But any license that maybe issued within said zone, area or space
shall  be  granted  by  the  proper  authorities  of  the  city  or  municipality
concerned, and the fees arising therefrom shall accrue to the treasury of
the said city or municipality concerned and not to the City.
ARTICLE 11
CllY OFFICIALS IN GENERAL
SEC. 7.   Oflficials of the Science City of ubay. -(a) There shall
be    in    the    Science    City    of    Ubay:    a    City    Mayor,    a    City   Vice
Mayor,Sangguniang       Panlungsodmembers,       a       secretary       to
the Sanggun/.ang  Pan/ungsod, a  city treasurer,  a  city  assessor,  a  city
accounfant, a city budget officer, a city planning and development officer,
a   city   engineer,   a   city   health   officer,   a   city   civil   registrar,   a   city
administrator,  a city legal officer,  a city social welfare and development
officer, a city veterinarian and a city general services officer.
(b)   In   addition   thereto,   the   City   Mayor   may   appoint   a   city
environment   and   natural   resources   officer,   a   city   architect,   a   city
information officer, a city cooperatives officer, a city population officer and
a city agriculturist.
(c) There  shall  be  established  in  the  City  a  city fire station to  be
headed by a city fire marshal, a city jail to be headed by a city jail warden,
a   city   schools   division   to   be   headed   by   a   city   schools   division
superintendent  and  a  city  prosecution  service  to  be  headed  by  a  city
prosecutor.
(d) The Sangguniang Panlungsed mary..
(1 ) Maintain existing offices not mentioned in subsections (a)
and (b) hereof;
(2) Create such other offices as may be necessary to carry out
the purposes of the City; or
(3)  Consolidate  the  functions  of  any  office  with  those  of
another in the interest of efficiency and economy.
(e)  Unless  otherwise  provided  herein,  heads  of departments  and
offices shall be appointed by the City Mayor with the concurrence of the
majority  of  all  the SanggLini.ang  Pan/Lfngsod members,  subject  to  civil
service laws,  rules and  regulations. The Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod shall
act  on  the  appointment  within  fifteen  (15)  days  from  the  day  of  its
submission, otherwise the same shall be deemed confirmed.
(f)    Elective   and    appointive   city   officials   shall    receive   such
compensation, allowances and other emoluments as may be determined
by  law  or  ordinance,  subject  to  the  budgetary  limitations  on  personal
services  prescribed  under Title  Five,  Book  11  of the  Local  Government
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Code of 1991, as amended: Prow/.ted, That no increase in compensation
of the City Mayor, City Vice Mayor and Sanggunt.ang Pan/ungsod member
shall take effect until after the expiration of the full term of the local officials
approving the increase.
ARTICLE 111
CITY MAYOR AND CITY VICE MAYOR
SEC. 8.     CJ-fy  Mayor.  -(a)  The  City  Mayor  shall  be  the  chief
executive of the City and shall be elected at large by the qualified voters
of the  City.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  for the  position  of  City  Mayor
unless,   at  the  time  of  the  election,   that  person   is  a  citizen   of  the
Philippines,  at least twenty-one (21) years of age,  a  resident of the City
for at least one (1 ) year prior to election and a qualified voter therein, and
able to read and write Filipino or any other local language or dialect. The
City Mayor shall hold office for three (3) years,  unless sooner removed,
but shall serve for not more than three (3) consecutive terms in the same
position. The City Mayor shall receive a minimum monthly compensation
corresponding to Salary Grade Thirty (30) as prescribed under Republic
Act  No.  6758,  otherwise  known  as  the   "Compensaf7.on  and  Posj.fi.on
C/ass/.ffcaff.on  Act  of  7989"  and  the   implementing  guidelines   issued
pursuant thereto.
The City Mayor, as the chief executive of the city government, shall
exercise such powers and perform such duties and functions as provided
herein.
(b) For efficient, effective and economical governance, the purpose
of which  is the general welfare  of the  City  and  its  inhabitants,  the  City
Mayor shall:
(1)    Exercise   general    supervision    and    control    over   all
programs, projects, services and activities of the city government,
and in this connection, shall:
(i)   Determine  the  guidelines  of  city  policies  and  be
responsible to the Sanggun/.ang Part/ungsod for the program
of government;
(ii)  Direct the formulation of the city development plan,
with the assistance of the city development council and, upon
approval thereof by the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod, implement
the same;
(iii)  Present the  program  of government  and  propose
policies and projects for the consideration of the Sangguni.ang
Pan/ungsodat   the   opening   of   the    regular   session  . of
the Sangguniang  Panlungsod every  calendar  year  and .as
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often as may be deemed necessary as the general welfare of
the  inhabitants 'and  the  needs  of the  city  government  may
require;
(iv)    Initiate    and    propose    legislative    measures    to
the sangguniang   Panlungsodand,   as   oifen   as   may   be
deemed   necessary,   provide   such   information   and   data
needed or requested by said Sanggunf.an in the performance
of its legislative functions;
(v) Appoint all  officials  and employees whose  salaries
and  wages  are  wholly or mainly  paid  out of city funds  and
whose appointments are not otherwise provided for in this Act,
and those whose appointment may be authorized under other
laws;
(vi)  Represent the  City  in  all  its  business transactions
and sign on its behalf all bonds, contracts and obligations, and
other  documents   upon   the   authority  of  the sanggun/.ang
Pan/ungsod or pursuant to law or ordinance;
(vii)   Carry   out   emergency   measures   as   may   be
necessary  during  and  in  the  aftermath  of  man-made  and
natural disasters and calamities;
(viii) Determine the time, manner and place of payment
of salaries or wages of the officials and employees of the City,
in accordance with law or ordinance;
(ix)  Allocate  and  assign  office  space  to  the  City  and
other officials and employees who,  by law or ordinance,  are
entitled to space in the city hall and other buildings owned or
leased by the city government;
(x) Ensure that all executive officials and employees of
the  City  faithfully  discharge  their  duties  and  functions  as
provided for by law and the Local Government Code of 1991,
as  amended,  and  cause  to  be  instituted  administrative  or
judicial  proceedings  against any  official  or employee  of the
City who may have committed an offense in the performance
of official duties;
(xi) Examine the books, records and other documents of
all offices, officials, agents or employees of the City and, in aid
of executive powers and authority, require all national officials
and employees stationed in or assigned to the City to make
available   books,   records   and   other   documents   in   their
custody, except those classified by law as confidential;
(xii)  Furnish  copies  of executive  orders  issued  to  the
Provincial Governor within seventy-two (72)  hours after their
issuance;


(xiii) Visit component barangays of the City at least once
every six (6) months to deepen understanding of the problems
and  conditions,  listen  and  give  appropriate counsel  to  local
officials  and   inhabitants,   inform  the   component  barangay
officials and inhabitants of general laws and ordinances which
especially concern them, and conduct visits and  inspections
to  ensure  that the  governance  of the  City  will  improve  the
quality of life of the inhabitants;
(xiv) Act on leave applications of officials and employees
appointed and on the commutation of the monetary value of
their leave credits in accordance with law;
(xv) Authorize official trips of city officials and employees
outside  of  the  City  for  a  period  not  exceeding  thirty  (30)
days: Provi.ded, That the trips abroad  or for a  longer period
may be authorized in accordance with the Local Government
Code of 1991, as amended;
(xvi)   Call    upon   any   national    official    or   employee
stationed  in  or  assigned  to  the  City  for  advice  on  matters
affecting  the  City  and  to  make  recommendations  thereon;
coordinate with the officials and employees in the formulation
and the implementation of plans, programs and projects; and,
when appropriate,  initiate an  administrative or judicial  action
against a national government official or employee who may
have  committed  an  offense  in  the  performance  of  official
duties while stationed in or assigned to the City;
(xvii)  Authorize  payment  for  medical  care,  necessary
transportation,  subsistence,  hospital  or medical  fees  of city
officials   and   employees   who   are    injured   while   in   the
performance of their official  duties and  functions,  subject to
the availability of funds;
(xIviii) Solemnize marriages, any provision of law to the
contrary notwithstanding ;
(xix)  Conduct  an  annual  palarong  panlungsod  which
shall  feature  traditional  sports  and  disciplines  included  in
national  and  international  games,  in  coordination  with  the
Department of Education (DepEd); and
(xx)  Submit  to  the  provincial  governor  the  following
reports: an annual report containing a summary of all matters
pertinent     to      the      management,      administration      and
development of the City and all information and data relative
to    its    political,    social    and    economic    conditions;    and
supplemental reports when unexpected events and situations
arise at any time during the year, particularly when man-made
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and natural disasters or calamities affect the general welfare
Of the City.
(2) Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the governance
of the City and in the exercise of its appropriate corporate powers
provided   for  under  the   Local   Government  Code   of   1991,   as
amended,  as well  as  implement all  approved  policies,  programs,
projects, services and activities of the City; and, in addition, shall:
(i)   Ensure   that   the   acts   of   the   City's   component
barangays  and  of its  officials and employees  are within  the
scope of their prescribed powers, duties and functions;
(ii) Call conventions, conferences, seminars or meetings
of  elective   and   appointive   officials   of  the   City,   including
provincial   officials   and   national   officials   and   employees
stationed  in or assigned to the City,  at such time and  place
and on subject as may be deemed important for the promotion
of the  general  welfare  of the  local  government  unit  and  its
inhabitants;
(iii)    Issue    executive    orders    for    the    faithful    and
appropriate    enforcement    and    execution    of    laws    and
ordinances;
(iv) Be entitled to carry the necessary firearms within the
territorial ju risdiction ;
(v) Act as the deputized representative of the National
Police Commission, formulate the peace and order plan of the
City and, upon its approval, implement the same, and as such,
exercise general and operational control and supervision over
police forces in the City in accordance with  Republic Act No.
Q975, otherw.lee known as the "Department of the Interior and
Local Government Act of 1990;" alnd
(vi) Call upon the appropriate law enforcement agencies
to suppress disorder, riot, lawless violence, rebellion, sedition,
or  apprehend  violators  of  the  law  when  public  interest  so
requires and the city police forces are inadequate to cope with
the situation or the violators.
(3)  Initiate  and  maximize  the  generation  of  resources  and
revenues,    and    apply    the    same   to    the    implementation    of
development plans, program objectives and priorities, as provided
for  under  the  Local  Government  Code  of  1991,  as  amended,
particularly those  resources  and  revenues  programmed  for agro-
industrial development and countryside growth and progress and,
relative thereto, shall:
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(i)  Require  each  head  of  an  office  or  department  to
prepare  and  submit  an  estimate  of  appropriations  for  the
ensuing   calendar   year,   in   accordance   with   the   budget
preparation process enshrined under Republic Act No. 7160,
otherw-lee known as the "Local Government Code Of 1991, " as
amended;
(ii) Prepare and submit to the Sanggun/.an for approval
the executive and  supplemental  budgets of the City for the
ensuing calendar year in the manner provided for under the
Local Government Code of 1991, as amended;
(iii) Ensure that all taxes and other revenues of the City
are collected, and that city funds are applied to the payment
of expenses and the settlement of obligations of the City,  in
accordance with law or ordinance;
(iv) Issue licenses and permits and suspend or revoke
the same for any violation  of the conditions  upon  which the
licenses  or  permits  had  been  issued,  pursuant  to  law  or
ordinance;
(v) Issue permits, without need of approval therefor from
any  national  agency,   for  the   holding  of  activities  for  any
charitable or welfare purpose, excluding prohibited games of
chance  or  shows  contrary  to  law,  public  policy  and  public
morals;
(vi)   Require  owners  of  illegally  constructed   houses,
buildings or other structures to obtain the necessary permits,
subject to fines and penalties as may be imposed by law or
ordinance, or to make necessary changes in the construction
of  the  same  when  said  construction  violates  any  law  or
ordinance,  or to  order  the  demolition  or  removal  of  house,
building  or structure  within  the  period  prescribed  by  law  or
ordinance;
(vii)   Adopt   adequate   measures   to   safeguard   and
conserve land, mineral, marine, forest and other resources of
the City;
(viii) Provide efficient and effective property and supply
management in the City and protect the funds, credits,  rights
and other properties of the City; and
(ix)  Institute or cause to be  instituted  administrative or
judicial proceedings for violation of ordinances in the collection
of taxes, fees and charges, and for the recovery of funds and
property; and cause the City to be defended against all suits
to  ensure  that  its  interests,  resources  and  rights  shall  be
adequately protected.
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(4) Ensure the delivery of basic services and the provision of
adequate facilities and, in addition thereto, shall:
(i) Ensure that the construction and repair of roads and
highways funded by the national government shall be carried
out, as far as practicable, in a spatially contiguous manner and
in  coordination with the construction and  repair of the roads
and bridges of the City; and
(ii) Coordinate the implementation of technical services,
including public works and infrastructure programs, rendered
by national and provincial offices; and
(5) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such
other powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of
1991,   as  amended,   and  those  that  are   prescribed   by  law  or
ordinance.
(c)  During  incumbency,  the City  Mayor shall  hold office in the city
hall.
SEC. 9.   Ci.fy Vi.ce nJayor. - (a) There shall be a City Vice Mayor
who shall be elected in the same manner as the City Mayor and shall, at
the time of the election, possess the same qualifications as the City Mayor.
The City Vice Mayor shall  hold office for three (3) years,  unless sooner
removed,  and  shall  receive  a  monthly  compensation  corresponding  to
Salary Grade Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the "Compensafi.on and
Post.f7.ori  C/assi.ffcafi.orI  Act  of  7989"  and  the  implementing  guidelines
issued pursuant thereto.
(b) The City Vice Mayor shall:
(1)      Be     the     presiding     officer     of     thesanggunf.ang
Pan/ungsod and sign all warrants drawn on the City Treasury for all
expenditures  appropriated  for  the  operation  of  the Sanggun/.ang
Panlungsod.,
(2) Subject to civil service law,  rules and regulations appoint
all officials and employees of the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod, except
those  whose  manner  of  appointment  is  specifically  provided  for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended;
(3) Assume the office of the City Mayor for the unexpired term
of the latter in the event of permanent vacancy as provided for under
the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended;
(4) Exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions
of the  City  Mayor  in  case  of temporary  vacancy  as  provided  for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended; and
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(5)  Perform  other  duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
ARTICLE IV
SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD
S.I.S`L+_0.: _ I.?.mp_9Sitio.n. I. (a) The Sangguniang Panlungsod, the
legislative body of the City, shall be composed of the City Vice Mayor as
the  presiding  officer,  the  ten  (10)  regular  sanggunian  members,  the
president of the city chapter of the liga ng mga barangay, the president of
the Panlungsod na Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan and the
three (3) sectoral representatives, as members, who shall come from the
following  sectors:  one  (1)  from  the  women  sector;  and,  as  shall  be
determined by the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod within ninety (90) days prior
to  the  holding  of  the  local  elections,  one  (1)  from  the  agricultural  or
industrial  workers sector;  and  one  (1) from the  other sectors,  including
urban  poor,  indigenous cultural communities or persons with disabilities
(PWDs).
(b)  The   regular  members  of  the Sanggun/.ang  Pan/I/ngsod and
sectoral  representatives  shall  be  elected  in  the  manner  as  may  be
provided by lawo
(c) The members of the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsocJ of the Science
City    of    Ubay    shall    receive    a    minimum    monthly    compensation
corresponding to Salary Grade Twenty-five (25) as prescribed under the
':CoTpens.€tion   .a.nq   Position   Clas5ificati6n  'Ait '-off-iofiiof` -==i.  `irie
implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto.
S^E.:S:.I_+:.__P_°nw_3_I,I_I__PytlpsiF.ync.tiopsend_Compensation.-(a)
The Sangguntang Pan/ungso¢ as the legislative body of the City,  shall
enact  ordinances,  approve  resolutions  and  appropriate  funds  for  the
general welfare of the City and its inhabitants pursuant to Section  16 of
the  Local  Government  Code  of  1991,  as  amended,  and  in  the  proper
exercise of the corporate powers of the City as provided for under Section
22 of the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended, and shall:
(1)  Approve  ordinances  and  pass  resolutions  necessary  for  an
efficient and effective city government and, in this connection, shall:
(i)   Review   all   ordinances   approved   by   the sanggun/.ang
Barangay and executive orders issued by the punong barangay to
determine  whether  these  are  within  the  scope  of the  prescribed
powers Of the Sangguniang Barangay and Of ike Punong-Barangay
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(ii) Maintain peace and order by enacting measures to prevent
and  suppress  lawlessness,  disorder,  riot,  violence,   rebellion  or
sedition and impose penalties for the violation of ordinances;
(iii) Approve  ordinances  imposing  a  fine  not exceeding  five
thousand  pesos (P5,000.00) or an  imprisonment for a  period  not
exceeding one (1) year,  or both, at the discretion of the court, for
violation of a city ordinance;
(iv) Adopt measures to protect the inhabitants of the City from
the harmful effects of man-made or natural disasters and calamities,
and to provide relief services and assistance to victims during and
in the aftermath of said disasters or calamities and in their return to
productive livelihood following said events;
(v)   Enact  ordinances  intended  to   prevent,   suppress  and
impose  appropriate  penalties  for  habitual  drunkenness  in  public
places, vagrancy, mendicancy,  prostitution, the establishment and
maintenance of houses of ill-repute, gambling and other prohibited
games of chance, fraudulent devices and ways to obtain money or
property, drug addiction,  maintenance of drug dens, drug pushing,
juvenile   delinquency,   the   printing,   distribution   or   exhibition   of
obscene or pornographic materials or publications and such other
activities inimical to the welfare and morals of the inhabitants of the
City;
(vi) Protect the environment and impose appropriate penalties
for acts which endanger the environment,  including illegal logging,
smuggling of logs, smuggling of natural resources products and of
endangered species of flora and fauna, slash-and-burn farming and
other activities which  result in  pollution,  acceleration  of siltation  of
rivers and lakes or of ecological imbalance;
(vii) Subject to the provisions of the Local Government Code
of  1991,  as  amended,  and  other  pertinent  laws,  determine  the
powers and duties of officials.and employees of the City;
(viii)   Determine   the   positions   and   the   salaries,   wages,
allowances  and  other  emoluments  and  benefits  of  officials  and
employees  paid  wholly  or  mainly from  city funds  and  provide  for
expenditures   necessary   for  the   proper   conduct   of  programs,
projects, services and activities of the city government;
(ix)  Authorize  the  payment  of  compensation  to  a  qualified
person  not  in  the  government  service  who  fills  in  a  temporary
vacancy  or  grant  honoraria  to  any  qualified  official  or  employee
designated to fill in a temporary vacancy in a concurrent capacity at
the rate authorized by law;
(x) Provide a mechanism and the appropriate funds therefor
for the safety and protection of all city government properties, public
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documents or records such as those relating to property inventory,
land ownership, records of births, marriages, deaths, assessments,
taxation,  accounts,  business permits and such  other records and
documents of public interest in the offices and departments of the
city government;
(xi) When the finances of the city government allow,  provide
for additional allowances and other benefits to judges, prosecutors,
public  elementary  and  high  school  teachers,  and  other  national
government employees stationed in or assigned to the City;
(xii) Provide legal assistance to barangay officials who, in the
performance of their official duties or on the occasion thereof, have
to  initiate judicial  proceedings or defend themselves against legal
actions; and
(xiii)   Provide  for  group   insurance  or  additional   insurance
coverage for all barangay officials, including members of barangay
tanod  brigades and service  units,  with  public or private  insurance
companies,   when   the   finances   of  the   city   government   allow
coverage.
(2) Generate and maximize the use of resources and revenues for
the development plans, program objecti-ves and priorities of the City, with
particular attention  to  agro-industrial  development and  citywide  growth
and progress and, relative thereto, shall:
(i) Approve the annual and supplementa] budgets of the city
government and appropriate funds for specific programs, projects,
services and activities of the City, or for other purposes not contrary
to law,  in order to promote the general welfare of the City and  its
inhabitants;
(ii)   Subject   to   the   provisions   of   Book   11   of   the   Local
Government Code of 1991, as amended, and applicable laws and,
upon  the  maj.ority  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the Sangguni.ang
Pan/ungsoc/, enact  ordinances  levying  taxes,  fees  and  charges,
prescribing the rates thereof for general and specific purposes and
granting tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs;
(iii)   Subject   to   the   provisions   of   Book   11   of   the   Local
Government Code of 1991, as amended, and upon the majority vote
of all the members of the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsod, authorize the
City  Mayor  to  negotiate  and  contract  loans  and  other  forms  of
indebtedness;
(iv)   Subject   to   the   provisions   of   Bcok   11   of   the   Local
Government Code of 1991, as amended, and applicable laws and,
upon  the  majority  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the Sanggur7/.ang
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Pan/ungsod, enact ordinances authorizing the floating of bonds or
other instruments of indebtedness, for, the purpose of raising funds
to finance development projects;
(v) Appropriate funds for the construction and maintenance or
the rental of buildings for the use of the City and, upon the majority
vote of all the members of the Sanggun/.ang Part/ungsod, authorize
the City Mayor to lease to private parties such public buildings held
in   a   proprietary   capacity,   subject  to   existing   laws,   rules   and
regulations;
(vi)  Prescribe reasonable limits and  restraints on the  use of
property within the jurisdiction of the City;
(vii) Adopt a  comprehensive  land-use  plan  for the  City  and
ensure that the formulation,  adoption  or modification  of said  plan
shall be in coordination with the approved provincial comprehensive
land-use plan;
(viii) Reclassify lands within the jurisdiction of the City, subject
to the pertinent provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended;
(ix)  Enact integrated  zoning  ordinances  in  consonance with
the  approved  comprehensive  land-use  plan,  subject  to  existing
laws, rules and regulations; establish fire limits or zones, particularly
in   populous   centers;   and   regulate   the   construction,   repair  or
modification of buildings within said  limits or zones in  accordance
with the provisions of the Fire Code of the Philippines;
(x) Subject to national law, process and approve subdivision
plans for residential,  commercial  or industrial  purposes  and  other
development  purposes,  and  to  collect processing  fees  and  other
charges,   the   proceeds   of  which   shall   accrue   entirely   to   the
City: Provt.ted, however, That where approval of a national agency
or office  is  required,  said  approval shall  not be withheld for more
than thirty (30) days from receipt of the application. Failure to act on
the application within the period stated above shall be deemed as
approval thereof;
(xi)   Subject   to   the   provisions   of   Book   11   of   the   Local
Government Code of 1991,  as amended, grant exclusive privilege
of constructing  fish  corrals  or fish  pens,  or taking  or  catching  of
bangus fry, prawn fry or kawag-kawag, or fry of any species or fish
within the city waters;
(xii) With the concurrence of at least two-thirds (2/3) vote of all
the    members    of    the sar.ggunj.ang    Pan/ungsod,    grant    tax
exemptions,  incentives or reliefs to entities engaged in community
growth-inducing  industries,  subject to the  provisions  of the  Local
Government Code of 1991, as amended;
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(xiii) Grant loans or provide grants to other local government
units  or to  national,  provincial  and  city  charitable,  benevolent  or
educational institutions: Provt.ded, That the institutions are operated
and maintained within the City;
(xiv)  Regulate the  numbering of residential,  commercial and
other buildings; and
(xv)  Regulate  the  inspection,  weighing  and  measuring  of
articles of commerce.
(3)  Subject to the  provisions  of Book  11  of the  Local  Government
Code  of 1991,  as  amended,  enact ordinances granting franchises and
authorizing the issuance of permits or licenses,  upon conditions and for
purposes intended to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the
City and, pursuant to this legislative authority, shall:
(i) Fix and impose reasonable fees and charges for all services
rendered by the city government to private persons or entities;
(ii) Regulate or fix license fees for any business or practice of
profession within the City and the conditions under which the license
for the business or practice of profession may be revoked, and enact
ordinances levying taxes thereon;
(iii) Provide for and set the terms and conditions under which
public  utilities  owned  by  the  City  shall  be  operated  by  the  city
government and  prescribe  the  conditions  under which  the  same
may    be    leased    to    private    persons    or    entities,    preferably
cooperatives;
(iv) Regulate the display of and fix the license fees for signs,
signboards or billboards at the place or places where the profession
or business advertised thereby is, in whole or in part, conducted;
(v)  Any  law  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,  authorize  and
license the establishment, operation and maintenance of cockpits,
and     regulate     cockfighting     and     commercial     breeding     of
gamecocks: Prow.ded, That existing rights should not be prejudiced;
(vi) Subject to the guidelines prescribed by the Department of
Transportation (DOTr), regulate the operation of tricycles and grant
franchises for the operation thereof within the territorial jurisdiction
of the City; and
(vii) Upon approval by a majority vote of all the members of
the Sangguni.ang  Pan/ungsod, grant  a  franchise  to  any  person,
partnership,  corporation  or cooperative to do  business within  the
City;  establish,  construct,  operate  and  maintain  ferries,  wharves,
markets or slaughterhouses; or undertake other activities within the
City    as    may    be    allowed    by    existing    laws:Prov7.bed,    That
cooperatives shall be given preference in the grant of franchise.
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(4)  Regulate  activities  relative to  the  use  of  land,  buildings  and
structures within the City in order to promote the general welfare and, for
the said purpose, shall:
(i) Declare, prevent or abate any nuisance;
(ii)  Require that buildings and the premises thereof and any
land within the City be kept and maintained in a sanitary condition;
impose penalties for any violation thereof; or upon failure to comply
with the said requirement, have the work done at the expense of the
owner, administrator or tenant concerned; and require the filling up
of any land or premises to a grade necessary for proper sanitation;
(iii)  Regulate the disposal  of clinical  and  other wastes  from
hospitals, clinics and other similar establishments;
(iv)  Regulate the establishment,  operation  and  maintenance
of restaurants,  beerhouses,  hotels,  motels,  inns,  pension  houses,
lodging  houses and  other similar establishments,  including tourist
guides and transports;
(v)   Regulate  the  sale,  giving  away  or  dispensing  of  any
intoxicating  malt,  vino,  mixed  or  fermented  liquors  at  any  retail
Outlets;
(vi) Regulate the establishment and provide for the inspection
of steam boilers or any heating device in buildings and the storage
of inflammable and highly combustible materials within the City;
(vii) Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance
of   entertainment   or   amusement   facilities,    including   theatrical
performances, circuses, billiard halls, public dancing schools, public
dance  halls,  sauna  baths,  massage  parlors  and  other places  for
entertainment   or   amusement;   regulate   such   other   events   or
activities for amusement or entertainment, particularly those which
tend to disturb the community or annoy the inhabitants,  or require
the suspension or suppression of the same; or prohibit certain forms
of amusement or entertainment in  order to  protect the social  and
moral welfare of the community;
(viii) Provide for the impounding of stray animals; regulate the
keeping  of  animals  in  homes  or  as  part  of  a  business,  and  the
slaughter, sale or disposition of the same; and adopt measures to
prevent and penalize cruelty to animals; and
(ix)  Regulate the establishment,  operation and maintenance
of funeral parlors and the burial or cremation of the dead, subject to
existing laws, rules and regulations.
(5) Approve ordinances which shall ensure the efficient and effective
delivery of basic services and facilities as  provided for under the  Local
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Government Code of 1991, as amended, and, in addition to said services
and facilities, shall:
(i) Provide for the establishment, maintenance, protection and
conservation of tree parks and greenbelts,  mangroves,  and other
similar forest development projects;
(ii) Establish markets, slaughterhouses or animal corrals and
authorize the operation thereof by the city government; and regulate
the construction and operation of private markets, talipapas or other
similar buildings and structures;
(iii) Authorize the establishment,  maintenance and operation
by the  city  government of ferries,  wharves,  and  other structures
intended to accelerate productivity related to marine and seashore
or offshore activities;
(iv) Regulate the preparation and sale of meat,  poultry,  fish,
vegetables,  fruits,  fresh  dairy  products  and  other  foodstuffs  for
public consumption;
(v)  Regulate the  use of streets,  avenues,  alleys,  sidewalks,
bridges,    parks    and    other    public    places    and    approve    the
construction,  improvement,  repair and  maintenance  of the  same;
establish bus and vehicle stops and terminals or regulate the use of
the  same  by  privately-owned  vehicles  which  serve  the  public;
regulate   garages   and   the   operation   of  conveyances  for   hire;
designate stands to be occupied by public vehicles when not in use;
regulate  the  putting  up  of signs,  signposts,  awnings  and  awning
posts  on  the  streets;  and  provide  for  the  lighting,  cleaning  and
sprinkling of streets and public places;
(vi)   Regulate   traffic   on   all   streets   and   bridges,   prohibit
encroachments or obstacles thereon and, when  necessary  in the
interest of public welfare, authorize the removal of encroachments
and illegal constructions in public places;
(vii)  Subject to  existing  laws,  establish  and  provide  for the
maintenance,   repair  and   operation   of  an   efficient  waterworks
system to supply water for the inhabitants and to purify the source
of the water supply; regulate the construction, maintenance,  repair
and  use  of hydrants,  pumps,  cisterns  and  reservoirs;  protect the
purity and the quantity of the water supply of the City and, for this
purpose,  extend  the  coverage  of appropriate  ordinances  over all
territories within the drainage area of said water supply within one
hundred  (100)  meters  of the  reservoir,  canal,  conduit,  aqueduct,
pumping  station  or watershed  used  in  connection  with  the water
service; and regulate the consumption, use or wastage of water and
fix and collect charges thereof;
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(viii) Regulate the drilling and excavation of the ground for the
laying of water,  gas,  sewer and other pipes and the construction,
repair and maintenance of public drains, sewers, cesspools, tunnels
and similar structures;  regulate the placing of poles and the use of
crosswalks,  curbs  and  gutters;  adopt  measures  to  ensure  public
safety against open canals, manholes,  live wires and other similar
hazards to life and property; and regulate the construction and use
of  private  water  closets,  privies  and  other  similar  structures  in
buildings and homes;
(ix) Regulate the placing, stringing, attaching, installing, repair
and construction of all gas mains, electric telegraph and telephone
wires,  conduits,  meters  and  other apparatus;  and  provide for the
correction, condemnation or removal of the same when found to be
dangerous, defective or otherwise hazardous to the welfare of the
inhabitants;
(x)  Subject  to  the  availability  of funds  and  to  existing  laws,
rules  and  regulations,  establish  and  provide  for the  operation  of
vocational   and   technical   schools   and   similar   post-secondary
institutions and,  with the approval of the Technical  Education  and
Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and subject to existing laws
on  tuition  fees,  fix  and  collect  reasonable  tuition  fees  and  other
school  charges  in  educational  institutions  supported  by  the  city
government;
(xi)  Establish  a  scholarship fund  for the  poor but deserving
students  in  schools  located  within  its  jurisdiction  or for  students
residing within the City;
(xii) Approve measures and  adopt quarantine  regulations to
prevent the introduction and the spread of diseases;
(xiii) Provide for an efficient and effective system of solid waste
and  garbage  collection  and  disposal  and  prohibit  littering  and the
placing or throwing of garbage, refuse and other filth and wastes;
(xiv) Provide for the care of persons with disabilities, paupers,
the aged, the sick,  persons of unsound mind,  abandoned minors,
juvenile delinquents,  drug dependents,  abused children  and other
needy and  disadvantaged  persons  particularly children  and youth
below eighteen (18) years of age,  and subject to the availability of
funds,   establish  and   provide  for  the  operation   of  centers  and
facilities for the said needy and disadvantaged persons;
(xv)    Establish    and    provide   for   the    maintenance    and
improvement  of jails  and  detention  centers,  institute  a  sound  jail
management program and appropriate funds for the subsistence of
detainees and convicted prisoners in the City;
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(xvi) Establish a city council whose purpose is the promotion
of culture and the arts,  coordinate with government agencies and
nongovernmental  organizations  and,  subject  to  the  availability  of
funds,  appropriate funds for the  support and  development of the
same; and
(xvii) Establish a city council for the elderly and senior citizens
which   shall   formulate   policies   and   adopt   measures   mutually
beneficial to the elderly and to the community; provide incentives for
nongovernmental   agencies   and   entities   and,   subject   to   the
availability  of  funds,  appropriate  funds  to  support  programs  and
projects for the benefit of the elderly.
(6) Perform other duties and functions and exercise such powers as
provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended, and
those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
ARTICLE V
PROCESS OF LEGISLATION
SEC.12.   /nfemaJ Ru/es of procedure. -(a) On the first regular
session following the election of its members and within ninety (90) days
thereafter, the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ur}gsod shall adopt or update its existing
rules of procedure.
(b) The rules of procedure shall provide for the following:
(1 ) The organization of the Sangguni-an and the election of its
officers as well as the creation of standing committees which shall
include,    but    shall    not    be    limited    to,    the    committees    on
appropriations,  revenues, engineering and public works, education
and  health,  women  and  family,  human  rights,  youth  and  sports
development, environmental protection, peace and order and traffic,
and cooperatives;  the general jurisdiction of each committee;  and
the election of the chairperson and members of each committee;
(2) The order and calendar of business for each session;
(3) The legislative process;
(4) The parliamentary procedures which include the conduct
of members during sessions;
(5)  The  discipline  of  members  for  disorderly  behavior  and
absences without justifiable cause for four (4) consecutive sessions
for which they may be censured, reprimanded or excluded from the
session,   suspended   for   not   more   than   sixty   (60)   days   or
expelled: Provt.ded,  That  the  penalty  of  suspension  or  expulsion
shall require the concurrence of at least two-thirds (2/3) vote of all
the sanggunt.an members: Provt.dec/,    further, That   the    member
convicted by final judgment to imprisonment of at least one (1 ) year
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for  any   crime   involving   moral   turpitude   shall   be   automatically
expelled from the Sangguni.an; and
(6) Such other rules as the Sangguni.an may adopt.
SEC.13.  Full Disclosure Of Financial and Business Interests of
Sangguniang    Panlungsod    Nlembers.-    (a)    ENery sangguniang
Pan/ungsodmember  shall,   upon   assumption   to   office,   make   a   full
disclosure of business and financial interests. They shall also disclose any
business, financial, professional relationship or any relation by affinity or
consanguinity within the fourth civil degree, which they may have with any
person,  firm  or  entity  affected  by  any  ordinance  or  resolution  under
consideration   by  the Sangguni.anof  which   one   is  a   member,  which
relationship  may  result  in  conflict  of  interests.  Such  relationship  shall
include:
(1 ) Ownership of stock or capital, or investment in the entity or
firm to which the ordinance or resolution may apply; and
(2) Contracts or agreements with any person or entity which
the ordinance or resolution under consideration may affect.
In  the  absence  of  a  specific  constitutional  or  statutory  provision
applicable to this situation, "conflict of interest" refers,  in general, to one
where it may be reasonably deduced that a member of a SanggLin7.an may
not  act  in  the  public  interest  due  to  some  private,  pecuniary  or  other
personal considerations that may tend to affect the member's judgment to
the prejudice of the service or the public.
(b) The disclosure required under this Act shall be made in writing
submitted  to  the  secretary  of  the Sar}ggun/'an or  the  secretary  of  the
committee of which the Sanggunian is a member. The disclosure shall, in
all cases, form part of the record of the proceedings and shall be made in
the following manner:
(1) Disclosure shall be made before the member participates
in     deliberations     on     the     ordinance     or     resolution     under
consideration: Provt-ded, That  if  the  member  did   not  participate
during the deliberations, the disclosure shall be made before voting
on the ordinance or resolution on second and third readings; and
(2) Disclosure shall be made when a member takes a position
or  makes  a  privilege  speech  on  a  matter  that  may  affect  the
business interest, financial connection  or professional  relationship
described herein.
SEC.14.      Sessi.o»s.  -(a)   On   the  first  day   of  the  session
immediately  following  the  election  of  its  members,   the Sanggun/'ang
Pan/ungsod shall, by resolution, fix the day, time and place of its regular
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sessions. The minimum number of regular sessions shall be once a week
for the Sangguniang Panlungsod.
(b) When the public interest so demands, special sessions may be
called   by   the   City   Mayor   or   by   a   majority   of   the   members   of
the Sanggunian.
(c) All Sangguni.an sessions shall  be  open  to the  public unless  a
closed-door session is ordered by an affirmative vote of the majority of the
members  present,  there  being  a  quorum,  in  the  public  interest  or  for
reasons of security, decency or morality.  No two (2) sessions, regular or
special, may be held in a single day.
(d)  ln  the  case  of  special  sessions  of the Sangguni.an,  a written
notice to the members shall be served personally at the members usual
place  of  residence  at  least  twenty-four  (24)  hours  before  the  special
session is held.
Unless   otherwise    concurred    in    by   two-thirds    (2/3)   vote   of
the Sanggunf.an members present, there being a quorum, no other matter
may be considered at a special session except those stated in the notice.
(e) The Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod shall keep a journal and a record
of its proceedings, which may be published upon resolution of the majority
of its members.
SEC.15.   Qqorrm.   -(a)   A   majority   of   all   the   members   of
the Sar}gguni.ar} who  have  been  elected  and qualified  shall  constitute  a
quorum  to  transact  official  business.  Should  a  question  of quorum  be
raised during a session, the presiding officer shall immediately proceed to
call the roll of the members and thereafter announce the result.
(b) Where there is no quorum, the presiding officer may declare a
recess  until  such  time  a  quorum  is  constituted,  or  a  majority  of  the
members  present  may  adjourn  from  day  to  day  and  may  compel  the
immediate attendance of any member absent without justifiable cause by
designating a member of the Sanggun;.an, to be assisted by a member or
members of the police force assigned  in the territorial jurisdiction of the
Science  City  of  Ubay,  to  arrest  the  absent  member  and  present  the
member at the session.
(c)   If  there  is  still   no  quorum  despite  the  enforcement  of  the
immediately preceding subsection, no business shall be transacted. The
presiding  officer,  upon  proper  motion  duly  approved  by  the  members
present, shall then declare the session adjourned for lack of quorum.
SEC.16.  Approwa/ of ordi.Dances. -(a) Every ordinance enacted
by the Sar}ggun/.ang Pan/ungsoc/ shall be presented to the City Mayor, if
the City Mayor approves the same, the signature.shall be affixed on each
and  every  page thereof;  otherwise,  the  ordinance  shall  be  vetoed  and
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returned with the statement on the objections to the Sangguni.an, which
may proceed to reconsider the same. The Sanggun/.an may override the
veto of the City Mayor by two-thirds (2/3) vote of all its members, thereby
making  the  ordinance  or  resolution  effective  for  all  legal  intents  and
purposes.
(b)   The   veto   shall   be   communicated   by   the   City   Mayor   to
the Sangguni.an within  ten  (10)  days,  otherwise,  the  ordinance  shall  be
deemed approved as if it had signed it.
SEC. 17.  Veto Power of the Ci.fy Mayor. -(a) The City Mayor may
veto any ordinance of the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsod on the ground that it
is tj/fra w.res or prejudicial to the public welfare, stating the reasons thereof
in writing.
(b) The City Mayor shall have the power to veto any particular item
or  items  of  an  appropriations  ordinance,  an  ordinance  or  resolution
adopting a local development plan, any public investment program or an
ordinance  directing  the  payment of money  or creating  liability.  In  such
case, the vetoed item or items shall not affect the item or items which are
not objected  to.  The  vetoed  item  or  items  shall  not take  effect  unless
the Sanggun/.ang  Pan/ungsod overrides  the  veto  in  the  manner  herein
provided; otherwise, the item or items in the appropriations ordinance of
the previous year corresponding to those vetoed, if any, shall be deemed
enacted.
(c) The City Mayor may veto an ordinance or resolution only once.
The Sangguni.an may override the veto  of the  City  Mayor by two-thirds
(2/3) vote of all its members, thereby making the ordinance effective even
without the approval of the City Mayor.
EEC_.18.   Feeviow  Of  City  Ordinances   by  the  Sangguniang
Pan/a/awl-gar!. -(a) Within three (3) days after approval, the secretary of
V±e sa_ngguniang     Panlungsodshall.   forward     to     the sangguniang
Pan/a/aw7.ganfor   review,   copies   of   approved   ordinances   and   the
resolutions   approving   the   local   development   plans   and   the   public
investment programs formulated by the local development councils.
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of copies of such ordinances
and    resolutions,   the sanggunr.ang   Pan/a/awt.gan shall   examine   the
documents  or transmit them  to  the  provincial  attorney  or the  provincial
prosecutor   for   prompt   examination.   The   provincial   attorney   or   the
provincial prosecutor shall, within a period of ten (10) days from receipt of
the   documents,    inform   the sar}ggt7r7i.ar}g   Pan/a/aw/.gar7 in   writing   of
comments    or    recommendations    which    may    be    considered    by
the Sar}ggLrni.ang Pan/a/awigan in making its decision.
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(c) lf the Sangguni.ang Pan/a/aw/.gan finds that such an ordinance or
resolution   is   beyond   the   power   confemed   upon   the sanggun/.ang
Pan/ungsodconcerned,  it  shall  declare  such  ordinance  or  resolution
invalid in whole or in part. The Sanggun;.ang Pan/a/awigan shall enter its
action  in the minutes and shall advise the corresponding city authorities
of the action it has taken.
(d)     lf    no    action     has     been    taken     by    thesanggtjni.ang
Pan/a/aw/.gan within thirty (30) days after submission of such an ordinance
or resolution, the same shall be presumed to be consistent with law and
therefore valid.
SEC.19. Review of Barangay Ordinances by the Sangguniang
Pan/ungsod.    -(a)    Within    ten    (10)    days    after    its    enactment,
the sangguni.ang    Barangayshall    furnish    copies    of    all    barangay
ordinances to the Sanggunf.ang Pan/ungsod for review as to whether the
ordinances are consistent with law or city ordinances.
(b) If the Sar}ggLin/.ar7g Par}/ungsod fails to take action on barangay
ordinances within thirty (30) days from receipt thereof, the same shall be
deemed approved.
(c) If the Sanggunt.ang Pan/ungsod finds the barangay ordinances
inconsistent      with      law      or      city      ordinances,      thesanggun/.ar}g
Pan/ungsod shall, within thirty (30) days from receipt thereof,  return the
same  with  its  comments  and   recommendations  to  the Sanggt/n/.ang
Barangay concerned for adjustment, amendment or modification; in which
case, the effectivity of the barangay ordinance  is suspended  until  such
time as the revision called for is effected.
SEC.20.        Enforoement   of   Disapproved    Ordinances   or
Reso/ul7.or)s. -Any attempt to enforce any ordinance or any resolution
approving the local development plan and the public investment program
after disapproval thereof, shall be sufficient ground for the suspension or
dismissal of the official or employee concerned.
SEC. 21. Effectivity of Ordinances or Resolutions. -(a) Unless
otherwise  stated  in  the  ordinance  or the  resolution  approving  the  local
development plan and the public investment program, the same shall take
effect after ten (10) days from the date a copy thereof is posted in a bulletin
board at the entrance of the City Hall of Ubay and in at least two (2) other
conspicuous places in the Science City of Ubay not later than five (5) days
after approval thereof.
(b) The Secretary of the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod shall cause the
posting of an ordinance or resolution in the bulletin board at the entrance
of the city hall and in at least two (2) conspicuous places in the Science
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City of Ubay not later than five (5) days after approval thereof. The text of
the ordinance or resolution shall be disseminated and posted in Filipino or
English, and the secretary of the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsod shall record
such fact in a book kept for the purpose, stating the dates of approval and
posting.
(c) The main features of the ordinance or the resolution duly enacted
or adopted shall, in addition to being posted, be published once in a local
newspaper  of general  circulation  within  the  City: Provided, That  in  the
absence thereof, the ordinance or the resolution shall be published in any
newspaper of general  circulation: Provt.bed,  further, That the  gist of all
ordinances with penal sanctions shall also be published in a newspaper
of general circulation.
ARTICLE VI
DISQUALIFICATION AND SUCCESSION OF ELECTIVE OFFICIALS
SEC. 22. Disqualification of Elective Public City Oflficials. -The
following persons are disqualified from running for any elective position in
the City:
(a) Those sentenced by final judgment for an offense involving moral
turpitude or an  offense punishable  by imprisonment for one  (1)  year or
more, within two (2) years after serving sentence;
(b) Those removed from office as a result of an administrative case;
(c)  Those  convicted  by  final  Judgment  for  violating  the  oath  of
allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines;
(d) Those with dual citizenship;
(e) Fugitives from justice in criminal or nonpolitical cases here and
abroad;
(f)  Permanent  residents  in  a  foreign  country  or those  who  have
acquired the right to reside abroad and continue to avail of the same right
after the effectivity of the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended;
and
(g) The insane or feeble-minded.
SEC. 23.  Permanent Vacancy in the Offilces of the City-Mayor
and the CJ.fy Vice Mayor. - (a)  lf a permanent vacancy occurs  in the
office of the City Mayor, the City Vice Mayor concerned shall become the
City Mayor.  If a permanent vacancy occurs in the office of the City Vice
Mayor, the highest ranking Sangguni.ar}g Pan/ungsod member or, in case
of   permanent   incapacity,   the   second   highest   ranking sangguni.ar}g
Pan/tir7gsod member becomes the City Mayor or the City Vice Mayor, as
the case may be. Subsequent vacancies in the said offices shall be filled
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automatically   by   the   other sanggun/.an members   according   to   their
ranking as defined herein.
(b)  A  tie  between  or  among  the  highest  ranking Sanggunj.ang
Pan/ungsod members shall be resolved by drawing of lots.
(c) The successors as defined herein shall serve only the unexpired
terms of their predecessors.
(d) For purposes of this Act, a permanent vacancy arises when an
elective local official fills in a higher vacant office, refuses to assume office,
fails  to  qualify,  dies,  is  removed  from  office,  voluntarily  resigns  or  is
otherwise  permanently  incapacitated  to  discharge  the  functions  of the
office.
(e) For purposes of succession as provided for in this Act, ranking
in the Sangguni.an shall be determined on the basis of the proportion of
votes   obtained   by  each   winning   candidate  to  the   total   number  of
registered voters in the City in the immediately preceding local election.
SEC.24`         Permanent    Vacancies    in    the    Sangguniang
Pan/ungsod. -       Permanent       vacancies       in       the sar}ggunf.ang
Pan/ungsodwhere  automatic  succession  as  provided  above  does  not
apply shall be filled in by appointments in the following manner:
(a)  The provincial governor shall make the aforesaid appointments;
(b)    Only    the    nominee    of   the    political    party    under    which
the Sangguni.an member concerned had been elected shall be appointed
in the manner herein provided. The appointee shall come from the same
political party as that of the Sangguni.an member who caused the vacancy
and shall serve the unexpired term of the vacant office.
In the appointment herein mentioned, a nomination and a certificate
of membership of the appointee from the  highest official  of the political
party   concerned   are   conditions sine  qua  Don, and   any  appointment
without  such   nomination   and   certification   shall   be   null   and   void ab
i.ni.fi.o and  shall  be  a  ground for administrative  action  against the  official
responsible therefor;
(c)     ln     case     the     permanent     vacancy     is     caused     by
a Sanggunf.an member who does not belong to any political party, the City
Mayor     shall,     upon     the     recommendation     of     thesanggtjnt.ar}g
Pan/ungsod, appoint a qualified person to fill in the vacancy; and
(d)  ln case of vacancy in the representation of the youth and the
barangay in the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod, said vacancy shall be filled in
automatically by the official next-in-rank of the organization concerned.
SEC. 25.  Temporary Vacancy in the Offilce of the City Mayor. -
(a) When the City Mayor is temporarily incapacitated to perform duties for
physica! or legal  reasons, such as, but not limited to,  leave of absence,
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travel  abroad  and  suspension  from  office,  the  City Vice  Mayor or the
highest  ranking Sanggun/.ang  Pan/ungsod member  shall  automatically
exercise  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  and  functions  of the  City
Mayor, except the power to appoint, suspend or dismiss employees which
can only be exercised if the period of temporary incapacity exceeds thirty
(30) working days.
(b)  Said  temporary incapacity shall  terminate  upon  submission  to
the Sanggunt.ang Pan/ungsoc/ of a written declaration by the City Mayor of
having reported back to office. In case where the temporary incapacity is
due  to  legal  cause,  the  City  Mayor  shall  also  submit  the  necessary
documents showing that the said legal cause no longer exists.
(c) When the City Mayor is traveling within the country but outside
the territorial jurisdiction for a period not exceeding three (3) consecutive
days, he or she may designate in writing the officer-in-charge of the office.
The  authorization  shall  specify the  powers  and  functions  that the  local
official concerned shall exercise in the absence of the City Mayor, except
the power to appoint, suspend or dismiss employees.
(d) ln the event, however, that the City Mayor fails or refuses to issue
such      authorization,      the      City     Vice      Mayor     or     the      highest
ranking Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod member,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall
have the right to assume the powers, duties and functions of the office on
the fourth (4th) day of absence of the City Mayor, subject to the limitations
provided for in subsection (c) hereof.
(e)  Except as  provided  above,  the  City  Mayor shall,  in  no  case,
authorize any local official to assume the powers, duties and functions of
the office other than the City Vice Mayor or the highest-ranking member
Of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, as the case may be.
ARTICLE VII
APpoiNTIVE OFFICIALS OF THE CITY
SEC. 26. Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod. -(a) There
shall  be  a  secretary  to  the Sangguni-ang  Pan/ungsodwho  shall  be  a
career official with the rank and salary equal to a head of a department or
office.
(b)  No  person  shall  be  appointed  secretary.to  the Sanggt/nr.ang
Pan/ungsod unless one is a citizen of the  Philippines,  a  resident of the
Science  City  of  Ubay,  of good  moral  character,  a  holder  of a  college
degree preferably in law, commerce or public administration obtained from
a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service eligible or
its equivalent.
The   appointment   of   a   secretary   to   the sangguni.anshall   be
mandatory.
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(c) The secretary to the Sanggun/-ang Pan/ungsod shall take charge
of the office of the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod, and shall:
(1 )-Attend sessions of the Sanggunr.ang Pan/ungsod and keep
a journal of its proceedings;
(2) Keep the seal of the City and affix it with one's signature to
all      ordinances,      resolutions     and      other     official      acts      of
the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod, and present these for the signature
of the presiding officer;
(3)   Forward   to   the   City   Mayor   for   approval,   copies   of
ordinances enacted by the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsod, duly certified
by the presiding officer;
(4)  Forward to the  Department of Budget and  Management
(DBM)   copies   of   the    appropriations   ordinances   passed    by
the Sanggun7.ang Pan/ungsod as provided for under Section  326,
Book 11 of the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended;
(5) Forward to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan cop-lee Of duly
approved ordinances in the manner as provided for in Sections 56
and 57 of the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended;
(6) Furnish, upon the request of any interested party, certified
copies  of  records  of  public  character  in   one's  custody,   upon
payment to the City Treasurer of such fees as may be prescribed by
an ordinance;
(7) Record in a book kept for the purpose, all ordinances and
resolutions      enacted      or      adopted      by      thesangguni-ang
Pan/ungsod, with the dates of passage and publication thereof;
(8)  Keep  the  office  and  all  non-confidential  records  therein
open to the public during usual business hours;
(9)  Translate  into  the  dialect  used  by  the  majority  of  the
inhabitants,  all  ordinances and  resolutions  immediately after their
approval, and cause the publication of the same together with the
original version in the manner provided under the Local Government
Code of 1991, as amended;
(10) Take custody of the local archives and, where applicable,
the local library and annually account for the same; and
(11)  Perform  such  other  duties  and  functions  and  exercise
such  other powers  as  provided  for  under the  Local  Government
Code of 1991, as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or
ordinance.
SEC.  27.     CJ.fy  Treasurer.-(a)  The  City  Treasurer  shall  be
appointed  by the  Secretary  of  Finance from  a  list of at least three  (3)
ranking eligible recommendees of the City Mayor, subject to civil service
law, rules and regulations.
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(b) The City Treasurer shall be under the administrative supervision
of the City Mayor, to whom one shall report regularly on the tax collection
efforts of the City.
(c)  No  person  shall  be  appointed  City Treasurer  unless  one  is  a
citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good
moral  character,  a  holder of a  college degree preferably in  commerce,
public  administration   or  law  obtained  from   a   recognized   college   or
university, a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent and must have
acquired experience in treasury or accounting service for at least five (5)
years.
The appointment of a City Treasurer shall be mandatory.
(d) The City Treasurer shall receive compensation, emoluments and
allowances as may be determined by law.
(e) The City Treasurer shall take charge of the City Treasury Office,
and shall:
(1 ) Advise the City Mayor, the Sanggunf.ang Pan/ungsod and
other local government and  national officials concerned  regarding
the  disposition  of  local  government  funds  and  on  other  matters
relative to public finance;
(2) Take custody of and exercise proper management of the
funds of the City;
(3) Take charge of the disbursement of all funds of the City
and other funds, the custody of which may be entrusted by law or
other competent authority;
(4)  Inspect private commercial and  industrial establishments
within the jurisdiction of the City in relation to the implementation of
tax ordinances, pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government
Code of 1991, as amended;
(5) Maintain and update the tax information system of the City;
and
(6) Perform other duties and functions and exercise such other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. 28.  C/.fyAssessor. -(a) The City Assessor must be a citizen
of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good moral
character,  a holder of a college degree preferably in civil or mechanical
engineering,  commerce  or  any  other  related  course  obtained  from  a
recognized college or university, a licensed appraiser under Republic Act
No.  9646,  otherw.ise  kr\own  as  "The  Real  Estate  Service  Act  of  the
Phi./i.ppi.r}es" and  a  first grade  civil  service  eligible  or  its  equivalent and
must have acquired experience  in  real property assessment work or in
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any related field for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date
of appointment.
The appointment-of a City Assessor shall be mandatory.
(b) The City Assessor shall receive compensation, emoluments and
allowances as may be determined by law.
(c)  The  City  Assessor  shall  take  charge  of  the  City  Assessor's
Office, and shall:
(1)  Ensure that all  laws and  policies governing the appraisal
and   assessment  of  real   properties   for  taxation   purposes   are
properly executed ;
(2)  Initiate,  review and  recommend  changes  in  policies  and
objectives,   plans   and   programs,   techniques,   procedures   and
practices  in  the evaluation  and  assessment of real  properties for
taxation purposes;
(3)    Establish    a    systematic    method    of    real    property
assessment;
(4)    Install   and   maintain   real   property   identification   and
accounting systems;
(5)  Prepare.  install  and  maintain  a  system  of tax  mapping,
showing graphically all properties subject to assessment and gather
all data concerning the same;
(6) Conduct frequent physical surveys to verify and determine
whether all  real properties within the City are properly listed in the
assessment rolls;
(7)   Exercise  the   functions   of  appraisal   and   assessment
primarily for taxation purposes of all real properties in the City;
(8) Prepare a schedule of the fair market value of the different
classes of real properties in accordance with the provisions of the
Local Government Code of 1991, as amended;
(9) Issue, upon request of any interested party, certified copies
of  assessment  records  of  real  properties  and  all  other  records
relative to its assessment, upon payment of a service charge or fee
to the city treasurer;
(10)  Submit every semester a  report of all assessments,  as
well as cancellations and modifications of assessments to the City
Mayor and the Sangguniang Panlungsod;
(11 ) Attend personally or through an authorized representative
all sessions of the Local Board of Assessment Appeals whenever
the assessment is the subject of the appeal, and present or submit
any information or record as may be required by the Board; and
(12)  Perform  such  other duties  and  functions  and  exercise
such  other powers  as  provided  for under Republic Act No.  7160,
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otherwise  known  as  the  "Loca/  Govemmenf  Code  of  7997," as
amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. 29.   Cfty Accounfanf. - (a) The City Accountant must be a
citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good
moral  character,  a  certified  public accountant and  must  have acquired
experience in the treasury or accounting service for at least five (5) years
immediately preceding the date of appointment.
The appointment of a City Accountant shall be mandatory.
(b) The City Accountant shall  receive compensation, emoluments
and allowances as may be determined by law.
(c) The City Accountant shall take charge of both the Office of the
City Accounting and Internal Audit Services, and shall:
(1) Install and maintain an internal audit system in the City;
(2) Prepare and submit financial statements to the City Mayor
and to t:he Sangguniang Panlungsod;
(3) Apprise the Sanggun;.ang Pan/ungsod and  other officials
on the financial condition and operations of the City;
(4) Certify to the availability of budgetary allotment from which
expenditures and obligations may be properly charged;
(5)  Review supporting  documents before the  preparation  of
vouchers to determine completeness of requirements;
(6)    Prepare   statement   of   cash   advances,    liquidations,
salaries, allowances, reimbursements and remittances pertaining to
the City;
(7) Prepare statements of journal vouchers, their liquidations
and other adjustments related thereto;
(8)  Post  individual  disbursements to subsidiary  ledgers  and
index cards;
(9)  Maintain individual  ledgers for officials and employees of
the City pertaining to payrolls and deductions;
(10)  Record  and  post  in  index  cards  details  of  purchased
furniture, fixtures and equipment, including disposal thereof, if any;
(11)  Account  for  all   issued   requests  for  obligations   and
maintain and keep all records and reports related thereto;
(12)  Prepare  journals  and  the  analysis  of  obligations  and
maintain and keep all records and reports related thereto; and
(13)  Perform  other duties  and  functions and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. 30.   Cfty Budget Officer. -(a) The City Budget Officer must
be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of
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good moral character, holder of a college degree preferably in accounting,
economics,  public administration or any related course obtained from a
recognized college or-university,  a-first grade civil service eligible or its
equivalent, and must have acquired experience in government budgeting
or in any related field for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the
date of appointment.
The appointment of a City Budget Officer shall be mandatory.
(b)  The  City  Budget Officer shall  take  charge  of the  City  Budget
Office, and shall:
(1)    Prepare    forms,     orders    and    circulars    embodying
instructions   on   budgetary   and   appropriation   matters   for   the
signature of the City Mayor;
(2) Review and consolidate the budget proposals of different
departments and offices of the City;
(3) Assist the City Mayor in the preparation of the budget and
during and after the budget hearings;
(4)  Study  and  evaluate  budgetary  implications  of proposed
legislations and submit comments and recommendations thereon;
(5) Submit periodic budgetary reports to the DBM;
(6)  Coordinate with the  City Treasurer,  the  City Accountant
and the City planning and Development Officer for the purpose of
budgeting;
(7)   Assist  the sanggun/.ang   Pan/ungsod in   reviewing   the
approved budgets of the component barangays;
(8) Coordinate with the City planning and Development Office
in the formulation of the development plan of the City; and
(9)  Perform  other  duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by lavi' or ordinance.
(c)  The  City   Budget  Officer  shall   receive  such   compensation,
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.
SEC. 31.  Cfty planning and Development Offlcer. -(a) The C.rty
Planning and Development Officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a
resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good moral character, a holder of
a  college  degree  preferably  in  urban  planning,  development  studies,
economics, public administration or in any re.lated course obtained from a
recognized  college or university,  a first grade civil service eligible or its
equivalent, and must have acquired experience in development planning
or in any related field for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the
date of appointment.
The appointment of a City planning and Development Officer shall
he mandatory.
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(b)   The   City   Planning   and   Development  Officer  shall   receive
compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law
(c) The City planning and Development Officer shall take charge of
the City Planning and Development Coordinating Office, and shall:
(1 ) Formulate integrated economic, social, physical and other
development  plans  and  policies  for  the  consideration  of the  City
Development Council;
(2)   Conduct   continuing   studies,   researches   and   training
programs    necessary    to    evolve     plans    and    programs    for
implementation;
(3)  Integrate  and  coordinate  all  sectoral  plans  and  studies
undertaken by the different functional groups or agencies;
(4)  Monitor and evaluate the  implementation  of the different
development   programs,   projects   and   activities   in   the   City   in
accordance with the approved development plan;
(5)  Prepare  comprehensive  plans  and  other  development
planning documents for the consideration of the Local Development
Council;
(6)   Analyze   the   income   and   expenditure   patterns,   and
formulate   and   recommend   fiscal   plans   and   policies   for   the
consideration   of   the   finance   committee   of   the sangguni.ang
Panlungsod;
(7)  Promote  people's  participation  in  development  planning
within the City;
(8) Exercise supervision and control over the secretariat of the
Local Development Council; and
(9) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such
other powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of
1991,   as  amended,   and  those  that  are   prescribed   by   law  or
ordinance.
SEC. 32.   CJ.fy Engi.neer. -(a) The City Engineer must be a citizen
of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good moral
character, a licensed civil engineer, and must have acquired experience
in  the  practice  of  profession  for  at  least  five  (5)  years  immediately
preceding the date of appointment.
The appointment of a City Engineer shall be mandatory.
(b) The City Engineer shall receive compensation, emoluments and
allowances as may be determined by law.
(c)  The  City  Engineer  shall  take  charge  of the  City  Engineering
Office, and shall:
(1)  Initiate,  review and  recommend  changes  in  policies  and
objectives,   plans   and   programs,   techniques,   procedures   and
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practices in infrastructure development and public works in general
Of the City;
-(2-) Advise -the-City -Mayor on -infrastructure,  public-works and
other engineering matters;
(3)   Administer,    coordinate,    supervise    and    control    the
construction,   maintenance,   improvement   and   repair  of   roads,
bridges, other engineering and public works projects of the City;
(4)   Provide   engineering   services   to   the   City,   including
investigations and surveys, engineering designs, feasibility studies
and project management; and
(5)  Perform  other duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. 33.  Ci-fy Hea/th Officer. -(a) The City Health Officer must be
a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good
moral character, a licensed medical practitioner, and must have acquired
experience  in  the  practice  of the  profession  for at  least five  (5)  years
immediately preceding the date of appointment.
The appointment of a City Health Officer shall be mandatory.
(b) The City Health Officer shall receive compensation, emoluments
and allowances as may be determined by law.
(c)  The  City  Health  Officer  shall  take  charge  of  the  City  Health
Services Office, and shall:
(1)  Supervise  the  personnel  and  staff  of  the  said  office,
formulate   program   implementation   guidelines   and   rules   and
regulations for the operation of the said office for the approval of the
City Mayor in order to assist the Mayor in the efficient, effective and
economical  imp]ementation  of health  service  programs geared  to
implement health-related projects and activities;
(2)     Formulate     measures     for     the     consideration     of
the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod and provide technical assistance and
support to  the  City  Mayor  in  carrying  out activities to  ensure the
delivery of basic services  and  the  provision  of adequate facilities
relative to health services as provided for under Section  17 of the
Local Government Code of 1991, as amended;
(3) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof
by the  City  Mayor,  implement the  same,  particularly those  which
have to do with  the  health  programs and  projects which  the City
Mayor  is  empowered  to  implement  and  which  the Sangguni.ang
Pan/ungsodis   empowered    to    provide   for   under   the    Local
Government Code of 1991, as amended;
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(4) in addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the City
Health Officer shall:
(i) Formulate and implement policies, plans and projects
to promote the health of the people in the City;
(ii)   Advise   the   City   Mayor   and   thesanggun/.ang
Pan/ungsod on matters pertaining to health;
(iii)   Execute   and   enforce   all   laws,   ordinances   and
regulations relating to public health;
( iv)            Recom me nd            to            the sanggun/.ang
Par]/ungsod through  the  local  health  board,  the  passage of
ordinance as may be deemed necessary for the preservation
of public health;
(v)   Recommend  the  prosecution  of  any  violation  of
sanitary laws, ordinances or regulations;
(vi)   Direct   the   sanitary   inspection   of   all   business
establishments,    stores   selling    food    items   or   providing
accommodations  such  as  hotels,  motels,   lodging  houses,
pension houses and the like, in accordance with the Sanitation
Code of the Philippines;
(vii) Conduct health information campaigns and render
health intelligence services;
(viii)  Coordinate  with  other  government  agencies  and
nongovernment organizations involved  in the promotion  and
delivery of health services; and
(ix) Be in the frontline of the delivery of health services,
particularly  during  and  in  the  aftermath  of  man-made  and
natural disasters or calamities; and
(5)  Perform  other  duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. 34.   Cl-fy Civi./ Regi.sfra/. - (a) The City Civil Registrar must
be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of
good  moral  character,  a  holder  of  a  college  degree  obtained  from  a
recognized college or university,  a first-grade civil service eligible  or its
equivalent, and must have acquired experience in civil registry work for at
least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of appointment.
The appointment of a City Civil Registrar shall be mandatory.
(b) The City Civil Registrar shall receive compensation, emoluments
and allowances as may be determined by law.
(c)   The   City   Civil   Registrar  shall   be   responsible  for  the   civil
registration  program  in  the  Science  City  of Ubay,  pursuant to the  Civil
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Registry   Law,   the   Civil   Code   and   other  pertinent  laws,   rules   and
regulations issued to implement them.
(d) The-Gfty-Civil-F`egistrar-sha[Ltake-charge-Of the -Office of-the-City
Civil Registry, and shall:                  i
(1) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof
by the  City  Mayor,  implement the  same,  particularly those which
have to do with the civil  registry programs and projects which the
City Mayor is empowered to implement and which the Sanggunt.ang
Pan/ungsodis   empowered    to    provide   for   under   the    Local
Government Code of 1991, as amended;
(2) ln addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the City
Civil Registrar shall;
(i) Accept all registrable documents and judicial decrees
affecting the civil status of persons;
(ii) File, keep and preserve in a secure place the books
required by law;
(iii)  Transcribe  and  enter  immediately  upon  receipt  all
registrable documents and judicial decrees affecting the civil
status of persons in the appropriate civil registry books;
(iv) Transmit to the Office of the Civil Registrar General,
within  the  prescribed  period,  duplicate  copies  of  registered
documents required by law;
(v) Issue certified transcripts or copies of any certificate
or registered documents upon payment of the required fees to
the City Treasurer;
(vi)  Receive application for the  issuance of a marriage
license  and,   after  determining  that  the  requirements  and
supporting    certificates    and    publication    thereof   for   the
prescribed period have been complied with, issue the license
upon payment of the authorized fee to the City Treasurer; and
(vii)  Coordinate  with  the  Philippine  Statistics  Authority
(PSA)    in    conducting    educational    campaigns    for    vital
registration and assist in the preparation of demographic and
other statistics for the Science City of Ubay; and
(3) Perform such other duties ,and functions and exercise such
other powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of
1991,   as  amended,   and  those  that  are  prescribed  by  law  or
ordinance.
SEC. 35.  CftyAdm/.ni.sfrafor. -(a) The City Administrator must be
a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good
moral   character,   a   holder  of  a   college  degree   preferably   in   public
administration,   law  or  in  any  other  related   course  obtained  from   a
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recognized college or university,  a firstngrade civil  service eligible or its
equivalent,  and  must  have  acquired  experience  in  management  and
administrative workior -atleast five -(-5) years -immediaifely preceding-the
date of appointment.
The appointment of a City Administrator shall be mandatory.
(b) The term of the City Administrator is coterminous with that of the
appointing authority.
(c) The City Administrator shall receive compensation, emoluments
and allowances as may be determined by law.
(d) The City Administrator shall take charge of the Office of the City
Administrator, and shall:
(1) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof
by the  City  Mayor,  implement the  same,  particularly those which
have   to   do   with   the   management   and   administration-related
programs  and  projects  which  the  City  Mayor  is  empowered  to
implement and which the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsod is empowered
to  provide  for  under  the  Local  Government  Code  of  1991,   as
amended;
(2) Assist in the coordination of the work of all the officials of
the  local  government  unit,  under  the  supervision,  direction  and
control of the City Mayor, and for this purpose, convene the chiefs
of offices and other officials of the local government unit;
(3) Establish and maintain a sound personnel program for the
local government unit designed to promote career development and
uphold the merit principle in the local government service;
(4)  Conduct a  continuing  organizational  development of the
local  government  unit with  the  end  in  view  of  instituting  effective
administrative reforms;
(5) Be in the frontiine of the delivery of administrative support
services, particularly those related to the situations during and in the
aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or calamities;
(6) Recommend to the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsod and advise
the  City  Mayor  on  all  matters  relative  to  the  management  and
administration of the City; and
(7)  Perform  other  duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. 36.   Cfty Lega/ Officer. - (a) The City Legal Officer must be
a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good
moral character, a member of the Philippine Bar, and must have practiced
the profession for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of
appointment.
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The appointment of a City Legal Officer shall be mandatory.
The term of the City Legal Officer shall be coterminous with that of
the appointing authority.
(b) The City Legal Officer shall receive compensation, emoluments
and allowances as may be determined by law.
(c) The City Legal  Officer as the Chief Legal Counsel  of the City,
shall take charge of the Office of the City Legal Service, and shall:
(1)     Formulate     measures     for     the     consideration     of
the Sar}ggunt.ang  Pan/ungsod and  provide  legal  assistance  and
support  to  the  City  Mayor  in  carrying  out  the  delivery  of  basic
services and the provision of adequate facilities;
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof
by  the  City  Mayor,  implement the  same,  particularly those  which
have to do vi'ith the programs and projects related to legal services
which   the  City  Mayor  is  empowered  to   implement  and  which
the Sangguniang Panlungsod .is empcNIered to prow.ide-,
(3) Represent the local government unit in all civil actions and
special proceedings wherein the local government unit or any official
thereof, in the official capacity, is a party: Prow.doc/, That in actions
or proceedings where the Science City of Ubay is a party adverse
to the provincial government or to another component city, a special
legal officer maybe employed to represent the adverse party;
(4)  When  required  by  the  City  Mayor  or Sanggun/.an, draft
ordinances,   contracts,   bonds,   leases   and   other   instruments,
involving  any  interest  of  the  local  government  unit;  and  provide
comments   and   recommendations   on   any   instruments   already
drawn;
(5) Render the opinion in writing on any question of law when
requested to do so by the City Mayor or Sangguni.an,.
(6) Investigate or cause to be investigated any local official or
employee  for administrative  neglect  or  misconduct  in  office,  and
recommend appropriate action to the City Mayor or Sangguni.an, as
the case may be;
(7) Investigate or cause to be investigated any person, firm or
corporation  holding  any  franchise  or  exercising  any  privilege  for
failure  to  comply with  any  term  or condition  in  the  grant  of such
franchise or privilege, and recommend appropriate action to the City
Mayor or Sanggunf.an, as the case may be;
(8) When directed  by the City Mayor or Sanggt/n/.an, initiate
and prosecute in the interest of the local government unit concerned
any  civil  action  on  any  bond,  lease  or  other  contract  upon  any
breach or violation thereof;
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(9)   Review  ordinances  and  submit  recommendations  on
ordinances approved and executive orders  issued  by component
---- units; --------------------------------
(10)       Recommend       measures      to       thesanggun;.ang
Pan/ungsodand  advise  the  City  Mayor  on  all  matters  related  to
upholding the rule of law;
(11)   Be   in   the   frontline   of  protecting   human   rights   and
prosecuting  any  violation  thereof,  particularly  those  which  occur
during and  in the aftermath of man-made and  natural disasters or
calamities; and
(12)  Perform  other duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. &J . City Social Welfare and Development Officer. -(a) The
City  Social Welfare  and  Development Officer must  be  a  citizen  of the
Philippines,   a  resident  of  the  Science  City  of  Ubay,  of  good  moral
character,  a duly licensed social worker or a holder of a college degree
preferably in social work or in any other related course obtained from a
recognized college or university,  a first grade civil service eligible or its
equivalent,  and must have acquired experience in the practice of social
work  for  at  least  five  (5)  years  immediately  preceding  the  date  of
appointment.
The appointment of a City Social Welfare and Development Officer
shall be mandatory.
(b) The City Social Welfare and Development Officer shall receive
compensation,  emoluments  and  allowances  as  may  be  determined  by
law.
(c)  The  City  Social  Welfare  and  Development  Officer  shall  take
charge of the Office of the City Social Welfare and Development Services,
and shall:
(1 ) Formulate measures for the approval of the Sangguni.ang
Pan/ungsod and  provide technical  assistance  and  support to  the
City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery of basic
services  and the  provision  of adequate facilities  relative to social
welfare and development services;
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof
by the  City  Mayor,  implement the  same,  particularly those  which
have to do with social welfare programs and projects which the City
Mayor  is  empowered  to  implement  and  which  the Sangguni.ar)g
Pan/tjngsod is empowered to provide;
(3) Identify the basic needs of the needy, the disadvantaged
and  the  impoverished,  and  develop  and  implement  appropriate
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•  measures  to   alleviate   their  problems   and   improve  their   living
conditions;
(4) Provide relief and appropriate crisis intervention for victims
of abuse and exploitation and recommend appropriate measures to
deter further abuse and exploitations;
(5) Assist the City Mayor, as the case may be, in implementing
the barangay level program for the total development and protection
of children up to six (6) years of age;
(6)  Facilitate the implementation of welfare programs for the
disabled, elderly and victims of drug addiction, the rehabilitation of
prisoners and parolees, the prevention of juvenile delinquency and
such  other  activities  which  would  eliminate  and  minimize  the  ill-
effects of poverty;
(7)   Initiate  and   support  youth   welfare  programs  that  will
enhance the role of the youth in nation building;
(8)       Coordinate       with       government       agencies       and
nongovernmental  organizations which  have  for their purpose  the
promotion  and  the  protection  of  all  the  needy,  disadvantaged,
underprivileged  or impoverished groups or individuals,  particularly
those identified to be vulnerable and high risk to exploitation, abuse
and neglect;
(9)  Be  in  the frontline of the delivery of services  particularly
those which  have to do with the  immediate  relief and  assistance
during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or
calamities;
(10)   Recommend    to    the sangguni.ang    Pan/ungsodand
advise the City Mayor on all other matters related to social welfare
and development services which will improve the livelihood and the
living conditions of the inhabitants; and
(11)  Perform  such  other  duties  and  functions  and  exercise
such  other  powers  as  provided  for  under the  Local  Government
Code of 1991, as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or
ordinance.
SEC. 38.   Cfty/ VeferT.na/7'an. - (a) The City Veterinarian must be a
citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good
moral character, a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine, and must have
practiced the profession for at least three (3) years immediately preceding
the date of appointment.
The appointment of a City Veterinarian shall be mandatory.
(b) The City Veterinarian shall receive compensation, emoluments
and allowances as may be determined by law.
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(c) The City Veterinarian shall take charge of the Office of the City
Veterinary Services, and shall:
(1)     Formulate     measures     for     the     consideration     of
the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsod and provide technical assistance and
support to the City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the
delivery of basic services and the provision Of adequate facilities;
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof
by the  City  Mayor,  implement the  same,  particularly those  which
have to do with veterinary-related activities which the City Mayor is
empowered      to      implement     and      which      thesanggun/.ang
Pan/ungsod is empowered to provide;
(3)  Advise  the  City  Mayor  on  all  matters  pertaining  to  the
slaughter of animals for human consumption and the regulation of
slaughterhouses;
(4) Regulate the keeping of domestic animals;
(5) Regulate and inspect poultry,  milk and dairy products for
public consumption;
(6) Enforce all laws for the prevention of cruelty to animals;
(7) Take the necessary measures to eradicate, prevent or cure
all forms of animal diseases;
(8)   Be   in  the  frontline  of  the  veterinary-related   activities,.
including  the  outbreak of highly-contagious  and  deadly diseases,
and in situations resulting in the depletion of animals for work and
for human  consumption,  particularly those arising from and  in the
aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or calamities;
(9) Recommend to the Sanggunt.ang Pan/ungsod and advise
the City Mayor on all other matters relative to the veterinary services
which will increase the number and improve the quality of livestock,
poultry  and  other  domestic  animals  used  for  work  or for  human
consumption; and
(10)  Perform  other duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. 39.   CJ.fy Genera/ Servl.ces Officer. - (a) The City General
Services  Officer must be  a  citizen  of the  Philippines,  a  resident of the
Science  City  of  Ubay,  of good  moral  character,  a  holder of a  college
degree in public administration, business administration or management
obtained from a recognized college or university, a first grade civil service
eligible or its equivalent, and must have acquired experience in general
services,  including  the  management  of  supply,  property,  solid  waste
disposal  and  general  sanitation  for  at  least five  (5)  years  immediately
preceding the date of appointment.
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The  appointment  of  a  City  General   Services  Officer  shall  be
mandatory.
~-----(b}The--City-General-Services--Officer-shalLreceive-compensatioPr,-
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.
(c) The City General Services Officer shall take charge of the Office
of the City General Services, and shall:
(1)     Formulate     measures     for     the     consideration     of
the Sanggun;.ang Pan/ungsed and provide technical assistance and
support to the City Mayor in carrying  out measures to ensure the
delivery of basic services and the provision  of adequate facilities
which   require   general   services   expertise   in   technical   support
services;
(2)  Develop  plans  and  strategies  and,  upon  the  approval
thereof by the City Mayor,  implement the same,  particularly those
which have to do with general services supportive of the welfare of
the  inhabitants of the City which the City Mayor is empowered  to
implement and which the Sanggunj.ang Pan/ungsod is empowered
to provide;
(3) Take custody of and be accountable for all properties, real
or personal, owned by the City and those granted to it in the form of
donation, reparation, assistance and counterpart of joint projects;
(4) With the approval of the City Mayor, assign building or land
space  to  local  officials  or  other  public  officials,  who  by  law  are
entitled to the space;
(5) Recommend to the City Mayor the reasonable rental rates
for local government properties, whether real or personal, which will
be leased to public or private entities by the local government;
(6) Recommend to the City Mayor the reasonable rental rates
of private properties which may be leased for the official use of the
local government units;
(7)  Maintain  and  supervise  janitorial,  security,  landscaping
and other related services in all  local government public buildings
and  other  real  property,  whether  owned  or  leased  by  the  local
government unit;
(8)  Collate  and  disseminate  information   regarding   prices,
shipping and other costs of supplies and other items commonly used
by the local government unit;
(9) Perform archival and record management with respect to
records of offices and departments of the local government unit;
(10)   Perform  all  other  functions  pertaining  to  supply  and
property    management    heretofore    performed    by    the    local
government  treasurer  and  enforce  policies  on  records  creation,
maintenance and disposal;
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(11)  Be in the frontline of general services-related activities,
including  the  possible  and  imminent  destruction  or  damage  to
records,  supplies,  properties  and  structure  and  the  orderly  and
sanitary cleaning up of waste materials or debris, particularly during
and   in   the   aftermath   of  man-made   and   natural   disasters   or
calamities;
(12) Recommend to the Sanggun;.ang Pan/ungsod and advise
the City Mayor on all matters relative to general services; and
(13)  Perform  other duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC_. 4P. City Environment and Natural Resouroes Officer. -(a)
The City Environment and Natural Resources Officer must be a citizen of
the  Philippines,  a  resident of the  Science City  of Ubay,  of good  moral
character, a holder of a college degree preferably in environment, forestry,
agriculture  or  in  any  other  related  course  obtained  from  a  recognized
college or university,  a first grade civil  service eligible  or its equivalent,
and must have acquired experience in environment and natural resources
management, conservation and utilization work for at least five (5) years
immediately preceding the date of appointment.
The  appointment  of  a  City  Environment  and  Natural  Resources
Officer shall be optional.
(b)  The  City  Environment  and   Natural   Resources  Officer  shall
receive   compensation,    emoluments   and   allowances   as    may   be
determined by law.
(c) The City Environment and Natural Resoljrces Officer shall take
charge of the Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources, and
shall:
(1)     Formulate     measures     for     the     consideration     of
the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsod and provide technical assistance and
support to the City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the
delivery of basic services and the  provision  of adequate facilities
relative to environment and natural resources services as provided
for under Section  17  of the  Local  Government Code  of  1991,  as
amended;
(2)  Develop  plans  and  strategies  and,  upon  the  approval
thereof by the City Mayor,  implement the same,  particularly those
which  have  to  do  with  the  environment  and  natural  resources
programs  and  projects  which  the  City  Mayor  is  empowered  to
implement and which the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsoc/ is empowered
to provide;
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(3)   Establish,   maintain,   protect   and   preserve   communal
forests, watersheds, tree parks, mangroves, greenbelts and similar
forest projects and commercial forests, like industrial tree farms and
agro-forestry projects;
(4)   Provide  extension   services   to   beneficiaries   of  forest
development  projects  and  technical,  financial  and  infrastructure
assistance;
(5) Manage and maintain seed banks and produce seedlings
for forest and tree parks;
(6)   Provide  extension   services   to   beneficiaries   of  forest
development projects and render assistance for natural resources-
related   conservation    and    utilization    activities   consistent   with
ecological balance;
(7) Promote the small-scale mining and  utilization of mineral
resources, particularly mining of gold;
(8)       Coordinate       with       government       agencies       and
nongovernmental organizations in the implementation of measures
to   prevent  and   control   land,   air  and   water   pollution   with   the
assistance   of   the    Department   of   Environment   and    Natural
Resources (DENR);
(9) Be in the frontline of the delivery of services concerning the
environment and natural resources, particularly in the renewal and
rehabilitation of the environment during and in the aftermath of man-
made and natural disasters or calamities;
(10)       Recommend       measures      to      thesanggunt.ang
Pan/ungsoc/ and advise the City Mayor on all matters relative to the
protection,    conservation,    maximum    utilization,    application    of
appropriate technology and other matters related to the environment
and natural resources; and
(11)  Perform  other duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those, that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. 41.   Cjfy Arch;tecf. - (a) The City Architect must be a citizen
of the Philippines,  a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good moral
character,   a   duly   licensed   architect,   and   in.ust   have   practiced   the
profession for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of
appointment.
The appointment of a City Architect shall be optional.
(b) The City Architect shall receive compensation, emoluments and
allowances as may be determined by law.
(c)  The  City Architect shall  take  charge  of the  Office  of the  City
Architectural Planning and Design, and shall:
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(1)     Formulate     measures     for     the     consideration     of
the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod and provide technical assistance and
the-City-MayoFin-car-rying---ou-t-measures--to-ensure--the
delivery of basic services  and  the  provision  of adequate facilities
relative to architectural planning and design;
(2)  Develop  plans  and  strategies  and,  upon  the  approval
thereof by the City Mayor,  implement the same,  particularly those
which have to do with architectural planning and design programs
and projects which the City Mayor is empowered to implement and
which  the Sanggun/.ang  Pan/ungsod is empowered  to  provide for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended;
(3)     Prepare     and     recommend     for     consideration     of
the Sanggun/.anthe  architectural   plan  and  design  for  the   local
government unit or a part thereof including the removal of slums and
blighted areas, land reclamation activities, the greening of land and
appropriate planning of marine and foreshore areas;
(4)    Review   and    recommend   for   appropriate   action   of
thesanggunt.anor  the  City   Mayor,   as  the  case  may  be,   the
architectural  plans  and  designs  submitted  by  governmental  and
nongovernmental   entities   or   individuals,   particularly   those   for
undeveloped, underdeveloped and poorly designed areas;
(5) Coordinate with government and nongovernment entities
and  individuals involved  in the aesthetics and maximum  utilization
of the land and water within the jurisdiction of the government unit,
compatible with the environmental integrity and ecological balance;
(6)  Be  in  the  frontline  of  the  delivery  of  services  involving
architectural  planning and design,  particularly those  related to the
redesigning  of  spatial  distribution  of  basic  facilities  and  physical
structures  during  and  in  the  aftermath  of man-made  and  natural
disasters or calamities;
(7) Recommend to the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsod and advise
the City Mayor on all other matters relative to architectural planning
and design as it relates to the total socioeconomic development of
the City; and
(8)  Perform  other  duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. 42.     Cjfy  /r)formatl.on  Officer. -(a)  The  City  Information
Officer must be a citiz!en of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City
of Ubay, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably
in journalism, mass communication or in any related course obtained from
a recognized college or university, a first grade civil service eligible or its
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equivalent,  and  must  have  acquired  experience  in  writing  articles  and
research papers, or writing for print, television or broadcast media for at
least-three--(3)-years-immediately-preceding-the-date-Of-appointment-----
The appointment of a City Information Officer shall be optional.
The  term  of the  City  Information  Officer  is  coterminous  with  the
appointing authority.
(b)   The   City   Information   Officer   shall   receive   compensation,
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.
(c) The City Information Officer shall take charge of the Office of the
City Public Information and Community Relations, and shall:
(1)     Formulate     measures     for     the     consideration     of
the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsoc/ and provide technical assistance and
support to the City Mayor in providing the information and research
data required for the delivery of basic services and the provision of
adequate facilities so that the public becomes aware of said services
and may fully avail of the same;
(2)  Develop  plans  and  strategies  and,  upon  the  approval
thereof by the City Mayor,  implement the same,  particularly those
which  have  to  do  with  public  information  and  research  data  to
support programs and projects which the City Mayor is empowered
to     implement     and     which     thesangguni.ang    Pan/ungsodis
empowered to provide;
(3)  Provide relevant,  adequate and timely information to the
local government unit and its residents;
(4)   Furnish   information   and   data   on   local   government
agencies or offices as may be required by law or ordinance;
(5)  Maintain  effective  liaison  with  the  various sectors  of the
community on matters and issues that affect the livelihood and the
quality of life of the inhabitants and encourage support for programs
of the local and national government;
(6) Be in the frontline in providing information during and in the
aftermath  of  man-made  and  natural  disasters  or  calamities,  with
special attention to the victims thereof, to help minimize injuries and
casualties   after  the   emergency,   and   to   accelerate   relief  and
rehabilitation;
(7) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and adv-lee
the City Mayor on all other matters relative to public information and
research data as it relates to the total socioeconomic development
of the City; and
(8)  Perform  other  duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
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SEC. 43.   Cfty Cooperafives Officer. -(a) The City Cooperatives
Officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City
of Ubay, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably
in business administration with special training on cooperatives or in any
related  course obtained from  a  recognized  college or university,  a first
grade  civil  service  eligible  or  its  equivalent,  and  must  have  acquired
experience in cooperatives organization and management for at least five
(5) years immediately preceding the date of appointment.
The appointment of a City Cooperatives Officer shall be optional,
(b)  The  City  Cooperatives  Officer  shall   receive  compensation,
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.
(c)  The  City  Cooperatives  Officer  shall  take  charge  of  the  City
Development of Cooperatives Office, and shall:
(1)     Formulate     measures     for     the     consideration     of
the Sanggun/.ang Pan/ungsod and provide technical assistance and
support to the City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the
delivery of basic services and the provision of facilities through the
development  of  cooperatives  and  in   providing  access  to  such
services and facilities;
(2)  Develop  plans  and  strategies  and,  upon  the  approval
thereof by the City Mayor,  implement the same,  particularly those
which have to do with the integration of cooperatives principles and
methods   in   programs   and   projects   which   the   City   Mayor   is
empowered      to      implement      and      which      thesar7ggL/r7i.ang
Pan/ungsod is empow`ered to provide;
(3) Assist in the organization of cooperatives;
(4) Provide technical and other forms of assistance to existing
cooperatives to enhance their viability as an economic enterprise
and social organization;
(5)    Assist    cooperatives    in    establishing    linkages    with
government agencies and nongovernmental organizations involved
in the promotion and  integration of the concept of cooperatives  in
the livelihood of the people and other community activities;
(6)    Be    in    the    frontline    of    cooperatives    organization,
rehabilitation or viability enhancement, particularly during and in the
aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or calamities, to aid in
their survival and, if necessary, subsequent rehabilitation;
(7) Recommend to the Sangguni.ang Part/ungsod and advise
the   City   Mayor  on   all   other   matters   relative   to   cooperatives
development  and  viability  enhancement  whieh  will   improve  the
livelihood and the quality of life of the inhabitants; and
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(8)  Perform  other duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
SEC. 44.  Cfty popu/azfon Officer. -(a) The City Population Officer
must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay,
of good  moral  character,  a  holder of a  college  degree  preferably with
specialized    training    in    population    development    obtained    from    a
recognized  college or university,  a first grade civil  service eligible or its
equivalent, and must have acquired experience in the implementation of
programs  on  population  development or responsible  parenthood  for at
least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of appointment.
The appointment of a City Population Officer shall be optional.
(b)   The   City   Population   Officer   shall   receive   compensation,
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.
(c)  The  City   Population   Officer  shall  take   charge  of  the   City
Population Development Office, and shall:
(1)     Formulate     measures     for     the     consideration     of
the Sanggun;.ang Pan/tjngsod and provide technical assistance and
support to the City Mayor in carrying  out measures to ensure the
delivery of basic services and the  provision  of adequate facilities
relative to the integration of the population development principles
and in providing access to said services and facilities;
(2)  Develop  plans  and  strategies  and,  upon  the  approval
thereof by the City Mayor,  implement the same,  particularly those
which  have  to  do with  the  integration  of population  development
principles  and  methods  in  programs  and  projects  which  the  City
Mayor  is  empowered  to  implement  and  which  the Sanggtini.ang
Pan/I/ngsod is empowered to provide;
(3)  Assist  the   City   Mayor   in   the   implementation   of  the
constitutional provisions relative to population development and the
promotion of responsible parenthood;
(4) Establish and maintain an updated data bank for program
operations,  development planning and an educational program to
ensure  the  people's  participation  in  understanding  of  population
development;
(5) Implement appropriate training programs responsive to the
cultural heritage of the inhabitants; and
(6)  Perform  other  duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
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SEC. 45.   Cfty AgH.cu/furl-sf. -(a) The City Agriculturist must be a
citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the Science City of Ubay, of good
moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in agriculture or
in  any  other  related  course  obtained  from  a  recognized  college  or
university,  a first grade civil  service eligible or its equivalent,  and  must
have practiced the profession in agriculture or acquired experience in a
related field for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of
appointment.
The appointment of a City Agriculturist shall be optional.
(b) The City Agriculturist shall  receive compensation, emoluments
and allowances as may be determined by law.
(c) The City Agriculturist shall take charge of the Office of the City
Agricultural Services, and shall:
(1 ) Formulate measures for the approval of the Sanggun/.ang
Pan/ungsod and  provide technical  assistance  and  support to  the
City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery of basic
services   and   the   provision   of   adequate   facilities   relative   to
agricultural services;
(2)  Develop  plans  and  strategies  and,  upon  the  approval
thereof by the City Mayor,  implement the same,  particularly those
which have to do with the agricultural programs and projects which
the    City    Mayor    is    empowered    to    implement    and    which
the Sangguniang Panlungsod -is empcNIered to prow.ide.,
(3) ln addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the City
Agriculturist, shall:
(i)   Ensure  that  maximum  assistance  and  access  to
resources  in  the  production,  processing  and  marketing  of
agricultural,  aquacultural  and  marine products are extended
to farmers, fishermen and local entrepreneurs;
(ii) Conduct or cause to be conducted location-specific
agricultural  researches  and  assist  in  making  available  the
appropriate   technology   arising   out   of  and   disseminating
information   on   basic  researoh   on   crops,   prevention   and
control  of  plant  diseases  and  pests,  and  other  agricultural
matters which will maximize productivity;
(iii)  Assist  the  City  Mayor  in  the  establishment  and
extension services of demonstration farms on aquaculture and
marine products;
(iv) Enforce rules and regulations relating to agriculture
and aquaculture; and
(v)     Coordinate    with    government    agencies     and
nongovernmental  organizations,  which  promote  agricultural
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productivity   through  -applied   technology   compatible   with
environmental integrity.
(4)  Be  in  the  frontline  of  the  delivery  of  basic  agricultural
services, particularly those needed for the survival of the inhabitants
during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or
calamities;
(5) Recommend to the Sangguni.ang Pan/ungsod and advise
the  City  Mayor  on  all  other  matters  related  to  agriculture  and
aquaculture   which   will    improve   the   livelihood   and   the   living
conditions of the inhabitants; and
(6)  Perform  other  duties  and  functions  and  exercise  other
powers as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991,
as amended, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
ARTICLE VIII
CITY FIRE STATION SERVICE, CITY JAIL SERVICE, CITY SCHOOLS
DIVISION AND CITY PROSECUTION OFFICE
SEC.   46.      Cfty  Ffro  Sfaffon   Sem`ce.  -(a)   There  shall   be
established   in   the  City  at  least  one   (1)   fire  station   with   adequate
personnel, fire fighting facilities and equipment, subject to the standards,
rules and regulations that may be promulgated by the Department of the
Interior   and   Local   Government   (DILG).   The   City   shall   provide   the
necessary land or site of the station.
(b) The city fire station shall be headed by a City Fire Marshal whose
qualifications shall be as those provided for under Republic Act No. 9263,
as  amended,  otherwise  known  as the  "Bureau  of Fi.re  Profecfi.on  and
Bureau  Of  Jail  Management  and  Penology  Professionalization  Act  Of
2004."
(c) The city fire station shall be responsible for providing emergency
services, such as the rescue and evacuation of injured people related to
incidents and, in general, all fire prevention and suppression measures to
secure the safety of life and property of the citizenry.
SEC. 47.   C/.fy Jai./ Se~i-ce. -(a) There shall be established and
maintained in the€ity a secured, clean, adequately equipped and sanitary
jail for the custody and safekeeping of prisoners, any fugitive from justice,
or person detained  awaiting  investigation  or trial  and violent mentally  ill
person who endangers oneself or the safety of others,  duly certified as
such by the proper medical health officer, pending the transfer to a mental
institution.
(b) The city jail service shall be headed by a City Jail Warden whose
qualifications shall be as those provided for under Republic Act No. 9263,
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as  amended,  otherwise  known  as the  "Bueau  Of Fi.re  Profectfon  and
Bureau  Of  Ja.II  Management  and  Penology  Professionalizat.Ion  Act  Of
2004. "  The city jail service shall assist in the immediate rehabilitation of
individuals or detention prisoners. Great care must be exercised so that
human rights of these prisoners are respected and protected, and their
spiritual and physical well-being are properly and promptly attended to.
SEC. 48.   Cjfy ScAoo/s Divl.s/.on. - (a) There shall be established
and maintained by the Department of Education (DepEd), a city schools
division of the Science City of Ubay whose area of jurisdiction will cover
all the school districts within the City.
(b)  The  city  schools  division  shall  be  headed  by  a  City  Schools
Division Superintendent who must possess the necessary qualifications
required by the DepEd.
SEC.   49.      C/.fy  ProsecqfJ.on   Servi.ce.-(a)   There   shall   be
established in the City, a city prosecution service to be headed by a City
Prosecutor and  such  number of assistant city prosecutors,  as  may be
necessary, who shall be organizationally part of the Department of Justice
(DOJ), and under the supervision and control of the Secretary of Justice
and  whose  qualifications,   manner  of  appointment,   rank,   salary  and
benefits shall be governed  by existing laws covering prosecutors in the
DOJ.
(b) The City Prosecutor shall handle the criminal prosecution in the
municipal trial courts in the City as well as in the  regional trial courts for
criminal cases originating in the territory of the City, and shall render to or
for the City such services as are required by law, ordinance or regulation
of the DOJ.
The Secretary of Justice shall always ensure the adequacy and the
quality of prosecution service in the City and, for this purpose, shall, in the
absence,  lack or insufficiency in number of assistant city prosecutors as
provided  hereinabove,  designate  from  among  the  assistant  provincial
prosecutors a sufricient number to perform and discharge the functions of
the City Prosecution Service as provided hereinabove.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSITORY AND FINAL PROVISIONS
SEC.  50.   Municipal  Ordinances  Existing  at the Time of the.
Approve/ of fbi.s Act. -All  municipal ordinances of the Municipality of
Ubay existing at the time of the approval of this Act shall continue to be in
force    within    the    Science    City    of    Ubay    until    thesanggtjni.ar7g
Pan/ungsod shall declare otherwise.
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SEC.  51.    P/ebi.scife. -The  Science  City  of  Ubay  shall  acquire
corporate existence upon the ratification of its creation by a majority of the
votes cast by the qualified voters in a plebiscite to be conducted in the
present Municipality of Ubay within one hundred twenty (120) days from
the approval of this Act. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) shall
conduct and supervise such plebiscite.
The expenses for the plebiscite shall be borne by the Municipality of
Ubay.
SEC. 52.   Officials of the Science Cfty of ubay. -The preserit
elective officials of the Municipality of Ubay shall continue to exercise their
powers and functions until such time that a new election is held and the
duly-elected  officials  shall  have  already  qualified  and  assumed  their
offices.   Appointive   officials   and   employees   of  the   municipality  shall
likewise continue exercising their functions and duties and they shall be
automatically  absorbed  by  the  city  government  of the  Science  City  of
Ubay.
SEC.  53.   Succession clause. - The Science City of Ubay shall
succeed  to  all  the  assets,  properties,  liabilities  and  obligations  of the
Municipality of Ubay.
SEC.  54.  Election  Of  Provincial  Governor  and  Sangguniang
Panlalawigan  Members  of the  Province  Of  Bohol.  -The  qualif.led
voters of the Science City of Ubay shall be qualified to vote and run for
any  elective  position  in  the  elections  for provincial  governor,  provincial
vice  governor, Sangguni.ang Pan/a/awt.gan members  and  other elective
officials for the Province of Bohol.
SEC. 55.  Jurisdiction of the Province of Bohol. -The Sdience
City of Ubay shall, unless otherwise provided by law, continue to be under
the jurisdiction of the Province of Bohol.
SEC. 56.  Suspension of Increase in Rates of Local Taxes. -No
increase in the rates of local taxes shall be imposed by the City within the
period of five (5) years from its acquisition of corporate existence.
SEC.  57.   Legi.s/ati-ve Di.strt.cf. - Until otherwise provided by law,
the  Science  City  of  Ubay  shall  continue  to  be  a  part  of  the  Second
Legislative District of the Province of Bohol.
SEC.  58.    App/i.cabi./jfy of Laws. - The  provisions  of the  Local
Government Code  of  1991,  as  amended,  other  laws  pertaining  to  the
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provisions-Of'this-Act-.
Province  of  Bohol  and  such  laws  as  are  applicable  shall  govern  the
Science  City  of  Ubay  insofar  as  these  are  not  inconsistent  with  the
SEC. 59.  Separab;7rty C/atJse. - lf, for any reason or reasons, any
part or provision of this Charter shall  be held  unconstitutional,  invalid or
inconsistent with the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended, the
other  parts  or  provisions  hereof which  are  not  affected  thereby  shall
continue to be in full force and effect.
SEC. 60.   Effecfivi.fy. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after its  publication  in the Offior.a/ Gaze#e or in a  newspaper of general
circulation.
Approved,
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