FIFTEENTH CONGRESS 
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CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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Senate Bill No. :3132 
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Introduced by Senators Franklin Drilon, Manny Villar, Ralph Recto and Allan Peter Cay 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to to create a new municipality in the Province of Aurora to be known as the 
Municipality of Dr. Juan C. Angara composed of nine barangays to be separated from the Municipality 
of Maria Aurora, Province of Aurora. 
In 1951, the sub-province of Aurora was created through Republic Act 646. This was the first 
formal recognition of Aurora as a sub-province of Quezon. Dr. Juan C. Angara was its first elected 
governor. He was not only the symbol of Aurora's first democratic exercise of autonomy from Quezon 
but was also a symbol of the true meaning of public service as he not only served as Mayor of Baler in 
the years 1934 to 1937 and 1940 to 1945 but rendered medical services to his constituents for fi'ee. The 
new municipality is to be named after Dr. Juan C. Angara in recognition of his long and unselfish 
contribution to the development of Aurora. 
The proposed new town consists of mountainous terrain, far fi'om the center of the mother 
municipalities, hardly accessible and serviced by basic social services. More important, a great number 
of its residents are members of indigenous cultural communities. 
For the following reasons, the swift approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
AI,LAN PETER CAYETANO 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS 
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CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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Senate Bill No. 3132 
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Introduced by Senators Franklin Drilon, Manny Villar, Ralph Recto and Allan Pete 
Cayetano 
AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF DR. JUAN C. ANGARA IN THE 
PROVINCE OF AURORA 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Creation.- There is hereby created a new municipality in the Province of 
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Aurora to be known as the Municipality of Dr. Juan C. Angara. 
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SEC. 2. Composition. - The Municipality of Dr. Juan C. Angara shall be composed 
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of barangays Dianawan, Decoliat, Galintuja, San Juan, Suguit, Bazal, Pungio, Villa 
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Aurora and Dialatnan, which are 
now separated from the Municipality of Maria 
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Aurora, Province of Aurora to constitute the new Municipality of Dr. Juan C. 
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Angara. 
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SEC. 3. 
Seat of the Municipal Government. - The seat of government of the 
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Municipality of Dr. Juan C. Angara shall be at Barangay San Juan. 
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SEC. 4. Territorial Boundaries. - The territorial boundaries of the Municipality of 
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Dr. Juan C. Angara, which contains an approximate total land area of twenty thousand 
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one hundred two (20, I 02) hectares, shall be as follows: 
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"Bounded on the North by the Municipality of Alfonso Castalleda, Nueva Vizcaya; 
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on the South by the Municipality of San Luis, Aurora; on the East by the Municipality 
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of Maria Aurora, Aurora; and on the West by the Municipality of Bon gabon, 
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Nueva Ecija," 
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SEC. 5. Plebiscite and Commencement of Corporate Existence. - The Municipality 
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of Dr. Juan C. Angara shall acquire corporate existence upon ratification of its 
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creation by majority of the votes cast by qualified voters in a plebiscite to be 
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conducted in the barangays comprising the new municipality and in the Municipality 
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of Maria Aurora, Province of Aurora within thirty (30) days after the approval of this 
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Act. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) shall conduct and supervise the 
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plebiscite. 
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SEC. 6. Officials of the Municipality of Dr. Juan C. Angara. - The mayor, vice 
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mayor and the members of the sangguniang bayan of the Municipality of Dr. 
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Juan C. 
Angara shall, after the ratification of its creation, be 
appointed 
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President of the Philippines, in consultation with the representative of the 
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legislative district and the provincial governor. The said officials shall serve until the 
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new set of officials shall have been elected and qualified in the next local elections after 
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the approval of this Act. 
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Within six (6) months ti'om assumption of office, the sangguniang bayan shall 
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enact an ordinance declaring the Municipality of Dr. Juan C. Angara as Highlands 
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Conservation Municipality with land and forest use and zoning plan. 
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SEC. 7. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. - Within a period of six (6) months after 
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the effectivity of this 
Act, the Commission on Audit shall determine the 
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proportionate share of the new municipality in the obligations, funds, assets and other 
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properties. 
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SEC. 8. Internal Revenue Allotment Share. - The Municipality of Dr. Juan C. 
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Angara shall not be entitled to Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share as provided 
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under Section 285 of Republic Act No. 7160, as anlended, otherwise known as the 
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Local Government Code of 1991, during the first year of its creation until such time that 
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the municipality has not met the population requirement: Provided, however, That the 
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barangays enumerated under Section 2 hereof shall continue to receive their IRA 
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shares from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM): Provided, further, 
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that upon reaching the population requirement, the Municipality of Dr. Juan C. Angara 
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and all the barangays comprising it shall, thereafter, be entitled to IRA share as provided 
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under Section 285 of the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended. 
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SEC. 9. Applicability of Laws. - The Local Government Code of 1991, as amended, 
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and all other laws governing the administration and operation of IDlmicipalities are 
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hereby made applicable to the Municipality of Dr. Juan C. Angara. 
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SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations 
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which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended 
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or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 11. Effcctivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
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in any newspaper of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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