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Republic of the Philippines pare _ 2-4 AUG 2016

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV!
Quezon Cit

SEVEN’ (TH CONGRESS:
First Regular Session

3244

REGISTRATION UNIT.
BILLS AND INDEX Si

ACE

HOUSE

ILL. NO

Introduced by Rep. MARK AERON H. SAMBAR

Explanatory Note

‘This bill seeks to establish a Sports Development Council in the national,
provincial, city and municipality to promote and develop grassroots and
developmental sports in the Local Government Units. The Council will be an attached
agency of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).

Section 19 (1), Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution provides that “the State shall
promote physical education and encourage sports programs, league competitions and
amateur sports programs, league competitions and amateur sports including training,
for international competition, to foster self-discipline, teamwork and excellence of a
healthy and alert citizenry”.

Section 6 (b) of Republic Act No. 6847 provides that the PSC shall encourage
wide participation of all sectors, government and private, in amateur sports
promotion and development. Furthermore, Section 7 (m) of Republic Act No. 6847
provides that the PSC shall “encourage, promote and sustain the creation and
establishment of regional, provincial, city, municipal and barangay sports promotion
and development councils,

Along, with these constitutional and statutory mandates, and in response to
avow the purpose of promoting physical education and encouraging sports program
in the country, it is imperative that a national sports network should be established
that will assist the government agencies concerned to pursue and develop strategy in
grassroots level.

For the reason, this bill aims to promote and sustain youth and sports
development program in the provincial, city, and municipal level composed of
government officials, non-government organizations, and stakeholders to promote
activities within their jurisdiction in consonance with the national youth and sports
agenda.

As an attached agency of the Philippine Sports Commission, there is an
assurance that the Sports Development Couneil (SDC) shalll serve as the nationwide
organizational network to assist the PSC in the information dissemination,
implementation and monitoring of the Grassroots Sports Plan (GSP).



Early passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

1K AERON HSAMBAR


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNo_3244

Introduced by Hon. MARK AERON H. SAMBAR

AN ACT
CREATING THE NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL, CITY, MUNICIPAL
SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS

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

SEC. 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the "National Sports Development
‘Council Act of 2016".

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is declared the national policy to recognize the
necessity of creating a sports development council in every national, provincial, city
and municipality to help develop sports in local government units in order to carry
out the declared national policy stated in the preceding paragraph of this Section.

SEC. 3. Powers and Functions of the Council. The National SDC shall perform the
following functions and responsibilities:

a. Meet at least quarterly, or as deemed necessary;

b, Conduct an annual general SDC Summit meeting every third quarter of the
year;

c. Ensure the alignment of the sports calendar of SDC across levels;

. Ensure the promotion, implementation, monitoring of the GSP across all levels
of the SDC;

e. To perform other functions deemed necessary to promote and implement the
GSP; and

f. To perform such other functions and exercise such other powers necessary to
carry out the declare policy, the aforementioned objectives, and the provisions
of this Act


SEC. 4, Composition of the National Sports Development Council. There shall
be a National, Regional, Provincial, City/Municipal SDC which shall serve as the
nationwide organizational network to assist the PSC in the information dissemination,
implementation and monitoring of the Grassroots Sports Plan (GSP), and shall be
composed of the following:

THE NATIONAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL:

Chairman - Executive Secretary, Office of the President
Co-Chairman - —_ Chairman, Philippine Sports Commission

Vice Chairman for Local Government

Participation - Undersecretary of the DILG
Vice Chairman for
School Affairs
Vice Chairman for
Wellness Concerns

Undersecretary of the DEPED

Undersecretary of the DOH

jember - President, League of Provincial Governors

lember - President, League of City Mayors
Member - President, League of Municipal Mayors
Member - Presidential Adviser on Sports

PROVINCIAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL:

Chairman - Provincial Governor

Vice Chairman - —_ Provincial Vice Governor
Secretariat - Provincial Sports Office
Member - City / Municipal Mayors
Member - _ DILG Provincial Director
Member + DEPED Provincial Director
Member = DOH Provincial Director
Member - PSC Representative

CITY/MUNICIPAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL:

Chairman : City/ Municipal Mayor

Vice Chairman = —_City/Municipal Vice Mayor

Member -  City/Municipal Councilor In-Charge of Sports
Secretariat - _ City/Municipal Sports Office

Member - ABC City/Municipal President

Member - SK Federation City /Muni

ipal Chairman

SEC. 5. Government Agency and NGO Support .The DILG, DepEd, and PSC,
together with the local government units, and other government agencies and
instrumentalities shall issue appropriate circulars and guidelines to implement this
law within their respective areas of concern and shall incorporate, in their respective


annual budgets, a separate and specific budget for sports promotion and youth
development shall conduct fund-raising activities with the private sector to sustain
the program and activities of the Youth and Sports Development Councils at all levels.

SEC. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The PSC shall prepare and
promulgate the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) to carry out the provisions
of this Order. The structures, manpower component and programs of the Institute
shall also form part of the IRR.

SEC. 7. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act or the application of
such provision to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this
Act or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be
affected thereby.

SEC. 8, Repealing Clause. All laws, rules or orders inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 9. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect upon completion of its publication
in at least one (1) national newspaper of general circulation

Approved,