Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KRISTINE SINGSON MEEHAN 
AN ACT 
UPGRADING THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) DISTRICT OFFICE IN 
CANDON CITY, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR INTO A CLASS B LTO DISTRICT 
OFFICE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Since its inception in the early 1970’s, the Candon LTO District Office (LTO Candon) has 
been categorized as Class D Land Transportation Office (LTO) District Office. Being a Class D 
LTO District Office, the LTO Candon currently has an existing plantilla of eight (8) personnel. 
This proposed measure seeks to upgrade the classification of the LTO Candon – from a Class D 
LTO District Office into a Class B LTO District Office — pursuant to the policy laid out in LTO 
Memorandum Circular 2020-2200 dated 21 July 2020 (LTO MC No. 2020-2200).  
Statistics prepared by the Planning and Statistics Unit at LTO Regional Office I and duly 
certified by LTO Region I Acting Regional Director, on the number of transactions handled by the 
LTO Candon, from CY 2019 to 2021, positively reflect a tremendous increase of transactions 
annually, as detailed hereunder: 
2019 
2020 
2021 
Average 
MV Registration 
Transactions  
61,245
60,476
64,454
62,058
License 
Transactions 
48,171
27,490
19,615
31,759
Apprehensions 
Handled 
1,417
605
185
736
Total Volume of 
Transactions 
110,833
88,571
84,254
94,553
Revenue 
Collections 
65,431,648.55
55,171,475.15
57,299,119.85
P59,300,747.85
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In view of the foregoing statistics and pursuant to the standards on classification of district 
offices provided in LTO MC No. 2020-2200, wherein district offices are classified based on the 
average annual transactions / total volume of transactions accomplished (94,553) and the revenue 
collections generated by the LTO Candon (P59,300,747.85), the LTO Candon accordingly may 
now be classified as a Class B district office.  
 
 
Upgrading the classification of LTO Candon, from a Class D district office into Class B 
district office, will afford it with more resources, including the increase in the number of personnel 
from eight (8) to twenty-one (21). Not only will this provide more employment opportunities, more 
importantly, this will allow LTO Candon to process the ever-increasing transactions of the office 
more efficiently. 
 
As such, the immediate approval of this measure is earnestly sought. 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES 
Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KRISTINE SINGSON MEEHAN 
AN ACT 
UPGRADING THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) DISTRICT OFFICE IN 
CANDON CITY, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR INTO A CLASS B LTO DISTRICT 
OFFICE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
Section 1. The Land Transportation Office (LTO) district office in Candon City, Province of 
Ilocos Sur is hereby upgraded into a Class B district office. 
Section 2. The Secretary of Transportation shall immediately include in the Department's program 
the upgrading of the LTO district office in Candon City, Province of Ilocos Sur, the initial funding 
of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the existing Land 
Transportation Office (LTO) district office in Candon City. Thereafter, such sum as may be 
necessary for the continued operation of the upgraded Candon City LTO District Office shall be 
included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
Section 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or 
in a newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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