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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
Nineteenth Congress 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ________ 
Introduced by Hon. Amparo Maria J. Zamora 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The City of Taguig is a first class highly urbanized city1 located in the southern 
section of Metro Manila and northwestern shores of Laguna de Bay. It has a 
population of 886,7222  local inhabitants with a steady increase of expatriates, real 
estate investors, foreign companies and working population from nearby cities, now 
residing in the City. 
Known as the second largest business center in the Philippines with state-of-
the-art development, it hosts the Philippine Stock Exchange Headquarters, at least 
7,776 Registered Commercial and Industrial Establishments, 283 Universal and 
Commercial Banks, 10 Rural Banks, 127 Manufacturing Firms, 24 Cottage Industries, 
15 Batching Plants and several hundred of business firms and establishments like 
prestigious International schools, shopping malls and restaurants with more than 
2Million square meter of Prime offices and properties. 
With Taguig’s high populace and thriving business district, it is only catered by 
one (1) LTO Extension Office to process all the new applications and renewals of 
licenses. As a result, the agency is often overwhelmed with a lot of clients – creating 
long queues and further delaying the delivery of service. 
As such, this bill seeks to convert the existing LTO Extension Office in the 
City of Taguig established in the year 2000, into a Regular LTO District Office. For 
twenty-three years, the LTO extension office located at the Old Administrative 
Building, FTI Compound in Western Bicutan, Taguig, has been in operation but with 
1 LGU201.dilg.gov.ph  
2 Census of Population (2020). "National Capital Region (NCR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and 
Barangay. PSA. Retrieved July 8, 2021. 
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functions limited only to the renewal of motor vehicle registrations and other motor 
vehicle miscellaneous transactions. Being a mere extension of LTO Pasig District 
Office, it is also manned by staff from other District Offices, sometimes by personnel 
of the District Law Enforcement Team to augment the lack of plantilla positions. 
 
The conversion of the existing LTO office into a Regular District Office would 
allow Taguigueños and other motorists to maximize other services offered by the 
LTO, such as the registration of motor vehicles and issuance of driver’s licenses and 
permits. In doing so, it will effectively ease the difficulties in attending kilometric 
queues in the application and registration of motor vehicles, licenses and permits in 
other LTO District Offices. 
 
The conversion would also enable it to address the increasing number of 
transactions with an average of five hundred daily transactions, which the existing 
office no longer meets given the limited personnel and equipment. With the 
conversion, it will support the number of plantilla positions and complement the 
efficient delivery of services within the City of Taguig in a systematic manner. Thus, 
it will improve competitiveness and vitality in the delivery of public service and 
promote the development of a more robust and safe transportation of service, persons, 
goods and information among the transport sector. 
 
The passage of the Bill essentially allows the LTO through its Taguig City 
District Office to further realize its vision as a government agency that showcase fast 
and efficient public service for a progressive land transport sector.3 
 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this Bill is earnestly sought. 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
HON. AMPARO MARIA J. ZAMORA 
                                        
    Representative. 2nd District of Taguig 
 
 
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
Nineteenth Congress 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ________ 
Introduced by Hon. Amparo Maria J. Zamora 
AN ACT 
CONVERTING 
THE 
LAND 
TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE 
(LTO) 
EXTENSION OFFICE LOCATED IN TAGUIG CITY INTO A REGULAR 
LTO DISTRICT OFFICE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1.  The existing Land Transportation Office (LTO_ Extension 
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Office located in Taguig City is hereby converted into a Regular LTO District 
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Office.  
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SEC. 2. The Secretary of Transportation (DOTr) shall immediately 
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include in the Department’s program the operationalization of the LTO Extension 
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Office in Taguig City, the funding of which shall be included in the annual 
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General Appropriations Act. 
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SEC. 3. The Secretary of DOTr shall issue the necessary rules and 
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regulations within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the 
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Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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