REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY

16™ CONGRESS,
2"? REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO, _5830

Introduced by Honorable ISAGANI S. AMATONG

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Bill seeks to create a new Municipality from out of the Municipality of
Sibuco in the province of Zamboanga del Norte. It will be named the Municipality of
Lintangan, and will comprise Ten (10) Barangays embracing a total land area of about
thirty thousand hectares (30,000 has.) more or less. Its seat of Government shall be
established at Barangay Lintangan.

‘The Municipality of Sibuco has a total land area of about seventy eight thousand
two hundred fifty four (78,254 has.) hectares, the biggest in the entire province of
Zamboanga del Norte. Among the twenty five towns, excluding the Cities of Dipolog and
Dapitan, the southernmost town of Sibuco shares comparatively a larger Internal Revenue
Allotment (IRA), Yet such share, given its vast area of coverage and corresponding local
government structure and manpower, is deemed grossly inadequate to deliver the
expected government basic services. This condition has, over the years, resulted in poor
infrastructures and a state of massive under-development in the Lintangan area.

The creation of Lintangan Municipality will be advantageous to both the
Municipalities of Sibuco and Lintangan. Sibuco will still remain as a premier
municipality in Zamboanga del Norte while Lintangan will be given the opportunity to
bring about a local government closer to its constituents, more efficient and effective in
delivering basic services and embark on socio-economic development program as well as
infrastructures deemed essential in the light of the ASEAN Economic Community.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this Bill is earnestly sought.

ISAGANI Kéée(


Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

2%” REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 5830

INTRODUCED BY HON. ISAGANI S. AMATONG

AN ACT
CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF LINTANGAN IN THE PROVINCE OF
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE

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

Section I, Creation - There is hereby created a new municipality from out of the
municipality of Sibuco in the Province of Zamboanga del Norte to be known as the
Municipality of Lintangan.

Section 2. Seat of Municipal Government - The seat of government of the new
Municipality of Lintangan shall be in the old Barangay Lintangan which will henceforth
be renamed as Barangay Poblacion, Lintangan, Zamboanga del Norte.

Section 3. Territorial Boundaries - The Municipality of Lintangan as herein
created, composed of Barangays Limpapa, Lingayon, Bongalao, Malayal, Lintangan
Paniran, Sto, Nino, Tangarak, Lunday, and Litawan, all in the municipality of Sibuco,
Province of Zamboanga del Norte, has the following technical descriptions

“Bounded on the North by Lumayang Point of the Municipality of Sibuco as,
comer 1; thence, following the coast of Sulu Sea on the West until the mouth of Patalon
River of the City of Zamboanga on the South as comer 2; on the East by the City of
Zamboanga as comer 3; and thence from comer | due East until it reaches the


Zamboanga City boundary as comer 4, containing an area of Thirty Thousand (30,000)
hectares, more or less”;

The foregoing provision shall be without prejudice to the resolution by the
appropriate agency or forum of any boundary dispute or case involving question of
territorial jurisdiction between the Province of Zamboanga del Norte and the adjoining
local government units (LGUs): Provided, however, That the territorial jurisdiction of the
disputed area or areas shall remain with the LGU, which has existing administrative
supervision over said area or areas until the final resolution of the case

Section 4, Plebiscite - The Municipality of Lintangan shall acquire corporate
existence upon the ratification of its creation by a majority of the votes cast by qualified
voters in a plebiscite to be conducted in the barangays comprising the Municipality of
Lintangan pursuant to Section 3 hereof, and in the Municipality of Sibuco, Province of
Zamboanga del Norte within thirty (30) days from approval of this Act

‘The Commission of Elections shall conduct and supervise such plebiscite,

Section 5. Officials of the Municipality of Lintangan - Upon ratification of its
creation by a majority of the votes cast by qualified voters in a plebiscite, the mayor, vice
mayor and the members of the sangguniang bayan shall be appointed by the President of
the Republic of the Philippines, in consultation with the representative of the
congressional district and the provincial governor, and shall serve until the new set of
officials shall have been elected and qualified in the next local elections following the
approval of this act.

Section 6. Internal Revenue Allotment Shares ~ During the first year of
acquisition of its corporate existence, the Municipality of Lintangan shail receive the
Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) shares of barangays as provided in section 3 hereof
from the Department of Budget and Management. Thereafter, the Municipality Lintangan
and all the barangays comprising it shall be entitled to IRA shares pursuant to the
provision of Section 285 of Republic act no. 7160, otherwise known as the Local
Government Code of 1991

Section 7, Appropriations, ~The amount necessary to conduct such plebiscite as
provide for under this Act shall be borne proportionately by the Municipality of Sibuco
and the barangays comprising the new Municipality of Lintangan

Section 8. Repealing Clause, ~ All laws, executive orders, rules and regulations
which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or
modified accordingly.

Section 9. Effectivity ~ This act shall take effect upon its approval

Approved