FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. No. 3005 
Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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The protection of public health is the primary duty of the State. It is 
the mandate of the State to protect and promote the well being of its 
citizens. It is the duty of the State to establish enabling laws and policies 
that will ensure safe, viable and dependable road safety standards and 
systems in the country. 
The motorcycle is fast becoming one of the preferred means of 
transportation in the country, primarily because of the advantages that it 
has over the conventional car and other types of vehicle. First, its 
affordability and accessibility are attracting low-income families to opt for 
the cheaper choice. Data indicate that the number of motorcycle production 
in the country is increasing even more rapidly than the number of other 
vehicles comprising the general vehicle population. Asian Development 
Bank reports that the number of motorcycles has been growing by forty 
(40) percent per year from 2005 to 2007. As of 2011, booming sales in the 
country show an average of 7,000 motorcycle units a week, as recorded by 
the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group. Apart from the 
motorcycle users from low income families, motorcycles are also attracting 
affluent families and their teenage children, who emphasize their stature in 
society and respective social circles by buying expensive motorcycles. 
Road accidents are common in the Philippines. Studies indicate that 
an average of 1,000 deaths occur per year in the Philippines due to road 
accidents. Last September 28, 2007, the representative of the World Health 
Organization (WHO) released a report which stated that road traffic 
crashes are the second leading causes of injury and death for all ages in 
the Philippines. The WHO added that since road traffic crashes are 
avoidable accidents, the number of deaths, injuries and disabilities caused 
by road accidents can be reduced through proactive and preventive 
policies and regulations. 
With the increase in motorcycle sales, there is also the proportional 
increase in the documented number of accidents involving motorcycles. 


Records of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Traffic 
Operations Center show an alarming increase in motorcycle traffic 
accidents, with 8,898 cases in 2005,9,742 cases in 2006,11,158 cases in 
2007, 12,669 cases in 2008, 13,561 cases in 2009 and finally, with 4,145 
cases in the first quarter of 2010. 
The danger that motorcycles impose on its users is twice as high 
compared to the other motorists on cars and other vehicles, due to the 
reason that motorcycles do not have the same safety features that cars and 
other vehicles can offer. In effect, motorcyclists are more vulnerable to 
serious injuries, or even death in some cases, when involved in traffic 
collisions. In the Philippines, especially in the provinces, motorcycle-related 
road traffic accidents can be attributed partly to untrained motorcycle riders 
who are not fit to ride motorcycles. 
Given the surge in the number of road accidents that either kill or 
injure passengers, drivers and pedestrians on the road, there is an urgent 
need on the part of government to implement a nationwide information, 
education and communication (IEC) campaign that will educate the 
motorcycle riders on the pertinent road safety standards, policies and 
regulations. 
In view of the foregoing, early passage of this bill is ea'.!.rn~~~ 
Senator 


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SENATE 
S. No. 
3005 
Introduced by Senator Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid 
AN ACT 
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT 
IMPOSING A MOTOR VEHICLE USER'S CHARGE ON OWNERS OF ALL TYPES OF 
MOTOR VEHICLES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" AND ALLOCATING FUNDS 
FOR 
NATIONWIDE 
ROAD 
SAFETY 
INFORMATION, 
EDUCATION 
AND 
COMMUNICATION (IEC) CAMPAIGN FOR MOTORCYCLE DRIVERS TO IMPROVE 
COMPLIANCE OF ROAD SAFETY RULES, STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. 
Section 7 of Republic Act No, 8794, otherwise known as "An Act 
Imposing a Motor Vehicle User's Charge on Owners of All Types of Motor Vehicles and 
For Other Purposes" is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Sec, 7, Disposition of Monies Collected, - All monies collected 
under this Act shall be earmarked solely and used exclusiv\'lly (1) for road 
maintenance and the improvement of road drainage, (2) for the,installation 
of adequate and efficient traffic lights and road safety devices, [and] (3) for 
air pollution control[,] AND (4) FOR NATIONWIDE INFORMATION, 
EDUCATION 
AND 
COMMUNICATION 
(IEC) 
CAMPAIGN 
FOR 
MOTORCYCLE ROAD SAFETY STANDARDS." 
"All such monies collected shall be deposited in four [(4)] (5) special 
trust accounts in the National Treasury, namely: (1) Special Road Support 
Fund; (2) Special Local Road Fund; (3) Special Road Safety Fund; [and] 
(4) Special Vehicle Pollution Control Fund[,j and (5) MOTORCYCLE 
ROAD SAFETY FUND. The distribution of collections under this Act shall 
be as follows:" 
"(1) 
[Eighty percent (80%)] SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT (78%) 
shall be allotted to and placed in the Special Road Support Fund;" 
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"(2) 
Five percent (5%) shall be allotted to and placed in the 
Special Local Road Fund;" 
"(3) 
Seven and one-half percent (7.5%) shall be allotted to and 
placed in the Special Road Safety Fund; [and]" 
"(4) 
Seven and one-half percent (7.5%) shall be allotted to and 
placed in the Special Vehicle Pollution Control Fund[.]; AND" 
"(5) 
TWO PERCENT (2%) SHALL BE ALLOTTED TO AND 
PLACED IN THE SPECIAL MOTOCYCLE ROAD SAFETY FUND." 
"The Special Road Support Fund, the Special Local Road Fund and 
the Special Road Safety Fund shall be under the DPWH, whereas the 
Special 
Vehicle 
Pollution 
Control 
Fund 
AND 
THE 
SPECIAL 
MOTORCYCLE ROAD SAFETY FUND shall be under the DOTC." 
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"The Special Local Road Fund shall be apportioned to provincial 
and city governments in accordance with the vehicle population and size 
of the road network under their respective jurisdictions, and shall be used 
exclusively for maintenance of local roads, traffic management and road 
safety devices." 
"THE SPECIAL MOTORCYCLE ROAD SAFETY FUND SHALL 
BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE NATIONWIDE INFORMATION, 
EDUCATION 
AND 
COMMUNICATION 
(IEC) 
CAMPAIGN 
FOR 
MOTORCYCLE ROAD SAFETY, USING MULTIMEDIA APPROACH, 
THAT WILL 
BE 
IMPLEMENTED 
BY THE 
DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION (DOTC) IN ORDER TO 
EDUCATE THE MOTORCYCLE RIDERS ON PERTINENT ROAD 
SAFETY REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS AND REDUCE THE 
INCIDENCE OF MOTORCYCLE RELATED ACCIDENTS IN THE 
COUNTRY." 
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SEC. 2. 
Section 8 of Republic Act No. 8794, otherwise known as "An Act 
Imposing a Motor Vehicle User's Charge on Owners of All Types of Motor Vehicles and 
For Other Purposes" is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Sec. 8. Status of the Special Funds. - The [four (4)] FIVE (5) 
special funds established' under this Act shall be distinct and separate 
from and in addition to any appropriation authorized and granted yearly to 
the DPWH and the DOTe to cover expenditures for the identified objects 
of expenditures under this Act. Congress shall continue to appropriate an 
amount in the General Appropriations Act for road maintenance of the 
DPWH: Provided, however, That any savings for each year out of such 
appropriation shall revert to the General Fund. Any savings from the 
special funds created herein shall accrue to these respective special 
funds." 
SEC. 3. Section 9 of Republic Act No. 8794, otherwise known as "An Act 
• Imposing a Molar Vehicle User's Charge on Owners of All Types of Molar Vehicles and 
For Other Purposes" is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Sec. 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Secretaries of 
the DPWH and the DOTC shall jointly within thirty (30) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, promulgate the rules and regulations to implement 
and carry out the intent, objectives, purposes and provisions of this Act, 
including such structural and procedural improvements in the systems and 
agencies concerned as may be necessary to ensure the prudent, wise, 
effective and efficient utilization of the special funds established under this 
Act: Provided, That the Secretary of the DPWH shall prepare the portion 
of the implementing rules and regulations pertaining to the Special Road 
Support Fund, the Special Local Road Fund, and the Special Road Safety 
Fund, and the Secretary of the DOTC shall prepare the portion of the 
implementing rules and regulations pertaining to the collection of the 
MVUC stated under Section 3 of this Act and on the disposition of the 
monies accruing to the Special Vehicle Pollution Control FundL] AND 
SPECIAL MOTORCYCLE ROAD SAFETY FUND." 
SEC. 4. 
Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid 
or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the proVision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valid and subsisting. 
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SEC. 5. 
Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, 
or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended 
accordingly. 
SEC. 6. 
Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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