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Introduced by Representative Rufus 8. Rodriguez
HouseBillNo.    5391
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This  bill  seeks  to  allow  local  government  units  to  retain  fifty  percent  (50%)  of the
collection  proceeds from all taxes,  fees and fines  imposed  under Presidential  Decree (PD)
No.   1185,   otherwise   known   as  the   Fire   Code  of  the   Philippines,   to   be   used   for  the
maintenance and  purchase of firefighting gadgets, equipment and fire trucks for its local fire
stations.
Pursuant to Section  14 of PD  1185,  local government units are  mandated  to collect
fire  inspection  fees  from  business  establishments  within  their  territories  and  to  remit  the
same  to  the  national  treasury.    However,  despite  the  huge  amount of fire  inspection  fees
remitted to the National Treasury,  the national government fails to provide for the purchase
of  new  fire  trucks  and  equipment  necessary  for  fire  prevention.     Hence,  dilapidated  fire
trucks  and  worn  out  firefighting  equipment  are  perennial  problems  in  the  prevention  and
suppression of fire.
Fire prevention and suppression require the adoption of uniform fire safety standards,
the  incorporation  of fire  safety  facilities  and  provision  of  protective  and  safety  devices  in
buildings   and   structures.      In   order  to   effectively  implement  all   efforts  to   minimize  the
occurrence  of  fires  and  their  destructive  effects,   it  is  imperative  to  empower  the  local
government units to retain fifty percent (50%) of the said collection proceeds to be used for
upgrading  equipment and  facilities of their respective fire departments.   The  remaining fifty
percent (50%), however, will still be remitted to the National Treasury.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
GUEZ


NINETEENTH CONGRESS                  )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES    )
FIRST REGULAR SESSION                )
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Introduced by Representative Rufus 8. Rodriguez
i  HouseBillNo.    5391
AN ACT
ALLOWING  LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO RETAIN  FIFTY PERCENT (50%) OF THE
PROCEEDS     FROM     ALL     TRIES,     FEES     AND     FINES     COLLECTED     UNDER
PRESIDENTIAL    DECREE    NUMBERED    ELEVEN    HUNDRED    AND    EIGHTY    FIVE,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED.
Be it enacted  by the Senate and  House of Representatives of the  Philippines in Congress
assembled:
SECTION.1.   Section  14 of Presidential  Deoree  No.1185,  otherwise  known  as the
Fire Code of the Philippines, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC.14.  Collection Of Taxes,  Fees and  Fines. -AII taxes, fees and
fines provided in Section  13 hereof, shall be collected by the Cfty or Municipal
Treasurer  [concemed]:   PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  "AT  FIFTY  PERCENT
(50%)   OF   ALL   SUCH   COLLECTIONS   SHALL   BE   SET   ASIDE   AND
RETAINED  By THE  cirv oR MUNlcipAL GovERNMENT CoNCERNED,
WlllcH SHALL APPROPRIATE THE SAME EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE USE
OF  ITS  LOCAL  FIRE  STATION  IN  THE  PURCHASE  OF  FIRE  TRUCKS,
FIRE   FIGHTING   EQUIPMENT,   APPLIANCES   OR   DEVICES,   AND   "E
MAINTENANCE     THEREOF;          PROVIDED,     FUR"ER,     THAT    "E
REMAINING     FIFTY     PERCENT    (50%)     SHALL     BE     REMITTED     [for
remittance] to the National Treasury."
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect ffteen (15) days following  its publication in at least
two (2) national newspapers of general ciroulation.
Approved,
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