FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
SENATE 
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Senate Bill No. 2 9 0 2 
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JUL 25 P 6 :55 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Globalization and modernization has brought to life certain commercial industries 
which were almost non-existent before. This include the emergence of the pay parking 
industry, where once, a parking space in any part of the country, is made readily 
available to the public free of charge, as part of the complimentary services offered by 
the concerned establishment. 
But today, as we adopt certain models for multiple streams of income for 
businesses, which include the provision of onerous pay parking schemes, the cost of 
parking has already become a daily expense we can no longer ignore. 
With the intention of promoting the welfare and interests of the paying public, in 
particular, those who avail of parking spaces and its facilities, there is a need for us to 
regulate the imposition of parking fees by all establishments, whether public or private, 
thereby making it free of charge for the first three (3) hours of use by any customer, 
patron, client, consumer and the like, provided, that person has made a purchase or 
have availed of the services provided by said establishment, as evidenced by his 
receipUs. 
Accordingly, this would somehow provide the Filipino paying public with a modest 
respite from the spate of price increases on fuel, energy, commodities and services 
where the general current wage rate cannot proportionately cope with. 
Hence, approval of this Bill is earnestly sought. 
Senator 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Second Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 2902 
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'11 
JUL 25 
p 6 :55 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING ALL PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS TO PROVIDE 
FREE 
PARKING 
FOR 
ALL 
CUSTOMERS, 
PATRONS, 
CLIENTS, 
CONSUMERS AND THE LIKE, FOR THE FIRST THREE HOURS OF USE OF 
THE PARKING SPACE AND ITS FACILITIES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES 
FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. 
All establishments, whether private or public, are hereby required 
to provide free parking for all customers, patrons, clients, consumer~ and the like, 
for the first three hours of use of the parking space and its facilities. 
SEC. 2. 
In excess of the first three (3) hours of free use of the parking space 
and its facilities, a parking fee shall be collected based on a reasonable fee 
assessment as regularly imposed by said establishments; Provided that the 
customer, patron, client, consumer and the like has made a purchase or have 
availed of the services provided by the said establishment, as evidenced by his 
receipt/so 
SEC. 3. Any person or establishment, whether private or private, who violates the 
provisions of the preceding section shall be fined with not less than Fifty 
Thousand Pesos (P50,OOO.OO) and imprisonment or both, upon the discretion of 
the court. 
SEC. 4. Nothing herein contained, directly or indirectly, shall prevent other 
establishments from providing absolute free parking to their customers, patrons, 
clients and consumers. 
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SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, acts, presidential decrees, executive 
orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with or contrary 
to the provisions of this Act are deemed amended, modified or repealed 
accordingly. 
SEC. 6. Effectivity Clause. -
This Act shall take fifteen (15) days upon 
completion of its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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