Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
THIRD REGULAR SESSION 
House Bill No. _______ 
INTRODUCED BY Rep. GREG G. GASATAYA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) as an agency attached to the 
Department of Transportation (DOTr) is mandated to promulgate, administer, enforce, monitor compliance 
of policies, laws, and regulations of public land transportation services. The agency’s mission of ensuring 
adequate, safe, convenient, environment-friendly, and dependable public land transportation at reasonable 
rates for the commuting public and its vision of improvement of the socio-economic status of its 
stakeholders and promotion of the welfare of the general public require on-site services and monitoring of 
program implementation. 
With the rising economy in the Western Visayas region particularly in the Metropolitan Bacolod 
area, motor vehicle use, both in the private and public sectors, has been on an upward trend, evident in the 
growing volume of traffic especially in major thoroughfares. Transport network vehicle systems (TNVS) 
have also become popular among citizens that it is now a major contributor in motor vehicle and user 
volume. Due to the aforementioned rise, the demand for services provided by the LTFRB in relation to 
franchise application, registration, regulation, and issuance and sectoral subsidy programs have similarly 
increased. However, despite the rising number of stakeholders situated in the Metropolitan Bacolod area, 
constituents are still burdened with the inconvenience of travelling to the Regional Office in Iloilo just to 
transact with the LTFRB. Likewise, recent events pertaining to the State’s fuel subsidy program wherein 
stakeholders, particularly transport groups representing 7,000 drivers in Bacolod City, failed to receive 
government subsidy amid a significant increase in fuel cost, emphasizes the need to establish an LTFRB 
Office to cater to and oversee the situation of stakeholders in the area. 
In pursuit of efficient, effective, and accessible public service, passage of this bill is earnestly 
sought. 
REP. GREG G. GASATAYA 
Lone District of Bacolod City 
March 23, 2022
5:51 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
THIRD REGULAR SESSION 
House Bill No. _______ 
INTRODUCED BY Rep. GREG G. GASATAYA 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING A LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD 
(LTFRB) OFFICE IN THE LONE DISTRICT OF BACOLOD CITY, PROVINCE OF NEGROS 
OCCIDENTAL, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. There shall be established a provincial office of the Land Transportation Franchising 
and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in the Province of Negros Occidental, to be known as LTFRB-Negros 
Occidental Provincial Office, which shall exercise jurisdiction over the Province of Negros Occidental and 
shall be headed by a provincial director. The LTFRB-Negros Occidental Provincial Office shall be located 
in Bacolod City, Province of Negros Occidental. 
SECTION 2. Within sixty (60) days from the approval of this Act, the LTFRB, in coordination 
with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), shall determine the organizational structure and 
staffing pattern for the LTFRB-Negros Occidental Provincial Office. The said organizational structure and 
staffing pattern shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the LTFRB and the Secretary of the DBM for 
approval. 
SECTION 3. The Chairperson of the LTFRB shall immediately include in the LTFRB’s programs 
the operationalization of the LTFRB-Negros Occidental Provincial Office. 
SECTION 4. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in 
the annual General Appropriations Act. 
SECTION 5. LTFRB shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective 
implementation of this Act within sixty (60) days from its approval. 
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official 
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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