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INTRODUCED BY HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Local Government Code tasks the Punong Barangay and the Sangguniang Barangay 
with the primary Eunction of ensuring the general welfare of the barangay and its inhabitants. 
Working almost 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the Punong Barangay and the members 
of the Sangguniang Barangay receive only honoraria and other benefits under the Local 
Government Code. They are also provided insurance benefits under RA 6942. 
The law, however, does not provide for their pension when they retire. 
The attached bill seeks to address this need by providing for pension benefits for the Punong 
Barangay and the members of Sangguniang Barangay when they retire. For them to qualify for the 
retirement pension provided in the bill they must have served at least three (3) consecutive terms as 
such barangay official. 
Passage of the bill is earnestly urged. 
MANUEL B. v LLAR, JR. 
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INTRODUCED BY HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR JR. 
AN ACT PROVIDING RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR THE PUNONG BARANGAY AND 
MEMBERS OF THE SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY WHO HAVE SERVED THREE (3) 
CONSECUTIVE TERMS AS SUCH OFFICIALS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oaf the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. In addition to the existing benefits as provided them by law, every punong 
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barangay and sangguniang barangay member who has served as such for three (3) consecutive 
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terms, shall, at the end of his third term, be entitled for life to a monthly retirement pension 
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incumbency. 
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SEC. 2. For purposes of this Act, the national government of the Republic of the Philippines 
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shall appropriate annually and include in the General Appropriations Act the total annual premiums 
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based on the actual members of barangay officials covered under Section One hereof and as certified 
by the Department of Interior and Local Government and as recommended by the Government 
Service Insurance System, based on the actuarial studies the System shall conduct fiom time to time 
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to determine the adequacy of the government contribution as provided herein. The entire 
appropriation for the payments of the total annual premium shall be released to the System during 
the first month of every calendar year. 
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SEC. 3. All claims for payment of retirement benefit pursuant to the provisions of this Act, 
shall, with the assistance of barangay officials concerned, be processed and settled within thirty (30) 
days at the nearest Government Service Insurance System branch fiom submission of all the 
required documents to the System. 


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SEC. 4. Within thirty (30) days after the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Interior 
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and Local Government, in consultation with the Government Service Insurance System, shall 
promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the proper implementation of this Act: Provided, 
That no barangay official covered by this Act shall be deprived of the retirement benefit provided 
herein due to the failure of the Department and System to promulgate the rules mandated in this 
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SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (I 5) days after its complete publication in two (2) 
national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved.