Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 3883

Introduced by Representatives Daphne A. Lagon and Sonny L. Lagon

EXPLANATORY NOTE

s bill seeks to establish an extension office of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in
the Municipality of Cordova, Province of Cebu.

The Municipality of Cordova is located in Mactan Island bordered to the North by the
highly-urbanized city of Lapu-lapu, to the West by the Mactan Channel, to the East by the
Hilutungan Channel and Olango Island and to the South by the Cebu Strait. It is a part of Metro
Cebu and home to more than seventy-two thousand (72,000) residents.

As of the present, vehicle owners and drivers from the municipality who need to transact
with the Land Transportation Office, either for the registration and renewal of vehicles or divers”
licenses and the likes, do so at the LTO Lapu-lapu City District Office, the nearest LTO office.

It is, unfortunate, however, that the LTO Lapu-lapu City District Office has been
operating beyond its capacity as. Lapu-lapu City is a highly urbanized city that is home to five
hundred thirty-two thousand residents. Hence, delays in the release of vehicle registrations and
drivers’ licenses, not to mention over-crowding in its premises during office days, are quite
normal. These unsuitable situations breed the proliferation of illegal fixers who take advantage of
the public’s inconvenience

Establishing an extension office of the LTO at the Municipality of Cordova, therefore,
will greatly benefit not only its residents in terms of improved accessibility and more efficient
services. The extension office can serve as well the residents of the nearby barangays of Lapu-
lapu City such as Babag, Calawisan, Timpoloc, Marigondon, Suba Basbas, Maribago and others,
thereby decongesting LTO Lapu-lapu City District Office and enhance as well its services. In
sum, it will improve the agency’s delivery of services in the whole of Mactan Island which is
home to more than six hundred thousand residents.

In view of the above premises, the prompt approval of this measure is highly sought and
recommended,

DAPHNEJA. [AGON SONNY L. LAGON
6" District, Cebu Party List, AKO BISAYA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 3883

Introduced by Representatives Daphne A. Lagon and Sonny L. Lagon

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING AN EXTENSION OFFICE OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE (LTO) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CORDOVA, PROVINCE OF CEBU,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the Land Transportation Office (LTO)
Lapu-lapu District Office, an LTO Extension Office in the Municipality of Cordova, Province
of Cebu.

SECTION 2. The Secretary of Transportation shall immediately include in the
Department's program the operationalization of the LTO Extension Office in the
Municipality of Cordova, Province of Cebu, the funding of which shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of Transportation shall issue the necessary rules and
regulations within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation,

Approved,