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SB. NO. 25@8 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to prohibit the charging of any fee for the use of parking spaces in 
shopping malls, hotels, and similar commercial establishments. The objective of this bill 
is to prohibit and outlaw this practice of exacting or charging parking fees which have 
become pernicious. 
As the populace becomes increasingly dependent on automobiles, in many 
instances, efforts to accommodate parking the motor vehicles have overextended actual 
need. The cost of providing parking is driven by key factors: the number of parking 
spaces required the opportunity cost of the land used for parking and the cost for parking 
space. The more parking spaces required, the higher the cost of parking. 
Parking spaces are one of the practical ways for these establishments to prop up 
their economic viability and potentials. However, one of the problems is the proliferation 
of park-for-a-fee spaces allotted by these commercial establishments to charge and 
collect parking fees from customers who use the parking areas. It has been observed that 
malls, hotels and similar establishments have been charging fees and they still charge 
additional parking fees by the hour after three hour’s lapse. The fact that the commercial 
center and shopping mall management always deny responsibility for loss of any vehicle 
or any personal property left inside the car even if it is occurred inside their guarded 
parking areas. 
They should stop acting like scrooge and for a change give something back to 
their loyal customers. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is highly recommended 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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Third Regular Session 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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SB.NO. 25e$ 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF OR EXACTION OF ANY FEE 
FOR TBE USE OF PARKING SPACES AND FACILITIES LOCATED WmHIN 
SHOPPING MALLS, HOTELS AND SIMILAR BUSINESS AND/OR 
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES 
THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
Section 1. This Act shall prohibit owners of shopping malls, hotels and similar 
business 
and/or commercial establishments, 
their 
agents and/or authorized 
representatives, from imposing, exacting, collecting and/or charging any and all fees for 
the use of parking spaces located within these establishments, except owners of buildings 
or spaces which are exclusively devoted or utilized to provide parking spaces and 
services and not in any way connected with any other business. 
Section 2. No Building Permit shall be issued for the construction of business and 
commercial establishments that include as integral parts thereof, parking spaces and 
facilities; and buildings and other facilities for parking purposes within existing business 
and commercial establishments unless owners thereof submit sworn statements that 
parking spaces and facilities shall be made available to the public free of charge: 
Provided, the permits for the construction of buildings and facilities to be devoted or 
utilized exclusively for parking purposes shall be issued only upon submission of a sworn 
statement that the said buildings and facilities are to be devoted or used exclusively for 
parking purposes and are not attached, in any way, to any shopping mall, hotel or any 
other similar establishment. 
Section 3. Any business establishment which shall collect, impose, exact or 
charge any fee for the use of parking spaces and facilities in violation of this Act, shall be 
penalized with a fine of not less than One Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php100,OOO.OO) but 
not more than Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php500,OOO.OO). The Members of the 
Board of Directors or any other corporate officers found guilty of violating any 
provisions of this Act shall suffer an imprisonment of not more than five (5) years. 
Any government official or employee who shall be found to have violated the 
provision of this Act by approving or issuing building permits for the construction of 
parking spaces and facilities, shall be suspended for not less than ten (10) days but not 
more than sixty (60) days., aRer due notice and hearing in an appropriate administrative 
proceedings; Provided, that this shall not exclude further prosecution from other laws. 
Section 4. Any provision of this Act which is subsequently declared to be 
unconstitutional shall not affect the validity of its other provisions. 


Section 5. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof 
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. 
Section 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. 
Approved