Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

no. 3909

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HONORABLE ROMEO M. ACOP

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Engineering districts are key institutional mechanisms in the
implementation of priority infrastructure projects such as the construction,
maintenance ‘and rehabilitation of national roads and bridges, as well as
irrigation and flood control projects in a given district. These infrastructures serve
as building blocks of economic and social development in the area.

Republic Act No. 8793, entitled “An Act Upgrading the Rizal Sub-District
Engineering Office into a Regular District Engineering Office to be Known as the
Rizal First Engineering District and Appropriating Funds Therefor,” enacted on
27 June 2000, created the Rizal First Engineering District which has jurisdiction
over infrastructure and public works in the municipalities of Angono,
Binangonan, Cainta and Taytay of the First Legislative District of Rizal, and
including Antipolo City. Consequently, the then existing engineering district office
in Pasig was renamed as the Rizal Second Engineering District with jurisdiction
over the municipalities of Tanay, Jala-Jala, San Mateo, Teresa, Rodriguez,
Morang, Baras, Cardona and Pililia—the same jurisdiction of the Second
Legislative District of the Province of Rizal.

However, since the conversion of Antipolo City from a municipality into a
component city of Rizal Province on April 4,1998 under Republic Act No. 8508,
the city has grown to its present status not only as a highly-progressive city but
also as the most populous one in the CALABARZON region with a population of
887,399 as of 2020.! Antipolo City alone consists of two (2) legislative districts. To
ensure the efficient implementation of infrastructure projects in the two
legislative districts of the city, it is imperative that a new engineering district be
created for the City of Antipolo.

This bill seeks to create a separate district engineering office in the City of
Antipolo which shall be known as the Rizal Third Engineering District, amending
for the purpose Republic Act No. 8793. It shall have jurisdiction over

‘Philippine Statistics Authority. (2021). “Highlights of the Region IV-A (CALABARZON) Population
2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH)". Available at: https://psa.gov.ph/population-
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infrastructure and public works in the sixteen (16) composite barangays of the
city divided into eight (8) barangays of each legislative district. It will free the
current Rizal First Engineering District from the burden of stretching its limited
resources to provide for the ever-growing public works needs of the City of
Antipolo, as well as facilitate a more focused response to the developmental
requirements of the city.

Under existing guidelines of the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH}, the creation of a new district engineering office (DEO) requires a national
road length of less than 100 kilometers for a third class DEO, a land area of 100
square kilometers, and a population of 250,000 inhabitants. At present, Antipolo
City has a national road length of 98.73 kilometers (including bridges), a land
area of 156.68 square kilometers and a population of 887,399 as of 2020. Thus,
the requirements for the creation of a new DEO are well complied with.

For the foregoing reasons, the immediate approval of the bill is earnestly
sought.

Representative
2nd District, Antipolo City


Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 3509

Introduced by HONORABLE ROMEO M. ACOP

AN ACT
CREATING A SEPARATE DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE CITY OF
ANTIPOLO, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. There is hereby created, under the supervision of the Department of
Public Works and Highways, a separate district engineering office in the City of

Antipolo, which shall be known as the Rizal Third Engineering District.

SECTION 2. The Rizal Third Engineering District shall be separated from the
Rizal First Engineering District and shall assume jurisdiction over infrastructure
and public works in the First and Second Congressional Districts of Antipolo

City.

SECTION 3. The Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH) is hereby authorized to promulgate and effect rules and regulations

necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.


SECTION 4. The Secretary of the DPWH shall include in the Department's
program the funding requirements for the operationalization of the Rizal Third
Engineering District for the year following the enactment of this Act, the initial

funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the

Rizal First Engineering Dis

ict. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the
continued operation of the said district engineering office shall be included in the

annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 5. Republic Act No. 8793, entitled “An Act Upgrading the Rizal Sub-
District Engineering Office into a Regular District Engineering Office to be Known
as the Rizal First Engineering District and Appropriating Funds Therefor,” is
hereby amended accordingly. All laws, decrees, executive issuances, rules and
regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified

accordingly.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen ( 15) days after its publication in at

least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,