NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1245
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Introduced by Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel HI
AN ACT
CREATING A MANDATORY POSITION FOR A 
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER IN 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AMENDING FOR THE 
PURPOSE SECTIONS 443, 454 AND 463 OF REPUBLIC 
ACT NO. 7160, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 
THE “LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991,” AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Local Government Unit (LGU) personnel are considered as 
the “frontline” contact between the government and the public. 
Thus, recruitment and hiring of government employees in the 
LGUs should be done with circumspect and proper guidelines.
LGUs, however, do not have Human Resource Management 
Officers to lead the recruitment process and provide uniform and 
standard procedures for hiring government personnel in 
accordance with civil service rules.
Thus, this representation believes that a competent Human 
Resource Management Officer will play an important role in the 
efficient delivery of public service. With guidance from the Civil


Service Commission, the central human resource institution of the 
government, such Officer will facilitate proper recruitment, career 
development, performance management, discipline, better 
personnel relations, and rewards and incentives for service 
excellence, to ensure the competency and credibility of all 
government personnel.
Hiring of employees or officials to fill important positions 
in the government should not be a “trial and error” process. It 
should go through a holistic assessment with uniform standards 
and levels of competence.
In view of foregoing considerations, approval of this bill is 
earnestly sought.
A^UIL^NO t6XOKO” PIMENTEL III


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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1245
'22 ftUG 31 AlO :15
Introduced by Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III
AN ACT
CREATING A MANDATORY POSITION FOR A HUMAN 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER IN LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT UNITS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE 
SECTIONS 443, 454 AND 463 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, 
AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991,” AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled:
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SECTION 1. Section 443 of Republic Act No. 7160 or the
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“Local Government Code of 1991”, as amended, is hereby further
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amended to read as follows:
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“SECTION. 443. Officials of the Municipal
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Government. - (a) There shall be in each municipality a
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municipal mayor, a municipal vice-mayor, Sangguniang
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Bayan members, a secretary to the Sangguniang Bayan, a
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municipal treasurer, a municipal assessor, a municipal
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accountant, a municipal budget officer, a municipal planning
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and development coordinator, a municipal engineer/building
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official, a municipal health officer [and] a municipal civil
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registrar [-] AND A MUNICIPAL HUMAN RESOURCE
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MANAGEMENT OFFICER.


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XXX”
SEC. 2. Section 454 of the same law is hereby amended to read 
as follows:
“SECTION. 454. Officials of the City Government. - 
(a) There shall be in each city a mayor, a vice-mayor, 
Sangguniang Panlungsod members, a secretary to the 
Sangguniang Panlungsod, a city treasurer, a city assessor, a 
city accountant, a city budget officer, a city planning and 
development coordinator, a city engineer, a city health 
officer, a city civil registrar, a city administrator, a city legal 
officer, a city veterinarian, a city social welfare and 
development officer, [and] a city general services officer [.] 
AND A CITY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
OFFICER.
XXX”
SEC. 3. Section 463 of the same law is hereby amended to read 
as follows:
“SECTION. 463. Officials of the Provincial 
Government. - (a) There shall be in each province a governor, 
a vice-governor, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, 
a Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, a provincial 
treasurer, a provincial assessor, a provincial accountant, a 
provincial engineer, a provincial budget officer, a provincial 
planning and development coordinator, a provincial legal 
officer, a provincial administrator, a provincial health officer, 
a provincial social welfare and development officer, a 
provincial general services officer, a provincial agriculturist, 
[and] a provincial veterinarian[.] AND A PROVINCIAL 
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER.
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SEC. 4. A new article and section to be denominated as Article
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XXI, Section 490-A shall be inserted after Article XX, Section 490 of
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Title Five, on Appointive Local Officials Common to all
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Municipalities, Cities and Provinces, and shall read as follows:
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“ARTICLE XXI
THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER
SECTION. 490-A. QUALIFICATIONS, POWERS AND 
DUTIES. - (A) NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED 
AS HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER 
UNLESS HE IS A CITIZEN OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
THE PHILIPPINES, OF GOOD MORAL 
CHARACTER, A HOLDER OF A COLLEGE 
DEGREE PREFERABLY IN PSYCHOLOGY OR 
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, A FIRST GRADE 
CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBLE OR ITS EQUIVALENT, 
A RESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT 
(LGU) CONCERNED, HAS ACQUIRED 
EXPERIENCE IN HUMAN RESOURCE 
MANAGEMENT FOR AT LEAST THREE (3) YEARS 
IN THE CASE OF THE PROVINCE OR CITY, OR 
TWO (2) YEARS IN THE CASE OF A 
MUNICIPALITY, AND HAS UNDERGONE THE 
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR HUMAN 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OFFICERS TO BE 
CONDUCTED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE 
COMMISSION (CSC).
(B) THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
OFFICER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE 
CHAIRPERSON OF THE CIVIL SERVICE 
COMMISSION (CSC) FROM THE LIST OF AT 
LEAST THREE (3) ELIGIBLE RECOMMENDEES OF 
THE LOCAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE LGU 
CONCERNED, SUBJECT TO CIVIL SERVICE 
RULES AND REGULATIONS.


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(C) THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
OFFICER SHALL:
a. FORMULATE A HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WILL 
ENHANCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
PROCESSES IN THE LGU CONCERNED 
WITH EMPHASIS IN THE AREAS OF 
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION, 
CAREER 
DEVELOPMENT,
PERFORMANCE 
MANAGEMENT,
PERSONNEL WELFARE, AND REWARDS 
AND INCENTIVES FOR SERVICE 
EXCELLENCE;
b. MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE 
MANAGEMENT OF PERSONNEL 
PERFORMANCE IN THE LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT UNIT CONCERNED AND 
ENSURE THAT SUCH IS IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH CIVIL SERVICE 
RULES AND REGULATIONS;
c. INSTITUTIONALIZE A CENTRALIZED 
RECORDS DEPOSITORY OF HUMAN 
RESOURCE DOCUMENTS SUCH 
AS APPOINTMENT PAPERS, PERSONAL 
DATA SHEETS, SERVICE RECORDS, 
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND 
LIABILITIES, LEAVE CREDITS AND 
OTHER PERTINENT RECORDS;
d. CONDUCT CONTINUING HUMAN
RESOURCE 
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS, AND OTHER CAPACITY 
BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE 
THE COMPETENCY OF PERSONNEL AND 
OFFICIALS;


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e. ENSURE THAT CIVIL SERVICE LAWS 
AND RULES ON PERSONNEL MATTERS 
ARE PROPERLY EXECUTED;
f. ADVISE ON MATTERS RELATED TO 
CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND 
REGULATIONS ON RECRUITMENT, 
SELECTION AND PLACEMENT (RSP), 
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT (L&D), 
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT (PM), 
AND REWARDS AND RECOGNITION
(R&RO) AND OTHER 
RESOURCE POLICIES;
HUMAN
g. ESTABLISH 
LINKAGES 
AND
PARTNERSHIPS WITH HUMAN 
RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND 
OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
AGENCIES;
h. EXERCISE SUCH OTHER POWERS AND 
PERFORM SUCH OTHER FUNCTIONS 
AND DUTIES AS MAY BE PRESCRIBED 
BY LAW OR ORDINANCE.”
SEC. 5. Plantilla for personnel under the CSC. - The position 
of Human Resource Management Officer shall be included in the 
plantilla for personnel under the CSC. The appropriation or budget 
item number of the position shall be approved by the CSC 
Commissioner.
SEC. 6. Separability Clause. - Should any provision or part of 
this Act be declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions 
and parts hereof, insofar as they are separable from the invalid ones, 
shall remain in full force and effect.
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, 
proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are


inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified 
accordingly.
SEC. 8. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publieation in the Ojjicial Gazette or in at least two (2) 
newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,