Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
House Bill No. 9464
Introduced by Representative LEODY “ODIE” F. TARRIELA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to convert the Municipality of San Jose into a component 
city of the Province of Occidental Mindoro to be known as City of San Jose. 
Under the Local Government Code (LGC), political subdivisions shall 
enjoy genuine and meaningful local autonomy to enable them to attain their 
fullest development as self-reliant communities and make them more effective 
partners in the attainment of national goals. Toward this end, the State shall 
provide for a more responsive and accountable local government structure 
instituted through a system of decentralization whereby local government units 
shall be given more powers, authority, responsibilities and resources. The 
process of decentralization shall proceed from the National Government to the 
local government units.1 
As such, Sec. 1 of the Republic Act No. 11683 otherwise known as “An 
Act Amending Section 450 of Republic Act No. 7610, Otherwise Known as the 
Local Government Code of 991, as amended by the Republic Act 9009, by 
Providing for the Requisites for the Conversion of a Municipality into a 
Component City, and for Other Purposes”, states that: 
A municipality or a cluster of barangays with locally 
generated average annual income, as certified by the Department 
of 
Finance, 
of 
at 
least 
Four 
Hundred 
Million 
Pesos 
(Php400,000,000.0) for the last two consecutive years based on 
2012 constant prices may also be converted into a component city 
if it has either a population of not less than one hundred thousand 
(100,000) inhabitants as certified by the PSA or a contiguous 
territory of at least one hundred (100) square kilometers, as 
certified by the Land Management Bureau: Provided, that three (3) 
years after the effectivity of this Act and every three (2) years 
thereafter, the threshold amount of Four Hundred Million Pesos 
(Php400,000,000.00) shall be increased by five percent (5%). 
1 Sec. 2 (a), Local Government Code, as amended. 
November 7, 2023
4:20 pm


The Municipality of San Jose (San Jose) is a first-class municipality in 
the Province of Occidental Mindoro. San Jose has long proven its economic 
viability and stability. For FY 2020 and 2021, San Jose has generated an 
average of locally generated income of more than Php400 Million. 
 
Meanwhile, it has a recorded population of 153,267 as of May 1, 2020 
based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH) conducted 
by the Philippine Statistics Authority. 
 
Hence, San Jose has complied with the criteria set forth by the Republic 
Act No. 11683, and other pertinent laws on the matter. 
 
The proposed conversion will enhance San Jose’s posture and 
capability of enticing more business and industries in the locality, increase its 
pace of development and consequently improve the lives of the inhabitants 
residing therein. Further, the cityhood will considerably improve San Jose’s 
efficiency to respond to the ever-growing needs of its constituents for more and 
better services as a result of the city’s greater power to generate its own 
resources of revenues for its exclusive use. 
 
In this respect, the immediate consideration and passage of this bill is 
earnestly requested. 
 
 
 
 
 
REP. LEODY “ODIE” F. TARRIELA 
Lone District, Occidental Mindoro 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
House Bill No. 9464 
Introduced by Representative LEODY “ODIE” F. TARRIELA 
1 
AN ACT 
2 
CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOSE IN THE PROVINCE OF 
3 
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS 
4 
THE CITY OF SAN JOSE 
5 
6 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
7 
Congress assembled: 
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9 
ARTICLE I 
10 
General Provisions 
11 
SECTION 1. Short Title – This Act shall be known as the “Charter of the City 
12 
of San Jose City”. 
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SECTION 2. The City of San Jose – The Municipality of San Jose in the 
15 
Province of Occidental Mindoro is hereby converted into a component city to 
16 
be known as the City of San Jose, hereinafter referred to as the City, which 
17 
shall comprise of the present territory of the Municipality of San Jose. The 
18 
territorial jurisdiction of the City shall be within the present metes and bounds 
19 
of the Municipality of San Jose, particularly described as follows: A parcel of 
20 
land situated in the Province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines; geographically 
21 
located at 121°15’00” to 120°55’00” longitude and 12°10’00” to 12°40’00” 
22 
latitude. It is bounded on the west by the West Philippine Sea; on the south by 
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the Municipality of Magsaysay; on the north by the Municipality of Rizal and 
1 
east by the Municipality of Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro, containing an area of 
2 
approximately four hundred forty-six million seven hundred thousand 
3 
(446,700,000) square meters. 
4 
The foregoing provision shall be without prejudice to the resolution by the 
5 
appropriate agency or forum of existing boundary disputes or cases involving 
6 
questions of territorial jurisdiction between the City and the adjoining local 
7 
government units: Provided, that the territorial jurisdiction of the disputed area 
8 
or areas shall remain with the local government unit which has existing 
9 
administrative supervision over said area or areas until the final resolution of 
10 
the case. 
11 
12 
SECTION 3. Corporate Powers of the City. – The City constitutes a political 
13 
body corporate and as such is endowed with the attributes of perpetual 
14 
succession and possessed of the powers which pertain to a municipal 
15 
corporation to be exercised in conformity with the provisions of this Charter. 
16 
The City shall have the following corporate powers: 
17 
(a) To have a continuous succession in its corporate name;
18 
(b) To sue and be sued;
19 
(c) To have and use a corporate seal;
20 
(d) To acquire and convey real or personal property;
21 
(e) To enter into contracts; and
22 
(f) To exercise such other powers, prerogatives and authority as are
23 
granted to corporations, subject to the limitations provided for in this
24 
Act and other laws.
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1 
SECTION 4. General Powers of the City. – The City shall have a common 
2 
seal and may alter the same at pleasure. It shall exercise the power to levy 
3 
taxes, close and open roads, streets, alleys, parks or squares subject to the 
4 
provisions of the Constitution and existing laws.  It may take, purchase, receive, 
5 
hold, lease, convey and dispose of real and personal property for the general 
6 
interests of the City; expropriate or condemn private property for public use; 
7 
contract and be contracted with; sue and be sued; prosecute and defend to final 
8 
judgment and execution suits wherein the City is a party; and exercise all the 
9 
powers as are granted to corporations as hereunder conferred. 
10 
 
11 
SECTION 5. General Welfare Clause of the City. – The City shall exercise 
12 
the powers expressly granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as 
13 
powers necessary, appropriate or incidental for its efficient and effective 
14 
governance, and those which are essential to the promotion of the general 
15 
welfare. 
16 
Within its territorial jurisdiction, the City shall ensure and support, among 
17 
other things, preserve and enrich its culture, promote health and safety, 
18 
enhance the right of the people to a balanced ecology, encourage and support 
19 
the development of appropriate and self-reliant scientific and technological 
20 
capabilities, improve public morals, enhance economic prosperity and social 
21 
justice, promote full employment among their residents, maintain peace and 
22 
order, and preserve the comfort and convenience of their inhabitants. 
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SECTION 6. Liability for Damages. – Unless otherwise provided by law, the 
1 
City of San Jose and its officials shall be liable for injuries or damages to 
2 
persons or property arising from the act or omission of any of its officers or 
3 
employees while in the performance of their official functions. 
4 
 
5 
SECTION 7. Jurisdiction of the City. – The jurisdiction of the City of San Jose, 
6 
for police purpose only, shall be coextensive with its territorial jurisdiction and 
7 
for the purpose of protecting and ensuring the purity of the water supply of the 
8 
City, such police jurisdiction shall also extend over all territory within the 
9 
drainage area of such water supply or within one hundred meters (100 m.) of 
10 
any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct or pumping station used in connection 
11 
with the city water service. 
12 
The current regional trial courts and the current city trial courts of the City 
13 
of San Jose shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the regional trial courts and 
14 
the metropolitan trial courts or city or municipal courts of the adjoining 
15 
municipalities or cities, to try crimes and misdemeanors committed within said 
16 
drainage area or within said spaces of one hundred meters (100 m.) 
17 
The court first taking cognizance of such an offense shall have 
18 
jurisdiction to try said cases to the exclusion of others.  The police forces of the 
19 
several municipalities and cities shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the 
20 
police forces of the City for the maintenance of good order and enforcement of 
21 
ordinance throughout said zone, area or spaces.   
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ARTICLE II 
1 
City Officials in General 
2 
SECTION 8. The Officials of the City of San Jose. –  
3 
(a) There shall be in the City of San Jose, a City Mayor, a City Vice 
4 
Mayor, twelve (12) Sangguniang Panlungsod members, a Secretary 
5 
to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, a City Treasurer and an Assistant 
6 
City Treasurer, a City Assessor and an Assistant City Assessor, a 
7 
City Accountant, a City Engineer, an Assistant City Engineer, a City 
8 
Architect, a City Budget Officer, a City Planning and Development 
9 
Officer, a City Health Officer, an Assistant City Health Officer, a City 
10 
Civil Registrar, an Assistant City Civil Registrar, a City Administrator, 
11 
a City Legal Officer, a city Social Welfare And Development Officer, 
12 
a City Veterinarian, a City Population Officer, a City General Services 
13 
Officer, a City Information Officer, a City Cooperatives Officer, a City 
14 
Environment And Natural Resources Officer, a City Tourism Officer 
15 
and a City Human Resources Development Officer. 
16 
(b) In addition thereto, the City Mayor may appoint a city building official 
17 
and a city agriculturist. 
18 
(c) The City shall establish a city fire station to be headed by a City Fire 
19 
Marshal, a city jail to be headed by a City Jail Warden, a city schools 
20 
division to be headed by a City Schools Division Superintendent and 
21 
a city prosecution service to be headed by a City Prosecutor. 
22 
(d) The Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of San Jose may: 
23 
1) Maintain existing offices not mentioned in subsections (a), (b) 
24 
and (c), hereof; 
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2) Create such other offices as may be necessary to carry out
1 
the purposes of the City; and
2 
3) Consolidate the functions of any office with those of another
3 
in the interest of efficiency and economy.
4 
(e) Unless otherwise provided herein, all appointive city officials of the
5 
City shall be appointed by the City Mayor, subject to civil service law,
6 
rules and regulations. The Sangguniang Panlungsod shall act on the
7 
appointment within fifteen (15) days from the date of its submission
8 
otherwise the same shall be deemed confirmed.
9 
10 
ARTICLE III 
11 
The City Mayor and the City Vice Mayor 
12 
SECTION 9. The City Mayor. – 
13 
(a) The City Mayor shall be the chief executive of the City.  He shall be
14 
elected at large by the qualified voters of the City.  No person shall
15 
be eligible for the position of City Mayor unless at the time of election,
16 
he is at least twenty-one (21) years of age, a resident of the City for
17 
at least one (1) year prior to his election and a qualified voter therein.
18 
He shall hold office for three (3) years, unless sooner removed, and
19 
shall receive a minimum monthly compensation corresponding to
20 
Salary Grade Thirty (30) as prescribed under Republic Act No.  6758,
21 
otherwise known as the Salary Standardization Law, and the
22 
implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such other
23 
compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined
24 
by law.
25 


(b) The City Mayor, as the chief executive of the city government, shall 
1 
exercise such powers and perform such duties and functions as 
2 
provided herein: 
3 
(1) Exercise general supervision and control over all programs, 
4 
projects, services and activities of the city government, those 
5 
powers expressly granted to him by law, those necessarily 
6 
implied therefrom as well as powers necessary, appropriate or 
7 
incidental for the efficient and effective governance of the City, 
8 
and those which are essential to the promotion of the general 
9 
welfare and, in this connection, shall: 
10 
(i) Determine the guidelines of city policies and be 
11 
responsible to the Sangguniang Panlungsod for the 
12 
program of government; 
13 
(ii) Direct the formulation of the city development plan with 
14 
the assistance of the city development council and, 
15 
upon 
approval 
thereof 
by 
the 
Sangguniang 
16 
Panlungsod, implement the same; 
17 
(iii) Present the program of government and propose 
18 
policies and projects for the consideration of the 
19 
Sangguniang Panlungsod at the opening of the regular 
20 
session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod every 
21 
calendar year and as often as may be deemed 
22 
necessary as the general welfare of the inhabitants and 
23 
the needs of the city government may require; 
24 
(iv) Initiate and propose legislative measures to the 
25 


Sangguniang Panlungsod, as may be deemed 
1 
necessary, and provide such information and data 
2 
needed or requested by said Sanggunian in the 
3 
performance of its legislative functions; 
4 
(v) Appoint all officials and employees whose salaries and 
5 
wages are wholly or mainly paid out of city funds and 
6 
whose appointments are not otherwise provided for in 
7 
the Local Government Code of 1991, as well as those 
8 
he may be authorized by law to appoint; 
9 
(vi) Represent the City in all its business transactions and 
10 
sign on its behalf all bonds, contracts, obligations and 
11 
such 
other 
documents 
upon 
authority 
of 
the 
12 
Sangguniang Panlungsod or pursuant to law or 
13 
ordinance; 
14 
(vii) Carry out such emergency measures as may be 
15 
necessary during and in the aftermath of man-made 
16 
and natural disasters and calamities; 
17 
(viii) Determine the time, manner and place of payments of 
18 
salaries or wages of the officials and employees of the 
19 
City, in accordance with law or ordinance; 
20 
(ix) Allocate and assign office space to city and other 
21 
officials and employees who, by law or ordinance, are 
22 
entitled to such space in the city hall and other buildings 
23 
owned or leased by the city government, including the 
24 
offices and officials created therein; 
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(x) Ensure that all executive officials and employees of the 
1 
City faithfully discharge their duties and functions as 
2 
provided by law and this Act, and cause to be instituted 
3 
administrative or judicial proceedings against any 
4 
official or employee of the City who may have 
5 
committed an offense in the performance of their official 
6 
duties; 
7 
(xi) Examine the books, records and other documents of all 
8 
offices, officials, agents or employees of the City and, 
9 
in aid of his executive powers and authority, require all 
10 
national officials and employees stationed in or 
11 
assigned to the City to make available to him such 
12 
books, records and other documents in their custody, 
13 
except those classified by law as confidential; 
14 
(xii) Furnish copies of executive orders issued by him to the 
15 
provincial governor within seventy-two (72) hours after 
16 
their issuance;  
17 
(xiii) Visit component barangays of the City at least once 
18 
every six (6) months to deepen his understanding of the 
19 
problems and conditions, listen and give appropriate 
20 
counsel to local officials and inhabitants of general laws 
21 
and ordinances which especially concern them, and 
22 
otherwise conduct visits and inspections to ensure that 
23 
the governance of the City will improve the quality of 
24 
life of the inhabitants; 
25 


(xiv) Act on leave applications of officials and employees 
1 
appointed by him and the commutation of the monetary 
2 
value of their leave credits in accordance with law; 
3 
(xv) Authorize official trips of city officials and employees 
4 
outside of the City for a period not exceeding thirty (30) 
5 
days; 
6 
(xvi) Call upon any national official or employee stationed in 
7 
or assigned to the City to advise him on matters 
8 
affecting the City and to make recommendations 
9 
thereon; coordinate with the said officials or employees 
10 
in the formulation and implementation of plans, 
11 
programs and projects; and when appropriate, initiate 
12 
an administrative or judicial action against a national 
13 
government official or employee who may have 
14 
committed an offense in the performance of their official 
15 
duties while stationed in or assigned to the City; 
16 
(xvii) Authorize payments for medical care, necessary 
17 
transportation, subsistence, hospital or medical fees of 
18 
city officials and employees who are injured while in the 
19 
performance of their official duties and functions, 
20 
subject to the availability of funds; 
21 
(xviii) Solemnize marriages; 
22 
(xix) Conduct an annual palarong panlungsod which shall 
23 
feature traditional sports and disciplines included in 
24 
national and international games, in coordination with 
25 


the Department of Education (DepEd), the Philippine 
1 
Sports Commission and other related agencies; and 
2 
(xx) Submit to the Provincial Governor the following reports: 
3 
an annual report containing a summary of all matters 
4 
pertinent to the management, administration and 
5 
development of the City and all information and data 
6 
relative to its political, social and economic condition; 
7 
and supplemental reports when unexpected events 
8 
and situations arise at any time during the year, 
9 
particularly when man-made or natural disasters or 
10 
calamities affect the general welfare of the City; 
11 
(2) Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the governance of 
12 
the City and in the exercise of its appropriate corporate powers 
13 
as provided for under Section 22 of the Local Government 
14 
Code of 1991, implement all approved policies, programs, 
15 
projects, services and activities of the City and, in addition to 
16 
the foregoing, shall: 
17 
(i) Ensure that the acts of the City’s component barangays 
18 
and of its officials and employees are within the scope 
19 
of their prescribed powers, duties and functions; 
20 
(ii) Call conventions, conferences, seminars or meetings 
21 
of elective or appointive officials of the City, including 
22 
national officials and employees stationed in or 
23 
assigned to the City, at such time and place and on 
24 
such subject he may deem important for the promotion 
25 


of the general welfare of the local government unit and 
1 
its inhabitants; 
2 
(iii) Issue such executive orders for the faithful and 
3 
appropriate enforcement and execution of laws and 
4 
ordinances; 
5 
(iv) Be entitled to carry the necessary firearms within his 
6 
territorial 
jurisdiction 
after 
the 
procurement 
of 
7 
necessary permits and licenses from duly constituted 
8 
authorities; 
9 
(v) Act as the deputized representative of the National 
10 
Police Commission, formulate the peace and order 
11 
plan of the City and upon its approval, implement the 
12 
same and as such, exercise general and operational 
13 
control and supervision over the local police forces in 
14 
the City in accordance with Republic Act No. 6975, 
15 
otherwise known as the “Department of the Interior and 
16 
Local Government Act of 1990;” andCall upon the 
17 
appropriate law enforcement agencies to suppress 
18 
disorder, riot, lawless violence, rebellion or sedition, or 
19 
apprehend violators of the law when public interest so 
20 
requires and the city police forces are inadequate to 
21 
cope with the situation or the violators; 
22 
(3) Initiate and maximize the generation of resources and 
23 
revenues and apply the same to the implementation of 
24 
development plans, program objectives and priorities, 
25 


particularly the resources and revenues programmed for agro-
1 
industrial development and the provision of basic services 
2 
and, relative thereto, shall: 
3 
(i) Require each head of an office or department to 
4 
prepare and submit an estimate of appropriations for 
5 
the ensuing calendar year, in accordance with the 
6 
provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991 and 
7 
other relevant laws; 
8 
(ii) Prepare and submit to the Sanggunian for approval the 
9 
executive and supplemental budgets of the City for the 
10 
ensuing calendar year in the manner provided for under 
11 
the Local Government Code of 1991;  
12 
(iii) Ensure that all taxes and other revenues of the City are 
13 
collected and that city funds are applied to the payment 
14 
of expenses and the settlement of obligations of the 
15 
City, in accordance with law or ordinance; 
16 
(iv) Issue licenses and permits and suspend  or revoke the 
17 
same for any violation of the conditions upon which 
18 
said licenses or permits had been issued, pursuant to 
19 
law or ordinance; 
20 
(v) Issue permits, not requiring approval from any national 
21 
agency, for the holding of activities for any charitable or 
22 
welfare purpose, excluding prohibited games of chance 
23 
or shows contrary to law, public policy and public 
24 
morals; 
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(vi) Require owners of illegally constructed houses, 
1 
buildings or structures to obtain the necessary permits, 
2 
subject to such fines and penalties as may be imposed 
3 
by law or ordinance, or to make necessary changes in 
4 
the construction or to order the demolition or removal 
5 
of said houses, buildings or structures within the period 
6 
prescribed by law or ordinance; 
7 
(vii) Adopt adequate measures to safeguard and conserve 
8 
land, mineral, forest, marine and other resources of the 
9 
City;  
10 
(viii) Provide efficient and effective property and supply 
11 
management in the City, and protect the funds, credits, 
12 
rights and other properties of the City; and 
13 
(ix) Institute or cause to be instituted administrative or 
14 
judicial proceedings for violation of ordinances in the 
15 
collection of taxes, fees or charges, and for the 
16 
recovery of funds and property, and cause the City to 
17 
be defended against all suits to ensure that its interests, 
18 
resources and rights shall be adequately protected. 
19 
(4) Ensure the delivery of basic services and the provision of 
20 
adequate facilities as provided for under Section 17 of the 
21 
Local Government Code of 1991 and, in addition thereto, 
22 
shall: 
23 
(i) Ensure that the construction and repair of roads, 
24 
bridges and highways funded by the national 
25 


government shall be, as far as practicable, carried out 
1 
in a spatially contiguous manner and in coordination 
2 
with the construction and repair of the roads and 
3 
bridges of the City and of the province; and 
4 
(ii) Coordinate the implementation of technical services, 
5 
including public works and infrastructure programs 
6 
rendered by national and provincial offices; and 
7 
(iii) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise 
8 
such other powers as provided for under the Local 
9 
Government Code of 1991, and those that are 
10 
prescribed by other relevant laws or by ordinance. 
11 
(c) During his incumbency, the City Mayor shall hold office in the city 
12 
hall. 
13 
(d)  
14 
SECTION 10. The City Vice Mayor. –  
15 
(a) There shall be a City Vice Mayor who shall be elected in the same 
16 
manner as the City Mayor and shall, at the time of his election, 
17 
possess the same qualifications as the City Mayor.  He shall hold 
18 
office for three (3) years, unless sooner removed, and shall receive 
19 
a minimum monthly compensation corresponding to Salary Grade 
20 
Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law 
21 
and the implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such 
22 
other compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be 
23 
determined by law. 
24 
(b) The City Vice Mayor shall: 
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(1) Be the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod and 
1 
sign all warrants drawn on the city treasury for all expenditures 
2 
appropriated 
for 
the 
operation 
of 
the 
Sangguniang 
3 
Panlungsod; 
4 
(2) Subject to civil service law, rules and regulations, appoint all 
5 
officials and employees, including the Secretary of the 
6 
Sangguniang Panlungsod, except those whose manner of 
7 
appointment is specifically provided for in the Local 
8 
Government Code of 1991; 
9 
(3) Assume the office of the City Mayor for the unexpired term of 
10 
the latter in the event of permanent vacancy, as provided for 
11 
in Section 44 of the Local Government Code of 1991; 
12 
(4) Exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of 
13 
the City Mayor in case of temporary vacancy; and 
14 
(5) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
15 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
16 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by other relevant 
17 
laws or by ordinance. 
18 
 
19 
ARTICLE IV 
20 
The Sangguniang Panlungsod 
21 
SECTION 11.  Composition and Compensation. – The Sangguniang 
22 
Panlungsod, the legislative body of the City, shall be composed of the City Vice 
23 
Mayor as the presiding officer, the twelve (12) regular Sanggunian members, 
24 
the President of the City Chapter of the Liga Ng Mga Barangay and the 
25 


President of the Panlungsod Na Pederasyon Ng Mga Sangguniang Kabataan, 
1 
and such other members as may be provided for by law. 
2 
 
The regular members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the sectoral 
3 
representatives and other members shall be elected or appointed in the manner 
4 
as may be provided for by law.  The elective members of the Sangguniang 
5 
Panlungsod shall possess the qualifications as provided for under Section 39 
6 
of the Local Government Code of 1991. 
7 
 
They shall receive a minimum monthly compensation corresponding to 
8 
Salary Grade Twenty-five (25) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization 
9 
Law and the implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such other 
10 
compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
11 
 
12 
SECTION 12. Powers, Duties, Functions and Compensation. – The 
13 
Sangguniang Panlungsod shall: 
14 
(a) Approve ordinances and pass resolutions necessary for an efficient 
15 
and effective city government and, in this connection, shall: 
16 
(1) Review all ordinances approved by the Sangguniang 
17 
Barangay and Executive Orders issued by the Punong 
18 
Barangay to determine whether these are within the scope of 
19 
the prescribed powers of the Sangguniang Barangay and of 
20 
the Punong Barangay; 
21 
(2) Maintain peace and order by enacting measures to prevent 
22 
and suppress lawlessness, disorder, riot, violence, rebellion or 
23 
sedition and impose penalties for the violation of said 
24 
ordinances; 
25 


(3) Approve ordinances imposing a fine not exceeding Five 
1 
Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or an imprisonment for a period 
2 
not exceeding one (1) year, or both, at the discretion of the 
3 
court, for violation of a city ordinance; 
4 
(4) Adopt measures to protect the inhabitants of the City from 
5 
harmful effects of man-made or natural disasters and 
6 
calamities, and to provide relief services and assistance to 
7 
victims during and in the aftermath of said disaster or calamity 
8 
and in their return to productive livelihood following said 
9 
events; 
10 
(5) Enact ordinances intended to prevent, suppress and impose 
11 
appropriate penalties for habitual drunkenness in public 
12 
places, vagrancy, mendicancy, prostitution, establishment 
13 
and maintenance of houses of ill repute, gambling and other 
14 
prohibited games of chance, fraudulent devices and ways to 
15 
obtain money or property, drug addiction, maintenance of drug 
16 
dens, drug pushing, juvenile delinquency, the printing, 
17 
distribution or exhibition of obscene or pornographic materials 
18 
or publications and such other activities inimical to the welfare 
19 
and morals of the inhabitants of the City; 
20 
(6) Protect the environment.  Towards this end, it shall set aside 
21 
a reasonable amount from its development funds for the 
22 
purpose of maintaining and enhancing the ecological balance 
23 
of the City.  It may also impose appropriate penalties for acts 
24 
which endanger the environment and such other activities 
25 


which result in pollution, eutrophication of rivers and other 
1 
bodies of water, or of ecological imbalance, the fines for which 
2 
shall be used exclusively for the advancement of ecological 
3 
protection; 
4 
(7) Subject to the provisions of the Local Government Code of 
5 
1991 and other pertinent laws, determine the powers and 
6 
duties of officials and employees of the City; 
7 
(8) Consistent with the Salary Standardization Law, determine the 
8 
positions and the salaries, wages, allowances and other 
9 
emoluments and benefits of officials and employees paid 
10 
wholly or mainly from city funds and provide for expenditures 
11 
necessary for the proper conduct of programs, projects, 
12 
services and activities of the city government; 
13 
(9) Authorize the payment of compensation of a qualified person 
14 
not in the government service, who fills up a temporary 
15 
vacancy or grant honorarium to any qualified official or 
16 
employee designated to fill up a temporary vacancy in a 
17 
concurrent capacity at the rate authorized by law; 
18 
(10) 
Provide a mechanism and the appropriate funds therefor 
19 
to ensure the safety and protection of all city government 
20 
properties, public documents or records such as those relating 
21 
to property inventory, land ownership, records of births, 
22 
marriages, 
deaths, 
assessments, 
taxation, 
accounts, 
23 
business permits and such other records and documents of 
24 


public interest in the offices and departments of the city 
1 
government; 
2 
(11) 
When the finances of the city government allow, provide 
3 
for additional allowances and other benefits to judges, 
4 
prosecutors, public elementary and high school teachers, and 
5 
other national government officials stationed in or assigned to 
6 
the City; 
7 
(12) 
Provide legal assistance to barangay officials, who in the 
8 
performance of their official duties or on the occasion thereof, 
9 
have to initiate judicial proceedings or defend themselves 
10 
against legal actions; and 
11 
(13) 
Provide for group insurance or additional insurance 
12 
coverage for all barangay officials, including members of 
13 
barangay tanod brigades and other service units, with public 
14 
or private insurance companies; 
 
15 
(b) Generate and maximize the use of resources and revenues for the 
16 
development plans, program objectives and priorities of the City with 
17 
particular attention to agro-industrial development, citywide growth 
18 
and progress, and the provision of basic services and, relative 
19 
thereto, the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall: 
20 
(1) Approve the annual and supplemental budgets of the city 
21 
government and appropriate funds for specific programs, 
22 
projects, services and activities of the City or for other 
23 
purposes not contrary to law, in order to promote the general 
24 
welfare of the City and its inhabitants; 
25 


(2) Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government 
1 
Code of 1991 and applicable laws and, upon the majority vote 
2 
of all the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, enact 
3 
ordinances levying taxes, fees and charges, prescribing the 
4 
rates thereof for general and specific purposes, and granting 
5 
tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs; 
6 
(3) Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government 
7 
Code of 1991 and applicable laws and, upon the majority vote 
8 
of all the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, authorize 
9 
the City Mayor to negotiate and contract loans and other forms 
10 
of indebtedness.  The application for loans or other forms of 
11 
indebtedness and the terms and conditions thereof shall, 
12 
before approval, be published in a newspaper of general 
13 
circulation in the City.  Once approved, the contract covering 
14 
the loans or other forms of indebtedness shall be furnished to 
15 
any city resident requesting a copy thereof, upon payment of 
16 
reasonable fees; 
17 
(4) Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government 
18 
Code of 1991 and applicable laws and, upon the majority vote 
19 
of all members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, enact 
20 
ordinances authorizing the floating of bonds or other 
21 
instruments of indebtedness for the purpose of raising funds 
22 
to finance development projects.  The authorization to float 
23 
bonds or other instruments of indebtedness shall be published 
24 
in a newspaper of general circulation in the City.  Once 
25 


approved, the contract covering the floating of bonds or other 
1 
instruments of indebtedness shall be furnished to any city 
2 
resident requesting a copy thereof, upon payment of 
3 
reasonable fees; 
4 
(5) Appropriate funds for the construction and maintenance or the 
5 
rental of buildings for the use of the City and, upon the majority 
6 
vote of all the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, 
7 
authorize the City Mayor to lease to private parties such public 
8 
buildings held in a proprietary capacity, subject to existing 
9 
laws, rules and regulations; 
10 
(6) Prescribe reasonable limits and restraints on the use of 
11 
property within the jurisdiction of the City; 
12 
(7) Adopt a comprehensive land-use plan for the City and ensure 
13 
that the formulation, adoption or modification of said plan shall 
14 
be 
in 
coordination 
with 
the 
approved 
provincial 
15 
comprehensive land-use plan; 
16 
(8) Reclassify lands within the jurisdiction of the City, subject to 
17 
pertinent provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991; 
18 
(9) Enact integrated zoning ordinances in consonance with the 
19 
approved comprehensive land-use plan, subject to existing 
20 
laws, rules and regulations, establish fire limits or zones, 
21 
particularly in populous centers, and regulate the construction, 
22 
repair or modification of buildings within said fire limits or 
23 
zones, in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Code; 
24 


(10) 
Subject to national law, process and approve subdivision 
1 
plans for residential, commercial or industrial purposes and 
2 
other development purposes and to collect processing fees 
3 
and other charges, the proceeds of which shall accrue entirely 
4 
to the City: Provided, however, That where the approval of 
5 
national agency or office is required, said approval shall not 
6 
be withheld for more than thirty (30) days from receipt of the 
7 
application.  Failure to act on the application within the period 
8 
stated above shall be deemed as approval thereof; 
9 
(11) 
With the concurrence of at least two-thirds (2/3) vote of all 
10 
the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, grant tax 
11 
exemptions, incentives or reliefs to entities engaged in 
12 
community growth-inducing industries, subject to the 
13 
provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991; 
14 
(12) 
Grant loans or provide grants to other local government 
15 
units or to national, provincial and city charitable, benevolent 
16 
or educational institutions: Provided, That said institutions are 
17 
operated and maintained within the City; 
18 
(13) 
Regulate the numbering of residential, commercial and 
19 
other buildings; and 
20 
(14) 
Regulate the inspection, weighing and measuring of 
21 
articles of commerce; 
22 
(c) Subject to the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991, 
23 
enact ordinances granting franchises and authorizing the issuance of 
24 
permits or licenses, upon such conditions and for such purposes 
25 


intended to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the City 
1 
and, pursuant to this legislative authority, shall: 
2 
(1) Fix and impose reasonable fees and charges for all services 
3 
rendered by the city government to private persons or entities; 
4 
(2) Regulate or fix license fees for any business or practice of 
5 
profession within the City and the conditions under which the 
6 
license for said business or practice of profession may be 
7 
revoked, and enact ordinances levying taxes thereon; 
8 
(3) Provide for and set the conditions under which public utilities 
9 
owned by the City shall be operated by the city government 
10 
and prescribe the conditions under which the same may be 
11 
leased to private persons or entities, preferably cooperatives; 
12 
(4) Regulate the display of and fix the license fees for signs, 
13 
signboards or billboards at the place or places where the 
14 
profession or business advertised thereby is, in whole or in 
15 
part, conducted; 
16 
(5) Authorize and license the establishment, operation and 
17 
maintenance 
of 
cockpits, 
regulate 
cockfighting 
and 
18 
commercial breeding gamecocks; 
19 
(6) Subject to the guidelines prescribed by the Department of 
20 
Transportation (DOTr), regulate the operation of tricycles and 
21 
grant franchises for the operation thereof within the territorial 
22 
jurisdiction of the City; and 
23 
(7) Upon approval by a majority vote of all the members of the 
24 
Sangguniang Panlungsod, grant a franchise to any person, 
25 


partnership, corporation or cooperative to do business within 
1 
the City; establish, construct, operate and maintain ferries, 
2 
wharves, markets or slaughterhouses; or undertake such 
3 
other activities within the City as may be allowed by existing 
4 
laws:  Provided, That cooperatives shall be given preference 
5 
in the grant of such franchise; 
6 
(d) Regulate activities relative to the use of land, buildings and structures 
7 
within the City in order to promote the general welfare and, for the 
8 
said purpose, shall: 
9 
(1) Declare, prevent or abate any nuisance; 
10 
(2) With the concurrence of a majority of the members of the 
11 
Sangguniang Panlungsod constituting a quorum, deny the 
12 
entry of legalized gambling by ordinance into any part of the 
13 
City or regulate its location within the City; 
14 
(3) Require that buildings and the premises thereof and any land 
15 
within the City be kept and maintained in a sanitary condition:  
16 
impose penalties for any violation thereof or, upon failure to 
17 
comply with the requirement, have the work done at the 
18 
expense of the owner, administrator or tenant concerned and 
19 
require the filling up of any land or premises to a grade 
20 
necessary for proper sanitation; 
21 
(4) Regulate the disposal of clinical and other wastes from 
22 
hospitals, clinics and other similar establishments; 
23 
(5) Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of 
24 
cafes, restaurants, beerhouses, hotels, motels, inns, pension 
25 


houses, lodging houses and other similar establishments, 
1 
including tourist guides and transports; 
2 
(6) Regulate the sale, giving away or dispensing of any 
3 
intoxicating malt, vino, mixed or fermented liquors at any retail 
4 
outlets; 
5 
(7) Regulate the establishment and provide for the inspection of 
6 
steam boilers or any heating device in buildings and the 
7 
storage of inflammable and highly combustible materials 
8 
within the City; 
9 
(8) Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of 
10 
entertainment or amusement facilities, including the theatrical 
11 
performance, circuses, billiard halls, public dancing schools, 
12 
public dance halls, sauna baths, massage parlors and other 
13 
places for entertainment or amusement, particularly those 
14 
which tend to disturb the community or annoy the inhabitants 
15 
or require the suspension or suppression of the same; or 
16 
prohibit certain forms of amusement or entertainment in order 
17 
to protect the social and moral welfare of the community; 
18 
(9) Provide for the impounding of stray animals; regulate the 
19 
keeping of animals in homes or as part of a business, and the 
20 
slaughter, sale or disposition of the same; and adopt 
21 
measures to prevent and penalize cruelty to animals, subject 
22 
to existing laws, rules and regulations; and 
23 


(10) 
Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of 
1 
funeral parlors and burial or cremation of the dead, subject to 
2 
existing laws, rules and regulations; 
3 
(e) Approve ordinances which shall ensure the efficient and effective 
4 
delivery of basic services and facilities as provided for under the 
5 
Local Government Code of 1991 and, in addition to said services and 
6 
facilities, shall: 
7 
(1) Establish markets, slaughterhouses or animal corrals and 
8 
authorize the operation thereof by the city government; and 
9 
regulate the construction and operation of private markets, 
10 
talipapas or other similar buildings and structures; 
11 
(2) Regulate the preparation and sale of fish, meat, poultry, 
12 
vegetables, fruits, fresh dairy products and other foodstuffs for 
13 
public consumption; 
14 
(3) Regulate the use of streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, 
15 
bridges, parks and other public places, and approve the 
16 
construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of the 
17 
same; establish bus and vehicle stops and terminals, or 
18 
regulate the use of the same by privately-owned vehicles 
19 
which serve the public; regulate garages and the operation of 
20 
conveyances for hire; designate stands to be occupied by 
21 
public vehicles when not in use; regulate the putting up of 
22 
signs, signposts, awnings and awning posts on the streets; 
23 
and provide for the lighting, cleaning and sprinkling of streets 
24 
and public places; 
25 


(4) Regulate traffic on all streets and bridges; prohibit 
1 
encroachment or obstacles thereon and, when necessary in 
2 
the interest of public welfare, authorize the removal of 
3 
encroachments and illegal constructions in public places; 
4 
(5) Subject to existing laws and when necessary, establish and 
5 
provide for the maintenance, repair and operation of an 
6 
efficient waterworks system to supply water for the inhabitants 
7 
and to purify the source of the water supply; regulate the 
8 
construction, maintenance, repair and use of hydrants, 
9 
pumps, cisterns and reservoirs; protect the purity and quantity 
10 
of the water supply of the City and, for this purpose, extend 
11 
the coverage of appropriate ordinances over all territory within 
12 
the drainage area of said water supply within one hundred 
13 
meters (100 m.) of the reservoir, canal, conduit aqueduct, 
14 
pumping station or watershed used in connection with the 
15 
water service; and regulate the consumption, use or wastage 
16 
of water and fix and collect charges therefor; 
17 
(6) Regulate the drilling and excavation of the ground for the 
18 
laying of water, gas, sewer and other pipes and the 
19 
construction, repair and maintenance of public drains, sewers, 
20 
cesspools, tunnels and similar structures; regulate the placing 
21 
of poles and the use of crosswalks, curbs and gutters; adopt 
22 
measures to ensure public safety against open canals, 
23 
manholes, live wires and other similar hazards to life and 
24 
property; and regulate the construction and use of private 
25 


water closets, privies and other similar structures in buildings 
1 
and homes; 
2 
(7) Regulate the placing, stringing, attaching, installing, repair and 
3 
construction of all gas mains, electric telegraph and telephone 
4 
wires, conduits, meters and other apparatus; and provide for 
5 
the correction, condemnation or removal of the same when 
6 
found to be dangerous, defective or otherwise hazardous to 
7 
the welfare of the inhabitants; 
8 
(8) Subject to the availability of funds and the existing laws, rules 
9 
and regulations, establish or maintain, or  provide for the 
10 
operation of a city college, vocational and technical schools 
11 
and similar post-secondary institutions and, with the approval 
12 
of the DepED, the Commission on Higher Education or the 
13 
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, as the 
14 
case may be, and subject to existing laws on tuition fees, fix 
15 
and collect reasonable tuition fees and other school charges 
16 
in educational institutions supported by the city government; 
17 
(9) Ensure the physical maintenance of educational institutions 
18 
under the operational control of the City and the provision of 
19 
books and other capital equipment for the same; 
20 
(10) 
Establish a scholarship fund for poor but deserving 
21 
students in schools located within its jurisdiction or for 
22 
students residing within the City; 
23 
(11) 
Approve measures and adopt quarantine regulations to 
24 
prevent the introduction and spread of diseases; 
25 


(12) 
Provide for an efficient and effective system of solid waste 
1 
and garbage collection and prohibit littering and the placing or 
2 
throwing of garbage, refuse and other filth and wastes; and, 
3 
for this purpose, provide for incentive schemes for industries 
4 
engaged in the recycling of waste and garbage; 
5 
(13) 
Provide for the care of disabled persons, paupers, the 
6 
aged, the sick, persons of unsound mid, abandoned minors, 
7 
juvenile delinquents, drug dependents, abused children and 
8 
other needy and disadvantaged persons, particularly children 
9 
and the youth below eighteen (18) years of age and, subject 
10 
to the availability of funds, establish and provide for the 
11 
operation of centers and facilities for the said needy and 
12 
disadvantaged persons; 
13 
(14) 
Establish 
and 
provide 
for 
the 
maintenance 
and 
14 
improvement of jails and detention centers, institute a sound 
15 
jail management program, including a continuing education 
16 
and training program for jail personnel assigned or detailed in 
17 
jails and detention centers within the jurisdiction of the City, 
18 
and the provision of separate detention centers for women 
19 
and minors;  
20 
(15) 
Establish a city council whose purpose is the promotion of 
21 
culture and the arts, coordinate with government agencies and 
22 
nongovernmental organizations and, subject to the availability 
23 
of funds, appropriate funds for the support and development 
24 
of the same; 
25 


(16) 
Establish a city council for the elderly which shall formulate 
1 
policies and adopt measures mutually beneficial to the elderly 
2 
and to the community; provide incentives for nongovernmental 
3 
agencies and entities and, subject to the availability of funds, 
4 
appropriate funds to support programs and projects for the 
5 
benefit of the elderly; and 
6 
(17) 
Perform for a social housing fund for the provision of 
7 
housing for the poor and, for this purpose, may allocate a 
8 
reasonable amount annually for the acquisition of land and 
9 
development of the same; and 
10 
(f) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such powers 
11 
as provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those 
12 
that are prescribed by other relevant laws or by ordinance. 
13 
 
14 
ARTICLE V 
15 
Process of Legislation 
16 
SECTION 13. Internal Rules of Procedure. –  
17 
(a) On the First Regular Session following the election of its members 
18 
and, within ninety (90) days thereafter, the Sangguniang Panlungsod 
19 
shall adopt or update its rules of procedure. 
20 
(b) The rules of procedure shall provide for the following: 
21 
(1) The organization of the Sanggunian and the election of its 
22 
officers as well as the creation of standing committees which 
23 
shall include, but shall not be limited to, the Committees On 
24 
Appropriations, Women And Family, Human Rights, Youth 
25 


And Sports Development, Environmental Protection And 
1 
Cooperatives, the general jurisdiction of each committee and 
2 
the election of the Chairman and members of each committee; 
3 
(2) The order and calendar of business for each session; 
4 
(3) The legislative process; 
5 
(4) The parliamentary procedures, which include the conduct of 
6 
members during sessions; 
7 
(5) The discipline of members for disorderly behavior and 
8 
absences without justifiable cause for four (4) consecutive 
9 
sessions for which they may be censured, reprimanded or 
10 
excluded from the sessions, suspended for not more than 
11 
sixty (60) days or expelled: Provided, That the penalty of 
12 
suspension or expulsion shall require the concurrence of at 
13 
least two-thirds (2/3) vote of all the Sangguniang members: 
14 
Provided, further, That a member convicted by final judgment 
15 
to imprisonment of at least one (1) year for any crime involving 
16 
moral turpitude shall be automatically expelled from the 
17 
Sanggunian; and 
18 
(6) such other rules as the Sanggunian may adopt. 
19 
 
20 
SECTION 14. Full Disclosure of Financial and Business Interests of 
21 
Sangguniang Panlungsod Members. – 
22 
(a) Every Sangguniang Panlungsod member shall, upon assumption to 
23 
office, make a full disclosure of his business and financial interests.  
24 
He shall also disclose any professional relationship or any relation by 
25 


affinity or consanguinity within the fourth civil degree, which he may 
1 
have with any person, firm or entity affected by any ordinance or 
2 
resolution under consideration by the Sanggunian of which he is a 
3 
member, which relationship may result in conflict of interests.  Such 
4 
relationship shall include: 
5 
(1) Ownership of stock or capital, or investment in the entity or 
6 
firm to which the ordinance or resolution may apply; and 
7 
(2) Contracts or agreements with any person or entity which the 
8 
ordinance or resolution under consideration may affect.  
9 
In the absence of specific constitutional or statutory provisions 
10 
applicable to this situation, “conflict of interest” refers in general to 
11 
one where it may be reasonably deduced that a member of a 
12 
Sanggunian may not act in the public interest due to some private, 
13 
pecuniary or other personal considerations that may tend to affect his 
14 
judgment to the prejudice of the service or the public. 
15 
(b) The disclosure required under this Act shall be made in writing and 
16 
submitted to the Secretary of the Sanggunian or the Secretary of the 
17 
committee of which he is a member.  The disclosure shall, in all 
18 
cases, form part of the record of the proceedings and shall be made 
19 
in the following manner: 
20 
(1) Disclosure shall be made before the member participates in 
21 
the deliberations on the ordinance or resolution under 
22 
consideration: Provided, That if the member did not participate 
23 
during the deliberations, the disclosure shall be made before 
24 


voting on the ordinance or resolution on second and third 
1 
readings; and 
2 
(2) Disclosure shall be made when a member takes a position or 
3 
makes a privilege speech on a matter that may affect the 
4 
business interest, financial connection or professional 
5 
relationship described therein. 
6 
 
7 
SECTION 15. Sessions. –  
8 
(a) On the first day of the session immediately following the election of 
9 
its members, the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall, by resolution, fix 
10 
the day, time and place of its sessions.  The minimum number of 
11 
regular sessions shall be once a week. 
12 
(b) When the public interest so demands, special sessions may be called 
13 
by the City Mayor or by a majority of the members of the Sanggunian. 
14 
(c) All Sanggunian sessions shall be open to the public unless a closed-
15 
door session is ordered by an affirmative vote of the majority of the 
16 
members present, there being a quorum, in the public interest or for 
17 
reasons of security, decency or morality. No two (2) sessions, regular 
18 
or special, may be held in a single day. 
19 
(d) In the case of special sessions of the Sanggunian, a written notice to 
20 
the members shall be served personally at the member’s usual place 
21 
of residence at least twenty-four (24) hours before the special 
22 
session is held. 
23 
Unless otherwise concurred in by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the 
24 
Sanggunian members present, there being a quorum, no other 
25 


matters may be considered at a special session except those stated 
1 
in the notice. 
2 
(e) The Sanggunian shall keep a journal and a record of its proceedings 
3 
which may be published upon a resolution of the Sanggunian 
4 
panlungsod. 
5 
 
6 
SECTION 16. Quorum. –  
7 
(a) A majority of all the members of the Sanggunian who have been 
8 
elected and qualified shall constitute a quorum to transact official 
9 
business.  Should a question of quorum be raised during a session, 
10 
the presiding officer shall immediately proceed to call the roll of the 
11 
members and thereafter announce the result. 
12 
(b) Where there is no quorum, the presiding officer may declare a recess 
13 
until such time a quorum is constituted, or a majority of the members 
14 
present may adjourn from day to day and may compel the immediate 
15 
attendance of any member absent without justifiable cause by 
16 
designating a member or members of the Sanggunian to be assisted 
17 
by a member or members of the police force assigned in the territorial 
18 
jurisdiction of the City of San Jose, to arrest the absent member and 
19 
present him at the session. 
20 
(c) If there is still no quorum despite the enforcement of the immediately 
21 
preceding subsection, no business shall be transacted.  The 
22 
presiding officer, upon proper motion and duly approved by the 
23 
members present, shall then declare the session adjourned for lack 
24 
of quorum. 
25 


 
1 
SECTION 17. Approval of Ordinances. –  
2 
(a) Every ordinance enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall be 
3 
presented to the City Mayor.  If the City Mayor approves the same, 
4 
he shall affix his signature on each and every page thereof; 
5 
otherwise, he shall veto it and return the same with his objections to 
6 
the Sanggunian, which may proceed to reconsider the same.  The 
7 
Sanggunian may override the veto of the City Mayor by two-thirds 
8 
(2/3) vote of all its members, thereby making the ordinance or 
9 
resolution effective for all legal intents and purposes. 
10 
(b) The veto shall be communicated by the City Mayor to the Sanggunian 
11 
within ten (10) days; otherwise, the ordinance shall be deemed 
12 
approved as if he signed it. 
13 
 
14 
SECTION 18. Veto Power of the City Mayor. –   
15 
(a) The City Mayor may veto any ordinance of the Sangguniang 
16 
Panlungsod on the ground that it is ultra vires or prejudicial to public 
17 
welfare, stating his reasons thereof in writing. 
18 
(b) The City Mayor shall have the power to veto any particular item or 
19 
items of an appropriations ordinance, an ordinance or resolution 
20 
adopting a local development plan, any public investment program or 
21 
an ordinance directing the payment of money or creating liability.  In 
22 
such case, the vetoed item or items shall not take effect unless the 
23 
Sangguniang Panlungsod overrides the veto in the manner herein 
24 
provided; otherwise, the item or items in the appropriations ordinance 
25 


of the previous year corresponding to those vetoed, if any, shall be 
1 
deemed enacted. 
2 
(c) The City Mayor may veto an ordinance or resolution only once.  The 
3 
Sanggunian may override the veto by two-thirds (2/3) vote of all its 
4 
members, thereby making the ordinance effective even without the 
5 
approval of the City Mayor. 
6 
 
7 
SECTION 19. Review of City Ordinances by the Sangguniang 
8 
Panlalawigan. –  
9 
(a) Within three (3) days after approval, the Secretary of the 
10 
Sangguniang Panlungsod shall forward to the Sangguniang 
11 
Panlalawigan for review, copies of approved ordinances and 
12 
resolutions approving the local development plans and public 
13 
investment programs formulated by the local development councils. 
14 
(b) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of copies of such ordinances and 
15 
resolutions, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan shall examine the 
16 
documents or transmit them to the provincial attorney or the 
17 
provincial prosecutor for prompt examination.  The provincial 
18 
attorney or the provincial prosecutor shall, within a period of ten (10) 
19 
days from receipt of the documents, inform the Sangguniang 
20 
Panlalawigan in writing of his comments or recommendations, which 
21 
may be considered by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan in making its 
22 
decision. 
23 
(c) If the Sangguniang Panlalawigan finds that such an ordinance or 
24 
resolution is beyond the power conferred upon the Sangguniang 
25 


Panlungsod concerned, it shall declare such ordinance or resolution 
1 
invalid in whole or in part.  The Sangguniang Panlalawigan shall enter 
2 
its action in the minutes and shall advise the corresponding city 
3 
authorities of the action it has taken. 
4 
(d) If no action has been taken by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan within 
5 
thirty (30) days after submission of such an ordinance or resolution, 
6 
the same shall be presumed consistent with law and therefore valid. 
7 
 
8 
SECTION 20. Review of Barangay Ordinances by the Sangguniang 
9 
Panlungsod. –  
10 
(a) Within ten (10) days after  the enactment, the Sangguniang Barangay 
11 
shall furnish copies of all barangay ordinances to the Sangguniang 
12 
Panlungsod for review as to whether the ordinance is consistent with 
13 
law and city ordinances. 
14 
(b) If the Sangguniang Panlungsod fails to take action on barangay 
15 
ordinances within thirty (30) days from receipt thereof, the same shall 
16 
be deemed approved. 
17 
(c) If the Sangguniang Panlungsod finds the barangay ordinance 
18 
inconsistent with law or city ordinances, the Sangguniang 
19 
Panlungsod shall, within thirty (30) days from receipt thereof, return 
20 
the same with comments and recommendations to the Sangguniang 
21 
Barangay concerned for adjustment, amendment or modification; in 
22 
which case, the effectivity of the barangay ordinance is suspended 
23 
until such time as the revision called for is effected. 
24 
 
25 


SECTION 21. Enforcement of Disapproved Ordinances or Resolutions. – 
1 
Any attempt to enforce any ordinance or any resolution approving the local 
2 
development plan and public investment program after disapproval thereof 
3 
shall be sufficient ground for the suspension or dismissal of the official or 
4 
employee concerned. 
5 
 
6 
SECTION 22. Effectivity of Ordinances or Resolutions. –  
7 
(a) Unless otherwise stated in the ordinance or the resolution approving 
8 
the local development plan and public investment program, the same 
9 
shall take effect after ten (10) days from the date a copy thereof is 
10 
posted in a bulletin board at the entrance of the city hall and in at 
11 
least two (2) other conspicuous places in the City of San Jose. 
12 
(b) The Secretary of the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall cause the 
13 
posting of an ordinance or reSolution in the bulletin board at the 
14 
entrance   of the city hall and in at least two (2) other conspicuous 
15 
places in the City of San Jose not later than five (5) days after 
16 
approval thereof.  The text of the ordinance or resolution shall be 
17 
disseminated and posted in Filipino or English and in the language 
18 
or dialect understood by a majority of the people in the City, and the 
19 
Secretary of the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall record such fact in 
20 
a book kept for the purpose, stating the dates of approval and 
21 
posting. 
22 
(c) The main features of the ordinance or resolution duly enacted or 
23 
adopted shall, in addition to being posted, be published once in a 
24 
local newspaper of general circulation within the City: Provided, That 
25 


in the absence thereof, the ordinance or resolution shall be published 
1 
in any newspaper of general circulation: Provided, further, That the 
2 
list of all ordinances with penal sanctions shall also be published in a 
3 
newspaper of general circulation. 
4 
 
5 
ARTICLE VI 
6 
Succession for Elective City Officials 
7 
SECTION 23. Permanent Vacancy in the Offices of the City Mayor and the 
8 
City Vice Mayor. – 
9 
(a) If a permanent vacancy occurs in the office of the City Mayor, the city 
10 
vice mayor shall become the City Mayor.  If a permanent vacancy 
11 
occurs in the office of the city vice mayor, the highest ranking 
12 
Sangguniang Panlungsod member, or in case of his permanent 
13 
incapacity, the second highest ranking Sangguniang Panlungsod 
14 
member shall become the city vice mayor, as the case may be.  
15 
Subsequent vacancies in the said office shall be filled in automatically 
16 
by the other Sanggunian members according to their ranking as 
17 
defined herein. 
18 
(b) A tie between or among the highest ranking Sangguniang 
19 
Panlungsod members shall be resolved by drawing of lots. 
20 
(c) The successors as defined herein shall serve only the unexpired 
21 
terms of their predecessors. 
22 
For purposes of this Act, a permanent vacancy arises when an 
23 
elective local official fills in a higher vacant office, refuses to assume 
24 
office, fails to qualify, dies, is removed from office, voluntarily resigns 
25 


or is otherwise permanently incapacitated to discharge the function 
1 
of his office. 
2 
For purposes of succession as provided for in this Act, ranking in the 
3 
Sanggunian shall be determined on the basis of the proportion of 
4 
votes obtained by each winning candidate to the total number of 
5 
registered voters in the City in the immediately preceding local 
6 
election. 
7 
 
8 
SECTION 24. Permanent Vacancies in the Sangguniang Panlungsod. – 
9 
Permanent vacancies in the Sangguniang Panlungsod where automatic 
10 
succession as provided above does not apply shall be filled in by appointments 
11 
in the following manner: 
12 
(a) The provincial governor shall make the aforesaid appointments; 
13 
(b) Only the nominee of the political party under which the Sanggunian 
14 
member concerned had been elected shall be appointed in the 
15 
manner herein provided.  The appointee shall come from the same 
16 
political party as that of the Sanggunian member  who caused the 
17 
vacancy and shall serve the unexpired term of the vacant office. 
18 
In the appointment herein mentioned, a nomination and a certificate 
19 
of membership of the appointee from the highest official of the 
20 
political party concerned are conditions sine qua non, and any 
21 
appointment without such nomination and certification shall be null 
22 
and void ab initio and shall be a ground for administrative action 
23 
against the official responsible therefor; 
24 


(c) In case the permanent vacancy is caused by a Sanggunian member 
1 
who does not belong to any political party, the City Mayor shall, upon 
2 
the recommendation of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, appoint a 
3 
qualified person to fill in the vacancy; and 
4 
(d) In case of vacancy in the representation of the youth, the barangay 
5 
and other sectors in the Sangguniang Panlungsod, said vacancy 
6 
shall be filled in automatically by the official next-in-rank of the 
7 
organization concerned. 
8 
 
9 
SECTION 25. Temporary Vacancy in the Office of the City Mayor. –  
10 
(a) When the City Mayor is temporarily incapacitated to perform his 
11 
duties for physical or legal reasons such as, but not limited to, leave 
12 
of absence, travel abroad and suspension from office, the city vice 
13 
mayor shall automatically exercise the powers and perform the duties 
14 
and functions of the City Mayor, except the power to appoint, 
15 
suspend or dismiss employees which can only be exercised if the 
16 
period of temporary incapacity exceeds thirty (30) working days. 
17 
(b) Said temporary incapacity shall terminate upon submission to the 
18 
Sangguniang Panlungsod of written declaration by the City Mayor 
19 
that he has reported back to office.  In case where the temporary 
20 
incapacity is due to legal cause, the City Mayor shall also submit 
21 
necessary documents showing the said legal cause no longer exists. 
22 
(c) When the City Mayor is traveling within the country but outside the 
23 
territorial jurisdiction for a period not exceeding three (3) consecutive 
24 
days, he may designate in writing the officer-in-charge of his office.  
25 


Such authorization shall specify the powers and functions that the 
1 
local official concerned shall exercise in the absence of the City 
2 
Mayor, except the power to appoint, suspend or dismiss employees. 
3 
(d) In the event, however, that the City Mayor fails or refuses to issue 
4 
such authorization, the city vice mayor or the highest ranking 
5 
Sangguniang Panlungsod member, as the case may be, shall have 
6 
the right to assume the powers, duties and functions of the said office 
7 
on the fourth (4th) day of absence of the City Mayor subject to the 
8 
limitations provided in subsection (c) hereof. 
9 
(e) Except as provided above, the City Mayor shall, in no case, authorize 
10 
any local official to assume the powers, duties and functions of the 
11 
office other than the city vice mayor or the highest ranking 
12 
Sangguniang Panlungsod member, as the case may be. 
13 
 
14 
ARTICLE VII 
15 
THE APPOINTIVE OFFICIALS OF THE CITY; THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, 
16 
POWERS AND DUTIES 
17 
SECTION 26. The Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod. –  
18 
(a) There shall be a Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod who shall 
19 
be a career official with the rank and salary equal to a head of a 
20 
department or office who shall be appointed by the City Mayor with 
21 
the concurrence of a majority of all Sangguniang Panlungsod 
22 
members, subject to civil service law, rules and regulations. 
23 
(b) No person shall be appointed Secretary to the Sangguniang 
24 
Panlungsod unless he is a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the 
25 


City, of good moral character, preferably, a holder of a master’s 
1 
degree  in law, commerce or public administration from a recognized 
2 
college or university and a first grade civil service eligible or its 
3 
equivalent. 
4 
(c) The Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall receive such 
5 
compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined 
6 
by law. 
7 
(d) The Secretary to the Sanggunian shall take charge of the office of 
8 
the Sangguniang Panlungsod, and shall: 
9 
(1) Attend meetings of the Sangguniang Panlungsod and keep a 
10 
journal of its proceedings; 
11 
(2) Keep the seal of the City and affix the same with his signature 
12 
to all ordinances, resolutions and other official acts of the 
13 
Sangguniang Panlungsod and present the same to the 
14 
presiding officer for his signature; 
15 
(3) Forward to the City Mayor for approval copies of ordinances 
16 
enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod, duly certified by the 
17 
presiding officer; 
18 
(4) Forward to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan copies of duly 
19 
approved ordinances in the manner as provided in Section 56 
20 
under Book I of the Local Government Code of 1991; 
21 
(5) Furnish, upon request of any interested party, certified copies 
22 
of records of public character in his custody, upon payment to 
23 
the City Treasurer of such fees as may be prescribed by 
24 
ordinance; 
25 


(6) Record in a book kept for the purpose, all ordinances and 
1 
resolutions enacted or adopted by the Sangguniang 
2 
Panlungsod, with the dates of passage and publication 
3 
thereof; 
4 
(7) Keep his office and all nonconfidential records therein open to 
5 
the public during usual business hours; 
6 
(8) Translate into the dialect used by a majority of the inhabitants 
7 
all ordinances and resolutions immediately after their approval 
8 
and cause the publication of the same together with the 
9 
original version in the manner provided for under the Local 
10 
Government Code of 1991; 
11 
(9) Take custody of the local archives and, where applicable, the 
12 
local library and annually account for the same; 
13 
(10) 
Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
14 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
15 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by other relevant 
16 
laws or by ordinance. 
17 
 
18 
SECTION 27. The City Treasurer. –    
19 
(a) The City Treasurer shall be appointed by the Secretary of Finance 
20 
from a list of at least three (3) ranking eligible recommendees of  the 
21 
City Mayor, subject to civil service law, rules and regulations. 
22 
(b) The City Treasurer shall be under the administrative supervision of 
23 
the City Mayor, to whom he shall report regularly on the tax collection 
24 
efforts of the City. 
25 


(c) No person shall be appointed City Treasurer unless he is a citizen of 
1 
the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a 
2 
holder of a college degree preferably in commerce, public 
3 
administration or law from a recognized college or university and a 
4 
first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have 
5 
acquired experience in treasury or accounting service for at least five 
6 
(5) years. 
7 
(d) The City Treasurer shall receive such compensation, emoluments 
8 
and allowances as may be determined by law. 
9 
(e) The City Treasurer shall take charge of the city treasury office, and 
10 
shall: 
11 
(1) Advise the City Mayor, the Sangguniang Panlungsod and 
12 
other local government and national officials concerned 
13 
regarding disposition of local government funds and on such 
14 
other matters relative to public finance; 
15 
(2) Take custody and exercise proper management of the funds 
16 
of the City; 
17 
(3) Take charge of the disbursement of all funds of the City and 
18 
other funds, the custody of which may be entrusted to him by 
19 
law or other competent authority; 
20 
(4) Inspect private commercial and industrial establishments 
21 
within the jurisdiction of the City in relation to the 
22 
implementation of tax ordinances, pursuant to the provisions 
23 
of the Local Government Code of 1991; 
24 
(5) Maintain and update the tax information system of the City; 
25 


and 
1 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
2 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
3 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
4 
ordinance. 
5 
 
6 
SECTION 28. The Assistant City Treasurer. –  
7 
(a) The Assistant City Treasurer may be appointed by the Secretary of 
8 
Finance from a list of at least three (3) ranking eligible 
9 
recommendees of the City Mayor, subject to civil service law, rules 
10 
and regulations. 
11 
(b) No person shall be appointed Assistant City Treasurer unless he is a 
12 
citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral 
13 
character, a holder of a degree preferably in commerce, public 
14 
administration or law from a recognized college or university and a 
15 
first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have 
16 
acquired at least three (3) years experience in treasury or accounting. 
17 
(c) The Assistant City Treasurer shall receive such other compensation, 
18 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
19 
(d) The Assistant City Treasurer shall assist the City Treasurer and 
20 
perform such other duties as the latter may assign to him.  He shall 
21 
have authority to administer oaths concerning notices and 
22 
notifications to those delinquent in the payment of the real property 
23 
tax and concerning official matters relating to the accounts of the City 
24 
Treasurer or otherwise arising from the offices of the City Treasurer 
25 


and the City Assessor. 
1 
 
2 
SECTION 29. The City Assessor. –  
3 
(a) The City Assessor must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of 
4 
the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree 
5 
preferably in civil or mechanical engineering, commerce or any other 
6 
related course from a recognized college or university and a first 
7 
grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired 
8 
experience on real property assessment work or in any related field 
9 
for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of his 
10 
appointment. 
11 
(b) The City Assessor shall receive such compensation, emoluments 
12 
and allowances as may be determined by law. 
13 
(c) The City Assessor shall take charge of the City Assessor’s office, and 
14 
shall: 
15 
(1) Ensure that all laws and policies governing the appraisal and 
16 
assessment of real properties for taxation purposes are 
17 
properly executed; 
18 
(2) Initiate, review and recommend changes in policies and 
19 
objectives, plans and programs, techniques, procedures and 
20 
practices in the evaluation and assessment of real properties 
21 
for taxation purposes; 
22 
(3) Establish a systematic method of real property assessment; 
23 
(4) Install and maintain real property identification and accounting 
24 
systems; 
25 


(5) Prepare, install and maintain a system of tax mapping, 
1 
showing graphically all properties subject to assessment and 
2 
gather all data concerning the same; 
3 
(6) Conduct frequent physical surveys to verify and determine 
4 
whether all real properties within the City are properly listed in 
5 
the assessment rolls; 
6 
(7) Exercise the functions of appraisal and assessments primarily 
7 
for taxation purposes of all real properties in the City; 
8 
(8) Prepare a schedule of the fair market value of the different 
9 
classes of real properties in accordance with the provisions of 
10 
the Local Government Code of 1991; 
11 
(9) Issue, upon request of any interested party, certified copies of 
12 
assessment upon payment of a service charge or fee to the 
13 
City Treasurer; 
14 
(10) 
Submit every semester a report of all assessments as well 
15 
as cancellations and modifications of assessments to the City 
16 
Mayor and the Sangguniang Panlungsod; and 
17 
(11) 
Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
18 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
19 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
20 
ordinance. 
21 
 
22 
SECTION 30. The Assistant City Assessor. –  
23 
(a) The Assistant City Assessor must be a citizen of the Philippines, a 
24 
resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college 
25 


degree preferably in civil or mechanical engineering, commerce or 
1 
any related course from a recognized college or university and a first 
2 
grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired 
3 
experience in assessment or in any related field for at least three (3) 
4 
years immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
5 
(b) The Assistant City Assessor shall receive such compensation, 
6 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
7 
(c) The Assistant City Assessor shall assist the City Assessor and 
8 
perform such other duties as the latter may assign to him.  He shall 
9 
have authority to administer oaths on all declarations of real property 
10 
for purposes of assessment. 
11 
 
12 
SECTION 31. The City Accountant. –  
13 
(a) The City Accountant must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident 
14 
of the City, of good moral character and a certified public accountant.  
15 
He must have acquired experience in the treasury or accounting 
16 
services for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of 
17 
his appointment. 
18 
(b) The City Accountant shall receive such compensation, emoluments 
19 
and allowances as may be determined by law. 
20 
(c) The City Accountant shall take charge of both the office of the 
21 
accounting and internal audit services, and shall: 
22 
(1) Install and maintain an internal audit system in the City; 
23 
(2) Prepare and submit financial statements to the City Mayor and 
24 
to the Sangguniang Panlungsod; 
25 


(3) Apprise the Sangguniang Panlungsod and other officials on 
1 
the financial condition and operation of the City; 
2 
(4) Certify to the availability of budgetary allotment from which 
3 
expenditures and obligations may be properly charged; 
4 
(5) Review supporting documents before the preparation of 
5 
vouchers to determine the completeness of requirements; 
6 
(6) Prepare statements of cash advances, liquidations, salaries, 
7 
allowances, reimbursements and remittances pertaining to the 
8 
City; 
9 
(7) Prepare statements of journal vouchers and liquidations of the 
10 
same and other adjustments related thereto; 
11 
(8) Post individual disbursements to the subsidiary ledger and 
12 
index cards; 
13 
(9) Maintain individual ledgers for officials and employees of the 
14 
City pertaining to payrolls and deductions; 
15 
(10) 
Record and post in index cards details of purchased 
16 
furniture, fixtures and equipment, including disposal thereof, if 
17 
any; 
18 
(11) 
Account for all issued requests for obligations and maintain 
19 
and keep all records and reports related thereto; 
20 
(12) 
Prepare journals and the analysis of obligations and 
21 
maintain and keep all records and reports related thereto; and 
22 
(13) 
Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
23 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
24 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
25 


ordinance. 
1 
 
2 
SECTION 32. The City Engineer. –  
3 
(a) The City Engineer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of 
4 
the City, of good moral character and a licensed civil engineer.  He 
5 
must have acquired experience in the practice of his profession for 
6 
at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of his 
7 
appointment. 
8 
(b) The City Engineer shall receive such compensation, emoluments 
9 
and allowances as may be determined by law. 
10 
(c) The City Engineer shall take charge of the city engineering office, and 
11 
shall: 
12 
(1) Initiate, review and recommend changes in policies and 
13 
objectives, plans and programs, techniques, procedures and 
14 
practices in infrastructure development and public works, in 
15 
general, of the City; 
16 
(2) Advise the City Mayor on infrastructure, public works and 
17 
other engineering matters; 
18 
(3) Administer, 
coordinate, 
supervise 
and 
control 
the 
19 
construction, maintenance, improvement and repair of roads, 
20 
bridges, other engineering and public works projects of the 
21 
City; 
22 
(4) Provide 
engineering 
services 
to 
the 
City, 
including 
23 
investigations and surveys, engineering designs, feasibility 
24 
studies and project management; and 
25 


(5) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
1 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
2 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
3 
ordinance. 
4 
 
5 
SECTON 33. The Assistant City Engineer. –  
6 
(a) The Assistant City Engineer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a 
7 
resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college 
8 
degree preferably in civil or mechanical engineering, commerce or 
9 
any related course from a recognized college or university and a first 
10 
grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired 
11 
experience in assessment or in any related field for at least three (3) 
12 
years immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
13 
(b) The Assistant City Engineer shall assist the city engineer and perform 
14 
such other duties as the latter may assign to him. 
15 
(c) The Assistant City Engineer shall receive such compensation, 
16 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
17 
 
18 
SECTION 34. The City Architect. –  
19 
(a) The city architect must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of 
20 
the City, of good moral character and a duly licensed architect.  He 
21 
must have practiced his profession for at least five (5) years 
22 
immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
23 
(b) The city architect shall receive such compensation, emoluments and 
24 
allowances as may be determined by law. 
25 


(c) The city architect shall take charge of the office of the architectural 
1 
planning and design, and shall: 
2 
(1) Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sangguniang 
3 
Panlungsod and provide technical assistance and support to 
4 
the City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery 
5 
of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities 
6 
relative to architectural planning and design; 
7 
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
8 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
9 
have to do with architectural planning and design programs 
10 
and projects which the City Mayor is empowered to implement 
11 
and which the Sangguniang Panlungsod is empowered to 
12 
provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991; 
13 
(3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city 
14 
architect shall: 
15 
(i) Prepare and recommend, for consideration of the 
16 
Sanggunian, the architectural plan and design for the 
17 
City or a part thereof, including the renewal of slums 
18 
and blighted areas, land reclamation activities, the 
19 
greening of land and appropriate planning of marine 
20 
and foreshore areas; 
21 
(ii) Review and recommend for appropriate action of the 
22 
Sanggunian or the mayor, as the case may be, the 
23 
architectural 
plans 
and 
designs 
submitted 
by 
24 
governmental 
and 
nongovernmental 
entities 
or 
25 


individuals 
particularly 
those 
for 
undeveloped, 
1 
underdeveloped and poorly-designed areas; and 
2 
(iii) Coordinate with government, nongovernment entities 
3 
and individuals involved in the aesthetics and the 
4 
maximum utilization of the land and water within the 
5 
jurisdiction of the City, compatible with environmental 
6 
integrity and ecological balance; 
7 
(4) Be in the frontline of the delivery of services involving 
8 
architectural planning and design, particularly those related to 
9 
the redesigning of spatial distribution of basic facilities and 
10 
physical structures during and in the aftermath of man-made 
11 
and natural disasters or calamities; 
12 
(5) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the 
13 
City Mayor on all matters relative to architectural planning and 
14 
design as it relates to the total socioeconomic development of 
15 
the City; and 
16 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
17 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
18 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
19 
ordinance. 
20 
 
21 
SECTION 35. The City Budget Officer. –  
22 
(a) The city budget officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident 
23 
of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree 
24 
preferably in accounting, economics, public administration or any 
25 


related course from a recognized college or university and a first 
1 
grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired 
2 
experience in government budgeting or in any related field for at least 
3 
five (5) years immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
4 
(b) The city budget officer shall receive such compensation, emoluments 
5 
and allowances as may be determined by law. 
6 
(c) The city budget officer shall take charge of the city budget office, and 
7 
shall: 
8 
(1) Prepare forms, orders and circulars embodying instructions on 
9 
budgetary and appropriation matters for the signature of the 
10 
City Mayor; 
11 
(2) Review and consolidate the budget proposals of different 
12 
departments and offices of the City; 
13 
(3) Assist the City Mayor in the preparation of the proposed 
14 
legislation and submit comments and recommendations 
15 
thereon; 
16 
(4) Study and evaluate budgetary implementation of proposed 
17 
legislation and submit comments and recommendations 
18 
thereon; 
19 
(5) Submit periodic budgetary reports to the Department of 
20 
Budget and Management; 
21 
(6) Coordinate with the City Treasurer, the city accountant and 
22 
the city planning and development officer for the purpose of 
23 
budgeting; 
24 
(7) Assist the Sangguniang Panlungsod in reviewing the 
25 


approved budgets of component barangays; 
1 
(8) Coordinate with the city planning and development officer in 
2 
the formulation of the development plan of the City; and 
3 
(9) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
4 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
5 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
6 
ordinance. 
7 
 
8 
SECTION 36. The City Planning and Development Officer. –  
9 
(a) The City Planning and Development Officer must be a citizen of the 
10 
Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder 
11 
of a college degree preferably in urban planning, development 
12 
studies, economics, public administration or any related course from 
13 
a recognized college or university and a first-grade civil service 
14 
eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired experience in 
15 
development planning or in any related field for at least five (5) years 
16 
immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
17 
(b) The City Planning and Development Officer shall receive such 
18 
compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined 
19 
by law. 
20 
(c) The City Planning and Development Officer shall take charge of the 
21 
city planning and development coordinating office, and shall: 
22 
(1) Formulate integrated economic, social, physical and other 
23 
development plans and policies for the consideration of the 
24 
City; 
25 


(2) Conduct continuing studies, researches and training programs 
1 
necessary to evolve plans and programs for implementation; 
2 
(3) Integrate and coordinate all sectoral plans and studies 
3 
undertaken by the different functional groups or agencies; 
4 
(4) Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the different 
5 
development programs, projects and activities in the City in 
6 
accordance with the approved development plan; 
7 
(5) Prepare comprehensive plans and other development 
8 
planning documents for the consideration of the local 
9 
development council; 
10 
(6) Analyze the income and expenditure patterns, and formulate 
11 
and recommend fiscal plans and policies for the consideration 
12 
of the finance committee of the City as provided for under the 
13 
Local Government Code of 1991; 
14 
(7) Promote people’s participation in development planning within 
15 
the City; 
16 
(8) Exercise supervision and control over the secretariat of the 
17 
local development council; and 
18 
(9) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
19 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
20 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
21 
ordinance. 
22 
SECTION 37. The City Health Officer. –  
23 
(a) The City Health Officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident 
24 
of the City, of good moral character and a licensed medical 
25 


practitioner.  He must have acquired experience in the practice of his 
1 
profession for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date 
2 
of his appointment. 
3 
(b) The City Health Officer shall receive such compensation, 
4 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
5 
(c) The City Health Officer shall take charge of the office of the city health 
6 
services, and shall: 
7 
(d) Supervise the personnel and staff of the said office, formulate 
8 
program implementation guidelines, and rules and regulations for the 
9 
operation of the said office for the approval of the City Mayor in order 
10 
to assist him in the efficient, effective and economical implementation 
11 
of health services programs geared to implement health-related 
12 
projects and activities; 
13 
(1) Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sangguniang 
14 
Panlungsod and provide technical assistance and support to 
15 
the City Mayor in carrying out activities to ensure the delivery 
16 
of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities 
17 
relative to health services provided for under Section 17 of the 
18 
Local Government Code of 1991; 
19 
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
20 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
21 
have to do with health programs and projects which the City 
22 
Mayor is empowered to implement and which the 
23 
Sangguniang Panlungsod is empowered to provide for under 
24 
the Local Government Code of 1991; 
25 


(3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city health 
1 
officer shall: 
2 
(i) Formulate and implement policies, plans and projects 
3 
to promote the health of the people in the City;  
4 
(ii) Advise the City Mayor and the Sangguniang 
5 
Panlungsod on matters pertaining to health; 
6 
(iii) Execute and enforce all laws, ordinances and 
7 
regulations relating to health; 
8 
(iv) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, through 
9 
the local health board, the passage of such ordinance 
10 
as he may deem necessary for the preservation of 
11 
public health; 
12 
(v) Recommend the prosecution of any violation of 
13 
sanitary laws, ordinances or regulations; 
14 
(vi) Direct the sanitary inspection of all business 
15 
establishments selling food items or providing 
16 
accommodation, such as hotels, motels, lodging 
17 
houses and the like, in accordance with the Sanitation 
18 
Code; 
19 
(vii) Conduct health information campaigns and render 
20 
health intelligence services; and 
21 
(viii) Coordinate with other government agencies and 
22 
nongovernment 
organizations 
involved 
in 
the 
23 
promotion and delivery of health services; 
24 
(4) Be in the frontline of the delivery of health services, particularly 
25 


during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters 
1 
or calamities; and 
2 
(5) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
3 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
4 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
5 
ordinance. 
6 
 
7 
SECTION 38. The Assistant City Health Officer. –  
8 
(a) The Assistant City Health Officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, 
9 
a resident of the City, of good moral character and a licensed medical 
10 
practitioner.  He must have acquired experience in assessment or in 
11 
any related field for at least three (3) years immediately preceding 
12 
the date of his appointment. 
13 
(b) The Assistant City Health Officer shall assist the City Health Officer 
14 
and perform such other duties as the latter may assign to him. 
15 
(c) The Assistant City Health Officer shall receive a minimum monthly 
16 
compensation equivalent to Salary Grade Twenty-four (24) as 
17 
prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the 
18 
implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such other 
19 
compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined 
20 
by law. 
21 
 
22 
SECTION 39. The City Civil Registrar. –  
23 
(a) The City Civil Registrar must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident 
24 
of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree from 
25 


a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service 
1 
eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired experience in civil 
2 
registry work for at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date 
3 
of his appointment. 
4 
(b) The City Civil Registrar shall receive such compensation, 
5 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
6 
(c) The City Civil Registrar shall be responsible for the civil registration 
7 
program in the City of San Jose pursuant to the Civil Registry Law, 
8 
the Civil Code and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations issued 
9 
to implement them. 
10 
(d) The City Civil Registrar shall take charge of the office of the city civil 
11 
registrar, and shall: 
12 
(1) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
13 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
14 
have to do with the management and administration-related 
15 
programs and projects which the City Mayor is empowered to 
16 
implement and which the Sangguniang Panlungsod is 
17 
empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code 
18 
of 1991; 
19 
(2) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city civil 
20 
registrar shall: 
21 
(i) Accept all registrable documents and judicial decrees 
22 
affecting the civil status of persons; 
23 
(ii) File, keep and preserve in a secure place the books 
24 
required by law; 
25 


(iii) Transcribe and enter immediately upon receipt all 
1 
registrable documents and judicial decrees affecting 
2 
the civil status of persons in the appropriate civil 
3 
registry books; 
4 
(iv) Transmit to the Office of the Civil Registrar-General 
5 
within the prescribed period duplicate copies of 
6 
registered documents required by law; 
7 
(v) Issue certified transcript or copies of any certificate or 
8 
registered document upon payment of the required 
9 
fees to the treasurer; 
10 
(vi) Receive applications for the issuance of a marriage 
11 
license and after determining that the requirements and 
12 
supporting certificates and publication thereof for the 
13 
prescribed period have been complied with, issue the 
14 
license upon payment of the authorized fee to the 
15 
treasurer; and 
16 
(vii) Coordinate with the Philippine Statistics Authority in 
17 
conducting educational campaigns for vital registration 
18 
and assist in the preparation of demographic and other 
19 
statistics for the City of San Jose; and 
20 
(3) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
21 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
22 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
23 
ordinance. 
24 
 
25 


SECTION 40. The Assistant City Civil Registrar. –  
1 
(a) The Assistant City Civil Registrar must be a citizen of the Philippines, 
2 
a resident of the City, of good moral character and a holder of a 
3 
college degree from a recognized college or university and a first 
4 
grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired 
5 
experience in civil registry work or in any related field for at least three 
6 
(3) years immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
7 
(b) The Assistant City Civil Registrar shall assist the City Civil Registrar 
8 
and perform such other duties as the latter may assign to him. 
9 
(c) The Assistant City Civil Registrar shall receive such compensation, 
10 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
11 
 
12 
SECTION 41. The City Administrator. –  
13 
(a) The City Administrator must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident 
14 
of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree 
15 
preferably in public administration, law or in any other related course 
16 
from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service 
17 
eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in 
18 
management and administrative work for at least five (5) years 
19 
immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
20 
(b) The term of the City Administrator is coterminous with that of his 
21 
appointing authority. 
22 
(c) The 
City 
Administrator 
shall 
receive 
such 
compensation, 
23 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
24 
(d) The City Administrator shall take charge of the City Administrator’s 
25 


Office, and shall: 
1 
(1) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
2 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
3 
have to do with the management and administration-related 
4 
programs and projects which the City Mayor is empowered to 
5 
implement and which the Sangguniang Panlungsod is 
6 
empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code 
7 
of 1991; 
8 
(2) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the City 
9 
Administrator shall assist in the coordination of the work of all 
10 
the officials of the City under the supervision, direction and 
11 
control of the City Mayor and, for this purpose, he may 
12 
convene the chiefs of offices and other officials of the City; 
13 
(3) Be in the frontline of the delivery of administrative support 
14 
services, particularly those related to the situations during and 
15 
in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or 
16 
calamities; 
17 
(4) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the 
18 
City Mayor on all matters relative to the management and 
19 
administration of the City; and 
20 
(5) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
21 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
22 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
23 
ordinance. 
24 
 
25 


SECTION 42. The City Legal Officer. –  
1 
(a) The City Legal Officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident 
2 
of the City, of good moral character and a member of the Philippine 
3 
Bar.  He must have practiced his profession for at least five (5) years 
4 
immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
5 
(b) The term of the city legal officer shall be coterminus with that of his 
6 
appointing authority. 
7 
(c) The City Legal Officer shall receive such compensation, emoluments 
8 
and allowances as may be determined by law. 
9 
(d) The City Legal Officer, the Chief Legal Counsel of the City, shall take 
10 
charge of the office of the city legal service, and shall: 
11 
(1) Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sangguniang 
12 
Panlungsod and provide legal assistance and support to the 
13 
City Mayor in carrying out the delivery of basic services and 
14 
the provision of adequate facilities; 
15 
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
16 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
17 
have to do with programs and projects related to legal services 
18 
which the City Mayor is empowered to implement and which 
19 
the Sangguniang Panlungsod is empowered to provide for 
20 
under the Local Government Code of 1991;  
21 
(3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the City Legal 
22 
Officer shall: 
23 
(i) Represent the City in all civil actions and special 
24 
proceedings wherein the City or any official thereof, in 
25 


his official capacity, is a party:  Provided, That, in 
1 
actions or proceedings where the City is a party 
2 
adverse to the provincial government or to another 
3 
component city or municipality, a special legal officer 
4 
may be employed to represent the adverse party; 
5 
(ii) When required by the City Mayor or Sanggunian, draft 
6 
ordinances, contracts, bonds, leases and other 
7 
instruments involving any instruments already drawn; 
8 
(iii) Render his opinion in writing on any question of law 
9 
when requested to do so by the City Mayor or 
10 
Sanggunian; 
11 
(iv) Investigate or cause to be investigated any local official 
12 
or employee for administrative neglect or misconduct in 
13 
office and recommend the appropriate action to the City 
14 
Mayor or Sanggunian, as the case may be; 
15 
(v) Investigate or cause to be investigated any person, firm 
16 
or corporation holding any franchise or exercising any 
17 
public privilege for failure to comply with any term or 
18 
condition in the grant of such franchise or privilege, and 
19 
recommend appropriate action to the City Mayor or 
20 
Sangguniang Panlungsod, as the case may be; 
21 
(vi) When directed by the City Mayor or Sanggunian, 
22 
initiate and prosecute, in the interest of the City, any 
23 
civil action on any bond, lease or other contract upon 
24 
any breach or violation thereof; and 
25 


(vii) Review and submit recommendations on ordinances 
1 
approved and executive orders issued by component 
2 
units; 
3 
(4) Recommend measures to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and 
4 
advise the City Mayor on all matters related to upholding the 
5 
rule of law; 
6 
(5) Be in the frontline of protecting human rights and prosecuting 
7 
any violations thereof, particularly those which occur during 
8 
and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or 
9 
calamities; and 
10 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
11 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
12 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
13 
ordinance. 
14 
 
15 
SECTION 43. The City Social Welfare and Development Officer. –  
16 
(a) The City Social Welfare And Development Officer must be a citizen 
17 
of the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a 
18 
duly licensed social worker or a holder of a college degree preferably 
19 
in sociology or any other related course from a recognized college or 
20 
university and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He 
21 
must have acquired experience in the practice of social work for at 
22 
least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of his 
23 
appointment. 
24 
(b) The City Social Welfare And Development Officer shall receive such 
25 


compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined 
1 
by law. 
2 
(c) The City Social Welfare And Development Officer shall take charge 
3 
of the office of social welfare and development, and shall: 
4 
(1) Formulate measures for the approval of the Sangguniang 
5 
Panlungsod and provide technical assistance and support to 
6 
the City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery 
7 
of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities 
8 
relative to social welfare and development services; 
9 
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
10 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
11 
have to do with social welfare programs and projects which 
12 
the City Mayor is empowered to implement and which the 
13 
Sangguniang Panlungsod is empowered to provide for under 
14 
the Local Government Code of 1991; 
15 
(3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the City 
16 
Social Welfare And Development Officer shall: 
17 
(i) Identify 
the 
basic 
needs 
of 
the 
needy, 
the 
18 
disadvantaged and the impoverished and develop and 
19 
implement appropriate measures to alleviate their 
20 
problems and improve their living conditions; 
21 
(ii) Provide relief and appropriate crisis intervention for 
22 
victims of abuse and exploitation and recommend 
23 
appropriate measures to deter further abuse and 
24 
exploitation; 
25 


(iii) Assist the City Mayor in implementing the barangay 
1 
level program for the total development and protection 
2 
of children up to six (6) years of age; 
3 
(iv) Facilitate the implementation of welfare programs for 
4 
the differently-abled, elderly and victims of drug 
5 
addition, the rehabilitation of prisoners and parolees, 
6 
the prevention of juvenile delinquency and such other 
7 
activities which would eliminate or minimize the ill-
8 
effects of poverty; 
9 
(v) Initiate and support youth welfare program that will 
10 
enhance the role of the youth in nation-building; and 
11 
(vi) Coordinate 
with 
government 
agencies 
and 
12 
nongovernmental organizations which have for their 
13 
purpose the promotion and protection of all the needy, 
14 
disadvantaged, 
underprivileged 
or 
impoverished 
15 
groups or individuals, particularly those identified to be 
16 
vulnerable and high-risk to exploitation, abuse and 
17 
neglect; 
18 
(4) Be in the frontline of the delivery of services particularly those 
19 
which have to do with the immediate relief and assistance 
20 
during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters 
21 
or calamities; 
22 
(5) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the 
23 
City Mayor on all other matters related to social welfare and 
24 
development services which will improve the livelihood and 
25 


living conditions of the inhabitants; and 
1 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
2 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
3 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
4 
ordinance. 
5 
SECTION 44. The City Veterinarian. –  
6 
(a) The City Veterinarian must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident 
7 
of the City, of good moral character and a licensed doctor of 
8 
veterinary medicine.  He must have practiced his profession for at 
9 
least three (3) years immediately preceding the date of his 
10 
appointment. 
11 
(b) The City Veterinarian shall receive such compensation, emoluments 
12 
and allowances as may be determined by law. 
13 
(c) The City Veterinarian shall take charge of the office of veterinary 
14 
services, and shall: 
15 
(1) Formulate measures for consideration of the Sangguniang 
16 
Panlungsod and provide technical assistance and support to 
17 
the City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery 
18 
of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities; 
19 
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
20 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
21 
have to do with veterinary-related activities which the City 
22 
Mayor is empowered to implement and which the 
23 
Sangguniang Panlungsod is empowered to provide for under 
24 
the Local Government Code of 1991; 
25 


(3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the City 
1 
Veterinarian shall: 
2 
(i) Advise the City Mayor on all matters pertaining to the 
3 
slaughter of animals for human consumption and the 
4 
regulation of slaughterhouses; 
5 
(ii) Regulate the keeping of domestic animals; 
6 
(iii) Regulate and inspect poultry, milk and dairy products 
7 
for public consumption; 
8 
(iv) Enforce all laws and regulations for the prevention of 
9 
cruelty to animals; and 
10 
(v) Take the necessary measures to eradicate, prevent or 
11 
cure all forms of animal diseases; 
12 
(4) Be in the frontline of veterinary-related activities, such as the 
13 
outbreak of highly contagious and deadly diseases and in 
14 
situations resulting in the depletion of animals for work and for 
15 
human consumption, particularly those arising from and in the 
16 
aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or calamities; 
17 
(5) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the 
18 
City Mayor on all matters relative to veterinary services which 
19 
will increase the number and improve the quality of livestock, 
20 
poultry and other domestic animals used for work or for human 
21 
consumption; and 
22 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
23 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
24 


Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
1 
ordinance. 
2 
 
3 
SECTION 45. The City General Services Officer. –  
4 
(a) The City General Services Officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, 
5 
a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college 
6 
degree in public administration, business administration or 
7 
management from a recognized college or university and a first grade 
8 
civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired 
9 
experience in general services, including management of supply, 
10 
solid waste disposal and general sanitation for at least five (5) years 
11 
immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
12 
(b) The City General Services Officer shall receive such compensation, 
13 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
14 
(c) The City General Services Officer shall take charge of the Office Of 
15 
The General Services, and shall: 
16 
(1) Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sangguniang 
17 
Panlungsod and provide technical assistance and support to 
18 
the City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery 
19 
of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities which 
20 
require general services expertise and technical support 
21 
services; 
22 
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
23 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
24 
have to do with the general services supportive of the welfare 
25 


of the inhabitants of the City which the City Mayor is 
1 
empowered to implement and which the Sangguniang 
2 
Panlungsod is empowered to provide for under the Local 
3 
Government Code of 1991; 
4 
(3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city 
5 
general services officer shall: 
6 
(i) Take custody of and be accountable for all properties, 
7 
real or personal, owned by the City and those granted 
8 
to it in the form of donation, reparation, assistance and 
9 
counterpart of joint projects; 
10 
(ii) With the approval of the City Mayor, assign building or 
11 
land space to local officials or other public officials 
12 
which, by law, are entitled to space; 
13 
(iii) Recommend to the City Mayor the reasonable rental 
14 
rates for local government properties, whether real or 
15 
personal, which will be leased to public or private 
16 
entities, owned by the City; 
17 
(iv) Recommend to the City Mayor reasonable rental rates 
18 
for private properties which may be leased for the 
19 
official use of the City; 
20 
(v) Maintain and supervise janitorial, security, landscaping 
21 
and other related services in all local government public 
22 
buildings and other real property, whether owned or 
23 
leased by the City; 
24 


(vi) Collate and disseminate information regarding prices, 
1 
shipping and other costs of supplies and other items 
2 
commonly used by the City; 
3 
(vii) Perform archival and record management with respect 
4 
to records of offices and development of the City; and 
5 
(viii) Perform all other functions pertaining to supply and 
6 
property management and enforce policies on records 
7 
creation, maintenance and disposal; 
8 
(4) Be in the frontline of general services-related activities, such 
9 
as the possible and imminent destruction or damage to 
10 
records, supplies, properties and structure materials or debris 
11 
particularly during and in the aftermath of man-made and 
12 
natural disasters or calamities; 
13 
(5) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the 
14 
City Mayor on all matters relative to general services; and 
15 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
16 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
17 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
18 
ordinance. 
19 
 
20 
SECTION 46. The City Information Officer. –  
21 
(a) The City Information Officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a 
22 
resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college 
23 
degree preferably in journalism or mass communications or any 
24 
related course from a recognized college or university and a first 
25 


grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired 
1 
experience in writing articles and research papers or writing for print, 
2 
television, broadcast and other forms of mass media for at least five 
3 
(5) years immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
4 
(b) The City Information Officer shall receive such compensation, 
5 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
6 
(c) The City Information Officer shall take charge of the office on public 
7 
information, and shall: 
8 
(1) Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sangguniang 
9 
Panlungsod and provide technical assistance and support to 
10 
the City Mayor in providing the information and research data 
11 
required for the delivery of basic services and the provision of 
12 
adequate facilities so that the public becomes aware of said 
13 
services and may fully avail of the same; 
14 
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
15 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
16 
have to do with public information and research data to 
17 
support programs and projects which the City Mayor is 
18 
empowered to implement and which the Sangguniang 
19 
Panlungsod is empowered to provide for under the Local 
20 
Government Code of 1991; 
21 
(3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city 
22 
information officer shall: 
23 
(i) Provide relevant, adequate and timely information to 
24 
the City and its residents; 
25 


(ii) Furnish information and data on the City to government 
1 
agencies or offices as may be required by law or 
2 
ordinance and nongovernmental organizations to be 
3 
furnished to said agencies and organizations; and 
4 
(iii) Maintain effective liaison with the various sectors of the 
5 
community on matters and issues that affect the 
6 
livelihood and the quality of life of the inhabitants and 
7 
encourage support for programs of the local and 
8 
national governments; 
9 
(4) Be in the frontline in providing information during and in the 
10 
aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or calamities, 
11 
with special attention to the victims thereof, to help minimize 
12 
injuries and casualties during and after the emergency, and to 
13 
accelerate relief and rehabilitation; 
14 
(5) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the 
15 
City Mayor on all matters relative to public information and 
16 
research data as it relates to the total socioeconomic 
17 
development of the City; and 
18 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
19 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
20 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
21 
ordinance. 
22 
SECTION 47. The City Cooperatives Officer. –  
23 
(a) The City Cooperatives Officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a 
24 
resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college 
25 


degree preferably in business administration with special training on 
1 
cooperatives or any related course from a recognized college or 
2 
university and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He 
3 
must have acquired experience in cooperatives development for at 
4 
least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of his 
5 
appointment. 
6 
(b) The City Cooperatives Officer shall receive such compensation, 
7 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
8 
(c) The City Cooperatives Officer shall take charge of the Office For The 
9 
Development Of Cooperatives, and shall: 
10 
(1) Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sangguniang 
11 
Panlungsod and provide technical assistance and support to 
12 
the City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery 
13 
of basic services and the provision of facilities through the 
14 
development of cooperatives, and in providing access to such 
15 
services and facilities; 
16 
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
17 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
18 
have to do with the integration of cooperatives principles and 
19 
methods in programs and projects which the City Mayor is 
20 
empowered to implement and which the Sangguniang 
21 
Panlungsod is empowered to provide for under the Local 
22 
Government Code of 1991; 
23 
(3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city 
24 
cooperatives officer shall: 
25 


(i) Assist in the organization of cooperatives; 
1 
(ii) Provide technical and other forms of assistance to 
2 
existing cooperatives to enhance their viability as an 
3 
economic enterprise and social organization; and 
4 
(iii) Assist cooperatives in establishing linkages with 
5 
government 
agencies 
and 
nongovernmental 
6 
organizations involved in the promotion and integration 
7 
of the concept of cooperatives in the livelihood of the 
8 
people and other community activities;  
9 
(4) Be in the frontline of cooperatives organization, rehabilitation 
10 
or viability enhancement, particularly during and in the 
11 
aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or calamities, to 
12 
aid in their survival and, if necessary, subsequent 
13 
rehabilitation; 
14 
(5) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the 
15 
City Mayor on all other matters relative to cooperatives 
16 
development and viability enhancement which will improve the 
17 
livelihood and the quality of life of the inhabitants; and 
18 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
19 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
20 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
21 
ordinance. 
22 
 
23 
SECTION 48. The City Population Officer. –  
24 
(a) The City Population Officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a 
25 


resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college 
1 
degree 
preferably 
with 
specialized 
training 
in 
population 
2 
development from a recognized college or university and a first grade 
3 
civil service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired 
4 
experience in the implementation of programs on population 
5 
development or responsible parenthood for at least five (5) years 
6 
immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
7 
(b) The City Population Officer shall receive such compensation, 
8 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
9 
(c) The City Population Officer shall take charge of the Office of The 
10 
Population Development, and shall: 
11 
(1) Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sangguniang 
12 
Panlungsod and provide technical assistance and support to 
13 
the City Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery 
14 
of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities 
15 
relative to the integration of the population development 
16 
principles and in providing access to said services and 
17 
facilities; 
18 
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
19 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
20 
have to do with the integration of population development 
21 
principles and methods in programs and projects which the 
22 
City Mayor is empowered to implement and which the 
23 
Sangguniang Panlungsod is empowered to provide for under 
24 
the Local Government Code of 1991; 
25 


(3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city 
1 
population officer shall: 
2 
(i) Assist the City Mayor in the implementation of the 
3 
constitutional 
provisions 
relative 
to 
population 
4 
development and the promotion of responsible 
5 
parenthood; 
6 
(ii) Establish and maintain an updated data bank for 
7 
program operations, development planning and an 
8 
educational program to ensure people’s participation in 
9 
and understanding of population development; and 
10 
(iii) Implement appropriate population training programs 
11 
responsive to the cultural heritage of the inhabitants; 
12 
and 
13 
(4) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
14 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
15 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
16 
ordinance. 
17 
 
18 
SECTION 49. The City Agriculturist. –  
19 
(a) The City Agriculturist must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident 
20 
of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree 
21 
preferably in agriculture or any other related course from a 
22 
recognized college or university and a first grade civil service eligible 
23 
or its equivalent.  He must have practiced his profession in agriculture 
24 
or acquired experience for at least five (5) years preceding the date 
25 


of his appointment. 
1 
(b) The City Agriculturist shall receive such compensation, emoluments 
2 
and allowances as may be determined by law. 
3 
(c) The City Agriculturist shall take charge of the Office for Agricultural 
4 
Services, and shall: 
5 
(1) Formulate measures for the approval of the Sangguniang 
6 
Panlungsod and provide technical assistance and support to 
7 
the City Mayor in carrying our measures to ensure the delivery 
8 
of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities 
9 
relative to agricultural services; 
10 
(2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
11 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
12 
have to do with agricultural programs and projects which the 
13 
City Mayor is empowered to implement and which the 
14 
Sangguniang Panlungsod is empowered to provide for under 
15 
the Local Government Code of 1991; 
16 
(3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city 
17 
agriculturist shall: 
18 
(i) Ensure that maximum assistance and access to 
19 
resources in the production, processing and marketing 
20 
of agricultural and aquaculture and marine products are 
21 
extended 
to 
farmers, 
fishermen 
and 
local 
22 
entrepreneurs; 
23 
(ii) Conduct or cause to be conducted location-specific 
24 
agricultural researches and assist in making available 
25 


the appropriate technology arising out of and 
1 
disseminating information on basic research on crops, 
2 
prevention and control of plant diseases and pests and 
3 
other 
agricultural 
matters 
which 
will 
maximize 
4 
productivity; 
5 
(iii) Assist the City Mayor in the establishment and 
6 
extension services of demonstration farms on 
7 
aquaculture and marine products; 
8 
(iv) Enforce rules and regulations relating to agriculture and 
9 
aquaculture; and 
10 
(v) Coordinate 
with 
government 
agencies 
and 
11 
nongovernmental 
organizations 
which 
promote 
12 
agricultural productivity through appropriate technology 
13 
compatible with environmental integrity; 
14 
(4) Be in the frontline of the delivery of basic agricultural services, 
15 
particularly those needed for the survival of the inhabitants 
16 
during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters 
17 
or calamities; 
18 
(5) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the 
19 
City Mayor on all other matters related to agriculture and 
20 
aquaculture which will improve the livelihood and living 
21 
conditions of the inhabitants; and 
22 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
23 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
24 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
25 


ordinance. 
1 
 
2 
SECTION 50. The City Environment and Natural Resources Officer. –  
3 
(a) The City Government and Natural Resources Officer must be a 
4 
citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral 
5 
character, a holder of a college degree preferably in environment, 
6 
forestry, agriculture or any other related course from a recognized 
7 
college or university and a first-grade civil service eligible or its 
8 
equivalent.  He must have acquired experience in environment and 
9 
natural resources management, conservation and utilization work for 
10 
at least five (5) years immediately preceding the date of his 
11 
appointment. 
12 
(b) The City Environment and Natural Resources Officer shall receive a 
13 
minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary Grade Twenty-
14 
six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law, and 
15 
such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be 
16 
determined by law. 
17 
(c) The City Environment and Natural Resources officer shall take 
18 
charge of the Office Of The Environment And Natural Resources, and 
19 
shall: 
20 
1) Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sangguniang 
21 
Panlungsod and provide assistance and support to the City 
22 
Mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery of basic 
23 
services and the provision of adequate facilities relative to 
24 
environment and natural resources services as provided for 
25 


under Section 17 of the Local Government Code of 1991; 
1 
2) Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by 
2 
the City Mayor, implement the same, particularly those which 
3 
have to do with the environment and natural resources 
4 
programs and projects which the City Mayor is empowered to 
5 
implement and which the Sangguniang Panlungsod is 
6 
empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code 
7 
of 1991; 
8 
3) In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the City 
9 
Environment and Natural Resources Officer shall: 
10 
(i) Establish, maintain, protect and preserve communal 
11 
forests, 
watersheds, 
tree 
parks, 
mangroves, 
12 
greenbelts, commercial forests and similar forest 
13 
projects like industrial tree farms and agro-forestry 
14 
projects; 
15 
(ii) Provide extension service to beneficiaries of forest 
16 
development projects and render assistance for natural 
17 
resources-related conservation and utilization activities 
18 
consistent with ecological balance; 
19 
(iii) Manage and maintain seedbanks and produce 
20 
seedlings for forest and tree parks; 
21 
(iv) Promote the small-scale mining and utilization of 
22 
mineral resources, particularly the mining of gold; and 
23 
(v) Coordinate 
with 
government 
agencies 
and 
24 
nongovernmental organizations in the implementation 
25 


of measures to prevent and control land, air and water 
1 
pollution, with the assistance of the Department of 
2 
Environment and Natural Resources; 
3 
4) Be in the frontline of the delivery of services concerning the 
4 
environment and natural resources, particularly in the renewal 
5 
and rehabilitation of the environment during and in the 
6 
aftermath of man-made and natural disasters or calamities; 
7 
5) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the 
8 
City Mayor on all matters relative to protection, conservation, 
9 
maximum utilization, application of appropriate technology 
10 
and other matters related to the environment and natural 
11 
resources; and 
12 
6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
13 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
14 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
15 
ordinance.  
16 
 
17 
SECTION 51. The City Tourism Officer. –  
18 
(a) The City Tourism Officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a 
19 
resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college 
20 
degree preferably with specialized training in tourism development 
21 
from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service 
22 
eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired experience in the 
23 
implementation of programs on tourism development for at least five 
24 
(5) years immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
25 


(b) The City Tourism Officer shall receive such compensation, 
1 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
2 
(c) The City Tourism Officer shall take charge of the City Tourism Office 
3 
and shall assist the City Mayor and the local tourism council in 
4 
developing and implementing programs, and shall: 
5 
(1) Encourage the local government unit to enact local legislation 
6 
adopting the Department of Tourism (DOT) accreditation 
7 
standards for tourism facilities and services; 
8 
(2) Ensure a pleasant experience and stay of tourists while at the 
9 
same time protecting the interests, welfare and rights of the 
10 
City; 
11 
(3) Develop tourist products and destinations that will benefit the 
12 
City and its local community; 
13 
(4) Pursue the implementation of the national tourism master 
14 
plans, the national ecotourism strategy and the area specific 
15 
plans of the national and local government units; 
16 
(5) Support the local government unit in promoting festivals, 
17 
fiestas and other tourism-related activities; and 
18 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
19 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
20 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
21 
ordinance. 
22 
 
23 
SECTION 52. The City Human Resource Development Officer. –  
24 
(a) The City Human Resource Development Officer must be a citizen of 
25 


the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a 
1 
holder of a college degree preferably in psychology or any related 
2 
course from a recognized college or university and a first-grade civil 
3 
service eligible or its equivalent.  He must have acquired experience 
4 
in personnel administration. 
5 
(b) The City Human Resource Development Officer shall receive a 
6 
minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary Grade Twenty-
7 
Five (25) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law, and 
8 
such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be 
9 
determined by law. 
10 
(c) The City Human Resource Development Officer shall take charge of 
11 
the Human Resource Development Office, and shall: 
12 
(1) Develop a human resource management program for 
13 
approval by the City Mayor and the Sangguniang Panlungsod; 
14 
(2) Assist the City Mayor in implementing the city’s policies and 
15 
programs relative to recruitment and selection, appointments, 
16 
training, promotion, compensation and other personnel 
17 
actions involving officials and employees of the City; 
18 
(3) Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the 
19 
City Mayor on all matters relative to human resource 
20 
management and development; 
21 
(4) Establish and maintain a sound personnel program for the City 
22 
designed to promote career development and uphold the merit 
23 
principle in the local government service; 
24 
(5) Conduct a continuing organizational development of the City, 
25 


with the end in view of instituting effective administrative 
1 
reforms; and 
2 
(6) Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such 
3 
other powers as provided for under the Local Government 
4 
Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or 
5 
ordinance. 
6 
 
7 
ARTICLE VIII 
8 
The City Fire Station Service, The City Jail Service, The City Schools 
9 
Division And The City Prosecution Service 
10 
 
11 
SECTION 53. The City Fire Station Service. –  
12 
(a) There shall be established in the City at least one (1) fire station with 
13 
adequate personnel, firefighting facilities and equipment, subject to 
14 
the standards, rules and regulations that may be promulgated by the 
15 
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).  The City 
16 
shall provide the necessary land or site of the station. 
17 
(b) The city fire station service shall be headed by a city fire marshal 
18 
whose qualifications shall be as those provided for under the 
19 
Philippine National Police Law. 
20 
(c) The city fire station shall be responsible for the provision of various 
21 
emergency services such as the rescue and evacuation of injured 
22 
people at fire-related incidents and, in general, fire prevention and 
23 
suppression measures to secure the safety of life and property of the 
24 
citizenry. 
25 


 
1 
SECTION 54. The City Jail Service. –  
2 
(a) There shall be established and maintained in the City a secured, 
3 
clean and adequately equipped jail for the custody and safekeeping 
4 
of prisoners, any fugitive from justice, or person detained awaiting 
5 
investigation or trial or transfer to the national penitentiary, or the 
6 
violent mentally ill person who endangers himself or the safety of 
7 
others, duly certified as such by the proper medical health officer, 
8 
pending the transfer to a mental institution. 
9 
(b) The city jail service shall be headed by a city jail warden who must 
10 
be a holder of a Bachelor’s degree in psychology, psychiatry, 
11 
sociology, nursing, social work or criminology, who shall assist in the 
12 
immediate rehabilitation of individuals or detention of prisoners.  
13 
Great care must be exercised so that the human rights of these 
14 
prisoners are respected and protected, and their spiritual and 
15 
physical well-being are properly and promptly attended to.  Likewise, 
16 
the City shall ensure that proper separate detention centers for 
17 
juveniles and women are provided for. 
18 
 
19 
SECTION 55. The City Schools Division. –  
20 
(a) The DepEd shall establish and maintain a City Schools Division of 
21 
the City of San Jose whose area of jurisdiction will cover all the 
22 
school districts within the City. 
23 
(b) The city schools division shall be headed by a city schools Division 
24 
Superintendent who must possess the necessary qualifications 
25 


required by the DepEd. 
1 
 
2 
SECTION 56. The City Prosecution Service. –  
3 
(a) There shall be established in the City a prosecution service to be 
4 
headed by a City Prosecutor and such number of assistant city 
5 
prosecutors as may be necessary who shall be organizationally part 
6 
of the Department of Justice (DOJ), and under the supervision and 
7 
control of the Secretary of Justice and whose qualifications, manner 
8 
of appointment, rank, salary and benefits shall be governed by 
9 
existing laws covering prosecutors in the DOJ. 
10 
(b) The City Prosecutor shall handle the criminal prosecution in the 
11 
municipal trial courts in the City as well as in the regional trial courts 
12 
for criminal cases originating in the territory of the City and shall 
13 
render to or for the City such services as are required by law, 
14 
ordinance or regulation of the DOJ. 
15 
(c) The Secretary of Justice shall always assure the adequacy and 
16 
quality of prosecution service in the City and for this purpose shall, in 
17 
the absence or lack or insufficiency in number of assistant city 
18 
prosecutors as provided hereinabove, designate from among the 
19 
assistant provincial prosecutors a sufficient number to perform and 
20 
discharge the functions of the city prosecution service as provided 
21 
hereinabove. 
22 
 
23 
 
24 
 
25 


ARTICLE IX 
1 
THE CITY REGISTRY OF DEEDS OFFICE 
2 
Section 57. The City Registry of Deeds Office. – There shall be established 
3 
in the City a Registry of Deeds Office, subject to the standards, rules and 
4 
regulations as may be promulgated by the Department of Justice, which shall 
5 
discharge its duties under the general supervision of the Administrator of the 
6 
Land Registration Authority and the Secretary of the Department of Justice. 
7 
 
8 
Section 58. The City Register of Deeds. –  
9 
(a) The city register of deeds shall be the head of the City Registry of 
10 
Deeds Office. He must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of 
11 
the City, of good moral character, a member of the Integrated Bar, 
12 
and must have practiced his profession for at least five (5) years 
13 
immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
14 
(b) The city register of deeds shall receive such compensation, 
15 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
16 
(c) The city register of deeds shall take charge of the Registry of Deeds 
17 
Office and shall perform such duties and functions and exercise such 
18 
other powers as provided by law. 
19 
 
20 
ARTICLE IX 
21 
THE CITY REGISTRY OF DEEDS OFFICEz 
22 
Section 57. The City Registry of Deeds Office. – There shall be established 
23 
in the City a Registry of Deeds Office, subject to the standards, rules and 
24 
regulations as may be promulgated by the Department of Justice, which shall 
25 


discharge its duties under the general supervision of the Administrator of the 
1 
Land Registration Authority and the Secretary of the Department of Justice. 
2 
 
3 
Section 58. The City Register of Deeds. –  
4 
(a) The city register of deeds shall be the head of the City Registry of 
5 
Deeds Office. He must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of 
6 
the City, of good moral character, a member of the Integrated Bar, 
7 
and must have practiced his profession for at least five (5) years 
8 
immediately preceding the date of his appointment. 
9 
(b) The city register of deeds shall receive such compensation, 
10 
emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law. 
11 
(c) The city register of deeds shall take charge of the Registry of Deeds 
12 
Office and shall perform such duties and functions and exercise such 
13 
other powers as provided by law. 
14 
 
15 
ARTICLE X 
16 
TRANSITORY AND FINAL PROVISIONS 
17 
SECTION 59. Municipal Ordinances Existing at the Time of the Approval 
18 
of This Act. – All municipal ordinances of the Municipality of San Jose existing 
19 
at the time of the approval of this Act shall continue to be in force and effect 
20 
within the City of San Jose until the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall provide 
21 
otherwise. 
22 
 
23 
SECTION 60. Plebiscite. – The City of San Jose shall acquire corporate 
24 
existence upon the ratification of its creation by a majority of the votes cast by 
25 


the qualified voters in a plebiscite to be conducted in the present Municipality 
1 
of San Jose within thirty (30) days from the approval of this Act.  The expenses 
2 
for such plebiscite shall be borne by the Municipality of San Jose.  The 
3 
Commission on Elections shall conduct and supervise such plebiscite. 
4 
 
5 
SECTION 61. Officials of the City of San Jose. – The present elective officials 
6 
of the Municipality of San Jose shall continue to exercise their powers and 
7 
functions until such time that a new election is held and the duly elected officials 
8 
shall have already qualified and assumed their offices.  The appointive officials 
9 
and employees of the municipality shall likewise continue exercising their 
10 
functions and duties and they shall automatically be absorbed by the city 
11 
government of San Jose. 
12 
 
13 
SECTION 62. Succession Clause. – The City of San Jose shall succeed to all 
14 
the assets, properties, liabilities and obligations of the Municipality of San Jose. 
15 
 
16 
SECTION 63. Election of Provincial Governor and Sangguniang 
17 
Panlalawigan Members of the Province of Occidental Mindoro. – The 
18 
qualified voters of the City of San Jose shall be qualified to vote and run for any 
19 
elective position in the elections for provincial governor, provincial vice 
20 
governor, Sangguniang Panlalawigan members and other elective offices for 
21 
the Province of Occidental Mindoro. 
22 
 
23 


SECTION 64. Jurisdiction of the Province of Occidental Mindoro. – The 
1 
City of San Jose shall, unless otherwise provided by law, continue to be under 
2 
the jurisdiction of the Province of Occidental Mindoro. 
3 
 
4 
SECTION 65.  Suspension of Increase in Rates of Local Taxes. – No 
5 
increase in the rates of local taxes shall be imposed by the City within the period 
6 
of five (5) years from its acquisition of corporate existence. 
7 
 
8 
SECTION 66. Legislative District. – The City of San Jose shall continue to be 
9 
under the 5th Legislative District of the Province of Occidental Mindoro after the 
10 
effectivity of this Act. 
11 
 
12 
SECTION 67. Applicability of Laws. – The provisions of Republic Act No 
13 
7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, and such laws 
14 
as are applicable to component cities shall govern the City of San Jose insofar 
15 
as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. 
16 
 
17 
SECTION 68.  Reservation. – Nothing herein contained shall preclude the 
18 
determination by the appropriate agency or forum of any boundary dispute or 
19 
case involving question of territorial jurisdiction between the City of San Jose 
20 
and any of the adjoining local government units even after the effectivity of this 
21 
Act. 
22 
 
23 


SECTION 69. Separability Clause. – If, for any reason, any part or provision 
1 
of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or 
2 
provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect. 
3 
 
4 
SECTION 70. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, rules and regulations or 
5 
parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, or 
6 
modified accordingly. 
7 
 
8 
SECTION 71. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
9 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
10 
 
11 
Approved, 
12