. Republic of the Philippines
House Or RepresENTAtIVves
Quezon City, Metro Manila

eenth Congress

First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 1111

introduced by Honorable Eleandro Jesus F. Madrona

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 285 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local
Government Code of 1991 provides that land area, population and equal
aring shall be the factors to be used to determine the share of each
province, city and municipality in the internal revenue allotment.

Local government units (LGUs) along coastal areas have to maintain,
protect and preserve the municipal waters within their territories. An LGU
with a wide coastline, therefore, needs to spend more to ensure that the
ecological balance of its municipal waters are maintained or protected for
the benefit of the next generation of Filipinos.

it is for this reason that this legislative measure seeks to include the
area of an LGU’s marine waters in the factors to be considered in computing
an LGU’s internal revenue allotment (IRA). By including the area of marine
waters as a’ basis for computing the IRA, coastal provinces, cities and
municipalities will receive a larger and more equitable share of IRA from
the national government thereby ensuring better management of their coastal
resources and contributing to the betterment of the general well being of the
country’s ecology.

In view: of the foregoing considerations, passage of this bill is
earnestly encouraged.

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ELEANDRO JESUS F. MADRONA

Bill Drafting Service


Republic of the Philippines
House Or REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City, Metro Manila
Fifteenth Congress
First Regular Session

House pL No, 1414
introduced by Honorable Eleandro Jesus F. Madrona

AN ACT
YNCLUDING THE MARINE WATERS IN THE COMPUTATION OF
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT’S INTERNAL REVENUE
ALLOTMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991.”

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

SECTION 1. Section 285 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise
known as the “Local Government Code of 1991,” as amended, is hereby
further amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 285. Allocation to Local Government Units. -

‘The share of local government in the internal revenue allotment

shall be allocated in the following manner:
a) Provinces — Twenty-three percent (23%);

b) Cities - Twenty-three percent (23%);

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c) Municipalities — Thirty-four percent (34%); and
_ _d) — Barangays — Twenty percent (20%).

Provided, however, That the share of each province, city
and municipality shall be determined on the basis of the
following formula:

a) Population ~Fifty percent (50%);

b) Land’ AND MARINE WATERS area — Twenty-five

percent (25%); and

c) Equal Sharing — Twenty-five percent (25%)

FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, “MARINE WATERS”
SHALL REFER TO THAT AREA OF WATER IN THE SEA
INCLUDED BETWEEN TWO (2) LINES DRAWN
PERPENDICULAR TO THE GENERAL COASTLINE
FROM POINTS WHERE THE BOUNDARY LINES OF A
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT TOUCH THE SEA AT LOW
TIDE AND A THIRD LINE PARALLEL WITH THE
GENERAL COASTLINE INCLUDING OFFSHORE
ISLANDS AND FIFTEEN (15) KILOMETERS FROM SUCH.
COASTLINE. WHERE TWO (2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UNITS ARE SO SITUATED ON OPPOSITE SHORES THAT

THERE IS LESS THAN THIRTY (30) KILOMETERS OF



MARINE WATERS BETWEEN THEM THE THIRD LINE
SHALL BE EQUALLY DISTANT FROM THE OPPOSITE
SHORE OF THE RESPECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

UNIT.

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SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication
in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general

circulation.

Approved,