Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Fifteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNo,__ 3969

Introduced by Honorable Danilo Ramon S. Fernandez

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish two additional branches of the Regional Trial Court (RTC)
in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna.

Presently, Sta. Rosa City has only one branch of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities
(MTCC) and no branch of the RTC. All criminal and civil cases in Sta. Rosa, the
jurisdiction of which is cognizable by the RTC are forwarded, heard and litigated in any of
the two branches of the RTC in Bifian City. These two RTC branches in Bifian City are
heavily clogged with cases in their respective dockets, notwithstanding the diligent effort of
the judges concerned to dispose of their workloads speedily. Since it became a city in 2004,
Sta. Rosa has become a fast booming metropolis serving its constituency of about 300,000
people.

The creation of additional branches of the RTC in the Fourth Judicial Region is of
utmost importance not only for the people of Sta. Rosa but for the whole Province of
Laguna as well. Additional branches of RTC in Sta. Rosa would greatly unload the RTC
branches of Biiian of cases from Sta. Rosa and thereby reduce their workload. Furthermore,
since Sta, Rosa is nearer to Cabuyao than Bifian, then by arrangement with the Supreme
Court, cases from Cabuyao may now be brought to the RTC branches in Sta. Rosa. This
will further ease up the burden of the RTC branches of Bifian from the Cabuyao cases.

In view of the foregoing and in order to have a speedier resolution of cases in Sta.
Rosa City, approval of this bill is highly stly recommended.

DANILO RAM



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Fifteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNo,__ 3069

Introduced by Honorable Danilo Ramon S. Fernandez

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING TWO ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT IN STA, ROSA CITY, LAGUNA, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS
PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE JUDICIARY
REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980," AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR.

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

SECTION 1. There is hereby created two (2) additional Regional Trial Court (RTC)
branches in the Province of Laguna, with seats at the City of Sta. Rosa.

The Supreme Court shall designate the branch numbers of the two (2) additional
Regional Trial Court branches.

SEC. 2 The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in coordination with the
Secretary of Justice, shall immediately include in its program the operationalization of the
additional Regional Trial Court branches in the Province of Laguna, the funding of which
shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. This Act amends Section 14(e) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, as
amended. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, other issuances or parts thereof
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed and modified accordingly.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the

Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,