Republic of the Philippines /
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH Congress
Second Regular Session

2
HOUSE BILL No. 5002

Introduced by Honorable Arnel M. Cerafica

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill seeks to create a legislative district in the Municipality of Pateros to be known
as the Lone District of Pateros.

Records show that in 1997, during the deliberation of the proposed House Bill No.
100074 relating to the creation of the City of Taguig, the final draft of the House Bill indicated
that Pateros will become a lone district.

However, when the bill was enacted into a law, particularly Republic Act 8487, Pateros
was made a part of the First Legislative District of Taguig, including thirteen (13) barangays of
the latter.

The proponent is of the opinion that Pateros must and should be made its own legislative
district.

The case of Tobias vs. Abalos is a paradigm example of the bill at hand. The
constitutionality of Republic Act 7675 was questioned on account of the creation of a legislative
district for Mandaluyong.

‘The enactment of Republic Act 7675 paved the way for the creation of another legislative
district for Mandaluyong’s adjacent town, San Juan.

In said case, the Municipality of Mandaluyong was converted into a highly urbanized
city. As such, the consequence that it complies with the “one city-one representative” proviso of
the Constitution stating that each city with a population of at least two hundred fifty thousand or
each province, shall have at least one representative ( Article VI, Section 5(3), Constitution)
became inevitable.

After which, it became imperative that Mandaluyong’s neighboring town, San Juan
would become its own legislative district as well.

Section 49 of Republic Act 7675 states that The remainder of the former legislative
district of San Juan/Mandaluyong shall become the new legislative district of San Juan with its
first representative to be elected at the same election. To wit:

Section 49. Legislative District. — As a highly urbanized city, the City of
Mandaluyong shall have its own legislative district with the first


representative to be elected in the next national elections after the passage
of this Act. The remainder of the former legislative district of San
Juan/Mandaluyong shall become the new legislative district of San Juan
with its first representative to be elected at the same election.

‘The Supreme Court upheld the validity of this provision.

Republic Act 8487 converted the Municipality of Taguig into a Highly Urbanized City.
As a consequence of the Municipality’s conversion, the law created another legislative district,
thereby giving two congressional representations for Taguig City. Pateros, a local government
unit, independent and distinct from the City of Taguig, was given congressional representation
via Taguig’s First Congressional District.

Following the case of Tobias vs. Abalos, Taguig’s conversion into a City, necessarily
implies that Pateros should likewise be entitled to its own representation in Congress by making
it its own legislative district.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is strongly recommended.

HON. |. CERAFICA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVEAS
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
‘Second Regular Session

5902

HOUSE BILL NO._

Introduced by Hon. Amel M. Cerafica

AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF PATEROS INTO A CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE,
CITY OF PATEROS AND MAKING IT ITS OWN LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

ARTICLE |
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Charter of the City of Pateros”.

Section, 2. The City of Pateros. - The Municipality of Pateros is hereby converted into a city to be
known as the City of Pateros, hereinafter referred to as the City, which shall comprise of the present territory of the
Municipality of Pateros, Metro Manila.

The foregoing provision shall be without prejudice to the resolution by appropriate agency or forum of any
existing boundary dispute between the City and its adjoining local government units: Provided, That, the territorial
jurisdiction of the disputed area or areas shall remain with the local government unit which has existing
‘administrative supervision over said area or areas until the final resolution of the case.

Section 3. Corporate Powers of the City. - The City constitutes a political body corporate and as such is,
endowed with the attributes of perpetual succession and possessed of the powers which pertain to a municipal
corporation to be exercised in conformity with the provisions of this Charter.

The City shall have the following corporate powers:

1.To have continuous succession in its corporate powers;

2. To sue and be sued;

3. To have and use a corporate seal;

4. To acquire and convey real or personal property;

5. To enter into contracts; and

6. To exercise such other powers, prerogatives and authority as are granted to corporations,
subject to the limitations provided in this Act and other laws.

Section. 4. General Powers of the City. - The City shall have a common seal and alter the same at
pleasure. It shall exercise the power to levy taxes, close and open roads, streets, alleys, parks or squares subject to
the provisions of the Constitution and existing laws. It may take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey and dispose
of real and personal property for the general interest of the City, expropriate private property for public use, contract
and be contracted with, sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution suits wherein the
City is a party, and exercise all the powers as are granted to corporations and/or as hereinafter conferred.

Section. 5. General Welfare Clause of the City. - The City shall exercise the powers expressly granted, those

necessarily implied therefrom, as well as powers necessary, appropriate or incidental for its efficient and effective
governance, and those which are essential to the promotion of the general welfare.

Within its territorial jurisdiction, the City shall ensure and support, among other things, preserve and enrich its
culture, promote health and safety, enhance the right of the people to a balanced ecology, encourage and support the
development of appropriate and self-reliant scientific and technological capabilities, improve public morals,


enhance economic prosperity and social justice, promote full employment among their residents, maintain peace and
order, and preserve =the -~=—«comfort_ == and-—convenience. of _—their~—~—inhabitants,

Section. 6. Liability for Damages. - Unless otherwise provided by law, the City of Pateros shall be liable for
injuries or damages to persons or property arising from the act or omission of any of its officers or employees while
in the performance of their official functions.

Section, 7. Jurisdiction of the City. - The Jurisdiction of the City of Pateros, for police purpose only, shall be
coextensive with its territorial jurisdiction and for the purpose of protecting and ensuring the purity of the water
supply of the City, such police jurisdiction shall also extend over all territory within the drainage arca of such water
supply or within one hundred meters (100 m.) of any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct or pumping station used in
connection with the city water service.

The city courts of the City of Pateros shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the city or municipal courts of
adjoining municipalities or cities, to try crimes and misdemeanors committed within said drainage area or within
said ‘Spaces of one hundred meters (100 m.).

The court first taking cognizance of such an offense shall have jurisdiction to try said cases to the exclusion of
others. The police forces of the several municipalities and cities concerned shall have concurrent jurisdiction with
the police forces of the City for the maintenance of good order and enforcement of ordinance throughout said zone,
area or spaces. But any license that may be issued within said zone, area or spaces shall be granted by the proper
authorities of the city or municipality concerned, and the fees arising therefrom shall accrue to the treasury of the
said city or municipality concerned and not to the City.

ARTICLE I
CITY OFFICIALS IN GENERAL

Section. 8. The Officials of the City of Pateros. - (a) There shall be in the City of Pateros, a city mayor, a city
vice mayor, sangguniang panlungsod members, a secretary to the sangguniang panlungsod, a city treasurer and an
assistant city treasurer, a city assessor and an assistant city assessor, a city engineer and an assistant city engineer, a
city health officer and an assistant city health officer, a city civil registrar and an assistant city civil registrar, a city
accountant and an assistant city accountant, a city social welfare and development officer, a city budget officer, a
city planning and development officer, a city administrator, a city legal officer, a city general services officer, a city
environment and natural resources officer, a city architect, a city human resource development officer and a city
information officer.

(b) In addition thereto, the city mayor may appoint a city cooperative officer, a city population officer, a city
Veterinarian, a city agriculturist, a city building official and a city tourism officer.

(c) The City shall establish a city fire station to be headed by a city fire marshal, a city jail to be headed by a
city jail warden, a city schools division to be headed by a city schools division superintendent and a city prosecution
service to be headed by a city prosecutor,

(@) The sangguniang panlungsod of the City of Pateros may:

(1) Maintain existing offices not mentioned in subSections (a), (b) and (c) hereof;

2) Create such other offices as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the City; or

(3) Consolidate the functions of any office with those of another in the interest of efficiency
and economy

Unless otherwise provided herein, all appointive city officials of the City shall be appointed by the city mayor
with the concurrence of the majority of all sangguniang panlungsod members, subject to civil service law, rules and
regulations: Provided, That the tenure of the city administrator and the city Information officer shall be
coterminous’ with the tenure of the city mayor who appointed them, and their term shall be deemed to have expired
upon the termination of the tenure of said appointing authority. The sangguniang panlungsod shall act on the
appointment within fifteen (15) days from the date of its submission, otherwise the same shall be deemed
confirmed.

ARTICLE Ill
THE CITY MAYOR AND CITY VICE MAYOR

Section 9. The City Mayor. - (a) The city mayor shall be the chief executive of the Citv. He shall he elected


at large by the qualified voters of the City. No person shall be eligible for the position of city mayor unless at the
time of election, he is at least twenty-three (23) years of age, a resident of the City for at least one year prior to his
election and a qualified voter therein. He shall hold office for three years, unless sooner removed, and shall receive
a minimum monthly compensation corresponding to Salary Grade Thirty (30) as prescribed under Republic Act No.
6758, otherwise known as the Salary Standardization Law, and the implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto,
and such other compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by - law.
(b) The city mayor, as the chief executive of the city government, shall exercise such powers and perform such
duties and functions as provided herein:

1. Exercise those powers expressly granted to him by law, those necessarily implied therefrom
as well as powers necessary, appropriate or incidental for the efficient and effective
governance of the City, and those which are essential to the promotion of the general welfare:

(aa) Determine the guidelines of city policies and be responsible to the sangguniang
panlungsod for the program of government;

(bb) Direct the formulation of the city development plan with the assistance of the city
development council and, upon approval thereof by the sangguniang panlungsod, implement
the same;

(cc) Present the program of government and propose policies and projects for the
consideration of the sangguniang panlungsod at the opening of the regular session of the
sangguniang panlungsod every calendar year and as often as may be deemed necessary as the
general welfare of the inhabitants and the needs of the city government may require;

(dd) Initiate and propose legislative measures to the sangguniang panlungsod, as may be
deemed necessary, and provide such information and data needed or requested by said
sanggunian in the ~—performance = of_—its-~—ilegislative functions;

(ce) Appoint all officials and employees whose salaries and wages are wholly or mainly
paid out of city funds and whose appointments are not otherwise provided for In the Local
Government Code of 1991, as well as those he may be authorized by law to appoint;

(ff) Represent the City in all its business transactions and sign on its behalf all bonds,
contracts, obligations and such other documents upon authority of the sangguniang
panlungsod or pursuant to law or ordinance;

(gg) Carry out such emergency measures as may be necessary during and in the aftermath
of man-made and natural disasters and calamities;

(th) Determine the time, manner and place of payments of salaries or wages of the
officials and employees of the City, in accordance with law or ordinance;

ii) Allocate and assign office space to city and other officials and employees who, by law
or ordinance, are entitled to such space In the city hall and other buildings owned or leased by
the city government, including the offices and officials created therein;

ji) Ensure that all executive officials and employees of the City faithfully discharge their
duties and functions as provided by law and this Act, and cause to be instituted administrative
or judicial proceedings against any official or employee of the City who may have committed
an offense in_-—sthe_~— performance = of_-_—stheir_~—=soofficial—_ duties;

(kk) Examine the books, records and other documents of all offices, officials, agents or
employees of the City and, in aid of his executive powers and authority, require all national
officials and employces stationed in or assigned to the City to make available to him such
books, records and other documents in their custody, except those classified by law as
confidential;

(U) Fumish copies of executive orders issued by him to the respective council chairmen
within seventy-two (7) hours after their issuance;

(mm) Visit component barangays of the City at least once every six months to deenen his


understanding of the problems and conditions, listen and give appropriate counsel to local
officials and inhabitants of general laws and ordinances which especially concern them, and
otherwise conduct visits and inspections to ensure that the governance of the City will
improve the quality of life of the inhabitants;

(an) Act on leave applications of officials and employees appointed by him and the
commutation of the monetary value of their leave credits in accordance with law;

(00) Authorize official trips of city officials and employees outside of the City for a
period not exceeding thirty 30) days;

(pp) Call upon any national official or employee stationed in or assigned to the City to
advise him on matters affecting the City and to make recommendations thereon; coordinate
with the said officials or employees in the formulation and implementation of plans, programs
and projects; and when appropriate, initiate an administrative or judicial action against a
national government official or employee who may have committed an offense in the
performance of their official duties while stationed in or assigned to the City;

(qq) Authorize payments for medical care, necessary transportation, subsistence, hospital
or medical fees of city officials and employees who are injured while in the performance of
their official duties and functions, subject to availability of funds;

(=) Solemnize marriage;

(ss) Conduet an annual palarong panlungsod which shall feature traditional sports and
disciplines included in national and international games, in coordination with the Department
of Education (DepEd), the Philippine Sports Commission and other related agencies; and

(tt) Submit to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and to the
Office of the President the following reports: an annual report containing a summary of all
matters pertinent to the management, administration and development of the City and all
Information and data relative to its political, social and economic condition; and supplemental
reports when unexpected events and situations arise at any time during the year, particularly
when man-made or natural disasters or calamities affect the general welfare of the City;

2. Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the governance of the City and in the exercise of its

appropriate powers, as well as implement all approved policies, programs, projects, services and activities of

the City and in addition shall:

(aa) Ensure that the acts of the City's component barangays and of its officials and
employees are within the scope of their prescribed powers, duties and functions;

(bb) Call conventions, conferences, seminars or meetings of elective or appointive
officials of the City, including national officials and employees stationed in or assigned to the
City, at such time and place and on such subject he may deem important for the promotion of
the general welfare of the local government unit and its inhabitants;

(cc) Issue such executive orders for the faithful and appropriate enforcement and
execution of laws and ordinances;

(dd) Act as the deputized representative of the National Police Commission, formulate
the peace and order plan of the City and upon its approval, implement the same and as such,
exercise general and operational control and supervision over the local police forces in the
City in accordance with Republic Act No. 6975, otherwise known as the Philippine National
Police Law; and

(ce) Call upon the appropriate law enforcement agencies to suppress disorder, riot,
lawless violence, rebellion or sedition, or apprehend violators of the law when public interest
so requires and the city police forces are inadequate to cope with the situation or the violators;

3. Initiate and maximize the generation of resources and revenues and apply the same _to the implementation of
development plans, program objectives and priorities, particularly the resources and revenues programmed for agro-
industrial development and the provision of basic services and relative thereto, shall:



(aa) Require each head of an office or department to prepare and submit an
estimate of appropriations for the ensuing calendar year, in accordance with the budget
preparation process and in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Code of
1991 and other relevant laws;

(bb) Prepare and submit to the sanggunian for approval the executive and
supplemental budgets of the City for the ensuing calendar year in the manner provided for
under the Local Government Code of 1991;

(cc) Ensure that all taxes and other revenues of the City are collected and that city
funds are applied to the payment of expenses and settlement of obligations of the City, in
accordance with law or ordinance;

(dd) Issue licenses and permits and suspend or revoke the same for any violation of
the conditions upon which said licenses or permits had been issued pursuant to law or
ordinance;

(ce) Issue permits, not requiring approval from any national agency, for the holding
of activities for any charitable or welfare purpose, excluding prohibited games of chance or
shows contrary to law, public policy and public morals;

(A Require owners of illegally constructed houses, buildings or structures to
obtain the necessary permits, subject to such fines and penalties as may be imposed by law or
ordinance, or to make necessary changes in the construction or to order the demolition ot
removal of said houses, buildings or structures within the period prescribed by law or
ordinance;

(gg) Adopt adequate measures to safeguard and conserve land, mineral, marine and
other resources of the City;

(hh) Provide efficient and effective property and supply management in the City,
and protect the funds, credits, rights and other properties of the City; and

ii) Institute or cause to be instituted administrative or judicial proceedings for
violation of ordinances in the collection of taxes, fees or charges, and for the Tecovery of
funds and property; and cause the City to be defended against all suits to ensure that its
interests, resources and rights shall be adequately protected;

4, Ensure the delivery of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities and, in addition
thereto:

(aa) Ensure that the construction and repair of roads, bridges and highways funded
by the national government shall be, as far as practicable, carried out in a spatially contiguous
manner and in coordination with the construction and repair of the roads and bridges of the
City; and

(0b) Coordinate the implementation of technical services, including public works
and infrastructure programs, rendered by national offices; and

5. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for under the
Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by other relevant laws or by ordinance.

Section 10. The City Vice Mayor. - (a) There shall be a vice mayor who shall be elected in the same
‘manner as the city mayor and shall at the time of his election possess the same qualifications as the city mayor. He
shall hold office for three years, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a minimum monthly compensation
corresponding to Salary Grade Twenty-eight (28) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the
implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such other compensation, emoluments and allowances as may
be determined by law.
(b) The city vice mayor shall:


1 Be the presiding officer of the sangguniang panlungsod and sign all warrants drawn
on the city treasury for all expenditures appropriated for the operation of the sangguniang panlungsod;

2. Subject to civil service law, rules and regulations, appoint all officials and employees,

including the secretary of the sangguniang panlungsod, except those whose manner of appointment is
specially provided in the Local Government Code of 1991;

3. Assume the office of the city mayor for the unexpired term of the latter in the event of
permanent vacancy, as provided for in Section 44 of the Local Government Code of 1991;

4, Exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the city mayor in cases
of temporary vacancy; and

LS Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided
for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by other relevant laws or
by ordinance.

ARTICLE IV
THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

Section 11. The Sangguniang Panlungsod. - (a) The sangguniang panlungsod, the legislative body of the
City, shall be composed of the city vice mayor as presiding officer, the regular sanggunian members, the president
of the city chapter of the liga ng mga barangay and the president of the panlungsod na pederasyon ng mga
sangguniang kabataan, and such other members as may be provided for by law. They shall hold office for three
years, unless sooner removed.

(b) The regular members of the sangguniang panlungsod, the sectoral representatives and other members as
may be allowed by law shall be elected or appointed in the manner as may be provided for by law. The elective
members of the sangguniang panlungsod shall possess the same qualifications as that of the city mayor and city vice
mayor except that candidates for said position must be at least eighteen (18) years of age on election day.

(©) They shall receive a minimum monthly compensation corresponding to Salary Grade ‘Twenty-seven (27)
as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and
such other compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.
(d) The sangguniang panlungsod shall:

1. Approve ordinances and pass resolutions necessary for an efficient and effective city
government and, in this connection, shall:

(aa) Review all ordinances approved by the sangguniang barangay and executive
orders issued by the punong barangay to determine whether these are within the scope of the
prescribed powers of the sangguniang barangay and of the punong barangay;

(bb) Maintain peace and order by enacting measures to prevent and suppress
lawlessness, disorder, riot, violence, rebellion or sedition and impose penalties for the
violation of said ordinances;

(cc) Approve ordinances imposing a fine not exceeding Five thousand pesos
(P5,000.00) or an imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion
of the court, for violation of a city ordinance;

(dd) Adopt measures to protect the inhabitants of the City from harmful effects of
man-made or natural disasters and calamities, and to provide relief services and assistance to
victims during and in the aftermath of said disaster or calamity and in their return to
productive livelihood following said events;

(ce) Enact ordinances intended to prevent, suppress and impose appropriate
penalties for habitual drunkenness in public places, vagrancy, mendicancy, prostitution,
establishment and maintenance of houses of ill repute, gambling and other prohibited games
of chance, fraudulent devices and ways to obtain money or property, drug addiction,
maintenance of drug dens, drug pushing, juvenile delinquency, the printing, distribution or


exhibition of obscene or pomographic materials or publications and such other activities
inimical to the welfare and morals of the inhabitants of the City;

(ff) Protect the environment. To this end, it shall set aside a reasonable amount
from its development funds for the purpose of maintaining and enhancing the ecological
balance of the City. It may also impose appropriate penalties for acts which endanger the
environment, such as dynamite fishing and other forms of destructive fishing, smuggling of
natural resources, products and of endangered species of flora and fauna; and other activities
which result in pollution, acecleration of eutrophication of rivers and other bodies of water, or
of ecological imbalance, the fines for which shall be used exclusively for the advancement of
ecological protection;

(gg) Subject to the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991 and other
Pertinent laws, determine the powers and duties of officials and employees of the City;

(hh) Consistent with the Salary Standardization Law, determine the positions and
the salaries, wages, allowances and other emoluments and benefits of officials and employees
paid wholly or mainly from city funds and provide for expenditures necessary for the proper
conduct of programs, projects, services and activities of the city government;

(ii) Authorize the payment of compensation to a qualified person not in the
government service, who fills up a temporary vacancy or grant honorarium to any qualified
official or employee designated to fill a temporary vacancy in a concurrent capacity at the
rate authorized by law;

(jj) Provide a mechanism and the appropriate funds therefor to ensure the safety
and protection of all city government property, public documents or records such as those
relating to property inventory, land ownership, records of births, marriages, deaths,
assessments, taxation, accounts, business permits and such other records and documents of
public interest in the offices and departments of the city government;

(kk) When the finances of the city government allow, provide for additional
allowances and other benefits to judges, prosecutors, public elementary and high school
teachers, and other national government officials stationed in or assigned to the City;

(Ul) Provide legal assistance to barangay officials, who In the performance of their
official duties or on the occasion thereof, have to initiate judicial proceedings or defend
themselves against legal actions; and

(mm) Provide for group insurance or additional insurance coverage for all
barangay officials, including members of barangay tanod brigades and other service units,
with public or private insurance companies;

2. Generate and maximize the use of resources and revenues for the development plans,
program objectives and priorities of the City with particular attention to agro-industrial development,
citywide growth and progress, and the provision of basic services, and relative thereto, the
sangguniang panlungsod shall:

(aa) Approve the annual and supplemental budgets of the city government and
appropriate funds for specific programs, projects, services and activities of the City or for
other purposes not contrary to law, in order to promote the general welfare of the City and its
inhabitants;

(bb) Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government Code of 1991
and applicable laws, and upon the majority vote of all the members of the sangguniang
panlungsod, enact ordinances levying taxes, fees and charges, prescribing the rates thereof for
general and specific purposes, and granting tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs;

(cc) Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government Code of 1991
and applicable laws and, upon the majority vote of all the members of the sangguniang
panlungsod, authorize the city mayor to negotiate and contract loans and other forms of
indebtedness. The application for loans or other forms of indebtedness and the terms and


conditions thereof shall, before approval, be published in a newspaper of general circulation
in the City. Once approved, the contract covering the loans or other forms of indebtedness
shall be furnished to any city resident requesting a copy thereof, upon payment of reasonable
fees;

(dd) Subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government Code of 1991
and applicable laws and, upon the majority vote of all the members of the sangguniang
panlungsod, enact ordinances authorizing the floating of bonds or other Instruments of
indebtedness for the purpose of raising funds to finance development projects. The
authorization to float bonds or other instruments of indebtedness shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City. Once approved, the contract covering the
floating of bonds or other instruments of indebtedness shall be furnished to any City resident
requesting a copy thereof upon payment of reasonable fees;

(ee) Appropriate funds for the construction and maintenance or the rental of
buildings for the use of the City and, upon the majority vote of all the members of the
sangguniang panlungsod, authorize the city mayor to lease to private parties such public
buildings held in a proprietary capacity, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations;

(ff) Prescribe reasonable limits and restraints on the use of property within the
jurisdiction of the City;

(ge) Adopt a comprehensive land-use plan for the City;

(bh) Reclassify lands within the jurisdiction of the City, subject to pertinent
provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991;

Gi) Enact integrated zoning ordinances in consonance with the approved
comprehensive land-use plan, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations; establish fire
limits or zones, particularly in populous centers; and regulate the construction, repair or
modification of buildings within said fire limits or zones, in accordance with the provisions of
the Fire Code;

(Gj) Subject to national law, process and approve subdivision plans for residential,
commercial or industrial purposes and other development purposes and to collect processing
fees and other charges, the proceeds of which shall accrue entirely to the City: Provided,
however, That where approval of a national agency or oflice is required, said approval shall
not be withheld for more than thirty (30) days from receipt of the application. Failure to act
on the application within the period stated above shall be deemed as approval thereof:

(kk) With the concurrence of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all the members of the
sangguniang panlungsod, grant tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs to entities engaged in
community growth-inducing industries, subject to the provisions of the Local Government
Code of 1991;

(I Grant loans or provide grants to other local government units or to national,
provincial and city charitable, benevolent or educational institutions: Provided, That said
institutions are operated and maintained within the City;

(mm) Regulate the numbering of residential, commercial and other buildings; and

(nn) Regulate the inspection, weighing and measuring of articles of commerce;

3. Subject to the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991, enact ordinances granting
franchises and authorizing the issuance of permits or licenses, upon such conditions and for such

purposes intended to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the City and pursuant to this
legislative authority, shall:

(aa) Fix and impose reasonable fees and charges for all services rendered by the
City government to private persons or entities;

(bb) Regulate or fix license fees for any business or practice of profession within


the City and the conditions under which the license for said business or practice of profession
may be revoked, and enact ordinances levying taxes thereon;

(cc) Provide for and set the conditions under which public utilities owned by the
City shall be operated by the city government and prescribe the conditions under which the
same may be leased to private persons or entities, preferably cooperatives;

(dd) Regulate the display of and fix the license fees for signs, signboards or
billboards at the place or places where the profession or business advertised thereby is, in
whole or In part, conducted;

(ec) Authorize and license the establishment, operation and maintenance of
cockpits, regulate cockfighting and commercial breeding of gamecocks;

(f) Subject to the guidelines prescribed by the Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC), regulate the operation of tricycles, and grant franchises for the
operation thereof within the territorial jurisdiction of the City; and

(gg) Upon approval by a majority vote of all the members of the sangguniang
panlungsod, grant a franchise to any person, partnership, corporation or cooperative to do
business within the City; establish, construct, operate and maintain ferries, wharves, markets
or slaughterhouses; or undertake such other activities within the City as may be allowed by
existing laws: Provided, That cooperatives shall be given preference in the grant of such
franchise;

4. Regulate activities relative to the use of land, buildings and structures within the City in
order to promote the general welfare and for the said purpose, shall:

(ea) Declare, prevent or abate any nuisance;

(bb) With the concurrence of a majority of the members of the sangguniang
panlungsod constituting a quorum, deny the entry of legalized gambling by ordinance into
any part of the City or regulate its location within the City;

(cc) Require that buildings and the premises thereof and any land within the City
be kept and maintained in a sanitary condition; impose penalties for any violation thereof or
upon failure to comply with the requirement, have the work done at the expense of the owner,
administrator or tenant concerned and require the filling up of any land or premises to a grade
necessary for proper sanitation;

(dd) Regulate the disposal of clinical and other wastes from hospitals, clinics and
other similar establishments;

(ee) Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of cafes, restaurants,
beerhouses, hotels, motels, inns, pension houses, lodging houses and other similar
establishments, including tourist guides and transports;

(&) Regulate the sale, giving away or dispensing of any intoxicating malt, vino,
mixed or fermented liquors at any retail outlets;

(gg) Regulate the establishment and provide for the inspection of steam boilers ot
any heating device in buildings and the storage of inflammable and highly combustible
materials within the City;

(hh) Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of entertainment ot
amusement facilities, including the theatrical performance, circuses, billiard halls, public
dancing schools, public dance halls, sauna baths, massage parlors and other places for
entertainment or amusement, particularly those which tend to disturb the community or annoy
the inhabitants or require the suspension or suppression of the same; or prohibit certain forms
of amusement or entertainment in order to protect the social and moral welfare of the
community;


(ii) Provide for the impounding of stray animals; regulate the keeping of animals
in homes or as part of a business, and the slaughter, sale or disposition of the same and adopt
measures to prevent and penalize cruelty to animals, subject to existing laws, rules and
regulations; and

(ji) Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of funeral parlors and
the burial or cremation of the dead, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations;

5. Approve ordinances which shall ensure the efficient and effective delivery of basic services and facilities as
provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991 and, in addition to said services and facilities, shall:

(ea) Provide for the establishment, maintenance, protection and conservation of
communal forests and watersheds, tree parks, greenbelts, mangroves and other similar forest development projects;

(bb) Establish markets, slaughterhouses or animal corrals and authorize the
operation thereof by the city government; and regulate the construction and operation of
private markets, talipapas or other similar buildings and structures;

(cc) Regulate the preparation and sale offish, meat, poultry, vegetables, fruits,
fresh dairy products and other foodstuffs for public consumption;

(dd) Regulate the use of streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, bridges, parks and
other public places, and approve the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of
the same, establish bus and vehicle stops and terminals, or regulate the use of the same by
privately-owned vehicles which serve the public; regulate garages and the operation of
conveyances for hire; designate stands to be occupied by public vehicles when not in use;
regulate the putting up of signs, signposts, awnings and awning posts on the streets; and
provide for the lighting, cleaning and sprinkling of streets and public places;

(ce) Regulate traffic on all streets and bridges; probibit encroachment or obstacles
thereon and, when necessary In the Interest of public welfare, authorize the removal of
encroachments and illegal constructions In public places;

(ff) Subject to existing laws and when necessary, establish and provide for the
maintenance, repair and operation of an efficient waterworks system to supply water for the
inhabitants and to purify the source of the water supply; regulate the construction,
maintenance, repair and use of the hydrants, pumps, cisterns and reservation projects, the
purity and quantity of the water supply of the City and, for this purpose, extend the drainage
area of said water supply within one hundred meters (100 m.) of the reservoir, canal, conduit
aqueduct, pumping station or watershed used in connection with the water service and
regulate the consumption, use or wastage of water and fix and collect charges therefor;

(gg) Regulate the drilling and excavation of the ground for the laying of water,
gas, sewer and other pipes and the construction, repair and maintenance of public drains,
sewers, cesspools, tunnels and similar structures; regulate the placing of poles and the use of
crosswalks, curbs and gutters; adopt measures to ensure public safety against open canals,
manholes, live wires and other similar hazards to life and property; and regulate the
construction and use of private water closets, privies and other similar structures in buildings
and homes;

(ih) Regulate the placing, stringing, attaching, installing, repair and construction
of all gas mains, electric, telegraph and telephone wires, conduits, meters and other apparatus;
and provide for the correction, condemnation or removal of the same when found to be
dangerous, defective or otherwise hazardous to the welfare of the Inhabitants;

(ii) Subject to the availability of funds and to existing laws, rules and regulations,
establish or maintain, and/or provide for the operation of a city college, vocational and
technical schools and similar post-secondary Institutions and, with the approval of the DepEd,
the Commission on Higher Education, or the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority, as the case may be, and subject to existing laws on tuition fees, fix and collect
reasonable tuition fees and other school charges In educational Institutions supported by the
city government;


(j) Ensure the physical maintenance of educational institutions under the
operational control of the City and the provision of books and other capital equipment for the
same;

(kk) Approve measures and adopt quarantine regulations to prevent the
introduction and spread of diseases;

(Il) Provide for an efficient and effective system of solid waste and garbage
collection and prohibit littering and the placing or throwing of garbage, refuse and other filth
and wastes; and, for this purpose, provide for incentive schemes for industries engaged in the
recycling of waste and garbage;

(mm) Provide for the care of disabled persons, paupers, the aged, the sick, persons
of unsound mind, abandoned minors, juvenile delinquents, drug dependents, abused children
and other needy and disadvantaged persons, particularly children and the youth below
eighteen (18) years of age and subject to availability of funds, establish and provide for the
operation of centers and facilities for the said needy and disadvantaged persons;

(nn) Establish and provide for the maintenance and improvement of jails and
detention centers, institute a sound jail management program, including a continuing
education and training program for jail personnel assigned or detailed in jails and detention
centers within the jurisdiction of the City, and the provision of separate detention centers for
‘women and minors;

(00) Establish a city council whose purpose is the promotion of culture and the
arts, coordinate with government agencies and nongovernmental organizations and, subject to
the availability of funds, appropriate funds for the support and development of the same;

pp) Establish a city council for the elderly which shall formulate policies and
adopt measures mutually beneficial to the elderly and to the community; provide Incentives
for nongovernmental agencies and entitles and, subject to the availability of funds,
appropriate funds to support programs and projects for the benefit of the elderly;

(aq) Provide for a social housing fund for the provision of housing for the poor
and, for this purpose, may allocate a reasonable amount annually for the acquisition of land
and development of the same; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such powers as provided for under
the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by other relevant laws or by
ordinance.

ARTICLE V
PROCESS OF LEGISLATION

Section 12. Internal Rules of Procedure. - (a) On the first regular session following the election of
Its members and within ninety (90) days thereafter, the sangguniang panlungsod shall adopt or update rules
of procedure.
(b) The rules of procedure shall provide for the following:

1. The organization of the sanggunian and the election of its officers as well as the creation of
standing committees which shall include, but shall not be limited to, the committees on
appropriations, women and family, human rights, youth and sports development, environmental
protection and cooperatives, the general jurisdiction of each committee, and the election of the
chairman and members of each committee;

2. The order and calendar of business for each session;

3. The legislative process;

4. The parliamentary procedures, which include the conduct of members during sessions:


Fe The discipline of members for disorderly behavior and absences without justifiable
cause for four consecutive sessions for which they may be censured, reprimanded or excluded from
the sessions, suspended for not more than sixty (60) days, or expelled: Provided, That the penalty of
suspension or expulsion shall require the concurrence of at least two-thirds (2/3) vote of all
sanggunian members: Provided, further, That a member convicted by final judgment to
imprisonment of at least one year for any crime involving moral turpitude shall be automatically
expelled from the sanggunian; and

6. Such other rules as the sanggunian may adopt.

Section 13. Full Disclosure of Financial and Business Interests of Sangguniang Panlungsod
Members. (a) Every sangguniang panlungsod member shall, upon assumption to office, make a full disclosure of
his business and financial interests. He shall also disclose any professional relationship or any relation by affinity ot
consanguinity within the fourth civil degree, which he may have with any person, firm or entity affected by any
ordinance or resolution under consideration by the sanggunian of which he is a member, which relationship may
result in conflict of interests. Such relationship shall include:

1. Ownership of stock or capital, or investment in the entity or firm to which the
ordinance or resolution may apply; and

2. Contracts or agreements with any person or entity which the ordinance or resolution
under consideration may affect.

3. In the absence of specific constitutional or statutory provisions applicable to this
situation, “conflict of Interest" refers in general to one where It may be teasonably deduced that a
member of a sanggunian may not act In the public Interest due to some private, pecuniary or other
personal consideration that may tend to affect his judgment to the prejudice of the service or the
public.

(b) The disclosure required under this Act shall be made in writing and submitted to the
secretary of the sanggunian or the secretary of the committee of which he is a member. The
disclosure shall, in all cases, form part of the record of the proceedings and shall be made in the
following manner:

1. Disclosure shall be made before the member participates in the deliberations on the
ordinance or resolution under consideration: Provided, that if the member did not participate during
the deliberations, the disclosure shall be made before voting on the ordinance or resolution on second
and third readings; and

2. Disclosure shall be made when a member takes a position or makes a privilege speech
on a matter that may affect the business interest, financial connection or professional relationship
described therein.

Section 14, Sessions. - (a) On the first day of the session immediately following the election of its
members, the sangguniang panlungsod shall, by resolution, fix the day, time and place of its sessions, The
minimum number of _~—regular_— sessions’ = shall —sbe = omce.=Oa—Ss(e“,

(b) When the public interest so demands, special sessions may be called by the city mayor or by a
majority of the members of the sanggunian.

(©) All sanggunian sessions shall be open to the public unless a closed-door session is ordered by an
affirmative vote of the majority of the members present, there being a quorum, in the public interest or for
reasons of security, decency or morality. No two sessions, regular or special, may be held in a single day.

(d) In the case of special sessions of the sanggunian, a written notice to the members shall be served
personally at the member's usual place of residence at least twenty-four (24) hours before the special session
is held.

Unless otherwise concurred in by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the sanggunian members present, there
being a quorum, no other matter may be considered at a special session except those stated in the notice,


(©) The sanggunian shall keep a journal and a record of its proceedings which may be published upon
a resolution of the sangguniang panlungsod.

Section 15. Quorum. - (a) A majority of all the members of the sanggunian who have been elected
and qualified shall constitute a quorum to transact official business. Should a question of quorum be raised
during a session, the presiding officer shall immediately proceed to call the roll of the members and
thereafter announce the result,

(b) Where there is no quorum, the presiding officer may declare a recess until such time a quorum is
constituted, or a majority of the members present may adjourn from day to day and may compel the
immediate attendance of any member absent without justifiable cause by designating a member or members
of the sanggunian to be assisted by a member or members of the police force assigned in the territorial
jurisdiction of the City of Navotas, to arrest the absent member and present him at the session,

(©) If there is still no quorum despite the enforcement of the immediately preceding subSection, no
business shall be transacted. The presiding officer, upon proper motion and duly approved by the members
present, shall then declare the ~— session adjourned for_—ilack = of quorum.

Section 16. Approval of Ordinances. - (a) Every ordinance enacted by the sangguniang panlungsod
shall be presented to the city mayor. If the city mayor approves the same, he shall affix his signature on each
and every page thereof; otherwise, he shall veto it and return the same with his objections to the sanggunian,
which may proceed to reconsider the same. The sanggunian may override the veto of the city mayor by two:
thirds (2/3) vote of all its members, thereby making the ordinance or resolution effective for all legal intents

and purposes,

(b) The veto shall be communicated by the city mayor to the sanggunian within ten (10) days;
otherwise, the ordinance shall be deemed approved += as’sif’ she signed it.

Section 17. Veto Power of the City Mayor. - (a) The city mayor may veto any ordinance of the
sangguniang panlungsod on the ground that it is ultra vires or prejudicial to public welfare, stating his
reasons thereof in writing.

(b) The city mayor shall have the power to veto any particular item or items of an appropriations
ordinance, an ordinance or resolution adopting a local development plan, any public investment program or
an ordinance directing the payment of money or creating liability. In such case, the vetoed item or items
shall not take effect unless the sangguniang panlungsod overrides the veto in the manner herein provided;
otherwise, the item or items in the appropriations ordinance of the previous year corresponding to those
vetoed, if any, shall be deemed enacted.

(©) The city mayor may veto an ordinance or resolution only once. The sanggunian may override the
veto by two-thirds (2/3) vote of all its members, thereby making the ordinance effective even without the
approval of the city mayor.

Sec. 18. Review of Barangay Ordinances by the Sangguniang Panlungsod. - (a) Within ten (10) days
after the enactment, the sangguniang barangay shall furnish copies of all barangay ordinances to the
sangguniang panlungsod for review as to whether the ordinance is consistent with law and city ordinances.

(b) If the sangguniang panlungsod fails to take action on barangay ordinances within thirty (30) days
from receipt thereof, the same shall be deemed approved.

(©) If the sangguniang panlungsod finds the barangay ordinance inconsistent with law or ‘city
ordinances, the sangguniang panlungsod shall, within thirty (30) days from receipt thereof, return the same
with its comments and recommendations to the sangguniang barangay concemed for adjustment,
amendment or modification; in which case, the effectivity of the barangay ordinance is suspended until such
time as the revision called for is effected.

Section 19. Enforcement of Disapproved Ordinances or Resolutions. - Any attempt to enforce any
ordinance or any resolution approving the local development plan and public investment program after
disapproval thereof shall be sufficient ground for the suspension or dismissal of the official or employee
concemed.

Section 20. Effectivity of Ordinances or Resolutions. - (a).Unless otherwise stated in the ordinance ar


the resolution approving the local development plan and public investment program, the same shall take
effect after ten (10) days from the date a copy thereof is posted in a bulletin board at the entrance of the city
hall and in at least two other conspicuous places in the City of Pateros.

(b) The secretary of the sangguniang panlungsod shall cause the posting of an ordinance or resolution
in the bulletin board at the entrance of the city hall and in at least two conspicuous places in the City not
later than five days after approval thereof. The text of the ordinance or resolution shall be disseminated and
posted in Filipino or English, and the secretary of the sangguniang panlungsod shall record such fact in a
book kept for the purpose, stating the dates of approval and posting.

(©) The main features of the ordinance or resolution duly enacted or adopted shall, in addition to
being posted, be published once in a local newspaper of general circulation within the City: Provided, That
in the absence thereof, the ordinance or resolution shall be published in any newspaper of general
circulation: Provided, further, That the gist of all ordinances with penal sanctions shall also be published in a
newspaper of general circulation.

ARTICLE VI
SUCCESSION FOR ELECTIVE CITY OFFICIALS

Section 21. Permanent Vacancy in the Offices of the City Mayor and the City Vice Mayor. - (a) If a
permanent vacancy occurs in the office of the city mayor, the city vice mayor concemed shall become the city
mayor. If a permanent vacancy occurs in the office of the city vice mayor, the highest ranking sangguniang
paniungsod member, or in case of his permanent Incapacity, the second highest ranking sangguniang panlungsod
member shall become the city vice mayor. If permanent vacancies occur in both the offices of the city mayor and
the city vice mayor, the first and second highest ranking sangguniang panlungsod members, or in case of permanent
Incapacity of one or both of them, the next highest ranking sangguniang panlungsod member or members shall
become the city mayor and city vice mayor, respectively. Subsequent vacancies in the said offices shall be filled
automatically by the other sanggunian members according to their ranking as defined herein.

(b) A tie between or among the highest ranking sangguniang panlungsod members shall be resolved
by drawing of lots.

(©) The successors as defined herein shall serve only the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

For purposes of this Act, a permanent vacancy arises when an elective local official fills a higher
vacant office, refuses to assume office, fails to qualify, dies, is removed from office, voluntarily resigns or is
otherwise permanently incapacitated to discharge the functions of his office.

For purposes of succession as provided in this Act, ranking in the sanggunian shall be determined on
the basis of the proportion of votes obtained by each winning candidate to the number of registered voters In
the City in the immediately preceding local election.

Section 22. Permanent Vacancies in the Sangguniang Panlungsod. - Permanent vacancies in the
sangguniang panlungsod where automatic succession as provided above does not apply shall be filled by
appointments in the following manner:

(a) The President, through the Executive Secretary, shall make the aforesaid appointment;

(b) Only the nominee of the political party under which the sanggunian member concerned had been
elected shall be appointed in the manner herein provided. The appointee shall come from the same political
party as that of the sanggunian member who caused the vacancy and shall serve the unexpired term of the
vacant office.

In the appointment herein mentioned, a nomination and a certificate of membership of the appointee
from the highest official of the political party concerned are conditions sine qua non, and any appointment
without such nomination and certification shall be null and void ab initio and shall be a ground for
administrative action against the official responsible therefor;

(©) In case the permanent vacancy is caused by a sanggunian member who does not belong to any

political party, the city mayor shall, upon recommendation of the sangguniang panlungsod, appoint a
qualified person to fill the vacancy; and


@ In case of vacancy in the representation of the youth, the barangay and other sectors in the
sangguniang panlungsod, said vacancy shall be filled automatically by the official next-in-rank of the
organization concerned.

Section 23. Temporary Vacancy in the Office of the City Mayor. - (a) When the city mayor is
‘temporarily Incapacitated to perform his duties for physical or legal reasons such as, but not limited to, leave
of absence, travel abroad and suspension from office, the city vice mayor shall automatically exercise the
powers and perform the duties and functions of the city mayor, except the power to appoint, suspend or
dismiss employees which can only be exercised if the period of temporary incapacity exceeds thirty (30)
working days.

(b) Said temporary incapacity shall terminate upon submission to the sangguniang panlungsod of a
written declaration by the city mayor that he has reported back to office. In case where the temporary
incapacity is due to legal cause, the city mayor shall also submit necessary documents showing the said legal
cause no longer exists.

(©) When the city mayor is traveling within the country but outside the territorial jurisdiction for a
period not exceeding three consecutive days, he may designate in writing the officer-in-charge of his office.
Such authorization shall specify the powers and functions that the local official concerned shall exercise in
the absence of the city mayor, except the power to appoint, suspend or dismiss employees;

(d) In the event, however, that the city mayor fails or refuses to issue such authorization, the city vice
mayor or the highest ranking sangguniang panlungsod member, as the case may be, shall have the right to
assume the powers, duties and functions of the said office on the fourth (4th) day of absence of the city
mayor, subject to the limitations provided in subSection (c) hereof.

(©) Except as provided above, the city mayor shall, In no case, authorize any local official to assume
the powers, duties and functions of the office other than the city vice mayor ot the highest ranking
sangguniang pantungsod member, as the case may be.

ARTICLE VIL
THE APPOINTIVE OFFICIALS OF THE CITY:
THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES

Section. 24. The Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod. - (a) There shall be a secretary to the
sangguniang panlungsod who shall be a career official with the rank and salary equal to a head of a department or
office who shall be appointed by the city vice mayor with the concurrence of the majority of all sangguniang
panlungsod members as provided herein.

(b) No person shall be appointed secretary to the sangguniang panlungsod unless he is a citizen of the
Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a master's degree preferably in law,
commerce or public administration from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service
eligible or its equivalent.

(©) The secretary of the sangguniang panlungsod shall receive a minimum monthly compensation
equivalent to Salary Grade Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the
implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as
may be determined by law.

(@) The secretary to the sanggunian shall take charge of the office of the sangguniang panlungsod,
and shall:

1. Attend meetings of the sangguniang panlungsod and keep a journal of its
proceedings;

2. Keep the seal of the City and affix the same with his signature to all
ordinances, resolutions and other official acts of the sangguniang panlungsod and present the
same to the presiding officer for his signature:

3. Forward to the city mayor for approval, copies of ordinances enacted by the
sangguniang panlungsod, duly certified by the presiding officer;


4. Furnish, upon request of any interested party, certified copies of records of
public character in his custody, upon payment to the city treasurer of such fees as may be
prescribed by ordinance;

5. Record in a book kept for the purpose, all ordinances and resolutions enacted
or adopted by the sangguniang panlungsod, with the dates of passage and publication thereof;

6. Keep his office and all nonconfidential records therein open to the public
uring usual business hours;

% Translate into Pilipino all ordinances and resolutions immediately after their
approval and cause, the publication of the same together with the original version in the
manner provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

8. Take custody of the local archives and, where applicable, the local library and
annually account for the same; and

* Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as
provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by
other relevant laws or by ordinance.

Section. 25. The City Treasurer. - (a) The city treasurer shall be appointed by the Secretary of Finance
from a list of at least three ranking eligible recommendees of the city mayor, subject to civil service law,
rules and regulations.

(b) The city treasurer shall be under the administrative supervision of the city mayor, to whom he
shall report regularly on the tax collection efforts of the City.

(©) No person shall be appointed city treasurer unless he is a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of
the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in commerce, public
administration or law from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service eligible or its
equivalent. He must have acquired experience in treasury or accounting service for at least five years.

@ The city treasurer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary Grade
‘Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines issued
pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.

(e) The city treasurer shall take charge of the city treasury office, and shall:

1. Advises the city mayor, the sangguniang panlungsod and other local
government and national officials concerned regarding disposition of local government funds
and on such other matters relative to public finance;

2. Take custody and exercise proper management of the funds of the City;

3. Take charge of the disbursement of all funds of the City and other funds, the
custody of which may be entrusted to him by law or other competent authority;

4. Inspect private commercial and industrial establishments within the
jurisdiction of the City in relation to the implementation of tax ordinances, pursuant to the
provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991;

5. Maintain and update the tax information system of the City; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as
provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law
or ordinance.

Section. 26. The Assistant City Treasurer. - (a) The assistant city treasurer shall be appointed by the

Secretary of Finance from a list of at least three ranking eligible recommendees of the city mayor, subject to
civil service law, rules and regulations.


(b) No person shall be appointed assistant city treasurer unless he is a citizen of the Philippines, a
resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in commerce, public
administration or law from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service eligible or its
equivalent. He must have acquired at least five years experience in treasury or accounting.

(©) The assistant city treasurer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary
Grade Twenty-four (24) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing
guidelines Issued pursuant thereto, and such other compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be
determined by law.

@) The assistant city treasurer shall assist the city treasurer and perform such other duties as the
latter may assign him. He shall have authority to administer oaths concemning notices and notifications to
those delinquent in the payment of the real property tax and concerning official matters relating to the
accounts of the city treasurer or otherwise arising from the offices of the city treasurer and the city assessor.

Section 27. The City Assessor. - (a) The city assessor must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident
of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in civil or mechanical
engineering, commerce or any other related course from a recognized college or university and a first grade
civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in real property assessment work or
in any related field for at least five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The city assessor shall receive a minimum monthly compensation, equivalent to Salary Grade
‘Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines issued
Pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.

(©) The city assessor shall take charge of the city assessor's office, and shall:

1. __ Ensure that all laws and policies governing the appraisal and assessment of
teal properties for taxation purposes are properly executed;

2. Initiate, review and recommend changes in policies and objectives, plans and
programs, techniques, procedures and practices in the evolution and assessment of real
properties for taxation purposes;

3. Establish a systematic method of real property assessment;

4. Install and maintain real property identification and accounting systems;

5. __ Prepare, install and maintain a system of tax mapping, showing graphically all
Properties subject to assessment and gather all data concerning the same;

6. Conduct frequent physical surveys to verify and determine whether all real
properties within the City are properly listed in the assessment rolls;

7. __ Exercise the functions of appraisal and assessments primarily for taxation
purposes of all real properties In the City;

8. Prepare a schedule of the fair market value of the different classes of real
Properties in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991;

9. Issue, upon request of any interested party, certified copies of assessment upon
payment of a service charge or fee to the city treasurer;

10. Submit every semester a report of all assessments as well as cancellation and
modification of assessment to the city mayor and the sangguniang panlungsod: and

11. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as
provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law
or ordinance.

Section. 28. The Assistant City Assessor. - (a) The assistant city assessor must be a citizen of the


pines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in civil or
mechanical engineering, commerce or any related course from a recognized college or university and a first
grade civil service eligible or Its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in assessment or in any
related field for at least three years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The assistant city assessor shall receive such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may
be determined by law.

(©) The assistant city assessor shall assist the city assessor and perform such other duties as the latter
may assign to him. He shall have authority to administer oaths on all declarations of real property for
purposes of assessment.

Section. 29. The City Engineer. - (a) The city engineer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident
of the City, of good moral character and a licensed civil engineer, He must have acquired experience in the
practice of his profession for at least five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The city engineer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary Grade
‘Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines issued
pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.

(©) The city engineer shall take charge of the city engineering office, and shall:
1. Initiate, review and recommend changes in policies and objectives, plans and
programs, techniques, procedures and practices in infrastructure development and public
works, in general, of the City;

2. Advise the city mayor on infrastructure, public works and other engineering

matters;

3. Administer, coordinate, supervise and control the construction, maintenance,
improvement and repair of roads, bridges, other engineering and public works projects of the
City;

4. _ Provide engineering services to the City, including investigation and survey,
engineering designs, feasibility studies and project management; and

3; Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as
provided for under the Local Government Code of 1991 and those that are prescribed by law
or ordinance.

Section. 30. The Assistant City Engineer. - (a) The assistant city engineer must be a citizen of the
Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in civil or
mechanical engineering, commerce or any related course from a recognized college or university and a first
grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in assessment or in any
related field for at least three years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The assistant city engineer shall assist the city engineer and perform such other duties as the latter
may assign to him.

(©) The assistant city engineer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary
Grade Twenty-four (24) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing
guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such other compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be
determined by law.

Section. 31. The City Health Officer. - (a) The city health officer must be a citizen of the Philippines,
a resident of the City, of good moral character and a licensed medical practitioner. He must have acquired
experience in the practice of his profession for at least five years immediately preceding the date of his
appointment.

(b) The city health officer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to
Grade Twenty-six (26) as presribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing andet
nes,

issued pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined byl
law,
(c) The city health officer shall take ahenw- 21


1. Supervise the personnel and staff of the said office, formulate program
Implementation guidelines, and rules and regulations for the operation of the said office for
the approval of the city mayor In order to assist him in the efficient, effective and economical

implementation of health services programs geared to implement health-related projects and
activities;

2. Formulate measures for the consideration of the sangguniang panlungsod and
provide technical assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying out activities to ensure
the delivery of basic services and provision of adequate facilities relative to health services
provided under Section 17 of the Local Government Code of 1991;

3. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor,
implement the same, particularly those which have to do with health programs and projects
which the city mayor is empowered to Implement and which the sangguniang panlungsod is
empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

4, In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city health officer shall:

(aa) Formulate and implement policies, plans and projects to promote the
health of the people in the City;

(bb) Advise the city mayor and the sangguniang panlungsod on matters
pertaining to health;

(cc) Execute and enforce all laws, ordinances and regulations relating to
health;

(dd) Recommend to the sangguniang panlungsod, through the local health
board, the passage of such ordinance as he may deem necessary for the preservation
of public health;

(ee) Recommend the prosecution of any violation of sanitary laws; ordinances
or regulations;

(A) Direct the sanitary inspection of all business establishments selling food
items or providing accommodation, such as hotels, motels, lodging houses and the
like, in accordance with the Sanitation Code;

(gg) Conduct health information campaigns and render health intelligence
services; and

(hh) Coordinate with other government agencies and nongovernment
organizations involved in the promotion and delivery of health services;

5. Be in the frontline of the delivery of health services, particularly during and in the
aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and calamities; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided
for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or
ordinance.

Section. 32. The Assistant City Health Officer. - (a) The assistant city health officer
must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character and a
licensed medical practitioner. He must have acquired experience in the practice of his
profession for at least three years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The assistant city health officer shall assist the city health officer and perform such other duties as
the latter may assign to him.

(©) The assistant city health officer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to
Salary Grade Twenty-four (24) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing
guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such other compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be


determined by law.

Section 33. The City Civil Registrar. - (a) The city civil registrar must be a citizen of the Philippines,
a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree from a recognized college or
university and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in civil
registry work for at least five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The city civil registrar shall receive @ minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary
Grade Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines
issued pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law;

(©) The city civil registrar shall be responsible for the civil registration program In the City of
Navotas pursuant to the Civil Registry Law, the Civil Code and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations
issued to implement them,

(@) The city civil registrar shall take charge of the office of the city civil registry, and shall:

1, Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with the management and administration-related
programs and projects which the city mayor is empowered to implement and which the sangguniang
panlungsod is empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

2 In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city civil registrar shall:

(aa) Accept all registrable documents and judicial decrees affecting the civil status of
persons:

(bb) File, keep and preserve in a secure place the books required by law;

(cc) Transcribe and enter immediately upon receipt, all registrable documents and
judicial decrees affecting the civil status of persons in the appropriate civil registry books;

(dd) Transmit to the Office of the Civil Registrar-General within the prescribed period
duplicate copies of registered documents required by law;

(ce) Issue certified transcript or copies of any certificate or registered document upon
payment of the required fees to the treasurer;

(£8) Receive applications for the issuance of a marriage license and after determining
that the requirements and supporting certificates and publication thereof for the prescribed
period have been complied with, issue the license upon payment of the authorized fee to the
treasurer; and

(gg) Coordinate with the National Statistics Office in conducting educational
campaigns for vital registration and assist in the preparation of demographic and other
statistics for the City of Navotas; and

3. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 34. The Assistant City Civil Registrar. - (a) The assistant city civil registrar must be a citizen
of the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character holder of a college degree from a
recognized college or university and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have
acquired experience in assessment or in any related field for at least three years immediately preceding the
date of his appointment.

(b) The assistant city civil registrar shall assist the city civil registrar and perform such other duties as
the latter may assign to him.

(©) The assistant city civil registrar shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to
Salary Grade Twenty-four (24) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing


guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such other compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be
determined by law.

Section 35. The City Accountant. - (a) The city accountant must be a citizen of the Philippines, a
resident of the City, of good moral character and a certified public accountant, He must have acquired
experience in the treasury or accounting service for at least five years immediately preceding the date of his
appointment.

(b) The city accountant shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary Grade
‘Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines issued
pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law,

(©) The city accountant shall take charge of both the office of the accounting and intemal audit
services, and shall:

1. Install and maintain an internal audit system in the City;

Es Prepare and submit financial statements to the city mayor and to the sangguniang
panlungsod;

3. __Apprise the sangguniang panlungsod and other officials on the financial condition and
operation of the City;

4. Cettify to the availability of budgetary allotment from which expenditures and
obligations may be properly charged;

5. Review supporting documents before the preparation of vouchers to determine the
completeness of requirements;

6. Prepare statements of cash advances, liquidations, salaries, allowances,
reimbursements and remittances pertaining to the City;

7. Prepare statements of journal vouchers and liquidations of the same and other
adjustments related thereto;

8. Post individual disbursements to the subsidiary ledger and index cards;

9. Maintain individual ledgers for officials and employees of the City pertaining to
payrolls and deductions;

10. Record and post in index cards details of purchased furniture, fixtures and equipment,
including disposal thereof, if any;

11. Account for all issued requests for obligations and maintain and keep all records and
reports related thereto;

12. Prepare journals and the analysis of obligations and maintain and keep all records and
reports related thereto; and

13. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided
for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 36. The Assistant City Accountant - (a) The assistant city accountant must be a citizen of the
Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character and a certified public accountant. He must have
acquired experience in assessment or in any related field for at least three years immediately preceding the
date of his appointment.

(b) The assistant city accountant shall assist the city accountant and perform such other duties as the
latter may assign to him.

(©) The assistant city accountant shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary
Grade Twenty-four (24) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing


guidelines Issued pursuant thereto, and such other compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be
determined by law.

Section 37. The City Social Welfare and Development Officer. - (a) The city social welfare and
development officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a
duly licensed social worker or a holder of a college degree preferably in sociology or any other related
course from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He
must have acquired experience in the practice of social work for at least five years immediately preceding
the date of his appointment.

(b) The city social welfare and development officer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation
equivalent to Salary Grade Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the
implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as
may be determined by law;

(©) The city social welfare and development officer shall take charge of the office of social welfare
and development, and shall:

1. Formulate measures for the approval of the sangguniang panlungsod and provide
technical assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery of
basic services and the provision of adequate facilities relative to social welfare and development
services;

2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with social welfare programs and projects which the
city mayor is empowered to implement and which the sangeuniang panlungsod is empowered to
provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city social welfare and
development officer shall:

(aa) Identify the basic needs of the needy, the disadvantaged and the impoverished
and develop and Implement appropriate measures to alleviate their problems and improve
their living conditions;

(bb) Provide relief and appropriate crisis intervention for victims of abuse and
exploitation and recommend appropriate measures to deter further abuse and exploitation;

(cc) Assist the city mayor in implementing the barangay level program for the total
development and protection of children up to six years of age;

(dd) Facilitate the Implementation of welfare programs for the differently-abled,
elderly, and victims of drug addiction, the rehabilitation of prisoners and parolees, the
prevention of juvenile delinquency and such other activities which would eliminate or
minimize the ill-effects of poverty;

(ce) Initiate and support youth welfare programs that will enhance the role of the
youth in nation-building; and

(ff) Coordinate with government agencies and nongovernmental organizations which
have for their purpose the promotion and protection of all needy, disadvantaged,
underprivileged or impoverished groups or individuals, particularly those identified to be
vulnerable and high-risk to exploitation, abuse and neglect.

4. Be in the frontline of the delivery of services particularly those which have to do with
immediate relief and assistance during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and
calamities;

5, Recommend to the sangguniang panlungsod and advise the city mayor on all other
matters related to social welfare and development services which will Improve the livelihood and
living conditions of the inhabitants; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided


for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section. 38. The City Budget Officer. - (a) The city budget officer must be a citizen of the Philippines,
a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in accounting,
economics, public administration or any related course from a recognized college or university and a first
grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in government budgeting or
in any related field for at least five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The city budget officer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary
Grade Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines
issued pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.

(©) The city budget officer shall take charge of the city budget office, and shall:

1. Prepare forms, orders and circulars embodying instructions on budgetary and
appropriation matters for the signature of the city mayor;

2. Review and consolidate the budget proposals of different departments and offices of
the City;

3. Assist the city mayor in the preparation of the proposed legislation and submit
comments and recommendations thereon;

4. Study and evaluate budgetary implementation of proposed legislation and submit
comments and recommendations thereon;

5. Submit periodic budgetary reports to the Department of Budget and Management;

6. Coordinate with the city treasurer, the city accountant and the city planning and
development officer for the purpose of budgeting:

7. Assist the sangguniang panlungsod in reviewing the approved budgets of component
barangays;

8. Coordinate with the city planning and development coordinator in the formulation of
the development plan of the City; and

9. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided
for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 39. The City Planning and Development Officer. - (a) The city planning and development
officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a
college degree preferably in urban planning, development studies, economics, public administration or any
related course from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent.
He must have acquired experience in development planning or in any related ficld for at least five years
immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The city planning and development officer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation
equivalent to Salary Grade Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the
implementing guidelines Issued pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as.
may be determined by law.

(©) The city planning and development officer shall take charge of the city planning and development
coordinating office, and shall:

1. Formulate integrated economic, social, physical and other development plans and
policies for consideration of the City:

2. Conduct continuing studies, researches and training programs necessary to evolve
plans and programs for implementation;

3. Integrate and coordinate all sectoral plans and studies undertaken by the different


functional groups or agencies;

4. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the different development programs,
projects and activities in the City in accordance with the approved development plan;

5. Prepare comprehensive plans and other development planning documents for the
consideration of the local development council;

6. Analyze the income and expenditure patterns, and formulate and recommend fiscal
plans and policies for consideration of the finance committee of the City as provided for under the
Local Government Code of 1991;

7. Promote people's participation in development planning within the City;

8. Exercise supervision and control over the secretariat of the Local Development
Council; and

9. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided
for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 40. The City Administrator. - (a) The city administrator must be a citizen of the Philippines, a
resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in public
administration, law or any other related course from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil
service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in management and administrative work
for at least five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The term of the city administrator is coterminous with that of his appointing authority.

(©) The city administrator shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salary
Grade Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines
issued pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.

(d) The city administrator shall take charge of the city administrator's office, and shall:

1. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with the management and administration-related
programs and projects which the city mayor is empowered to implement and which the sangguniang
panlungsod is empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

2. _ In. addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city administrator shall assist in
the coordination of the work of all the officials of the City under the supervision, direction and
control of the city mayor and, for this purpose, he may convene the chiefs of offices and other
officials of the City;

3. Be in the frontline of the delivery of administrative support services, particularly those

related to the situations during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and
calamities;

4. Recommend to the sangguniang panlungsod and advise the city mayor on all mattes
relative to the management and administration of the City; and

Be Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided
for under the Local Government Code of 1991. and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 41. The City Legal Officer. - (a) The city legal officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a
resident of the City, of good moral character and a member of the Philippine bar. He must have practiced his
profession for at least five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The term of the city legal officer shall be coterminous with that of his appointing authority.

(© The city legal officer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to Salarv Grade


Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines issued
pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be determined by law.

(@) The city legal officer, the chief legal counsel of the City, shall take charge of the office of the city
legal service, and shall:

1. Formulate measures for the consideration of the sangguniang panlungsod and provide

legal assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying out the delivery of basic services and the
provision of adequate facilities;

2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with programs and projects related to legal services
which the city mayor is empowered to implement and which the sangguniang panlungsod Is
‘empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

3, Im addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city legal officer shall:

(aa) Represent the City in all civil actions and special proceedings wherein the City or
any official thereof, in his official capacity, is a party;

(bb) When required by the city mayor or sanggunian, draft ordinances, contracts,
bonds, leases and other instruments involving any instruments already drawn;

(cc) Render his opinion in writing on any question of law when requested to do so by
the city mayor or sanggunian;

(dd) Investigate or cause to be investigated any local official or employee for
administrative neglect or misconduct in office and recommend the appropriate action to the
city mayor or sanggunian, as the case may be;

(ce) Investigate or cause to be investigated any person, firm or corporation holding
any franchise or exercising any public privilege for failure to comply with any term or
condition In the grant of such franchise or privilege, and recommend appropriate action to the
city mayor or sangguniang panlungsod, as the case may be;

(ff) When directed by the city mayor or sanggunian, initiate and prosecute, in the
interest of the City, any civil action on any bond, lease or other contract upon any breach or
violation thereof; and

(gg) Review and submit recommendations on ordinances approved and executive
orders Issued by component units;

4, Recommend measures to the sangguniang panlungsod and advise the city mayor on all
matters related to upholding the rule of law;

5. Be in the frontline of protecting human rights and prosecuting any violations thereof,
particularly those which occur during and in the aftermath of man-made or natural disasters and
calamities; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 42. The City General Services Officer. - (a) The city general services officer must be a citizen
of the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree in public
administration, business administration or management from a recognized college or university and a first.
grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in general services, including
management of supply, solid waste disposal and general sanitation for at least five years immediately
preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The city general services officer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to
Salary Grade Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the imnlementina


guidelines issued pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be
determined by law.

(©) The city general services officer shall take charge of the office of the general services, and shall:

1. Formulate measures for the consideration of the sangguniang panlungsod and provide
technical assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery of
basic services and the provision of adequate facilities which require general services expertise and
technical support services;

2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with the general services supportive of the welfare of
the inhabitants of the City which the city mayor is empowered to implement, and which the
sangguniang panlungsod is empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city general services officer
shall:

(aa) Take custody of and be accountable for all properties, real or personal, owned by
the City and those granted to it in the form of donation, reparation, assistance and counterpart
of joint projects;

(bb) With the approval of the city mayor, assign building or land space to local
officials or other public officials who; by law, are entitled to space;

(cc) Recommend to the city mayor the reasonable rental rates for local government
properties, whether real or personal, which will be leased to public or private entities, owned
by the City:

(dd) Recommend te the city mayor reasonable rental rates for private properties which
may be leased for the official use of the City;

(ce) Maintain and supervise janitorial, security, landscaping and other related services
in all local government public buildings and other real property, whether owned or leased by
the City;

(8) Collate and disseminate information regarding prices, shipping and other costs of
supplies and other items commonly used by the City;

(gg) Perform archival and record management with respect to records of offices and
developments of the City; and

(bh) Perform ali other functions pertaining to supply and property management and
enforce policies on records creation, maintenance and disposal;

4. Be in the frontline of general services-related activities, such as the possible and
imminent destruction or damage to records, supplies, properties and structure materials or debris
particularly during and in the aftermath of man-inade and natural disasters and calamities;

5. Recommend to the sangguniang panlungsod and advise the city mayor on all matters
relative to general services; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided
for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section. 43. The City Environment and Natural Resources Officer. - (a) The city environment and
natural resources officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a
holder of a college degree preferably in environment, forestry, agriculture ot any other related course from a
recognized college or university and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired
experience in environment and natural resources management, conservation and utilization work for at least five
years immediately preceding the date of his appointment
(b) The city environment and natural resources officer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation equivalent to


Salary Grade Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines
issued pursuant thereto, and such compeasation, emoluments sod allowances as may be determined by law.

(©) The city environment and natural resources of shall take charge of the office of the
environment and natural resources, and shall:

1, Formulate measures for the consideration of the sangguniang panlungsod and provide
assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying’ out measures to ensure the delivery of basic
services and the provision of adequate facilities relative to environment and natural resources
services as provided for under Section 17 of the Local Government Code of 1991;

2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with the eavironment and natural resources programs
and projects which the city mayor is empowered to implement and which the sangguniang
panlungsod is empowered to provide for under the Loca! Government Code of 1991;

3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city environment and natural
resources officer shall:

(aa) Establish, maintain, protect and preserve communal forests, watersheds,’ tree
parks, mangroves, greenbelts, commercial forests and similar forest projects, like industrial
tree farms and agro-forestry projects;

(bb) Provide extension service to beneficiaries of forest development projects and
render assistance for natural resources-related conservation and utilization activities
consistent with ecological balance;

(cc) Manage and maintain seedbanks and produce seedlings for forest and tree parks;

(dd) Promote the small-scete mining and utilization of mineral resources, particularly
the mining of gold; and

(ec) Coordinate with government agencies and nongovernmental organizations in the
implementation of measures te prevent and control land, air and water pollution, with the
assistance of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources;

4. Be in the frontline of the delivery of services concerning the environment and natural
resources, particularly in the renewal and rehabilitation of the environment during and in the
aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and calamities;

5. Recommend to the sangguniang panlungsod and advise the city mayor on all matters
relative to protection, conservation, maximum utilization, application of appropriate technology and
other matters related to the environment and natural resources; and

6. Perform such other duties
for under the Local Government Code of 1

and functions and exercise such other powers as provided
1, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 44. The City Architect. - (a) The city architect inust be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident
of the City, of good moral character and a duly licensed architect. He must have practiced his profession for
at least five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The city architect shail receive a im monthly compensation equivalent to Salary Grade
‘Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the implementing guidelines issued
pursuant thereto, and such compensation. emolursents and allowances as may be determined by law.

(©) The city architect shall take charge of the office of the architectural planning and design, and
shall:
1. Formulate measures for the consideration of the sangguniang panlungsod and provide
technical assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery of
basic services and the provision of adequate facilities relative to architectural planning and desien:


2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with architectural planning and design programs and
projects which the city mayor is empowered to implement and which the sangguniang panlungsod Is
empowered to provide for under the Local Goverment Code of 1991

3. Im addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city architect shall:

(aa) Prepare and recomitnend, for consideration of the sanggunian, the architectural
plan and design for the City or’ pa:t thereof; including the renewal of slums and blighted
areas, land reclamation activitiés, the greening of land and appropriate planning of marine
and foreshore areas; i

(bb) Review and recommend for appropriate action of the sanggunian or the mayor as
the case may be, the architectural: plans! and: designs submitted by governmental and
nongovernmental entities-or individuals particularly those for undeveloped, underdeveloped
and poorly-designed areas; and

(cc) Coordinate with government; nongoverament entities and individuals involved in
the aesthetics and the maximum wlifization of the land and water within the jurisdiction of the
City, compatible with environmental integrity aid ecological balance;

4. Be in the frontline of the delivery of services involving architectural planning and design,
particularly those related to the redesigning of spatial distribution of basic facilities and physical
structures during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and calamities;

5. Recommend to the sangguriang ‘panlungsod and advise the city mayor on all matters
relative to architectural planaing and design as it relaies to the total socioeconomic development of
the City; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 45. The City Human Resource Development Officer. - (2) The city human resource
development officer must be a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a
holder of a college degree preferably in psychology ar any relaied course trom a recognized college or
university and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in
personnel administration for at least five years immediately preceding the daie of his appointment.

(b) The city human resource development officer shall receive a minimum monthly compensation
equivalent to Salary Grade Twenty-six (26) as prescribed under the Salary Standardization Law and the
implementing guidelines Issued pursuant thereto, and such compensation, emoluments and allowances as
may be determined by law.

(©) The city human, resource development officer shall take charge of the human resource
development office, and shall:

1. _ Develop a‘human resource management program for approval by the city mayor and
the sangguniang panlungsod:

2. Assist the city mayor in implementing the city's policies and programs relative to
recruitment and selection, appointments, training, promotion, compensations and other personnel
actions involving officials and employees of the City

3. Recommend to the sangguniang
relative to human resource management and de

panilungsod and advise the city mayor on all matters

4. Establish and maintain a sound personne! program for the City designed to promote
career development and uphold the merit principle in the local government service;

5. _ Conduct a continuing organizational development of the City, with the end in view of
instituting effective administrative reforms: and


bt

6. Perfor

5 sxercise such other powers as provided
for under the Local Go\

prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 46. The City Inform
Philippines, a resident of the City,
journalism or mass communications ol

imation officer must be a citizen of the
der of a college degree preferably in
sgnizéd col'ege or university and a first
d experience in writing articles and
research papers or writing for hér forms of mass media for at least five
years immediately preceding the 4

(b) The city information offi
Grade Twenty-six (26) as e
issued pursuant thereto, and such comiper

sthly compensation equivalent to Salary
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ances as may be determined by law.

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sengguniang panlungsod and provide
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(2a) Provide relevant, adequate and timely information to the City and its residents;
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(bb) Fumish. information and-data on the City to government agencies or offices as
may be required by law or ordinanice and nongovernmental organizations to be furnished to
said agencies and organizations: and

(cc) Maintain effective with the various sectors of the community on matters
and issues that affect the liveliiood and the quolity of life of the inhabitants and encourage
support for programs of the local and national governsuents;

4. Be in the frontline in providing Jifombation daring ‘and in the aftermath of man-made and
natural disasters and calamities, with’ special attention to the victims thereof, to help minimize
Injuries and casualties during and after the emergency, ard to accelerate relief and rehabilitation;

5. Recommend to the sangguniang panlungsod and advise the city mayor on all matters
relative to public information and research data as it relates to the total socioeconomic development.
of the City; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for
under the Local Government Code of 1991. and thdse that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 47. The City Cooperatives Officer. - (a) The city cooperatives officer must be a citizen of the
Philippines, a resident of the City, of good mora character, a hoider of a college degree preferably in
business administration with special training on cooperstives or any related course from a recognized college
or university and a first grade civil serv equivalent. He must have acquired experience in
cooperatives development for et least preceding the date of bis appointment.

(®) The city cooperatives ofticcr shall
may be determined by law.

2 such compensation. emoluments and allowances as

(©) The city cooperatives officer shall take
and shall:

araé of the office for the development of cooperatives



1. Formulate measures for the consideration of the sangguniang panlungsod and provide
technical assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery of
basic services and the provision of facilities through the development of cooperatives, and in
providing access to such services and facilities;

2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with the integration of cooperatives principles and
methods in programs and projects which the city mayor is empowered to implement and which the
sangguniang panlungsod is empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city cooperatives officer shall:
(aa) Assist in the organization of cooperatives;

(bb) Provide technical and other forms of assistance to existing cooperatives to
enhance their viability as an economic enterprise and social organization; and

(cc) Assist cooperatives in establishing linkages with government agencies and
nongovernmental organizations involved in the promotion and integration of the concept of
cooperatives in the livelihood of the people and other community activities;

4, Be in the frontline of cooperatives organization, rehabilitation or viability enhancement,
particularly during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and calamities, to aid in
their survival and, if necessary, subsequent rehabilitation;

5, Recommeng to the sangguniang panlungsod and advise the city mayor on all other matters
relative to cooperatives development and viability enhancement which will improve the livelihood
and quality of life of the Inhabitants; and

6. Perform such other duties and’ functions and exercise such other powers as provided for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 48. The City Population Officer. - (a) The city population officer must be a citizen of
the Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree
preferably with specialized training in population development from a recognized college ot
university and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience
in the implementation of programs on population development or responsible parenthood for at least
five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The city population officer shall receive such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may

be determined by law.

shall:

(©) The city population officer shall take charge of the office of the population development, and

1. Formulate measures for the consideration of the sangguniang panlungsod and provide
technical assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the delivery of
basic services and the provision of adequate facilities relative to the integration of the population
development principles and in providing access to said services and facilities;

2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with the integration of population development
principles and methods in programs and projects which the city mayor is empowered to implement
and which the sangguniang panlungsod is empowered to provide for under the Local Government
Code of 1991;

3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city population officer shall:

(aa) Assist the city mayor in the implementation of the constitutional provisions
relative to population development and the promotion of responsible parenthood;



(bb) Establish and maintain an updated data bank for program operations,
development planning and an educational program to ensure people's participation in and
understanding of population development; an

(cc) Implement appropriate population training programs responsive to the cultural
heritage of the inhabitants; and

4. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance;

Section 49. The City Agriculturist. - (a) The city agriculturist must be a citizen of the Philippines, a
resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in agriculture or any
other related course from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil service eligible or its
equivalent. He must have practiced his profession in agriculture or acquired the experience for at least five
years preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The city agriculturist shall receive such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be
determined by law.

(©) The city agriculturist shall take charge of the office for agricultural services, and shall:

L Formulate measures for the approval of the sangguniang panlungsod and provide
technical assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the
delivery of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities relative to agricultural
services;

2 Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement the
same, particularly those which have to do with agricultural programs and projects which
the city mayor is empowered to implement and which the sangguniang panlungsod is
empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city agriculturist shall:

(aa) Ensure that maximum assistance and access to resources in the production, processing and
marketing of agricultural and aquaculture and marine products are extended to farmers, fishermen
and local entrepreneurs;

(bb) Conduct or cause to be conducted location-specific agricultural researches and assist in making
available the appropriate technology arising out of and disseminating information on basic research
on crops, prevention and control of plant diseases and pests and other agricultural matters which will
maximize productivity;

(cc) Assist the city mayor in the establishment and extension services of demonstration farms on
aquaculture and marine products;

(da) Enforce rules and regulations relating to agriculture and aquaculture; and

(ee) Coordinate with goverment agencies and nongovernmental organizations which promote
agricultural productivity through appropriate technology compatible with environmental integrity;

4, Be in the frontline of the delivery of basic agricultural services, particularly those needed for
the survival of the inhabitants during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and
calamities;

5.Recommend to the sangguniang panlungsod and advise the city mayor on all other matters
related to agriculture and aquaculture which will improve the livelihood and living conditions of the
inhabitants; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 50. The City Veterinarian. - (a) The city veterinarian must be a citizen of the
Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character and a licensed doctor of veterinary
medicine. He must have practiced his profession for at least three years immediatelv nrecedine the


date of his appointment.

(©) The city veterinarian shall receive such compensation, emoluments, and allowances as may be
determined by law.

(©) The city veterinarian shall take charge of the office of veterinary services, and shall:

1 Formulate measures for consideration of the sangguniang panlungsod and provide
technical assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying out measures to ensure the
delivery of basic services and the provision of adequate facilities;

2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the city mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with veterinary-related activities which the
city mayor is empowered to implement and which the sangguniang panlungsod is
empowered to provide for under the Local Government Code of 1991;

3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city veterinarian shall:

(aa) Advise the city mayor on all matters pertaining to the slaughter of animals for human
consumption and the regulation of slaughterhouses;

(bb) Regulate the keeping of domestic animals;
(cc) Regulate and inspect poultry, milk and dairy products for public consumption;
(dé) Enforce all laws and regulations for the prevention of cruelty to animals; and

(ee) Take the necessary measures to eradicate, prevent or cure all forms of animal diseases;

4, Be in the frontline of veterinary-related activities, such as the outbreak of highly contagious
and deadly diseases and in situations resulting in the depletion of animals for work and for human
consumption, particularly those arising from and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters
and calamities;

5. Recommend to the sangguniang panlungsod and advise the city mayor on all matters
relative to veterinary services which will increase the number and improve the quality of livestock,
poultry and other domestic animals used for work or human consumption; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 51. The City Building Official. - (a) The city building official must be a citizen of the
Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character and a licensed engineer or a licensed
architect. He must have acquired experience in the practice of his profession for at least five years.

(b) The city building official shall receive such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be
determined by law.

(©) The city building official shall take charge of the office of the city building official, and shall:
1. Process and take appropriate action on applications for building permits;

2. Oversee and ensure the proper implementation of the National Building Code and city
ordinances pertaining to buildings and similar structures;

Recommend to the sangguniang panlungsod and advise the city mayor on matters
sain buildings and similar structures; and

4, Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided
for under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.

Section 52. The City Tourism Officer. - (a) The city tourism officer must be a citizen of the
Philippines, a resident of the City, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably with
specialized training in tourism development from a recognized college or university and a first grade civil


service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in the implementation of programs on
tourism development for at least five years immediately preceding the date of his appointment.

(b) The city tourism officer shall receive such compensation, emoluments and allowances as may be
determined by law.

(©) The city tourism officer shall take charge of the city tourism office and shall assist the city mayor
and the local tourism council in developing and implementing programs, and shall:

i Encourage the local government unit to enact local legislation adopting the Department of
Tourism (DOT) accreditation standards for tourism facilities and services;

2 Ensure a pleasant experience and stay of tourists while at the same time protecting the
interests, welfare and rights of the City;

3. Develop tourist products and destinations that will benefit the City and its local
community;

4. Pursue the implementation of the national tourism master plans, the national eco-tourism
strategy and the area specific plans of the national and local government units;

5 Support the local government unit in promoting festivals, fiestas and other tourism-related
activities; and

6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as provided for
under the Local Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or
ordinance.

ARTICLE VIII
THE CITY FIRE STATION SERVICE, THE CITY JAIL SERVICE, *
THE OFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTOR
AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE

Section 53. The City Fire Station Service. - (a) There shall be established in the City at least one fire
station with adequate personnel, fire fighting facilities and equipment, subject to the standards, rules and

regulations that may be promulgated by the DILG. The City shall provide the necessary land or site of the
station;

(b) The city fire station service shall be headed by a city fire marshal whose qualifications shall be as
those provided for under the Philippine National Police law.

() The city fire station shall be responsible for the provision of various emergency services such as
rescue and evacuation of injured people at fire-related incidents and, in general, fire prevention and
suppression measures to secure the safety of life and property of the citizenry.

Section 54. The City Jail Service. - (a) There shall be established and maintained in the City a
secured, clean and adequately equipped jail for the custody and safekeeping of prisoners, any fugitive from
justice, or person detained awaiting investigation or trial and/or transfer to the national penitentiary, and/or
‘violent mentally ill person who endangers himself or the safety of others, duly certified as such by the proper
medical health officer, pending the transfer to a mental institution.

(b) The city jail service shall be headed by a city jail warden who must be a graduate of a four-year
course in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, nursing, social work or criminology, who shall assist in the
immediate rehabilitation of individuals or detention of prisoners. Great care must be exercised so that the
human rights of these prisoners are respected and protected, and their spiritual and physical well-being are
properly and promptly attended to. Likewise, the City shall ensure that proper separate detention centers for
juveniles and women are provided for.

ARTICLE IX
TRANSITORY AND FINAL PROVISIONS.

Section 56. Municipal Ordinances Existing at the Time of the Approval of this Act. - All municipal
ordinances of the Municipality of Pateros existing at the time of the approval of this Act shall continue to be
in force and effect within the City of Pateros until the sangguniang panlungsod shall provide otherwise.

Section 57. Officials of the City of Pateros. - The present elective officials of the municipality shall
continue to exercise their powers and functions until such time that a new election is held and the duly
elected officials shall have already qualified and assumed their offices. The appointive officials and


employees of the municipality shall likewise continue exercising their functions and duties and they shall
automatically be absorbed by the city government of Pateros.

Section 58. Legislative District. - The City of Pateros shall have its own Legislative District with
the first representative to be elected in the next national elections after the effectivity of this Act. Until
such time, the City of Pateros shall continue to be represented by the incumbent representative in the
House of Representatives.

Section59. Suspension of Increase in Rates of Local Taxes. - No increase in the rates of local taxes
shall be imposed by the City within a period of five years from its acquisition of corporate existence.

Section 60. Plebiscite. - The City of Pateros shall acquire corporate existence upon the ratification of
its creation by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters in a plebiscite to be conducted in the
present Municipality of Pateros within thirty-(30) days from the approval of this Act. The expenses for such
plebiscite shall be borne by the Municipality of Pateros. The Commission on Elections shall conduct and
supervise such plebiscite.

Section 61. Applicability of Laws. - The provision of the Local Government Code of 1991, and such
laws as are applicable to highly-urbanized cities shall govern the City of Pateros insofar as they are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

Section 62. Separability Clause. - If any part of this Act Is declared Invalid or unconstitutional, the
other parts or provisions hereof shall remain valid and effective.

Section 63. Reservation. - Nothing herein contained shall preclude the determination by the
appropriate agency or forum of boundary disputes or cases involving questions of territorial jurisdiction
between the City of Pateros and any of the adjoining local government units even after the effectivity of this
Act.

Section 64. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 65. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect upon its complete publication in at least two
newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.