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Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session
HoUSEBILLNO.     7748
Introduced by Representative Antonio "Ony" A. Ferrer
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This bill seeks to institutionalize the position of economic and investment
promotion officer in local government units by amending Republic Act No. 7160,
orfue:rwise krmoiwn as tine " Local Governmehi Code Of 1991. "
On   October   13,   2010,   the   Department   of  the   Interior   and   Local
Government  (DILG)  issued  Memorandum  Circular  2010-113  encouraging  all
Provincial  Governors  and  City  Mayors  to  designate  a  Local  Economic  and
Investment  Promotion  Officer  to  attract  local  and  foreign  investments  and
provide a conducive environment to generate and enhance economic activities in
their respective locality .
As  stated  in  the  said  Circular,  the  role  of  the  Local  Economic  and
Investment  Promotion  Officer  is  to  promote  and  facilitate  investments  by
improving the business and investment environment in their areas through the
implementation of investment promotion policies, projects and activities that will
attract   investors   and   increase   the   influx   of  investments.   The   DILG   and
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) were instructed to assist them through
trainings  and  seminars  to   capacitate  the  Local  Economic  and  Investment
Promotion Officers and equip them with the necessary skills and competence to
perform the.ir roles.
Towards  the  same  purpose,   on  January  31,  2011,  the  DILG  issued
Memorandum Circular 201 1 -16 establishing the Private-Public Partnership Sub-
Committee in the Local Development Councils of local government units.   The


said  sub-committee  shall  be  headed  by  the  Local  Economic  and  Investment
Promotion Offlcer.
Subsequently,  the DILG and DTI jointly  issued Memorandum  Circular
2011 -01 mandating the formulation of the Local Investment and Incentives Code
for  every  local  government unit.  The formulation and implementation  of the
Local Investment and Incentives Code will ensure that the local initiatives are
consistent  with  the  national  investment  laws,  rules,  regulations,  and policies.
There are no better officers or offices to lead the formulation and implementation
of the  Local  Investment  and  Incentives  Code  than  the  Local  Economic  and
Investment  Promotion  Officers  themselves  as  the  government  has  already
capacitated   and  continuously  equipped  them  with  the  required   skills   and
competencies.
Currently,  however,  the  very  nature  of the  position  held  by the  Local
Economic and Investment Promotion Officers may reverse the achievements so
far   attained.   They   are   merely   designated   in  temporary   capacity   and   are
coterminous with the appointing authority, reflecting not only the tenuous nature
of their position but more importantly the risk that the existing economic and
investment programs may be discontinued. Further, in the event of replacement,
the new officer must again undergo the sane training and capacity building.
Thus, with this bill seeking for the creation of a permanent position for the
Local Economic and Investment Promotion Officers, mandatory for provincial,
city, and first and second-class municipal goverrment and optional for third to
sixth class municipalities, the Government will be able to achieve stability and
continuity of programs essential to economic growth as well as tenurial security
boosting the morale of government employees.


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Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session
HoUSEBILLNo.    7`748
Introduced by Representative Antonio "Ony" A. Ferrer
AN ACT
INSTITUTIONALIZING    THH    POSITION    0F    ECONOMIC    AND
INVESTMHNT  PROMOTION  OFFICER  IN  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT
UNITS, AMHNDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160,
OTHHRwlsE  KNowN  As  THH  "LOcidL  Oof+ER/\zMEIvr CODE  oF
1991„
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives Of the Philippines in
Congress assembled..
SECTION 1.  Section 443 ofRepublic Act No. 7160 is hereby amended to
read as follows..
"S;EC;. 443.   Officials Of the Mwiicipal Government. -(8)
There  shall  be  in  each  municipality  a  municipal  mayor,  a
municipal vice mayor, sangguniang bayan members, a secretary
to  the  sangguniang bayan,  a municipal  treasurer,  a municipal
assessor, a municipal accountant, a municipal budget officer, a


municipal planning and development coordinator,  a municipal
engineerfeuilding  official,  a  municipal  health  officer  and  a
municipal civil registrar.  FOR FIRST AND SECOND CLASS
MUNICIPALITIES,    THERE    SHALL    ALSO    BE    A
MUNI CIPAL       H C ON OMIC       AND       INVE STME NT
PROMOTION OFFICER.
(b)  In addition thereto, the mayor may appoint a municipal
administrator,     a    municipal     legal     officer,     a    municipal
agriculturist,  a  municipal  environment  and  natural  resources
officer, a municipal social welfare and development offlcer, a
municipal  architect,  a  municipal  information  officer.     THE
MAY 0 R       0F       THIRD       T0       S IXTH       CLA S S
MUNICIPALITIH S       MAY      AL S 0      A PP 0INT      A
MUNICIPAL       ECONOMIC       AND       INVESTMENT
PROMOTION 0FFICHR.
(c)
(d)
(e) xxx."
SEC. 2.  Section 454 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
`CSEC. 4S4.   Officials Of the City Government. -(a.) There
shall  be  in  each  city  a  mayor,  a  vice  mayor,  sangguniang
panlungsod    members,    a    secretary    to    the    sangguniang


panlungsod, a city treasurer, a city assessor, a city accountant, a
city engineer,  a city health officer,  a city civil registrar,  a city
administrator, a city legal officer, a city veterinarian, a city social
welfare and development officer,  [aed]  a city general services
officer  AND  A  CITY  ECONOMIC  AND  INVESTMENT
PROMOTION OFFICER.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e) -x."
SEC. 3.  Section 463 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"S;EC. 463 .   Officials Of the Provincial Government. -(tL)
There  shall  be  in each province  a governor,  a vice  governor,
members  of the sangguniang panlalawigan,  a secretary to the
sangguniang panlalawigan,  a provincial treasurer,  a provincial
assessor,   a  provincial   accountant,   a  provincial   engineer,   a
provincial budget officer, a provincial planning and development
coordinator, a provincial legal officer, a provincial administrator,
a  provincial  health  officer,  a  provincial  social  welfare  and
development  officer,  a  provincial  general  services  officer,  a
provincial agriculturist,  [and] a provincial veterinarian AND A


PRO VINC IAL      E C ONOMI C      AND      INVE S TMENT
PROMOTION OFFICER.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e) -x."
SEC. 4.  A new section to be denominated as Section 490-A under the new
Article Twenty-One of Book Ill, Title Five, of the same Act is hereby inserted to
read as follows:
"ARTICLE   TWENTY-ONH.   -   THH   ECONOMIC
AND INVESTMHNT PROMOTION OFFICER
SEC.   490-A.   QUALIFICATIONS,   POWERS   AND
DUTIES.  -  (A)  N0  PERSON  SHALL  BH  APPOINTED
ECONOMIC      AND      INVESTMENT      PROMOTION
0FFICHR UNLESS THE PERSON IS A CITIZEN 0F THE
PHILIPPINES, A RESIDENT 0F THE PROVINCE, CITY
0R MUNICIPALITY WHERE SUCH PHRSON WILL BE
APPOINTED,   OF   GOOD   MORAL   CHARACTER,   A
HOLDHR 0F A COLLEGE DEGREH PREFERABLY IN
ECONOMICS,     BUSINESS     ADMINISTRATION     OR
BUSINESS    MANAGEMENT,    OR    ANY    RELATED
COURSH   FROM   A   RECOGNIZED   COLLEGE   0R


UNIVFRSITY, AND A FIRST GRADE CIVIL SERVICE
HLIGIBLE  0R  ITS  EQUIVALENT.    THE  ECONOMIC
AND   INVESTMENT   PROMOTION   0FFICHR   MUST
HAVE  ACQUIRED  EXPERIENCE  IN  ECONOMIC  OR
INVESTMHNT POLICY MAKING  OR MANAGEMHNT
OR RELATHD FIELD FOR AT LEAST FIVH (5) YEARS
IN   THH   CASE   OF   THE   PROVINCIAL   AND   CITY
ECONOMIC    AND    INVESTMHNT    OFFICER,    AND
THREE (3) VHARS IN THE CASE oF THn MUNICIPAL
HCONOMIC AND INVESTMENT OFFICER.
FOR THE  PROVINCIAL,  CITY, AND  FIRST AND
SncoND  CLASS  MUNIclpAL  GOVHRNMHNTS,  THE
APPOINTMENT       0F       AN       ECONOMIC       AND
INVE S TME NT         PROM OTI0N         OFFICER         I S
MANDATORY AND OPTIONAL FOR THIRD TO SIXTH
CLASS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.
a3)     THE     EcONOMlc     AND     INVESTMENT
PROMOTION  OFFICER  SHALL  TAKE  CHARGE  OF
THH  ECONOMIC  AND  INVESTMENT  PROMOTION
OFFICE AND SHALL:
1.FORMULATE    AND    IMPLEMnNT    THH
LOCAL INVESTMENT AND INCENTIVES CODE;


2. FACILITATE        THE        PREPARATION,
COORDINATION  AND  EXECUTION  0F  LOCAL
HCONOMIC   AND   INVESTMENT   PROMOTION
POLICIES, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES 0F THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT;
3. FAclLITATE  THE  ESTABLlsHMnNT  oF
SYSTEMATIC,  COORDINATED AND  SUSTAINED
PROMOTION AND MARKETING 0F THE LOCAL
GOVHRNMENT    UNIT    AS    AN    INVESTMENT
LOCATION;
4. PROVIDE BASIC INFORMATION 0N THE
BUSINESS     POTENTIALS     0F     THE     LOCAL
G OVH RNMENT       UNIT       T0       PRO S PE C TIVE
INVESTORS T0 ATTRACT MORE INVESTMENTS
TO FLOW IN THE COMMUNITY;
5.ADVISE      THE       SANGGUNIAN,      THE
GOVERNOR  0R  MAYOR  AND  OTHHR  LOCAL
G 0 VHRNMENT         0 FFI CIAL S         0N         THE
GENERATION 0F IP`IVESTMHNTS AND 0N SUCH
OTHER  MATTERS  RELATIVE  T0  ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMHNT;


6. PROVIDE  DATABASE  OF  INVHSTMHNT
OPPORTUNITIES,   THNURIAL   SECURITY,   AND
INCHNTIVE PROGRAMS T0 DEVELOP, UTILIZE
AND     MANAGE      SPECIFIC     PORTIONS      0F
BuSINESS   HNvmoNMENT  AND   INVESTMENT
CLIMATE IN THn LocALIT¥;
7.COORDINATE     WITH     THE     PRIVATE
SECTOR    IN    CARRYING    OUT    INVESTMENT
PROMOTION CAMPAIGNS;
8. CONDUCT
INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION   0N   LOCAL  AND   NATIONAL
GovERNMENT   poLlclES   oN   INVESTMnNTS;
AND
9. HXERCISE  SUCH  OTHER  POWERS  AND
PERFORM      SUCH      OTHER      DUTIHS      AND
FUNCTIONS AS MAY BE PRESCRIBHD BY LAW
0R ORDINANCH.
SEC.  5.  Within ninety  (90)  days  from the  approval  of this  Act, the
Secretary of Interior and Local Government, in coordination with the Presidents
of the League of provinces, League of Cities and League of Municipalities and
the  Secretary  of Budget  and  Management,  shall  promulgate  the  rules  and
regulations implementing the provisions of this Act.   The implementing rules


and regulations issued pursuant to this section shall take effect thirty (30) days
after its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
SEC. 6.  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
theOjfij?cz.cz/Gc}zeffeorinanewspaperofgeneralcirculation.
Approved,