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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV 
Explanatory Note 
This Bill seeks to upgrade the retirement benefits now found in various retirement laws for 
Members of the Constitutional Commissions, and the Ombudsman, by adding survivorship 
benefits for the surviving legitimate spouse of the said retirees equivalent to the monthly pension 
of the deceased retiree’s lifetime pension. 
Survivorship pension originally was an integral part of the retirement system for the Armed 
Forces of the PhiliQpines. But this k&e has been included in, the revised gexml retirement 
system For civilian personnel administered by the GSlS by P.D. 1146 since 1977 or more than 18 
years ago. 
The enactment of this bill into law would be in consonance with the 1987 Constitution provision 
on the upgrading of retirement benefits (Art .XVI, section 8). It is also in keeping with the public 
purpose or rationale of the legislative grant of old age retirement pensions to qualified civil 
sewants: To entice c a p a h  mpE/wvmepm qf prwen pr&tp, inte&y ami indepe&nce to enter 
and remain in the government service, especially in hghly sensitive offices, discharging their 
duties faithfully and efficiently. Liberal retirement benefits would assure them of retirement with 
relative security after rendering almost a lifetime of public service, when they have lost their 
vigor or are already old or incapacitated by illness or other disability. 
Accordingly, the immediate approval of this bill is urged. 
A~JTT~NIo LWNNY~ F. TRILLANES IV 
Senator 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF TEE 
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REPIJBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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S. NO. 30 
Introduced by Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trillanes IV 
AN ACT 
PRO’LIID1;”JG FOR THE PAYMENT OF SflRVIVURStfllP BENEFITS TO THE 
SURVIVING LEGITIMATE SPOUSE OF A DECEASED RETIRED MEMBER OF THE 
COMMISSION ON AUDIT, CrVn, SERVICE COMMISSION, COMMISSION ON 
ELECTIONS, 
OMBUDSMAN 
AND 
THE 
PROFESSIONAL 
REGULATION 
COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philppines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. In case of death of a retired Chairman or Commissioner of the Commission 
on Audit, the Commission on Elections, the Civil Service Commission, the Ombudsman, and the 
Professional Regulation Commission, the surviving legitimate spouse of said deceased retiree 
shall be entitled to receive on a monthly basis all the retirement benefits that the said deceased 
retiree was receiving at the time of hisher demise under the provisions of applicable retirement 
laws then in force. The said surviving legitimate spouse shall continue to receive such retirement 
benefits during hisiher lifetime or until he/she remarries. 
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SEC 2. Funds for the initial implementation of this Act shall be taken out of the current 
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appropriations for the retirement benefits of the Chairman and Commissioners of the 
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Constitutional Commissions, the Ombudsman, and the Professional Regulation Commission. 
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Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued implementation hereof shall be 
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included in the annual General Appropriation Act 
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SEC.3. This Act shall take effect after thirty (30) days following the completion of its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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