Republic of the Philippines 
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First Reglrlnr Session 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS 
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S E N A T E  
Introduced by Senator FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It is a policy of the State to promote and protect the physical, moral, 
spiritual, intellectual and social well-being of the youth. Concomitantly, the State 
also has the mandate to inculcate in them patriotism and nationalism and 
encourage their involvement in public and civic affairs (Section 13, Article I1 of 
the Constitution). 
With this in mind, and in view of the youth's vital role in nation-building, 
the proposed amendments to the Local Government Code of 1991 and Republic 
Act No. 9340 as contained in this Bill, provide for a more independent and 
stronger Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). 
First, the SK is given fiscal autonomy and automatic lump sum allocation 
of its fund. Second, it defines further the election period, registration and term of 
office of SK officials. And third, it declares the SK as an independent body which 
is given the sole discretion to run its affairs and operations. 
In view of the foregoing, it is sought that this bill be immediately passed. 
FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 


Introduced by Senator FRANCIS G. ESCUDERO 
AN ACT 
STRENGTIIENTNG AND REFORMING THE SANGGUNTANG KABATAAN 
AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF 
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340, AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
Section 2. Barangay Fimds. - Section 329 of Republic Act No. 7160 is hereby amended 
to read as follows: 
Seetior1 329. Barangay Funds. All income of the barangay DERIED FROM 
whatever source shall accrue to its general fund and shall, at the option of the barangay 
concerned, be kept as trust fund in the custody of the city or municipal treasurer or be 
deposited in a bank, preferably government-owned, situated in or nearest to its area of 
,jurisdiction. Such funds shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions ofthis Title. 
Ten percent (10%) of the general fund o f  the barangay shall be set aside for the 
Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). THE SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY 
SHALL 
APPROPRIATE THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN FUND IN LUMP SUM. THE 
SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN SHALL HAW FlSCAL AUTONOMY IN ITS 
OPERATIONS AS TO DISBURSEMENTS AND ENCASHMENT OF THEIR 
TNCOME AND EXPENSES. 
Section 3. Procedrrre for Reviewing and Allocation of SK Budgets - 
A. Procedure for Reviewing of Sangguniang Kabataan Budgets: 
1, All SK Budgets shall be approved by a majority of all the members ofthe 
Sangguniang Kabataan based on the Annual Barangay Youth Development Plan 
(ABYDP) formulated in consultation with the 1Catipuna.n ng Kabataan (KK). The SK 
Chairperson shall f h i s h  the Sangguniang Barangay and the higher SIC Federation a 
copy ofthe ABYDP stated in this paragraph for their information and guidance; 
2. All SI< Budgets, with attached minutes ofthe KK Assembly approving the 
Annual Barangay Youth Development Plan, shall he submitted to the SK City/Municipaf 
Local Exec,utive Committee (LEC) on or before the last \hiorking day of October of every 
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City/MunicipaI 1,ocal Executive Committee shall review for approval and 
deliberate on the budget in a regular or special session whether the Same c@nformS to the 
ABYDP, before that last working day of November. The LEC shall See to in that the 


appropriations are based on the approved Al3YDP and that at least two (2) of the priority 
concerns namely environment, livelihood, education, capability-building, moral recovery 
and anti-drug abuse campaign are allocated in the SK budget. All approved budgets shall 
be certified as approved by the SK CityMunicipal President as the case may be; 
3. Any SK Chairperson who fails to submit the SK Budget together with the 
attachments found in the preceding paragraph shall be subject to proper investigation and 
appropriate disciplinary action to be determined by their respective SK LEC in 
accordance with the SK Constitution and By-Laws; 
4. No SK Budget can be utilized by the SK concerned, without the 
appropriate certification from the SK Federation President with the concurrence of the 
SK City/Municipal Local Executive Committee; 
5. All Realignments in the Barangay SK Budgets shall be reviewed for 
approval and be deliberated in the same manner in paragraph 2. 
B. Allocation of SK Budget 
There shall be no mandatory allocations for the barangay SK funds, except for the 
two (2%) annual dues for the higher federations, provided that all the appropriations are 
supported by its annual barangay youth development plan (ABYDP) and that the priority 
concerns are properly allocated. 
Section 4. Creation and Election. - Section 423 of Republic Act No. 7160 is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 423. Creation and Election. - (a) There shall be in every barangay a 
Sangyniang Kabataan to be composed of a CHAIRPERSON, seven (7) members AS 
KAGAWAD, a secretary and a treasurer. The secretary and treasurer shall be appointed 
by the SK chairperson from the kagawads with the concurrence of the majority of the SK 
members. 
(b) x x x 
Section 5. Katipunan ng Kabataan. - Section 424 of Republic Act No. 7160 is hereby 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 424. Katipunan ng Kabataan. - The Katipunan ng Kabataan shall be 
composed of all citizens of the Philippines actually residing in the barangays for at least 
six (6) months, who are at least fifteen (15) but not more than " T Y - O N E  (21) years 
of age, and who are registered in the list of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Secretary or 
in the official list of the Barangay Secretary. 
Section 6. Qualifications. - Section 428 ofRepublic Act No. 7160 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
Section 428. Qualification - 
(a) 
An elective official of the Sangguniang Kabataan must be a citizen of the 
Philippines, a qualified voter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan, a resident of the barangay 
for at least one (1) year immediately prior to the election, AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) 
BUT NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE on the day of his 
election, able to read and write Filipino, English, or the local dialect, and must not have 
been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude. 
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(b) 
A Sangguniang Kabataan official who, during his term of office, shall 
have passed the age of TWENTY-ONE (21) years shall be allowed to serve the 
remaining portion of the term for which he was elected. 
Section 7. Sangguniang Kabataan Treasurer. - Section 433 of Republic Act No. 7160 
is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 433. Sanggnniang Kabataan Treasurer. - x x x 
(a) 
Take custody of all Sangguniang Kabataan property and fbnds, THE 
LATTER TO BE DEPOSITED IN A BANK PREFERABLY GOVERNMEWT- 
OWNED, SITUATED IN OR NEAREST TO ITS AREA OF JURISDICTION, IN THE 
NAME OF THE SK CONCERNED or to be deposited to the city or municipal treasurer 
(b) x x x  
(c) x x x  
(d) x x x  
(e) 
Submit to the SK and Sangguniang Barangay certified and detailed 
statements of actual income and expenditures AT THE END OF EVERY QUARTER 
AND THE SAME SHALL BE PUBLISHED OR POSTED IN THREE CONSPICUOUS 
SPACES WITHIN THE BARANGAY; and 
(0 x x x  
Section 8. Privileges of Sanggnniang Kabataan Officials. - Section 434 of Republic 
Act No. 7160 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 434. Privileges of Sangguniang Kabataan Officials. - x x x 
(a) The SK Chairperson shall have the same privileges x x x 
(b) 
CWTS) subjects 
(c) 
ALL SKS SHALL BE EXEMPETED FROM TAKING U p  NATIONAL 
SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM - CIVIC WELFARE TRAINING SERVICE (NSTP- 
THE SK CHAUWERSON SHALL BE CONSIDERED A PERSON IN 
AUTHORITY AS DEFINED BY LAW IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACTUAL 
DISCHARGE OF HIS OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS AS SUCH. 
(d) 
THE SK KAGAWAD SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS AN AGENT OF 
PERSON IN AUTHORITY AS DEFINED BY LAW IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
ACTUAL DISCHARGE OF HIS OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS AS SUCH. 
Section 9. Succession and Filing of Vacancies. - Section 435 of Republic Act No. 7160 
is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 435. Succession and Filling of Vacancies. - (a) In case an SK 
Chairperson refuses to assume office, fails to qualify, is convicted of a felony, voluntarily 
resigns, dies, is permanently incapacitated and is removed from office, the SK member 
who obtained the next highest number of votes in the election immediately preceding 
shall assume the office of the chairperson for the unexpired portion of term, and shall 
discharge the powers and duties, and enjoy the rights and privileges appurtenant to the 
office. In case the said member refuses to assume the position or fails to qualify, the SK 
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member who obtained the next highest number of votes shall assume the position of the 
chairperson for the unexpired portion of the term. 
(b.)xxx 
(c.) x x x 
(d.) x x x 
(e.) In case a Sangguniang Kabataan Chairperson has been absent without 
leave for more than three (3) consecutive months as manifested in the records of the 
Sangguniang Barangay sessions or has been absent without valid reason for two (2) 
consecutive regular meetings of the SK or for failure to call a regular meeting of the SK 
and/or of the KK for at least two (2) consecutive times, such SK Chairperson shall be 
investigated by a committee to be formed by the federation concerned. The committee 
report will be forwarded to the SK Federation for appropriate action or disciplinary action 
to be given to the concerned SK Chairperson. The DILG Local Government Operations 
Officer &GOO) of the concerned local government unit should be furnished a copy of 
the appropriated disciplinary action before its effectivity. Such decision can be appealed 
in the provincial federation in the case of SK Pambayang Pederasyon and to the National 
Executive Board W B )  in the case of highly urbanized cities (HUCs) and independent 
component cities (ICCs). 
(f.) In case of vacancy in the positions of the SK Kagawads, the SK 
Chairperson shall call for a special election in coordination with the DILG of the local 
government unit concerned. 
In the absence of a regular elected SK Chairperson and Kagawads, the 
president of the panlungsod/pambayang pederasyon ng mga SK, as the case may be, shall 
call convene the KK of the Barangay concerned and call for a special election in 
coordination with the DILG of the local government unit concerned. 
(8.) The president of the SK Pederasyon who shall be elected as the SK 
Regional Director in the Pambansang Pederasyon ng mga SK shall serve as an ex-officio 
member of the Regional Development council and the Regional Tourism Council without 
need of further appointment and shall have the same powers and discharge, the same 
duties and functions, and enjoy the same privileges as regular members. 
Section 10. Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan. - Section 436 of Republic 
Act No. 7160 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 436. Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan. - 
(a.) x x x 
(b.)xxx 
(c.) x x x 
(d.) 
The SI( Chairperson who is elected as Federation President shall 
automatically serve as an ex-officio member of the local sanggunian and special bodies, 
such as but not limited to, the Local Health Board, Peace and Order Council, Local 
Development Council, Local School Board and Local Tourism Council. As such, he shall 
have the same powers, discharge the same duties and functions, and enjoy the same 
privileges as the regular members of these special bodies. 
(e.) 
The Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan of the City, Municipality 
and Provincial level shall have an automatic allocation of one (1%) percent of the internal 
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revenue allotment of the local government unit concerned to be used for the programs, 
projects and operations of the SK federation. 
(f.) 
The president of the pambansang pederasyon ng mga SK shall serve as ex- 
officio commissioner of the National Youth Commission as provided for by Republic Act 
No. 8044. As ex-officio commissioner, he shall be entitled to the same rank, 
compensation, rights and privileges of a department assistant secretary. 
(g.) 
The pambansang pederasyon ng SK shall be independent of all 
government offices and agencies in its operations. It shall develop active lines of 
coordination and communication with the different government offices and agencies and 
shall be solely responsible for all its policies and operations. At the end of each calendar 
year, it shall submit to the President of the Philippines, through the Department of 
Interior and Local Government, an annual report of programs and activities. The 
Pambansang Pederasyon President together with the Pambansang Pederasyon Treasurer 
are the ones responsible for the submission of the financial statement of all its ends and 
disbursements. 
(h.) 
The Parnbansang Pederasyon ng SK is hereby authorized to receive 
donations, requests, grants and funds from other sources subject to the pertinent 
provisions of law and approval of the National Executive Board (NEB). 
(i.) 
The pambansang pederasyon ng SK shall be exempted from all forms of 
taxation or other impositions, and shall be free from all duties and all other imposts on 
any equipment, articles or goods necessary for its operations. 
Section 11. Observance of Buwan ng Kabataan. - Section 439 of Republic Act No. 
7160 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 439. Observance of Buwan iig Kabataan. - 
(a.)Every barangay, municipality, city and province shall, in coordination 
with the pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan at all levels, conduct an annual 
activity to be known as the Buwan ng Kabataan every May of every year. Non- 
compliance of SK’s at all level with this provision would mean an imposition of 
disciplinary action to be determined by the federation concerned in accordance with the 
SK Constitution and By-Laws. 
(b.) x x x 
Section 12. Election Date. - Section 1 of Republic Act 9340 is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
Section 1. Date of Election. - xxx Subsequent barangay elections shall be held 
on the last Monday of October 2007 and every three (3) years thereafter. Sangguniang 
Kabataan Elections shall be held on the second Saturday of April 2008 and every three 
(3) years thereafter. 
Section 13. Assumption of Office. - Section 2 of Republic Act 9340 is hereby amended 
in order to read as follows: 
Section 2. Assumption of Office. - xxx The term of office of the barangay 
officials elected in the October 2007 election and subsequent elections shall commence at 
noon of 
November 30 next following their election. The term of office of the 
Sangguniang Kabataan officials elected in the April 2008 election and subsequent 
elections shall commence at noon of May 15 next following their election. 
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Section 14. Registration. - For purposes of the April 2008 Sangguniang Kabataan 
elections provided under this Act, a special registration of voters for the Sangguniang 
Kabataan shall be fixed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). Subsequent 
registration of sangguniang kabataan voters shall be governed by Republic Act No. 8189. 
The system of continuing registration provided under section 8 of Republic Act No. 8189 
shall also apply to the registration of the Katipunan ng Kabataan members. 
Section 15. Constitution and By-Laws. - The term of office, manner of election, 
removal, filling up vacancies, suspension and disciplinary action of the officers and 
members of the Pederasyon ng mga SIC at all levels, and the procedure of reviewing and 
allocating SK budgets, shall be exclusively governed by the Constitution and By-Laws of 
the SK promulgated and ratified by the SK National Federation. Provided, that provisions 
of such Constitution and By-Laws are in line with the provisions of this Code and other 
national laws and policies of the youth. 
Provided that the Chairmaaresident of the SK or Pederasyon ng mga SK at any level, 
who is suspended or removed from hidher position in accordance with the SK 
constitution and by-laws and as provided for in the local government code and other 
applicable laws shall also be deemed suspended or removed in the local sanggunian 
where he sits as an ex-officio member. 
The ChairmadPresident of the Pederasyon at any level, or the SK Chairperson when 
removed as ex-officio member of the sanggunian on the grounds provided in the Local 
Government Code, shall be automatically removed as ChairpersodPresident of the 
Pederasyon concerned. 
Section 16. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -The Commission on Elections 
(COMELEC), Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and SK National 
Executive Board (NEB) shall be tasked to come up with the implementing rules and 
regulations (IRR) needed for the implementation of this Act. Such R R  should be 
promulgated within sixty (60) days upon approval of this act. 
Section 17. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act 
shall be incorporated in the Annual General Appropriations Act. 
Section 18. Separability Clause. - If any section or provision of this Act shall be 
declared unconstitutional, the remaining sections or provisions shall not be affected 
thereby. 
Section 19. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, letters 
of instructions, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of 
this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
Section 20. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the 
completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general 
circulation. 
Approved, 
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