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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

pate: 0 4 JUL 2016

First Regular Session
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

833

REASTRATION UNIT

House Bill No. BULLS aN INCEX SERVICE

Introduced by Rep. Maria Carmen S. Zamora

This bill proposes the mandatory creation of the position of the municipal General

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Services Officer.

While Book Three, Article Twenty, Section 490 of the Local Government Code
provides for the qualifications, powers and duties of the General Services Officer and
while Book Three, Article Two, differentiates and details the qualifications, powers and
duties of the Treasurer, the former position only applies to the levels of the provincial and
city governments. On the municipal level, the creation of the position of general services
officer was not made mandatory by Republic Act No. 7160. This has spawned several
problems with respect to the appointment and the carrying out of the duties and
responsibilities of the said officer in the municipal level. To this end, this proposal
addresses the problem by reason of the following:

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The fast delivery of services requiring general services expertise and technical

The creation of the position will guarantee the uniformity of general services
management of the local government units in the provincial, city and
municipal levels;

support services will be ensured;

. Tt will provide an improved system of procurement, care, utilization, custody

and disposal of supplies or properties of the local government unit;

It will eradicate or minimize corrupt practices due to the check and balance
between the office and that of the office of the treasurer;

It will ensure internal control policy by delineating the role of the treasurer as
the “paymaster” and the general services officer as the “purchaser”; and

It will avoid the duplication of functions between the two offices.

Hence, the immediate and favorable passage of this bill is eamestly requested.

MARIA |. ZAMORA



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

First Regular Session
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
839

House Bill No.

Introduced by Rep. Maria Carmen S. Zamora
AN ACT MANDATORILY CREATING THE POSITION OF THE MUNICIPAL
ORNERAL SERVICES OFFICER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BOOK II,
TITLE TWO, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 443 (@) ‘OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

ate_and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in

Be it enacted by the Sen
embled:

ECTION 1. Book Il, ‘Title Two, Chapter 2, Section 443 (a) of Republic Act No.

7160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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Seo, 443, Officials of the Municipal Goverament, (a) There shall be in each
scipality a municipal mayor, a municipal vice mayor, sangguniang bayan members, &
Moretary to the sangguniang bayan, a municipal Were) ‘a municipal assessor, @
municipal accountant, a municipal budget officer, & ‘municipal planning and development

coordinator, a municipal engineer/building official, a municipal health officer, a
municipal civil registrar AND A MUNICIPAL GENERAL SERVICES OFFICER.

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SEC. 2. The Department of the Interior and Local Government shall issue the

necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act.

SEC. 3. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations contrary to this Act are

hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 4, This Act shall take effect upon approval.

Approved,