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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS |
FIRST REGULAR SESSION

: 5680
House Bill No.

INTRODUCED BY Rep. GREG G. GASATAYA.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

With the rising economy in the Western Visayas region particularly in the metropolitan Bacolod
‘area, motor vehicle use has been on an upward trend, evident in the growing volume of traffic especially
in major thoroughfares. Transport network vehicle systems (TNVS) have also become popular among
Citizens that it is now a major contributor in motor vehicle and user Yolume. Due to the aforementioned
rise, transactions for services provided by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in relation to motor
vehicle registration and issuance of driver's licenses have similarly incteased.

The LTO Licensing Center in Bacolod City has been a major provider of highly qualified drivers
for quite a long time in the City of Bacolod and from the province of Negros Occidental as it caters to
561,875 citizens from the city and 2,497,261 from the province. (PSA census, 2015). Despite the
whopping population, the current workforce of the licensing center consists of only nine (9) regular
personnel transferred from other district offices and four (4) job oder assistants with no employee-
employer relationship with the organization. Since 2013, the small office has catered to 82,165 license
transactions with an average rate of increase in transactions of 12.36%. Furthermore, the said office has
collected a total of 32,929,441.65 in revenue since its establishment, with an average rate of increase of
15.58%. |

While the licensing center has shown remarkable achievements in the sustained growth in
revenue collections and volume of transactions, the fact is that the current workforce find themselves
flooded by applications from their large constituency resulting in transactions that could be more efficient
through an increase in personnel, improvement of facilities, and operational budget.

‘As such, passage of this bill is earnestly sought. |

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REP. GREG G. GASATAYA.
Lone District of Bacolod City



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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST REGULAR SESSION

House Bill No._5680

INTRODUCED BY Rep. GREG G. GASATAYA

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE REGION VI OF BACOLOD CITY
INTO A REGULAR LICENSING CENTER TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
LICENSING CENTER, APPROPRIATING FUNDS ‘THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

‘Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Conversion into a Regular Licensing Center. ~The Land Transportation Office
(LTO) Licensing Center in Bacolod City is hereby converted into a| Regular Licensing Center to be
known as the Negros Occidental Licensing Center.

SECTION 2. Appropriations. ~ The Secretary of Transportation shall immediately include in the
Department's programs the operationalizaton of the Bacolod City Licensing Center, the inital funding of
which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriation of the LTO Region VI of Bacolod City.
Thereafter, such sums may be necessary for the continued implementation of this Act shall be included in
the Annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3 Efectivity. — ‘This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

APPROVED,