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8107

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Representative ERICO ARISTOTLE C. AUMENTADO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Presently, the Province of Bohol has only two (2) LTO regular offices, namely: (1)
LTO Office in Tagbilaran City; and, (2) LTO Office in the Municipality of Jagna. An LTO
Satellite Office in the Municipality of Talibon is also existing but the provisions are but
only temporary and can process only within its means and limitations.

Based on the news report of the Bohol Chronicle in June 17, 2018, there was a
public outcry in the province because of the halt of LTO services in Jagna, Bohol thereby
the people who wanted to transact business with the LTO Office in Jagna, Bohol went to
the LTO Office in Tagbilaran City to process LTO services. This cause problems
because of the limited capacity of that office to accommodate the LTO services.

Thus, the LTO-7 Regional Director suggested to establish a regular LTO offices
in every district of the province to avoid the accumulation of all the clients in only one
LTO regular office in the province of Bohol. This will ensure that convenience among the
residents of Bohol and avoidance of accumulation of clients in one regular LTO Office
when time comes failure of either one LTO regular office to operate and provide LTO
services as there will be two (2) regular LTO offices remaining who can do all the
processing of all LTO services in the entire province of Bohol. The biggest problem of
LTO is its capacity to do public services in the province of Bohol because of the number
of residents it can cater in doing LTO services and transactions. He explained that the
LTO-Tagbilaran Office can only handle and accommodate 80-100 transactions a day,
based on its physical set-up and the reality is that there are around three hundred (300)
transactions expected in a day.

Hence, it would be timely and necessary to convert the existing LTO Satellite
Office in the Municipality of Talibon into a regular LTO office so that residents in the
towns of the 2nd district of Bohol and its nearby towns could have an easy access of
LTO services and at the same time it can be an alternative LTO Office when there is a
halt of LTO services.

Thus, passage of the bill is earnestly sought.



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Republic of the Philippines

House of Representatives

Quezon City, Metro Manila
Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 8107

Introduced by Representative ERICO ARISTOTLE C. AUMENTADO

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE SATELLITE OFFICE OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE (LTO) IN THE SECOND DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL INTO
A REGULAR LTO DISTRICT OFFICE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. The existing Land Transportation Office (LTO) Satellite Office in
the Second District of Bohol is hereby converted into a regular LTO district office.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Transportation shall include in the Department's
program the operationalization of a Regular LTO District Office in the Second District
of Bohol, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's
appropriation of the Satellite Office located in the Municipality of Talibon, Province of
Bohol. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued operation of
the Regular LTO District Office shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation

Approved,