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Introduced by Representative Rex Gatchalian

AN ACT

EXPANDING THE POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO PROVIDE

LOCAL MASS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, AMENDING FOR THIS

PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991", AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Under the Local Government Code, local government units (LGUs) are
mandated to endeavor to be self-reliant and to continue exercising the powers and
discharging the duties and functions currently vested among them. They should
likewise exercise such other powers and discharge such other functions and
responsibilities which are necessary, appropriate, or incidental to the efficient and
effective provision of the basic services and facilities specifically provided in the Code.
While the enumeration is comprehensive, it still does not expressly include some
crucial basic services, such as the local public mass transportation system.

More than any other institution, the LGU is most aware of the public
transportation situation in its locality. Consequently, it is also the one who knows
the most suitable and optimal solution to its public mass transportation issues. For
instance, the Makati Intra-City Subway is a local mass transportation system project
of the Makati LGU. It is being built at no cost to the city through a Public-Private
Partnership agreement and it is set for completion in 2025, projected to operate 18
hours a day carrying 700,000 passengers daily. The Subway is also anticipated to
reduce around 270,000 vehicles on the road by 2048, mitigating Makati’s carbon
dioxide emissions by 2.3 million metric tons, and is targeted to create 10,000 jobs
for city residents.

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This bill empowers LGUs to create sustainable state-of-the-art mass public
transportation systems within the concept of livable smart cities, through various
financial facilities and arrangements involving both private and public entities, even
without sovereign guaranty, in the same manner as the innovation undertaken by
Makati City. Moreover, this bill likewise calls for the interconnectivity and integration
of existing and proposed national and local intermodal transportation systems, as
well as the creation of a framework for inter-LGUs coordination in the

implementation of multi-LGU infrastructure transportation projects.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

. REX GATCHALIAN
Representative
1* District, Valenzuela City


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
HOUSE BILL No.6205

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Introduced by Representative Rex Gatchalian

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AN ACT
EXPANDING THE POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO PROVIDE
LOCAL MASS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, AMENDING FOR THIS
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991", AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "LGU Transportation
Act"

SEC. 2. Section 17 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the "Local
Government Code of 1991", is hereby amended, inserting a new subsection (k), as
follows:

"SEC. 17. Basic Services and Facilities. -

(a) xxx

(K) ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS SHALL ENDEAVOR TO
PROVIDE SAFE, AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE AND
SUSTAINABLE MASS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS,
SUCH AS MODERN RAIL-BASED SYSTEMS, PERSONAL
RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS, MONORAILS, RAILWAYS,
SUBWAYS, CABLE CARS, TRAMS, BUS RAPID TRANSITS,
AND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION CONSISTENT
WITH THE CONCEPT OF LIVABLE AND SUSTAINABLE
SMART CITIES, THROUGH LOANS, GRANTS, CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND JOINT VENTURES
WITH BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OR
ENTITIES, WHETHER DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL,


1 WITHOUT SOVEREIGN GUARANTY, FOR THE
2 CONCEPTUALIZATION, ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION, AND
3 MAINTENANCE OF MODERN AND STATE-OF-THE-ART MASS.
4 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS: PROVIDED, THAT,
5 INTERCONNECTIVITY AND INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING
6 AND PROPOSED NATIONAL INTERMODAL
lé ‘TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THOSE OF OTHER
8 LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS SHALL BE CONSIDERED, AND
9 CONSULTATIONS WITH RELEVANT NATIONAL
10 GOVERNMENT TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING
ll AGENCIES SHALL BE CONDUCTED.
12
13 "LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS MAY, THROUGH
14 APPROPRIATE ORDINANCES, CONSOLIDATE OR
15 COORDINATE THEIR EFFORTS, SERVICES, AND
16 RESOURCES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS
17, UNDER THE PROGRAM TO ENSURE THE ENHANCEMENT OF
18 OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF
19 PUBLIC RESOURCES, REALIZATION OF PROJECT
20 OUTCOMES, AND STRENGTHENING OF MECHANISMS FOR
21 INTER-LOCAL COOPERATION. IN SUPPORT OF SUCH
22 UNDERTAKING, THE LGUS CONCERNED MAY CONTRIBUTE
23 FUNDS, REAL ESTATE, EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER KINDS OF
24 PROPERTY, AND APPOINT OR ASSIGN PERSONNEL UNDER
25 SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS MAY BE AGREED UPON
26 BY THE PARTICIPATING LGUS, THROUGH A MEMORANDUM
27 OF AGREEMENT.”
28
29 "Costs may also be charged for the delivery of basic services or
30 facilities enumerated in this Section."
31
32 SEC. 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations - Within sixty (60) days from the

33 effectivity of this Act, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, in
34 consultation with the Department of Budget and Management, the Department of
35 Transportation, the Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of
36 Finance, the National Economic and Development Authority, League of Provinces,


League of Cities, League of Municipalities, Liga ng mga Barangay and other
government agencies concerned, shall jointly promulgate the implementing rules and
regulations to effectively implement the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 4. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared invalid
or unconstitutional, the provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and
effect.

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders,
presidential proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof contrary to or
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the

Philippines.

Approved,