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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ____ 
Introduced by CIBAC Party-List Representative 
HON. EDUARDO “BRO. EDDIE” C. VILLANUEVA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill aims to exempt public utility vehicle drivers from paying 
regulatory fees and charges imposed by the Land Transportation Office 
(LTO) for the application of periodic renewal of their professional driver’s 
license. Public transport has a huge economic impact in nation building 
and remains to be the main component of mass conveyance of people 
and goods both in urban and rural areas. As an easy access and 
affordable mode of transporting people and goods, public transport 
resolutely performs a vital role in connecting ordinary Filipinos and 
products to boost economic progress in different business hub and trade 
center nationwide. 
This proposed measure is to recognize that public utility vehicle 
drivers who are the key players of public transport sector are mostly 
minimum-wage earners aggravated by pandemic and the unabated price 
surge of fuel affected profitability and passengers’ volume. The meager 
income of these public utility drivers is thus a challenge in applying a 
professional driver’s license and fulfilling the necessary requirements for 
the process. 
In some rural areas, tricycle drivers are either driving without 
professional driver’s license issued by the LTO or driving with an expired 
professional driver’s license. And this is attributable to the high cost of 
applying professional driver’s license and the renewal of their expired 
professional driver’s license added with stringent requirement of Practical 
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Driving Course certificate from LTO-accredited driving schools charging 
high cost of enrollment make it harder for the PUV drivers to comply with 
these requirements due to lack of financial capacity. 
In consideration of the socio-economic plight of our PUV drivers, this 
bill seeks to exempt PUV drivers from the payment of fees and charges 
for the issuance of professional driver's license imposed by the LTO to 
ease their financial burden and encourage them to apply or renew their 
license. 
The passage of this bill is hereby earnestly sought. 
EDUARDO “BRO EDDIE” C. VILLANUEVA 


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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ____ 
Introduced by CIBAC Party-List Representative 
HON. EDUARDO “BRO. EDDIE” C. VILLANUEVA 
AN ACT 
EXEMPTING PUBLIC UTILITY VEHICLE DRIVERS FROM THE 
BURDEN OF PAYING REGULATORY FEES AND CHARGES 
IMPOSED BY THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) FOR 
THE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL 
DRIVER'S LICENSE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
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Philippines in Congress assembled: 
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      SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the " Free 
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Public Utility Vehicles Driver 's License Act.” 
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      SEC.2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the declared policy of the State to 
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promote social justice in all phases of national development protect 
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marginalized sector of society, and improved quality of life particularly 
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drivers and operators of public utility vehicles (PUVs), in recognition of their 
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contribution to economic progress and important role towards national 
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development. 
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SEC.3. Definition of Public Utility Vehicle. For purposes of this Act, 
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Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) shall refer to road-based motor vehicles that 
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provide conveyance to the general public passenger and/or domestic 
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cargo for a fee, offering services to the public, such as trucks-for-hire, UV 
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express service, public utility buses (PUBs), public utility jeepneys (PUJs), 
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tricycles, filcabs, and taxis: Provided, that transport vehicles accredited 
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with and operating through Transport Networks corporations and individual 
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shall not be recognized as public utility vehicles. 
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SEC.4. Exemption From Payment of Fees and Charges. Except for 
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the payment of fee required to be paid to institutions, government or 
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otherwise, providing services and documents necessary to complete the 
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requirements for a professional driver's license as required by the  Land 
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Transportation Office (LTO), such as but not limited to medical or eye   
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examinations from  accredited clinics of the LTO, ID pictures, birth 
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certificates and the like, no fees or  charges shall be collected by the LTO 
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in connection with the application or renewal of the Professional driver's 
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license of drivers of PUVs. 
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            SEC.5. Requirements for Exemption. Before the exemption can be 
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availed of under this Act, the applicant must present the following 
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requirements: 
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(A.) The applicant must present a certificate from the local 
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government unit issued by the chief local executive of the barangay 
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where he is a resident that he is included in the validated lists of 
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PUVS drivers. The Certification to be issued by the concerned 
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barangay 
local 
chief 
executive 
shall 
be 
called 
PUV 
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OPERATOR/DRIVER CERTIFICATE; 
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               (B). Identification Card (ID) issued by transport organizations and 
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TODA membership. 
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SEC. 6 Penalty. PUV driver who submits a falsified documents for 
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the availment of exemption under this law shall be liable for an 
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administrative fine in the amount of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P 50,000.00) to 
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One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P 100,000.00) and/or an imprisonment of 
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One (1) month and one day to Six (6) months or upon the discretion of the 
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court. 
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            SEC. 7. Regular Monitoring. The Land Transportation Office (LTO) 
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in coordination with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory 
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Board shall monitor the implementation of the program and report its status 
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every end of the year in order to ensure the attainment of the goals of this 
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Act. 
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      SEC.8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within six (6) months 
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from the Effectivity of this Act, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in 
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close coordination with the Department of Interior and Local Government 
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(DILG), shall issue the necessary Implementing Rules and Regulations for 
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the effective implementation of this Act. 
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SEC.9. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive orders, issuances, 
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rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of 
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this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
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              SEC.10. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
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its Publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general 
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circulation. 
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Approved, 
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