Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No4934

Introduced by Representative Wilton “Tonton” T. Kho

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to establish a Satellite Service Center of the Professional
Regulation Commission in the Municipality of Cataingan, Province of Masbate.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) is a vital government
agency tasked with securing for the nation a reliable, trustworthy and progressive
system of determining the competence of professionals by credible and valid
licensure examinations and standards of professional practice that are globally
recognized.

Republic Act No. 8981, otherwise known as the “PRC Modernization Act
of 2000,” institutionalizes centerpiece programs for full computerization, careful
selection of Professional Regulatory Board members and monitoring of school
performance to upgrade quality of education among professional practitioners.

This proposed measure seeks to establish a satellite service center of the
PRC in the Municipality of Cataingan, which is a second class municipality in
the Province of Masbate. According to the 2015 census, Cataingan has a
population of 50,327 people and is about 77 kilometers southeast of Masbate
City. Presently, the nearest PRC Regional Branch Office to the Province of
Masbate is PRC Regional Office No. V located at Regional Government Center
Site in Rawis, Legazpi City. The distance between Masbate and Legazpi City is
about 86 kilometers. It takes approximately three hours and thirty-three minutes
to get from Masbate to Legazpi City.


The establishment of a satellite service center of the PRC in Cataingan,
Masbate will ease the burden of the professionals in the locality in their
application, renewal and accreditation of their licenses. In line with the policy of
the State to recognize the important role of professionals in nation-building whose
competence are determined by honest and credible licensure examinations, and
to give preferential attention to the general welfare, the approval of this bill is

earnestly sought.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4934

Introduced by Representative Wilton “Tonton” T. Kho

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A SATELLITE SERVICE CENTER OF THE
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF CATAINGAN, PROVINCE OF MASBATE AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the Professional Regulation
Commission, the Cataingan Satellite Service Center in the Municipality of
Cataingan, Province of Masbate.

SEC. 2. The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be
charged to the current appropriations for the Professional Regulation
Commission. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its operation and
maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,