Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
____________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by HON. JOSEPH “JOJO” L. LARA 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill aims to give due recognition to our barangay officials by providing them 
with compensation at par with other elected and appointed officials in the government 
service. Currently, there are around 42,045 barangays all over the Philippines. 
The barangay is the smallest unit of the government. As defined by the Local 
Government Code, it serves as the primary planning and implementing unit of 
government policies, plans, programs, projects, and activities in the community, and 
as a forum wherein the collective views of the people may be expressed, crystallized, 
and considered, and where disputes may be amicably settled. They are at the forefront 
in public service and therefor it is but just to compensate the services they provide.  
In consideration thereof, the passage of this bill in the 19th Congress is earnestly 
sought.  
JOSEPH “JOJO” L. LARA 
August 1, 2022
5:12 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
____________________________________________________________________ 
Introduced by HON. JOSEPH “JOJO” L. LARA 
____________________________________________________________________ 
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR BARANGAYS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:  
ARTICLE I 
TITLE, DECLARATION OF POLICY AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Magna Carta for 
Barangays."  
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to promote, 
develop, and improve the general welfare of barangay residents, raise the economic 
and social status of barangay officials, grant every barangay, the basic facilities for 
decent, healthy, and comfortable living therein and provide new measures that will 
insure its enjoyment of local autonomy to ensure the effective performance of its role 
as the primary planning and implementing unit of government programs, projects, 
and activities, and as a forum in which the collective views of the people in the 
community may be crystallized and considered.  
SECTION 3. General Principles. – The following are the general principles 
of this Act:  
a) The national government shall give more attention to the development of the
barangays, as they are the country's basic political units;
b) Every barangay shall be given the authority and capability to handle its
concerns on its level;
c) Self-help or people power shall be the guiding principle in all barangay
development projects.
ARTICLE II 
BARANGAY OFFICIALS AS REGULAR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 
SECTION 4. Barangay Officials as Regular Government Employees. –  
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The punong barangay, members of the sangguniang barangay, the singeing kabataan 
chairperson, the barangay secretary, and barangay treasurer in all barangays are 
hereby declared regular government employees, and as such are entitled to the salary, 
emoluments, allowances, benefits, such as insurance, medical, and dental coverage, 
and retirement benefits, and all other fringe benefits to which a regular government 
employee may be entitled to.  
 
SECTION 5. Salaries of Barangay Officials. – As soon as the appropriate 
steps and measures are undertaken by each city or municipality in coordination with 
the individual barangay involved on matters relating to the sources of fund and the 
corresponding appropriation ordinance, which in no case shall be later than six (6) 
months from the approval hereof, all barangay officials mentioned in paragraph 4 
hereof, shall be entitled to the following fixed salaries:  
 
Punong Barangay  
An amount equivalent to the salary of a 
sangguniang bayan member of his 
municipality or city.  
 
Members of the Sangguniang  
An amount equivalent to eighty percent 
Barangay 
80%) of the salary of a sangguniang 
bayan member of his municipality or city.  
 
Sangguniang Kabataan  
 
An amount equivalent to seventy-five 
Chairperson, Barangay Secretary,  percent (75%) of the salary of a sanggunian 
Barangay Treasurer 
 
 
bayan member of his municipality or city  
 
 
ARTICLE III  
BASIC PRIORITIES IN THE BARANGAY  
 
SECTION 6. Drinking Water for Every Barangay. – It is the right of every 
barangay to have a regular supply of clean and potable water. To attain this goal, 
every city or municipality, as the case maybe, is hereby required to construct or 
maintain at least one (1) facility for drawing drinking water to supply the needs of 
everyone thousand (1,000) residents for each barangay within its jurisdiction.  
 
SECTION 7. Transportation for Every Barangay. – It is also the right of 
every barangay to have public transportation available at least once a day. For this 
purpose, every municipality or city, as the case may be, should make such necessary 
representations before appropriate government agencies to require public utility 
companies operating primarily within its jurisdiction to provide the minimum means of 
transportation in every barangay.  
 
SECTION 8. Schools, Health Centers, and Barangay Halls for the 
Barangays. – As far as practicable, every barangay is entitled to have at least one 
(1) kindergarten and at least one (1) elementary school: Provided, that there shall be 
at least one high school for every five (5) kilometers from the barangay center. It shall 
also be the right of every barangay to have one (1) health center and one (1) barangay 


hall.  
 
ARTICLE IV  
MEASURES TO ASSURE THE ENJOYMENT OF LOCAL AUTONOMY  
 
SECTION 9. Automatic Release of Share from National Taxes. – The 
allotment representing the share of the barangay from the national taxes shall be 
released without need of any further action directly to the barangay treasurer on a 
quarterly basis within five (5) days after the end of each quarter.  
 
SECTION 10. Transfer of Funds to Barangay for the Maintenance of 
Roads and Bridges. – All public funds appropriated from the National Treasury for 
the maintenance of barangay roads and bridges and other similar construction works 
shall be transferred or remitted directly to the general fund of every barangay for their 
proper disposition by barangay officials, subject to auditing laws, rules, and 
regulations.  
 
SECTION 11. Mandatory Share of Barangays in All Taxes, Fees, or 
Other Charges. – Twenty-five percent (25%) of all taxes collected on real property 
located within the barangay shall be considered barangay funds and shall be allocated 
in accordance with existing laws. In addition thereto, each barangay shall be entitled 
to ten percent (10%) from all other forms of taxes, fees, penalties, compromises, or 
other charges collected from persons residing in the barangay or entities whose office 
or manufacturing plant is located within the barangay.  
 
SECTION 12. Equitable Share of the Barangay from the Proceeds of 
the Utilization and Development of National Wealth. – For the exploitation, 
utilization, and development of natural resources within its territory, every barangay 
shall be entitled to an equitable share of the proceeds derived therefrom. The amount 
of barangay share shall be determined by the city or municipality concerned after 
consultations with the concessionaires, the municipal or city officials and barangay 
officials, taking into account the extent of the exposure of the barangay residents to 
pollution, flood, and ecological imbalance: Provided, That, this equitable sharing rate 
for each barangay shall be resolved by all parties concerned not later than six (6) 
months from the approval of this Act. Revenues derived from this source shall also 
from part of the general fund of the barangay.  
 
ARTICLE V 
 MISCELLANEOUS BENEFITS  
 
SETION 13. Scholarship Grant. – Every barangay shall sponsor at least one 
(1) scholarship grant every year leading to any bachelor’s degree to be awarded by a 
committee of five (5) persons appointed by the Sangguniang Barangay, with the 
approval of the Punong Barangay, after competitive examinations are given to 
applicants, who should be bonafide residents of the barangay. The grant shall include 
tuition fees and all other school fees, reasonable allowances for schoolbooks, supplies, 
transportation, and other expenses as the barangay may deem appropriate. 
 


SECTION 14. Priority in Employment. – Residents in every barangay shall 
have   priority in the hiring of workers and laborers to be needed in any government 
construction or development project within the barangay.  
 
SECTION 15. Cooperative Enterprise. – Cooperative enterprises in the 
barangay shall be encouraged and every barangay is directed to give full assistance 
for the establishment and organization of said enterprises and to take every possible 
effort to make cooperative undertakings a way of life in the barangay.  
 
ARTICLE VI 
 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT  
 
SECTION 16. Rules and Regulations. – The Secretary of the Interior and 
Local Government shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary 
to implement the provisions of this Act. Rules and regulations issued pursuant to this 
Section shall take effect thirty (30) days after publication in a newspaper of general 
circulation and by such other means as the Secretary deems reasonably sufficient to 
give interested parties general notice of such issuance.  
 
SECTION 17. Appropriations. – The amount necessary to implement the 
provisions of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.  
 
SECTION 18. Penal Provisions. — Any person who shall willfully interfere 
with, restrain or coerce any barangay official or barangay resident in the exercise of 
his or their rights guaranteed by this Act or who shall in any other manner commit any 
act to defeat any of the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction, be punished by 
a fine of not less than five hundred pesos nor more than two thousand pesos, or by 
imprisonment or six months and one day, or both, subject to the discretion of the 
court.  
 
If the offender is a public official, the court shall, after conviction, order his 
dismissal from the government service, in addition to the imposable penalties.  
 
SECTION 19. Separability Clause. – If any provision of this Act is declared 
invalid, the remainder or any provisions thereof not affected thereby shall remain in 
force and effect.  
 
SECTION 20. Repealing Clause. – All acts and decrees, executive orders, 
implementing rules and regulations or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions 
of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.  
 
SECTION 21. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect upon its 
publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.  
 
Approved,