Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS

Third Regular Session
HOUSE BILL No.1G636

Introduced by Representative Ivan Howard A. Guintu

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about the rise in the demand for delivery services due to its
convenience to customers. Customers are able to order goods through mobile applications,
websites, and other means with the convenience of the internet, and it is upon delivery services
to pick-up these goods in establishments or in other pick-up points and deliver them to the
customers.

However, in some instances, delivery riders are burdened with additional costs in parking, or the
lack of parking slots in these establishments, and essentially causing conflicts between the
delivery riders and the establishment. Moreover, considering the cost of parking and their
everyday engagements with customers, these costs may pile-up and financially burden our
delivery riders.

This proposed measure seeks to establish free parking spaces in establishments such as but not
limited to malls, food hubs, hotels, condominiums, and apartments, for the convenience of
delivery riders engaged in delivery services.

In view of the foregoing, early passage of this bill is sought.

five, PINUNO Partylist


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No._16686

Introduced by Representative Ivan Howard A. Guintu

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING DESIGNATED PARKING AREAS FREE OF CHARGE IN
ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN DELIVERY SERVICES

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

SECTION I. Title. - This Act shall be known as “Free Parking for Delivery Services Act.”

SEC 2. Definition of Terms, - For purposes of this Act, these terms are defined as follows:

(a) Delivery Service - a form of courier or delivery service where a person through a mobile
phone application, internet website or any other similar platform orders food, grocery,
pharmaceutical items or other items, from a third-party seller and engages the service of a
rider or driver for the delivery of said order for a fe

(b) Delivery Riders or Drivers - regardless of the existing contractual relationship with the
service providers, these are persons who perform the delivery services by picking up the
ordered items from the third-party seller, and delivering the items to the customers who
avail of the services:

(c) Establishments - may consist of but not limited to, retail establishments wherein the sale
of goods and services occur such as shopping malls. retail stores, supermarkets, shops;
food service establishments wherein food is prepared and served such as restaurants, and
food parks; and accommodation establishments wherein accommodation is offered for a
fee such as hotels, motels, inns, resorts, condominiums, and apartments.

SEC. 3. Designated parking areas free of charge. - Establishments shall provide a designated
parking area for delivery riders engaged in the business of delivery services free of charge for the
first Thirty (30) minutes: Provided, that if a delivery rider exceeds the grace period, the
maximum parking fee that may be imposed by any establishment shall be Twenty pesos (Php
20.00) per hour.



SEC. 4. Separability Clause. - \f, for any reason, any section, subsection, clause or term if this
Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, such parts not affected by such declaration shall remain in
full force and effect.

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All existing laws, orders, decrees, rule:

thereof, inconsistent with the provisions if this Act are hereby amended, modified or repealed

and regulations, or part

accordingly

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

Approved,