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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 2687 -

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE SHERNEE A, TAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE

In due recognition of the awesome responsibilities that barangay officials
perform in rendering frontline basic services to barangay residents, Republic Act
No. 7160 as amended, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991,
explicitly provides certain privileges and benefits to barangay officials, which
include monthly honorarium, insurance coverage, medical care, educational
benefit such as exemption during their incumbency from paying tuition and
matriculation fees for their legitimate dependent children attending state colleges
or universities and appropriate civil service eligibility.

It worthy to emphasize however that the aforementioned law does not
provide a minimum amount of honorarium for the members of barangay tanod
brigades and lupong tagapamayapa that they were left only to the discretion of
the barangay hierarchy as to the amount of their monthly remunerations. They
are also not entitled to Christmas bonus, insurance coverage, medical care and
other non-monetary benefits.

This important piece of legislation therefore aims not only to effectively
address the inequities committed against the tanods and the lupons but also to
expand the incentives and benefits granted to all the officials involved in the
delivery of basic services in the barangays by adjusting their minimum amount
of honorarium and Christmas bonus and by granting them a lump sum
retirement gratuity and other non-monetary benefits.

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

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

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 2687

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE SHERNEE A, TAN

AN ACT

INCREASING THE HONORARIUM AND CHRISTMAS BONUS OF
BARANGAY OFFICIALS, INCLUDING BARANGAY TANODS AND
MEMBERS OF THE LUPON NG TAGAPAMAYAPA, AND GRANTING A
LUMP SUM GRATUITY PAY EQUIVALENT TO ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00), AND OTHER NON-MONETARY
BENEFITS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 393 OF REPUBLIC
ACT No. 7160, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

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

SECTION 1. Section 393 of Republic Act No. 7160, as amended, otherwise
known as the Local Government Code of 1991 is hereby amended to read as
follows:

“SECTION 393. Benefits of Barangay Officials. - (a) Barangay officials,
including barangay tanods and members of the lupong tagapamayapa, shall
receive honoraria, allowances, and such other emoluments as may be authorized
by law or barangay, municipal or city ordinance in accordance with the
provisions of this Code, but in no case shall it be less than [One]FIVE thousand
pesos (P[1] 5,000.00) per month for the punong barangay and [Six hundred]
THREE THOUSAND pesos (P[600] 3,000.00) per month for the sangguniang
barangay members, [and] barangay treasurer, and barangay secretary AND
TWO THOUSAND PESOS (P2,000.00) FOR BARANGAY TANODS AND.
MEMBERS OF THE LUPON NG TAGAPAMAYAPA: Provided, however, That the
annual appropriations for personal services shall be subject to the budgetary
limitations prescribed under Title Five, Book II of this Code.

(b) The punong barangay, the sangguniang barangay members, the
barangay treasurer, and the barangay secretary shall also:


(1) Be entitled to Christmas bonus of at least [One] TWO thousand pesos
(P[1] 2,000.00) each, the funds for which shall be taken from the general fund of
the barangay or from such other funds appropriated by the national government
for the purpose[;]: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT BARANGAY TANODS AND
MEMBERS OF THE LUPONG TAGAPAMAYAPA SHALL ALSO ENJOY THIS
BENEFIT.

(2) Be entitled, during their incumbency, to insurance coverage which
shall include, but shall not be limited to temporary and permanent disability,
double indemnity, accident insurance, death and burial benefits, in accordance
with Republic Act Numbered Sixty-nine hundred forty-two (R.A. No. 6942),
entitled “An Act Increasing the Insurance Benefits of Local Government Officials
and Providing Funds Therefor;”

(3) Be entitled to free medical care, including subsistence, medicines, and
medical assistance in any government hospital or institution: Provided, That such
hospital care shall include surgery or surgical expenses, medicines, X-rays,
laboratory fees, and other hospital expenses;

In case of extreme urgency where there is no available government
hospital or institution, the barangay official concerned may submit himself for
immediate attendance to the nearest private clinic, hospital or institution and the
expenses not exceeding Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) that may be incurred
therein shall be chargeable against the funds of the barangay concerned;

(4) Be exempted, during their incumbency, from paying tuition and
matriculation fees for their legitimate dependent children attending state college
or universities. He may likewise avail of such educational benefits in a state
college or university located within the province or city to which the barangay
belongs; [and]

(5) Be entitled to appropriate civil service eligibility on the basis of the
number of years of service to the barangay, pursuant to the rules and regulations
issued by the Civil Service Commission|.];

(6) BE ENTITLED TO A LUMP SUM RETIREMENT GRATUITY PAY
EQUIVALENT TO ONE (1) YEAR HONORARIUM, BUT IN NO CASE SHALL
EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00) TO BE TAKEN
FROM THE BARANGAY RETIREMENT GRATUITY FUND: PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT A RETIREE IS AT LEAST SIXTY (60) YEARS OF AGE WITH.
A MINIMUM OF NINE (9) YEARS IN SERVICE AT THE TIME OF THE
RETIREMENT;



AS USED IN THIS SUB-SECTION, THE TERM “RETIREE” SHALL
ALL BARANGAY OFFICIALS, INCLUDING BARANGAY TANODS.
AND MEMBERS OF THE LUPON NG TAGAPAMAYAPA;

ITLED TO TWENTY PERCENT (20%) DISCOUNT IN
TRANSPORTATION FARE, AND HOTEL ACCOMODATION CHARGE.

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(d) All duly appointed members of the barangay tanod brigades, or their
equivalent, which shall number not more than twenty (20) in each barangay,
shall be granted insurance, FREE TUITION AND MATICULATION FEES FOR
THEIR LEGITIMATE DEPENDENT CHILDREN ATTEND! STATE
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, or other benefits during their incumbency,
chargeable to the barangay or the city or municipal government to which the
barangay belongs.

SEC. 2. Barangay Retirement Gratuity Fund (BRGP) Created, ~ There is
hereby created a Barangay Retirement Gratuity Fund (BRGF) which shall be used
to fund the retirement gratuity of barangay officials, including barangay tanods
and members of the Lupon ng Tagapamayapa, as mentioned in this Act. The
amount equivalent to one percent (1%) of the share of the national government
under Section 284 of the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended shall be
used for this purpose.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) shall
administer and ensure the appropriate disbursement of the Fund.

SEC. 3. Coverage. - The benefits granted under this Act shall cover all
barangay officials, barangay tanods and members of the lupon ng
tagapamayapa, including those in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM);

SEC. 4. Rules and Regulation. - The Department of Budget and
Management (DBM), in coordination with the DILG and Department of
Transportation and Communications (DOTC), shall issue the necessary rules and
regulation to implement this Act.

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules
and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended, 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.

Approved,