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18™ CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. _ 621

Introduced by Representative CARLITO S. MARQUEZ

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This’ bill seeks to amend pertinent provisions of Republic
7160, otherwise known as the “Local Government Code of 1991”.
This is a re-filed bill in the 17 Congress and was pending with the

Committee on Local Government.

The Population Office in every local government unit is very
vital in carrying out measures to guarantee the delivery of basic
services and provisions of sufficient facilities appurtenant to the
integration of the population development principles and in
providing access to said services and facilities.

The Said office is also given the indispensable assignment of
mounting plans and strategies and upon approval thereof by the
governor or mayor, as the case may be, implements the same,
particularly those which have to do with the integration of
population development principles and methods in programs and
projects which the governor or mayor is empowered to implement.
The office, likewise, assists the governor or mayor in the

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Pemiemencition of the constitutional provisions relative to
population development and the promotion of responsible
parenthood and further establishes and maintains an updated
data bank for program operations, development planning and an
educational program to ensure the people’s participation in and
understanding of population development. By the same token, it
implements appropriate training programs responsive to the
cultural heritage of the inhabitants in the community.

We cannot downplay the vital function of population office to
nation-building, however, when the Local Government Code of
1991 was enacted, it bestowed for the optional appointment of a
population officer in the province, city or municipality. This
manifest error should be corrected. We must consider that State
should not just formulate the creation of Population Office for the
provincial, city and municipal government as optional but rather
be institutionalized as mandatory so that these offices would
ensure that the tasks and visions for the provision of population

development principles

Immediate approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

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ENGR. CARLITO “Lito” S. MARQUEZ


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

18™ CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. pet

Introduced by Representative CARLITO S. MARQUEZ

AN ACT

INSTITUTIONALIZING THE MANDATORY ESTABLISHMENT OF
A POPULATION OFFICE IN ALL PROVINCES, CITIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION
488 (A) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
“THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991”. AS AMENDED

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

Section 1. Title— This Act shall be known and referred to as
the “Mandatory Establishment of Provincial, City and

Municipal Population Office of 2019.”

Section. 2. There shall be a mandatory establishment of a
Population Office in every province, city and municipality with the
necessary budgetary appropriations covering the current operating

expenditures and capital outlays.


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Section. 3. Section 488 of Republic Act. 7160, otherwise
known as “the Local Government Act of 1991”, as amended,
particularly Title V (Appointive Local Officials Common To All
Municipalities, Cities and Provinces) hereby amended further to be
read as follows:

“ARTICLE XVIII. The Population Officer

Section 488. Qualification, Powers and Duties. - (a) No
person shall be appointed population officer unless he is a citizen
of the Philippines, a resident of the local government unit
concerned, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree
with specialized training in population development from a
recognized college or university, and a first grade civil service
eligible or its equivalent. He must have experience in the
implementation of programs on population development or
responsible parenthood for at least five (5) years in the case of the
provincial or city population officer, and three (3) years in the case
of the municipal population officer.

The appointment of a population officer shall be [optional]
MANDATORY in the local government unit: Provided, however,
That provinces, [and] cities AND MUNICIPALITIES which have

existing population offices shall continue to maintain such offices.


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(for a period of five (5) years from the date of effectivity of this code,
after which said offices shall become optional.

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Section 4. Separability Clause. - If any part or section of this
Act is declared unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect
the other parts or sections of this Act.

Section 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees,
executive orders, ordinances, circulars, rules and regulations
inconsistent with any provisions of this Act shall be deemed
repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 6. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect
fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation or in the Official Gazette.

Approved.