SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
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NOV -3 P 1 :56 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 
2999 
Submitted jointly by the Committees on Public Service and on Finance with 
Senators Trillanes, Ejercito, Santiago and Legarda as authors thereof 
AN ACT 
MANDATING THE INSTALLATION OF SPEED LIMITERS AND SETTING 
SPEED LIMITS FOR PUBLIC UTILITY BUSES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the «Road Speed 
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Limiter Act of 20 15." 
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SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the 
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State to maintain at all times the safety and protection of the public. Towards 
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this end, it shall pursue a more proactive and preventive approach to secure 
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the safety of passengers and public in general on roads and highways. It shall 
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implement measures to safeguard them from any speed-related road accidents 
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which are not only causing fatalities but also damage to properties. 
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SEC. 3. Definition - For purposes of this Act, the term: 
lOa. Speed Limiter is a device used to limit the top speed of a vehicle 
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through the employment of mechanical, electronic or communications 
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system or the combination of these systems or similar devices capable 
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of performing the same function; 
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b. Public Utility Buses (PUBs) refers to buses duly registered with the 
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Land Transportation Office (LTO) and granted franchise by the Land 
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Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB); 
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c. Tampering refers to an act of recalibrating, reprogramming, resetting 
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or reconfiguring a speed limiter installed in any covered vehicle and 
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already sealed by the LTO or LTFRB after due inspection in such a 
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way as to circumvent its functions or the purposes for which it is 
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intended. 
The act of calibrating, reprogramming, resetting or 
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reconfiguring a speed limiter installed in any covered vehicle without 
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the supervision of the LTFRB or LTO as required under Section 5 of 
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this Act shall be considered tampering; 
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SEC. 4. Mandatory Installation of Speed Limiter. - No PUB, following 
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the effectivity of this Act, shall be allowed to run in any road, street or highway 
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in the Philippines without an installed speed limiter in accordance with the 
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standards and specifications approved by the Department of Transportation 
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and Communications (DOTC): Provided, That in case of vehicles which are 
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already registered with any appropriate agency, this requirement shall be 
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complied with not later than eighteen (18) months from the effectivity of this 
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Act. 
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SEC. 5. Speed Limit. - The installed speed limiter will be programmed at 
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a maximum 60 kilometers per hour for public utility buses (PUBs) traversing 
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Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA), and a maximum of 80 kilometers per 
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hour for those traversing expressways such as North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) 
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Subic-C1ark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), Tarlac Pangasinan-
La Union 
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Expressway (TPLEX), South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), and Southern Tagalog 
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Arterial Road (STAR Tollway). 
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SEC. 6. Installation of Speed Limiters - No PUB shall be registered by 
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the LTO, granted new or renewed franchise by the LTFRB, without the 
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standard speed limiter installed. The LTFRB shaH administer the installation 
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and monitoring of buses with installed speed limiters. 
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SEC. 7. Setting of Standard and Accreditation. - The DOTC shall, in 
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accordance 
with 
acceptable 
international 
standards, 
determine 
the 
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specifications of the speed limiters that may be allowed to be installed in PUBs. 
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The LTFRB or the LTO, shall supervise and inspect the setting of speed limiter 
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corresponding to the maximum allowed in the route plied by a particular 
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covered vehicle. 
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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) shall accredit persons, 
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establishments or institutions producing, manufacturing or distributing speed 
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limiters in accordance with the specifications and standards as may be 
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determined by the DOTC. For this purpose, the DTI shall issue the necessary 
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certification attesting compliance with such specifications and standards as a 
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pre-requisite for registration. 
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SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Chairperson of 
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the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB), 
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Chairperson of the Land Transportation Office and the secretary of Department 
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of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) shall promulgate the necessary 
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rules and regulation to implement and carry out the objectives and provisions 
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of this Act. 
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SEC. 9. Penalty -
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a. Public Utility Bus Operators who failed to comply with the mandatory 
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installation of electronic speed limiter under Section 4 of this Act shall 
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be fined with an amount not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Pesos 
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(PlOO,OOO.OO) and a suspension of the franchise until compliance of 
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the installation. 
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b. The driver who knowingly operates a PUB or the owner or operator 
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who allows such driver to operate without the speed limiter herein 
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required shall suffer a penalty of fine in the amount of Fifty Thousand 
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Pesos (P50,000.00). 
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c. The same penalty shall be imposed upon the driver, owner or operator 
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who operates or allows a person to operate PUB a non-functioning or 
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tampered speed limiter. 
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d. In addition to the above penalties, a suspension of the driver's license 
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for a period of one (1) month or franchise of a PUB for a period of 
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three (3) months, as the case may be, shall be imposed upon the 
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offender who commits the abovementioned violations for the first time. 
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For the commission of any of the foregoing prohibited acts for the 
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second time, the driver's license of the offender shall be suspended for 
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a period of three (3) months or the franchise of a PUB shall be 
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suspended for a period of six (6) months, as the case may be, in 
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addition to the fines herein imposed. 
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For the subsequent commission of any of the foregoing prohibited 
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acts, the driver's license of the offender shall be revoked or the 
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franchise of a PUB shall be suspended for a period of one (1) year, as 
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the case may be, in addition to the fines herein imposed. 
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e. Any person who is found guilty of tampering as defined under this Act 
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shall suffer a penalty of imprisonment of not less than six (6) months 
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but not more than three (3) years and a fine of thirty thousand pesos 
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(P30,OOO.OO). 
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The provision of this section shall be applied without prejudice to 
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criminal prosecution or civil action under existing applicable laws. 
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SEC. 10. Appropriations. Such sums as may be necessary for the 
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immediate implementation of the provisions of this Act is hereby authorized to 
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be appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise 
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appropriated. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its continued 
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implementation shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
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SEC. 11. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is held 
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invalid or unconstitutional, other provisions not affected thereby shall continue 
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to be in full force and effect. 
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SEC. 12. 
Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders or 
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parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, 
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amended or modified accordingly. 
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SEC. 13. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect 15 days after its 
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complete publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general 
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circulation. 
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Approved, 
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