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Republic of the Philippines Spel

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session =, +

HOUSE BILL NO. 5314

Introduced by Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Simple economies of scale dictate that it will be significantly advantageous for the
government if all buildings or structures built and constructed through public funds and all such
government buildings or structures that may have been foreign-assisted projects have a single,
uniform, and standard requirements for their protective coatings and official color which
henceforth should be established for common application.

This bill mandates the Department of Public Works and Highways to effectively
implement the intent of this instant measure such that no Plan of Work could be undertaken by
any public official, appointive or elective, in so far as any and all government buildings and
structures are concemed without the approval of DPWH which sets the standards for protective
coatings, accredits protective coating painting contractors into a Program, and insures that
these protective coatings or paints are available in the market.

This bill is prompted by the now pervasive practice of many elected public officials, be
them barangay captains, municipal or city mayors, congressmen, or even senators of painting
vital government buildings or structures (i.e. city halls, capitols, bridges, arcs, and the like) with
the clear intent to associate the construction of such building or structure to them at full cost on
the part of the government, For example, it has now become part of the evolving engineering
landscape to see school buildings, town halls, town plazas,” public markets, and other such
public sites (hospitals, slaughterhouses, waiting sheds, basketball courts, ahd so on and so
forth) as being paint-coated with the color identifiablé to that local or national eledtive official.

These are just some of the things that tj’s humble measure seeks to addrgss and let the
DPWH henceforth monitor, strictly implement/ a coating and an official color requirement for all
government structures or buildings, hence this submission. Neutral and indistin¢t as it Is, the
beige color should be adopted as the official color. Immediate passage of this bill redounds to
the full benefits of government against wastage, political identification and/patronage that
creates an atmosphere of social dissonan

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House BILLNo.__5314

Introduced by Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo

AN ACT
PRESCRIBING BEIGE OR SIMILAR HUE AS THE UNIFORM PAINT COLOR ON ALL
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted in the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines
in Congress assembled;

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Beige Uniform Paint Color on all
Government Buildings Act of 2015".

There shall be established a uniform Government Building Paint Color Scheme under
which it sets performance standards for coatings, tests and approves paint products available in
the market, and insures compliance of official color for all government structures or buildings.

SEC. 2, The Department of Public Works and Highways shall hereby accredit protective
coating painting contractors to insure product standards, competency, and coating requirements
of government structures or buildings consistent with light brown as the official color for all such
government structures or buildings.

SEC. 3. Under this Act, no Plan of Work for the protective coating and color of any
government structure or building shall be undertaken that shall not pass through said
Government Paint Color Scheme and the concerned contractors not otherwise accredited nor
compliant with the Painting Contractors Certification Program established by DPWH.

SEC. 4. The Department of Public Works and Highways shall issue appropriate rules,
regulations, and guidelines for the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette and in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,