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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 
905 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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The Local Government Code of 1991, RA No. 7160 has provided for 
sectoral representatives in the composition and membership of the various local 
sangguniangs. 
Notwithstanding the effectivity of said Local Government Code on January 
1, 1992, the full composition of said local sanggunian have not yet been 
completed due to the absence of an enabling law which shall provide for the 
election of some of said sectoral representatives. 
This bill is intended to fill up said legislation vacuum, and is aimed to 
provide for the election of the sectoral representatives to said sanggunian as 
provided in the RA No. 7160. 
It is hoped that the election of said electoral representatives will further 
inVigorate the local sanggunian with the addition of fresh blood, and make them 
more responsive to the common interests, causes, and aspirations of the 
particular sectors which will be represented in said sanggunian. 
The approval of this proposed bill, is therefore, recommended. 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 
905 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING 
FOR 
THE 
ELECTIONS 
OF 
THE 
SECTORAL 
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN, SANGGUNIANG 
PANLUNGSOD, AND SANGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN, FIXING THE DATES 
THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Sectoral Representatives to be Elected. - There shall be 
three (3) Sectoral Representatives to the Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang 
Panlungsod, and Sangguniang Panlalawigan who shall be elected pursuant to 
this Act: (a) one (1) from the women sector; and as shall be determined by said 
sangguniangs, (b) one (1) from the agricultural or industrial workers; and (c) one 
(1) from the urban poor, or indigenous cultural minorities, or disabled sector, or 
any other sector. 
SEC. 2. Determination of Sectoral Groups by the Sanggunians. - It 
shall be obligatory for the Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Panlung$od, and 
Sangguniang Panlalawigan to determine, as provided under R.A. No. 7169, 
which other sectoral group, aside from the women sector, shall be entitled to a 
sear and be represented in their respective sangguniangs; (a) whether it shall be 
the agricultural or industrial workers; and (b) whether it shall be the urban poor, 
or indigenous cultural minorities, or the disabled sector, or any other sector. The 
determination of said sectoral groups shall be made in accordance with the 
criteria and guidelines for the purpose, and within the reglamentary period 
provided in, and consistent with, the calendar of election activities and processes 
which shall be issued by the Commission on Elections for the holding of the 
elections of sectoral representatives provided in this Act. 
SEC. 3. Date of Elections. - The election of the Sectoral Representatives 
to the Sangguniang Bayan and Sangguniang Panlungsod shall be held to 
coincide with the next local elections and the election of the sectoral 
representatives to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan shall be held thirty days (30) 
after local election. 
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SEC. 4. Manner of Elections. -
(a) The Sectoral Representative to the Sangguniang Bayan and 
Sangguniang Panlungsod shall be elected by the qualified votes of 
the municipality or' city, who are registered members of duly 


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accredited sectoral organizations of the sectors to which the 
nominees or candidates respectively belong; 
(b) The Sectoral Representatives to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan shall 
be elected by, and from among, the elected sectoral representatives 
to the Sangguniang Sayan and Sangguniang Panlungsod of all the 
municipalities and component cities within the jurisdiction of each 
province, respectively belonging to the same sectors as that of the 
nominees or candidates; 
(c) The vacancies which will be created by the election to the position of 
Sectoral Representatives to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the 
elected Sectoral Representatives to the Sangguniang Sayan and 
Sangguniang Panlungsod, shall be filled by the nominees or 
candidates who obtained the second highest number of voted among 
the nominees or candidates of the sectors where the vacancies 
occurred, and in default of the latter, by the nominees or candidates 
who obtained the next highest number of votes. 
SEC. 5. Terms of Office. - The term of office of the first set of sectoral 
representative who shall be elected under this Act shall be co-extensive with the 
remaining period of the term of office of the regular elected members of the 
respective sangguniangs to which they were elected, irrespective of the date of 
their election and assumption of office. The succeeding sectoral representative 
who shall be elected in regular elections shall have the same term of office as the 
regular elected members of the sangguniangs. 
SEC. 6. Conduct and Supervision of Elections; powers of the 
Commission on Elections; Applicability of the Omnibus Election Code and 
other Existing Election Laws. - The Commission on Elections shall conduct 
and supervise the elections of the sectoral representatives to the sangguniangs 
as herein provided, and in addition to the powers vested in the said Commission 
under the Constitution and other· existing election laws, it shall promulgate and 
issue the necessary implementing guidelines, rules and regulations, and exercise 
such functions and duties which it may deem necessary for purposes of carrying 
out the provisions of this Act. 
Any and all the proviSions of the Omnibus Election Code, and other 
pertinent existing election and other laws, so far as they are not inconsistent 
herewith, shall be applicable to the elections which shall be held under this Act. 
SEC. 7. Validation and Confirmation of Prior Resolutions, Issuances, 
and Acts of the Commission. - The resolution, issuances, and other acts of the 
Commission on Election made prior hereto, and in connection with the sectoral 
representative election, which are not inconsistent herewith, are hereby 
confirmed and shall be considered valid for all legal intents and purposes. 
SEC. 8. Funding. - In order to carry out the provisions of this Act, the 
amount of Two Hundred Million Pesos (P 200,000,000.00) shall immediately be 
released and made available to the Commission on Elections upon the approval 
of this Act. 


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SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, rules, regulations and other 
issuance or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed 
or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 10. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its 
approval. 
Approved,