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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
2nd Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ERWIN T. TULFO 
AN ACT 
PENALIZING SELECTIVE, DISCRETIONARY, AND DISCRIMINATORY ACTS 
IN THE DELIVERY OF CASH, LIVELIHOOD, OR RELIEF ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Philippine Constitution expressly provides that public office is a public trust, 
and that public officers and employees must at all times be accountable to the people, 
and serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty, and efficiency. In line 
with the state policies of promoting a just and dynamic social order, and free people 
from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, promote full 
employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life, the same 
must be accomplished while keeping with the principles of transparency and 
accountability. 
Despite the above Constitutional pronouncements, there are instances wherein local 
government officials select and prioritize the recipients of the assistance programs 
based on personal considerations. The proponents believe that such an abhorrent 
practice is directly violative of the principles of accountability and transparency in 
government service. 
Thus, this legislative proposal to penalize selective, discretionary, and/or 
discriminatory acts of elective incumbent local government officials in the 
performance of or in connection to the official delivery of cash grants, food stubs, 
livelihood or relief packages, and other assistance programs of local government units 
to their individual constituents or household beneficiaries within their respective 
territorial jurisdictions. 
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In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
ERWIN T. TULFO 


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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
2nd Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ERWIN T. TULFO 
AN ACT 
PENALIZING SELECTIVE, DISCRETIONARY, AND DISCRIMINATORY ACTS 
IN THE DELIVERY OF CASH, LIVELIHOOD, OR RELIEF ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared the policy of the State 
to promote a just and dynamic social order through policies that provide adequate 
social services, promote full employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved 
quality of life for all. To this end, local governments are entrusted with powers and 
functions related to the delivery of social services while keeping with the principles 
of transparency and accountability in the use of public funds and the Constitutional 
precept that public office is a public trust. 
SECTION 2. Purpose. – This Act aims to penalize selective, discretionary, 
and/or discriminatory acts of elective incumbent local government officials in the 
performance of or in connection to the official delivery of cash grants, food stubs, 
livelihood or relief packages, and other assistance programs of local government units 
(LGUs) to their individual constituents or household beneficiaries within their 
respective territorial jurisdictions. 
SECTION 3. Prohibited Acts and Corresponding Penalties. – (a) Any incumbent 
elective barangay, municipal, city, or provincial government official, whether acting 
in conspiracy with private persons or not, who by act or omission, directly or 
indirectly: 
(1) delivers or aids in the delivery of cash grants, food stubs, livelihood or relief
packages, or other assistance programs of LGUs to persons other than those qualified 
to receive such assistance programs; or, 
(2) gives priority to or directs another to prioritize their relatives by affinity or
consanguinity within the third degree, or other persons who, while qualified to 
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receive the assistance program of the LGU, were prioritized in the delivery thereof not 
in accordance with the official delivery schedule of the LGU, taking into account the 
purpose, scope, and target demographic of the same; or 
 
(3) discriminates in any way against individual constituents or household 
beneficiaries entitled to receive assistance programs from their respective LGUs. 
 
(b) The commission of any of the foregoing shall be punished, upon a finding 
of guilt by a court of competent jurisdiction, by imprisonment ranging from 
imprisonment ranging from six (6) months to one (1) year, as determined by the court, 
and perpetual disqualification from holding public office. 
 
SECTION 4. Implementing Agency. – The Department of Interior and Local 
Government (DILG) shall be the implementing agency of this Act. The DILG may, 
from time to time, call on any other concerned agencies or sectors, as it may deem 
necessary, to assist in carrying out its responsibilities under this Act.  
 
SECTION 5. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, orders, rules, and regulations 
or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amended 
accordingly. 
 
SECTION 6. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
Approved,