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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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THIRD REGULAR SESSION 
S E N A T E  
Introduced by: SEN. RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It is our state’s policy to provide for and ensure the safety and wellbeing of 
the people. We must also bear in mind that in addition to this, health and 
sanitation should also be a forefront variable in the measures that we 
craft. 
With the advancement of technology and the steadily rising increase 
automobiles and motor vehicles in the turn of the century, our country has 
reacted by prioritizing the creation, improvement and rehabilitation of 
roads and highways to accommodate the ever growing number of road 
users. 
In support of the rapid development of our country’s road network, we 
have implemented various measures. These however are mostly aimed at 
road safety and traffic management. This measure will address a different 
yet equally important aspect, the health of our motorists, especially those 
that who travel long distances along our highways. 
There are long stretches of roads, especially in the rural and provincial 
areas that have no restroom facilities for motorists to relieve themselves 
in. Because of this, motorists are left with no choice but to stop and relieve 
themselves at the roadside where it is not only dangerous due to the 
oncoming traffic, but also highly unsanitary. 
It is for this reason why I urge the passage of this measure. We must 
provide for the construction and maintenance of public restrooms at 
specified intervals along highways and roads across the country. 


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S E N A T E  
Introduced by: SEN. RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR. 
"AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC 
RESTROOMS ALONG NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL 
HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, APPROPRIATING 
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representafives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the "Land Transport Support 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to provide 
public restrooms along national and provincial highways and to 
develop hygienic practice among land transport passengers. 
SEC. 3. Public restrooms shall be constructed every thirty (30) to fifty (50) 
kilometers apart along national and provincial highways throughout 
the country. These shall be erected within a distance of at least 
three (3) meters from the shoulder of the highway, zoning 
ordinance provision to the contrary notwithstanding. 
SEC. 4. The maintenance and supervision of the public restrooms shall be 
vested in the local government unit concerned. A reasonable 
payment per head of passengerhser which shall be determined by 
the sanggunian may be collected and shall accrue to the local 
,government unit. 
Facilities for Hygiene and Convenience Act". 
SEC. 5. The collection, if any, from the use of the public restrooms shall 
be held in a trust fund. Income derived from the public restrooms 
operation shall be used for the development projects of the 
particular barangay and shall be fully covered with proper 
documents for purposes of audit, and to serve as a guide for the 
city or municipal mayor who shall exercise overall supervision over 
the utilization of such trust fund. 


SEC. 6. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), in 
coordination with the Department of Tourism (DOT), the 
Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of the Interior and 
Local Government (DILG), shall be mainly responsible for the 
production of the standard sized public restrooms and the 
programming of the implementation of this project. It shall see to it 
that these public restrooms are provided with accessibility features 
for disabled persons and are consistent with the provisions in 
Section 54 of Presidential Decree No. 856, otherwise known as the 
Code of Sanitation of the Philippines. 
SEC. 7. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall 
be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following 
its enactment into law and thereafter. 
SEC. 8. All laws and parts thereof inconsistent with any provision of this 
Act shall be deemed repealed or modified as the case may be. 
SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a 
newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved,