FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
SENATE. 
Senate Bill No. 
3500 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The three typhoons -
namely "Ondoy," "Pepeng" and "Quedan," have 
ravaged much of Luzon, rendering towns and cities inhabitable for days as they 
were inundated in floods and soup mUd. 
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services, 
Administration (PAGASA) said that the unexpected flood caused by Typhoons 
Ondoy and Pepeng was the worst one ever recorded in history. 
The victims of the typhoons and floods have lost almost all of their most 
important belongings. Many of them had their cars damaged, important papers 
and documents--certificates, passports, land titles- have either gone missing or 
destroyed. 
This bill intends to establish One-Stop Action Office which will be tasked to 
assist in the reconstitution of official dossiers, papers and other documents 
damaged by the typhoons and floods. 
In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly requested. 


FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 
3500 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR  
AN ACT  
ESTABLISHING ONE-STOP ACTION OFFICE TO ASSIST IN THE  
RECONSTITUTION OF OFFICIAL DOSSIERS AND PAPERS DAMAGED BY  
TYPHOONS, FLOODS AND OTHER CALAMITIES  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known and cited as the One-Stop Action 
Office (OSAO) Act of 2009. 
SEC. 2. Creation of One-Stop Action Office - There shall be established, 
under the control and supervision of the Department of the Interior and Local 
Government (DILG), One-Stop Action Office (08AO) hereinafter referred to as 
OSAO. 
The OSAO shall assist the victims of typhoons and floods in the 
reconstitution of official dossiers, papers and documents damaged by such 
disasters. 
The OSAO shall maintain in all devastated areas one-stop action centers 
to be determined by the DILG and the National Disaster Coordinating Council 
(NDCC). 
SEC. 3. The DILG shall appoint the necessary staff and employees to 
operate the one-stop action centers, subject to,the civil service laws, rules and 
regulations. 
SEC. 4. Issuance of Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety 
(90) days from the approval of this Act, the Department of the Interior and Local 
Government and the National Disaster Coordinating Councit in consultation with 
appropriate agencies, shall promulgate the rules and regulations to implement 
tile provisions of this Act. Such rules and regulations shall take effect fifteen (15) 
days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation. 


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SEC. 
5. The amount necessary for th~ initial implementation of this Act 
shall be charged to the current appropriations of the Department of the Interior 
and Local Government. Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for its 
continued implementation shall be included in the annual General Appropriations 
Act. 
SEC. 6. Separability Clause. -
If any provision of this Act shall be held 
unconstitutional, the remainder of the Act not 'otherwise affected shall remain in 
full force and effect. 
SEC. 7. Repealing Clause. - All laws, orders, rules and regulations, or 
parts thereof, inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 8. Effectivity. - - This Act shall tak~ effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation 
Approved,