Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BY MAKING THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICER MANDATORY FOR PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 484 (A) OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991'
Date filed
July 22, 1998
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01242 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION BY MAKING THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICER MANDATORY FOR PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 484 (A) OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991' |
| ABSTRACT : Makes it MANDATORY rather than optional for provincial, city and municipal governments to appoint an environmental and natural resources officer. Expects that the installation of a full-time caregiver to the ecology would halt, if not reverse, the degradation of the ecosystem. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PICHAY, PROSPERO JR. A. |
| DATE FILED : 1998-07-22 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS : |
| 1. |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON 1998-07-30 |
Abstract
Makes it MANDATORY rather than optional for provincial, city and municipal governments to appoint an environmental and natural resources officer. Expects that the installation of a full-time caregiver to the ecology would halt, if not reverse, the degradation of the ecosystem.
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