Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 1459, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN LOCAL OFFICIALS TO FILL THE VACANCY IN THE OFFICES OF THE GOVERNOR OR MAYOR AND VICE-GOVERNOR OR VICE-MAYOR AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 44 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 | |
| SHORT TITLE : Prohibiting Certain Local Officials To Fill the Vacancy in their Offices | |
| ABSTRACT : Rationale: Section 44 of the Local Government Code delineates the line succession in case of vacancy in the offices of the governor or mayor, the vice-governor or vice-mayor and the sanggunian member. It is however, silent as to whether the official, who is next in the line of succession, can fill the very same vacant position he is prohibited by law to serve beyond three (3) consecutive term limits. This situation may sow confusion if not chaos in some areas where intense political rivalry isprevailing among opposing camps. This bill seeks to amend the aforementioned provision in the Local Government Code to provide a crystal clear mandate on succession. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : MACIAS, EMILIO II. C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-25 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Cagas | 2. Yapha |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Monfort (057 ) | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00264 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2002-02-28 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: LOCAL GOVERNMENT | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval with amendments | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON 2001-07-31 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2002-03-07 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2002-03-12 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2002-04-24 | |
| PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2002-04-24 | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2002-04-24 | |
| REMARKS : The Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2002-05-06 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2002-05-23 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:167 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2002-05-28 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2002-05-28 |
Abstract
Rationale: Section 44 of the Local Government Code delineates the line succession in case of vacancy in the offices of the governor or mayor, the vice-governor or vice-mayor and the sanggunian member. It is however, silent as to whether the official, who is next in the line of succession, can fill the very same vacant position he is prohibited by law to serve beyond three (3) consecutive term limits. This situation may sow confusion if not chaos in some areas where intense political rivalry isprevailing among opposing camps. This bill seeks to amend the aforementioned provision in the Local Government Code to provide a crystal clear mandate on succession.
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