Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 6537, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS ON THE INCOME REQUIREMENT FOR THE CREATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 | |
| SHORT TITLE : Amending Certain Sections on the Income Requirement for the Creation of Local Government Units | |
| ABSTRACT : R.A. 9009 increased the income requirement for the creation of municipalities into cities from PhP 20 million to Ph100 million while the income requirement for the creation of provinces and highly urbanized cities remained at PhP 20 million and Ph 50 million, respectively. The bill seeks to correct this imbalance in the income requirement by excluding the internal revenue allotment (IRA) shares in the computation of local income. It further maintained the income requirement for the conversion of municipalities into cities at P 20 million as stipulated in the Local Government Code provided only locally generated incomes are included in the computation of the income requirement. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : SUMULONG, VICTOR R. | |
| DATE FILED : 2003-10-29 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Pichay | 2. Ecleo |
| 3. Almario | 4. Santiago |
| 5. Macias | 6. Ablan |
| 7. Domogan | 8. Barbers |
| 9. Nicolas | 10. Aguha |
| 11. Martinez | 12. Lagman-luistro |
| 13. Nachura | 14. De Guzman |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01871 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2003-10-29 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: LOCAL GOVERNMENT | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval | |
| SUBSTITUTED BILLS: House Bill No. 1793, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 2369, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 2849, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 3086, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 5352, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2003-11-18 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2003-11-18 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2003-11-19 |
Abstract
R.A. 9009 increased the income requirement for the creation of municipalities into cities from PhP 20 million to Ph100 million while the income requirement for the creation of provinces and highly urbanized cities remained at PhP 20 million and Ph 50 million, respectively. The bill seeks to correct this imbalance in the income requirement by excluding the internal revenue allotment (IRA) shares in the computation of local income. It further maintained the income requirement for the conversion of municipalities into cities at P 20 million as stipulated in the Local Government Code provided only locally generated incomes are included in the computation of the income requirement.
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