Republic Act No. 10952 | Senate of the Philippines Legislative Reference Bureau

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An act postponing the October 2017 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, amending for the purpose Republic Act no. 9164, as amended by Republic Act no. 9340, Republic Act no. 10632, Republic Act no. 10656, and Republic Act no. 10923, and for other purposes.

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17th Congress of the Republic

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S. No. 1584

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H. No. 6308

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Date of Approval

October 2, 2017

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Entitled:

AN ACT POSTPONING THE OCTOBER 2017 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10656, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10923, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]

[ 2017 ]

9/11/2017 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on ELECTORAL REFORMS AND PEOPLES PARTICIPATION and FINANCE with Senator(s) VICENTE C. SOTTO III and RICHARD J. GORDON as author(s) per Committee Report No. 163, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1469 and 1552;

9/13/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;

9/13/2017 Sponsor: Senator RICHARD J. GORDON;

9/18/2017 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;

9/18/2017 Parliamentary inquiry of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;

9/18/2017 Remarks of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III;

9/18/2017 Sponsorship speech of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON;

9/19/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON and RALPH G. RECTO;

9/19/2017 Period of individual amendments;

9/20/2017 Printed copies amended as of September 19, 2017, were distributed to the Senators;

9/20/2017 Period of individual amendments;

9/20/2017 Period of individual amendments closed;

9/20/2017 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;

FINAL TITLE: AN ACT POSTPONING THE OCTOBER 2017 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10632, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10656, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10923, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

9/20/2017 Certified by the President of the Philippines for its IMMEDIATE enactment on 09/20/2017;

9/20/2017 Approved on Third Reading;

9/20/2017 In favor: (17) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, PANFILO M. LACSON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;

9/20/2017 Against: (1) RISA HONTIVEROS;

9/20/2017 Abstention: (None) ;

9/21/2017 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;

9/27/2017 House of Representatives adopted SBN-1584 as an amendment to HBN-6308 on September 25, 2017;

9/27/2017 Enrolled copies of SBN-1594 which was adopted as amendment to HBN-6308, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;

10/2/2017 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1584 and HBN-6308, received by the Senate, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;

10/2/2017 Enrolled copies of SBN-1584 and HBN-6308, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on September 28, 2017;

11/20/2017 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-6308, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on October 2, 2017 and became

11/20/2017 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10952.

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Republic Act

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Subjects

COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC)

ELECTIONS, 2017 -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ELECTIONS, 2017 -- SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN

LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- ELECTIONS

RA - 10952

SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN (SK)

Amendment Note

RA 9164, secs. 1 & 4

Related to Note

RA 9340

RA 10923

RA 10742

RA 10656

RA 10632

BP 881, sec. 261, pars. (g), (v) & (w)

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113 OG No. 41, 7422 (October 9, 2017); Business Mirror, Manila Bulletin, October 5, 2017

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10952, October 02, 2017 ]

AN ACT POSTPONING THE OCTOBER 2017 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9310, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10632, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10656, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10923, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 1. Section 1 of republic Act No. 9164, as amended by Republic Act No. 9340, Republic Act no. 10632, Republic Act No. 10656, and Republic Act No. 10923, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. Date of Election.- There shall be synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections, which shall be held on July 15, 2002. Subsequent synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections shall be held on the last Monday of October 2007 and every three (3) years thereafter: Provided, That the barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections on October 23, 2017 shall be postponed to the second Monday of may 2018. Subsequent synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections shall be held on the second Monday of May 2020 and every three (3) years thereafter."

SEC. 2. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9164, as amended by Republic Act no. 9340, republic Act No. 10632, and Republic Act No. 10923, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SEC.4. Assumption of Office.- The term of office of the barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials elected under this Act shall commence at noon of june 30 next following their election: Provided, however, That the term of office of the barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials elected in the May 2020elections and subsequently thereafter, shall commence at noon of June 30 next following their election."

SEC. 3. Hold Over.- Until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, all incuimbent barangay officials shall remain in office, unless sooner removed or suspended for cause: Provided, That barangay officials who are ex officio members of the sangguniang bayan, sangguniang panlungsod, or sangguniang panlalawigan, as the case may be, shall continue to serve as such members in the sanggunian concerned until the next barangay election. The Liga ng mga Barangay at the municipal city, and provincial levels shal, not later than July 31, 2018, conduct elections for ex officio positions in the sanggunians under the supervision of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

SEC. 4. Ban of Government Projects.- The construction or maintenance of barangay-funded roads and bridges shall be prohibited for a period of ten (10) days immediately preceding the data of election, the provisions of Section 261, paragraphs (v) and (w), of the Omnibus Election Code to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 5. Prohibition on Appointments of Government Officials and Employees.- The appointment or hiring of new employees, creation of new position, promotion, or giving of salary increases, remuneration or priveleges in the barangay shall be prohibited for a period of ten (10) days immediately preceding the election, the provisions of Section 261, paragraph (g), of the Omnibus Election Code to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 6. Use of Appropriations. — The amount of Six billion ninety million three hundred twenty-four thousand three hundred twenty-five pesos and sixteen centavos (P6,090,324,325.16) shall be considered as continuing appropriations and shall be used exclusively for the conduct of the barangay and sangguniang kabataan registration and elections in May 2018.

SEC. 7. Use of Sangguniang Kabataan Fund. - Until the new sangguniang kabataan officials shall have been duly elected and qualified, the sangguniang barangay shall not use the sangguniang kabataan fund except for youth development and empowerment programs as provided in Republic Act No. 10742, otherwise known as the "Sangguniang- Kabataan Reform Act of 2015".

SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The Commission or. Elections shall, within fifteen (15) days after the effectivity of this Act, promulgate such rules and regulations necessary to implement this Act:

SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. - All other laws, acts, presidential decrees, executive orders, issuances, presidential proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof, which arc contrary 6o and inconsistent with any provision of this Ad; are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.

SEC. 10. Saeparaliitily Clause. — If any portion or provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provision not affected thereby shall remain in force and effect.

SEC. 13. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect immediately following the completion of its publication either in the Official Gazette, or in two (2) newspaper of general ctrculation in the Philippines.

Approved,

(SGD.) PANTALEON D. ALVAREZ Speaker of the House of Representatives

(SGD.) AQUILINO "KOKO" PIMENTEL III President of the Senate

This Act was passed by the Senate of the Philippines as Senate Bill No. 1548 on September 20, 2017 and adopted by the House of Representatives as an amendment to House Bill No. 6308 on September 25, 2017.

(SGD.) CESAR STRAIT PAREJA Secretary GeneralHouse of Representatives

(SGD.) LUTGARDO B. BARBO Secretary of the Senate

Approved: OCT 02 2017

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines

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Entitled:
AN ACT POSTPONING THE OCTOBER 2017 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10656, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10923, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2017 ]
9/11/2017	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on ELECTORAL REFORMS AND PEOPLES PARTICIPATION and FINANCE with Senator(s) VICENTE C. SOTTO III and RICHARD J. GORDON as author(s) per Committee Report No. 163, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1469 and 1552;
9/13/2017	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
9/13/2017	Sponsor: Senator RICHARD J. GORDON;
9/18/2017	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
9/18/2017	Parliamentary inquiry of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
9/18/2017	Remarks of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III;
9/18/2017	Sponsorship speech of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON;
9/19/2017	Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON and RALPH G. RECTO;
9/19/2017	Period of individual amendments;
9/20/2017	Printed copies amended as of September 19, 2017, were distributed to the Senators;
9/20/2017	Period of individual amendments;
9/20/2017	Period of individual amendments closed;
9/20/2017	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT POSTPONING THE OCTOBER 2017 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10632, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10656, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10923, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
9/20/2017	Certified by the President of the Philippines for its IMMEDIATE enactment on 09/20/2017;
9/20/2017	Approved on Third Reading;
9/20/2017	In favor: (17) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, PANFILO M. LACSON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
9/20/2017	Against: (1) RISA HONTIVEROS;
9/20/2017	Abstention: (None) ;
9/21/2017	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
9/27/2017	House of Representatives adopted SBN-1584 as an amendment to HBN-6308 on September 25, 2017;
9/27/2017	Enrolled copies of SBN-1594 which was adopted as amendment to HBN-6308, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
10/2/2017	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1584 and HBN-6308, received by the Senate, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
10/2/2017	Enrolled copies of SBN-1584 and HBN-6308, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on September 28, 2017;
11/20/2017	Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-6308, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on October 2, 2017 and became
11/20/2017	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10952.
(The LEGISLATIVE HISTORY/PLENARY DELIBERATIONS is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; THE LBIS IS NOT IN CHARGE OF CONDUCTING ANY COMMITTEE MEETINGS OR TWG; The data entry on COMMITTEE MEETINGS/TWG is prepared by the COMMITTEE AFFAIRS BUREAU)