Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 1357, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT INCREASING THE ALLOWANCES/HONO RARIA OF AND GRANTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO ALL BARANGAY OFFICIALS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE `LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991' | |
| ABSTRACT : In recognition of the invaluable service rendered by barangay officials, this bill seeks to increase the minimum monthly allowances/hono raria from One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) to Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000.00) for barangay captains and from Six Hundred Pesos (P600) to Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) for the sangguniang barangay members, barangay secretaries, and barangay treasurers. It also grants retirement benefits to all barangay officials who have served at least nine (9) years of cumulative service a lump sum retirement benefit equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of their monthly allowance/honor arium per year of service. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PICHAY, PROSPERO JR. A. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-24 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Villarama (007 ) | 2. Escudero (016 ) |
| 3. Chatto (039 ) | 4. Dumpit (062 ) |
| 5. Syjuco (010 ) | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON 2001-07-30 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS |
Abstract
In recognition of the invaluable service rendered by barangay officials, this bill seeks to increase the minimum monthly allowances/hono raria from One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) to Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000.00) for barangay captains and from Six Hundred Pesos (P600) to Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) for the sangguniang barangay members, barangay secretaries, and barangay treasurers. It also grants retirement benefits to all barangay officials who have served at least nine (9) years of cumulative service a lump sum retirement benefit equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of their monthly allowance/honor arium per year of service.
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