Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT PROHIBITING AN ELECTIVE PUBLIC OFFICIAL FROM RESIGNING HIS ELECTIVE OFFICE TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT TO ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICE AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR
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Date filed
July 1, 2010
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00220 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING AN ELECTIVE PUBLIC OFFICIAL FROM RESIGNING HIS ELECTIVE OFFICE TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT TO ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICE AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR | |
| SHORT TITLE : Prohibiting An Elective Public Official From Resigning His Elective Office To Accept An Appointment To Any Government Office | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to preserve the integrity of the covenant between the electorate and the elective official for the latter to serve the term for which he was elected by declaring it unlawful to accept an appointive position in government thereby discouraging this pernicious practice of resigning before the term expires. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : TAÑADA, LORENZO III R. | |
| DATE FILED : 2010-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Abayon (030 ) | 2. Calimbas-Villarosa (052 ) |
| 3. Co (062 ) | 4. Garbin (062 ) |
| 5. Batocabe (062 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Approved by the Committee on 2010-09-14 | |
| 2. Committee Report filed on 2010-09-29 | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00261 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2010-09-29 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval without amendment | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS ON 2010-07-27 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2010-10-04 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2010-11-09 |
Abstract
Seeks to preserve the integrity of the covenant between the electorate and the elective official for the latter to serve the term for which he was elected by declaring it unlawful to accept an appointive position in government thereby discouraging this pernicious practice of resigning before the term expires.
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