Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY IMPOSED AGAINST POLLUTERS OF NAVIGABLE WATERS BY AMENDING SECTION 7 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 979
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Date filed
July 1, 2013
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00484 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY IMPOSED AGAINST POLLUTERS OF NAVIGABLE WATERS BY AMENDING SECTION 7 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 979 | |
| ABSTRACT : Provides stiffer civil and criminal penalties against those polluters of our marine environment since we are very dependent on the sea and other bodies of water for our transportation, livelihood and other related industries. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BIAZON, RODOLFO G. | |
| DATE FILED : 2013-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Economic | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Tambunting (014 2013-08-28) | 2. Romualdo (019 2013-09-10) |
| 3. Acosta-Alba (037 2014-01-20) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Scheduled for meeting/hearing on 2014-08-05 | |
| 2. Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on 2014-08-05 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB05377 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY ON 2013-07-23 |
Abstract
Provides stiffer civil and criminal penalties against those polluters of our marine environment since we are very dependent on the sea and other bodies of water for our transportation, livelihood and other related industries.
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