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Long Title
AN ACT CHANGING THE PROCESS FOR RECALL ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 70 AND 71 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE `LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991'
Date filed
October 21, 2002
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 5402, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT CHANGING THE PROCESS FOR RECALL ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 70 AND 71 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE `LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991' |
| ABSTRACT : Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government code of 1991, is hereby amended by providing that: (a) Recall may be initiated [by a preparatory recall assembly or] by the registered voters of the local government unit to which the local elective official subject to recall belongs; and (b) Recall of any elective provincial, city, municipal, or barangay official may [also] be validly initiated upon petition of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the total number of registered voters in the local government unit concerned during the election in which the local official sought to be recalled was elected. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ABAYA, ANTONIO M. |
| DATE FILED : 2002-10-21 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Monfort (037 ) |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS ON 2002-11-11 |
Abstract
Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government code of 1991, is hereby amended by providing that: (a) Recall may be initiated [by a preparatory recall assembly or] by the registered voters of the local government unit to which the local elective official subject to recall belongs; and (b) Recall of any elective provincial, city, municipal, or barangay official may [also] be validly initiated upon petition of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the total number of registered voters in the local government unit concerned during the election in which the local official sought to be recalled was elected.
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