Bill Type
Congress Name
Full Title of Bill
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 61 OF REPUBLIC ACT 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
July 1, 2022
Date Read
July 27, 2022
Bill Status
Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2022-07-27
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00811 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 61 OF REPUBLIC ACT 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 | |
| ABSTRACT : Proposes amendments based on the concept of devolution, where a component city is within the administrative and disciplinary jurisdiction of the province where it is geographically located.States that a verified administrative complaint against any erring elective official shall be prepared as follows: (a) A complaint against any elective official of a province, a highly urbanized city (,) OR an independent component city (or component city) shall be filed before the Office of the President;(b) A complaint against any elective official of a COMPONENT CITY OR municipality shall be filed before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan whose decision may be appealed to the Office of the President . . . | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ROMERO, MICHAEL L. Ph.D. | |
| DATE FILED : 2022-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Yap (C.) (000 2022-09-07) | 2. Rivera (000 2022-11-21) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON 2022-07-27 |
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Proposes amendments based on the concept of devolution, where a component city is within the administrative and disciplinary jurisdiction of the province where it is geographically located.States that a verified administrative complaint against any erring elective official shall be prepared as follows: (a) A complaint against any elective official of a province, a highly urbanized city (,) OR an independent component city (or component city) shall be filed before the Office of the President;(b) A complaint against any elective official of a COMPONENT CITY OR municipality shall be filed before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan whose decision may be appealed to the Office of the President . . .
Significance