Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 450 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, BY INCREASING THE AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME REQUIREMENT FOR A MUNICIPALITY OR CLUSTER OF BARANGAYS TO BE CONVERTED INTO A COMPONENT CITY.
Short Title
Local Government Code of 1991
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Congress
11th Congress of the Republic
Senate Bill No.
S. No. 2157
SBN 2157 (Third Reading)
Legislative History (PDF)
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Plenary Deliberations
October 4, 2000
October 5, 2000
October 9, 2000
Date of Approval
February 24, 2001

Legislative History

 

SBN-2157. entitled:

"AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 450 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, BY INCREASING THE AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME REQUIREMENT FOR A MUNICIPALITY OR CLUSTER OF BARANGAYS TO BE CONVERTED INTO A COMPONENT CITY"
[2000] [Third Regular Session, 11th Congress ]
September 25, 2000 - Introduced by Sen. PIMENTEL, JR.
September 27, 2000 - Read on First Reading and referred to the Committee(s) on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
October 3, 2000 - Returned and submitted by the Committee(s) on Local Government per Committee Report No. 418, recommending its approval without amendment.
October 4, 2000 - Submitted said Report to the Senate;
- Sponsor: Senator Pimentel, Jr.;
- Assigned for consideration by Special Order.
October 5, 2000 - Sponsorship speech of Senator Pimentel, Jr.;
- Interpellation of Senators Guingona, Jr., Sotto III and Osmeña III;
- Period of interpellation closed;
- Period of committee amendment closed;
- Period of individual amendments;
- Period of individual amendments closed;
- On motion of Senator Tatad, Senators Drilon, Osmeña III, Flavier, Sotto III, Ople, and himself were made coauthors;
- Approved on Second Reading with amendments;
- Printed copies were distributed to the Senators.
October 9, 2000 - Approved on Third Reading;
- In favor (17) Barbers, Cayetano, Coseteng, Defensor Santiago. Drilon, Enrile, Flavier, Guingona, Jr. Honasan, Jaworski, Legarda-Leviste, Magsaysay. Jr., Pimentel, Jr., Revilla, Roco, Sotto III, and Tatad;
-  Against: None;
- Abstention: None.
October 10, 2000 - Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence.
[2001]  
January 22, 2001 - House of Representatives passed with amendments on January 16, 2001;
- Senate concurred to the amendments of the House of Representatives.
January 22, 2001 - Enrolled copy of SBN-2157 already signed by the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Transmitted to the President of the Philippines through the PLLO for President's consideration and appropriate action.
March 20, 2001 - Enacted into law without Executive approval on February 24, 2001 and became REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9009.

Committees

Committee Report No.
418
Committee Report
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Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
Senate Bill Only
Subjects
CITIES AND TOWNS
CITYHOOD
COMPONENT CITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
REPUBLIC ACT 7160 -- AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS
Amendment Note
Republic Act No. 7160, Section 450

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette volume 97 number 22 (March 28, 2001) page 3220

Newspaper Source Detail

Newspaper Source
Malaya (March 2, 2001)

Full Text of Issuance

S. No. 2157 / 97 OG No. 22, 3220 (May 28, 2001) ; Malaya 3/2/01 ; 14 VLD 2d 74

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9009, February 24, 2001 ]

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 450 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, BY INCREASING THE AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME REQUIREMENT FOR A MUNICIPALITY OR CLUSTER OF BARANGAYS TO BE CONVERTED INTO A COMPONENT CITY

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 450 of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 450. Requisites for Creation. -

  1. A municipality or a cluster of barangays may be converted into a component city if it has a locally generated average annual income, as certified by the Department of Finance, of at least One hundred million pesos (P100,000,000) for the last two (2) consecutive years based on 2000 constant prices, and if it has either of the following requisites:
     
    1. a contiguous territory of at least one hundred (100) square kilometers, as certified by the Land Management Bureau; or
    2. a population of not less than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) inhabitants, as certified by the National Statistics Office.

      The creation thereof shall not reduce the land area, population and income of the original unit or units at the time of said creation to less than the minimum requirements prescribed herein.

  2. The territorial jurisdiction of a newly-created city shall be properly identified by metes and bounds. The requirement on land area shall not apply where the city proposed to be created is composed of one (1) or more islands. The territory need not be contiguous if it comprises two (2) or more islands.
  3. The average annual income shall include the income accruing to the general fund, exclusive of special funds, transfers, and non-recurring income."

SEC. 2. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 3. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect on June 30, 2001 following its complete publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
 

(Sgd.) AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR. (Sgd.) ARNULFO P. FUENTEBELLA.
President of the Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on  January 22, 2001and January 21, 2001, respectively.
 

(Sgd.) LUTGARDO B. BARBO (Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO
Secretary of the Senate Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: February 24, 2009
 

GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines

Lapsed into law on February 24, 2001 without the signature of the President in accordance with Article VI, Section 27(1) of the Constitution.

 

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