Republic Act No. 11239 | Senate of the Philippines Legislative Reference Bureau

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AN ACT ABOLISHING THE ROAD BOARD AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE USER'S CHARGE COLLECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794, ENTITLED "AN ACT IMPOSING A MOTOR VEHICLE USER'S CHARGE ON OWNERS OF ALL TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES".

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Congress

17th Congress of the Republic

Senate Bill

S. No. 1620

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House Bill

H. No. 7436

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Date of Approval

March 8, 2019

Legislative History

Entitled:

AN ACT ABOLISHING THE ROAD BOARD AND TRANSFERRING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS INCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES USER’S CHARGE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (DPWH) AND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTR), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MOTOR VEHICLES USER’S CHARGE

[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]

[ 2017 ]

11/22/2017 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on PUBLIC WORKS and PUBLIC SERVICES with Senators AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO and EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO as authors per Committee Report No. 171, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 114, 986 and 1554;

11/27/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;

11/27/2017 Sponsor: Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO;

[ 2018 ]

1/16/2018 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;

1/16/2018 Sponsorship speech of Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO;

1/16/2018 Co-sponsorship speech of Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN;

1/16/2018 Manifestation of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA;

1/23/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;

2/7/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN;

2/7/2018 Period of interpellation closed;

2/7/2018 Period of committee amendments closed;

2/7/2018 Period of individual amendments;

2/7/2018 Period of individual amendments closed;

2/7/2018 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;

2/8/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;

2/12/2018 FINAL TITLE: AN ACT ABOLISHING THE ROAD BOARD, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794

2/12/2018 Approved on Third Reading;

2/12/2018 In favor: (18) Senators JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;

2/12/2018 Against: (None) ;

2/12/2018 Abstention: (None) ;

2/14/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;

5/28/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Xavier Jesus D. Romualdo, Celso L. Lobregat, Dakila Carlo E. Cua, Ron P. Salo, Joel Mayo Z. Almario, Aurelio D. Gonzales, Jr., Angelina D.L. Tan, M.D., Evelina G. Escudero, Estrellita B. Suansing and Anthony M. Bravo, Ph.D. as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1620 and HBN-7436 on May 22, 2018;

5/29/2018 Senate accepted the request of the House of Representatives for a Conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1620 and HBN-7436, designating Senators Pacquiao, Gatchalian, Pimentel, Ejercito, Zubiri, Escudero, Honasan, Drilon and Aquino as its conferees;

[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ]

9/12/2018 Upon motion of Senator Pacquiao, the Body adopted HBN-7436 as an amendment to SBN-1620;

9/12/2018 By virtue of the adoption of HBN-7436, and upon motion of Senator Pacquiao, the Body approved the recall of the Senate Panel in the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1620 and HBN-7436;

9/13/2018 Letter for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, dated September 12, 2018, informing the House of Representatives that the Senate conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on SBN-1620 and HBN-7436 was recalled;

[ 2019 ]

1/22/2019 Motion of Senator Zubiri to reconsider the September 12, 2018 adoption by the Senate of HBN-7436;

1/22/2019 Senate adopted the revised version of HBN-7436 as an amendment to SBN-1620;

2/4/2019 Letter from Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P, Maling, dated January 31, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-7436 and SBN-1620, for the signature of Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III, received by the Senate;

2/7/2019 Letter for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, dated February 6, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of HBN-7436 and SBN-1620, which were signed by Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III;

FINAL TITLE: AN ACT ABOLISHING THE ROAD BOARD AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE USERS CHARGE COLLECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794, ENTITLED AN ACT IMPOSING A MOTOR VEHICLE USERS CHARGE ON OWNERS OF ALL TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

5/20/2019 Consolidated with HBN-7436,which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on March 8, 2019 and became

5/20/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11239.

(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11239 (SBN-1620) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on June 3, 2019)

(The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)

Committees

Committee Report No.

171

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Republic Act

Bill Note

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Subjects

CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT (DBM)

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTR)

MOTOR VEHICLE USER'S CHARGE

Amendment Note

R.A. No. 8794, sec. 9 (renumbered)

R.A, No. 8794, succeeding secs. after sec. 9 (renumbered)

R.A No. 8794, sec. 7

Related to Note

R.A. No. 8794

R.A. No. 6656

Repeal Note

R.A. No. 8794, sec. 8

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Official Gazette volume 115 number 18 (May 6, 2019) page 4445

Implementing Rules and Regulations

Republic Act No. 11239 Implementing Rules and Regulations

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115 OG No. 18, 4445 (May 6, 2019)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11239, March 08, 2019 ]

AN ACT ABOLISHING THE ROAD BOARD AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE USER'S CHARGE COLLECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794, ENTITLED "AN ACT IMPOSING A MOTOR VEHICLE USER'S CHARGE ON OWNERS OF ALL TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

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

SECTION 1. Section 7 of Republic Act No. 8794 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 7. Disposition of Monies Collected. - All monies collected under this Act shall be remitted to the National Treasury under a special account in the General Fund to be earmarked solely for the construction, upgrading, repair, and rehabilitation of roads, bridges, and road drainage to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act."

SEC. 2. Section 9 of the same act is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. Section 9 of the same act is hereby numbered as Section 8 and amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 8. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The secretaries of the DBM, DPWH, and the DOTr, shall jointly, within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of this Act, and any amendments thereto, promulgate the rules and regulations to implement and carry out the intent, objectives, purposes, and provisions of this Act, as amended, including such structural and procedural improvements in the systems and agencies concerned as may be necessary to ensure the prudent, wise, effective, and efficient utilization of the special funds established under this Act, as amended."

SEC. 4. The succeeding sections of the same Act are hereby renumbered accordingly.

SEC. 5. Abolition of the Road Board. - The Road Board created under Republic Act No. 8794 is hereby abolished.

SEC. 6. Absorption of Affected Personnel, Separation and Retirement Benefits. - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) shall, as needed, absorb the employees of the secretariat of the abolished Road Board, without diminution of their salaries and other benefits. Employees who are separated from the service as a result of the abolition of the Road Board and its secretariat shall receive separation benefits under the provisions of Republic Act No. 6656: Provided, That those who are qualified to retire under existing laws shall be allowed to retire and receive retirement benefits to which they may be entitled under applicable laws, rules and regulations.

SEC. 7. Transfer of Rights, Assets, and Liabilities. - The DPWH shall, by virtue of this Act, be subrogated to all the rights and assume all the obligations and liabilities of the Road Board, and all records, property, assets, equipment, and funds of the Road Board, including unexpended appropriations or allocations, shall be transferred to the DPWH.

SEC. 8. Congressional Oversight Committee. - There is hereby created a Congressional Oversight Committee to monitor the implementation of Republic Act No. 8794, as amended, and the use of the special funds established therein. The Committee shall be composed of five (5) Members of the House of Representatives and five (5) Senators to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, respectively: Provided, That one (1) Member of the House of Representatives and one (1) Senator shall come from the Minority of each House of Congress. The Committee shall be jointly chaired by a Member of the House of Representatives and a Senator designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, respectively.

SEC. 9. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part of this Act is declared unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining parts or provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 11. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circular.

Approved,

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act was passed by the House of Representatives as House Bill No. 7436 on January 21, 2019 and adopted by the Senate as an amendment to Senate Bill No. 1620 on January 22, 2019.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate

(SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: MAR 08 2019

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines

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Entitled:
AN ACT ABOLISHING THE ROAD BOARD AND TRANSFERRING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS INCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES USER’S CHARGE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS (DPWH) AND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTR), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MOTOR VEHICLES USER’S CHARGE
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2017 ]
11/22/2017	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on PUBLIC WORKS and PUBLIC SERVICES with Senators AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO and EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO as authors per Committee Report No. 171, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 114, 986 and 1554;
11/27/2017	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
11/27/2017	Sponsor: Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO;
[ 2018 ]
1/16/2018	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
1/16/2018	Sponsorship speech of Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO;
1/16/2018	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN;
1/16/2018	Manifestation of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA;
1/23/2018	Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
2/7/2018	Interpellation of Senator FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN;
2/7/2018	Period of interpellation closed;
2/7/2018	Period of committee amendments closed;
2/7/2018	Period of individual amendments;
2/7/2018	Period of individual amendments closed;
2/7/2018	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
2/8/2018	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
2/12/2018	FINAL TITLE: AN ACT ABOLISHING THE ROAD BOARD, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794
2/12/2018	Approved on Third Reading;
2/12/2018	In favor: (18) Senators JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
2/12/2018	Against: (None) ;
2/12/2018	Abstention: (None) ;
2/14/2018	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
5/28/2018	House of Representatives designated Representatives Xavier Jesus D. Romualdo, Celso L. Lobregat, Dakila Carlo E. Cua, Ron P. Salo, Joel Mayo Z. Almario, Aurelio D. Gonzales, Jr., Angelina D.L. Tan, M.D., Evelina G. Escudero, Estrellita B. Suansing and Anthony M. Bravo, Ph.D. as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1620 and HBN-7436 on May 22, 2018;
5/29/2018	Senate accepted the request of the House of Representatives for a Conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1620 and HBN-7436, designating Senators Pacquiao, Gatchalian, Pimentel, Ejercito, Zubiri, Escudero, Honasan, Drilon and Aquino as its conferees;
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ]
9/12/2018	Upon motion of Senator Pacquiao, the Body adopted HBN-7436 as an amendment to SBN-1620;
9/12/2018	By virtue of the adoption of HBN-7436, and upon motion of Senator Pacquiao, the Body approved the recall of the Senate Panel in the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1620 and HBN-7436;
9/13/2018	Letter for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, dated September 12, 2018, informing the House of Representatives that the Senate conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on SBN-1620 and HBN-7436 was recalled;
[ 2019 ]
1/22/2019	Motion of Senator Zubiri to reconsider the September 12, 2018 adoption by the Senate of HBN-7436;
1/22/2019	Senate adopted the revised version of HBN-7436 as an amendment to SBN-1620;
2/4/2019	Letter from Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P, Maling, dated January 31, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-7436 and SBN-1620, for the signature of Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III, received by the Senate;
2/7/2019	Letter for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, dated February 6, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of HBN-7436 and SBN-1620, which were signed by Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT ABOLISHING THE ROAD BOARD AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE USERS CHARGE COLLECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8794, ENTITLED AN ACT IMPOSING A MOTOR VEHICLE USERS CHARGE ON OWNERS OF ALL TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
5/20/2019	Consolidated with HBN-7436,which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on March 8, 2019 and became
5/20/2019	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11239.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11239 (SBN-1620) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on June 3, 2019)
(The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)