AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 478(B)(4) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991'

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE(S) TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENHANCING ITS PROVISIONS TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFECTIVE IN PROMOTING LOCAL AUTONOMY, AND TO RECOMMEND MEASURES TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC ORDER AND ILLEGAL DRUGS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE’S PROVISION ALLOWING PUNONG BARANGAYS TO POSSESS AND CARRY FIREARMS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR PEACE AND ORDER FUNCTIONS WITH THE ADDITIONAL GOAL OF FORMULATING THE NECESSARY MEASURES AND GUIDELINES FOR ITS PROPER IMPLEMENTATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON FINANCE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TO REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REVENUE BASE FOR DETERMINING THE ‘JUST SHARE IN THE NATIONAL TAXES’ OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON THE SAME, AND CONSIDERING THAT SUCH REVENUES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO FULFILL THEIR MANDATES UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE MANDATORY REVIEW OF REPUBLIC ACT 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A MORE RESPONSIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE