Local Legislation

• Meaning • Composition
• Importance • Internal Rules
• Framework • Creation of Policy
• Organization • Implementation
• Presiding Officer
 Meaning of Legislation

Action taken to statutes, which undergoes

a series of process that are enacted by
an established and empowered legislative
body.
 Framework
The Local Legislation* was formulated
Under Republic Act 7160, known as Local
Goverment Code of 1991.
IRR-Administrative Order No. 270

*Book1/Title 2/Chapter 3, Section 48-59

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/1991/10oct/19911010-RA-7160-CCA.pdf
 Importance
Provision of ordinances, which is not
limited to the General Welfare and
support ordinances in the likes of Basic
Services and Facilities as to the
betterment of its residents’ wellbeing.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1093275
 Importance cont’d
Financial policy implementation thru
Appropriation of Funds, as sources of
revenue in the likes of
• Tax,
• Fees and;
• Charges.
 Examples of Ordinances
https://sp.misocc.gov.ph/2019/09/ordinance-no-27-19/
http://naga.gov.ph/sp-matters/ordinances/ordinance-no-2013
-009/
 Organization
• Province
– Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• City
– Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Municipality
– Sangguniang Bayan
• Barangay
– Sangguniang Barangay
 Presiding Officer
• Sangguniang Panlalawigan
– Vice Governor
• Sangguniang Panlungsod
– Vice Mayor
• Sangguniang Bayan
– Vice Mayor
• Sangguniang Barangay
– Chairman/Captain
 Local Legislative Composition
Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP)
6-16 SP Members and others
Sangguniang Panlungsod/Bayan
8-36 Councilors and others
Sangguniang Barangay –Chairman/Captain
7 Kagawad and SK Chair

https://www.comelec.gov.ph/?r=2016NLE/Resolutions/res9982
 Internal Rules of Procedure
The rules of procedure shall provide for the
following:
• Organization of the Sanggunian
• Session order and calendar of business
• Legislative Process
• Parliamentary Procedures
 Cycle

-http://localgov.up.edu.ph/how-to-pass-an-ordinance-in-the-philippines.html
 Effectivity/Implementation
• ten (10) days from the date a copy thereof is posted

• all ordinances, with penal sanctions and with highly

urbanized cities, shall be published in a newspaper
of general circulation
-Section 59 of 1991 Local Government Code of the Republic of the Philippines
Batasan Hills/Quezon City
Thank You