Art 2 Sec 25 of the Philippine Constitution
FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) OF THE PHILIPPINES First Regular Session SENATE S. B.No. - 332 Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago
EXPLANATORY NOTE The Constitution, Article 11, Section 25, provides: The State shall ensure the autonomy of local governments.
A local government unit is a political subdivision of the State, which is constituted by law and possessed of substantial control over its own affairs. Remaining to an intra sovereign subdivision of one sovereign nation, but not intended, however, to be an “imperium in imperio,” the local government unit is autonomous in the sense that it is given more powers, authority, responsibilities and resources (Alvarez vs. Guingona,Jr., 252 SCRA 695 [1996]). Unfortunately, the free exercise of such autonomy is hampered with the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by Congress, of unfounded mandates on local government units. These unfounded mandates displace other essential local government priorities, impose contradictory and inconsistent requirements, and compound the fiscal difficulties of local government units to render basic services to the people. Hence, this bill seelcs to curb the practice of imposing unfounded mandates on local government units in order to allow them to efficiently manage local affairs.*
* This bill was originally filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session.
FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) OF THE PHILIPPINES 1 First Regular Session )
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago
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AN ACT CURBING THE PRACTICE OF IMPOSING UNFUNDED MANDATES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives o the Philippines in Congress f f assem bled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Unfunded Mandate Reform Act.” SECTION 2. Purposes. - The purposes of this Act are: (A) To strengthen the partnership between the national government and local government units; (B) To end the imposition, in
EXPLANATORY NOTE The Constitution, Article 11, Section 25, provides: The State shall ensure the autonomy of local governments.
A local government unit is a political subdivision of the State, which is constituted by law and possessed of substantial control over its own affairs. Remaining to an intra sovereign subdivision of one sovereign nation, but not intended, however, to be an “imperium in imperio,” the local government unit is autonomous in the sense that it is given more powers, authority, responsibilities and resources (Alvarez vs. Guingona,Jr., 252 SCRA 695 [1996]). Unfortunately, the free exercise of such autonomy is hampered with the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by Congress, of unfounded mandates on local government units. These unfounded mandates displace other essential local government priorities, impose contradictory and inconsistent requirements, and compound the fiscal difficulties of local government units to render basic services to the people. Hence, this bill seelcs to curb the practice of imposing unfounded mandates on local government units in order to allow them to efficiently manage local affairs.*
* This bill was originally filed during the Thirteenth Congress, First Regular Session.
FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) OF THE PHILIPPINES 1 First Regular Session )
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago
1 2 3
AN ACT CURBING THE PRACTICE OF IMPOSING UNFUNDED MANDATES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives o the Philippines in Congress f f assem bled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Unfunded Mandate Reform Act.” SECTION 2. Purposes. - The purposes of this Act are: (A) To strengthen the partnership between the national government and local government units; (B) To end the imposition, in