LGU Flashcards
Created by the state for purposes of administration of local government
Public corporation
Characteristics of public corporation
Public (governmental)
Private (proprietary)
Two types of public corporations
LGUs
GOCCs
It is a body politic and corporate fir purposes of local govt
Municipal Corporation
Elements of municipal corporation
Legal Creation
Corporate name
Inhabitants constituting the population
Territory
Means decentralization
Local autonomy
Decentralization was adopted from what concept?
Imperium in imperio (empire within an empire)
Three variations of decentralization
Devolution
Debureaucratization
Deconcentration
Local Government Code of 1991 adopted what?
Decentralization of Administration (Deconcentration)
delegation of administrative powers to broaden the base of govt power
Decentralization of Administrative
Involves abdication of the national govt’s political power in favor of LGUs
Decentralization of Power
It is comprised of several provinces having more or less homogenous characteristics
Region
Largest unit in the political structure of the phil
Province
Three classes of cities
Highly urbanized
Independent component city
Component city
It’s a political corporate body endowed with the facilities of a municipal corporation
Municipality
LGUs were created by the congress thru?
Charter