SECOND REGULAR SESSION

Question 1

. (a) There shall be in each municipality a municipal mayor, a municipal vice-mayor, Sangguniang bayan members, a secretary to the Sangguniang bayan, a municipal treasurer, a municipal assessor, a municipal accountant, a municipal budget officer, a municipal planning and development coordinator, a municipal engineer/building official, a municipal health officer, and municipal civil registrar. A municipal Cooperative Development Officer (CDO) shall also be appointed: Provided, That the municipality has an option to appoint a full fledge CDO or merge such position to an existing position or official in related office, unit or departments in the municipal government: Provided , further, that if the municipality shall appoint a full fledge CDO, the municipality has the option to set the rank, remuneration and other emoluments of the municipal CDO subject to existing laws, rules and regulations,

Answer 1

SEC. 443. OFFICIALS OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

Question 2

Section 443, Book III, Title Two, Chapter 2 of Republic Act No. 7160, is hereby amended to read as follows

Answer 2

SECTION 1.

Question 3

Section 454, Book III, Title Three, Chapter 2 of Republic Act No. 7160, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Answer 3

SECTION 2.

Question 4

(a) There shall be in each in each city a mayor, a vice mayor, a Sangguniang panlungsod members, a secretary to the Sangguniang panlungsod, a city treasure, a city assessor, a city accountant, a city budget officer, a city planning and development coordinator, a city engineer, a city health of a civil registrar, a city administrator, a city legal officer, a city veterinarian, a city social welfare and development officer, a city general service officer. A city CDO shall also be appointed: Provided, That the city has the option to appoint full CDO or merge such position or official to an existing position or official in an related office, unit or department in the city government: Provide, further, T at if the city shall appointed a full fledge CDO, the city has the option to set the rank, remuneration and other emoluments of the city CDO subject to existing laws, rules and regulations.

(b) In addition, thereto, the city mayor may appoint a city architect, a city information officer, a city agriculturist, a city population officer, a city environment and natural resources officer,

Answer 4

SEC. 454. OFFICIAL OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

Question 5

Section 463, of Book III, Title Four, Chapter 2 of Republic Act No. 7160, is hereby amended and shall now read as follows:

Answer 5

SECTION 3.

Question 6

(a) There shall be in each province a governor, vice governor, members of Sangguniang panlalawigan, a secretary of the Sangguniang panlalawigan, a provincial treasurer, a provincial assessor, a provincial accountant. A provincial engineer, a provincial budget officer, a provincial planning and development coordinator, a provincial legal officer, a provincial administrator, a provincial health officer, a provincial social welfare and development officer, a general service officer, a provincial agriculturist, and a provincial veterinarian. AI provincial CDO shall also be appointed: Provided, That the province, in the provincial CDO subject to existing laws, rules and regulations,

(b) In addition thereto, the governor may appoint a provincial population officer a provincial natural resource and environment officer, a provincial architect, and a provincial information officer.

Answer 6

SEC. 463 OFFCIALS OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

Question 7

Section 487, of Book III, Title Five, Article Seventeen of Republic Act No. 7160, is hereby amended and shall now read as follows:

Answer 7

SECTION 4.

Question 8

(a) No person shall be appointed cooperatives development officer unless one is a citizen of the Philippine, preferable a resident of the local government unit concerned, of good moral character, a holder of college degree preferably in cooperatives, business administration with special training in cooperatives or any related course from recognized college or university, and a first degree civil service eligible or its equivalent, He must have experience in cooperatives organizations and management or other comparable experience of at least five (5) years in the case of provincial or city cooperatives development officer, and three (3) years in case of municipal cooperatives development officer.

Answer 8

SEC 487. QUALIFICATIONS, POWERS, AND DUTIES.

Question 9

All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, issuance or parts thereof inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

Answer 9

SECTION 5. REPEALING CLAUSE

Question 10

This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Answer 10

SECTION 6. EFFECTIVITY