The House of Representatives has approved on the third and final reading a bill seeking to rationalize the creation of municipalities, highly-urbanized cities, and provinces.
House Bill 6177 aims to amend sections 442, 452, and 461 of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991.
The sections cover the requirements for establishing municipalities and provinces.
The creation of a municipality requires an average annual income of at least P12.5 million for the last two consecutive years, a population of at least 25,000, and adjoining territory of at least 50 kilometers.
The bill also grants Congress the power to declare a city a highly urbanized city within 30 days after it has met the prescribed requirements, which are:
1. a minimum population of 200,000;
2. an average yearly income of at least P250 million for the last two consecutive years.
It further provides that the declaration be ratified in a plebiscite to be conducted in the province in which the city belongs.
Meanwhile, a province may be created if it has a contiguous territory of at least 2,000 square kms, as certified by the Lands Management Bureau, or a population of not less than 250,000 as certified by the Philippine Statistics Authority. — Jessica Bartolome/MDM, GMA News
House Bill 6177 aims to amend sections 442, 452, and 461 of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991.
The sections cover the requirements for establishing municipalities and provinces.
The creation of a municipality requires an average annual income of at least P12.5 million for the last two consecutive years, a population of at least 25,000, and adjoining territory of at least 50 kilometers.
The bill also grants Congress the power to declare a city a highly urbanized city within 30 days after it has met the prescribed requirements, which are:
1. a minimum population of 200,000;
2. an average yearly income of at least P250 million for the last two consecutive years.
It further provides that the declaration be ratified in a plebiscite to be conducted in the province in which the city belongs.
Meanwhile, a province may be created if it has a contiguous territory of at least 2,000 square kms, as certified by the Lands Management Bureau, or a population of not less than 250,000 as certified by the Philippine Statistics Authority. — Jessica Bartolome/MDM, GMA News
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