AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE
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AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE
Republic Act No. 2709
June 18, 1960
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Summary of Republic Act No. 2709Composition and Organization of the Municipal Board
- The Municipal Board is the legislative body of Pasay City. (Section 1)
- It is composed of the Vice-Mayor as the presiding officer and ten councilors elected at large by popular vote during provincial and municipal elections. (Section 1)
- The President of the Philippines may appoint a temporary substitute in case of sickness, absence, suspension, or temporary disability of any member, or to maintain a quorum. (Section 1)
- The Vice-Mayor appoints and can suspend or remove employees of the Board, and approves their payroll. (Section 1)
- If a Board member is a candidate in an election, they are disqualified from acting on election matters, and the other members can choose a disinterested elector to act in their stead. (Section 1)
- Board members receive a compensation of four thousand eight hundred pesos each per annum. (Section 1)
Conduct of Business by the Municipal Board
- The Board holds one ordinary session per week on a fixed day, and extraordinary sessions called by the Vice-Mayor. (Section 2)
- Sessions are open to the public unless ordered otherwise by an affirmative vote of six members. (Section 2)
- Six members constitute a quorum for transacting business. (Section 2)
- A smaller number can compel attendance of absent members through arrest orders. (Section 2)
- Six affirmative votes are required for passing ordinances, resolutions, or motions directing payment of money or creating liability. (Section 2)
- Other measures prevail with a majority vote of members present. (Section 2)
- Ayes and nays are recorded for ordinances, resolutions or motions directing payment of money or creating liability, and upon request for other measures. (Section 2)
- Approved ordinances, resolutions, or motions are sealed, signed, recorded, and posted at the City Hall entrance. (Section 2)
- They take effect ten days after passage unless otherwise stated or vetoed. (Section 2)
- Vetoed ordinances, if repassed, take effect ten days after the veto is overridden unless otherwise stated or again disapproved by the Mayor. (Section 2)
Appointment of Additional Councilors
- Pending the next general elections, the President of the Philippines shall appoint three additional councilors with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, who shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. (Section 3)
Effectivity
- The Act takes effect upon its approval. (Section 4)
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AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE
Republic Act No. 2709
•June 18, 1960
REPUBLIC ACT No. 2709
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF PASAY CITY.
Section 1. Section twelve of Republic Act Numbered One hundred eighty-three is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 12. Constitution and organization of the Municipal Board Compensation of members thereof. The Municipal Board shall be the legislative body of the city and shall be composed of the Vice-Mayor, who shall be its presiding officer, and ten councilors who shall be elected at large by popular vote during every election for provincial and municipal officials in conformity with the provisions of the Election Code. In case of sickness, absence, suspension or temporary disability of any member of the Board or if necessary to maintain a quorum, the President of the Philippines may appoint a temporary substitute who shall possess all the rights and perform all the duties of a member of the Board until the return to duty of the regular incumbent.
"The Vice-Mayor shall appoint all the employees of the Board...
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