AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CANDON
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AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CANDON
Republic Act No. 9018
March 5, 2001
Case Overview and Summary
Summary of Republic Act No. 9018 (Charter of the City of Candon)General Provisions
- Converts the Municipality of Candon into the City of Candon, a component city within the territorial jurisdiction of the Province of Ilocos Sur (Section 2).
- Defines the corporate powers of the City, including perpetual succession, ability to sue and be sued, use of a corporate seal, acquire and dispose of property, enter into contracts, and exercise powers granted by the charter (Section 3).
- Grants general powers to the City, such as levying taxes, opening and closing roads, acquiring property, contracting loans, and exercising powers granted to corporations (Section 4).
- Holds the City and its officials liable for damages (Section 5).
- Defines the jurisdiction of the City for police purposes and over water supply areas (Section 6).
City Officials
- Lists the officials of the City, including the mayor, vice mayor, sangguniang panlungsod members, department heads, and other positions (Section 7).
- Outlines the qualifications, powers, and duties of the following officials:
• The City Mayor (Sections 8, 21-24)
• The City Vice Mayor (Section 9)
• The Sangguniang Panlungsod (Sections 10-20)
• The Secretary of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (Section 25)
• The City Treasurer (Section 26)
• The Assistant City Treasurer (Section 27)
• The City Assessor (Section 28)
• The Assistant City Assessor (Section 29)
• The City Accountant (Section 30)
• The City Budget Officer (Section 31)
• The City Planning and Development Coordinator (Section 32)
• The City Engineer (Section 33)
• The City Health Officer (Section 34)
• The City Civil Registrar (Section 35)
• The City Administrator (Section 36)
• The City Legal Officer (Section 37)
• The City Social Welfare and Development Officer (Section 38)
• The City Veterinarian (Section 39)
• The City General Services Officer (Section 40)
• The City Environment and Natural Resources Officer (Section 41)
• The City Architect (Section 42)
• The City Information Officer (Section 43)
• The City Cooperatives Officer (Section 44)
• The City Population Officer (Section 45)
• The City Agriculturist (Section 46)
City Services
- Establishes a city fire station service with adequate personnel, facilities, and equipment, headed by a city fire marshal (Section 47).
- Establishes a city jail service with a secured and sanitary jail, headed by a city jail warden (Section 48).
- Establishes a city school division under the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, headed by a division superintendent (Section 49).
- Establishes a city prosecution service under the Department of Justice, headed by a city prosecutor and assistant prosecutors (Section 50).
Transitory and Final Provisions
- Allows existing municipal ordinances to remain in force until amended by the sangguniang panlungsod (Section 51).
- Requires a plebiscite to ratify the creation of the City, conducted and supervised by the Commission on Elections within 60 days of the Act's approval (Section 52).
- Allows current elective officials of the Municipality of Candon to continue exercising their powers and functions until a new election, and automatically absorbs appointive officials and employees into the City government (Section 53).
- Provides for the succession of the City to all assets, properties, liabilities, and obligations of the Municipality of Candon (Section 54).
- Allows qualified voters of the City to vote and run for provincial elective positions in Ilocos Sur (Section 55).
- Maintains the jurisdiction of the Province of Ilocos Sur over the City, unless otherwise provided by law (Section 56).
- Suspends any increase in local tax rates for 5 years after the City's acquisition of corporate existence (Section 57).
- Maintains the City as part of the Second Congressional District of Ilocos Sur until otherwise provided by law (Section 58).
- Applies the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991 and other applicable laws to the City, unless inconsistent with the charter (Section 59).
- Includes a separability clause (Section 60), a reservation for boundary disputes (Section 61), and a repealing clause for inconsistent laws (Section 62).
- Sets the effectivity of the Act upon publication in at least two newspapers of general and local circulation (Section 63).
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AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CANDON
Republic Act No. 9018
•March 5, 2001
Republic of the PhilippinesCONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINESMetro Manila
Eleventh CongressThird Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9018 March 05, 2001
AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CANDON, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF CANDON
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
ARTICLE IGENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Charter of the City of Candon."
Section 2. The City of Candon. - The Municipality of Candon shall be converted into a component city to be known as the City of Candon, hereinafter referred to as the City, which shall comprise the present jurisdiction of the Municipality of Candon and bounded on the north by the Municipality of Santiago; on the northeast by the municipalities of Banayoyo and Lidlidda; on the east by the municipalities of San Emilio and Galimuyod; on the southeast by the Municipality of Salcedo;...
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