Isulan Revised Revenue Code of 2015

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE 18TH SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF ISULAN HELD ON THE 27TH DAY OF JULY 2015 AT 9:20 A.M. AT THE SB SESSION HALL

Present:

Hon. Rene F. Aristoza - O.I.C. Vice Mayor Presiding Officer

Hon. Lord Dean H. Castillo - S.B. MemberHon. Pableto A. Rendon, Jr., RMT - S.B. MemberHon. Gina Belmes-Dael - S.B. Member Hon. Joselito M. Valencia - S.B. MemberHon. Carlo F. Apiado - S.B. MemberHon. Venancio G. Forro - S.B. Member Hon. Richard C. Petisme, REB - S.B. MemberHon. Arnold A. Nangki - ABC President

Absent:

Hon. Cyrus E. Torreña, DPA - Municipal Vice Mayor (On Official Travel)

MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE NO. 2015 – 209 ISB

AN ORDINANCE REVISING ALL REVENUE MEASURES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ISULAN

Authored By:Committee on Finance, Budget Appropriations and Ways and Means

Committee on Laws, Rules and Ordinances

On motion of: Hon. Lord Dean H. Castillo

On joint sponsorship of: Hon. Pableto A. Rendon, Jr., Hon. Venancio G. Forro,

Hon. Gina B. Dael and Hon. Arnold A. Nangki

Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Bayan of Isulan in its Regular Session assembled, that:

CHAPTER I. – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article A. Short Title And Scope

Section 1A.01. Title. This Ordinance shall be known as the “Revised Revenue Code of 2015.”

Section 1A.02. Scope. This Code shall govern the levy, assessment and collection of taxes, fees, charges and other legal impositions within the jurisdiction of this municipality.

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Article B. Definition of Terms and Rules of Construction

Section 1B.01. Definition of Terms. When used in this Code, the term:

Advertising Agency – includes all persons who engaged in the business of advertising for the others by means of billboards, posters, placards, notices, signs, directories, pamphlets, leaflets, handbills, electric or neon lights, airplanes, balloons or other media, whether in pictorial or reading form.

Agricultural Products – include the yield of the soil, such as corn, rice, wheat, rye, hay, coconuts, sugarcane, tobacco, root crops, vegetables, fruits, flowers, and their by-products; ordinary salt; all kind of fish, poultry; and livestock and animal products, whether in their original form or not. The phrase “whether in their original form or not” refers to the transformation of said products by the farmer, fisherman, producer or owner through the application of processes such as, freezing, drying, salting, smoking or stripping for purposes of preserving or otherwise preparing said products for the market.

These also include those that have undergone not only simple but even sophisticated processes employing advance technological means in packaging like dressed chicken or ground coffee in plastic bags or styropor or other packaging materials intended to process and prepare the products for the market.

The term “by-products” shall mean those materials which in the cultivation or processing of an article remained over, and which are still of value and marketable, like copra cake from copra and molasses from sugar cane.

Amusement – is a pleasurable diversion and entertainment. It is

synonymous to relaxation, avocation, and pastime or fun.

Amusement Places – include theaters, cinemas, concert, halls, circuses and other places of amusement where one seeks admission to entertain oneself by seeing or viewing the show or performance.

Banks and Other Financial Institutions – include non-bank financial intermediaries, lending investors, finance and investment companies, pawnshops, money shops, insurance companies, stock markets, stock brokers and dealers in securities and foreign exchange, as defined under applicable laws or rules and regulations there under.

Bars – include beer gardens or places where intoxicating and fermented liquors or malts are sold, disposed of, or given away for compensation, even without foods, where the services of hosts or hostesses and/or waiters or waitresses are employed, and where customers are entertained by occasional dancing to music not rendered by a regular dance orchestra or musicians hired for the purpose, otherwise, the place shall be classified as a “dance hall” or “night club”. A “cocktail lounge” is considered a “bar” even if there are no hostesses or waitresses to entertain the customers.

Bet Manager (Casador) refers to a person who calls and takes care of bets from owners of both gamecocks and those of other bettors before he

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orders the commencement of the cockfight and thereafter distributes the winning bets to winners and deducting a certain commission.

Bettaker (Cristo) - refers to a person who participates in cockfights and with the use of money or other thing of value, bets with other bettors or through other bettakers and wins or loses his bets depending upon the result of the cockfight as announced by the referee or sentenciador.

Bolantero – refers to a businessman who occupies a designated area for business during market days.

Branch or Sales Office – a fixed place in a locality which conducts operations of the business as an extension of the principal office. Offices used only as display areas of the products where no stocks or items are stored for sale, although orders for the products may be received thereat, are not branch or sales offices as herein contemplated. A warehouse which accepts orders and/or issues sales invoices independent of a branch with sales office shall be considered as a sales office.

Brewer – includes all persons who manufacture fermented liquor of any description for the sale or delivery to others but does not include manufacturers of tuba, basi, tapuy or similar domestic fermented liquors, whose daily production does not exceed Two Hundred (200) gauge liters.

Business – means trade or commercial activity regularly engaged in as means of livelihood or with a view to profit.

Business Agents – include all persons who act as agents of others in the transaction of business with any public officer, as well as those who conduct collecting, advertising, employment, or private detective agencies.

Cabaret/Dance Hall – includes any place or establishment where dancing is permitted to the public in consideration of any admission, entrance, or any other fee paid on, before or after the dancing, and where professional hostesses or dancers are employed.

Calling – means one’s regular business trade, vocation, or employment which does not require the passing of an appropriate government board or bar examination, such as professional actors and actresses, hostesses, masseurs, and the like.

Capital – signifies the actual estate, whether in money or property

owned by an individual or corporations; it is a fund with which it transacts its business, which would be liable to each creditor, and which in case of insolvency passes on to a receiver.

Capital Investment – is the capital which a person employs in any undertaking, or which he contributes to the capital of a partnership, corporation, or any other juridical entity or association in a particular taxing jurisdiction.

Carinderia – refers to any public eating place where cooked foods are served at a price.

Charges – refer to pecuniary liability, as rents or fees against persons or property.

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Cocker (Aficionado) - refers to a person who participates and bets in cockfighting as a sport, amusement, recreation or form of relaxation.

Cockpits – include any place, compound, building or portion thereof, where cockfights are held whether or not money bets are held on the results of such cockfights.

Collecting Agency – includes any person other than a practicing “Attorney-at-Law” engaged in the business of collecting or suing debts or liabilities placed in his hands for said collection or suit, by subscribers or customers applying and paying therefore, while a “mercantile agency” is any person engaged in the business of gathering information as to the financial standing ability or credit of persons engaged in the business and reporting the same to the subscriber or to customers applying and paying therefore.

Compounder – comprises every person who, without rectifying, purifying, or refining, distilled spirits, shall by mixing such spirits, wine or other liquor with any materials except water, manufacture any intoxicating beverage whatever.

Contractor – includes persons, natural or juridical, not subject to professional tax, whose activity consists essentially of the sale of all kinds of services for a fee, regardless of whether or not the performance of the service calls for the exercise or use of the physical or mental faculties of such contractor or his employees. As used in this Code, the term "contractor” includes, but not limited to the following:

1. General engineering, general building, and specialty contractor as defined under applicable laws;

2. Filling, demolition and salvage works contractor;3. Proprietor or operator of mine drilling apparatus;4. Proprietor or operator of dockyards;5. Person engaged in the installation of water system and gas or

electric lights, heat, or power;6. Proprietor or operator of smelting plants;7. Engraving, plating and plastic lamination establishment;8. Proprietor or operator of establishments for repairing, repainting,

upholstering, washing or greasing of vehicles, heavy equipment, vulcanizing, recapping and battery charging;

9. Proprietor or operator of furniture shops and establishments for surfacing and recutting of lumber and sawmill under contract to saw or cut logs belonging to others;

10. Proprietor or operator of dry-cleaning or dyeing establishments, steam laundries and laundries using washing machines;

11. Proprietor or operator of establishments or lots for parking purposes;

12. Proprietor or operator of tailor shops, dress shops, milliners and hatters, beauty parlors, barbershops, massage clinics, sauna, Turkish and Swedish baths, slendering and body building saloons and similar establishments;

13. Photographic studios;14. Funeral parlors;15. Proprietor or operator of hotels, motels and lodging houses;16. Proprietor or operator of warehousing or forwarding establishment,

master plumbers, smiths and house or sign painters;17. Printers, bookbinders, lithographers;

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18. Publisher except those engaged in the publication or printing of newspaper, magazine, review of bulletin which appears at regular intervals with fixed price for subscription and sale and which is not devoted principally to the publication of advertisements;

19. Business agent, private detective or watchman agencies, commercial and immigration brokers and cinematographic film owners, leasor and distributors;

20. Sewerage and septic tanks services contractor; 21. Pest control services contractor;22. Landscape development services contractor;23. Mechanical harvester services contractor

Corporation – includes partnerships, no matter how created or organized, joint-stock companies, joint accounts, associations or insurance companies but does not include general professional partnerships and a joint venture or consortium formed for the purpose of undertaking construction projects or engaging in petroleum, coal, geothermal and other energy operations or consortium agreement under a service contract with the government. General professional partnerships are partnerships formed by persons for the sole purpose of exercising their common profession, no part of the income of which is derived from engaging in any trade or business.

The term “foreign resident” when applied to a corporation means a foreign corporation not otherwise organized under the laws of the Philippines but engaged in the trade or business within the Philippines.

Countryside and Barangay Business Enterprise – refers to any business entity, association or cooperative registered under the provisions of Republic Act numbered Six Thousand Eight Hundred Ten (R.A. 6810) otherwise known as Magna Carta for Countryside and Barangay Business Enterprises (Kalakalan 20).

Dealer – means one whose business is to buy and sell merchandise, goods and chattels as a merchant. He stands immediately between the producer or manufacturer and the consumer and depends for his profits not upon the labor he bestows upon his commodities but upon the skill and foresight with which he watches the market.

Distillers of Spirits – comprise all who distill spirituous liquors by original and continuous distillation form mash, wort, wash, sap or syrup through continuous closed vessels and pipes until the manufacture thereof is complete.

Experimental Farms – agricultural lands utilized by a business or corporation to conduct studies, test, researches or experiments involving agricultural, agri-business, marine or aquatic, livestock, poultry, dairy and other similar products for the purpose of improving the quality and quantity of goods or products. On-site sales in commercial quantity made in experimental farms shall be similarly imposed the corresponding tax imposed herein.

Fee – means a charge fixed by law or ordinance for the regulation or inspection of a business or activity. It shall also include charges fixed by law or agency for the services of a public officer in the discharge of his official duties.

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Franchise – is a right or privilege, affected with public interest which is conferred upon private persons or corporations, under such terms and conditions as the government and its political subdivisions may impose in the interest of the public welfare, security and safety.

Gaffer (Mananari) – refers to a person knowledgeable in the technique of arming fighting cocks with gaff or gaffs on either or both legs.

Gamecock – refers to domesticated fowls, whether imported or locally breed, as well as a native fighting cock indigenous to the country, specially breed, trained and conditioned for actual cockfighting or for propagation and breeding purposes for eventual use in cockfighting.

General Building Contractor – is a person whose principal contracting business is in connection with any structure built, being built, or to be built, for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind, requiring in its construction the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts, to do or superintend the whole of any part thereof. Such structure includes sewers and sewerage disposal plants and systems, parks, playgrounds and other recreational works, refineries, chemical plants and similar industrial plants requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, power houses, power plants and other utility plants and installations, mines and metallurgical plants, cements and concrete works in connection with the above-mentioned fixed works.

A person who merely furnishes materials or supplies without fabricating them into or consuming them in the performance of the work of the general building contractor does not necessary fall within this definition.

General Engineering Contractor – is a person whose principal contracting business is in connection with fixed works requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, including the following divisions or subjects; irrigations, drainage, water power, water supply, flood control, inland waterways, harbors, docks, wharves, shipyards and ports, dams, hydro-electric projects, levees, river control and reclamation works, railroads, highways, street and roads, bridges, overpasses, underpasses and other similar works; pipelines and other system for the transmission of petroleum and other liquid or gaseous substances; land leveling and earth moving projects, excavating, grading, trenching, paving and surfacing works.

Gross Receipts – include all monies and properties received in consideration of services rendered or articles sold, exchanged or leased, without any deduction, or the whole amount of the receipt of the business before the cost of production is deducted there from.

Gross Sales or Receipts – include the total amount of money or its equivalent representing the contract price, compensation or service fee, including the amount charged or materials supplied with the services and deposits or advance payments actually or constructively received during the taxable quarter for the services performed or to be performed for another person excluding discounts if determinable at the time of sales, sales return, excise tax and value-added tax (VAT).

Handlers (Soltador) – refers to a person who personally takes physical custody and control inside the arena of a pitted gamecock and who actually releases the same for actual fight and combat in a cockfight.

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Hotel – includes any house or building or portion thereof in which any person or persons may be regularly harbored or received as transient or guests. A hotel shall be considered as living quarters and shall have the privilege to accept any number of guests and to serve food to the guests therein.

Importer – means any person who brings articles, goods, from abroad for unloading herein or which after such entry are consumed herein or incorporated into the general mass of property in the Philippines. In case of tax free articles brought or imported into the Philippines by persons, entities or agencies exempt from tax which are subsequently sold, transferred or exchanged in the Philippines to non-exempt private persons or entities, the purchaser or recipient shall be considered as the importer thereof.

Independent Wholesaler – means any person other than a manufacturer, producer or importer, who buys commodities for resale to persons other than the end-users regardless of the quantity of the transaction.

Large Cattle – includes a two year old horse, mule, ass, carabao or other domesticated member of the bovine family.

Lending Investors – include all persons who make a practice of lending money for themselves or others at interests.

Levy – means imposition or collection of assessment, tax, tribute, or fine.

License or Permit – is a right or permission granted in accordance with law by a competent authority to engage in some business or occupation or to engage in some transaction.

Lodging House – includes any house or building, or portion thereof, in which any person or persons may be regularly harbored or received as transient for compensation. Taverns, inns or pension houses shall be considered as lodging house.

Manufacturer – includes every person who, by physical or chemical process, alters the exterior texture or form or inner substance of any raw material or manufactured or partially manufactured products in such manner as to prepare it for special use or uses to which it could not have been put in its original condition, or who by any such process, alters the quality of any such raw material or manufactured or partially manufactured products so as to reduce it to marketable shape or prepare it for any of the use industry, or who by any such process, combines any such raw materials or manufactured or partially manufactured products with other materials or products of the same or of different kinds and in such manner that the finished products of such process or manufacture can be put to a special use or uses to which such raw material or manufactured or partially manufactured in their original condition could not have been put and who in addition, alter such raw material or manufactured or partially manufactured products, or combines the same to produce such finished products for the purpose of their sale or distribution to others and not for his own use or consumption.

Manufacturer of Cigars or Cigarettes – includes those whose business is to make or manufacture cigars or cigarettes or both for sale or who employ others to make or manufacture cigars or cigarettes for sale; but

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the term does not include artisans or apprentices employed to make cigars or cigarettes from materials supplied by the employer, the latter being lawfully engaged in the manufacture of cigars and cigarettes.

Manufacturer of Tobacco – includes every person whose business is to manufacture tobacco or snuff, whether such manufacture be by cutting, pressing, grinding, or rubbing any raw or leaf tobacco, or otherwise preparing raw or leaf tobacco, or manufactured or partially manufactured tobacco or snuff, or putting up for consumption scraps, refuse, or stems of tobacco resulting from any waste by sifting, twisting, screening, or by any other process.

Marginal Farmer or Fisherman – refers to individual engaged in subsistence farming or fishing which shall be limited to the sale, barter or exchange of agricultural or marine products produced by himself and his immediate family and whose annual net income from such farming or fishing does not exceed Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) or the poverty line established by NEDA for the particular region or locality, whichever is higher.

Market Day – refers to the designated days (Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday) wherein the public market is open for transient vending (bolanteros).

Market Premises – refer to any space in the market compound, part of the market lot consisting of bare ground, not covered by market building, usually occupied by transient vendors especially during market day.

Market Section – refers to a subdivision of the market, housing one class or group of allied goods, commodities, or merchandise.

Market Stall – refers to any allotted space or booth on the public market where merchandise of any kind is sold or offered for sale.

Money Shop – is an extension service unit of a banking institution usually operating markets with authority to accept money for deposit and extend short-term loans for specific purposes.

Motel – includes any houses or building or portion thereof in which any persons may be regularly harbored or received as transients or guests and which is provided with a common enclosed garage or individually enclosed garage where such transients or guests may park their motor vehicles.

Motor Vehicle – means any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power using the public roads, but excluding road rollers, trolley cars, street-sweepers, sprinklers, lawn mowers, bulldozers, graders forklifts, amphibian trucks and cranes if not used on public roads, vehicles which run only on rails or tracks and tractors, trailer and traction engines of all kinds used exclusively for agricultural purposes.

Motorized Tricycle Operator’s Permit (MTOP) – is a document granting franchise or license to a person, natural or juridical, allowing him to operate tricycle-for-hire over specified zones.

Municipal Water – includes streams, lakes and tidal waters within the municipality not being the subject of private ownership and not comprised within the national parks, public forest, timber lands, forest reserves or fishery reserves.

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Notice – refers to a written communication given to the concerned person for him to respond accordingly.

Occupation – means one’s regular business or employment, or an activity which principally takes upon ones time, thought, and energies. It includes any calling, business, or trade.

Operator – includes the owner, manager, administrator, or any person who operates or is responsible for the operation of a business establishment or undertaking.

Pawnbroker – includes every person engaged in granting loans or deposits or pledges of personal property on the condition of returning the same at the stipulated prices, displaying at his place of business their gilts or yellow balls or exhibiting a sign or money to loan on personal property or deposit or pledge.

Peddler – means any person who, either, for himself or on commission, travels from place to place and sells his goods or offers to sell and deliver the same. Whether a peddler is a wholesale peddler or retail peddler of a particular commodity shall be determined from the definition of wholesale dealer or retailer.

Perimeter Building – refers to building around public market.

Persons – mean every natural or juridical being, susceptible of right and obligations or being the subject of legal relations.

Pit Manager – refers to a person who professionally, regularly and habitually manages a cockpit.

Plantation – a tract of agricultural land planted to trees or seedlings whether fruit bearing or not, uniformly spaced or seeded by broadcast methods or normally arranged to allow highest production. For the purpose of this Article, inland fishing ground shall be considered as plantation.

Principal Office – refers to the head or main office of the business appearing in the pertinent documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Department of Trade and Industry, or other appropriate agencies, as the case may be.

The municipality specifically mentioned in the articles of incorporation or official registration papers as being the official address of said principal office shall be considered as the situs thereof.

In case there is a transfer or relocation of the principal office to another municipality or city, it shall be the duty of the owner, operator or manager of the business to give due notice of such transfer or relocation to the local chief executive of the municipalities concerned within fifteen (15) days after such transfer or relocation is effected.

Privilege – means a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage or favor.

Privately owned public market - refers to any place, building or structure of any kind which is owned privately, duly accredited by the

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Sangguniang Bayan upon the submission of a barangay resolution interposing no objection to such establishment. It comprises of at least 2 sections, primarily wet and dry and complied with the existing zoning ordinance.

Promoter – refers to a person licensed as such, who is engaged in the convening, holding and the celebration of specially programmed and arranged cockfighting like local and international derbies, or competitions, special mains or matched set or encounters, pintakasi and ordinary cockfights.

Public Market – refers to any place, building or structure of any kind, designated as such by the Sangguniang Bayan.

Real Estate Dealer – include any person engaged in the business of buying, selling exchanging, or renting property as principal and holding himself out as a full or part-time dealer in real estate or an owner of rental property or properties rented or offered for rent for an aggregate amount of Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00) or more a year. Any person shall be considered as engaged in the business as a real estate dealer by the mere fact that he is the owner or sub-lessor of property rented or offered to rent for an aggregate amount of Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00) or more a year.

Rectifier – comprises every person who rectifies, purifies, or refines distilled spirits or wines by any process other than by original and continuous distillation from mash, wash, sap, or syrup through continuous closed vessels and pipes until the manufacture thereof is complete. Every wholesale or retail liquor dealer who has in his possession any still or mash tub, or who keeps any other apparatus for the purpose of distilling spirits, shall be regarded as a rectifier and as being engaged in the business of rectifying.

Referee (Sentenciador) – refers to a person who watches and oversee the progress of the cockfights and decides its result by announcing the winner or declaring a draw (or no contest game).

Repacker of Wines or Distilled Spirits – includes all persons who remove wines or distilled spirits from the original container for repacking and selling the same at wholesale.

Residents – refer to natural persons who have their habitual residence in the province, city,. or municipality, where they exercise their civil rights and fulfill their civil obligations, and to juridical persons for which the law or any other provision creating or recognizing them fixes their residence in a particular province, city, or municipality. In the absence of such law, juridical persons are residents of the province, Municipal, or municipality where they have their legal residence or principal place of business or where they conduct their principal business or occupation.

Restaurant – refers to any place which provides food to the public and accept orders from them at a price. This term includes “food catering services”.

Retail – means a sale where the purchaser buys the commodity for his own consumption, irrespective of the quantity of the commodity sold.

Retail Dealer in Fermented Liquor – includes every person except retail dealers in tuba, basi, tapuy, who for himself or on commission sells or

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offer for sale fermented liquors on quantities of Five (5) liters or less at any one time and not for resale.

Retail Leaf Tobacco Dealer – includes every person who, for himself or on commission, sells leaf tobacco or offers for sale to any person except a registered dealer on leaf tobacco or a manufacturer of cigars, or manufactured tobacco, but the term does not include a planter or producer so far as it concerns the sale of leaf tobacco of his own production.

Retail Tobacco Dealer – comprehends every person, who for himself or on commission, sells or offers for sale not more than Two Hundred (200) cigars, not more than Eight Hundred (800) cigarettes, or not more than Five (5) kilograms of manufactured tobacco at any one time and not for resale.

Retail Vino Dealer – comprehends every person, who for himself or on commission, sell or offers for sale only domestic distilled spirits in quantities of Five (5) liters or less at any one time and not for resale.

Revenue – includes taxes, fees, and charges that a state or its political subdivision collects and perceives into the treasury for public purposes.

Services – mean the duties, work, or functions performed or discharged by the government officer, or by any private person contracted by the government, as the case may be.

Specialty Contractor – is a person whose operations pertain to the performance of construction work requiring special skills and whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades and crafts.

Tax – means an enforced contribution usually monetary in form, levied by the law-making body on person and property subject to its jurisdiction for the precise purpose of supporting governmental needs.

Tricycle-for-hire – is a vehicle composed of a motorcycle fitted with a single-wheel side car or a motorcycle with a two-wheel cab usually being operated to render transport services to the general public for-a-fee.

Warehouse – a building utilized for the storage of products for sale and from which goods or merchandise are withdrawn for delivery to customers or dealers, or by persons acting in behalf of the business. A warehouse that does not accept orders and/or issue sales invoices as aforementioned shall not be considered a branch or sales office.

Wholesale – means a sale where the purchaser buys or imports the commodities for resale to persons other than the end user regardless of the quantity of the transaction.

Wholesale Dealer in Fermented Liquors – means anyone who for himself or on commission, sells or offers for sale fermented liquors in larger quantities than Five (5) liters at any one time, or who sells or offers for sale such fermented liquors (excluding tuba, basi, tapuy, and similar domestic fermented liquors) for the purpose of resale, regardless of quantity.

Wholesale Dealer of Distilled Spirits and Wines – comprehends every person who for himself or on commission, sells or offers for sale wines

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or distilled spirits in larger quantities than Five (5) liters at any one time or offers the same for sale for the purpose of resale irrespective of quantity.

Wholesale Tobacco Dealer – comprehends every person, who for himself or on commission, sells or offers for sale cigars, cigarettes or manufactured tobacco in larger quantities than Two Hundred (200) cigars, Eight Hundred (800) cigarettes or Five (5) kilograms of manufactured tobacco at any one time or who sells or offers the same for the purpose of resale regardless of quantity.

Zone – is a contiguous land area or block, say a subdivision or a barangay, where tricycle-for-hire may operate without a fixed origin and destination.

Section 1B.02. Rules of Construction. In construing the provisions of this Code, the following rules of construction shall be observed unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the provisions or when applied they would lead to absurd or highly improbable results.

Section 1B.03. General Rule. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases and such other words in this Code which may have acquired a peculiar or appropriate meaning shall be construed and understood according to such technical, peculiar or appropriate meaning.

Section 1B.04. Gender and Number. Every word in this Code importing the masculine gender shall extend to both male and female. Every word importing the singular number shall apply to several persons or things and every word importing the plural number shall extend and apply to one person or thing.

Section 1B.05. Computation of Time. The time within which an act is to be done as provided in this Code or in any rule or regulation issued pursuant to the provision when expressed in days shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day, and when the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or Holiday in which case, the same shall be excluded from the computation, and the next business day shall be considered as the last day.

Section 1B.06. References. All references to Chapters, Articles, and Sections are to Chapters, Articles, Sections in this Code unless otherwise specified.

Section 1B.07. Conflicting Provisions of Chapters. If the provisions of different chapters conflict with each other, the provisions of each chapter shall prevail as to all specific matter and questions involved therein.

Section 1B.08. Conflicting Provisions of Sections. If the provisions of different sections in the same chapter conflict with each other, the provision of the section which is last in point of sequence shall prevail.

Section 1B.09. Words and Phrases Not Herein Expressly Defined. Words and phrases embodied in this Code not herein specifically defined shall have the same definitions as found in R.A. 7160 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations as well as in other applicable laws.

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CHAPTER II -TAXES

Article A. Municipal Taxes

Section 2A.01. Imposition of Tax. There is hereby levied an annual tax on the business mentioned in this section at rates prescribed therefore.

The tax is payable for every distinct establishment and one line of business or activity does not become exempt by being conducted with some other business or activity for which a tax has been paid.

A. ON MANUFACTURERS, ASSEMBLERS, REPACKERS, PROCESSORS, BREWERS, DISTILLERS, RECTIFIERS OR COMPOUNDERS OF LIQUORS, DISTILLED SPIRITS AND/OR WINES; OR MANUFACTURERS OF ANY ARTICLE OF COMMERCE OF WHATEVER KIND OR NATURE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:

WITH GROSS SALES OR RECEIPTS FOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR INTHE AMOUNT OF:

AMOUNT OF TAX PER ANNUM

Less than P 10,000 P 199.65 10,000 or more but less than 15,000 266.20 15,000 or more but less than 20,000 365.42 20,000 or more but less than 30,000 532.40 30,000 or more but less than 40,000 798.60 40,000 or more but less than 50,000 998.25 50,000 or more but less than 75,000 1,597.20 75,000 or more but less than 100,000 1,996.50 100,000 or more but less than 150,000 2,662.00 150,000 or more but less than 200,000 3,327.50 200,000 or more but less than 300,000 4,658.50 300,000 or more but less than 500,000 6,655.00 500,000 or more but less than 750,000 9,680.00 750,000 or more but less than 1,000,000 12,100.001,000,000 or more but less than 2,000,000 16,637.502,000,000 or more but less than 3,000,000 19,965.003,000,000 or more but less than 4,000,000 23,958.004,000,000 or more but less than 5,000,000 27,951.005,000,000 or more but less than 6,500,000 29,493.756,500,000 or more Forty-one percent of one

percent (41% of 1%)

PROVIDED, that the preceding rates shall apply only to the amount of domestic sales of manufacturers, assemblers, repackers, processors, brewers, distiller, rectifiers, and compounders of liquors, distilled spirits and wines or manufacturers of any article of commerce of whatever kind or nature other than those classified as “essential commodities” as enumerated under Section 2A.01 (Item C) of this Article.

PROVIDED FURTHER, that the businesses enumerated in Section 2A.01 (A) shall no longer be subject to the tax on wholesaler, distributors, or dealers as provided under Section 2A.01. (Item B) of this Article.

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B. ON WHOLESALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, EXPORTERS, PRODUCERS OF OR DEALERS IN ANY ARTICLE OF COMMERCE OF WHATEVER KIND OR NATURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:

WITH GROSS SALES OR RECEIPTS FORTHE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF:


Less than P 1,000 P 21.78 1,000 or more but less than 2,000 39.93 2,000 or more but less than 3,000 60.50 3,000 or more but less than 4,000 87.12 4,000 or more but less than 5,000 121.00 5,000 or more but less than 6,000 146.10

6,000 or more but less than 7,000 173.03 7,000 or more but less than 8,000 199.65

8,000 or more but less than 10,000 226.27 10,000 or more but less than 15,000 266.20 15,000 or more but less than 20,000 332.75 20,000 or more but less than 30,000 399.30 30,000 or more but less than 40,000 532.40 40,000 or more but less than 50,000 798.60 50,000 or more but less than 75,000 1,197.90 75,000 or more but less than 100,000 1,597.20 100,000 or more but less than 150,000 2,262.70 150,000 or more but less than 200,000 2,928.20 200,000 or more but less than 300,000 3,993.00 300,000 or more but less than 500,000 5,324.00 500,000 or more but less than 750,000 7,986.00 750,000 or more but less than 1,000,000 10,648.001,000,000 or more but less than 2,000,000 12,100.00

2,000,000 or more Fifty five percent of one percent (55% of 1%)

PROVIDED, that the preceding imposition shall no longer be applied to the businesses already subject to the “tax on manufacturers, assemblers, repackers, processors, brewers, distillers, rectifiers and compounders of liquors, distilled spirits and wines or manufactures of any article of commerce of whatever kind or nature”.

C. ON EXPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS, MILLERS, REPACKERS OR PRODUCERS OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ENUMERATED HEREUNDER, THE RATE OF TAX SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:

1] Rice and corn;2] Wheat or cassava flour, meat, dairy products, locally

manufactured, processed or preserved foods, sugar, salt and other agricultural, marine and fresh water products, whether in their original state or not;

3] Cooking oil and cooking gas;4] Laundry soap, detergents and medicines;5] Agricultural implements, equipment and post harvest facilities,

fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides and other farm inputs;6] Poultry feeds and other animal feeds;7] School Supplies; and

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8] Cement

WITH GROSS SALES OR RECEIPTS FOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF:

AMOUNT OF TAXPER ANNUM

Less than P 10,000 P 99.83 10,000 or more but less than 15,000 133.10 15,000 or more but less than 20,000 182.71 20,000 or more but less than 30,000 266.20 30,000 or more but less than 40,000 399.30 40,000 or more but less than 50,000 499.13 50,000 or more but less than 75,000 798.60

75,000 or more but less than 100,000 998.25 100,000 or more but less than 150,000 1,331.00 150,000 or more but less than 200,000 1,663.75 200,000 or more but less than 300,000 2,329.25 300,000 or more but less than 500,000 3,327.50 500,000 or more but less than 750,000 4,840.00 750,000 or more but less than 1,000,000 6,050.001,000,000 or more but less than 2,000,000 8,318.752,000,000 or more but less than 3,000,000 9,982.503,000,000 or more but less than 4,000,000 11,979.00 4,000,000 or more but less than 5,000,000 13,915.005,000,000 or more but less than 6,500,000 14,746.88

6,500,000 or more Twenty and one-half percent of one percent (20 & 1/2% of 1%)

D. ON WHOLESALER, DISTRIBUTORS OR DEALERS OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ENUMERATED UNDER SECTION 2A.01 (Item C) THE RATE OF TAX SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:

WITH GROSS SALES OR RECEIPTS FOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF:


Less than P 1,000 10.891,000 or more but less than 2,000 19.972,000 or more but less than 3,000 30.253,000 or more but less than 4,000 43.564,000 or more but less than 5,000 60.505,000 or more but less than 6,000 73.216,000 or more but less than 7,000 86.527,000 or more but less than 8,000 99.83

8,000 or more but less than 10,000 113.1410,000 or more but less than 5,000 133.10

15,000 or more but less than 20,000 166.38 20,000 or more but less than

30,000 199.65

30,000 or more but less than 40,000 266.2040,000 or more but less than 50,000 399.30

50,000 or more but less than 75,000

598.95

75,000 or more but less than 100,000 798.6015

100,000 or more but less than 150,000 1,131.35150,000 or more but less than 200,000 1,464.10200,000 or more but less than 300,000 1,996.50

300,000 or more but less than 500,000 2,662.00500,000 or more but less than 750,000 3,993.00

750,000 or more but less than 1,000,000

5,324.00

1,000,000 or more but less than 2,000,000

6,050.00

2,000,000 or more Twenty-seven and one-half percent of one percent (27 & 1/2% of 1%)

E. ON RETAILERS OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ENUMERATED UNDER SECTION 2A.01 (Item C) THE RATE OF TAX SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:

WITH GROSS SALES OR RECEIPTSFOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR AMOUNT OF TAXYEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF: PER ANNUM P 400,000 or less- One and one-tenth percent

of one percent (1.1% 1%)

More than P 400,000- Fifty five percent of one percent (55% of 1%)

F. ON RETAILERS OF ALL OTHER COMMODITIES NOT CLASSIFIED AS “ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES” EXCLUDING RETAIL DEALERS IN LIQUORS OR WINES AND CIGARS OR CIGARETTES.

WITH GROSS SALES OR RECEIPTSFOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR MOUNT OF TAXYEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF: PER ANNUM

P400,000.00 or less Two and two-tenth percent (2.2%)

More than P 400,000.00 One and one-tenth percent (1.1%)

G. ON CONTRACTORS AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED, TO THE FOLLOWING:

Dry-cleaning or dyeing establishments, steam laundries and laundries using washing services; Barber shops; Battery charging shops; Beauty parlors; Business agents; Cinematographic film owners, lessors and distributors; Commercial and immigration brokers; Construction Services Engraving, plating and plastic lamination establishment; Filling, demolition and salvage works contractor; Funeral parlors; Furniture shops;

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General engineering, general building and specialty contractors as defined under applicable laws;

House and/or sign painters; Massage clinics/sauna, Turkish and Swedish baths; Master plumbers; Milliners and hatters; Milling Services Parking lots or establishments for parking purposes; Persons engaged in the installation of water system and gas or

electric light, heat or power; Photographic studios Printers, bookbinders, lithographers; Private Detective or watchman agencies; Proprietors or operators of dockyards; Proprietors or operators of hotels, motel and lodging houses; Proprietors or operators of mine drilling apparatus; Proprietors or operators of smelting plants; Publishers except those engaged in the publication or printing of

any newspapers, magazines, review or bulletin which appears at regular intervals with fixed prices for subscription and sale which is not devoted principally to the publication of advertisements;

Recapping shops; Repainting shops of motor vehicle and heavy equipment; Repair or welding shops of motor vehicle and heavy equipment; Repair shops for any kind of mechanical and electric devices, instruments, apparatus or furniture;

Sawmills under contract to saw or cut logs belonging to others; Shoe repair shops; Shops for planning or surfacing and recutting of lumber; Slenderizing and body building saloons; Smiths (blacksmiths, goldsmith, silversmith, key smith,

blocksmiths or tinsmiths );

Tailoring or dress shops; modiste shops; haberdashery shops; Upholstery shops; Vulcanizing shops; Warehousing or forwarding services; Washing or greasing shops; Cellular Phone Dealers including dealers of pre-paid cards Cable T.V. Operators Other similar establishments.

The rate of tax shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

WITH GROSS SALES OR RECEIPTS FOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR INTHE AMOUNT OF:


Less than P 5,000 33.285,000 or more but less than 10,000 74.54


126.45

15,000 or more but less than 20,000 199.6517

20,000 or more but less than 30,000 332.7530,000 or more but less than 40,000 465.8540,000 or more but less than 50,000 665.5050,000 or more but less than 75,000 1,064.80


1,597.20


2,395.80

150,000 or more but less than 200,000 3,194.40200,000 or more but less than

250,0004,392.30

250,000 or more but less than 300,000 5,590.20300,000 or more but less than 400,000 7,453.60


9,982.50

500,000 or more but less than 750,000 11,192.50750,000 or more but less than 1,000,000 12,402.50

1,000,000 or more but less than 2,000,000

13,915.00

2,000,000 or more Fifty five percent of one percent (55% of 1%)

PROVIDED, that rice and corn millers who are also engage in the business of wholesaling and retailing of said cereals shall also secure a Mayor’s Permit before engaging in retailing and wholesaling apart from the permit granted to them as rice and corn millers or operator.

H. ON OTHER KINDS OF CONTRACTORS AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS OR PERSONS (NATURAL OR JURIDICAL) RENDERING OR OFFERING TO RENDER SERVICES FOR-A-FEE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

Accounting firms or offices rendering accounting or bookkeeping services;

Actuarial or appraising offices; Advertising agencies; Belt and buckle shops; Brokering offices (real brokers, customs brokers and similar

ones); Business management firms / offices; Carpentry shops; Communications or wire services (radio, telegraph, telefax, etc.); Computer or electronic repair centers or shops; Consultancy firms/offices; Drafting or fine arts shops; painting or sign shops; Drying Services Employment agencies; Engineering offices rendering services on architectural, civil,

chemical, electrical, mechanical, mining, sanitary, agricultural, geodetic, electronics, communications and the like;

Flower shops not engaged in wholesale or retail but rendering services upon order customers

Freight services; trucking services; House painting shops/house wiring shops; Ice and cold storage for-a-fee; Interior decoration offices or shops; Judo-karate gyms for-a-fee;

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Landscaping contracting offices or shops; Lathe machine shops; Law offices rendering legal or notarial services; Medical clinics, dental clinics; optical clinics; and similar

clinics; Operators of dancing, driving, judo-karate schools; Perma-press shop; Private hospitals and private educational institutions except

those non-profit and non-stock; Promotion offices or agencies; promoters of shows, games or

performances; Recopying or duplicating, xerox copying or mimeographing

services; Rental agencies/offices/shops renting out for-a-fee machines,

apparatuses, equipment, contrivances, bicycles, trucks, cars, farm tractors, heavy equipment, electronic devices, tapes, furniture and similar kinds;

Repair centers/shops for home appliances; Rental agencies/offices/shops; Repair center/shops for medical equipment; Repair shops for computers and other electronics equipment; Sculpture shops; Service stations for motor vehicles; Surveying offices (private land surveying or geodetic); Transportation terminals for-a-fee; Vaciador shops; Video coverage services; Watch repair centers or shops; Other similar establishment rendering or offering to render

services for-a-fee.

The rate of tax shall be in accordance with the schedule found in Section 2A.01 (Item G).

I. ON BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING

NON BANK INTERMEDIARIES, LENDING INVESTORS, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT COMPANIES, PAWNSHOPS, MONEYSHOPS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, STOCK MARKETS, STOCK BROKERS, AND DEALERS IN SECURITIES AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE, EDUCATIONAL PLAN AGENCIES, HEALTH PLAN AGENCIES, AND MEMORIAL OR LIFE PLAN AGENCIES, AT A RATE NOT EXCEEDING FIFTY PERCENT OF ONE PERCENT (55% of 1%) ON THE GROSS RECEIPTS OF THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR.

PROVIDED, that except for the gross receipts derived from interests, commissions and discounts from lending activities, income from financial leasing, dividends, rentals on property and profits from exchange or sale of property and insurance premium no other kind of income and receipts of banks and financial institutions shall be included in the computation of the tax due thereon.

J. ON PEDDLERS ENGAGED IN THE SALES OF ANY MERCHANDISE OR ARTICLE OF COMMERCE

AMOUNT OF TAX PER ANNUM P 1,200.00/per peddler

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Delivery trucks, vans, or motor vehicles used by manufacturers, producers, wholesalers, dealers, or retailers enumerated under Section 2A.02 (Item “A” to “F”) are exempted from the peddler’s tax imposed herein.

K. ON PRIVATELY-OWNED PUBLIC MARKETS:

K.1 RULES ON HOW TO ESTABLISH a) The site and the building shall be accredited by the Sangguniang Bayan;b) There shall be at least ten (10) stalls with separate business permits;c) A barangay resolution interposing no objection to the privately-owned public market;d) Should have at least 2 sections primarily wet section (meat, poultry and fish business permits) and dried section;e) Should have complied with the Zoning Ordinance.

FIFTY FIVE PERCENT OF ONE PERCENT (55% of 1%) on the Gross Receipts of the stall owners/lessors.

PROVIDED, that the operation of this privately - owned public market shall be subject to the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) that will be formulated.

L. ON SUBDIVISION OPERATORS OR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS:FIFTY FIVE PERCENT OF ONE PERCENT (55% of 1%) on the Gross

Receipts of the preceding calendar year.

PROVIDED, that when all lots would have been disposed, the Municipal Treasurer must be informed or notified for the cessation of Business Permit.

M. ON LESSOR OF REAL ESTATE INCLUDING APARTMENTS:

WITH GROSS SALES OR RECEIPTS FOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR IN THE AMOUNT

OF:


Less than P 5,000 P 250.005,000 or more but less than 10,000 300.00

10,000 or more but less than 20,000 450.0020,000 or more but less than 30,000 550.0030,000 or more but less than 40,000 600.0040,000 or more but less than 50,000 750.00

For every P 5,000 in excess of P 50,000 on real property leased for residential purposes (apartments)

P 25.00

For every P5,000 in excess of P 50,000 on real property leased for purposes other than residential

P 50.00

N. ON PRIVATE CEMETERIES OR MEMORIAL PARKS:

FIFTY FIVE PERCENT OF ONE PERCENT (55% of 1%) on the Gross Receipts of the preceding calendar year.

O. ON OPERATORS OF BOARDING HOUSES:

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OF:


Less than P 10,000 450.0010,000 or more but less than 20,000 550.0020,000 or more but less than 30,000 600.0030,000 or more but less than 40,000 750.0040,000 or more but less than 50,000 1,000.00

For every P 10,000 in excess of P 50,000 P 50.00

P. ON MILLERS OF COMMODITIES OTHER THAN RICE AND CORN AND ON OPERATORS OF COFFEE, COCONUT GRATER OR MEAT GRINDERS:


OF:


Less than P 5,000 50.005,000 or more but less than 10,000 75.00

10,000 or more but less than 15,000 100.0015,000 or more but not less than 20,000 125.0020,000 or more but not less than 30,000 175.0030,000 or more but not less than 50,000 175.00For every P 5,000 in excess of 50,000 2.00

PROVIDED, that rice and corn millers who are also engaged in the business of wholesaling and retailing of said cereals shall also secure a Mayor’s Permit before engaging in retailing and wholesaling apart from the permit granted to them as rice and corn millers or operators of rice and corn mills. They should have also a separate store space accessible to the public with a signboard announcing that they are retailer or wholesaler of said cereals. Finally, they should possess the necessary documents required of them by the National Food Authority.

Q. ON OPERATOR OF COCKPIT AND/OR PROMOTER OF COCKFIGHT.

Plus a tax on cockfight chargeable against the winning bettors or deductible from the winner’s purse (prize Pot or Winnings) in the amount of:

Fifty five percent of one percent (55% of 1%) of the prize pot.

TAX ON OPERATOR OF COCKPIT:

Annual fixed tax for the operation of cockpit: P 50,000.00

TAX ON COCKFIGHT PROMOTER:

P 100.00 per winning fight on ordinary day

P 200.00 per winning fight during “derby" cockfight irrespective of the number of cocks involved in the derby.

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R. ON OPERATORS OF AMUSEMENT PLACES WHEREIN THE CUSTOMERS THEREOF ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

The rate of tax to be collected from the aforementioned businesses or trade activities shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

Dealers/Distributors/Retailers of: Minimum Tax per Annum

a. Imported wines 1,200.00b. Domestic Wines 1,200.00c. Fermented Liquors/Beer 1,500.00d. Tuba and the like 200.00

On Tobacco Dealersa. Retail Tobacco Leaf Dealer 200.00b. Retail Manufactured Tobacco Dealers (Cigars/Cigarettes) 1,000.00

On Amusement Places:a. Day and Night Club 10,000.00b. Cocktail Lounge/Bar 5,000.00c. Bath house or Swimming Pools, Resorts and Other Similar places 10,000.00d. Disco Pub 5,000.00e. Skating Rink 3,000.00f. Billiard and Pool Hall (per table) 1,000.00g. Bowling Alley (per alley) 500.00h. Circus/Carnibal or the likes Merry – go – round, Roller Coaster Ferry’s Wheel 5,000.00i. Other similar contrivances 5,000.00j. Shooting Gallery and other contrivances for Recreation

5,000.00

k. Vaudevilles and show 500.00l. Boxing Stadium 5,000.00m. Boxing Contest 3,000.00n. Race Track 4,000.00o. Theaters and Cinema Houses:

1. Video Houses Operators 1,000.002. Traveling Video Shows 500.003. Video and Computer Games

(per unit)500.00

p. Theaters: Non – aircon 6,000.00 Aircon 10,000.00

In cases of LGUs (provincial, municipal, barangays) sponsored events/activities, the same are tax exempt.

S. ON CAFES, CAFETERIAS, ICE CREAM AND OTHER REFRESHMENT PARLORS, RESTAURANTS, CARINDERIAS, PANCITERIAS, SODA FOUNTAIN BARS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDING FOOD CATERERS.

WITH GROSS SALES OR RECEIPTS AMOUNT OF TAX

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FOR THE PRECEDING CALENDAR PER ANNUMYEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF:

P 400,000 or less Two and two-tenth percent (2.2%)

over P400,000 P8,800.00 + One and one-tenth percent

(1.1%) in excess of P400,000.00

PROVIDED, that if the retail business is located in legally constituted barangay and the amount of gross sales or receipts does not exceed Thirty Thousand (P30,000.00) PESOS, the barangay concerned shall have the exclusive power to levy the corresponding business tax at the rate prescribed in a barangay ordinance duly enacted for the purpose.

Section 2A.02. Time of Payment and Accrual of Tax. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Article, the tax imposed herein shall accrue on the first day of January of each year as regards subjects then liable therefore the same may be paid in quarterly installments within the first twenty (20) days of January and of each subsequent quarter.

The Sangguniang Bayan, however, thru a resolution, may extend the time of payment of such tax without penalty or surcharge for a justifiable reason or cause, provided, that the period of extension shall not exceed one (1) month.

Section 2A.03. Collection of Taxes. The tax must be paid to and collected by the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative before any business or trade activity herein specified can be lawfully begun or pursued and the tax shall be reckoned from the beginning of the calendar year. When the business is abandoned, the tax shall not be exacted for a period longer than the end of the calendar quarter. When the tax has been paid for a period longer than the current quarter and the business, or trade activity, is abandoned, no refund of the tax corresponding to the unexpired quarter shall be made.

Section 2A.04. Surcharge for Late Payment and Interest on Unpaid Taxes. Failure to pay the tax prescribed in this Article within the time required shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of Twenty-five percent (25%) of the original amount of tax due. Such surcharge shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the original tax due.

In addition to the surcharge imposed herein, there shall be imposed an interest of Two percent (2%) per month from the date it is due until it is fully paid, provided, that in no case shall the total interest on the unpaid amount or a portion thereof exceed thirty-six (36) months.

Where an extension of time for the payment of the tax has been granted and the amount is not paid in full prior to the expiration of the extension, the interest aforementioned shall be collected on the unpaid amount from the date it becomes originally due until fully paid.

Section 2A.05. Administrative Provisions; Rules and Regulations.

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A. Requirement. Any person who shall establish, operate or conduct any business, trade or activity, mentioned in this Article in this Municipality shall first obtain a Mayor’s Permit and pay the fee therefore and the business tax imposed under this Article.

B. Issuance and Posting of Official Receipt. The Municipal Treasurer shall issue an official receipt upon payment of the business tax. Issuance of the said official receipt shall not relieve the taxpayer from any requirement imposed under existing ordinances, rules and regulations of this municipality.

Every person issued an official receipt for the conduct of a business or

undertaking shall keep the same conspicuously posted in plain view at the place of business or undertaking. If the individual has no fixed place of business or office he shall keep the official receipt in his person. The receipt shall be produced upon demand by the Municipal Mayor, Municipal Treasurer, or their duly authorized representatives.

In acknowledging payment of local taxes, fees and charges, it shall be the duty of the Municipal Treasurer or his deputies to indicate on the official receipt issued for the purpose, the number of the corresponding local tax ordinance.

C. Invoices or Receipts. All persons subject to the taxes on business, shall, for each sale or transfer of merchandise or goods, or for services rendered, valued at Fifty Pesos (P50.00) or more at any one time, prepare and issue sales or commercial invoices and receipts serially numbered with a duplicate, showing among others things their names or style if any, and business address. The original copy of each sales invoice or receipts shall be issued to the purchaser or customer and the duplicate to be kept by the person subject to the said tax, in his place of business for a period of five years. The receipt or invoices issued pursuant to the requirement of the Bureau of Internal Revenue for determination of national internal revenue taxes shall be sufficient for the purpose of this Code.

D. Sworn Statement of Gross Receipts or Sales. Operators of business subject to the taxes imposed herein shall submit a sworn statement of their capital investment before the start of their business operations and upon application for a Mayor’s permit to operate the business. Upon payment of tax levied in this Article, any person engaged in business subject to the graduated fixed tax based on gross sales and/or receipts shall submit sworn statement of his gross sales/receipts for the preceding calendar year or quarter in such manner and form as may be prescribed by the Municipal Treasurer. Should the taxpayer fail to submit a sworn statement of gross sales or receipts, for whatever reason, including, among others, that he failed to provide himself with books, records and/or subsidiaries for his business, the Municipal Treasurer or his authorized representative may verify or assess the gross sales or receipts of the taxpayer under the best available evidence upon which the tax may be based.

If the business or undertaking is terminated, the official receipt issued for the payment of the business tax therefore shall be surrendered to the Municipal Treasurer and a sworn statement of the gross sales and/or receipts of the current year or quarter shall be submitted to the Municipal Treasurer within thirty (30) days following the closure. Any tax due shall first be paid before any business or undertaking is finally terminated.

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E. Issuance of Certification. The Municipal Treasurer may, upon presentation of satisfactory proof that the original official receipt has been lost, stolen or destroyed, issue a certification to the effect that the tax has been paid, indicating therein, the number of the official receipt issued, upon payment of a fee of One Hundred Pesos (P100.00).

F. Transfer of Business to Other Location. Any business for which a municipal tax has been paid by the person conducting it may be transferred and continued in any other place within the territorial limits of this municipality without the payment of additional tax during the period for which the payment of the tax was made. Provided, that the owner shall secure the following documents and pay the corresponding fee imposed thereof, namely: Zoning Clearance, Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC), Fire Inspection Clearance, and Building Inspection Clearance. The owner/operator shall also notify in writing the Office of the Municipal Treasurer before the transfer shall be undertaken.

G. Death of Licensee. When any individual paying a business tax dies, and the business is continued by a person interested in his estate, no additional payment shall be required for the residue of the term for which the tax was paid.

H. Retirement of Business. Any person, natural or juridical, subject to the tax on businesses imposed herein shall, upon termination of the business, submit a sworn statement of the gross sales or receipts for that particular calendar year.

For purposes hereof, termination shall mean that the business operations are stopped completely. Any change in ownership, management and/or name of the business shall not constitute termination as contemplated in this Article. Unless stated otherwise, assumption of the business by any new owner or manager or re-registration of the same business under a new name will only be considered by this municipality for record purposes in the course of the renewal of the permit or license to operate the business.

The Municipal Treasurer shall see to it that the payment of taxes of a business is not avoided by the termination or retirement thereof. For this purpose, the following procedural guidelines shall strictly be observed:

1. The Municipal Treasurer shall assign every application for termination of business to an inspector in his office who shall go to the address of the business on record to verify if it is really no longer operating. If the inspector finds that the business is simply placed under a new name, manager and/or new owner, the municipal treasurer shall recommend to the Mayor the disapproval of the application for the termination or retirement of said business. Accordingly, the business continues to become liable for the payment of all taxes, fees and charges imposed thereon under existing tax ordinance of this municipality; and-

2. In the case of a new owner to whom the business was transferred by sale or other form of conveyance, said new owner shall be liable to pay the tax or fee for the transfer of the business to him.

If it is found out that the retirement or termination of the business is legitimate, and the tax due there from be less than the tax due for the

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current year based on the gross sales or receipts, the difference in the amount of the tax shall be paid before the business is considered officially retired or terminated.

The permit issued to a business retiring or terminating its operation shall be surrendered to the municipal treasurer who shall forthwith cancel the same and record such cancellation in his books.

Section 2A.06. Computation of Tax on Related or Combined Business. In case a person, natural or juridical, operates or conducts two (2) or more related businesses mentioned in this Article which are subject to the same rate of imposition, the tax shall be computed on the basis of the combined total gross sales or receipts of the said two (2) or more related businesses.

If however, the businesses operated by one person are governed by separate tax schedules or the rates of taxes are different, the taxable gross sales or receipts of each business shall be reported independently and the tax thereon shall be computed on the basis of the appropriate schedule.

Section 2A.07. Newly-Started Business. In the case of newly-started business subject of this Article, the tax shall be fixed by the quarter. The initial tax for the quarter in which the business starts to operate shall be one-fourth of one-tenth of one percent (1/4 of 1/10 of 1%) of the capital investment or Two Hundred (P200.00) Pesos, whichever is higher.

In the succeeding quarter or quarters, in case where the business opens before the last quarter of the year, the tax shall be based on the gross sales or receipts for the preceding quarter at one-fourth percent (1/4 %) of the taxes fixed therefore by the pertinent schedule.

In the succeeding calendar year, regardless of when the business starts, the tax shall be based on the gross sales and/or receipts for the preceding calendar year or any fraction therefore, as provided in the pertinent schedule.

Section 2A.08. Situs of the Tax. The situs of the tax imposed in this Article shall be determined in accordance with the following:

Section 2A.09. Sales Allocation

A. All sales made in this municipality where there is a branch or sales office or warehouse shall be recorded in said branch or sales office or warehouse and the tax shall be payable to this municipality where the same is located.

B. In cases where there is no such branch, sales office or warehouse in this municipality where the sale is made, the sale shall be recorded in the principal office along with the sales made by said principal office and the tax shall accrue therein where said principal office is located.

C. In case where the factory, project office, plant or plantation in pursuit of business is located in this municipality, seventy percent (70%) of all sales recorded in its principal office shall be taxable by this municipality while the remaining thirty percent (30%) of all sales recorded therein shall be taxable by the local government unit where the principal office is located.

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D. In case a plantation or factory is located in a different place but either one of them is located in this municipality, the seventy percent (70%) sales allocation mentioned above shall be divided as follows:

Sixty percent (60%) to the local government unit where the factory is located;

and Forty percent (40%) to the local government unit where the plantation is located.

E. In cases where there are two ( 2 ) or more factories, project offices, plants or plantations located in different localities, the seventy percent (70%) sales allocation aforementioned shall be pro-rated among the localities where such factories, project offices, plants and plantations are located in proportion to their respective volumes of production during the period for which the tax is due. In the case of project offices or service and other independent contractors, the term “production” shall refer to the cost of projects actually undertaken during the tax period.

F. The sales allocation mentioned herein shall be applied irrespective of whether or not sales are made in the locality where the factory, project office, plant or plantation is located. In case of sales made by the factory, project office, plant or plantation, the same shall be covered by subparagraphs [1] or [2] hereof.

G. In case of manufacturers or producers which engage the services of an independent contractor to produce or manufacture some of their products these rules on situs of taxation shall apply except that the factory or plant and warehouse of the contractor utilized for the production and storage of the manufacturer’s products shall be considered as the factory or plant and warehouse of the manufacturer.

Section 2A.10. Port of Loading If this municipality is only the port of loading of the businesses mentioned in this Article, the tax imposed therein shall not be collected by the municipal treasurer, unless the exporter maintains its principal office, a branch, sales office or warehouse, factory, plant, or plantation in this municipality.

Section 2A.11. Sales Made by Route Truck Vans or Vehicles

A. For routes sales made in this municipality where a manufacturer, producer, wholesaler, retailer, or dealer has a branch or sales office or warehouse, the sales shall be recorded in the branch, sales office or warehouse and the tax due thereon shall be paid to this municipality where such branch, sales office or warehouse is located.

B. For route sales made in this municipality where a manufacturer, producer, wholesaler, retailer or dealer has no branch, sales office or warehouse, the sales shall be recorded in the branch, sales office or warehouse from where the route trucks withdraw their products for sale and the tax due thereon shall be paid to the local government unit where such branch, sales office or warehouse is located.

Section 2A.12. Exemptions. Countryside and Barangay Business Enterprises (CBBE) duly registered under R.A. 6810; Cooperatives duly registered under R.A. 6938, now under R.A. 9520; and business enterprises certified by the Board of Investments as pioneer or non-pioneer for a period

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of six (6) and four (4) years, respectively from the date of registration are exempted from the tax imposition prescribed in this Article.

Article B. Community Tax

Section 2B.01. Imposition of Tax. There is hereby levied or imposed a community tax on persons, natural or juridical, who are covered by the following criteria:

A. Natural persons (individuals)

A. 1. Every inhabitant of this municipality, eighteen (18) years of age or over, who has been regularly employed on a wage or salary basis for at least thirty (30) consecutive working days in any calendar year;A. 2. An individual who is engaged in business or occupation;A. 3. An individual who owns real property with an aggregate assessed value of One Thousand (P1,000.00) Pesos or more;A. 4. An individual who is required by law to file an income tax return.

Section 2B.02. Rate of Community Tax. There shall be collected from the above-mentioned individuals a community tax in the amount of Five Pesos (P5.00) plus an additional tax of One Peso (P1.00) for every One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) of income regardless of whether from business, exercise of profession, or from property but which in no case shall exceed Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00).

In case of husband and wife each of them shall be liable to pay the basic Five Pesos (P5.00) but the additional tax imposable on the husband and wife shall be One Peso (P1.00) for every One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) of income from the total property owned by them and/or the total gross receipts or earnings derived by them. (Art. 246, IRR).

Section 2B.03. Juridical Persons

Every corporation, no matter how created or organized, whether domestic or resident foreign, engaged in or doing business in this municipality shall pay an annual community tax of Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) and an annual additional tax which, in no case, shall exceed Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000) in accordance with the following schedule:

A. For every Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) worth of real property in this municipality owned by the juridical entity during the preceding year, based on the evaluation used for the payment of the real property tax under existing laws - found in the assessment rolls of this municipality, where the real property is situated - Two Pesos (P2.00); and-

B. For every Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) of gross receipts or earnings derived from the business in the Philippines during the preceding year - Two Pesos (P2.00).

Section 2B.04. Exemptions. The following are exempted from the payment of community tax:

A. Diplomatic and consular representatives; and,

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B. Transient visitors when their stay in the Philippines does not exceed three (3) months.

Section 2B.05. Place of Payment. The community tax imposed herein shall be in this municipality if the residence of the individual or the principal office of the juridical entity is located here. Likewise, if the branch, sales office or warehouse whose sales are made and recorded is located in this municipality, the corresponding community tax shall be paid here.

Any person, natural or juridical, who is supposed to pay his community tax in this municipality but pays his community tax elsewhere, shall remain liable to pay such tax in this municipality.

It shall be unlawful for the municipal treasurer to collect community tax outside the territorial jurisdiction of this municipality.

Section 2B.06. Time of Payment. The community tax imposed herein shall accrue on the first day of January of each year and shall be paid not later than the last day of February of each year.

If a person reaches the age of eighteen (18) years of age or otherwise loses the benefit of exemption on or before the last day of June, he shall be liable for the payment of community tax on the day he reaches such age or upon the day the exemption ends. If a person reaches the age of eighteen (18) years or loses the benefit of exemption on or before the last day of March, he shall have twenty (20) days within which to pay the community tax without being delinquent.

Persons who come to reside in the Philippines or reach the age of eighteen (18) years on or after the first (1st) day of July of any year, or who ceased to belong to an exempt class on or after the same date, shall not be subject to community tax for that year.

Corporations established and organized on or before the last day of June shall be liable for the payment of community tax for that year. Corporations established and organized on or before the last day of March shall have twenty (20) days within which to pay the community tax without being delinquent. Corporations established and organized on or after the first day of July shall not be subject to community tax for that year.

Section 2B.07. Penalties for Late Payment. If the community tax is not paid within the prescribed period, there shall be added to the unpaid amount an interest of twenty-four-percent (24%) per annum from the due date until it is paid.

Section 2B.08. Community Tax Certificate. A community tax certificate shall be issued to every person or corporation upon payment of community tax. A community tax may also be issued to any person or corporation not subject to the community tax upon payment of One Peso (P1.00).

Section 2B.09. Presentation of Community Tax Certificate. When an individual subject to community tax acknowledges any document before a notary public, take the oath of office upon election or appointment to any position in the government service; receives any license, certificate, or permit from any public authority; pays any tax or free; receives any money from any public fund; transacts other official business or receives

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any salary or wage from any person or corporation, it shall be the duty of any person, officer, or corporation with whom such transaction is made or business done or from whom any salary or wage is received to require such individual to exhibit the community tax certificate.

The presentation of community tax shall not be required in connection with the registration of a voter.

When through its authorized officers, any corporation subject to community tax receives any license, certificate, or permit from any public authority, pays any tax or fee, receives money from public funds, or transacts other official business, it shall be the duty of the public official with whom such transaction is made or business done, to require such corporation to exhibit the community tax certificate.

The community tax certificate required in the two preceding paragraphs shall be the one issued for the current year, except for the period from January until the fifteen (15th) of April each year, in which case, the certificate issued for the preceding year shall suffice.

Section 2B.10. Authority of the Municipal Treasurer to Deputize the Barangay Treasurer to Collect Taxes, Fees or Charges. The Municipal Treasurer is hereby authorized to deputize the barangay treasurers in this municipality to collect taxes, fees or charges including the community tax as per Article 250 and 258 of the Rules and Regulations Implementing the Local Government Code of 1991 subject to the following rules and regulations:

A. The deputized barangay treasurer shall be properly bonded.B. In the case of collecting the community tax, such deputation shall be limited to the collection of community tax payable by individual taxpayers thus excluding those from juridical persons.C. The deputized barangay treasurer shall not delegate the collection of taxes, fees or charges to any person.

Section 2B.11. Allocation of Proceeds of Community Tax. The proceeds of the community tax actually and directly collected by the municipal treasurer shall accrue entirely to the general fund of this municipality. However, the proceeds of the community tax collected by the deputized barangay treasurers shall be apportioned as follows:

A. Fifty percent (50%) shall accrue to the general fund of this municipality; and,

B. Fifty percent (50 %) shall accrue to the barangay where the tax is collected.

Section 2B.12. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article C. Tax On The Transfer Of Business Or Trade Activity

Section 2C.01. Imposition of Tax. There is hereby levied a tax on the transfer of business or trade activity by sale, donation, barter, or any

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other form or mode of conveyance at the rate of One Percent (1%) of the total consideration or, in the absence of specific consideration, the gross sales or receipts of the preceding calendar year on file at the municipal treasurer’s office, or the fixed amount of Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) whichever is higher.

Section 2C.02. Rules and Regulations.

A. The new owner to whom the business was transferred shall be liable to pay the unpaid taxes, fees or charges due the former owner, if any.

B. The permit issued to the former owner shall be surrendered to the municipal treasurer, thru the Office of the Mayor, who shall cancel the same in his records.

C. Any person, natural or juridical, who was granted a permit to operate or conduct a business or trade in this municipality who transferred his business to another shall inform in writing the Chief, Business Permits and Inspection Division (or Section), Office of the Mayor within ten (10) days of such transfer and submit a sworn statement of the gross sales or receipts of his business for the current year.

D. The Municipal Mayor or his authorized department head shall issue other necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Article.

Section 2C.03. Time of Payment. The tax imposed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer by the buyer, donee, or heir, before the business or trade undertaking is operated, conducted, or pursued.

Section 2C.04. Surcharge for Late Payment. Failure to pay the tax imposed in this Article on time shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of twenty-five percent (25%) of the original amount of tax due and such surcharge shall be paid at the time and in the same manner as the original tax due.

Any violation of the provisions and the implementing rules and regulations that shall be adopted shall be penalized:

A. By a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than one (1) month but not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

B. After due notice of violation, the goods shall be subject for confiscation and shall be auctioned to the general public and the proceeds of which shall be used to cover the penalty or for distribution to indigents and needy through Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO).

Section 2C.05. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the Court.

CHAPTER III. – PERMIT FEES AND OTHER REGULATORY FEES

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Article A. Mayor’s Permit Fee

Section 3A.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected an annual fee for the issuance of a Mayor’s Permit to every person, natural or juridical, for the operation of any business or service establishment, conduct of any trade activity, pursuit of any commercial undertaking and practice of occupation or calling within this municipality.

The permit fee is payable for every separate or distinct establishment or place where the business, trade or commercial undertaking, practice of occupation or calling is conducted.

One line of business or trade activity does not become exempt by being conducted with some other business or activity for which the permit has been paid.

Business Tax in the amount of Annual Mayor’s Permit FeeLess than 500 150.00500.00 or more but less than 600.00 200.00600.00 or more but less than 700.00 250.00700.00 or more but less than 800.00 300.00800.00 or more but less than 900.00 350.00900.00 or more but less than 1,000.00 400.00

1,000.00 or more but less than 2,000.00 500.00For every 1,000.00 in excess of 2,000.00 50.00

Section 3A.02. Time and Manner of Payment. The fee imposed in the preceding Section shall be paid to the Municipal treasurer upon approval of the application. No business or trade undertaking can be lawfully begun or pursued in this municipality without the corresponding Mayor’s Permit.

In case of renewal thereof, the fee shall be paid within the first twenty (20) days of January of each year.

Business enterprises certified by the Board of Investments as pioneer or non-pioneer for a period of six (6) and four (4) years, respectively, are not exempted from the payment of the fee prescribed in this Article. They are only exempted from the payment of business taxes as provided in Section 2A10, Article A. Chapter II of this Revenue Code.

Section 3A.03. Newly-Started or Transferred Business, Trade or Commercial Undertaking. The Mayor’s permit fee on newly-started or newly transferred business, trade or commercial undertaking shall be in accordance with the tax on capital investment but in no case shall be less than Three Hundred (P300.00) Pesos.

For newly-started business or activity that starts to operate after January 20, the fee shall be paid before any business or activity can be lawfully begun or pursued, and the fee shall be reckoned from the beginning of the calendar quarter. When the business or activity is abandoned, the fee shall not be exacted for a period longer than the end of the calendar quarter. If the fee has been paid for a period longer than the current quarter and the business or activity is abandoned, no refund of the fee corresponding to the unexpired quarter or quarters shall be made.

Section 3A.04. Administrative Provisions.

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A. Application for Mayor’s Permit. An application for a Mayor’s permit shall be filed with the Office of the Mayor. The form for the purpose shall be issued by the same office and shall set forth the requisite information including the name and residence of the applicant, the description of business or undertaking that is to be conducted and such other data or pertinent information as may be required.

Any false statement deliberately made by applicants shall constitute a sufficient ground for denying or revoking the permit issued by the Mayor, and the applicant or licensed may further be prosecuted in accordance with penalties provided in this Article.

For those applications for business purposes, said application shall be notarized.

B. Mayor’s permit shall be refused to any person:

B. 1. Who has been previously convicted for violation of an ordinance or regulations governing permits;

B. 2. Whose business establishments or undertaking does not conform with zoning ordinance, regulations and safety;

B. 3. Who has an unsettled tax obligation, debt or other liability to the Municipal government; and,

B. 4. Who is disqualified under any provision of law or ordinance to establish, or operate the business being applied for.

C. Issuance of permit, contents of permit. Upon approval of the application for Mayor’s permit, two copies of the application duly signed by the Municipal Mayor shall be returned to the applicant. One copy shall be presented to the Municipal Treasurer as basis for the collection of the Mayor’s permit fee and the corresponding business tax.

The Mayor’s permit shall be issued by the Municipal Mayor upon presentation of receipt for the payment of the Mayor’s permit and official receipt issued by the Municipal Treasurer for the payment of the business tax.

Every permit issued by the Mayor shall show the name and residence of the applicant, his nationality and marital status, nature of the organization, i.e., whether the business is a sole proprietorship, corporation or partnership; location of the business; date of issue and expiration of the permit; and such other information as may be necessary.

The Municipal Mayor shall upon presentation of satisfactory proof that the original of the permit has been lost, stolen or destroyed, issue a duplicate of the permit upon payment of One Hundred Fifty Pesos (P150.00).

D. Posting of Permit. Every owner shall keep his permit conspicuously posted in plain view at all times in his place of business or office. If the owner has no place of business or office he shall keep the permit in his person. The permit shall be immediately produced upon demand by the Municipal Mayor, the Municipal Treasurer or their duly authorized representative.

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E. Duration of Permit. The Mayor’s permit shall be granted for a period of not more than one (1) year and shall expire on the thirty-first (31st) of December following the date of issuance unless revoked or surrendered earlier. Every permit shall cease to be in force upon revocation or surrender thereof. It shall have a continuing validity only upon renewal thereof and payment of the corresponding fee.

F. Revocation of permit. When a person doing business under the provisions of this Code violates any provision of this Article; refuses to pay an indebtedness or liability to this municipality; abuses his privilege to do business to the injury of public morals or peace; or when a place where such business is established is being conducted in a disorderly or unlawful manner, is a nuisance or is permitted to be used as a resort for disorderly conduct, criminals or women of ill refute, the Municipal Mayor, after investigation, may revoke the mayor’s permit. Such revocation shall operate to forfeit all sums which may have been paid in respect of said privilege, in addition to the fine and imprisonment that may be imposed by the Court for violation of any provision of this Code or ordinance governing the establishment and maintenance of businesses and to prohibit the exercise thereof by the person whose privilege is revoked, until restored by the Sangguniang Bayan.

G. Requirements for Mayor’s Permit. Application for a Mayor’s permit shall be accompanied by the following:

G. 1. For a newly started business:

G. 1a. Accomplishment of form for the operation of business in triplicate (form to be supplied by the Office of the Mayor);

G. 1b. Location sketch of the new business at back of application form;

G. 1c. Paid-up capital of business as shown in Articles of Incorporation or partnership papers. For sole proprietorship, a sworn statement of owner-operator indicating capital invested;

G. 1d. If business is tax-exempt, a certificate of such tax exemption;

G. 1e. Certification from the municipal engineer or zoning officer that the location of the new business is within the commercial or industrial area, as the case may be;

G. 1f. Tax clearance showing that the operator has paid all tax obligations in the province, municipality or barangay;

G. 1g. Together with the application for a new business permit, the applicant shall submit three copies of his picture, passport size, and the picture of the senior partner if a partnership or that of the president and/or general manager in the case of a corporation.

Upon submission of the accomplished application, the local government officers concerned shall verify if the sanitary requirements, the installation of power and light requirements, as well as the other safety requirements are complied with, and to require applicant to comply if found unsatisfactory. The permit to operate shall be issued only upon compliance

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with such safety requirements, and after the payment of the corresponding inspection fees as required by the local tax ordinance.

G. 1h. Barangay clearance

G. 1i. Other documents as may hereafter be required except police clearance, court clearance, Lupong Tagapamayapa clearance and other kinds of clearances or certifications which are commonly used in applying for employment or travel abroad.

G. 2. For renewal of Mayor’s permit.

G. 2a. Accomplishment of the application form for renewal of Mayor’s permit, with the following documents to be attached:

Previous year’s Mayor’s Permit; Xerox copies of the annual or quarterly tax payments; Xerox copies of all receipts showing payment of all regulatory

fees as provided for in the local tax ordinance;

G. 2b. Sworn statement of the owner-operator that the capital investment of the business has not been increased or decreased, as the case may be. In cases where the permit of the business being renewed falls under one schedule (e.g. retailers, independent wholesalers and distributors) and the operator thereof has only one capital investment for all, only one permit is required for all such businesses. In no case shall the capital be unilaterally divided into three parts (one for retailer, another for wholesaler, and still another for distributor), unless the operator himself indicates the respective capital for each. On the other hand, where the operator operates two or more businesses under different schedules as provided for the Local Tax Code (e.g. drugstore with soda fountain or refreshment and restaurant), such operator should be required to specify the corresponding capital for each, and a separate permit is accordingly issued.

G. 2c. Certificate of tax exemption, if any;

G. 2d. Health certificate for all food handlers, and those required by ordinance to secure such health certificates;

G. 2e. Sworn statement of the assessed value of the real property as indicated in the Real Property Tax Declaration (for real estate lessors); except if building and land is a government property.

G. 2f. Certificate of exemption if exempted under any law or decree.

G. 2g. Mayor’s clearance;

G. 2h. Tax clearance showing that the operator has paid all his tax obligations in this Municipality;

G. 2i. Two (2) passport size pictures of partnership or corporation, the picture of its president or General Manager.

G. 2j. Presentation of the Community Tax Certificate and receipt for the payment of the Professional Tax

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G. 2k. Occupation Fee, as the case may be, if the applicant is liable thereof.

G. 2l. Other supporting papers as may hereafter be required except

police clearance, court clearance, Lupon Tagapamayapa clearance and other kinds of clearances or certifications which are commonly used in applying for employment, travel abroad and similar purposes.

Section 3A.05. Fulfillment of other requirements. The issuance of mayor’s permit shall not exempt the licensee or permitee from the fulfillment of other requirements in connection with the operation of the business or in conduct of an activity prescribed under this Code, laws and other ordinances of this Municipality.

Section 3A.06. Exemptions. Ordinary employees of private firms such as salesgirls, salesmen or similar ordinary wage earners in stores and like establishments are exempted from securing a Mayor’ permit since they are not rendering services for a fee but only receive their wage or salary as employees.

Section 3A.07. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or closure of the establishment by the Local Chief Executive through the Licensing In-charge or his duly authorized representative or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the Court.

Article B. Permit Fee On Parades

Section 3B.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected a permit fee of Three Hundred Pesos (P300.00) per day on every circus or menagerie parade or other parades using banners, floats, or musical instruments held in this municipality.

Section 3B.02. Exemption. Civic and military parades and religious processions shall be exempted from the payment of the permit fee imposed herein.

Section 3B.03. Time of Payment. The fee imposed herein shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for a Mayor's permit.

Section 3B.04. Administrative Provisions. Any person who shall hold a parade within this municipality shall first obtain a Mayor's Permit before undertaking the activity. For this purpose, a written application in a prescribed form which shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, the description of the activity, the places where the same will be conducted and such other pertinent information or data as may be required shall be filed with the Office of the Mayor.

Section 3B.05. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

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Article C. Permit for Gaffers, Referees, Bettakers, Bet Manager, Pit Manager and Promoter

Section 3C.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected an annual permit fee from the following cockpit officials/personnel, as follows:

1. Promoter P 1,500.00 per annum2. Pit Manager P 1,500.00 per annum3. Referee P 500.00 per annum4. Bet Manager P 1,000.00 per annum5. Gaffer P 500.00 per annum6. Bettaker P 500.00 per annum

Section 3C.02. Time and Manner of Payment. The Mayor’s permit fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer before the gaffer, referees, bettaker, pit manager, bet manager or promoter participates in a cockfight. Thereafter, the fee shall be paid annually upon renewal of the permit on or before January 20 of every year.

Section 3C.03. Administrative Provision. Only licensed referees and bet takers shall officiate in cockfight held in this municipality. No operator or owner of a cockfight shall allow any gaffer, referee, bet taker, pit manager, or promoter inside the cockpit who has not secured the permit and paid the fee herein required.

Section 3C.04. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Section 3C.05. Applicability Clause. The provision of PD 449, otherwise known as the Cockfighting Law of 1974, and such other pertinent laws shall apply to all matters regarding the operation of cockpit and the holding of cockfights in this municipality.

Article D. Special Mayor’s Permit

Section 3D.01. Permit to Hold Benefits. Religious, civic, social and/or sports organizations, clubs, associations, federations or fraternities desiring to hold benefit shows, balls, programs, exhibitions, contest, bingo socials and other kinds of fund-raising activities may be issued a Special Mayor’s Permit free of charge, provided, that the said organization is duly accredited by the Office of the Sangguniang Bayan or duly registered in the Office of the Municipal Mayor thru the Business Permit & Licensing Office; that the proceeds of which shall ensure or benefit the welfare organization or intended for purposes that will redound to the welfare of the general public; that it shall not in any manner violate any existing ordinances, rules and regulations, especially those on traffic and pedestrian hazards.

Section 3D.02 Permit fee to conduct “Recorreda” in relation to Product Promotions & Merchandising by any commercial entity within the municipality shall apply first to the Municipal Mayor through the Office of the Business Permits & Licenses and pay the corresponding fees intended to its purpose.

Kind of Activity Permit Fee

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“Recorreda” for one (1) day using sound system speaker/s. P300.00

“Recorreda” in excess of one (1) day. 100.00 per day Product Promotions & Merchandising using tent or

gazeebo with sound system by speakers for one (1) day including its merchandisers not exceeding in five (5) person.

300.00

In excess of five (5) merchandiser 100.00 per merchandiser

Product Promotions & Merchandising in excess of one (1) day 100.00 per day

Section 3D.03. Mayor’s Permit fee for any business or undertakings during the celebration of foundation anniversary, fiesta and festival this is to mandate proper regulations to the catered merchandise, business, services and commercial undertakings:

Kind of Business/Undertakings Permit Fee Foods, Beverages and Fruits (Fresh and Dried) P500.00 Dry Goods 1,000.00 Services in the form of Massage, ear piercing, tattoo

and other similar to this. 200.00 Plants e.g. Ornamental, flowering, fruit bearing and the

like 500.00 Eateries and barbecue stands which offer liquors or

beers and the like 1,000.00 Any business and undertakings not specified herein 200.00

Section 3D.04. Exemption. Only fund-raising activities sponsored by the Local Government Units are exempted from securing a permit from any national or local office or agency as per Section 391, paragraph 11 of RA 7160 and Article 101, paragraph 11 of its implementing rules and regulations. Provided that no fund-raising activities shall be held within a period of sixty (60) days immediately preceding and after a national or local election, recall, referendum, or plebiscite and provided finally, that said fund-raising activities shall comply with the national policy standards and regulations on moral, health and safety of the persons participating therein. The Local Government Unit concerned shall render a public accounting of the funds raised at the completion of the project for which the fund-raising activity was undertaken.

Section 3D.05. Administrative Provisions.

1. Except for the Local Government Unit, it shall be unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, to hold benefits shows, programs, contests and other fund-raising activities without the corresponding permit from the Mayor and payment of its corresponding fee for the Mayor’s Permit.

2. Prior to the date of the fund raising activity, the Local Government Unit concerned shall submit first letter of intent to the Municipal Mayor through the Office of the Business Permits & Licenses affixed with the approved resolution in support of the fund raising activity.

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The Office of the Business Permit & Licensing Section of the Office of the Municipal Mayor is deemed to recommend for approval or approval in writing any application or letter of intent to the municipal mayor to ensure public welfare and safety.

Article E. Permit Fee on Storage of Flammable, Combustible or Explosive Substances

Section 3E.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected from every person storing flammable, combustible or explosive substances the following permit fee:

A. Storage of gasoline, naphtha, diesel fuel and similar products.

Less than 1,000 liters P 500.00 per annum1,000 liters to 5,000 liters P 1,500.00 per annumMore than 5,000 liters P 5,000.00 per annum

B. Storage of other flammable, combustible or explosive substances.

Less than 1,000 kilograms P 1,500.00 per annumMore than 1,000 kilograms P 5,000.00 per annum

Section 3E.02. Time and Manner of Payment. The fee imposed herein shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer’s Office upon application for a Mayor’s permit to store the aforementioned materials or substances.

Section 3E.03. Administrative Provisions.

A. No person shall store or keep at his place of business or elsewhere in this municipality any flammable, combustible or explosive substances without first securing a permit from the Mayor and the Chief of the Fire Station, Bureau of Fire Protection. Gasoline, diesel fuel or naphtha kept in the tank of motor vehicles or other mechanical engines shall be exempt from the permit fee herein imposed.

B. The Municipal Fire Marshall of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) shall promulgate the necessary rule and regulations for the proper storing of said materials or substances taking into consideration the provisions of PD 1185 (Fire Code of the Philippines) and its implementing rules and regulations.

Section 3E.04. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by forfeiture of product without prejudice to the imposition of fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article F. Permit Fee on Film-Making

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Section 3F.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected from every person, natural or juridical, that shall undertake a location-filming within the territorial jurisdiction of this municipality the following fees:

A. Permit fee for location filming:

for local exhibition P10,000.00for foreign exhibition 15,000.00

B. Additional regulatory fees:

B. 1.For filming of movies or motion pictures for commercial purposes

per film 10,000.00

B. 2. For filming of movies or motion pictures considered as a

documentary film 5,000.00

In cases where the film making is to be undertaken by the Department of Tourism, the fees imposed herein shall not apply, however, a Mayor’s Permit shall, nevertheless, be secured. Film making undertaken by students which is part of their course curriculum shall likewise be exempt from payment without prejudice to the requirement of Mayor’s Permit.

Section 3F.02. Administrative Provisions. The person-in-charge of the location-filming shall first secure a Mayor’s permit before undertaking the aforesaid activity by filing an application for the purpose and stating therein the title of the movie or motion picture; whether the film is intended for commercial purposes or a documentary film; the number of sites, locations, or places where the film would be shot and such other necessary information.

The Chief of the Business Permits, Licensing and Inspection Division (or Section), Office of the Mayor shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the proper implementation of this Article.

Section 3F.03. Time and Manner of Payment. The fee imposed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for a Mayor’s Permit or issuance thereof.

Section 3F.04. Surcharge for Late Payment. Failure to pay the fee prescribed in this Article within the time required shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of twenty-five percent (25%) of the original amount of fees due. Such surcharge to be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the original amount of fees due.

Section 3F.05. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) Month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

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Article G. Permit Fee on Agricultural Machinery and Other Heavy Equipment For Business Use

Section 3G.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected an annual permit fee at the following rates for each machineries or equipment from proprietor thereof in this municipality.

Machineries and Equipment ANNUAL

PERMIT FEE

Farm Machineries (e.g. Kuliglig, Bao-bao, Thresher, Sheller and the like)

P200.00

Farm TractorFarm Rotivator

1,500.001,000.00

Mechanical HarvesterMechanical PlanterMechanical Drier (Large scale)Solar Drier (per square meter)

2,500.001,500.002,500.00 0.50

Traveling Baby Cono 2, 000.00Bulldozer 4,000.00Forklift 1,000.00Payloader 4,000.00Grader 4,000.00Crane 4,000.00Dump Truck (10-wheeler)Dump Truck (6-wheeler)

2,500.001,500.00

Back Hoe 4,000.00Rice Mill (Large)Rice Mill (Small)Hammer Mill

5,000.003,000.001,500.00

Other similar machinery or heavy equipment not enumerated above

1,000.00

Section 3G.02. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees imposed herein shall be payable upon application for a Mayor’s permit.

Section 3G.03. Administrative Provision. The Municipal Treasurer shall keep a registry of all heavy equipment and agricultural machinery which shall include the make and brand of the heavy equipment and agricultural machinery and the name and address of the owner.

Section 3G.04. Special Permit Fee for Transient Operators. There is hereby imposed a special permit fee as above-mentioned in Section 3G.01. and an additional of Five Hundred (P500.00) Pesos per unit for those operators who are not licensed in this municipality.

Section 3G.05. Deputization of the Barangay Treasurer. The Barangay Treasurer is hereby deputized to collect the fees herein imposed. Provided, that fifty percent of the collection shall be remitted to the Municipal Treasurer and the remaining fifty percent shall be retained by the barangay concerned. Provided finally, that in case collection is made by the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative, the barangay will receive no share.

Section 3G.06. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall cause stoppage of the operation and impoundment of the equipment until payment of the appropriate fees without prejudice to the imposition of a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five

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Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than one (1) month but not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article H. Permit on Certain Activities

Section 3H.01. Issuance of Permit for Certain Unspecified Activities. The issuance of a permit for certain activities not specifically enumerated in this Code shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of PD 771, PD 1096, PD 1185 and other existing laws, rules and regulations.

The Municipal Engineer upon being deputized as the “Building Official” by the authorized representative of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) shall enforce the provisions of PD 1096 (National Building Code) in this municipality.

Collection of fees therefore shall be in accordance with the rates prescribed by the DPWH particularly on the following:

1] Building permit2] Sanitary / plumbing permit3] Electrical permit4] Mechanical permit5] Sidewalk construction permit6] Sidewalk occupancy permit7] Excavation permit8] Inspection (plumbing, electrical and mechanical)9] Line and grade establishment

10] Certificate of occupancy 11] Other related matter covered by P.D. 1096

Article I. Schedule of Building Permit Fees

Section 3I.01. Imposition of Fees. The schedule of fees provided under the National Building Code including its amendments thereafter are all hereby adopted and form part hereof.

Article J. Permit Fees on Real Estate Development

Section 3J.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected from every person, natural or juridical, a permit or clearance fee on real estate development, and the like, as follows:

AMOUNT OF FEE

A. Zoning/Locational Clearance (per HLURB Adm. Order No. 04, s. 1998)

A. 1. Residential Structures: Single or detached, the project cost of which is:

100,000 and below P110.00Over P100,000 P110.00 plus 1/10 of 1% in

excess of P100,000.00)

2 Apartments

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Project cost of P500,000.00 and below

P550.00

Project cost over P500,000

P550.00 plus l/10 of 1% of cost in excess of P500,000.00 regardless of the number of doors.

A. 3. Dormitories

Project cost of P500,000.00 and below

P550.00

Project cost over P500,000 P550.00 plus l/10 of 1% of cost in excess of P500,000.00 regardless of the number of rooms.

A. 4. Institutional, the project cost of which is:

P100,000 and below P440.00Over P100,000 P440.00 plus 1/10 of 1% of

cost in excess of P100,000.00

A. 5. Commercial, Industrial, Agro-Industrial, the project cost of which is:

P100,000 and below P1,100.00Over P100,000 P1,100.00 plus 1/10 of 1% of


A. 6. Special Uses / Special Projects, the project cost of which is:

P 100,000 and below` P1,100.00Over P 100,000 P1,100.00 plus 1/10 of 1% of


A. 7. Alteration/Expansion (affected areas/cost ofExpansion only) same as the original application

B. Subdivision and Condominium Projects (under PD 957)

B. 1. Approval of Subdivision Plan (including townhouses)

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC) - - - - - - - - - P275.00 per hectare for the first five (5) hectares

For every additional hectare or fraction thereof - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P110.00/ha.

Final Approval and Development Permit - - - - - - - P1,320.00 per hectare regardless of density.

Additional fee on floor area of houses/buildings sold with the lot - - - - - P2.20 per sq. m.

2. Inspection fee - - - - - - All applicators (DP, CRLS, ETD, COC etc.) P1,100.00/hectare regardless of density

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3. Alteration of plans (affected areas only) - - same as final approval & Development Permit.

4. Certificate of Registration and License to Sell - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P132.00/saleable lot

(per saleable lot) Additional fee on floor - - - P11.00/sq.m. area of house/buildings sold with the lot

5. Certificate of Completion (per hectare) - - - - - - - P550.00 per hectare regardless of density

6. Certificate of Credible Withholding Tax - - - - - - P110.00(Maximum of 5 lots per Cert.)

B. 2. Approval of Condominium Project (under PD 957)

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC)Land area P 550.00/hectare

Building P 220.00/floor

2. Final Approval and Development Permit a. per square meter of the total land area - - P 2.20/sq.m.b. additional cost on the area of the building-P 2.20/sq.m.

3. Inspection fee- - - - - - - - - P 11.00/sq.m. on gross floor area for ETD, COC Application P2.20/sq.m. additional

4. Alteration of plans (affected areas only) - - - same as Final Approval and Development Permit

5. Conversion (affected areas only) - - - - - - -same as Final Approval and Development Permit

6. Certificate of Registration and License to sell a. Residential (per sq. m. of saleable area) - - - - - - - P11.00b. Commercial/Office (per sq.m. of saleable area) - - P22.00

7. Certificate of Completion (per hectare) - - - - P11.00 per sq.m. of gross floor area)

C. Projects under BP 220

C. 1. Subdivision 1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC)

a. Socialized housing - P77.00 for the first ten (10) hectaresb. Economic housing - P110.00/hectare for the first five (5) hectares

For every additional hectare or fraction thereof:c. Socialized housing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -P22.00d. Economic housing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -P55.00

2. Final Approval and Development Permit -P220.00 per hectares Additional fee on floor area of houses/buildings sold with the lot - - -

- - - - - - - P2.20 per sq. m.

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3. Inspection feea. Socialized housing P121.00/hectareb. Economic housing P220.00/hectare

4. Alteration of plans (affected areas only)- - - - - - - P220.00 per

hectare

5. Building permit (per sq.m. of floor area of housing unit)-- P2.20Certificate of Registration and License to sell

a. Socialized housing P11.00/lot/unitb. Economic housing P11.00/lot/unit

6. Certificate of Completion (per hectare or fraction thereof of the land area) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P165.00

7. Certificate of Occupancy (per sq.m. of the floor area of the housing unit) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P2.20

C. 2. Condominium

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P220.00

2. Final Approval and Development Permit a. per square meter of total land area - - - - - - - - P2.20b. additional cost per sq.m. of saleable floor area - P2.20

c. Additional fee on floor area of houses/buildings sold with the lot - P2.20 per sq. m.

3. Inspection fee- - - - - -All applicants (DP, CRLS, ETD, COC, etc.) P2.20 /sq.m of saleable area

4. Alteration of plans (affected areas only) - - - - - - - Same as Final Approval & Development Permit

5. Building permit (per sq.m. of floor area of housing unit) - - P2.206. Certificate of Registration and License to sell - - - - P5.50 /sq.m.

of saleable area

7. Certificate of Completion - - - P5.50/ sq.m. of saleable area

8. Certificate of Occupancy - - - P2.20/ sq.m. of saleable area

D. Approval of Industrial Subdivision

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC)

a. First five (5) hectares - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - P330.00 per hectareb. Every additional hectare or fraction thereof - - P100.00 per

hectare

2. Final Approval and Development Permit - - - - P1,100 per hectare regardless of location

3. Inspection fee- - - -All applicants (DP, CRLS, ETD, COC, etc.) - - - - - - - - - - - P1,100.00/has. regardless of location


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5. Certificate of Registration and License to sell - - - P1.10 per sq.m. of the land area

6. Certificate of Completion - - - - - - - - P1.10 per hectare regardless of location

E. Approval of Commercial Subdivision

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC)

a. First two (2) hectares - - - - - - - - - - - - -P330.00 per hectare

b. Every additional hectare or fraction thereof - - P110.002. Final Approval and Development Permit - P5,500 per hectare

regardless of location3. Inspection fee- - - -All applicants (DP,CRLS, ETD, COC, etc.)- - -

P550.00 per has. regardless of location4. Alteration of plans (affected areas only) - - - - - same as Final

Approval and Development Permit 5. Certificate of Registration and License to sell - - P2.20 per sq.m.

of the land area6. Certificate of Completion - - - - - - - - - - - - - P550.00 per hectare

regardless of location

F. Approval of Farm lot Subdivision

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC) a. First five (5) hectares - - - - - - - - - - - - P220.00 per

hectare b. Every additional hectare or fraction thereof - - P55.00

2. Final Approval and Development Permit - - - P550.00 per hactare

regardless of locationa. Inspection fee - - - - - - - P330.00 per hectare regardless of

locationb. Alteration of plans (affected areas only) - - P550.00 perc. Certificate of Registration and License to sell - - P55.00 per

saleable lot

3. Certificate of Completion - - - 350.00 per hectare regardless of location

G. Approval of Memorial Park/Cemetery Project

1. Preliminary Approval and Locational Clearance (PALC) a. Per memorial project - - - - - - P550.00 for the first hectareb. For cemeteries - - - - - - - - - - P220.00 for the first hectareFor every additional hectare or fraction thereof:a. Memorial project - - - - - - - - P110.00 per hectareb. Cemetery project - - - - - - - - P 55.00 per hectare

2. Final Approval and Development Permit a. Memorial project - - - - - - - - P2.20 per square meterb. Cemetery project - - - - - - - - P1.10 per square meter

3. Inspection fee a. Memorial project - - - - - - - -P550.00 per hectareb. Cemetery project - - - - - - - -P110.00 per hectare

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5. Certificate of Registration and License to sell (per saleable plot):a. Memorial project - - - P55.00 per 2.5 sq.m saleable plotb. Cemetery project - - - P11.00 per 2.5 sq.m saleable plot

6. Certificate of Completion - -P220.00 per hectare regardless of location

a. Memorial project - - -P220.00 per hectareb. Cemetery project - - -P110.00 per hectare

H. Other Transactions/Certifications

H. 1. Application/Request for:1. Advertisement approval P220.00

2.3. Cancellation/Reduction of performance bond 385.004.5. Lifting of suspension of license to sell 385.006.7. Extension of time to complete development 385.00

8. Exemption from Cease and Desist Order 55.009. Clearance to Mortgage 385.00

10.11. Lifting of Cease and Desist Order 385.008. Change of Name/Ownership 385.009. Voluntary cancellation of CR/LS 385.0010. Revalidation/Renewal of Permit (condominium) 50% of

original fee. H. 2. Other Certifications

1. Zoning certifications P275.00/ha.2. Certification of town plan/Zoning ordinance approval

82.50

3. Certification of New Rights/Sales 82.504. Certificate of locational viability 275.00/ha.5. Certificate of Reg. and License to Sell 82.506. Others, to include:- availability of records/public request of copies/research works 82.50- certification of no records on file 82.50- certification of with or without CR/LS 82.50- certified true copy of documents/copy 10.00

I. Registration of Dealers/Brokers/Salesmen

a. Dealers/brokers 550.00b. Salesmen 220.00

J. Homeowners Association Fees

A. Examining and filing Fee for Articles of Incorporation Homeowners Association 330.00

B. Examining and filing fee for Amended ArticlesOf Incorporation220.00

C. Examining and filing Fee of By – Laws330.00

D. Examining and Filing Fee for Amended By – Laws 220.00E. Examining and filing Fee for Dissolution of

Homeowners Association 220.00

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F. Registration of Books of Homeowners Association 110.00G. Certifications 110.00H. Inspection Fee (CPM Projects) 110.00/has.

Section 3J.02. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees imposed herein shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for the corresponding clearance, permit or documents aforementioned. Subject to existing laws, the proceeds from the collection of fees and other charges for the processing and approval of subdivision plans for residential, commercial or industrial purposes and other development purposes shall accrue entirely to this municipality. [Sec. 447 item 2-x, RA 7160). Provided, That the impositions of charges and other fees for the processing and approval of application for condominium projects and the issuance of development permit required for the issuance of a building permit for condominium projects shall still be under the authority of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) as per DILG MC-No. 98-93.

Section 3J.03. Rules and Regulations. No person shall engage in real estate development business, and the like in this municipality without first securing a permit and/or the corresponding clearance or documents therefore from the duly authorized national and local officials concerned.

Section 3J.04. Creation of Local Housing and Land-Use Regulatory Committee. There is hereby created a Local Housing and Land-Use Regulatory Committee to be composed of the following:

Municipal Land Use Committee (MLUC)

MPDC – Chairman MLUCMunicipal Agriculturist (Member)

Municipal Assessor (Member)SB Chairman Committee Zoning and Land Use (Member)

MARO (Member)

Section 3J.05. Administrative Provisions.

a) No person, natural or juridical, shall engaged in the business of real estate development in this municipalities without first securing the necessary clearance or permit therefore from the Mayor.

b) All applications for clearance or permit required under this article shall be submitted to the duly designated Housing and Land Use Enforcement Officer for processing and appropriate action.

c) The duly designated Enforcement Officer shall inspect the site for development to verify plan specifications and see to it if such development projects conform with national laws, ordinances; or rules and regulations on housing and land uses.

Section 3J.06. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or an imprisonment of not less than One (1) Month but not exceeding Six (6) Months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

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Section 3J.07. Applicability Clause. All other matters, not herein specified related to real estate development or the operation of subdivisions, and the like shall be governed by the provisions of Presidential Decree No, 933; Executive Order No. 648, series of 1981 as amended by Executive Order No. 90, series of 1986; Presidential Decree No. 957; Batas Pambansa Blg. 220; Republic Act No. 7279; Executive Order No. 71, series of 1993; and other related laws, rules, regulations.

Article K. Other Fees Imposed for Transactions in the Office of the MPDC

Section 3K.01. Imposition of Fees. There is hereby imposed the following fees on various certifications and services rendered by the Municipal Planning and Development Office.

1. Zoning/Locational Clearance for subdivision and condominium projects under PD 957 and other transactions/certifications.

Zoning Decision - P500.00Zoning Certification - P200.00Other Certifications - P200.00

2. Printing of Maps

Legal (8.5” x 13”) Colored - P150.00Black & White - P100.00

Letter (805” x 11”) Colored - P150.00Black & White - P100.00

A4 (8.27” x 11.69”) Colored - P150.00Black & White - P100.00

A3 (11” x 17”) Colored - P300.00Black & White - P200.00




3. Photocopy of Maps

Legal (8.5” x 13”) - P25.00Letter (8.5” x 11”) - P25.00A4 (8.27” x 11.69”) - P25.00

4. Soft Copies of Maps (PDF Only)

Legal (8.5” x 13”) - P100.00Letter (8.5” x 11”) - P100.00A4 (8.27” x11.69”) - P100.00

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A3 (11” x 17”) - P125.00A2 (17” x 24”) - P150.00A1 (24” x 34”) - P175.00A0 (34” x 48”) - P200.00

5. Acquisition of Hard Copies of Documents.

Comprehensive Land Use Plan (Whole book) - P3,500.00For fraction thereof - P30.00/page

Comprehensive Development Plan (whole book) - P3,500.00For fraction thereof - P30.00/page

Executive-Legislative Agenda (whole book) - P 3,500.00For fraction thereof - P 30.00/page

Annual Investment Program (whole book) - P 1,500.00For fraction thereof - P 20.00/page

Local Dev’t. Investment Program (whole book) - P 1,000.00For fraction thereof - P 15.00/page

State of Local Governance Report (whole book) - P 2,500.00For fraction thereof - P 25.00/page

MDRRMP (whole book) - P 2,500.00For fraction thereof - P 25.00/page

Strategic Performance Mgt. System (whole book)- P 2,500.00For fraction thereof - P 25.00/page

Public Financial Assessment Report (whole book)- P 2,500.00For fraction thereof - P 25.00/page

Socio-Economic Profile (whole book) - P 2,500.00For fraction thereof - P 25.00/page

Brief Profile(whole book) - P 1,000.00For fraction thereof - P 15.00/page

Barangay Development Plan (whole book) - P 2,500.00For fraction thereof - P 25.00/page

Other Documents (whole book) - P 1,000.00For fraction thereof - P 15.00/page

6. Soft Copies of the documents (PDF Format Only).

Comprehensive Land Use Plan (Whole book) - P 7,000.00For fraction thereof - P 60.00/page

Comprehensive Development Plan (whole book) - P 7,000.00For fraction thereof - P 60.00/page

Executive-Legislative Agenda (whole book) - P 7,000.00For fraction thereof - P 60.00/page

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Annual Investment Program (whole book) - P 2,500.00For fraction thereof - P 35.00/page

Local Dev’t. Investment Program (whole book) - P 2,000.00For fraction thereof - P 30.00/page

State of Local Governance Report (whole book) - P 5,000.00For fraction thereof - P 50.00/page

MDRRMP (whole book) - P 5,000.00For fraction thereof - P 50.00/page

Strategic Performance Mgt. System (whole book)- P 5,000.00For fraction thereof - P 50.00/page

Public Financial Assessment Report (whole book)- P 2,000.00For fraction thereof - P 30.00/page

Socio-Economic Profile (whole book) - P 5,000.00For fraction thereof - P 50.00/page

Brief Profile (whole book) - P 2,000.00For fraction thereof - P 30.00/page

Barangay Development Plan (whole book) - P 5,000.00For fraction thereof - P 50.00/page

Other Documents (whole book) - P 2,000.00For fraction thereof - P 30.00/page

7. Printing of Plans per page

Detailed Engineering Design - P 300.00Sketch Plan - P 300.00Other Plans - P 300.00

8. Research Fees - P150.00/ request

Section 3K.02. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees imposed herein shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative upon request by the party. The party so requesting shall present the official receipt duly issued for the purpose.

Section 3L.03. Exception. The fees imposed herein shall not apply if the requesting party is the government; its political subdivisions or instrumentalities, including government owned and controlled corporations with original charters including their subsidiaries. Provided, that the representative of the government; its political subdivisions or instrumentalities, including government owned and controlled corporations with original charters including their subsidiaries must show proper identification duly issued by the government entity he represents.

Article M. Fees on the Diggings at the Traveled Road Way of Existing Roads

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Section 3M.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be imposed the following fees on every persons who shall make or cause to be made any excavation on public or private streets within the Municipality of Isulan.

a. For crossing street with concrete pavements:

1. For crossing concrete pavements (Minimum area of 4.00m x 6.00m or 24 square meter) - P1, 500.00;

2. For crossing across base of streets with concrete pavements per linear meter (boring method )

- P 300.00;

b. For crossing street with asphalt pavement;

1. Minimum Fee - P 500.00 2.Per each linear meter crossing the street (maximum width of

excavation 0.80m) - P 500.00

c. For crossing streets with gravel pavements:

1. Minimum fee - P 300.00 2. Per each linear meter crossing the street (maximum width of excavation 0.30m) - P 200.00

d. For crossing existing curbs and gutters in the damage thereto. - P 500.00

e. Excavating along the street per meter - P 25.00

Section 3M.02 Time & Manner of Payment. The fees imposed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application of the permit with the Mayor before excavations undertaken.

Section 3M.03 Administrative Provisions. Permit for digging shall be granted only, after compliance of the following:

a. Submission of the plan indications among others the location of the pipes to be laid the width and depth of the excavation, the distance from the centerline of the road where the width of traveled is indicated.

b. The deposit of the requesting company of the cost of the restoration of the dug up portion of the roadway in addition to the standard permit fees for the purpose.

c. The scheme of work of the project to be prosecuted and the time frame indication the date of implementation and target date of completion.

d. For existing utility lines, no further improvement shall be introduced therein and utility companies shall be directed transfer such utility lines within reasonable period.

e. Under no circumstances shall asphalt or concrete be undertaken without first transferring existing utility lines outside width of the proposed pavements and as stipulated above.

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Section 3M.04. Rules and Regulations

a. In rural areas, diggings for utility pipes shall be inside the limits of the road right of way.

At the worst condition, the diggings shall be allowed at a distance from the edge of the pavement corresponding to the depth of the digging and shall have a covering of not less than 60cm.

b. In urban centers, the diggings shall be permitted within the road right of way, but never extending inside the traveled way, or beyond the curves and gutter, i.e. preferably outside the sidewalks and at the worst case within the width of the sidewalk;

c. No diggings shall be allowed without the written approval on permit signed by the municipal mayor and endorsed by the municipal engineer.

Section 3M.05. Exemption. The fees imposed herein shall not be applicable if the undertaking enumerated above is undertaken by local government units in the exercise of their governmental function.

CHAPTER IV. – OTHER FEES AND CHARGES

Article A. Fire Safety Inspection Fee

Section 4A. 01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected from operators of business establishments in this municipality an annual fire safety inspection fee prescribed hereunder:

A. On gasoline stations and similar establishments P300.00 per annumB. On factories or warehouses of combustible, flammable or explosive materials . . . . . . . . . . . P 500.00 per

annumC. On sari-sari store and other similar establishment storing

combustible, flammable or explosive materials . . .. . . . . . . .100.00 per annum

D. On all other establishment not storing combustible, flammable or explosive materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00 per annum

Section 4A.O2. Time of Payment. The fee imposed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer after a fire safety inspection of the establishment has been made but prior to the issuance of the “Fire Safety Inspection Certificate” by the Chief of the Fire Station, BFP, or his authorized representative and upon renewal of the same every year thereafter within the first twenty (20) days of January.

Section 4A.03. Administrative Provisions. The Chief of the Fire Station, BFP or his duly authorized representative, shall conduct an annual and periodic inspection of all business establishments and buildings to determine propriety of existing fire safety and prevention devices or equipment as well as their compliance to fire safety rules and regulations.

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shall be enforceable until rescinded, modified or revoked by the Provincial Fire Marshal.

Section 4A.04. Applicability Clause. All other matters relating to fire inspection and issuance of permit therefore shall be governed by pertinent provision of PD 1185 (Fire Code of the Philippines) and other existing laws, rules and regulations.

Section 4A.05. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand (P5,000.00) Pesos or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article B. License Fee on Dogs

Section 4B.01. Imposition of Fee. Every person who owns or keeps any dog over three (3) months of age shall obtain a license therefore and pay to the Municipal Treasurer a license fee of Twenty Pesos (P20.00) per annum.

Section 4B.02. Time of Payment. The fee imposed herein shall be due on the first twenty (20) days of January every year. The permit fee for dogs acquired after January 20 shall be paid without penalty within the first twenty (20) days following the date of its acquisition.

Section 4B.03. Administrative Provision. The Municipal Treasurer shall keep a register of all licensed dogs, describing the same by name, if any color, sex and shall also enter in the registry the name and address of the owner or keeper.

The owner or keeper of any dog required to be licensed under this Article shall provide a leather or metal collar and shall, furthermore, muzzle the dog. Provided, that the owner of the dog shall be required to follow the vaccination requirement as provided under the Anti Rabies Ordinance No. 2005-143 ISB.

Section 4B.04. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article C. Occupation or Calling Fee

Section 4C.01. Imposition of Fee. There is hereby levied an annual “occupation or calling fee” on all individuals engaged in the exercise or practice of their occupation or calling in the amount ONE HUNDRED PESOS (P100.00) enumerated hereunder including, but not limited to, the following:

Agriculturist; Foresters Automotive mechanics, unless he is a mechanical engineer who has paid

his “professional tax” Computer technicians; computer programmer; Electricians unless he is an electrical engineer who has paid his

“professional tax”

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Electronics technicians (Radio, TV, Audio ) Hospitality girls, entertainers, hostessesw, professional dancers; Guest Relations Officers (GRO); Insurance adjusters, consultants, or agents Interior decorators ( professional ) Professional embalmers ( authorized by DOH ) Professional singers, radio broadcasters, announcers, disc jockeys Professional tailors, haberdasher, couturier, modiste, fashion designer

and the like Professors, instructors or teachers in private institutions unless they

are “professionals” who have paid their “professional tax” Psychic healers, Soothsayers, Seers Refrigeration and air-conditioning technicians Therapist, unless he is a registered Physical Therapist.

Acupuncturists Bakers ( professional ) Cattle auctioneers Chef or head cook Club managers Dance instructors/instructress Dieticians Dispatcher Florists Hairdressers or hairstylists Heavy equipment operators Marine officers, unless he is a marine engineer who has paid his

“professional tax” Master carpenters Master plumbers or “tubero” rendering services for a fee Professional beauticians, make-up artists Professional boxers Professional butchers Professional manicurists Professional masons, welders, pipefitters Professional masseurs/masseuse Professional security officers/guards Professional waiters or waitresses Swimming instructors Typewriter repairman Other similar occupations or callings

Section 4C.02. Exemptions. The occupation or calling fee imposed in this Article shall not apply to persons exclusively employed in the government.

Section 4C.03. Payment of Fee. The occupation or calling fee aforementioned shall be paid before any occupation or calling herein specified can be lawfully pursued and one line of occupation or calling does not become exempt by being conducted with some other occupation or calling for which the fee has been paid.

Section 4C.04. Time of Payment. The occupation or calling fee imposed in this Article shall be payable annually, on or before the Thirty-first (31st) day of January every year. Any person beginning an occupation or calling after the month of January must pay the prescribed fee in full before engaging in the pursuit of his occupation or calling.

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Section 4C.05. Surcharge for Late Payment. Failure to pay the fee prescribed in this Article within the time required shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of twenty-five (25%) percent of the original amount of fees due, such surcharge to be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the original fees due.

Section 4C.06. Administrative Provisions. The Municipal Treasurer shall keep a registry of persons who have paid the occupation or calling fee imposed herein and shall submit a consolidated list thereof to the Mayor thru the Chief, Business Permits, Licensing and Inspection Division, Office of the Mayor.

Any individual or corporation employing a person required under this Article to pay a privilege fee on occupation or calling shall require the presentation of the receipt for payment of the fee prescribed herein by that person before employing him or, if already employed, the presentation of the receipt of the annual payment for the current year.

Any person subject to the fee imposed in this Article shall write or print in the deeds, receipts, reports and other important documents the number of the official receipt issued to him.

Section 4C.07. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of the Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article D. Fire Inspection Fees

SECTION 4D.01. Imposition of Fees. Any person, natural or juridical, that shall keep or store at his or its place of business or elsewhere the Municipality of Isulan any flammable, explosive, or highly combustible material, shall first secure a permit from the Mayor through the chief of the fire department.

The Permit shall only be granted after inspection of the place and upon payment of the corresponding fees enumerated hereunder:

(a) Sari-sari store, hardware store, gasoline station and other business establishments of the same nature 50 .00/annum

(b) Factory or warehouse 50.00/annum

(c) Cooking appliances manufactured or distributed in Isulan or commercial or domestic use, prior to their disposal to the public 50.00/cooking

(d) Construction of building plans processed of building to determine safety requirements 100.00

(e) Apartments/Apartelles/Boarding House 100.00/storey/bldg./a

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Section 4D.02. Time of Payment. The fees imposed on this article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon applicable with the Office of the Fire Department before a permit is granted or before it is renewed.

Section 4D.03. Administrative Provision

A. The chief of the fire department shall have supervision over the location and manner of scoring flammable, explosive, or highly combustible materials in accordance with promulgated rules and regulations on fire prevention and protection. If in his judgment the location and manner of storing of such materials constitute a fire hazard, he shall be stored elsewhere or removed within twenty four (24) hours.

B. No Permit shall be issued for the storage of powder dynamite, explosive, blasting supplies or ingredients thereof un less a permit there or has been secured from the Philippine National Police.

Section 4D.04. Applicability Clause. All other matters relating to fire inspection and issuance of permit thereof should be governed by pertinent provisions of existing laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.

Likewise, the Municipal Fire Marshall or the Officer in charge of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), DILG in this municipality shall enforce the provisions of PD 1185 (Fire Code of the Philippines) and cause the collection of the corresponding fees therefore.

Article E. Fee for the Temporary Use of Sidewalks and Alleys

Section 4E.01. Imposition of Fees. Any person who shall temporarily use or occupy the municipal-owned sidewalk or alley or portion thereof in connection with any construction works and other allowable purposes shall first secure a permit from the Municipal Mayor and pay a fee of FIFTY PESOS (P50.00) for every square meter, or fraction thereof, per month or fraction thereof.

Section 4E.02. Time and manner of payment. The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application of the permit from the Mayor thru the Municipal Engineer.

Section 4E.03. Administrative Provisions. The period of occupancy and/or use of sidewalks or alleys or portion thereof shall commence from the time the permit is issued and shall terminate upon the completion of the construction works or upon cancellation of the permit thereof but shall in no case exceed three (3) months.

Section 4E.04. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article F. Towing Fee

Section 4F.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected a towing fee of One Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P1,500.00) for the first four (4) kilometers and Three Hundred Pesos (P300.00) for every kilometer thereafter for every motor vehicle that breaks down, or is involved in a traffic accident,

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within this municipality, if it is towed thru the initiative of the Municipal Government.

Section 4F.02. Time of Payment. The towing fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer before the impounded vehicle is released to its owner.

Section 4F.03. Administrative Provisions. The owner or operator of any motor vehicle that breaks down on any street within this municipality shall immediately take it away so that it may not cause any public nuisance or traffic hazard. In case it is involved in a traffic accident, the owner or operator shall only take it away after a police officer has conducted the necessary investigation or when the police officer conducting the investigation has given his permission to the owner or operator of said vehicle to take it away. If the owner or operator refuses or fails to take it away within a certain period of time given to him, the PNP thru its authorized representative shall abate the same by towing it to the Police Headquarters and its owner or operator shall pay the corresponding towing fee prescribed herein.

Section 4F.04. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article G. License Fee on the Installation of Signs, Signboards Billboards, Neon Signs or other Kinds of Outdoor Advertisement

Section 4G.01. Imposition of Fee. There is hereby imposed a

license fee on the installation of signs, signboards, billboards or other kinds of outdoor advertisement as authorized under Sec. 447 (3-iv) of RA 7160 at the rate hereunder prescribed:

1] Billboards or signboards for advertisement of business and professions, per square meter or fraction thereof:

Single-faced P 100.00Double-faced P 160.00

2] Billboards, signs or advertisements for business or professions painted on any building or structure or otherwise separated or detached therefrom or mobile vehicles per square meter or fraction thereof - -- - P100.00;

3] For the use of electric or neon light in billboards or signboards, per square meter or fraction thereof ---- additional fee of P 50.00;

Section 4G.02. Time of payment. The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for an installation permit prior to the installation of any sign, signboard, billboard or any kind of outdoor advertisement.

Section 4G.03. Surcharge for late payment. Failure to pay the fee prescribed in this Article within the time required shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of ten percent (10%) of the original amount of fee due, such surcharge to be paid at the time and in the same manner as the fee due.

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Section 4G.04. Administrative Provisions.

1] No person, natural or juridical, shall install or construct any kind of sign, signboard, billboard or other kind of outdoor advertisement in this municipality without first securing a permit therefor from the Mayor or thru his duly authorized representative;

2] Applications for installation or construction permit shall be submitted to the Office of the Municipal Engineer for processing and appropriate action.

3] The Municipal Engineer or his duly authorized representative shall inspect the site or place where the sign, signboard, billboard or any other kind of outdoor advertisement would be installed or constructed to determine if it conforms with national laws, ordinances, or rules and regulations on outdoor advertisement.

Section 4G.05. Penalty. All signs, signboards, billboards or other kinds of outdoor advertisement installed without necessary permit shall be removed and confiscated without prejudice to the imposition of a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article H. Fee for the Rental of Heavy Equipment

Section 4H.01. Imposition of Fee. There is hereby imposed a rental fee for the use of the municipal-owned heavy equipment by individuals (contractors not included) in the amount hereunder prescribed, viz:

Kind of Heavy Equipment Rate of Rental Fee1. Backhoe/Loader/Grader

with operator but without fuel provided - P 1,500.00 per hour plus a fee of ONE HUNDRED PESOS (P100.00) which represents

the travel time

2. Dump Truck -

with operator but without fuel provided - P500.00 per hour plus a fee of ONE HUNDRED PESOS (P100.00) which represents

the travel time

The Municipal Administrator/Municipal Treasurer/Motor pool In-charge shall monitor the effectiveness and efficient operation of all heavy equipments.

For barangay government Municipal Officials and Employees of the municipality of Isulan used, they shall only pay 50% of the prescribed fees.

The counting of the number of rented hours starts or shall commence upon the arrival on the project site. However, they shall pay One Hundred Pesos (P100.00) which will represent the travel time.

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The lessee shall pay an overtime fee equivalent to One Hundred Fifty Percent (150%) of their daily rate on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays in lieu of their overtime and the driver’s are prohibited to demand an honorarium from the lessee.

Section 4H.02. Time of Payment. The rental fee imposed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative before the application or request to rent the heavy equipment is granted.

CHAPTER V. – REGISTRATION FEES AND FRANCHISE FEES

Article A. Fee for the Registration of Religious, Civic Social or Sports Organizations, Clubs, Associations or Fraternities

Section 5A.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected an annual registration fee of One Hundred Pesos (P100.00) for every religious, civic, social and/or sports organizations, clubs, associations, federation or fraternities organized and/or operating in this municipality for purposes not contrary to laws, rules and regulations, public morals, good customs or public policy.

For purposes of this Article, the term "religious organization" refers only to associations of persons promoting a religious belief but it does not include "churches", "sect" or any kind of religion.

Section 5A.02. Time of Payment. The fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer on or before the 20th day of January every year before a certificate of registration is issued by the Mayor or his duly authorized representative and/or accreditation by the Sangguniang Bayan, as the case may be.

Section 5A.03. Surcharge for Late Payment. Failure to pay the fee prescribed in this Article within the time required shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of twenty percent (20%) of the original amount of fee due, such surcharge to be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the original fee due.


A. It shall be the duty of the Officers of the organization covered under this Article, through their President or Chairman, to register the name of their organization or association with the Office of the Mayor.B. The application for registration shall be accompanied by a copy of the organization’s Constitution and By-Laws or, in the absence of which, a joint affidavit to be executed by two officers of the said organization stating therein the purpose or purposes for which the organization is established or formed, together with a copy of the list of all its members including their respective addresses.

Section 5A.05. Exemption. Political organizations, including the Katipunan ng Kabataan, Sangguniang Kabataan, Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan, Liga ng mga Barangay and Barangay Brigades are exempted from the provisions of this Article.

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Article B. Fees for the Sealing and Licensing of Weights and Measures

Section 5B.01. Imposition of Fees. Every person using instrument of weights and measures within this municipality shall first have them sealed and licensed annually and pay to the Municipal Treasurer the following fees.

A. For sealing linear metric measures of:

Not over three (3) meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P 50.00Over Three (3) meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P100.00

B. For sealing metric measures with a capacity of:

Not over ten (10) liters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P100.00Over ten (10) liters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P150.00

C. For sealing metric instrument of weights:

With a capacity of : Less than thirty (30) kilograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P150.00

Thirty (30) kilograms but not more than fifty (50) kilograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P200.00

Fifty (50) kilograms but not more than one hundred (100) kilograms . . . . . . . . . . . P300.00

One hundred (100) kilograms but not more

than five hundred (500) kilograms . . . . . . . . . . . P400.00

Five hundred (500) kilograms but notmore than one thousand (1,000)kilograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P500.00

One thousand (1,000) kilograms or more . . . . . . P600.00For an apothecary or other balance of precision, the fee shall be double

the rates prescribed above.

For each scale or balance, a complete set of weights for use therewith shall be sealed free of charge. However, for extra weight, the charge shall be Two Pesos (P2.00).

Section 5B.02. Exemption. All instruments of weights and measures used in government works or maintained for public use by the national, provincial, municipal or barangay government shall be tested and sealed free of charge.

Section 5B.03. Time of Payment. The fees levied in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer when the weights or measures are sealed, before their use and thereafter, on or before the anniversary date.

Section 5B.04. Surcharge for Late Payment. Failure to pay the fee prescribed in this Article within the time required shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of twenty-five percent (25%) of the original amount of fees due. Such surcharge to be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the original amount of fees due.

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Section 5B.05. Place of Payment. The fees shall be paid in this municipality where the person using the instrument of weight and measure is conducting the business. A peddler or itinerant vendor using only one instrument of weight or measure shall pay the fees in the municipality or Municipal where he resides.

Section 5B.06. Accrual of proceeds. The proceeds of the fees as well as surcharges, interest, and fines collected in connection with this Article shall accrue to this municipality where it is collected.

Section 5B.07. Form of Duration of License for Use of Weights and Measures. The official receipts for the fee charged for sealing of a weight or measure shall serve as a license to use instrument for one year from the date of sealing, unless deterioration or damage which renders the weight or measure inaccurate occurs within the period. When a license is renewed, the same shall expire on the same day and month of the year following its original issuance. Such license shall be preserved by the owner and, together with the weight or measure covered by the license, shall be exhibited upon demand by the Municipal Treasurer or his deputies.

Section 5B.08. Secondary Standards Preserved by Municipal Treasurer; Comparison Thereof with the Fundamental Standard. The Municipal Treasurer shall keep full sets of secondary standards in his office for the use in the testing of weights and measures. The secondary standards shall be compared with the fundamental standards in the National Institute of Science and Technology at least once a year. When found to be sufficiently accurate, the secondary standards shall be distinguished by label, tag, or seal and shall be accompanied by a certificate showing the amount of its variation from the fundamental standards. If the variation is of sufficient magnitude to impair the utility of the instrument it shall be destroyed in the National Institute of Science and Technology.

Section 5B.09. Destruction of Defective Instrument of Weights or Measures. Any defective instrument of weights or measures shall be destroyed by the Municipal Treasurer or any of his authorized deputies if its defect is such that it cannot readily and securely be repaired.

Section 5B.10. Inspectors of Weights and Measures. The Municipal Treasurer or his authorized representatives shall inspect and test instruments of weights and measures. In case the inspection and testing is conducted by the deputies of the Municipal Treasurer, they shall report on the condition of the instruments in the territory assigned to them to the Municipal Treasurer. It shall be their duty to secure evidence of infringements of the law or of fraud in the use of weights and measures or of neglect of duty on the part of any office engaged in sealing weights and measures. Evidence so secured by them shall be presented forthwith to the Municipal Treasurer and to the proper prosecuting officer.

Section 5B.11. Dealer’s Permit to Keep Unsealed Weights and Measures. Upon obtaining written permission from the Municipal Treasurer of his deputies, any dealer may keep unsealed instruments of weight or measures in stock for sale until sold or used.

Section 5B.12. Fraudulent Practices Relative to Weights and Measures. Any person other than an official sealer of weights and measures who places an official tag or seal upon any instrument of weight and measure, or attaches it thereto; or who fraudulently imitates any work,

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stamp, brand, tag, or other characteristic sign used to indicate that weight or measure has been officially sealed; or who alters in any way the certificate or license issued by the sealer as an acknowledgment that the weight or measure mentioned therein has been duly sealed or who makes or knowingly sells or used any false or counterfeit stamp, tag, certificate, or license, or any dye for printing or making stamps, tags, certificates, or licenses which is an imitation of or purports to be a lawful stamp, tag, certificate, or license of the kind required by the provisions of this Article; or who alters the written or printed figures or letters on any stamp, tag, certificate, or license used or issued; or who has in his possession any such false counterfeit, restored, or altered stamp, tag, certificate, or license for the purpose of using or reusing the same in the payment of fees or charges imposed in this Article; or who procures the commission of any such offense by another, shall for such offense be fined not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00).

Section 5B.13. Unlawful Possession or Use of Instrument Not Sealed Before Using and Not Sealed Within Twelve Months. Any person making a practice of buying or selling by weight or measure, or of furnishing services the value of which is estimated by weight or measure, who has in his possession without permit any unsealed scale, balance, weight or measure; and any person who uses, in any purchase or sale or in estimating the value of any service furnished, any instrument of weight or measure that has not been officially sealed, or if previously sealed, the license therefore has expired and has not been renewed in due time, shall be punished by a fine of Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) but if such scale, balance, weight, or measure so used had been officially affixed thereto remains intact and in the same position and condition in which they were placed by the official sealer, and the instrument is found not to have been altered or rendered inaccurate but still to be sufficiently accurate to warrant its being sealed with repairs or alteration, such instrument shall, if presented for sealing promptly on demand of any authorized sealer or inspector of weights or measures, be sealed and the owner, possessor, or user of same shall be subject to no penalty except a surcharge equal to five times the regular fee fixed by law for the sealing of an instrument of its class, this surcharge to be collected and accounted for by the same official and in the same manner as the regular fees for sealing such instruments.

Section 5B.14. Alteration or Fraudulent Use of Instrument of Weight or Measure. Any person who with fraudulent intent alters any scale or balance, weight, or measure whether sealed or not shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00).

Any person who fraudulently gives short weight or measure in the making of a sale, or who fraudulently takes excessive weight or measure in the making of a purchase, or who, assuming to determine truly the weight or measure, fraudulently misrepresents the weight or measure thereof shall be punished by a fine of Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00).

Section 5B.15. Compromise Power. Before a case is filed in Court for an offense which does not involve fraud, the Municipal Treasurer is hereby authorized to settle such an offense upon payment of a compromise penalty of not less than Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00).

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Section 5B.16. Penalty. Any violation of this article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article C. Franchise and Other Fees on Tricycle Operations

Section 5C.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected the following fees for the operation of a “tricycle-for-hire business” per unit.

a. Franchise Fee (valid for three years) - P 500.00b. Filing Fee - P 200.00

Section 5C.02. Time of Payment.

A. The franchise fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application or renewal of the franchise.B. The franchise application fee shall be paid upon application for an MTOP based on the number of units.

Section 5C.03. Rules and Regulations.

A. Only Filipino citizens and partnership or corporation with sixty percent (60%) Filipino equity shall be granted the MTOP. No MTOP shall be granted by the municipality unless the applicant is in possession of units with valid registration papers from the Land Transportation Office (LTO);

B. Only duly registered qualified voter of the Municipality of Isulan shall be given a Motorized Tricycle Operator’s Permit (MTOP);

C. The grantee of the MTOP shall carry common carriers insurance sufficient to answer for any liability it may incur to passengers and third parties in case of accidents;

D. Operators of tricycle-for-hire shall only employ drivers duly licensed by the Land Transportation Office (LTO);

E. Operators who intend to stop service completely, or suspend service for more than one (1) month shall report in writing such termination or suspension to the Sangguniang Bayan;

F. Tricycle operators are prohibited to operate on national highways utilized by 4-wheel vehicles greater than four (4) tons and where normal speed exceed forty (40) KPH;

G. Until such time that necessary zones are fixed, tricycle-for-hire shall be allowed to operate like a taxi service, i.e. service is rendered upon demand and without a fixed route;

H. Each tricycle unit shall be assigned and bear an identification number, aside from the motorcycle plate number;

I. The official fare to be initially adopted shall be a minimum fee of Five Pesos (P 5.00) per kilometer in excess of four (4.0) kilometers

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distance pending the enactment of the prescribed fare structure for the zone by the Sangguniang Bayan;

J. All drivers of tricycle - for - hire are required to wear rubber shoes, polo shirt and long pants as well as other requirements as may hereafter be imposed by the Municipal Tricycle Franchising and Regulatory Board (MTFRB) or the Sanggunian; Tricycle-for-hire shall have a five-passenger capacity including the driver; and,

K. Operators of tricycle-for-hire are required to post in a conspicuous but appropriate part of the tricycle the schedule of fares.

L. It shall be unlawful for the motorized tricycle for hire (MCH) to operate in the territorial jurisdiction of this municipality without first securing the franchise from the Sangguniang Bayan and paying the prescribed fees therefore to the Office of the Municipal Treasurer.

M. Transfer of operation to another zone shall require a new application and subject to existing rules and regulations.

N. The MTOP shall be valid only for the period stated therein but may be renewed upon its expiration subject, however, to existing rules and regulations on that matter.

O. There should only be one terminal for every zone unless otherwise authorized by the Sangguniang Bayan;

P. The Office of the Municipal Mayor, thru the Permits and Licensing Division (or Section), shall issue additional rules and regulations for the proper implementation of this Article particularly in assigning tricycle body numbers and color coding including, but not limited to, the following:

P. 1. The assigned number;P. 2. The schedule of the fare or fare rate;P. 3. The name of the franchise holder if it is for public use or the

name of the owner if it is for private use; or the name of the establishment if it is for commercial use. Other marking or signs maybe allowed except those which are prohibited by pertinent law or in case of advertisements, subject to the provision of this code and other laws and ordinances.

P. 4. The route code, if any.

Q. All operators are required to install garbage receptacle.

R. There must be a colored coding of control numbers as formulated by the Municipal Tricycle Franchising and Regulatory Board (MTFRB) created pursuant to Section 5G.03 of Municipal Ordinance No. 2001-129 ISB otherwise known as the Code of General Ordinances.

S. The implementation of the resolution, issuances, orders of the MTFRB shall spearheaded by the Licensing in-charge.

Section 5C.04. Routes. The different tricycle routes shall be the following:

1. Sampao to Poblacion and Vice Versa2. Kudanding to Poblacion and Vice Versa3. Impao to Poblacion and Vice Versa

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4. Mapantig to Poblacion and Vice Versa5. Dansuli to Poblacion and Vice Versa6. D’Lotilla to Poblacion and Vice Versa7. New Pangasinan to Poblacion and Vice Versa8. Tayugo to Poblacion and Vice Versa9. Kenram to Poblacion and Vice Versa10. Bambad to Poblacion and Vice Versa11. Kolambog to Poblacion and Vice Versa12. Bual to Poblacion and Vice Versa13. Lagandang to Poblacion and Vice Versa14. Poblacion Route (Kalawag I, II and III)Section 5C.05. Reservation. Nothing in this Article shall be

construed to diminish the authority of the Sangguniang Bayan to issue, amend, revise, suspend, or cancel MTOP and prescribed the appropriate terms and conditions therefore; determine, fix, prescribe or periodically adjust fares or rates for the service provided in a zone after public hearing; prescribe and regulate zones of service in coordination with the barangay; fix, impose and collect, and periodically review and adjust but not oftener than once every three (3) years, reasonable fees and other related charges in the regulation of tricycle-for-hire; establish and prescribe the conditions and qualifications of service.

Section 5C. 05. The following fees shall likewise be imposed on the following transactions:

a. Substitution of Unit - P 700.00b. Transfer of Franchise - P 700.00

Section 5C.06. Rules and Regulations The Rules and Regulations provided under Municipal Ordinance No. 2014-206 ISB shall be strictly observed.

Section 5C.07. Violations. The following are the violations that maybe committed by the tricycle driver or operator includes but not limited to the following:

Violations Offenses1st 2nd 3rd &

Succeeding Offenses

A. Soliciting passengers on prohibited place/area P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00B. Stalled vehicle P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00C. Obstruction loading in prohibited zones P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00D. U-turn P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00E. Illegal turning P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00F. Left turn P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00G. Operating out of line P 200.00 P 400.00 P 500.00H. Illegal Overtaking P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00I. Reckless driving P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00J. Disregarding Traffic signs/signal P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00K. Illegal parking P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00L. No franchise/business Permit/Colorum

P 500.00 plus impoundment until fully paid

M. Refusal to convey passenger P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00N. Obstruction P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00

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O. Wearing slippers P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00P. No Control Number P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00Q. Improper Fixing of Control Number

P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00R. Improper Attire P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00

S. Driving without License P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00T. Wrong Use of Lane P 150.00 P 300.00 P 500.00

Section 5C.08. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P 2,000.00) but not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00), or an imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not exceeding Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the Court.

CHAPTER VI. – SERVICE FEES

Article A. Secretarial Fee

Section 6A.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected the following fees from every person requesting for copies of official records and documents from any office of this municipality:

1] For every one hundred (100) words or fraction thereof, typewritten (not including the certificate

and any notation) P 50.00

2] Where the copy to be furnished is in printedform, in whole or in part, for each page(double this fee if there are two pages in a sheet)

P 50.00

3] For each certificate of correctness (with seal of office) written on the copy or attached thereto P 50.00

4] For certifying the official act of a municipal judge or other juridical certificate, with seal P 50.00

5] For certified copies of any paper, record,decree, judgment or entry of which any person entitled to demand and receive a copy (in connection with judicial proceedings ), for eachhundred (100) words. P 50.00

6] For copy/s produced by copyingmachine, per page P 20.00

Section 6A.02. Exemption. The fees imposed in this Article shall

not be collected for copies furnished to other offices or branches of the government for official business except for copies required by the Court at the request of the litigants, in which case charges shall be made in accordance with the above schedule.

Section 6A.03. Time of Payment. The fees shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer at the time of the request, written or otherwise, or before the issuance of a copy of any municipal record or documents is made.

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Section 6A.O4. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P 2,000.00) but not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00), or imprisonment of not less than One (1) Month but not more than Six (6) Months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article B. Civil Registry Fees

Section 6B.01. Imposition of Fees. There is hereby imposed the following service fee (SF), posting fee (PF) and archival fee (AF) for the hereunder transactions concerning civil registries with the Office of the Municipal Civil Registrar.

PARTICULARS SF PF AFA. Birth Related Fees

Registration within the reglementary period P50.00 P50.00Registered after one (1) month to one (1) year 100.00 50.00Registered after one (1) year to ten (10) years 150.00 50.00Registered after ten (10) years 200.00 50.00Out of town request (mailing fee not included) 200.00 50.00

For purposes of this subsection, reglementary period shall mean the period within one (1) month from birth of the child.

PARTICULARS SF PF AFB. Marriage Related Fees

Application Fee- Both parties are residents P 300.00 P50.00- One (1) party is non resident 400.00 50.00- One (1) party s foreigner 1,000.00 50.00- Parent’s consent/advice 50.00

Marriage License Fee – P2.00 50.00 50.00Solemnization Fee

- Both parties are Filipinos 500.00- One (1) party is a foreigner 1,000.00

Registration of Marriage Certificate- Registered within the reglementary

period50.00

- Registered after one (1) month to one (1) year

100.00 50.00

- Registered after one (1) year to ten (10) years

200.00 50.00

- Out of town request (mailing not included)

200.00 50.00

For purposes of this subsection, reglementary period shall mean the period within one (1) month from the date of solemnization of the marriage. Provided, that for marriages solemnized under Article 34 of the Family Code, registration must be had within fifteen (15) days from solemnization thereof.

Exception. Marriages solemnized under the program of the Municipal Government commonly known as “Kasalan ng Bayan” shall be exempt from the solemnization fee imposed herein. Provided, that in case one (1) party is a foreigner, the exception shall not apply.

PARTICULARS SF PF AFC. Death Related Fees

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Registration within the reglementary period P 50.00 P50.00Registered after one (1) month to one (1) year 100.00 50.00Registered after one (1) year to ten (10) years 150.00 50.00Registered after ten (10) years 200.00 50.00Out of town request (mailing fee not included) 200.00 50.00

D. Fees for Registration of other documents- Foundling 300.00 100.00

Court Orders/Special Proceedings/Decisions on Civil Cases

- Change of Name (approved petition) 500.00 100.00- Correction of Entries (approved

petition)500.00 100.00

- Cancellation of Entries 500.00 100.00- Cancellation of birth and marriage

certificates500.00 100.00

- Presumption of Death of the absent spouse/Judicial declaration of absence

500.00 100.00

- Judicial declaration of the fact of reappearance of the absent spouse

500.00 100.00

- Paternity and affiliation 500.00 100.00- Custody of minor and Guardianship 200.00 100.00- Appointment of

Guardian/Termination of Guardianship

200.00 100.00

- Adoption 1,000.00 300.00- Repatriation or voluntary

emancipation of citizenship500.00 100.00

- Voluntary emancipation of minor/orphan

200.00 100.00

- Annulment of Marriage 1,500.00 300.00- Judicial recognition of foreign divorce 1,500.00 300.00- Legal Separation 1,000.00 300.00- Marriage settlement and any

modification500.00 100.00

- Nullification of Void Marriage 1,000.00 300.00

Legal Instruments- Legitimation 300.00 100.00- R.A. 9255 (authority to use surname

of the father)300.00 100.00

- Supplemental Report 200.00 100.00- Naturalization 200.00 100.00- Election of Filipino Citizenship (R.A.

9139)1,000.00 100.00

- Acquisition and Ratification of Artificial Insemination

300.00 100.00

E. Petitions- R.A. 9048 1,000.00 100.00 200.00- Migrant Petition for R.A. 9048 500.00 200.00- R.A. 10172 (Change of name/change

of gender/correction of date and month of date of birth

3,000.00 100.00 200.00

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- Migrant Petition under R.A. 10172 1,000.00 200.00

F. Other FeesCertification of all types of documents per piece

- For use abroad 100.00- For local use 50.00

Certified true copy/authentication for all types of documents per piece

- For use abroad 75.00- For local use 30.00

Certification of no records available 50.00Verification Fee 50.00Electronic endorsement 300.00Other endorsement fees 200.00

Section 6B.02. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees imposed herein shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative upon presentation by the transacting party of the note from the Municipal Civil Registrar or his duly authorized representative of the document sought to be registered, endorsed, authenticated or any other transaction involving civil registry. No transaction involving civil registry shall be entertained without the party presenting the official receipt duly issued for the purpose.

Section 6B.03. Exemption. The fees imposed herein shall not be collected in any of the following:

1. Issuance of certified true copies of documents for official use at the request of a competent court or government agency;

2. Issuance of Birth Certificate and other certification to senior citizens and indigents of this Municipality, birth certificates of athletes and participants in cultural, musical, literary and educational activities sponsored by the Municipal Government. Provided, that for indigents a certification from the Barangay Government and as found in the records of the MSWDO shall be presented.

3. Issuance of death certificate and burial permit to the pauper per recommendation of the Barangay Government concerned and the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office.

Section 6B.04. Administrative Provisions

1] All applicants for marriage license shall secure a certification from the Pre-Marriage Counseling Team (PMCT) of this municipality, thru its duly authorized representative, stating that they are informed and aware of the importance of family planning and have undergone a pre- marriage counseling or seminar.

2] With the exception of marriage in “articulo mortis” and under Article 34 of the Family Code no marriage license shall be issued by the Local Civil Registrar unless the applicant could present the required “certification” mentioned above.

Section 6B.O5. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P

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2,000.00) but not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00), or imprisonment of not less than One (1) Month but not more than Six (6) Months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article C. Police Clearance

Section 6C.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected a service fee for each police clearance certificate issued, for the following purposes:

a] For employment, scholarship, study grant P 85.00b] For firearm permit application560.00c] For change of name 260.00d] For passport or visa application260.00e] For application for Filipino citizenship 560.00 f] For other purposes not herein specified 160.00

Section 6C.02. Exemption. The fee imposed in this Article shall not be collected for clearance certificate issued to all elected officials.

Section 6C.03. Time of Payment. The service fee imposed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for the police clearance certificate.

Section 6C.O4. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P 2,000.00) but not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00), or imprisonment of not less than One (1) Month but not more than Six (6) Months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article D. Service Fee for Health Examination

Section 6D.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected from any person who is given a physical examination by the Municipal Health Officer, or his deputy, as required by existing ordinances, the following fees:

A. Certificates in connection with:

Medical/Health Certificate- School Requirements - P 50.00- Insurance claims - P 50.00- Bond/Dental - P 50.00- For tricycle drivers securing MTOP - P 50.00- For travel abroad - P 50.00

Death Certificate - P 50.00Health Card - P 50.00

B. Medico Legal Certification

For Rape - P 150.00Autopsy of Cadaver - P 250.00Slight Physical Examination - P 150.00Gender Examination Certification - P 100.00

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C. Laboratory Fees

HEMATOLOGY

COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT - P 70.00PLATELET COUNT - P 70.00HEMATOCRIT COUNT - P 25.00HEMOGLOBIN COUNT - P 25.00 CLINICAL MICROSCOPY

URINALYSIS - P 35.00FECALYSIS - P 35.00PREGNANCY TEST - P 70.00

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

FASTING/ RANDOM BLOOD SUGAR - P 80.00SERUM CREATININE - P 150.00SERUM URIC ACID - P 150.00SERUM TRIGLYCERIDES - P 150.00SERUM CHOLESTEROL - P 150.00SGPT - P 150.00SGOT - P 150.00

PROGRAM BASED

DIRECT SPUTUM SMEAR MICROSCOPY (AFB) - P 50.00GRAM STAIN SMEAR - P 50.00KATO KATZ SMEAR - P 50.00BLOOD SMEAR FOR MALARIA PARASITES - P 80.00SKIN SLIT - P 50.00

MATERNAL CARE PACKAGE (MCP)NEWBORN SCREENING - P 600.00 SYPHILIS TEST (VDRL) - P 150.00HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN TEST - P 150.00BLOOD TYPING with RH - P 50.00

D. Dental Fees

Tooth Extraction - P 70.00/toothO.P. Oral Prophylaxis - P 150.00Restorative Filling/tooth - P 200.00

E. Environmental Sanitation Services

Permit to transfer cadaver - P 150.00Exhumation permit - P 200.00Certification of Potability - P 100.00

F. Birthing Clinic Fees (Non-Philhealth) - P 2,500.00

Section 6D.02. Exemption. The following persons are exempted:

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1. Indigent Persons with Philhealth para sa Masa, provided that the patient could present his PhilHealth para sa masa identification card;

2. Indigent Persons without PhilHealth para sa masa, provided that the patient could present a certificate that he is indigent duly issued by the barangay concerned and the MSWDO where the patient resides;

3. Senior Citizens, provided that the patient could present his Senior Citizens Identification Card;

4. People with disabilities provided that the patient could present his PWD Identification Card; and-

5. Beneficiaries of Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) for medical certificates for as school requirements.

6. All officials and employees of the Municipality of Isulan, barangay officials, barangay tanods, BHW, DCW, lupons, purok presidents, public school teachers residing or employed in this municipality, uniformed and non-uniformed organic members of the Isulan PNP provided that such free examination shall only be availed once a year; provided finally that subsequent examinations shall be enjoyed at fifty percent (50%) discount.

7. Requests from the Isulan PNP for medical examination for those who have been apprehended in accordance with DILG Circular No.___________;

Section 6D.03. Time and Manner of Payment. The fee imposed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer before the physical examination is made or the medical certificate is issued.

Section 6D.04. Administrative Provisions.

1] Individuals engaged in an occupation or working in establishments, the nature of which occupation or business is in connection with the preparation of food or foodstuffs, whether cooked or in raw form, are hereby required to undergo a medical examination annually. Likewise, individuals rendering services for-a-fee and are working in close contact with their clients or customers are also required to undergo a medical examination annually, including but not limited to, barbers, beauticians, hairdressers, hairstylists, masseurs, masseuse and the like before a corresponding occupational and/or business permit.

2] GROs and entertainers shall undergo weekly medical examination in the Municipal Health Office;

3] Owners, managers or operators of the establishments shall see to it that their employees who are required to undergo medical examination have been issued the necessary medical certificates.

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4] The Municipal Health Officer shall keep a record of medical examinations conducted, and the copies of medical certificates issued indicating the names of the applicant, the date and the purpose for which the examination was made and other data that are important to be recorded.

Section 6D.05. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P 2,000.00) but not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00), or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court. Revocation of permit or closure of Establishment.

Article E. Sanitary Inspection Fee

Section 6E.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected from operations of every business establishment in this municipality an annual sanitary inspection fee prescribed hereunder:

a] On establishments engaged in the manufacture offoods and essential commodities P 250.00

b] On establishments rendering or offeringto render services 250.00

c] On banks and financial institutions 250.00d] On retailers 150.00e] On all other establishments whose operations

require a Mayor’s Permit 100.00

Section 6E.02. Time of Payment. The fee imposed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer after a sanitary inspection of the establishment has been made but prior to the issuance of the sanitary inspection certificate by the Municipal Health Officer and upon renewal of the same every year thereafter within the first twenty (20) days of January.

Section 6E.03. Administrative Provisions.

1] The Municipal Health Officer or his duly authorized representative shall conduct an annual sanitary inspection of all business establishments and buildings to determine their adequacy of ventilation, general sanitary conditions and propriety for habitation.

2] The Municipal Health Officer shall require evidence of payment of the imposed herein before he issues a sanitary inspection certificate.

Section 6E.04. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P 2,000.00) but not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00), or imprisonment of not less than One (1) Month but not more than Six (6) Months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article F. Assessor’s Annotation and Certification Fee

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Section 6F.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected from every person requesting the annotation of certain documents, certified true copy of a Tax Declaration and other certifications from the Municipal Assessor’s Office, the following fees:

a] Certified true copy of tax declaration P 100.00 per copy b] Verification fee P150.00 c] Certification of ownership and other kinds of

certification P150.00

Section 6F.02. Time of Payment. The fee imposed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer at the time of the request, written or otherwise, before the request is granted.

Section 6F.03. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P 2,000.00) but not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00), or imprisonment of not less than One (1) Month but not more than Six (6) Months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article G. Mayor’s Clearance Fees

Section 6G.01. Imposition Fee. There shall be collected for the issuance of a clearance or certification by any office of the municipal government the following fees:

1] Certification / clearance to be used insecuring a driver’s license P100.00

2] Certification / clearance for purposes of entering the military service 100.00

3] Certification / clearance for purpose of securing a passport or visa 150.00

4] Certification / clearance for the purposeof transferring resident aliens 150.00

5] Certification / clearance for the purposeof securing or renewing a license topossess firearm 150.00

6] PLEB Clearance 100.007] Certification / clearance for other purposes

not mentioned above 100.00

Section 6G.02. Exemption. No fee shall be collected for the issuance of a certification or clearance when it is officially requested by any Court or government agency.

Section 6G.03. Time of Payment. The fee imposed in this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer at the time of the request or before the request is granted.

Section 6G.04. Penalty. Any violation of the provision of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P 2,000.00) but not exceeding Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00), or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article H. Social Welfare Fees

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Section 6H.01. Imposition of Fees. There is hereby imposed the following fees for services rendered by the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office.

Pre-Marriage Counseling Fee - P 150.00Special Pre-Marriage Counseling Fee - P 400.00Special Pre-Marriage Counseling (One party is foreigner) - P 800.00Post Marriage Counseling for Muslim Couples - P 200.00Travel Permit for Minors - P 150.00Issuance of Solo Parent ID - P 150.00Certification Fee - P 100.00

Section 6H.02. Exemption. The fees imposed herein shall not apply to clients who are indigents and senior citizens who was certified by their respective barangays and assessed by the Office of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer. Provided, that for minors whose travel are in relation with school activities the travel permit fees shall not apply.

Section 6H.03. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees imposed herein shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative. NO social services shall be rendered without the party presenting the official receipt duly issued for the purpose unless exempted from payment hereof as provided in the immediately preceding section.

Article I. Service And Certification Fees In The Municipal Budget Office

Section 6I.01. Imposition of Fees. There is hereby imposed fees on the following documents/certifications issued by the Municipal Budget Office.

1. Acquisition of Documents (Hard Copy)

Annual General Fund Budget- For whole book compilation - P 2,000.00- For fraction thereof - P 50.00/page

Supplemental Budget

- For whole book compilation - P 500.00- For fraction thereof - P 25.00/page

Special Educational Fund (SEF)

- For whole book compilation - P1,500.00- For fraction thereof - P25.00/page

2. Soft Copies of Documents (PDF Only)Annual General Fund Budget- For whole book compilation - P 2,000.00- For fraction thereof - P 50.00/page

Supplemental Budget

- For whole book compilation - P 500.00- For fraction thereof - P 25.00/page

Special Educational Fund (SEF)

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- For whole book compilation - P 1,500.00- For fraction thereof - P 25.00/page

3. Budget Certification

- Black and White - P 50.00- Colored - P 75.00

Section 6I.02. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees imposed herein shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative upon request by the party. The party so requesting shall present the official receipt duly issued for the purpose.

Section 6I.03. Exemption. The fees imposed herein shall not apply if the requesting party is an elected official of the government; its political subdivisions or instrumentalities, including government owned and controlled corporations with original charters including their subsidiaries. Provided, that the representative of the government; its political subdivisions or instrumentalities, including government owned and controlled corporations with original charters including their subsidiaries must show proper identification duly issued by the government entity he represents.

CHAPTER VII – MARKET & SLAUGHTERHOUSE FEES AND CHARGES

Every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday is hereby designated as Market Days for the Municipality of Isulan.

The numbering, designation, classification or other form of identifying market sections shall be the responsibility of the Office of the Mayor thru the Market Superintendent, Market Master, Market Administrator or whoever is the officer- in-charge thereof.

Article A. Market Fees

Section 7A.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected the following fees:

A] On fixed stall, per month or fraction thereof:

1. Market complex per space(1) Ground Floor P 6,000.00/month(2) Second Floor P 4,500.00/month

2. Perimeter building a .4X6 P 4,000.00/monthb. 3X6 P 3,000.00/month

3. Stalls at New market Shed P 500.00/month

4. Rice Section Whole stall P 3,000.00/monthOne half (1/2) stall P 1,500.00/month

5. Agora “A” Section a. Dried Fish P 50.00/month

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b. Meat P 650.00/month c. Fresh/Salt Fish P 700.00/month e. Vegetables P 450.00/month

6. Agora “B” Section P 600.00/stall7. Food Centrum P 450.00/stall8. Fruit Stand P 500.00/stall

9. Coffee Grinders (New Location) P 450.00/month10. Amanah Building P 750.00/month

B. On occupants of market premises without booths, per square meter, per day, or fraction thereof:-

1. Bolantero occupied P 30.00/sq.m.

C. Special Permit for “BOLANTERO” P 1,200.00/ year

D. MARKET ENTRANCE FEE

Fish and other Sea foods

D.1. Fresh fish or sea foodsLess than 30 kg. P 20.00 More than 30 kg. P 30.00

D.2. Dried, salted or sacked fishor fish preserved by other cans

Less than 30 kg. P 20.00 More than 30 kg. P 30.00

D.3. Fruits less than 30 kg. P 20.00

More than 30 kg. P 30.00

D.4. Vegetablesless than 30 kg. P 15.00

More than 30 kg. P 25.00

D.5. Miscellaneous Commodities 1) For every sack of rice P

3.002) For every sack of coffee, soybeans ( utaw )

peanuts, mongo(balatong), kibal, and other kinds of beans P 4.00

3) For every sack of salt P 3.00

4) For every sack of rice bran (ipa),trigo, palay, and the like P

3.005) For every can of brown sugar P 4.006) For every head of chicken, duck,

goose, turkey, and the like P 2.00

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8) For every piece of sawali (2m. x 4m.) P 2.00

9) For every jeepload of pots and jars P 40.00 10) eggs of chicken or duck/tray P 1.0011) For all other similar items not specified above,

the fee shall be equivalent to two percent (2%)of its selling or prevailing market price.

For purposes of this Section, the Officer-in-Charge of the market administration shall issue the necessary rules and regulations including the classification of fishes and other sea foods. Such rules and regulations issued by him shall be in full force and effect unless rescinded, modified or revoked by the Municipal Mayor.

For wholesaler and retailers, they shall be charged accordingly with the schedule of fees depending upon the goods they entered inside the public market.

E. Transfer fee:

The prospective stall holder will be required to pay the necessary transfer fees as follows:

1. Vegetable section P 4,000.002. Fish section P 6,000.003. Perimeter building P 10,000.004. Mallengke:

a. Big Stalls P 10,000.00b. Small Stalls P 4,000.00c. Second Floor P 250.00/sq.m.

5. Rice Section P 5,000.006. Meat Section P 6,000.007. Dried Fish Section P 6,000.008. Stalls in the new Market Shed P 4,000.009. Fruit Section P 2,000.00

All other fees not specified herein will be classified and fixed by the Market Committee the amount of which will not be less than P4,000.00 and not more than P 10,000.00.

Section 7A.02. Time and Manner of Payment.

1] For stalls. The fee for the rental of market stalls shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative within the first twenty (20) days of each month. In case of a new lease, the rental due for the month in which the lease starts, shall be paid before the occupancy of the stall.

A twenty percent (20%) incentive shall be given to the taxpayer who pays in full the amount of his tax for the whole year within the prescribed time specified in the preceding paragraph.

2] For occupancy of market premises. The fee for the occupancy of market premises shall be paid daily, in advance, before any commodity or merchandise is sold within the market premises.

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3] For market entrance fee. The fee shall be collected before the transient vendors are allowed to sell their goods inside the market compound or premises.

Section 7A.03. Issuance of official receipt and cash tickets. The Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative shall

issue an official receipt as evidence of payment of rentals of fixed stalls.

A cash ticket shall be issued to an occupant of the market premises or transient vendor and his name shall be written on the back thereof. The cash ticket shall pertain only to the person buying the same and shall be good only for the space of the market premises to which he is assigned. If a vendor disposes of his merchandise by wholesale to another vendor, the later shall purchase new tickets if he sells the same merchandise, even if such sale is done in the same place occupied by the previous vendor.

The cash tickets issued shall be torn in half, one half to be given to the space occupant or vendor and the other half to be retained by the market collector who shall deliver the same to the Municipal Treasurer for counter-checking against his record of cash tickets issued by him for that day.

Section 7A.04. Surcharge for late or non-payment of fees.

a] The lessee of a stall, who fails to pay the monthly rental fee within the prescribed period, shall pay a surcharge of twenty-five percent (25%) of the total rent due. Failure to pay the rental fee for three (3) consecutive months and or five (5) accumulated months shall cause automatic cancellation of the contract of lease or stall without prejudice to suing the lessee for the unpaid rents at the expense of the lessee. The stall shall be declared vacant and subject to adjudication.

b] Any person occupying more space/extension that what is duly leased him shall pay double the regular rate for such extra space and any person who fails to pay the monthly rent within the time fixed herein shall pay a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) of the rent due. The lease contract of any person found habitually incurring the foregoing violation shall be canceled.

Section 7A.05. Adjudication of Stall.

a] Lease Period.

The contract of lease for stall shall be for a period of three (3) years, renewable upon its expiration, unless revoked in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

b] Notice of Vacancy. Notice of vacant or newly constructed stall/booths shall be made for a

period of not less than ten (10) days immediately preceding the date fixed for their award to qualified applicants, apprise the public of the fact that such stalls or booths are unoccupied and available for lease. Such notice shall be posted conspicuously on the unoccupied stall or booth and the bulletin board of the market. The notice of vacancy shall be written on the cardboard, thick paper, or any other suitable material and shall be in the following form:

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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Stall/Booth No. _____ Building or Pavilion No. ____ of the ___________________ market is vacant (or will be vacated on ____________ 20_____. Any person 21 years of age shall file an application therefore on the prescribed form; copies may be obtained from the Office of the Municipal Treasurer during office hours and before 12:00 o’clock noon of _____________ 200__. In case there are more than one applicant, the award of the lease of the vacant stall/booth shall be determined through drawing of lots to be conducted on _____________ 200__ at _______o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Municipal Mayor by the Committee. This stall/booth is located in the _____________ Section and is intended for the sale of ______________ .

___________________Market Administrator

c] Application for Lease.

The application shall be under oath. It shall be submitted to the Office of the Mayor by the applicant either in person or through his/her attorney.

It shall be the duty of the Market Committee to keep a registry book showing the names and addresses of all applicants for vacant stalls or booths, the numbers and descriptions of the stalls/booths applied for them, and the date and hour of the receipt by the Market Committee; and to acknowledge receipt of every application setting forth therein the time and date of receipt thereof. The application shall be substantially in the following form:

APPLICATION TO LEASE MARKET STALL

Address Date

The Market CommitteeMunicipality of_____________Province of _______________

Thru: The Municipal Mayor

Dear Sir :I hereby apply under the following contract for the lease of stall No.

____ of the public market. I am _________________ and residing at __________________ .

Should the above-mentioned stall be leased to me in accordance with the market rules and regulations, I promise to hold the same under the following conditions:

That while I am occupying or leasing this (or these stalls) I shall at all times have my pictures and that of my helper (or those of my helpers) conveniently framed and hung up conspicuously in the stall.

I shall keep the stall (or stalls) at all times in good sanitary condition and comply strictly with all sanitary and market rules and regulations existing or may hereafter be promulgated.

I shall pay the corresponding rents for the stall (or stalls) in the manner prescribed by existing ordinance. The business to be conducted in the stall shall belong exclusively to me.

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In case I engage helpers, I shall nevertheless personally conduct my business and be present at the stall (or stalls). I shall promptly notify the market authorities of my absence, giving a reason or reasons thereafter.

I shall not sell or transfer my privilege to the stall (or stalls/booths) or otherwise permit another person to conduct business therein.

Any violation on my part or on the part of my helpers of the foregoing conditions shall be sufficient cause for the authorities to cancel this contract.

Very respectfully yours,

_______________________ Applicant

TIN _______________SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me in the Municipality

of__________, ____________, on this __ day of _____________ , 200___, applicant-affiant exhibiting to me (his/her) Community Tax Certificate No. ____________ , issued at ______________ on ___________ 200__.

__________________________________Officer Authorized to Administer Oath

Applicants who are a resident of Isulan shall have preference in the lease of market stall. If in the last day set for filing applicants there is no application form a Filipino citizen, the posting of the notice of vacancy prescribed above shall be extended for another ten-day period. If after the expiration of the period there is still no Filipino applicant, the stall affected may be leased to any alien applicant, who filed his application first. If there are several alien applicants, the adjudication of the stall be made through drawing of lots to be conducted by the market committee on the date and hour specified in the Notice. The result of the drawing of lots shall be reported immediately to the Mayor for appropriate action.

The successful applicant shall furnish the Market Committee two (2) copies of his or her picture immediately after the award of the lease. It shall be the duty of the Market Committee to affix one copy of the picture to the application and the other copy to the record card kept for the purpose.

NOTICE OF AWARD

SIR/MADAM:

You are hereby notified by these presents that the stall you are applying has been awarded to you after deliberation by the Market Committee.

Furthermore, you are expected to comply with the provisions of this Revised Revenue Code (Municipal Ordinance No. ) as well as other ordinances and rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto. Failure to observe the same shall forfeit this award after due notice and hearing.

Issued this day of 20 in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat.

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The Market Committee

Chairman Mun. Treasurer

SB Chair on Econ. Ent. SB Chair on Laws

SB Chair on Finance Market Supervisor

Fed. President, Market Vendors Association

Section 7A.06. Miscellaneous Provisions.

a] Vacancy of Stall before the expiration of the lease. Should for any reason the stallholder or lessee discontinue his business before his lease of the stall expires, such stall is considered vacant and its occupancy thereafter shall be disposed of in the manner herein prescribed.

b] Partnership with Stallholder. A market stallholder who enters into business partnership with any part he had acquired the right to lease such stall have no authority to transfer to his partner or partners the right to occupy the stall; Provided, however, that in case of death or any legal disability of such stallholder to continue his business, the surviving partner may be authorized to continue occupying the stall for a period of not exceeding sixty (60) days within which to wind up the business of partnership. If the surviving partner is otherwise qualified to occupy the market stall under the provisions thereof, and the spouse, parent, son, daughter or relative within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity of the deceased is not applying for the stall, he shall by given the preference to continue occupying the stall or booth concerned, if he applies therefore.

c] Lessee to personally administer his stall. Any person who has been awarded the right to lease a market stall in accordance with the provisions therefore, shall occupy, administer and be present personally at his stall, or booth, provided, however, that the helpers he employs are citizen of the Philippines, including but not limited to the spouse, parent and children of the stallholder who are actually living with him and who are not disqualified under the provisions hereof and, provided further, that the persons to be employed as helpers shall under no circumstances, be persons with whom the stallholder has any commercial relation or transaction.

d] Dummies; sub-lease of stall. In any case where the person, registered to be holder or lessee of stall or booth, in the public market, is found to be in reality not the person who is actually occupying said stall or stalls, the lease of such stalls shall be canceled, if upon investigation such stallholder shall be found to have subleased his or her stall / stalls to another person or to have connived with such person so that the latter may, for any reason be able to occupy the said stall or booth.

e] Appeals. Any applicant who is not satisfied with the adjudication made by the market committee of the stall applied for by him, may file to the Sangguniang Bayan an appeal therefrom. The decision of the Sangguniang

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Bayan in such cases shall be final without prejudice to the right of the applicant to seek other legal remedial measures before a proper Court.

f] Creation of Market Committee. There is hereby created a market committee composed of the Municipal Mayor, or his duly authorized representative, as Chairman; the Municipal Treasurer; the Sangguniang Bayan Committee Chairman on Economic Enterprise, Committee Chairman Finance and Committee Chairman Laws and the Federation President of the Market Vendors Association and the Market Supervisor; as members. The Market Committee shall, among its duties, conduct the drawing of lots and opening of bids in connection with the adjudication of vacant or newly constructed stalls or booths in the market and to certify to the results thereof.

The committee may meet at least once a month or as often as necessary.

g] Mandatory Membership in the Association. In order to facilitate channel of communications between the municipal government and the market stall occupants and for the effective and efficient governance of the public market, all stallholders are required to be a member of the section to which they belong and such section shall elect their officers. All section presidents shall elect from among themselves their own set of officers where the elected federation president shall be automatically the member of the market committee herein created. Failure to abide by the requirement set forth in this sub-section shall be a ground for the revocation of the award.

Section 7A.07. General Provisions.

a] Market hours - Unless a different time is fixed by the Sangguniang Bayan, the public market shall be opened for sale of articles permitted for sale therein from 4:00 o’clock in the morning until 8:00 o’clock in the evening every day. The use of any stall or place in the market as living quarter rooms and/or sleeping quarter is strictly prohibited and no vendor or stallholder shall remain inside the market building after the same has been closed.

b] This municipal government shall not be responsible to the occupant’s space and/or stalls for any loss or damage by fire, theft, robbery, “force majeure”, or any other cause. All articles or merchandise left in the public market during the closure time shall be at the risk of the stallholder or owner thereof.

c] All articles abandoned on any public market building in violation of any provisions of this Article or any regulation or rules relating to the management of the market, shall be deemed a nuisance, and shall be the duty of the Market Administrator or the Officer-In-Charge thereof to take custody of such articles. In case the articles are claimed within twenty four (24) hours thereafter, they shall be returned for their safekeeping, unless they are so deteriorated as to constitute a menace to public health, in which case, they shall be disposed of in the manner directed by the Market Administrator or the officer in charge thereof, who may also in his discretion, cause the criminal prosecution of the guilty party, or merely warn him against future violation, in case where the articles have not deteriorated and are not claimed within the time herein fixed, said articles shall be sold at public auction, and the proceeds thereof shall be disposed of in accordance with law.

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d] It shall be unlawful for any person to peddle, hawk, sell or offer for sale, or expose for sale any article in the passageway (pasillo) used by purchasers in the market premises. It shall not be unlawful for any person to idly chat, lounger, lie in or around the premises of the same, nor shall any person beg or solicit contributions of any kind in the public market.

e] It shall be unlawful for any person to resist, obstruct, annoy or impede any market employee or personnel in the performance of his duties, nor shall parents allow their children to play in or around their stalls or in the market premises.

f] It shall be unlawful for any person to drink, serve or dispense liquor or any intoxicating drinks within the premises of the public market at any time of the day.

g] It shall be unlawful for any person within the premises of the public market to commit any nuisance, make boisterous noise, use any profane or vulgar languages, commit disorderly conduct, or obstruct the passageway of the market premises, or any act which is calculated to lead to breach of peace.

h] It shall be unlawful for to expose, hang or place any article, whether the same is for sale; or place any kind of obstruction in the market premises. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry in his possession deadly weapon such as knives, bolos, axes, ice picks, darts, etc., within the market premises; or in case of stallholders or their helpers, outside their respective stalls.

i] No merchandise or articles shall be sold, offered for sale or exposed for sale in the market unless the same have been legally acquired by the vendors and/or stallholders and that taxes of any kind due thereon have been paid.

j] It shall be unlawful for any lessee to remove, construct and alter the original structure of any stall or booth, electrical wiring or water connection, without prior permit from the Municipal Mayor.

k] It shall be the duty and obligation of any lessee of market stall or premises to provide his stall, booth or tienda with appropriate receptacle for garbage and other waste matters for proper collection and disposal.

l] All sanitary rules and regulations shall be strictly observed and followed by all space and stall lessees or occupants.

m] The peddling or sale outside the public market site or premises of foodstuffs, which easily deteriorate, like fish and meat is strictly prohibited except for the duly authorized market.

Section 7A.08. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than one(1) month but not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

All rates prescribed in this section shall increase by 10% every 5 years after the effectivity of this code.

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Any lessee who pays the whole year rental in advance required in this section shall be entitled to a 20% reduction/discount of her/his rental.

Article B. Fees for the Mallengke

Section 7B.01. Imposition of Fees. There is hereby imposed rental fees in stalls/spaces provided for in the “Mallengke” to wit:

STALLS/SPACES RENTAL FEE

Ground Floor P 4,000.00/mo.Second Floor P 100.00/sq.m./moRegular Space P 600.00/mo.Irregular Space for Carts P400.00/mo./cart

Section 7B.02. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees imposed herein shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his/her duly authorized representative on the 20th day of every month.

Section 7B.03. Increase of Fees. The fees herein imposed shall be increased by ten per cent (10%) every milestone year of five (5) years. The Municipal Treasurer is hereby authorized to furnish such increase to all occupants through an Administrative Order issued by the Office of the Municipal Mayor.

Section 7B.04. Rules and Regulations. The operation and management of the Mallengke, except the collection of fees, shall be vested with the Economic Enterprise Division in the Office of the Municipal Mayor which shall effectively and efficiently implement the following rules and regulations, to wit:

1. The gates of the Mallengke shall be opened at 4:00 o’clock in the morning and be closed at 8:00 o’clock in the evening;

2. Except for the market guards and PNP personnel implementing security measures, no other person shall be allowed inside the Mallengke once the gates have been closed;

3. No extension in stalls of whatever kind shall be allowed; 4. Permanent Employees under the Economic Enterprise Division shall be

deemed authorized representatives of the Municipal Treasurer on collection of fees herein imposed; and-

5. Such other rules and regulations as the Office of the Municipal Mayor may hereafter provide through an Administrative Order.

Section 7B.05. Goodwill Fee. There is hereby imposed the amount of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P100,000.00) as goodwill fee for awardees of standard stalls, for awardees of smaller stalls the amount is fixed at TWELVE THOUSAND PESOS (12,000.00) and for awardees of the Second Floor, the amount is fixed at ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (P1,500.00) per square meter.

Section 7B.06. Time and Manner of Payment. The goodwill fee herein imposed shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representative upon commencement of business with the MALLENGKE to be divided as follows: a) Fifty percent of the goodwill fee shall

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first be paid and b) the remaining fifty percent shall be amortized at the option of the stallholder but in no case shall exceed one (1) year.

Section 7B.07. Effect of payment of Goodwill fee to the Lessee. The payment by the lessee of the goodwill money herein imposed shall vest him the privilege as lawful occupant of the stall and that he cannot just be ejected without the municipal government complying with existing rules and regulations. Provided that, this is without prejudice to the stipulations provided in the lease contract. Provided Finally, that in case of breach of the lease contract, the municipal government cannot be deprived of any action it may take against the lessee.

Article C. Slaughter and Corral Fees

Section 7C.01. Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Article the following words and phrases shall mean –

Abattoir or Slaughterhouse - refers to a building and premises that are approved and registered by the controlling authority in which food animals are slaughtered and dressed for human consumption;

Accreditation – refers to an official permission granted by the local government to privately owned meat establishment after complying with legal, sanitary and business permits requirements, among others.

Adulterated Meat and Meat Products – refers to meat products which are injected, laced or to make it appear fresh or of greater value than it really is with the actual result of reduced quality and wholesomeness.

Ante-Mortem Inspection – refers to the visual and physical examination of the food animal to be slaughter.

Brand – refers to an official mark stamped on the surface of meat and meat products or attached as label showing distinct characteristics of information for the main purpose of identification and traceability.

Butcher – refers to a person, employed by either the government or private individual, who is responsible for the slaughtering and dressing of food animals.

Deputized Collector – refers to an employee authorized by the Municipal Treasurer to collect specific fees from meat inspection and abattoir services.

Designated Meat Inspector (DMI) – refers to an employee of the Municipal Meat Inspection Service who is properly trained in meat inspection work food and authorized by the Local Chief Executive to perform the duties of regular meat inspector.

Carcass – refers to the body of any slaughtered food animal after bleeding and dressing.

Downer – refers to crippled or weakened food animal unable to stand or showing abnormal locomotion that shall be considered “suspect” animal; excludes animals weakened by forced water intake or “tingal”.

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Emergency Slaughter – means the immediate slaughter of an animal necessitated by a previous accident (eg. Bone fracture, danger of suffocation, heat stroke) to prevent continued suffering of the animal provided that the animal is found fit for slaughter after a thorough ante-mortem examination.

Fit for Human Consumption – refers to meat or its by-products that has been passed and appropriately branded by an inspector as safe and wholesome and in which no changes due to disease, decomposition, contamination and adulteration have subsequently be found.

Food Animal – all domestic animals slaughtered for human consumption such as but not limited to cattle, carabaos, buffalos, horses, sheep, goats, hogs, deer, rabbits, ostrich and poultry (chicken, ducks, geese, peacock, pheasant, turkeys, pigeons, guinea fowl and all other livestock and poultry animals).

Helper – refers to a person duly licensed by the municipal meat Inspection Service to assist the butcher in the slaughter of food animals.

Hot Meat – refers to the carcass or parts of carcass of food animal which was clandestinely slaughtered in an unregistered establishment and has not undergone the required meat inspection and sold to the public.

Humane slaughter – the slaughter of food animals that shall be done rapidly and away from public view and must occur with the least fear, anxiety, pain and distress to the animal.

Inspected and Passed – refers to the condition wherein the carcass or parts of carcasses so marked have been inspected and found to be safe, wholesome and fit for human consumption.

Lechon Supplier/Dealer – refers to a person or firm engaged in the business of roasting pigs, piglets, chicken (lechon manok) or calf (lechon baka).

“Lechonan” – refers to the establishment where roasted pigs, piglets chicken or calf are sold wholesaler or retail.

Licensing - refers to the registration of butchers and helpers upon application and compliance of all requirements prescribed by the local government unit.

Meat Dealer/Handler – refers to a person directly involved in the preparation, transport, sale and distribution of meat and meat products to the public markets, resorts, hotels, pension houses, restaurants and other establishments.

Meat delivery Vehicle - an enclosed conveyance facility used for the transfer of meat and meat products from one place to another in a hygienic manner.

Meat Inspection Certificate (MIC) – refers to an official document issued by the Municipal Meat Inspection Service certifying to the wholesomeness and fitness of meat and fitness of meat and meat products for human consumption and containing all relevant information to identify its ownership and origin.

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Meat Inspector – a professionally and properly trained officer, duly appointed or designated by the local government unit for meat inspection and control of hygiene under the supervision of the Municipal Agriculture Officer.

Meat Processor – refers to any person or firm engaged in the business of manufacturing, preservation, packaging, bottling, canning or packing meat and meat products.

Meat Vendor – refers to a person who is engaged in the retail of meat through ambulatory trade or stationary outlets.

Municipal Meat Inspection Service (MMIS) – refers to an office to be headed by a Municipal Veterinarian/Agriculturist/Meat Inspector which shall exercise direct supervision over meat inspection and meat hygiene activities in the municipality.

Municipal Veterinary Officer – refers to a properly trained veterinarian appointed or designated by the Local Chief Executive of the municipality for the purpose of meat inspection and supervision of meat hygiene and preservation.

“Naric” – refers to a piece of meat sliced from the carcass by butchers or helpers for the purpose of defrauding the owner, vendor or dealer.

National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) – a specialized regulatory agency attached to the Department of Agriculture which shall serve as the sole controlling authority on all matters pertaining to meat and meat product inspection and meat hygiene.

Offal – refers to the food animal’s by-products, glands, organs nd tissues other than the meat which may or may not be edable.

Post-Abattoir Inspection – shall mean control measures conducted on meat and meat products during transport up to the time of retail sale for the enforcement of regulations governing meat and meat product inspection usually performed in public and private market stalls, meat shops and meat storage facilities.

Post-Abattoir Handling – refers to the disposition of handling of meat as it leaves the abattoir to the meat markets, cold storage facilities, meat processing plants and other establishments.

Post -Mortem Inspection – the examination of the carcasses and entrails of slaughtered animals which have passed ante-mortem inspection.

Stockyard/Corral - required feature of a slaughterhouse where animals are deposited, rested, taken cared of and inspected prior to slaughter.

Suspect – an animal suspected of being affected with a disease or condition which may require its condemnation, in whole or in part when slaughtered, and is subject to further examination to determine its disposal.

Viscera – refers to the internal organs of food animals as distinguished from offal.

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Section 7C.02. Creation of Meat Local Meat Inspection Service. There shall be established a Municipal Inspection Service (MMIS) to be created by the Local Chief Executive of the municipality, pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 9296 otherwise known as the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines.

The MMIS shall be headed either by the Municipal Veterinary Officer, Municipal Agricultural Officer or Meat Inspector who shall exercise direct supervision over meat inspection and meat hygiene activities within the municipality.

Section 7C.03. Duties and Functions. The Municipal Meat Inspection Service shall have the following duties and functions:

1. The MMIS shall register and issue license to butchers and helpers in the slaughterhouse, meat dealers, meat vendors, meat shop/stall owners and other meat handlers. It shall submit an annual updated report of the licensed individuals to the Provincial Meat Inspection Service (PMIS).

2. The MMIS shall regulate the preparation and sale of meat and meat products for human consumption within the municipality. It shall also certify the fitness for human consumption of meat and meat products intended for distribution and sale within the locality.

3. The MMIS shall accredit meat delivery vehicles that are used to deliver meat and meat products within the Municipality.

Section 7C.04. Slaughterhouse Operation and Management.

a) It shall be the duty of the Meat Inspector to enforce proper sanitation and hygienic practices in the slaughterhouse and in all stages of slaughtering food animals.

b) The Municipality shall hire butchers, helpers and other workers in the slaughterhouse as it may deemed necessary.

c) All Food Animals intended for slaughter stockyard or holding pen, prior to slaughter, to provide sufficient rest for the animals and preserve meat quality. However, animals transported from the livestock markets or farms within a 20-kilometer radius from municipal abattoir, may be confined for only six (6) hours or less depending on the animal condition.

d) Animals that stay in the holding pen for more than twenty-four (24) hours, shall be charged a “boarding fee” for every extra day of stay until the animal is slaughtered or withdrawn.

e) No person or firm shall be allowed the use of municipal Abattoir stockyard for the purpose of confining animals and withdrawing them later for purposes other than slaughtering for public sale. In cases where such withdrawals cannot be avoided, double “boarding fee” shall be imposed on a daily basis.

f) It shall be responsibility of the animal owner to provide feed for the confined animals when longer stay is necessary. Municipal Employees and caretakers shall not be held responsible in case of accidents or unexpected conditions unfavorable to the confined animals unless there is willful negligence on the part of the abattoir employee, caretaker or person in charge.

g) The entire abattoir establishment shall be “OFF LIMITS” to children, pets and persons having no business therein.

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h) Visitors may be allowed only for business and educational purposes.

i) In all aspects of the abattoir operation, only portable water shall be used. Only in the cleaning the “cleaning floor” can recycled water or deep-well water can be used.

j) The Municipal Veterinary officer or Meat Inspector shall exercise supervision and control over the butchers and helpers of the municipal abattoir. The following rules shall be strictly enforced:

a. No butcher or helper shall enter the premises of the abattoir if there is no scheduled slaughter of food animals.

b. They shall always wear the prescribed uniforms and IDs when entering the abattoir premises.

c. Wearing of earrings and similar objects on any part of the body is absolutely prohibited while inside the abattoir premises.

d. Intoxication of any form is strictly not allowed.e. Disturbance and obstruction of any kind shall not be tolerated

to hinder, in any manner, the conduct of orderly slaughtering and meat inspection.

Section 7C.05. Meat Inspection.

1. All livestock and poultry slaughtered for food and their meat products shall be subjected to veterinary inspection and examination before distribution and sale.

2. Only the Municipal Veterinary Officers and Meat Inspectors duly appointed and designated by the Local Chief Executive are authorized to perform meat inspection work. Their decisions are deemed final unless the animal owner or representative elevates the decision to the Provincial Veterinarian, who shall render an irrevocable decision.

3. An ante-mortem examination and inspection shall be made of cattle, carabaos, hogs, goats, and other food animals about to be slaughtered in the municipal and licensed private abattoirs, before such slaughter shall be allowed.

4. No animal shall be slaughtered for food without ante-mortem examination required by this Ordinance. Carcasses or parts of carcasses of animals slaughtered without such ante-mortem examination shall be condemned.

5. It shall be unlawful for any person, association or partnership to slaughter any food animal for public consumption without subjecting the animal to ante-mortem examination prior to slaughter.

6. A careful post-mortem examination and inspection shall be made of the carcasses and parts thereof of cattle, carabaos, hogs, goats, and other food animals slaughtered at the municipal and licensed private abattoir. No carcass shall pass for human consumption without undergoing post-mortem inspection.

7. Downers as a result of accident shall undergo emergency slaughter and shall be slaughtered in the presence of the animal owners and shall be inspected immediately by the Meat Inspector to determine its fitness for human food.

8. An animal that becomes incapacitated and in dying condition as a result of “tingal” or forced administration of water shall not be considered as downer and shall be condemned immediately.

9. Any animal mark as “suspect” on ante-mortem inspection, which in the opinion of the Meat Inspector will cause the spread of an infectious animal disease, shall be reported to the Provincial Veterinarian for final

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judgment. The slaughter of the “suspect” animal shall be differed and it shall be confined and isolated where it may be treated to preclude contamination of the premises, equipment and personnel.

10. Animals found to be in advanced stage of pregnancy during ante-mortem inspection shall be subjected to a government buy-out for purposes of conservation and animal welfare, except when the owner intends to keep the animal for the sane motive.

11. Abortion cases shall be considered “suspect” and the animal shall be held for further observation or treatment, as the case maybe, until final disposal.

12. Carcasses and parts thereof found to be sound, healthful, wholesome and fit for human consumption shall be branded and marked “inspected and Passed” while carcasses or parts thereof found on final inspection to be unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome or otherwise unfit for human consumption shall be conspicuously marked “Condemned” on the surface tissue thereof of the time of inspection.

13. Condemned carcasses and viscera shall be the responsibility of the Municipal Veterinary Officer or Meat Inspector, who must dispose of them properly and promptly.

14. The Municipal Veterinary Officer and the Meat Inspector shall issue Meat Inspection Certificate for carcasses or parts thereof that have been “Inspected and Passed” certifying to the wholesomeness and fitness of meat for human consumption and containing itemized information as to the owner, transport, species of the food animal carcass, number of heads, weight, destination and other relevant destination to identify its ownership and origin.

Section 7C.06. Post Abattoir Examination.

1. The Municipal Veterinary Officer and Meat Inspector shall conduct post-abattoir inspection as a follow-through at the different meat outlets in public satellite markets, hotels, resorts, restaurants, cold storage plants, processing plants and similar establishments.

2. The government inspectors shall have unrestricted access at all times to storage or display areas of meat and meat products.

3. Meat dealers, meat vendors and other meat handlers shall present the meat inspection certificate on demand by the Municipal Veterinary Officer or Meat Inspector.

4. The carcasses or parts thereof of food animals not covered by a Meat Inspection Certificate shall be considered to have been slaughtered clandestinely or have not undergone meat inspection and shall be considered as “Hot Meat” and be subject for confiscation.

5. An enforcement team which shall be known as the Task Force on Post-Abattoir Inspection shall be organized and the team leader and members shall be designated by the Local Chief Executive Order with corresponding logistical support.

6. The Task Force shall have the authority to confiscate meat and meat products found to have been prepared, handled, packed, stored, transported or offered for sale within the Municipality of as human food not in accordance with the provisions of the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines.

7. “Hot meat” confiscated by the Task Force shall be deposited, as government property and placed in a cold storage, for future use as evidence in appropriate cases in violation of this Ordinance or the Revised Penal Code.

8. “Hot meat” from food animals found to be fit for human consumption shall, within three (3) hours after confiscation at the discretion of the

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Municipal Government of, be sold at public auction and the proceeds shall be deposited and automatically accrue to the General Fund of the municipality or donated to charitable institutions.

9. Confiscated “Hot Meat” found to be unfit for human consumption shall be condemned and properly disposed of, in accordance with the Municipal health regulations and DENR policies.

Section 7C.07. Humane Handling and Transport of Food Animals.

1. The Municipal Veterinary Officer or Meat Inspector shall see to it that there will be no handling and no cruel confinement or restraint shall be made on the food animals while being transported to the slaughterhouse.

2. Inhumane handling and cruelty in the transport of food animals includes overcrowding, loading hogtied inside or at the back of a tricycle, wounds intentionally inflicted for purpose of identification, and other acts causing trauma, overheating, behavioral stress, physical harm or discomfort to the animal.

3. Privately owned delivery trucks or vans shall not be allowed to stay inside the abattoir premises longer that it takes to deliver food animals for slaughter.

4. In no case, shall a delivery vehicle carrying live animals be used to deliver clean carcasses for distribution to the market.

Section 7C.08. Forced Drinking or “Tingal”

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to forcibly introduce water or any liquid through the mouth or any substances excessively into its body for purposes of increasing its weight or to make it appear heavier prior to sale or slaughter and for any unlawful or fraudulent practices.

2. “Tingal” is a form of cruelty which causes the animal to bloat and suffocate as contemplate in the Animal Welfare Act of 1998. Under the ordinance, the following are punishable acts under such law:

a. Display of overhead plastic or metal water containers in delivery trucks designated to force water into the mouth of the animal.

b. Actual forcing of the water into the mouth by the use of any means such as but not limited to bamboo, tube, bottle, G.I. pipe, PVC pipe, etc. in order to increase body weight.

c. Assisting someone to force water into an animal’s mouth by whatever means.

3. Carabao, cattle and horse found to be bloated as a result of mindless forced water intake shall be confiscated in favor of the municipal Government of Isulan and the Animals shall be summarily condemned.

Section 7C.09. Transport of Carcasses and Other Parts.

1. Government meat delivery van, as part of the basic abattoir services, shall be provided to transport carcasses and other parts from the abattoir to the different market outlets under strict sanitary condition.

2. No vehicles shall be allowed access to sanitary areas. Vehicles are allowed only in designated parking areas.

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3. Privately-owned meat delivery vehicles shall serve traders whose products cannot be accommodated in the government-owned vehicles. This may continue until permits thereto are cancelled by the Municipal Mayor upon recommendation from the Municipal Veterinary Officer or Meat Inspector.

4. Privately-owned meat delivery vans shall follow the following conditions:

a. Those uses to transport live animals shall not be used alternately for transporting carcasses in order to avoid possible contamination.

b. Only closed meat delivery vans shall be used to carry carcasses intended for market outlets and must not carry people other than the delivery assistants not exceeding two (2) persons.

c. Only registered meat delivery vehicles shall be allowed to transport carcasses, offal’s and viscera from slaughterhouse to the meat outlets. The registration fees imposed on these delivery vehicles shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon presentation of the unexpired LTO Vehicle Registration and shall be issued an Official Receipt.

Section 7C.10. Registration, Licensing and Accreditation.

1. The Municipality of shall, by Ordinance, authorize the establishment and operations of private slaughterhouses, whether for public use or exclusively as part of meat processing complex. However, it shall be unlawful for any person, association, partnership or corporation to operate and maintain private slaughterhouse for the purpose of slaughtering food animals and selling meat and meat products for public consumption without accreditation from the municipality of.

2. The Municipal Mayor shall accredit any private abattoir, dressing plant and meat processing plant without territorial jurisdiction of the municipality after compliance with the following requirements, to wit;a. A resolution favorably endorsing the applicant from the

Sangguinang Bayan of Isulan.b. Recommendation from the Municipal Meat Inspection Service

and the Provincial Veterinarian.c. Zoning requirements and minimum sanitary and structural

standards.d. Acquisition of building, business and other permits and

clearances.3. An Accreditation Fee shall be paid directly to the Municipal

Treasurer in the amount of P 2,500.00, valid for one (1) year. Upon renewal, the amount of P1,000.00 shall be paid annually thereafter.

4. Periodic evaluation shall be conducted on the facilities and sanitary status. Failure to maintain minimum sanitary and structural standards shall cause the cancellation of the accreditation granted after due notice and sufficient period to effect the required changes.

Section 7C.11. Schedule of Fees and Charges. The following fees and charges shall be imposed for services rendered by the Municipality of

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Isulan through the Municipal Meat Inspection Service, is hereby promulgated for the information and guidance of all concerned.

A. Slaughterhouse fees

a. Large animals ----- P 200.00 per head b. Hog ----- P 75.00 per headc. Goat ----- P 75.00 per head

B. Butcher’s Fee

a. Large Animals ----- P 350.00/headb. Hogs ----- P 150.00/headc. Goat ----- P 150.00/headd. Others (manok/pato/pabo/gansa) -- P 15.00/head

C. Slaughter permit fee

a. Large ----- P 50.00 per headb. Hog ----- P 20.00 per headc. Goat ----- P 20.00 per head

D. Ante-Mortem Fees

a. Large animals ----- P 1.00 per headb. Hog ----- P 0.75 per headc. Goat ----- P 0.50 per head

E. Post-Mortem Fees

a. Per kilogram of meat ----- P 0.50 per kilo

F. Corral /Stockyard Fees

a. Large animals ----- P 20.00 per head b. Hog ----- P 10.00 per head c. Goat ----- P 10.00 per head

G. Boarding Fees

a. Large animals ----- P 200.00 per head/dayb. Hog ----- P 150.00 per head/dayc. Goat ----- P 100.00 per head/day

H. Meat Delivery Fees using municipal owned vehicle (meat van) shall be P 0.25 per kilogram up to public market. Provided, that deliveries outside the public market shall be charged - - - P 0.50 per kilogram.

I. Annual Registration Fees of Private Delivery Vehicles

a. Truck size ----- P 300.00 per yearb. Multicab ----- P 200.00 per yearc. Tricycle ----- P 100.00 per year

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J. Fees for Lechon Dealers – There shall be uniform rate of Corral Fee in the amount of P 50.00 for all lechon dealers in the Municipality.

2. The Municipal treasurer shall designate a Deputized Collector to help in the collection of slaughter fees and the other related charges.

Section 7C.12. Prohibited Acts. Any person, dealer, handler, supplier, trader, vendor, wholesaler, or retailer who slaughters any food animal and engages in the business of selling for public consumption such as but not limited to meat, swine or hogs intended for roasting or “lechon” roasted pig or “lechon” unbranded dressed chicken etc. that are not done at the Isulan Municipal Abattoir accredited by the Municipal Government of Isulan ,are strictly prohibited to do business inside the designated stalls or sections of the Isulan Public Market, other satellite markets and anywhere within the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality.

a) The following acts are prohibited inside the abattoir premises:

a. Gambling of any kind;b. Taking of “Naric”;c. Hiding smuggling of viscera or parts thereof;d. Tethering of animals anywhere in the abattoir premises except in

stockyard or corral and or holding pens;e. Selling of carcass, meat cuts, viscera and offal;f. Deboning;g. Interference in government collection of abattoir fees;h. Harassment, intimidation, assault or interference with any government

inspector during the performance of his duties;i. Use of pointed objects broken glass, bladed piece of metal and similar

objects in marking animalsj. immoral Acts;k. Dropping, throwing or hurling of animals from the delivery truck causing

bruises, injury to the limbs and other damages;l. Washing of delivery trucks inside the abattoir premises;m. Smoking, spitting, urinating and defecating in areas outside of the

designated restrooms;

Section 7C.13. General Administrative Provision. The Municipal Economic Enterprise shall closely supervise and manage the operation in order to have smooth and effective implementation.

3. The owners of the vegetables and fruits are obliged to leave the designated area at exactly 6:00 o’clock in the morning.

Section 7C.14. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P 1,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

Article D. Rolling Stores/Night Market

Section 7D.01. Establishment of Night Market/Rolling Stores.

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There is hereby established a night market/rolling stores which shall be situated in the area fronting the Isulan Public Market Complex and other areas that may be identified by the sanggunian as may deemed necessary. Vendors having the same line of business are prohibited within 500 meters along the national highway starting from the last stall on both sides.

Rolling Stores/night market includes the following, but not limited to:

1. Balut Vendors;2. Barbecue Vendors;3. Arroz Caldo Vendors;4. Tiangge’s/Small Sari-sari Stores;5. Fruits/Vegetables vendors;6. Others of similar kind.

Section 7D.02. Night Market Operation. The operation of night market shall begin from 6:00 o’clock in the afternoon up to 4:00 o’clock in the morning of the following day.

Section 7D.03. Imposition of Fees. There are hereby imposed fees for the business as above-enumerated in the next preceding section, to wit:

A) Annual Registration Fee - P 1,000.00/annumExcept balut vendors where no annual registration fee shall be

imposed.

B) Fees per operation

Balut Vendors - P 15.00/nightBarbecue Vendors - P 50.00/night Arroz Caldo Vendors - P 50.00/night Tiangge’s/ Small sari-sari stores - P 50.00/nightFruit/Vegetable Vendors - P 30.00/night

Others of Similar Kind which shall be classified as follows:

A) Annual Registration Fee - P 1,500.00/annum

B) Fees per operation

Small - P 50.00/nightMedium - P 75.00/nightLarge - P 150.00/night

Section 7D.04. Time and Manner of Payment. The annual registration fee shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or her duly authorized representative on or before the 20th day of January of every year. The fees per night operation shall be paid to the Market Collector immediately upon installation of removable structure by the concerned vendor.

Section 7D.05. Rules and Regulations. The following rules and regulations shall govern the operation of the night market/rolling stores, to wit:

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1. No vendor shall construct a permanent structure in the duly designated area by the Market Supervisor;

2. Vendors dealing the same kind of business shall be contained in one area to conform with the sectioning imposed inside the public market;

3. Garbage shall be properly segregated using color coded receptacles provided by the vendors in order to maintain the cleanliness and sanitation within his respective area;

4. For barbecue vendors and arroz caldo vendors, they shall provide their own kitchen sink with catch basin for hand washing and dish washing;

Section 7D.06. Penal Provisions. Any vendor who violates the provisions of this ordinance shall be meted with a fine of not less than Two Thousand Pesos (P 1,000.00) but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than one (1) month but not more than six (6) months or both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.

The penalty imposed herein shall be without prejudice to the cancellation of the registration of the concerned violator of this ordinance.

Article E. Miscellaneous Fees

Section 7E.01. Imposition of Fees. There is hereby imposed users fee for the utilization of the municipal-operated comfort rooms at any strategic places in the municipal economic enterprises for the following:

For Urination P 3.00For Defecation P 5.00For Bathing P10.00

Section 7E.02. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees imposed herein shall be paid immediately prior to the utilization of the said facility.

Section 7E.03. Issuance of Cash Tickets. The comfort room in-charge, shall upon payment, issue a corresponding cash ticket/s therefor which shall be torn immediately by the user.

CHAPTER VIII. – TERMINAL FEES AND CHARGES

Article A. Charges for Parking Fee

Section 8A.01. Imposition of Fee. There shall be collected for the use of any municipal regulated parking area, the following parking fees, for every eight (8) hours or fraction thereof:

Parking Fee

Type Fees(in Php)

SSF(in Php)

Passenger Bus 30.00 1.00/tripPUJ/AUV/Van/Multicab 20.00 1.00/tripCargo Truck 30.00 1.00/tripMotorized Transport (Skylab) 10.00 1.00/trip

Section 8A.02. Imposition of Terminal Fees. A Terminal Fee, and Sanitation Service Fee (SSF) shall be collected from all public utility vehicles

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using Isulan Integrated Public Terminals (IIPT) approved by the Municipal Government as follows:

Route Fees(in Php)

SSF(in Php)

Public Utility Bus from Isulan to:Cagayan De Oro City 70.00 1.00/tripDavao City 60.00 1.00/tripCotabato City 50.00 1.00/tripGeneral Santos City 50.00 1.00/tripKoronadal City 50.00 1.00/tripSen. Ninoy Aquino 50.00 1.00/tripLebak 180.00 1.00/tripKalamansig 200.00 1.00/tripLake Sebu 50.00 1.00/tripKidapawan City 50.00 1.00/tripEsperanza 20.00 1.00/trip

Route Fees

(in Php)SSF

(in Php)Public Utility Vans and the like from Isulan to:Cagayan De Oro City 70.00 1.00/tripDavao City 30.00 1.00/tripCotabato City 25.00 1.00/tripGeneral Santos City 30.00 1.00/tripKoronadal City 20.00 1.00/tripSurallahNorala

20.0020.00

1.00/trip1.00/trip

Sen. Ninoy Aquino 50.00 1.00/tripLebak 60.00 1.00/tripKalamansig 70.00 1.00/tripLake Sebu 50.00 1.00/tripKidapawan City 50.00 1.00/tripKabacan 50.00 1.00/tripPagadian City 70.00 1.00/tripIligan City 70.00 1.00/tripMarawi CityT’boli

70.0050.00

1.00/trip1.00/trip

Route Fees

(in Php)SSF

(in Php)Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJ), Multi-Cabs & Taxis and the like from Isulan to:(Taxi) Davao City 30.00 1.00/trip(Taxi) Cotabato City 25.00 1.00/trip(Taxi) General Santos City 30.00 1.00/trip(Multi-Cab) Norala 10.00 1.00/trip(Multi-Cab) Tacurong 10.00 1.00/trip(Multi-Cab) Surallah 10.00 1.00/trip(Multi-Cab) Sto. Niño 10.00 1.00/trip(Multi-Cab) Kauran 10.00 1.00/trip(Multi-Cab) Maganoy 10.00 1.00/trip(Multi-Cab) Bagumbayan 10.00 1.00/trip(PUJ) Gen. Santos 30.00 1.00/trip(PUJ) Cotabato City 30.00 1.00/trip

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(PUJ) Koronadal City 20.00 1.00/trip(PUJ) Laguilayan 10.00 1.00/trip(PUJ) Esperanza 10.00 1.00/trip(PUJ) Shariff Aguak 20.00 1.00/trip(PUJ) Bagumbayan 10.00 1.00/trip(PUJ) Buluan 20.00 1.00/trip(PUJ) S.K. Pendatun 20.00 1.00/trip(PUJ) Datu Paglas(PUJ) Datu Abdullah Sangki (PUJ) Kauran(PUJ) Sultan sa BarongisOther Routes

20.0020.0020.0020.00

1.00/trip1.00/trip1.00/trip1.00/trip

Section 8A.03. Imposition of Rental Fees. A rental fee, and Drainage Maintenance (DMF) shall be collected from all spaces used for business at the IIPT, as follows:

Space Rental Fees(in Php)

DMF(in Php)

1. Booth (2mx2m) P1,000.00/mo. 20.00/mo2. Stalls P200.00/sq. m./mo 20.00/mo

3. Magazine/Newspaper Display Stand

P500.00/mo 10.00/mo

Display of Signboard. All public utility vehicle operators are required to provide a signboard for every destination and the estimated time of departure and arrival for the guidance of the riding public.

Wearing of Identification Card. All duly authorized persons doing business or rendering services in the IIPT must wear an ID issued by the Municipal Government.

CHAPTER IX. – CEMETERY RENTALS, FEES AND CHARGES

Article A. Rental of Municipal Cemetery Lots

Section 9A.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected the following fees in the old cemetery as follows:

1) Mausoleum (4X4) (Forever) P 25,000.00

2) Compartment (condo type rental for 7 years) P 3,500.00a. Indigent P 1,750.00

Renewal every seven (7) years and pay one-half (1/2) of the original price.

3) Burial Lots (1.5mX3m) P 7,000.00- Exhumation Fee P 200.00- Re-internment P 200.00

4) Re-use of previous burial lot located at the old cemetery P 2,000.00

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5) All remains shall be buried in the Isulan Public Cemetery or any private cemetery that may be allowed in the near future by the municipality.

6) All those who avail the portion of the cemetery designated as mausoleum and burial lots shall be issued a certificate of ownership.

7) All those who avail the portion of the cemetery designated as compartment shall be given a certificate of lease.

8) All those who avail the portion of the cemetery designated as mausoleum is required to construct the required structure within THREE (3) months. Failure to do on the part of the buyer to construct the required structure is a ground for cancellation of certificate of ownership issued and the amount paid shall be forfeited in favor of the government.

9) The cemetery in-charge shall oversee the operation of the cemetery.

10) The term of contract for compartment shall be 7 years and all the renewals thereof is one-half of the original price.

11) After due notice those who failed to renew their lease contract the remains of their decedents shall be remove and will be place in the designated common grave.

12) The burial shall be supervised by the cemetery in-charge.13) All plans must be approved by the Municipal Engineer.14) The burying of the remains in the Isulan Public Cemetery shall be

subject to the rules and regulations that may be imposed.15) All unclaimed cadavers shall be buried in the common grave.16) In case the unclaimed cadaver will be claimed by the relatives or

any interested person they shall reimburse to the municipality of all the expenses incurred plus TWO THOUSAND PESOS (P 2,000.00).


a] Permit to Construct. Any construction of whatever kind or nature in the public cemetery, whether temporary or perpetual use shall only be allowed upon issuance of the corresponding permit by the Mayor, upon recommendation of the Cemetery Administrator, Caretaker or Officer-in-Charge of the public cemetery.

b] Renewal of Lease. In case a lessee intends to renew the lease after its termination, he must inform the Officer-in-Charge of the public cemetery within thirty (30) days before the expiration date of the lease, and shall pay the corresponding rental fees therefore.

It shall also be the duty of the Officer in Charge of the public cemetery to prepare and submit to the Municipal Mayor a list of the leases that are to expire five days prior to the expiration date. He shall send a reminder to the lessee of the expiration of his lease, two weeks prior to the expiration date of the lease.

c] Register. The Cemetery Administrator or Officer-In-Charge thereof shall keep a register on lease of the cemetery, together with such additional information as may be required by the Sangguniang Bayan.

D] Those who failed to renew the lease contract after the lapse of seven years the remains of the decedent shall be exhumed and re-entered in the common grave.

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Section 9A.03. Imposition of Fees in the Isulan Eternal Garden (New Cemetery). There is hereby imposed fees on the following:

1. Mausoleum - P 50,000.00 for first 500 lots- P 60,000.00 for 501 to 1,000 lots- P 80,000.00 for 1,001 lots and up

2. Memorial Lot - P 15,000.00 for the first 500 lots- P 18,000.00 for 501 to 1,000 lots- P 20,000.00 for 1,001 lots and up

3. Apartment - P 3,500.00

4. Interment Fee - P 2,000.00

5. Special Permit Fee – P 100.00

Section 9A.04. Time of Burial. There shall be a prescribed time for burial which is only during daytime except when a special permit is issued allowing burial at nighttime.

Section 9A.05. Exemption. The fees imposed in the preceding section shall not apply to indigent persons who would avail of an apartment type tomb which shall be free of charge. Provided, that there must be a barangay and DSWD Certification as proof that said person is indigent.

Section 9A.06. Pre – Need. The fees imposed in Section 9A.03 hereof shall be increased by twenty five percent (25%) payable in three (3) years once availed as pre-need; provided that for one time full payment, fees imposed shall be increased by fifteen percent (15%) only.

Section 9A.07. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees imposed herein shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer or his/her duly authorized representative upon presentation of death certificate and burial permit. Provided, that in case of pre-need, the fee shall be paid in accordance with the plan as agreed by the requesting party and the Municipal Government in a form of a contract.

Section 9A.08. Implementing Rules and Regulations. For the effective and efficient implementation of this ordinance, the Economic Enterprise Section of the Office of the Municipal Mayor shall promulgate an Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) within thirty (30) days after the approval of this ordinance.

Section 9A.09. Time Of Payment. Payment shall be made before using the Isulan Public Cemetery.

Section 9A.10. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand (P2,000.00) Pesos but not more than Five Thousand (P 5,000.00) Pesos or imprisonment of not less than One (1) Month but not more than Six (6) Months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

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CHAPTER X. – SOLID WASTES MANAGEMENT FEES

Article A. Solid Waste Management Fee for Commercial, Industrial and Residential Establishments

Section 10A.01. Imposition of Fee. There is hereby imposed an annual fee for commercial and industrial establishments within the territorial jurisdiction of this municipality. The following schedule of fees shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer’s Office:

AMUSEMENT PLACESAmusement Park P

3,000.00Badminton/Basketball/Tennis/Volleyball Court 500.00Bar/Disco House/Nightclub/Music Lounge/KTV/Videoke 1,500.00

Billiard Table a.) 5 Tables or less

1,000.00b.) 6 Tables or More

1,200.00Bingo Games

1,500.00 Bowling Lanes

a.) 10 Lanes or Less 1,000.00

b.) 11 Lanes or More 1,500.00Cockpit Arena 2,000.00Inland Resort, swimming Pool 2,000.00Lotto Outlet 1,200.00

Retreat House 2,000.00

Theater Cinema House 2,000.00 Video Game Machine

a.) 5 Units or less 800.00

b.) 6 Units or more 1,000.00

A. DISTRIBUTOR/WHOLESALER/DEALER/RETAILER OF:

Acetone, Activated Carbon Acetylene/Oxygen and the likeAgricultural/farm Equipment, Spare Parts/Tools & Supplies Agricultural Veterinary Products (Feeds/Chemicals etc.) Agricultural Products Exporter Aircon/Refrigerator SuppliesAntiquesAppliancesArchitecture Products Auto and Motor PartsBakery Products and SupplyBalloon Party AccessoriesBalut, Salted Eggs, Century EggsBeer, Wines and Liquors Bicycle and bicycle Spare Parts

P 1,000.002,500.001,200.001,500.00 1,200.00

500.002,500.001,500.002,000.001,200.00

600.00 600.00 1,200.00

1,700.00

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Biscuits Bolts/Nuts/& Tools Books and Pocketbook Car, Trucks and Light Heavy Equipment BatteriesCar Auto/Motor Parts & Accessories Coconut Shell and HuskCassava and Corn StarchCellophaneCell phone and AccessoriesCement and Construction Supplies, Concrete Materials CeramicsChainsaw and Chainsaw Spare PartsChicken Dung and Organic FertilizersCigarette TobaccoCoffee, Chocolate, Cocoa and TabliaCoffins and Caskets Communication, Supplies and Accessories Computer Dealer and Accessories Cooking oil and mineral oil Cosmetics/beauty Products Cross Stitch Materials Dealer Detergent soap Dried BananaDried/ salted fish dealer DriftwoodDrugstore/Pharmacy

a.) Small Scaleb.) Big Scale

Dry Goods (RTW/Shoes) Educational Auto-Video-Tape Eggs Electrical/Electronic Supplies Electronics Protection Devices Empty drums/Gallons Eyeglasses Supplies and Accessories Farm Equipment Fire Extinguisher/ Protection and Accessories Firearms, Ammunition and Accessories Firecracker/ Pyrotechnic Devices Firewood/ Charcoal Fish Dealer

a.) With 5 fish cars and below b.) With 6 fish cars and more

Flower FoamFrozen Products, (Meat, Poultry, Hotdog etc) Fruits Fruit Juices Furniture General Merchandise Small Medium LargeGlass and Aluminum Supply Glass ware and Plastic ware Gold, Silver and the like Hardware

1,000.00 800.00 800.00

800.00 2,500.00

600.00 600.00

1,500.001,000.002,500.00 600.001,000.001,200.002,000.00

600.001,200.00 900.001,000.001,000.00 800.00 600.001,200.00

600.00600.00

1,200.00

1,000.001,800.001,000.001,000.001,000.001,500.001,200.001,000.001,000.001,800.001,000.001,500.00 800.00 800.00

2,000.002,500.00

750.001,500.001,500.001,500.001,000.001,000.00

3,200.005,200.007,500.001,200.00 800.001,000.002,500.00

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Health/food supplement

Herbal products Home décor Household Materials Household and Industrial Chemicals Ice cream, Ice Drops Ice Ice Storage Imported Engines, 2nd Hand Imported Engines, others Industrial oil and lubricants Ink Jewelry Kitchenware Lechon Light/Heavy Equipment Livestock LPG and LPG Accessories Lumber and by-Products Meat Poultry, Dressed Chicken Medical/Dental Supply/ Equipment Metal Crafts Mining Supplies Molasses Supplies Musical instrument Native Delicacies Native Products/Handicraft Newspaper Distributor Novelty ItemsOffice Equipment Optical supply Organic/inorganic Fertilizer Distributor Ornamental Plant Paints Palay Buy& sell Pet shop Petroleum Product

a) Big scaleb) Small Scale (Bulilit)

Photo Supply Plumbing Supply Poly Vinyl Polyvinyl retailer Pottery Powered Tool/ Equipment Printing Press Processed fish Processed meat Purified/ mineral water Radiation control device Reconditioned vehicle Religious article Rice/corn by-product Rice/corn Rubber gasket Sack Sand/gravel earth fill

600.00 600.00

1,500.00 600.001,500.00

600.001,000.00

900.002,000.001,000.00

600.00700.00700.00

1,000.002,000.001,500.002,000.002.000.001,500.002,000.001,000.001,000.001,000.002,000.00

600.001,000.001,000.001,000.001,000.001,000.001,000.001,000.001,500.001,500.00 800.00

2,500.001,500.001,000.001,000.001,200.00

600.00600.00

2,000.001,000.001,500.001,500.002,000.001,500.002,000.00

700.001,200.001,200.001,200.001,200.001,500.00

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Sari-Sari StoreBig (Capital of 50,000 up)Small(Capital of less than 50,000)

Saw dust School/office supply Scrap iron/ empty bottles buy & sell

a) Small scale b) Big scale

Second hand tire Seed Ship chandler Silver Soft drink Spare parts supply Spices dealer (repacker) Sporting Goods items Surveying instrument Tape, CD-DVD, VCDTawas/chlorine, Oxalic, repackerTentTire dealer (brand new) Truck heavy equipment Upholstery supplyUsed clothes Vegetables/spices Watch repair/spare parts Water distributor Water quality improvement device Wax/Candle Welding supplies Wine liquor

1,000.00600.00

1,500.001,000.00

1,500.002,500.002,000.001.000.001,500.00

600.001,200.002,000.002,000.001,000.001,000.00

600.00 600.00600.00

2,500.002,000.002,000.002,000.001,800.00

600.001,200.00 600.001,000.001,200.001,500.00

B. RESTAURANT/EATERY/REFRESHMENT

Fast Food and food chains (franchise) 10,000.00Eatery/Carenderia/Refreshment/Lechon House

a.) Counter 700.00b.) 10 or less seating capacity 1,000.00c.) 11-25 seating capacity 1,200.00d.) 26 or more seating capacity 2,000.00

Meats and snacks dealer 800.00Restaurant

a.) 10 or less seating capacity 2,400.00b.) 11-25 seating capacity 3,200.00 c.) 26 or more seating capacity 4,000.00

C. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

Banking Institution 1,500.00 Insurance 1,500.00 Lending Investor 1,000.00 Pawnshop 1,000.00 Financing Institution 1,000.00

D. MANUFACTURER/PRODUCER

Agricultural Product Producer 1,500.00

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Assembler of used Vehicle Engine Chassis 2,500.00Assembler of video machine 1,500.00Bag manufacturer 2,500.00Bakery

a.) Big scale 2,500.00b.) Small scale 1,500.00

Balloon maker 700.00Balut maker 1,000.00

Banana Chips Makera.) For export 3,000.00b.) Local 1,200.00

Banana Growera.) Small scale 3,000.00b.) Medium scale 5,000.00c.) Large scale 10,000.00

Barquillos maker 1,000.00Battery manufacturer 2,500.00Blacksmith 800.00Body building 1,000.00Cakes and pastries maker 1,000.00Candle manufacturer 1,000.00Candy maker 2,000.00Car/auto assembler 2,000.00Ceramics product maker 1,500.00Chicharon maker 1,000.00Chop snacks/By product maker 5,000.00Cocoa/Tablia maker 600.00Coffin maker 1,200.00Concrete product manufacturer 2,500.00Cooking oil producer 3,000.00Commissary 2,000.00Crispy mix powder maker 2,000.00Curtain making 600.00Doormats/Rags maker 600.00Farm equipment making 1,500.00Fiber glass fabrication 1,500.00Fish ball producer/supplier 800.00Fishpond

a.) Below 5 hectares 1,000.00b.) Above 5 hectares 2,000.00

Floor wax manufacturer 1,500.00Footwear manufacturer 2,000.00Fruit juice manufacturer 1,000.00Fruit Grower

a.) Small scale 1,000.00b.) Medium scale 2,000.00c.) Large scale 3,000.00

Garment manufacturer 8,400.00

Gas stove manufacturer 1,500.00Glass processing fabrication 1,500.00Gold processing plant 2,500.00Goldsmith 1,500.00Handicraft/Native product manufacturer 2,500.00Herbal oil maker 600.00

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Honey bee producer 600.00Ice buko maker 1,500.00Ice cream maker 1,500.00Ice drop maker 1,500.00Ice plant 2,000.00Jewelry manufacturing 1,500.00Livestock Producer

a.) Small scale 1,500.00b.) Big scale 2,500.00

Lumpia wrapper maker 600.00Macaroni curl maker 1,200.00Meat processor 2,000.00Metal craft 1,500.00Miki maker 1,500.00Mini veneer processing plant 10,000.00Musical instrument maker 800.00Nata de coco maker 600.00Native delicacies maker 600.00News publisher 900.00Novelty/Gift item maker 900.00Nursery (fruit/tree) 600.00Orchidarium 1,000.00Organic fertilizer producer 600.00Ornamental plant producer 600.00Pallet board manufacturer 3,000.00Paper bag manufacturer 800.00Peanut butter manufacturer 600.00Piggery

a.) Big scale (501 heads above) 7,700.00b.) Medium scale (101-100 heads) 4,700.00c.) Small scale (10-100 heads) 3,400.00

Pillow/Pillow case maker 600.00Plaque/Trophy maker 800.00Plastic manufacturer 3,000.00Pop rice/Rice maker 900.00Pot holder maker 700.00Pottery product maker 600.00Poultry

a.) Big scale (101 heads above) 2,000.00b.) Small scale (100 heads below) 1,000.00

Processed fish maker 1,500.00Salabat manufacturing 700.00Salted peanuts and the likes 900.00Sand/Gravel/Earth fill concessionaire 2,000.00Silversmith 1,500.00Soft drink manufacturer 12,000.00Soy sauce maker 2,000.00Steel fabricant 1,500.00Stuff toy manufacturer 2,200.00Subdivision Developer

a.) Below 5 has 3,000.00b.) Above 5 has 5,000.00

Tinsmith 1,500.00Tokwa maker 1,500.00Upholstery shop 600.00Vinegar maker 1,000.00

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Water processor/purifier 2,500.00Wood chips manufacturing 10,000.00

E. LESSORS

Boarding House- 50 or less rooms 1,500.00- 51 or more rooms 2,500.00

Chair/Table rental 600.00Dormitory

- 50 or less rooms 3,500.00

- 51 or more rooms 4,000.00Fish Pond Lessor

- Below 5 has 1,000.00- 5 has. And above 2,000.00

Gown rental 600.00Heavy/Light equipment lessor 4,000.00News/Comic stands 600.00Playroom lessor 1,000.00Real estate lessor 1,500.00Rent a car 1,500.00Sound system lessor 2,000.00Tent lessor 1,000.00Toilet and bath lessor 1,000.00Video tape/CD/VCD/DVD lessor 1,000.00

F. CONTRACTOR SERVICESAccounting office firm 1,200.00Advertising services 1,200.00Air-conditioning repair services 1,000.00Air & sign painting lettering shop/T-shirt printing 1,000.00Auto vehicle, industrial motor repair 2,000.00Shop maintenance 1,000.00Ball milling services 1,500.00Barber Shop

- 5 chairs or less 600.00- 6 chairs or more 700.00

Battery charging/repair services 800.00Bicycle repair shop 700.00Blue printing services 600.00Booking office 1,000.00Bus services 1,000.00Calibration services 1,500.00Car wash services 800.00Cargo forwarder 800.00Catering services 1,500.00Cell phone repair services/shop 800.00Cemetery memorial park (private)

4,000.00Chainsaw repair shop 1,500.00Clutch and break bonding services 1,000.00Coconut/Rice grinder 600.00Cold storage services 2,000.00Communication services 1,200.00Computer ink refilling 1,000.00

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Consultancy office 1,200.00Cross stitch services 500.00Curtain making (services) 700.00Dance/Physical fitness studio 600.00Dental clinic 1,500.00Derma skin care clinic 1,000.00Desktop publishing (services) 600.00Dress Shop

- 5 machines or less 800.00- 6 machines or more

1,000.00Drilling services 1,500.00Laundry services, dry cleaning services 700.00Electrical shop 800.00Electronics repair shop 600.00Emission testing services 1,500.00Employment recruitment agency 1,200.00Engraving services 600.00Event coordinator 800.00Farm equipment repair services 1,000.00Fax machine services 1,000.00Fiber glass repair shop 1,000.00Film processing services 1,000.00Fire security system services 1,000.00Forklift service 1,500.00Framing service 600.00 Funeral parlor service

4,000.00Gas stove repair shop 600.00General building/construction services 4,000.00General engineering services 1,200.00Glass/Aluminum installation services 700.00Goldsmith (service only)

1,000.00Heavy equipment repair shop 1,500.00Hospitals

- 50 heads and below 4,000.00- 51 to 100 beds

5,000.00- 101 to 150 beds 10,000.00- 151 to 200 beds 12,000.00- 201 beds and above 20,000.00

Hotels/Inns/lodging houses/motels- 10 rooms or less 2,000.00- 11 to 20 rooms 3,000.00- 21 to 30 rooms 4,000.00- 31 to 40 rooms 5,000.00- 41 to 50 rooms 6,000.00- 51 rooms and more 8,000.00

Hydraulic repair services 1,000.00Internet Café/Internet Services

- Below 5 units 750.00- 6 to 10 units 1,000.00- 11 to 20 units 1,250.00- 21 units and above 1,500.00

Janitor services 1,000.00

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Jewelry repair shop 600.00Key duplicating services 600.00Laboratory services/Drug testing 1,000.00Laminating services 1,000.00Landscaping services 1,000.00Law firm 1,200.00 Learning Institution (Private)

- 1,000 students or less 2,000.00- 1,001 to 2,500.00 students 3,000.00- 2,501 to 5,000.00 students

4,000.00- 5,001 students up 5,000.00

Liaison office 1,000.00Lumber, Sawmill, Planer Services 5,000.00Machine

- 5 machines or less 2,000.00- 6 machines or more 3,500.00

Mailing center 800.00Management services 1,000.00Man Power Services 1,500.00Massage Parlor/Spa

- 5 beds or less 600.00- 6 to 10 or beds 1,000.00- 11 beds or more 1,200.00

Maternity/Midwifery Clinic- 5 beds or less

1,500.00- 6 to 10 beds 2,000.00- 11 beds or more 2,500.00

Meat grinder 500.00Medical clinic 3,000.00Mimeographing services 600.00Mining office 1,200.00Money charger 1,500.00Money transfer services

1,500.00Office equipment/Appliance Repair Services 800.00Optical clinic 1,500.00Oxygen/Acetylene Maintenance Services

1,000.00Parking Garage (Private)

- 50 units or less 2,000.00- 51 units or more 3,000.00

Party clown provider 600.00Pest control services 1,000.00Photo studio 900.00Photocopy services 750.00Plumbing services 1,000.00Printing press 2,000.00Public calling services 1,700.00Radiator repair services 700.00Radio broadcasting station 1,200.00Realty office 1,200.00Refrigerator repair services

1,000.00Re-saw mill 2,000.00

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Rice hulls mill 1,500.00Rice/Corn Mill

- Small scale 1,500.00- Medium scale 3,600.00- Large scale 6,000.00

Roofing services 1,500.00Rubber bushing 600.00Security defective services 1,200.00Septic tank services 1,500.00Service contractor 1,200.00Shoe repair services 600.00Specialty contractor 1,000.00Sporting goods/item repair services 1,000.00Stone wash services 1,000.00Surveying office services

1,200.00Tent repair and services 1,000.00Ticketing office (land, sea, air)

1,200.00Tire Recapping Services

- 5 units or less 1,000.00- 6 units or more

2,000.00Training center 2,000.00Transportation services 2,000.00Travel agency 1,200.00Truck and Hauling Services

- 5 units or less 1,000.00- 6 units or more 2,000.00

Tutorial services 900.00Typing computer Jobs services 600.00Veterinary clinic 800.00Video coverage services 600.00Vulcanizing shop 600.00Warehouse

- 2,000.00 sq. m. or more 2,500.00- 1,000.00 sq m. to 1,999 sq. m. 2,000.00- 500 sq m. to 999 sq. m. 1,200.00- Less than 500 sq. m. 800.00

Watch repair shop 600.00Waterworks services 1,500.00Welding/Soldering shop 1,000.00Well-drilling Services

- Small scale 1,500.00- Big scale 3,000.00

G. MARKET/MALL/DEPARTMENT STORE

1. Department store/ Supermarkets 8,160.00 a) All areas inside the establishment occupied and operated by owner except bodega, kitchen, offices, garage/parking area and leased stalls and spaces 2.00/sq. m b) All stalls at the Economic Enterprises 800.00 2. Malls 16,000.00

Section 10A.03. Environment Section Fee.

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A. All high-risk industries/establishment with potential sources of pollution (water, air, noise, land pollution)

1. Fuel depot & Fuel storage facilities 5,000.002. Gasoline services and LPG filling/refilling stations 2,000.003. All big scale manufacturing industries 1,000.004. Private hospitals 1,000.005. Funeral parlors/Memorial parks 1,000.006. Sawmill/Veneer plants 1,000.007. Shopping centers/Malls/Markets 600.008. Power substations/Cell sites 600.009. Junkshops 600.0010. Retailer of LPG (10 tanks and above) 600.0011. Quarry operators 600.00

B. All others industries/establishments with potential sources of pollution (water, air, odor, noise, smoke, land pollution)

1. Small scale manufacturing industries 600.002. Housing development project 700.003. High-rise building 600.004. Fast food chains/Restaurant 600.005. Terminal/Garage of transport/Trucking services 800.006. Medical clinics with lying-in clinics 800.007. Hotels, Motels, Apartelles, Inns, Lodging house 600.008. Welding shop/Auto auto repair with repainting shop, furniture shop, 600.00 refrigerator with repainting shop, machines shop 800.009. Car wash, laundry services 800.0010. Livestock, exceeding 5 heads 600.0011. Poultry, Game fowl, exceeding 25 heads 600.0012. Laboratories, warehouse 600.0013. Amusement places such as cinema houses, KTV, Bowling lanes, Cockpit, 600.00 Arenas, resort and swimming pools 600.0014. Such other project/activities/business subject of complaint/inspection 600.00

C. Environment Clearance certification fee 100.00

Section 10A.05. Inspection Fee for Industrial Tree Plantations.

Cutting/Trimming Permit……………………………………P 50.00 per tree

Section 10A.06. Time and Manner of Payment - The fee imposed herein shall be due and payable upon application for a Mayor’s Permit within the First Twenty (20) days of January Section 10A.07. Surcharge of Late Payment - Failure to pay the tax prescribed in this Article within the time required shall subject the taxpayer to a surcharge of Twenty Five Percent (25%) of the original amount of tax due, such surcharge to be paid at the same time and in the same manner as the tax due.

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a) For purpose of the imposition, the area of the garbage collection shall only be the business area of the town proper.

b) The owner or operator of the aforementioned business establishment shall provide for his premises, the required garbage can or receptacle properly covered which shall be placed in the front of his establishment before the time of collection.

c) The sanitary inspector (for the Municipal Health Officer) shall inspect once a month the said business establishment to find out whether garbage is properly disposed off within their premises.

Section 10A.09. Applicability. This Article shall be applied only in areas covered by the garbage collection service where the business establishment is located.

Section 10A.10. Rules and Regulations.

a] The owner or operator of any business establishment shall provide within his premises a garbage can or a receptacle duly prescribed which shall be placed in front of the establishment before the time of the garbage collection.

b] The Municipal Health Officer shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for garbage collection and shall inspect each month the business establishment to find out whether garbage is properly disposed of within the premises.

c] The Municipal Health Officer shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the proper implementation of this Article which shall be enforceable until modified, rescinded or revoked by the Mayor or other higher authorities.

Section 10A.11. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Thousand (P2,000.00) Pesos but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than One (1) month but not more than Six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

CHAPTER XI. – GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND PENAL PROVISIONS

Article A. Collection and Accounting of Municipal Revenues

Section 11A.01. Collection and Accounting. The collection of municipal taxes, fees, charges, surcharges, interest and penalties accruing to this municipality shall be the responsibility of the Municipal Treasurer or his duly authorized representatives and in no case shall it be delegated to any other non-accountable persons.

Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Code, or under existing laws or decrees, the Municipal Treasurer is authorized, subject to the approval of the Municipal Mayor, to promulgate rules and regulations for the proper and efficient administration and collection of taxes, fees and charges imposed herein.

Section 11A.02. Issuance of Receipts. It shall be the duty of the Municipal Treasurer or his authorized representative to issue the necessary

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receipt to the person paying the tax, fee or charge, indicating therein the date, amount, name of the person paying and the account for which it is paid.

In acknowledging payment of local taxes, fees and charges, it shall be the duty of the Municipal Treasurer or his deputies to indicate on the official receipt issued for the purpose, the number of the corresponding local tax ordinance.

Section 11A.03. Record of Taxpayers. It shall be the duty of the Municipal Treasurer, to keep the records, alphabetically arrange and open to the public inspection, the name of all persons paying municipal taxes, fees and charges, as far as practicable. He shall establish and keep current the appropriate tax roll, each kind of tax, fee or charge provided in this Code.

Section 11A.04. Examination of Book of Accounts. For effective enforcement and collection of the taxes, fees and charges provided in this Code, the Municipal Treasurer shall by himself or through any of his deputies duly authorized in writing, examine the books of accounts and other pertinent records of any person doing business within the jurisdictional limits of this municipality, to verify, assess and collect the true and correct amount due from the taxpayer concerned. Such examination shall be made during regular business hours, not oftener than once a year for each business establishment. Any examination conducted pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be certified to by the examining official and such certificate shall be made of record in the books of accounts of the taxpayer concerned.

Section 11A.05. Accounting of Collections. Unless otherwise provided in this Code and other existing laws and ordinances, all moneys collected by virtue of this Code shall be accounted for in accordance with the provisions of existing laws, rules and regulations, and credited to the General Fund of this municipality.

Article B. Civil Remedies for Collection of Revenue

Section 11B.01. Extent of Municipal Government’s Lien. Local taxes, fees, charges and their revenues constitute a lien, superior to all liens, charges or encumbrances in favor of any person, enforceable by appropriate administrative or judicial action, not only upon any property or rights therein which may be subject to the lien but also upon property used in business, occupation, practice of profession or calling, or exercise of privilege with respect to which the lien is imposed. The lien may only be extinguished upon full payment of the delinquent local taxes, fees and charges including related surcharges and interests.

Section 11B.02. Application of Civil Remedies. The civil remedies for the collection of local taxes, fees, or charges, and related surcharges and interest resulting from delinquencies shall be:

a] By administrative action - through distraint of goods, chattels, or effects, and other personal property of whatever character, including stocks and other securities, debts, credits, bank accounts, and interest in, or rights to real property; and ;

b] By judicial action. Either of these two (2) remedies, or both, may be pursued concurrently or simultaneously at the discretion of the Municipal Treasurer with the approval of the Mayor.

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Section 11B.03. Distraint of Personal Property. The remedy by distraint shall proceed as follows:

a] Seizure - Upon failure of the person owing any local tax, fee, or charge to pay the same at the time required, the Municipal Treasurer or his deputy may, upon written notice, seize or confiscate any personal property belonging to that person or any personal property subject to the lien in sufficient quantity to satisfy the tax, fee, or charge in question, together with any increment thereto incident to delinquency and the expenses of seizure. In such case, the Municipal Treasurer or his deputy shall issue a duly authenticated certificate based upon the records of his office showing the fact of delinquency and the amounts of tax, fee, or charge and penalty due. Such certificate shall serve as sufficient warrant for the distraint of personal property aforementioned, subject to the taxpayer’s right to claim exemption under the provisions of applicable laws. Distrained personal property shall be sold at public auction in the manner provided in this Code.

b] Accounting for Distrained Goods - The officer executing the distraint shall make or cause to be made an account of the goods, chattels, or effects distrained, a copy of which signed by himself shall be left either with the owner or person from whose possession the goods, chattels, or effects are taken, or at the dwelling or place of business of that person and with someone of suitable age and discretion, to which list shall be added a statement of the sum demanded and a note of the time and place of sale.

c] Publication - The officer shall forthwith cause a notification to be exhibited in not less than three (3) public and conspicuous places in this Municipality, specifying the time and place of sale, and the articles distrained. The time of sale shall not be less than twenty (20) days after notice to the owner or possessor of the property as above specified and the publication or posting of the notice. One place for the posting of the notice shall be at the Office of the Municipal Mayor.

d] Release of Distrained Property Upon Payment Prior to Sale - If at any time prior to the consummation of the sale, all the proper charges are paid to the officer conducting the sale, the goods or effects distrained shall be restored to the owner.

e] Procedure of Sale - At the time and place fixed in the notice, the officer conducting the sale shall sell the goods or effects so distrained at public auction to the highest bidder for cash. Within five (5) days after the sale, the Municipal Treasurer shall make a report of the proceedings in writing to the Municipal Mayor.

Should the property distrained be not disposed of within One Hundred Twenty (120) days from the date of distraint, the same shall be considered as sold to this municipality for the amount of the assessment made thereon by the committee on appraisal and to the extent of the same amount, the tax delinquencies shall be canceled.

The committee on appraisal shall be composed of the Municipal Treasurer as chairman, with a representative of COA and the Municipal Assessor, as members.

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f] Disposition of Proceeds - The proceeds of the sale shall be applied to satisfy the tax, including the surcharges, interests, and other penalties incident to delinquency, and the expenses of the distraint and sale. The balance over and above what is required to pay the entire claim shall be returned to the owner of the property sold. The expenses chargeable upon the seizure and sale shall embrace only the actual expenses of seizure and preservation of the property pending the sale, and no charge shall be imposed for the services of the local officer or his deputy. Where the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to satisfy the claim, other property may, in like manner, be distrained until the full amount due, including all expenses, is collected.

g] Levy on Real Property - After the expiration of the time required to pay the delinquent tax, fee, or charge, real property may be levied on before, simultaneously, or after the distraint of personal property belonging to the delinquent taxpayer. The Municipal Treasurer shall prepare a duly authenticated certificate showing the name of the taxpayer and the amount of the tax, fee, or charge, and penalty due from him. Such certificate shall operate with the force of a legal execution throughout the Philippines. Levy shall be effected by writing upon said certificate the description of the property upon which levy is made. At the same time, written notice of the levy shall be mailed to or served upon the municipal assessor and registrar of deeds of the province who shall annotate the levy on the tax declaration and certificate of title of the property, respectively, and the delinquent taxpayer or, if he be absent from the Philippines, to his agent or the manager of the business in respect to which the liability arose, or if there be none, to the occupant of the property in question.

In case the levy on real property is not issued before or simultaneously with the warrant of distraint on personal property, and the personal property of the taxpayer is not sufficient to satisfy his delinquency, the municipal treasurer shall within thirty (30) days after execution of the distraint, proceed with the levy on the taxpayer’s real property.

A report on any levy shall, within ten (10) days after receipt of the warrant be submitted by the levying officer to the Sangguniang Bayan.

h] Penalty for Failure To Issue and Execute Warrant - Without prejudice to criminal prosecution under the Revised Penal Code and other applicable laws, the Municipal Treasurer who fails to issue or execute the warrant of distraint or levy after the expiration of the time prescribed, or who is found guilty of abusing the exercise thereof by competent authority shall be automatically dismissed from the service after due notice and hearing.

i] Advertisement and Sale - Within thirty (30) days after the levy, the Municipal Treasurer shall proceed to publicly advertise for sale or auction the property or a usable portion thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the claim and cost of sale; and such advertisement shall cover a period of at least thirty (30) days. It shall be effected by posting a notice at the main entrance of the Municipal Hall, and in a public and conspicuous places in the barangay where the real property is located, and by publication once a week for three (3) weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality where the property is located. The advertisement shall contain the amount of taxes, fees or charges and penalties due thereon, and the time and place of sale, the name of the taxpayer against whom the taxes, fees, or charges are levied, and a short description of the property to be sold. At any time

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before the date fixed for the sale, the taxpayer may stay the proceedings by paying the taxes, fees, charges, penalties, and interests. If he fails to do so, the sale shall proceed and shall be held either at the main entrance of the Municipal Hall, or on the property to be sold, or at any other place as determined by the municipal treasurer conducting the sale and specified in the notice of sale.

Within thirty (30) days after the sale, the municipal treasurer or his deputy shall make a report of the sale to the Sangguniang Bayan, and which shall form part of his records. After consultation with the Sanggunian, the municipal treasurer shall make and deliver to the purchaser a certificate of sale showing the proceedings of the sale, describing the property sold, stating the name of the purchaser and setting out the exact amount of all taxes, fees, charges, and related surcharges, interests, or penalties: Provided, however, that any excess in the proceeds of the sale over the claim and cost of sale shall be turned over to the owner of the property.

The municipal treasurer may, by a duly approved ordinance, advance an amount sufficient to defray the costs of collection by means of the remedies provided in this Code, including the preservation or transportation in case of personal property, and the advertisement and subsequent sale, in cases of personal and real property including improvements thereon.

j] Redemption of Property Sold - Within One (1) year from the date of sale, the delinquent taxpayer of his representative shall have the right to redeem the property upon the payment to the Municipal Treasurer of the total amount of taxes, fees, or charges, and related surcharges, interests, or penalties from the date of delinquency to the date of sale, plus interest of not more than two percent (2%) per month on the purchase price from the date of purchase to the date of redemption. Such payment shall invalidate the certificate of sale issued to the purchaser and the owner shall be entitled to a certificate of redemption from the Municipal Treasurer or his deputy.

The Municipal Treasurer or his deputy, upon surrender by the purchaser of the certificate of sale previously issued to him, shall forthwith return to the latter the entire purchase price paid by him plus the interest of not more than two percent (2%) per month herein provided for, the portion of the cost of sale and other legitimate expenses incurred by him, and said property thereafter shall be free from the lien of such taxes, fees, or charges, related surcharges, interests and penalties.

The owner shall not be deprived of the possession of said property and shall be entitled to the rental and other income thereof until the expiration of the time allowed for its redemption.

k] Final Deed of Conveyance to Purchaser - In case the taxpayer fails to redeem the property as provided herein, the municipal treasurer shall execute a deed conveying to the purchaser so much of the property as has been sold, free from liens of any taxes, fees, charges, related surcharges, interests and penalties. The deed shall succinctly recite all the proceedings upon which the validity of the sale depends.

l] Purchase of Property by the Local Government Units for Want of Bidder - In case there is no bidder for the real property advertised for sale as provided herein, or if the highest bid is for an amount insufficient to pay the taxes, fees, or charges, related surcharges, interests,

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penalties and costs, the municipal treasurer conducting the sale shall purchase the property in behalf of this municipality to satisfy the claim and within two (2) days thereafter shall make a report of the proceedings which shall be reflected upon the records of his office. It shall be the duty of the Registrar of Deeds concerned upon registration with his office of any such declaration of forfeiture to transfer the title of the forfeited property to this municipality without the necessity of an order from a competent court.

Within one (1) year from the date of such forfeiture, the taxpayer or any of his representative, may redeem the property by paying to the municipal treasurer the full amount of the taxes, fees, charges and related surcharges, interests, or penalties, and the costs of sale. If the property is not redeemed as provided herein, the ownership thereof shall be fully vested on this municipality.

m] Resale of Real Estate Acquired for Payment of Taxes, Fees, or Charges - The Sangguniang Bayan of this municipality may, by a duly approved ordinance, and upon notice of not less than twenty (20) days, sell and dispose of the real property acquired under the preceding Article at public auction. The proceeds of the sale shall accrue to the general fund of this municipality.

n] Collection of Delinquent Taxes, Fees, Charges, or Other Impositions Through Judicial Action - This municipality may enforce the collection of delinquent taxes, fees, charges, or other revenues by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of Section 194 of R.A. 7160.

o] Further Distraint or Levy - The remedies by distraint and levy may be repeated if necessary until the full amount due, including all expenses, is collected.

p] Personal Property Exempt from Distraint or Levy - The following property shall be exempt from distraint and the levy, attachment or execution thereof for delinquency in the payment of any local tax, fee, or charge, including related surcharges and interests:

1. Tools and implements necessarily used by the delinquent taxpayer in his trade or employment;

2. One (1) horse, cow, carabao, or other beasts of burden, such as the delinquent taxpayer may select, and necessarily used by him in his ordinary occupation;

3. His necessary clothing, and that of all his family;4. Household furniture and utensils necessary for housekeeping and

used for that purpose by the delinquent taxpayer, such as he may select, of a value not exceeding Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00);

5. Provisions, including crops, actually provided for individual or family use sufficient for four (4) months;

6. The professional libraries of doctors, engineers, lawyers and judges;

7. One (1) fishing boat and net, not exceeding the total value of Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00), by the lawful use of which a fisherman earns his livelihood; and

8. Any material or article forming part of a house or improvement of any real property.

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Section 11B.04. Period of Assessment and Collection Local taxes, fees, or charges shall be assessed within five (5) years from the date they became due. No action for the collection of such taxes, fees, or charges, whether administrative or judicial, shall be instituted after the expiration of such period; Provided, That taxes, fees or charges which have accrued before the effectivity of the Local Government Code may be assessed within a period of three (3) years from the date they become due.

In case of fraud or intent to evade the payment of taxes, fees, or charges, the same may be assessed within ten (10) years from discovery of the fraud or intent to evade payment.

Local taxes, fees, or charges maybe collected within five (5) years from the date of assessment by administrative or judicial action. No action shall be instituted after the expiration of the said period: Provided, however, that, taxes, fees, or charges assessed before the effectivity of the Local Government Code may be collected within a period of three (3) years from the date of assessment.

The running of the periods of prescription provided in the preceding paragraphs shall be suspended for the time during which:

The treasurer is legally prevented from making the assessment of collection;

The taxpayer requests for a reinvestigation and executes a waiver in writing before expiration of the period within which to assess or collect; and

The taxpayer is out of the country or otherwise cannot be located.

Section 11B.05. Protest of Assessment. When the municipal treasurer or his duly authorized representatives finds that correct taxes, fees, or charges have not been paid, he shall issue a notice of assessment stating the nature of the tax, fee, or charge, the amount of deficiency, the surcharges, interests, and penalties. Within sixty (60) days from the receipt of the notice of assessment, the taxpayer may file a written protest with the municipal treasurer contesting the assessment; otherwise, the assessment shall become final and executory. The municipal treasurer shall decide the protest within sixty (60) days from the time of its filing. If the municipal treasurer finds the assessment to be wholly or partly correct, he shall deny the protest wholly or partly with notice to the taxpayer. The taxpayer shall have thirty (30) days from the receipt of denial of the protest or from the lapse of the sixty-day period prescribed herein within which to appeal with the Court of competent jurisdiction otherwise the assessment becomes conclusive and unappealable.

Section 11B.06. Claim for Refund of Tax Credit. No case or proceeding shall be entertained in any Court for the recovery of any tax, fee, or charge erroneously or illegally collected until a written claim for refund or credit has been filed with the Office of the Municipal Treasurer. No case or proceeding shall be entertained in any Court after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of the payment of such tax, fee, or charge, or from the date the taxpayer is entitled to a refund or credit.

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may be raised on appeal within thirty (30) days from the effectivity thereof to the Secretary of Justice who shall render a decision within sixty (60) days from this date of receipt of the appeal: Provided, however, That such appeal shall not have the effect of suspending the effectivity of this Code and the accrual and payment of the tax, fee, or charge levied herein: Provided, finally, That within thirty (30) days after receipt of the decision or the lapse of the sixty-day period without the Secretary of Justice acting upon the appeal, the aggrieved party may file appropriate proceedings before a Court of competent jurisdiction.

Article C. General Penal Provisions

Section 11C.01. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this Code not herein otherwise covered by specific penalty, or of the rules and regulations promulgated under authority of this Code, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Two Thousand (P2,000.00) Pesos but not more than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00), or imprisonment of not exceeding Six (6) months or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the Court.

The office of the Municipal Mayor or the Office of the Municipal Treasurer shall have the authority to close establishment, in the exercise of its Police Power for failure to secure Business Permit or Mayor’s Permit.

Payment of a fine or service of imprisonment as herein provided shall not relieve the offender from the payment of the delinquent tax, fee or charge imposed under this Code.

If the violation is committed by any juridical entity, the President, General Manager, or any person entrusted with the administration thereof at the time of the commission of the violation shall be held responsible or liable therefore.

Section 11C.02. Compromise Settlement Fee. Except as provided under the provisions of this Code, the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an "extra judicial" or out-of-court settlement of any offense involving violations of any provisions of this Code subject, however, to the following conditions, viz:

1. That the offense does not involve fraud;2. That the offender shall pay a compromise settlement fee of

not less than Three Hundred Pesos (P300.00) but not more than Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00) as may be agreed upon by both parties;

3. That the payment of the compromise settlement fee above mentioned shall not relieve the offender from the payment of the corresponding tax, fee or charge due from him as provided under this Code, if he is liable therefore.

CHAPTER XII. – FINAL PROVISIONS

Article A. Separability, Applicability and Effectivity Clauses

Section 12A.01. Separability Clause. If for any reason, any provision, section or part of this Code is declared not valid by a Court of competent jurisdiction or suspended or revoked by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, such judgment shall not affect or impair the remaining

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provisions, sections, or parts thereof which shall remain or continue to be in full force and effect.

Section 12A.02. Applicability Clause. All other matters relating to the impositions in this Code shall be governed by pertinent provision of existing laws and other ordinances.

Section 12A.03. Repealing Clause. All ordinances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, in conflict with, or inconsistent with any provisions of this Code, are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 12A.04. Effectivity. This Code shall take effect after its approval.

RESOLVED FINALLY, that copies of this resolution and ordinance be furnished the Office of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for review and approval.

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the above-quoted municipal ordinance.

RACQUEL E. SOMBLINGO, MPA Secretary to the S.B.

ATTESTED:

RENE F. ARISTOZA O.I.C. Vice Mayor/Presiding Officer

APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, the Municipal Mayor this ______

ENGR. DIOSDADO G. PALLASIGUEMunicipal Mayor

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