Local Government & Development Administration By Alan R.

Estacio

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When Batas Pambansa Bilang 51 came into effect in

1980, all cities whose incomes at the time were PHP 40 million or higher became highly urbanized cities
political relations with their respective provinces were

severed. their residents effectively lost their eligibility to vote for provincial officials because of this new status

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Batas Pambansa 51 Section 3 states Sec. 3. Cities. There shall be in each city such elective local officials as provided in their respective charters, including the city mayor, the city vice-mayor, and the elective members of the sangguniang panlungsod, all of whom shall be elected by the qualified voters in the city. In addition thereto, there shall be appointive sangguniang panlungsod, members consisting of the president of the city association of barangay councils, the president of the city federation of the kabataang barangay, and one representative each from the agricultural and industrial labor sectors who shall be appointed by the President (Prime Minister) whenever, as determined by the sangguniang panlungsod, said sectors are of sufficient number in the city to warrant representation.
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BP 51 Sec 3 Continued Until cities are reclassified into highly urbanized and

component cities in accordance with the standards established in the Local Government Code as provided for in Article XI, Section 4 (1) of the Constitution, any city now existing with an annual regular income derived from infrastructure and general funds of not less than forty million pesos (P40,000,000.00) at the time of the approval of this Act shall be classified as a highly urbanized city. All other cities shall be considered components of the provinces where they are geographically located.

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BP 51 Sec 3 Continued The City of Baguio, because of its special functions as the summer capital of the Philippines, shall be classified as a highly urbanized city irrespective of its income.
The registered voters of a component city may be entitled to vote in the election of the officials of the province of which that city is a component, if its charter so provides. However, voters registered in a highly urbanized city, as hereinabove defined, shall not participate nor vote in the election of the officials of the province in which the highly urbanized city is geographically located

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BP 51 Sec 3 Continued The registered voters of a component city may be entitled to vote in the election of the officials of the province of which that city is a component, if its charter so provides. However, voters registered in a highly urbanized city, as hereinabove defined, shall not participate nor vote in the election of the officials of the province in which the highly urbanized city is geographically located

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Cities that were added and severed from there provinces are Angeles Bacolod, Cebu, and Iloilo

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Existing Cities that were added Prior to BP 51
Caloocan, Davao,

Manila,
Pasay, Quezon City, and Zamboanga.

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In addition, Section 3 of BP 51 also made Baguio a highly urbanized city

irrespective of its income, due to its importance as host to the official summer residences of the President and the Supreme Court.

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Batas Pambansa Bilang 337 (Local Government Code of 1983) was
in force from 1983 to 1991)

a city that had at least 150,000 inhabitants and an

income of at least PHP 30 million was declared highly urbanized by the Minister of Local Government within thirty days of the city having met the requirement.

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Butuan

Cagayan De Oro

General Santos

Iligan City

Lucena City

Mandaue

Olongapo

Zamboanga

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Batas Pambansa Bilang 337 - Cities were Butuan (1985) Cagayan de Oro (1983) General Santos (1988) Iligan (1983) Lucena (1991) Mandaue (1991) Olongapo (1983) and Zamboanga (1983)

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Non-voting component city to voting component

city From 1980 to 1991, there were cities that were not considered as highly urbanized were considered component cities of their provinces, regardless of whether their city charters allowed them to vote for provincial officials or not.

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The city of Cabanatuan originally was excluded from

electing and being elected into positions in the provincial government of Nueva Ecija until its city charter (Republic Act No. 526)was amended by Republic Act No. 1445 in 1956, enabling it to once more vote for provincial officials.

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In 1964, when Cebu City's old charter (Commonwealth

Act No. 58) was repealed and replaced with Republic Act No. 3857, its residents once more became eligible to vote for provincial officials. However, when the city was among the first few to be classified as highly urbanized in 1980, it effectively became independent from the province of Cebu and its inhabitants have since remained ineligible to participate in the election of provincial officials.

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