Republic of the Philippines

Province of Dinagat Islands

Municipality of Dinagat
Barangay Wadas

SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY INTERNAL RULES OF PROCEDURE

Resolution No._03
Seies of 2023

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE INTERNAL RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE

SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY OF Barangay Wadas,Dinagat ,Dinagat Islands.

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 390 of the Local Government Code of 1991. The
Sangguniang Barangay shall be the legislative body of the barangay and shal lbe
composed of the Punong Barangay as the presiding officer and seven sangguniang
barangay members and the chairman of the sangguniang kabataan as members;

WHEREAS, Section 50 of the same Code, likewise, provides that the

Sanggunian,within ninety (90) days following the election of its members, shall adopt its
Internal Rules of Procedure in order to achieve a maximum degree of efficiency in the
deliberation of issues during their sessions;

NOW THEREFORE, be it Resolved, that the following Internal Rules of Procedure as

mandated as Section 50 of the Local Government Code of 1991, are hereby adopted.

RULE 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY

Section 1. Composition The following are the duty elected members of the

Sangguniang Barangay

Hon._______________________________ Punong Barangay

Hon________________________________Sangguniang Barangay Member

Hon________________________________ Sangguniang Barangay Member

Hon________________________________ Sangguniang Barangay Member

Hon________________________________ Sangguniang Barangay Member

Hon________________________________ Sangguniang Barangay Member

Hon________________________________ Sangguniang Barangay Member

Hon________________________________ Sangguniang Barangay Member

Hon.________________________________SK Chairman

Section 2. The Presiding Officer

The Punong Barangay is the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Barangay who shall
perform the following powers and duties

a) Preside over the sanggunian, the barangay assembly and other meetings in the
barangay;

b) Decide all points of order

c) Preserve order and decorum during the session,

d) Announce the business in the order in which it is to be acted open by the Sanggunian;

e) Entertain only one motion at a time and state all motions property,

f) Recognize only one member who is entitled to the floor,

g) Call a special meeting session by giving written notice of it to each member of the
Sangguniang Barangay;

h) Appoint, with the approval of the Sanggunian the chairman and members of the standing
committees.

Section 3. The Barangay Secretary

The barangay secretary shall perform the following duties

a) Attend all sessions of the Sangguniang Barangay,

b) Send out proper notices of all called sessions, other meetings and public hearings

c) Transmit to the committees all matters referred to them by the Sanggunian

d) Prepare and certify the minutes of the session of the Sangguniang Barangay,

e) Read all correspondence and resolutions which are required by the Sanggunian or by
the Presiding Officers,

f) Forward to the Sangguniang Bayan, a correct copy of each resolution and

approved ordinance within ten (10) days after the Sangguniang Barangay,

g) Carry out or enforce orders of the Sangguniang Barangay when such duty devolves
upon him,

Section 4. The Standing Committees.

a) Committees on Appropriation to which shall be referred all matters or questions

pertaining to or connected with the following

1. local taxes, fees and charges

2. Loans and other sources of local revenues

3. Annual and supplemental budgets

4. Appropriations ordinances

5. All other matters related to local taxation and fiscal administration

Chairman:April T.Timtim

Members:Mike T.Andoy

:Joni B.Carpenteros

B.) Committees on Women and Family

 to which shall be referred all matters or questioning pertaining to or connected
with the following:

a) Women’s welfare, rights and privileges

b) Women’s organizations

c) Family welfare)

All other matters related to women and family

Chairman: _________________________

Members: _________________________

_________________________

C) Committees on Peace and Order and Human Rights

to which shall be referred all matters of questions pertaining to or connected with

the following:

a) Maintenance of peace and order and public safety

b) Protective services

c) Traffic rules and regulations

d) Fire prevention and control measures

e) Public morals

f) Human rights

g) Prevention of human rights violation

h) All matters affecting human rights

Chairman:Mike T.Andoy

Members: Joni B.Carpenteros

 :Bienvenido M.Corpin

D) Committee on Youth and Sports Development

to which shall be referred all matters or questions pertaining to or connected with

the following:

a) Sports development

b) Youth welfare and development

Chairman:Baby Boy T.Fuentes

Members:Mike T.Andoy

:April T.Timtim

E) Committee on Social Services

to which shall be referred all matters or questions pertaining to or connected with

the following:

Chairman: Evangeline A.Yunting

Members: April T.Timtim

:Bienvenido M.Corpin

F) Committee on Solid Waste

to which shall be referred all matters or questions pertaining to or connected with

the following:

a)

b)

c) All matters affecting the

Chairman: _________________________

Members; _________________________

_________________________
G.) Committee on Health

to which shall be referred all matters or questions pertaining to or connected

with the following:

a) Health, sanitation and hygiene

b) Cleanliness and beautification of the community

c) Proposed measures related to health centers and health programs

Chairman: Joni B.Carpenteros

Members: Alex B.Equibal

:Baby T.Fuentes

H) Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure Development

to which shall be referred all matters or questions pertaining to or connected

with the following:

a) Constructions, Maintenance, and repair of roads, budgets and other government

infrastructure projects

b) Measures that pertain to drainage and sewerage system and similar projects

c) All other matters related to public works and infrastructure projects

Chairman: Bienvenido M.Corpin

Members: Gerardo A.Intes

:Alex B.Equibal

I) Committee on Agriculture and Environment

to which shall be referred all matters or questions pertaining to or connected

with following:

a) Agricultural Production

b) Agricultural inputs
 c) Agricultural facilities

d) Development of agri-business enterprises

e.) Environmental protection

f.) Air water pollution

g.) Wanton destruction of the environment and its natural resources

h.) All matters or measures affecting the environment

e) All other matters related to agriculture, including plants and animals

Chairman: April T.Timtim

Members: Alex B.Equibal

:Bienvenido M.Corpin

J.) Committee on Education and Culture

to which shall be referred all matters or questions pertaining to or connected

with the following:

a) Formal and non-formal education

b) Educational facilities

c) Promotion of culture and the arts

d) Operation of educational institutions, both private and public

e) All matters related to education and culture

Chairman: Alex B.Equibal

Members: Evangeline A.Yunting

:Gerardo A.Intes

RULE II. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBER

Section 1: Every member of this sanggunian shall make a full disclosure of his financial
and business interests as required of him under art 104, Rule XVII of the Rules and
Regulations implementing the Local Government Code of 1991.

Section 2: Every member shall attend all the sessions of the sanggunian unless he is
prevented from doing so by reason of sickness and other unavoidable circumstances
provided that, as a general rule, previous notice thereto shall absent to the Sanggunian
thru the Presiding Officer or the secretary.

Section 3: As a general rule, every member as required to vote on every question or

proposed measures being voted upon by the sanggunian Abstentions mayonly be
allowed if it’ s be shown that the member concerned has a pecuniary.

c) If there is still no quorum in spite of the above, no other business shall be translated
and the presiding officer upon proper motion or a majority of the members present shall
declare the meeting adjourned for lack of quorum

d) Should a question of lack of quorum be raised, the presiding officer shall immediately
proceed to call the roll of the members and there after announce the results.

e) Absent members shall explain their absence during the next meeting

RULE IV. ORDER OF BUSINESS

Section 1. Order of Business

The order of business of the Sangguniang Barangay shall be as follows:

a) Invocation

b) Singing of the National Anthem

c) Call to Order

d) Roll Call

e) Declaration of the existence of a quorum

f) Approval of the minutes of the presiding session

g) Reading of the communications received

h) Committee REPORTS,if any

i) Business for the day

( j )Other business

k) Adjournment

Section 2. Agenda

Matters that may be taken up in the session shall be limited only to those items listed
in the agenda

Section 3. Appearance before the Sangguniang Barangay

Only persons with prior permission from the Barangay Secretary shall be allowed to
appear and speak before the Sanggunian

Section 4. Matters referred to Committee

Any measure appearing in the agenda to reference for the corresponding committee
shall not be subject to debate or discussion, prior to final action.

Section 5. Urgent matters

urgent matters which may be brought to the attention of Sangguniang Barangay, the
delay in the consideration of which shall prejudice activities of the government, may be
discussed in the session without being listed in the agenda.

RULE V. THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

Section 1. Rules in the enhancement of ordinance and adoption of resolutions

In the enhancement of ordinances and adoption of resolutions including other matters

requiring legislative actions, the following rules shall be observed.

a) Legislative actions of a general and permanent character shall be enacted in the form
of ordinances, while those which are of temporary character shall be passed in the
form of resolutions. Matters relating to proprietary functions and to private concerns
shall also be acted upon by resolutions.

b) Proposed ordinances and resolutions shall be in writing and shall contain an

assigned number, a title or caption, an enacting or ordaining clause, and the date of its
proposed effectively.

c) A resolution shall be enacted in the same manner prescribed for an ordinance,

except that it need not go through a third residing for its final consideration unless
decided otherwise by the majority of the sanggunian members present.

d) No ordinance or resolution shall be considered on second residing in any regular

meeting unless it has been reported out by the proper committee to which it was
referred or certified as urgent by the local chief executive.

e) Any legislative matter duly certified by the local chief executive as urgent whether or
not it is included in the calendar of business maybe presented and considered by the
body at the same meeting without need of suspending the rules.

f) The secretary to the Sanggunian shall prepare copies of the proposed ordinance or
resolutions of the form it was passed on second reading, and shall as distribute to
each sanggunian member a copy thereof except that a measure certified by the local
chief executive as urgent maybe submitted forthe final voting immediately after it
has undergone the periods of debate and amendment during the second reading.

g) No ordinance or resolution passed by the Sanggunian in the regular, or special

session duly called for the purpose, shall be valid unless approved by a majority of the
members present, there being a quorum.

h) Upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions directing the payment ormoney
or creating a liability, and at the request of any member, the Sanggunian secretary shall
record the ayes and the nays. Each approved ordinance or resolution shall be stamped
with the seal of the Sangguninan and recorded in a book kept for the purpose.

RULE VI. THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS

Section 1. Motions and their precedence

a) Privilege and Subsidiary Motions

When the question is under debate, no motion shall be entertained except the following
and in the order in which they appear below.

1. Motion to adjourn

2. Motion to declare a recess

3. Motion to postpone temporarily

4. Motion to postpone on a certain day

5. Motion to refer to the corresponding committee

6. Motion to amend the main motion

7. Motion to postpone indefinitely the consideration of any business

b) Question of privilege

Questions relating to the rights and privileges of the Sangguniang Barangay or to any to
its members, shall take precedence over all motions except motions relating to
adjournment and recess. This may involve the following:

1. Those relating to the organization of the Sangguniang Barangay

2. Those relating to the comfort of the members of the sanggunian, like seating,lighting,
ventilation and other inconveniences of the session hall.
03. Those relating to the freedom from noise and conduct of other persons inside the
session hall.

4. Those relating to the punishment of a member for disorderly conduct or other offense.

c) Incidental motions

The following motions shall take precedence of any motion, to which they are incidental
and must be decided before any other business is taken up.

1. Point of Order

Any Sanggunian Barangay member may interrupt a speaker to bring to the attention of
the presiding officer any matter involving an error in procedure or violation of the rules

2. parliamentary Inquiry

Any request for information as in order if they are pertinent to a pending question

3. Withdraw a motion

A motion by the sponsor requesting of the removal of his main motion from the
consideration of the sanggunian shall be in order before its amendment and before the
decision is made there on

4. Suspend the rules

the rules shall be suspended when a motion presented to that effect is approved by two-
thirds of the members present All foregoing motions are not debatable.

Section 2. Voting

no motion except in the presence of a quorum shall be entertained during the voting.
Any member may explain his vote when voting for the debatable motion. When the
motion is not debatable, no other remarks will be entertained by the chair when a
member cast his vote.

RULE VII. DECIPLINE OF MEMBERS

Section 1. Absences and Disorderly Behavior

a) Any Sangguniang Barangay member who fails to attend any of following compulsory
activities of the barangay, either or without excuse, shall pay a fine equivalent to one
fourth (1/4) of his honorarium, viz:(1) First monthly regular session (2) Second monthly
regular session (3) Office duly (4) CIVAC

b) For the SK Chairman (5) First monthly regular session (6) Second monthly regular
session (7) SK monthly meeting (8) CIVAC

c) members who shall be absent without justifiable cause for four (4) consecutive
sessions may be censured reprimanded, or excluded from the session, suspended for
not more than sixty (60) days, or expelled: Provided that the penalty of suspension or
expulsion shall require the concurrence of at least two-thirds 92/3) vote of all the
Sangguniang Barangay members pursuant to section 50 (b) (5) of the Local
government Code of 1991.

Certified true and correct, _______________

Barangay Secretary

Approved: _________________________________

Punong Barangay
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