Republic of the Philippines

Province of Laguna
Municipality of Santa Cruz
SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN SANTO ANGEL NORTE
Tel. No. (049) 501-5611

OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN

Resolution No.
Series of 2023

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE INTERNAL RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE

SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN OF SANTO ANGEL NORTE, STA. CRUZ, LAGUNA.

WHEREAS, Republic Act no. 10742, otherwise known as the “SangguniangKabataan

Reform Act of 2016" states that there should be a Sangguniang Kabataan
Secretary and Treasurer to be appointed be Sangguniang Kabataan council.

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

mandated in the Republic Act no. 10742, are hereby adopted.

RULE I. ORGANIZATION OF THE SANGGUNIANG

KABATAAN
Section 1. Composition – The following are the duty elected members of the
Sangguniang Kabataan
SK CHAIRPERSON: HON. KYLA CLAUDELLE F. CARCELLAR

SK MEMBERS: HON. MARGIE BALASOTO

HON. ALLISON VICTORIA VALDEABELLA
HON. JULLIA SORIANO
HON. JUSTIN REI AQUINO
HON. ANDREA KRISTINE ACLO
HON. HEAVEN MAE LARON
HON. JOHN CEDRIX CENTENO

Section 2. The Presiding Officer – The SK Chairperson is the presiding officer of the
Sangguniang Kabataan who shall perform the following powers and duties

a) Preside over the Sangguniang Kabataan assembly and other meetings in the
Katipunan ng Kabataan;
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 Kabataan;
h) Appoint, with the approval of the Sanggunian the Chairperson and members
of the standing committees.
 Section 3. The Sangguniang Kabataan Secretary – The Sangguniang Kabataan
secretary shall perform the following duties:

a) Attend all sessions of the Sangguniang Kabataan,

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 Kabataan,
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 Kabataan,
g) Carry out or enforce orders of the SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN when
such duty devolves upon him.

Section 4. The Sangguniang Kabataan Treasurer - The Sangguniang Kabataan secretary

shall perform the following duties:

a) Attend all sessions of the SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN

b) Prepare and Report Monthly Financial Status of the Sangguniang Kabataan
(as requested by the sanggunian Sangguniang Kabataan)
c) Carry out or enforce orders of the SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN when such
duty devolves upon him.

Section 5. The Standing Committees.

All of the Committees shall be composed of not more than two (2) members,
including its Chairperson to which shall be referred all matters or questions pertaining
to or connected with the related Stading Committee appointed to them. The Standing
Committees are Connected with the 10 Centers of Youth Participation from the
Philippine Youth Development Plan Framework.

a) COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
 Health, sanitation or hygiene
 Proposed measures related to health centers and health programs
 All matters related to health services

Chairperson: ____________________
Member: ____________________

b) COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
 Non-formal education
 Educational facilities
 Promotion of culture and the arts
 Operation of non-formal educational institution
 Measures related to education and arts
 All other matters related to education, culture and arts

Chairperson: ____________________
Member: ____________________

c) COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

 providing people with the education
  training and skills that they need to find a job
 earn an income and become self-supporting.

Chairperson: ______________________
Member: ______________________

d) COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL INCLUSION AND EQUITY

 Gender and development
 Persons with Disability
 Measures related to social welfare services
 All other matters related to social welfare in the Sangguniang Kabataan.

Chairperson: __________________
Member: __________________

e) COMMITTEE ON SECURITY
 Measures related to the maintenance of peace and order
 Measures pertaining to protective services
 Fire prevention and control measure
 Public morals
 All other matters related to peace and order and public safety
Chairperson: __________________
Member: __________________

f) COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE
 Organization and management; personnel administration, position
classification and pay plan, and staffing patterns;
 Creation of position;
 Policy formulation for the economical, efficient and effective Sangguniang
Kabataan government administration;
 Conduct and ethical standards Sangguniang Kabataan officials and
employees;
 All other matters related to good governance.
Chairperson: ____________________
Members: ____________________

g) COMMITTEE ON ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

 Active participation of a citizen under the law of a nation discussing and
educating themselves in politics and society
 Philosophy espoused by organizations and educational institutions which
advocates that individuals

Chairperson: __________________
Members: __________________

h) COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT
 Matters relating to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
 Includes conservation, recreation, pollution control, fisheries and game, state
parks and forests, water resources and flood and erosion control
Chairperson: ____________________
Members: ____________________
 i) COMMITTEE ON Global MOBILITY
 Enables the Sangguniang Kabataan to transfer youths across borders from one
location to another.
 These transfers, also known as assignments, can broadly be classified as one
of the following: business travel, short-term, or long-term.
Chairperson: _________________________
Member: _________________________

j) COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
 Agriculture
 Measures related to agriculture
 All other matters related to agriculture in the Sangguniang Kabataan

Chairperson: ______________________
Member: ______________________

RULE II. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF INDIVIDUAL

MEMBER
Section 1. Every member of the 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 including the
Sangguniang Kabataan Secretary and Treasurer 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 be sent 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 sanggunain Abstentions may only be allowed if it can be
shown that the member concerned has a pecuniary interest, either directly or indirectly, on the
matter being acted upon by the body.

Section 4 All members of the sanggunian shall observe proper deportment and decorum during
sessions.

RULE III. SESSIONS AND QUORUM

Section 1. session – The SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN shall hold regular sessions twice a
month and also such number of special sessions as may be called by the SK Chairperson or by
majority of the members of the SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN at any time.

a) The first monthly regular session of his sanggunian is scheduled every ____________and the
second monthly regular session every _____________.
b) Regular session shall be held at the Sangguniang Kabataan Hall and shall start at _________

c) Regular sessions of this Sanggunian shall be in public and the presiding officer has the
authority to exact from those present respect and proper deportment

d) As often as necessary when public interest so demands, special sessions may be called by the
SK Chairperson or majority of the members of the sanggunian, no two sessions shall be held in
one day.

e) Unless otherwise agreed upon by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present, there being a
quorum, no other matter may be considered at a special session except those stated on the notice

f) In case of special sessions, a written notice to the sanggunian members, stating the day, time
and purpose of the meeting shall be served personally or left with a member of the household.

Section 2. Quorum – the majority of the SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN members shall

constitute a quorum, e., One (1) presiding officer and at least five (5) SANGGUNIANG
KABATAAN members and it is absence, the business of the sanggunian shall not be discussed

a) in the event of the SK Chairperson to preside at a regular or special session where there is
quorum, a temporary presiding officer shall be elected from among the members presents

b) When the quorum is lacking, a majority of those in actual attendance may adjourn from time
to time and may enforce immediate attendance of any member absent

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 an 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 thereafter 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 KABATAAN 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 KABATAAN – Only persons with prior
permission from the Sangguniang Kabataan 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 KABATAAN, 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 for the 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 or money 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 questions 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
KABATAAN 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 KABATAAN

2. Those relating to the comfort of the members of the sanggunian, like seating, lighting,
ventilation and other inconveniences of the session hall

3. 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 Sangguniang Kabataan 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 thereon

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.

On a vote where affirmative and negative are equal in number, the motion shall be declared lost.
If a tie has taken place, the SK Chairpersonmay, at his discretion, cast the deciding vote.

A two-thirds vote is required to pass any of the following motions

(a) to limit, extend or close a debate

(b) To amend any part of the adopted rules
(c) To suspend the rules
(d) To suspend or recommend the expulsion of any member for cause.

No member could be compelled to vote, he may no to sustain. The motion to reconsider can be
made only the member who voted on the prevailing side. Any member who abstained from
voting shall no right to ask the reconsideration

No member can vote on a question in which he has direct or personal pecuniary interest

Section 3. Decorum and Debates

(a) Whenever a member wishes to speak he shall rise and request the presiding officer to allow
him to have the floor which consent shall be necessary before he may proceed.

(b) When several members wish to have the floor, the presiding officer shall recognized the one
who first made the request

(c) No member shall interrupt another without the letter’s, which may not be obtained except
through the chair

(d) The presiding officer can volunteer information only when necessary. Before participating in
the deliberation of any question before the Sanggunian, he should first surrender the chair
temporarily to some other member

(e) If at any time, the presiding officer states a point of order, or give information otherwise
speak, with his privilege, the member speaking must take his seat until the presiding officer has
been first heard

(f) No number shall walk out or across the session hall while the presiding officer is addressing
the SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN, or while the Sanggunian is engaged in voting.

(g) A member who has obtained the floor shall confine himself to the questions before the
sanggunian and shall avoid personalities.

(h) No member shall claim the floor the second time if there are others who such to speak his the
first time

(i) All SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN members, including the Sangguniang Kabataan

Secretary and Sangguniang Kabataan treasurer, when attending the session, shall be in complete
uniform.

(j) SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN members shall avoid drinking alcoholic liquor before
attending and during session or during recess of session

RULE VII. DICIPLINE OF MEMBERS

Section 1. Absences and Disorderly Behavior

a) Any elected sanggunian member who fails to attend any of the two regular sessions shall
not be entitled to half his/her honorarium

b) Any SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN member who fails to attend any of following

compulsory activities of the Sangguniang Kabataan, either or without excuse, shall pay a
fine

(1) Office duty

(2) other Sangguniang Kabataan activities approved by the sanggunian including the
wearing of prescribed uniform

Additional For the SK Chairperson

Conduct of SK monthly meeting

Approved by:

HON. KYLA CLAUDELLE F. CARCELLAR

SK Chairperson

HON. MARGIE BALASOTO HON. ALLISON VICTORIA

VALDEABELLA
SK Member SK Member

HON. JULLIA SORIANO HON. JUSTIN REI AQUINO

SK Member SK Member

HON. ANDREA KRISTINE ACLO HON. HEAVEN MAE

LARON
SK Member SK Member

HON. JOHN CEDRIX CENTENO

SK Member