MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/28 February) – Bukidnon’s move to enact its first ever provincial revenue code will start with public hearings in the 20 municipalities and two component cities of the province from March 11 to May 8.
In a notice of invitation, lawyer Apollo Maguale, Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) secretary, urged the public to attend the hearings and give suggestions to the proposed code.
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Maguale told MindaNews the provincial government will codify its revenue ordinances based on the Local Government Code of 1991.
In its explanatory note, the resolution proposing the enactment of the code cited that the provincial government had approved the Strategic Financial Management Plan (SFMP), which identified existing and potential revenue sources.
“There is a need to update and consolidate and/or compile the existing revenue ordinances and those that have been reflected in the SFMP of the province, thereby producing one compressed document ..,” the resolution said.
The move will be “of great help to the provincial government, and the Code will ultimately guide and assist the implementor for its efficient and effective collection of revenues,” the note added.
Maguale said a technical working group led by acting provincial treasurer Teodora Dinlayan wrote the draft which the SP approved late last year.
But Maguale noted that as an ordinance, the proposed legislation needs to undergo public hearings and publication in a newspaper for it to be enforceable in case it is approved.
Roderico Bioco, president of the Bukidnon Kaamulan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. welcomed the move but added they he has not read the proposed legislation. He noted that he had written Gov.[]
