Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 3719)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 3719 is to further amend Section 2067-B of the Administrative Code and respective city charters to fix the salaries of provincial and city officials in the Philippines, except for the cities of Manila and Trece Martires.
The salaries of provincial governors, provincial vice-governors, members of the provincial board, provincial treasurers, district engineers, provincial auditors, provincial health officers, chiefs of hospitals, superintendents of schools, provincial assessors, and their respective assistants are fixed under Section 2067-B.
Provincial officials' salaries are determined based on the class of the province (first-class to seventh-class), with each class having specified salary amounts for various officials and assistants as provided in the Act.
If a province incurs an overdraft in its general fund or operating expenses exceed revenue collections after salary increases, the President of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the Secretary of Finance, shall reduce the salary of the officials to the maximum rates fixed for them in the next lower class of province.
Yes. The salary of the district engineer and superintendent of schools shall be paid out of national funds. One-half of the salary of the provincial auditor, provincial health officer, assistant provincial auditor, and assistant provincial health officer shall be paid from national funds and the other half from the provincial funds until the national share is provided in the General Appropriation Acts.
Salaries depend on the bed capacity of the hospital: 25-50 beds correspond to fifth-class province salary; 51-100 beds, fourth-class; 101-150 beds, third-class; 151-300 beds, second-class; and for training and teaching hospitals with nursing schools within 150-300 beds, the salary corresponds to a first-class province.
First-class cities are divided into two: first-class-A cities with annual revenue of 2.5 million pesos or more have higher salaries for their officials compared to other first-class cities which have revenues less than 2.5 million pesos.
If after salary increases a city incurs an overdraft or expenses exceed collections, the municipal board or city council may proportionally reduce salaries, or the President may reduce salaries to those of the next lower class of city officials.
The salary increases take effect on July 1, 1963.
No, the Act explicitly states that its provisions shall not apply to the cities of Manila and Trece Martires.
Salaries for provincial and city fiscals and their assistants depend on the class of the province or city and their revenue classification, with specific salary schedules ranging from eleven thousand four hundred pesos for fiscals in high-revenue areas to seven thousand six hundred pesos in seventh-class provinces.
No salary increases shall be made unless and until all employees and other subordinates of the province or city concerned are actually receiving salaries in accordance with the Minimum Wage Law.
No, the Act does not create new positions; it only adjusts salaries for already authorized positions and confirmed officials.
The Act changes the designation of city attorneys in chartered cities to city fiscals for purposes of uniformity.