Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 103)
Republic Act No. 103 increases the maximum salary limits for mayors, secretaries, and treasurers of municipalities in regularly organized provinces, amending Section 2184 of the Revised Administrative Code as amended.
The salaries of municipal mayors, municipal secretaries, and municipal treasurers are increased under this act.
The salary of municipal treasurers is divided into two parts: one payable out of municipal funds in their capacity as municipal treasurers, and the other payable out of provincial funds in their capacity as deputies of the provincial treasurer.
The maximum annual salary for a mayor in a first-class municipality is twenty-four hundred pesos (₱2,400).
The maximum annual salary for a municipal secretary in a third-class municipality is nine hundred and sixty pesos (₱960).
Yes, municipal officers or council members who disagree with the provincial board's decisions regarding salaries and per diems may appeal to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Finance, whose decision shall be final.
An appeal must be forwarded within ten days after its receipt by the provincial board.
Yes, provincial boards and municipal councils that have submitted budgets for the current fiscal year may recall and adjust their budgets in conformity with the new salary scales under this act.
This act took effect immediately upon its approval on June 2, 1947.
For municipalities of the fifth class, the maximum annual salary for mayors is twelve hundred pesos (₱1,200).