QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 8755)
RA 8755 converts the Municipality of Tuguegarao, Cagayan into a component city known as Tuguegarao City, comprising the present territory of the municipality, with territorial jurisdiction within the metes and bounds specified in the Act.
It is within the present metes and bounds of the former Municipality of Tuguegarao, as set out in Section 2 by bearings, distances, and points indicated on the approved survey plan described in the Act.
The City is a political body corporate with attributes of perpetual succession and powers of a municipal corporation, including the powers to sue and be sued; have and use a corporate seal; acquire, hold, and convey real or personal property; enter into contracts; and exercise other powers subject to the Charter and existing laws.
Police jurisdiction for Tuguegarao City for police purposes is coextensive with its territorial jurisdiction, and is extended further for protecting and ensuring the purity of the City’s water supply over the drainage area and/or within 100 meters of any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct, or pumping station used in connection with the city water service.
Regional Trial Courts and Tuguegarao City courts have concurrent jurisdiction with RTCs and Metropolitan Trial Courts or City/Municipal Trial Courts of adjoining municipalities to try crimes and misdemeanors committed within the drainage area or within 100 meters of relevant water facilities.
The court first taking jurisdiction of such offense retains exclusive jurisdiction thereafter.
A city mayor, city vice mayor, sangguniang panlungsod members, secretary to the sangguniang panlungsod, city treasurer and assistant, city assessor and assistant, city accountant, city budget officer, city planning and development coordinator, city engineer, city health officer, city civil registrar, city administrator, city legal officer, city veterinarian, city social welfare and development officer, and city general services officer.
Unless otherwise provided, heads of departments and offices are appointed by the city mayor with the concurrence of the majority of all sangguniang panlungsod members, subject to civil service rules. The sanggunian must act within 15 days; otherwise, the appointment is deemed confirmed.
The city mayor is elected at large; must be at least 21 years old, an actual resident of the City for at least one year prior to election, and a qualified voter. He holds office for 3 years unless sooner removed, with minimum monthly compensation corresponding to Salary Grade 30 under RA 6758.
Examples include: determining guidelines of city policies and being responsible to the sangguniang panlungsod for the program of government; directing formulation and implementing the city development plan; appointing officials and employees whose appointments are not otherwise provided by law; representing the City in business transactions and signing documents with proper authority; enforcing laws and ordinances and implementing approved policies/projects.
He presides over the sangguniang panlungsod and signs warrants drawn on the city treasury for sanggunian expenditures; he also appoints certain officials/employees (including the secretary of the sanggunian and employees of sanggunian members) subject to civil service law and rules.
It is composed of the city vice mayor as presiding officer; 12 regular sanggunian members; the president of the city chapter of the Liga ng mga Barangay; the president of the panlungsod na pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan; and sectoral representatives, including three sectoral reps: women (1), agricultural/industrial workers (1), and other sectors such as urban poor/indigenous cultural communities/disabled persons (1), as determined within the ninety days before elections.
Among others: final judgment for offenses involving moral turpitude or punishable by at least 1 year within 2 years after serving sentence; administrative removal; conviction for violating the oath of allegiance; dual citizenship; being a fugitive; permanent residency abroad/right to reside abroad while continuing to avail of it after the Local Government Code effectivity; and being insane or feeble-minded.
If the city mayor has a permanent vacancy, the concerned city vice mayor becomes city mayor. If the city vice mayor has a permanent vacancy, the highest ranking sangguniang panlungsod member (or second in case of incapacity) becomes mayor or vice mayor as applicable. Subsequent vacancies are filled according to ranking, and successors serve only the unexpired term.
It is determined based on the proportion of votes obtained by each winning candidate to the total number of registered voters in the City immediately preceding the local election.
The ordinance is presented to the city mayor. If he approves, he signs; if vetoed, he returns it with written objections. The sanggunian may override by a 2/3 vote of all its members. If the mayor does not communicate the veto within 10 days, the ordinance is deemed approved.