City creation and district division
- Section 2 amends Section 2 of Republic Act No. 8508 to convert the Municipality of Antipolo into a component city known as the City of Antipolo.
- The City of Antipolo comprises the present territory of the Municipality of Antipolo, Rizal, covering the sixteen (16) barangays divided between two districts.
- The City is deemed divided into two (2) districts—the First District and the Second District—for better supervision and more efficient delivery of services.
- Section 2 specifies the First District barangays as:
- Barangay Bagong Nayon
- Barangay Beverly Hills
- Barangay Dela Paz
- Barangay Mambugan
- Barangay Mayamot
- Barangay Munting Dilao
- Barangay San Isidro
- Barangay Sta. Cruz
- Section 2 specifies the Second District barangays as:
- Barangay Calawis
- Barangay Cupang
- Barangay Dalig
- Barangay Inarawan
- Barangay San Jose
- Barangay San Juan
- Barangay San Luis
- Barangay San Roque
- Section 2 provides that the district/boundary arrangement is without prejudice to resolutions or determinations by the appropriate agency or forum of any existing and/or future boundary disputes or cases involving the City and the adjoining municipalities, or involving the barangays.
Legislative body membership by district
- Section 11(a), as amended by Section 2 of Republic Act No. 9232, establishes the Sangguniang Panlungsod as the legislative body of the City.
- The Sangguniang Panlungsod is composed of:
- The city vice mayor as presiding officer
- Sixteen (16) regular sanggunian members elected by district
- The president of the city chapter of the Liga ng mga Barangay
- The president of the panlungsod na pederasyon ng mga sangguniang kabataan
- Sectoral representatives
- The sixteen (16) regular members are distributed as:
- Eight (8) representing the First District of Antipolo
- Eight (8) representing the Second District of Antipolo.
- Section 11(a) ties the district representation of regular sanggunian members to the City’s division into two (2) districts.
Legislative districts and election timing
- Section 55, as amended by Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9232, provides that the City shall have two (2) legislative districts.
- The two legislative districts commence at the next national elections held after the effectivity of Republic Act No. 9232.
- Barangays forming the first legislative district are:
- Bagong Nayon
- Beverly Hills
- De la Paz
- Mambugan
- Mayamot
- Munting Dilao
- San Isidro
- Sta. Cruz
- Barangays forming the second legislative district are:
- Calawis
- Cupang
- Dalig
- Inarawan
- San Jose
- San Juan
- San Luis
- San Roque
- Each legislative district of Antipolo City is entitled to one (1) representative to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Rizal.
- The two (2) elective members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan under Section 54 of Republic Act No. 8508, as amended by Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9047, are elected by legislative district.
Repeal of inconsistent laws
- Section 4 repeals or modifies all laws, executive orders, regulations, or parts thereof that are inconsistent with Republic Act No. 9232.
- Any inconsistency with the amended provisions of Republic Act No. 8508 is resolved by the repeal or modification effected by Section 4.