Corporate and General Powers
- City is a political entity with perpetual succession.
- Powers include suing and being sued, possessing a seal, owning property, contracting agreements.
- Authority to levy taxes, regulate public works, expropriate property, and enforce laws.
- Liability for damages is not exempted for the City or its officials.
Jurisdiction for Policing and Water Supply Protection
- Police jurisdiction aligns with the city territory.
- Extended jurisdiction to water supply drainage areas up to 100 meters around related infrastructures.
- Concurrent jurisdiction with adjoining municipalities’ courts and police for this extended area.
City Officials Structure
- Elective positions include City Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Sangguniang Panlungsod members.
- Appointive positions cover various departments: treasury, health, legal, planning, etc.
- City Mayor appoints some officials with sangguniang panlungsod concurrence.
- Compensation aligned with relevant salary grades and limits.
City Mayor Powers and Duties
- Chief executive officer with 3-year term, maximum 3 consecutive terms.
- Qualifications include Philippine citizenship, age 21+, and residency.
- Powers include policy formulation, development planning, appointment, representation, emergency measures, and reporting.
- Authority over executive functions, enforcement, resource generation, and service delivery.
- Authorized to handle public welfare, local ordinances, police supervision, and fiscal management.
City Vice Mayor Roles
- Elected similarly, same qualifications.
- Presides over the sangguniang panlungsod sessions.
- Appoints sangguniang panlungsod officials.
- Assumes mayoral duties during vacancy or incapacity.
Legislative Body: Sangguniang Panlungsod
- Composed of vice mayor (presiding), 10 regular members, barangay and youth federation presidents, and 3 sector representatives (women, workers, others).
- Powers include enacting ordinances, passing resolutions, appropriating funds, and regulating business and land use.
- Duties cover environmental protection, public health, welfare, safety, economic growth, and public order.
- Compensation set by law.
Legislative Process and Rules
- Adoption and implementation of internal procedural rules mandatory within 90 days post-election.
- Rules cover organization, committee formation, legislative calendar, conduct, discipline, and parliamentary procedures.
- Disclosure of financial/business interests by sangguniang panlungsod members to avoid conflicts.
- Sessions to be public except for special cases; quorum rules are strict with compulsory attendance.
Ordinance Approval and Review
- Ordinances presented to mayor for signature or veto within 10 days.
- Mayor can veto whole or part of ordinances on grounds of ultra vires or prejudice to public welfare.
- Veto override requires two-thirds vote of sangguniang panlungsod.
- Sanggunian Panlalawigan reviews ordinances within 30 days for validity.
- Barangay ordinances reviewed by sangguniang panlungsod, disapproved ordinances are suspended until amended.
- Enforcement of disapproved ordinances grounds for suspension or dismissal of officials involved.
Effectivity and Publication of Ordinances
- Ordinances take effect 10 days after posting on city hall and two conspicuous places.
- Published in local or general circulation newspapers.
Disqualification and Succession of Elective Officials
- Disqualifications include final convictions for crimes, administrative removal, oath violations, dual citizenship, fugitive status, permanent foreign residency, and mental incapacity.
- Succession rules: vice mayor succeeds mayor; ranked sanggunian members succeed vice mayor and among themselves.
- Provincial governor appoints replacements for sangguniang panlungsod vacancies of party nominees.
- Temporary incapacity of mayor handled by vice mayor or highest-ranking sangguniang panlungsod member with limits on powers exercised.
Appointment and Qualifications of City Officials
- Various appointive officials must meet citizenship, residency, moral character, education and civil service eligibility.
- Specific experience and professional licenses required for specialized roles (e.g., city treasurer, assessor, accountant, health officer).
- Officials oversee their respective departments such as treasury, planning, health, legal, social welfare, veterinary, environment, architecture, information, cooperatives, population, agriculture, and general services.
Special City Services
- Establishment of city fire station, headed by fire marshal adhering to Bureau of Fire Protection standards.
- City jail service setup with a jail warden for custody and welfare of detainees.
- City schools division maintained by DepEd with qualified superintendent.
- City prosecution service headed by city prosecutor under DOJ supervision for handling criminal cases.
Transitory and Final Provisions
- Existing municipal ordinances remain effective until superseded.
- City existence ratified by plebiscite; expenses borne by Cabuyao Municipality.
- Present municipal officials continue until new officials assume office after election.
- City succeeds municipality in assets, liabilities, obligations.
- Cabuyao voters partake in provincial elections; city remains under Laguna province jurisdiction.
- Five-year suspension on local tax rate increases post-conversion.
- Continuation in Second Congressional District unless changed by law.
- Local Government Code and applicable laws govern unless inconsistent with this Act.
- Separability clause for invalid provisions.
- Effectivity 15 days after publication.