Corporate Powers of the City
- City established as a political body corporate with perpetual succession.
- Powers include suing and being sued, using a corporate seal, acquiring and conveying property, contracting, and exercising powers granted by law.
General Powers and Liability
- City can levy taxes, open/close public roads and facilities, hold and manage real and personal property.
- City and officials are liable for death, injury, or property damage resulting from official duties.
Jurisdiction
- The City’s jurisdiction matches its territorial boundaries.
- City courts have concurrent jurisdiction with adjacent cities for crimes within their territory.
- Licenses issued in the city accrue fees to its treasury.
City Officials
- Enumerates elective and appointive officials including mayor, vice mayor, sangguniang panlungsod members, and various department heads.
- Mayor appoints some officials with sangguniang panlungsod concurrence.
City Mayor Powers and Duties
- Chief executive elected at-large, age and residency requirements specified.
- Duties include policy guidance, development planning, legislative proposals, appointment powers, disaster management, enforcement of laws, budget oversight, resource generation, and public safety coordination.
- Has authority to veto ordinances, issue executive orders, and represent the city.
City Vice Mayor
- Elected similarly to the mayor with specific qualifications.
- Presiding officer of the sangguniang panlungsod.
- Assumes mayor’s office on vacancy or temporary incapacity.
Sangguniang Panlungsod Composition and Functions
- Legislative body including vice mayor, regular members, youth federation president, and sectoral representatives.
- Enacts ordinances for peace, order, environment, welfare, taxation, land use, public services, and regulation of businesses and utilities.
- Approves budgets, franchises, and levies taxes.
- Reviews barangay ordinances for consistency and may suspend effectivity.
Legislative Process and Oversight
- Sanggunian adopts rules of procedure including committees.
- Members must disclose financial and business interests to avoid conflicts.
- Sessions must be public with quorum requirements and procedures for veto override outlined.
Disqualifications and Succession for City Officials
- Lists grounds disqualifying candidacy (criminal conviction, removal from office, dual citizenship, etc.).
- Permanent vacancies filled by succession or appointment with procedures and ranking based on votes.
- Temporary incapacity provisions for mayor outlined.
Appointive City Officials: Qualifications and Duties
- City officials including secretaries, treasurers, assessors, accountants, planners, engineers, health officers, legal officers, social welfare, environment officers, architects, information officers, veterinarians, general services, cooperatives, population officers, trade and industry, education, youth and sports, and public safety officers have specified qualifications.
- Duties emphasize planning, implementation, technical assistance, supervision, legal counsel, resource management, disaster response, and public services.
City Fire Station and Jail Services
- Mandates establishment of fire station with fire marshal and firefighting equipment.
- City jail to be secured, sanitary, and headed by a qualified warden focusing on prisoner welfare and human rights.
Transitory and Final Provisions
- Existing Quezon City ordinances apply until amended by Novaliches.
- Tax moratorium on rate increases for five years.
- City corporate existence effective upon plebiscite.
- First elective officials to be elected in next local elections.
- City succeeds to assets, liabilities, and properties of constituent barangays.
- Remains part of Quezon City’s Second Legislative District.
- Applicable laws include the Local Government Code where consistent.
- Transfer of records and tax delinquencies management specified.
- Separability, repealing, and effectivity clauses included.
This comprehensive enactment sets the legal framework for the creation, governance, administration, and legislative functions of the City of Novaliches, detailing powers, responsibilities, and procedural norms for city officials and government units.