BCLTE Review Materials *BCLTE Certified (October 2018)

Summary of Jeanlie C. Valenzuela *CSC Professional Passer (March 2017)

REQUISITE FOR CREATION OF LGUs

REQUIREMENTS PROVINCE CITY HIGHLY MUNICIPALITY BARANGAY
FOR CREATION URBANIZED
CITY
CREATION Created, abolished by
ORDINANCES OF
Created, divided, merged, abolished or its boundary altered only by an ACT OF CONGRESS SANGGUNIANG
subject to approval by MAJORITY VOTES (Plebiscite) conducted by the COMELECT in PANLALAWIGAN/
LGU within 120 DAYS from effectivity date of said act PANGLUNSOD. In case of
SANGGUNIANG
PANLALAWIGAN needs
recommendation of
SANGGUNIANG BAYAN.
INCOME Not less than 20 Atleast 100 Million Atleast 50 Million Atleast of 2.5
(Average Annual Million (A municipality or a Certified by City Million Certified
Income for 2 years Certified by DOF cluster of barangays Treasurer by Provincial
consecutive years may be converted into Treasurer *
based on 1991 constant a component city if it
prices including the has a locally
general fund, special generated an Average
funds, trust funds, Annual Income of at
transfer and non- least)
recurring income Certified by DOF
LAND AREA Atleast 2,000 sq. km Atleast 100 sq. km Atleast 50 sq. km
Contiguous or not Certified by Land Certified by Land - Certified by Land -
Mg’t Bureau Mg’t Bureau Mg’t Bureau
POPULATION Not less than 250,000 150,000 inhabitants 200, 000 inhabitants Atleast 25,000 Atleast 2,000 inhabitants
inhabitants Certified by NSO Certified by NSO Certified by NSO except in MANILA and other
Certified by NSO political subdivisions (highly
urbanized cities need 5,000
inhabitants
Certified by NSO