Republic of the Philippines

Province of Isabela
Municipality of Ramon
Series of 2019

LOCAL FEDERATION OF SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN INTERNAL RULES OF

PROCEDURE

Resolution No.01
Series of 2019

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE INTERNAL RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE LOCAL

FEDERATION OF SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN OF MUNICIPALITY OF RAMON, ISABELA

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 390 of the Local Government Code of 1991. The Sangguniang
Kabataan Chairmen shall be the legislative body of the Katipunan ng Kabataan and shall be
composed of the SK Federation President as the presiding officer and 18 Sangguniang
Kabataan Chairmen;

WHEREAS, Section 50 of the same Code, likewise, provides that the Sanggunian, within ninety
(90) days following the election of its members, shall adopt its Internal Rules of Procedure in
order to achieve a maximum degree of efficiency in the deliberation of issues during their
sessions;

NOW THEREFORE, be it Resolved, that the following Internal Rules of Procedures mandated
as Section 50 of the Local Government Code of 1991, are hereby adopted.

RULE 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE LOCAL FEDERATION OF SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN

Section 1. Composition –The Local Federation of Sangguniang Kabataan is composed of the

Sk Federation President and 18 Sk chairman.

The following are the duty elected members of the Sangguniang Kabataan Officers

PRESIDENT: Hon. Nemerson T. Manuel

VICE PRESIDENT: Clyde Jephtah G. Bulatao
SECRETARY: Cyrill May T. Bacarra
TREASURER: Jimar Dela Cruz
AUDITOR: Reygie Valentino
SGT. at Arms: Jhonel Dulay

Section 2. The Presiding Officer – The SK President is the presiding officer of the
Sangguniang Kabataan who shall perform the following powers and duties
a) Preside over the Sanggunian, the KK assembly and other meetings in the municipality;
b) Decide all points of order
c) Preserve order and decorum during the session,
d) Announce the business in the order in which it is to be acted open by the Sanggunian;
e) Entertain only one motion at a time and state all motions property,
f) Recognize only one member who is entitled to the floor,
g) Call a special meeting session by giving written notice of it to each member of the
Sangguniang Kabataan;
h) Appoint, with the approval of the Sanggunian the chairman and members of the standing
committees.

Section 3. The Secretary – The Sangguniang Kabatan secretary shall perform the following
duties:

a) Attend all sessions of the Sangguniang Kabataan ,

b) Send out proper notices of all called sessions, other meetings and public hearings
c) Transmit to the committees all matters referred to them by the Sanggunian
d) Prepare and certify the minutes of the session of the Sangguniang Kabataan,
e) Read all correspondence and resolutions which are required by the Sanggunian or by the
Presiding Officers,
f) Forward to the Sangguniang Kabataan, a correct copy of each resolution and approved
ordinance within ten (10) days after the Sangguniang Kabataan,
g) Carry out or enforce orders of the Sangguniang Kabataan when such duty devolves upon
him,

RULE II. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBER

Section 1 Every member of this sanggunian shall make a full disclosure of his financial and
business interests as required of him under art 104, Rule XVII of the Rules and Regulations
implementing the Local Government Code of 1991.

Section 2 Every member shall attend all the sessions of the sanggunian unless he is prevented
from doing so by reason of sickness and other unavoidable circumstances provided that, as a
general rule, previous notice thereto shall be sent to the Sanggunian thru the Presiding Officer
or the secretary.

Section 3 As a general rule, every member as required to vote on every question or proposed
measures being voted upon by the sanggunain Abstentions may only be allowed if it can be
shown that the member concerned has a pecuniary interest, either directly or indirectly, on the
matter being acted upon by the body.

Section 4 Every member shall observe proper deportment and decorum during sessions.
 RULE III. SESSIONS AND QUORUM

Section 1. session – The Sangguniang Kabataan Federation shall hold regular sessions on the
First friday of the month and also such number of special sessions as may be called by the Sk
Federation President or by majority of the members of the Sangguniang Kabataan at any time.

a.) Regular session shall be held on the First Friday of the month, sessions shall start at 1:30
p.m. but in no case later than 1:45 pm.
b.) Regular sessions of this Sanggunian shall be in public and the presiding officer has the
authority to exact from those present respect and proper deportment
c.) As often as necessary when public interest so demands, special sessions may be called by
the Sk Federation President or majority of the members of the sanggunian No two sessions
shall be held in one day.
d.) Unless otherwise agreed upon by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present, there being
a quorum, no other matter may be considered at a special session except those stated on the
notice
e.) In case of special sessions, a written notice to the sanggunian kabataan, stating the day,
time and purpose of the meeting shall be served personally or left with a member of the
household.

Section 2. Quorum – the majority of the Sangguniang Kabataan members shall constitute a
quorum, e., One (1) presiding officer and at least five (10) sangguniang Kabataan members and
it is absence, the business of the sanggunian shall not be discussed

a) in the event of the Sk Federation President to preside at a regular or special session where
there is quorum, a temporary presiding officer shall be elected from among the members
presents
b) When the quorum is lacking, a majority of those in actual attendance may adjourn from time
to time and may enforce immediate attendance of any member absent
c) If there is still no quorum in spite of the above, no other business shall be translated and the
presiding officer upon proper motion or an majority of the members present shall declare the
meeting adjourned for lack of quorum
d) Should a question of lack of quorum be raised, the presiding officer shall immediately
proceed to call the roll of the members and thereafter announce the results.
e) Absent members shall explain their absence during the next meeting

RULE IV. ORDER OF BUSINESS

Section 1. Order of Business The order of business of the Sangguniang Kabataan shall be as
follows:

a) Invocation
b) Singing of the National Anthem and Awit sa Bohol
c) Call to Order
d) Roll Call
e) Declaration of the existence of a quorum
f) Approval of the minutes of the presiding session
g) Reading of the communications received
h) Committee Reports,if any
i) Business for the day
j) Other business
k) Adjournment

Section 2. Agenda – Matters that may be taken up in the session shall be limited only to those
items listed in the agenda

Section 3. Appearance before the Sangguniang Kabataan – Only persons with prior
permission from the Sangguniang Kabataan Secretary shall be allowed to appear and speak
before the Sanggunian

Section 4. Matters referred to Committee – Any measure appearing in the agenda to

reference for the corresponding committee shall not be subject to debate or discussion, prior to
final action

Section 5. Urgent matters – urgent matters which may be brought to the attention of
Sangguniang Kabataan, the delay in the consideration of which shall prejudice activities of the
government, may be discussed in the session without being listed in the agenda.

RULE V. THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

Section 1. Rules in the enhancement of ordinance and adoption of resolutions in the

enhancement of ordinances and adoption of resolutions including other matters requiring
legislative actions, the following rules shall be observed.

a) Legislative actions of a general and permanent character shall be enacted in the form of
ordinances, while those which are of temporary character shall be passed in the form of
resolutions. Matters relating to proprietary functions and to private concerns shall also be acted
upon by resolutions.

b) Proposed ordinances and resolutions shall be in writing and shall contain an assigned
number, a title or caption, an enacting or ordaining clause, and the date of its proposed
effectively.

c) A resolution shall be enacted in the same manner prescribed for an ordinance, except that it
need not go through a third residing for its final consideration unless decided otherwise by the
majority of the sanggunian members present.

d) No ordinance or resolution shall be considered on second residing in any regular meeting

unless it has been reported out by the proper committee to which it was referred or certified as
urgent by the local chief executive.

e) Any legislative matter duly certified by the local chief executive as urgent whether or not it is
included in the calendar of business maybe presented and considered by the body at the same
meeting without need of suspending the rules.
f) The secretary to the Sanggunian shall prepare copies of the proposed ordinance or
resolutions of the form it was passed on second reading, and shall as distribute to each
sanggunian member a copy thereof except that a measure certified by the local chief executive
as urgent maybe submitted for the final voting immediately after it has undergone the periods of
debate and amendment during the second reading.

g) No ordinance or resolution passed by the Sanggunian in the regular, or special session duly
called for the purpose, shall be valid unless approved by a majority of the members present,
there being a quorum.

h) Upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions directing the payment or money or
creating a liability, and at the request of any member, the Sanggunian secretary shall record the
ayes and the nays. Each approved ordinance or resolution shall be stamped with the seal of the
Sangguninan and recorded in a book kept for the purpose.

RULE VI. THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS

Section 1. Motions and their precedence

a) Privilege and Subsidiary Motions – When the questions is under debate, no motion shall
be entertained except the following and in the order in which they appear below.

1. Motion to adjourn
2. Motion to declare a recess
3. Motion to postpone temporarily
4. Motion to postpone on a certain day
5. Motion to refer to the corresponding committee
6. Motion to amend the main motion
7. Motion to postpone indefinitely the consideration of any business

b) Question of privilege – Questions relating to the rights and privileges of the Sangguniang
Kabataan or to any to its members, shall take precedence over all motions except motions
relating to adjournment and recess. This may involved the following:

1. Those relating to the organization of the Sangguniang Kabataan

2. Those relating to the comfort of the members of the sanggunian, like seating, lighting,
ventilation and other inconveniences of the session hall
3. Those relating to the freedom from noise and conduct of other persons inside the session hall
4. Those relating to the punishment of a member for disorderly conduct or other offense.

c) Incidental motions – The following motions shall take precedence of any motion, to which
they are incidental and must be decided before any other business is taken up.
1. Point of Order – Any Sanggunian Kabataan member may interrupt a speaker to bring to the
attention of the presiding officer any matter involving an error in procedure or violation of the
rules
2. Parliamentary Inquiry – Any request for information as in order if they are pertinent to a
pending question
3. Withdraw a motion – A motion by the sponsor requesting of the removal of his main motion
from the consideration of the sanggunian shall be in order before its amendment and before the
decision is made thereon
4. Suspend the rules – the rules shall be suspended when a motion presented to that effect is
approved by two-thirds of the members present

All foregoing motions are not debatable.

Section 2. Voting – no motion except in the presence of a quorum shall be entertained during
the voting. Any member may explain his vote when voting for the debatable motion. When the
motion is not debatable, no other remarks will be entertained by the chair when a member cast
his vote.

On a vote where affirmative and negative are equal in number, the motion shall be declared
lost. If a tie has taken place, the Sk Federation President may, at his discretion, cast the
deciding vote.

A two-thirds vote is required to pass any of the following motions

(a) to limit, extend or close a debate

(b) To amend any part of the adopted rules
(c) To suspend the rules
(d) To suspend or recommend the expulsion of any member for cause.

No member could be compelled to vote, he may no to sustain. The motion to reconsider can be
made only the member who voted on the prevailing side. Any member who abstained from
voting shall no right to ask the reconsideration

No member can vote on a question in which he has direct or personal pecuniary interest

Section 3. Decorum and Debates

(a) Whenever a member wishes to speak he shall rise and request the presiding officer to allow
him to have the floor which consent shall be necessary before he may proceed.
(b) When several members wish to have the floor, the presiding officer shall recognized the one
who first made the request
(c) No member shall interrupt another without the letter’s, which may not be obtained except
through the chair
(d) The presiding officer can volunteer information only when necessary. Before participating in
the deliberation of any question before the Sanggunian, he should first surrender the chair
temporarily to some other member
(e) If at any time, the presiding officer states a point of order, or give information otherwise
speak, with his privilege, the member speaking must take his seat until the presiding officer has
been first heard
(f) No number shall walk out or across the session hall while the presiding officer is addressing
the Sangguniang Kabataan, or while the Sanggunian is engaged in voting.
(g) A member who has obtained the floor shall confine himself to the questions before the
sanggunian and shall avoid personalities.
(h) No member shall claim the floor the second time if there are others who such to speak his
the first time
(i) All Sangguniang Kabataan members, including the SK Secretary and SK treasurer, when
attending the session, shall be in complete uniform.
(j) Sangguniang Kabataan members shall avoid drinking alcoholic liquor before attending and
during session or during recess of session

RULE VII. DISCIPLINE OF MEMBERS

Section 1. Absences and Disorderly Behavior

a) Any Sangguniang Kabataan member who fails to attend any of following compulsory
activities of the municipality, either or without excuse, shall pay a fine equivalent to one fourth
(1/4) of his honorarium, viz:

(1) First monthly regular session

(2) Second monthly regular session
(3) Office duly

b) For the SK Chairman

(4) First monthly regular session

(5) Second monthly regular session

c) Late comers or those who arrive after the roll call and those who cut attendance in a
session without valid reason shall be fined One hundred fifty pesos (P150.00).

d) Absence of the Members during sessions due to unofficial business or personal matters
shall be fined Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) per session while Sangguniang kabataan who are
on official business shall not be fined . members who shall be absent without justifiable cause
for four (4) consecutive sessions may be censured reprimanded, or excluded from the session,
suspended for not more than sixty (60) days, or expelled: Provided that the penalty of
suspension or expulsion shall require the concurrence of at least two-thirds 92/3) vote of all the
Sangguniang Kabataan members pursuant to section 50 (b) (5) of the Local government Code
of 1991
 RULE VIII – EFFECTIVITY

This Ordinance takes effect immediately upon approval and signature of all the Members
of the SK CHAIRMAN of Ramon, Isabela.

Enacted on July 3, 2019 in Ramon, Isabela.

Certified true and correct,

CYRILL MAY T. BACARRA

Sangguniang Kabataan Secretary

Approved:

NEMERSON T. MANUEL JOE CRIS EVANGELISTA

Sk Federation President SK Chairman

JANE RIVERA REYGIE VALENTINO

Sk Chairman SK Chairman

AIZA MAY DE VERA EDDIE JULIO SARAOS JR.

Sk Chairman SK Chairman

HANNAH FAYE LIBATIQUE TANCY ROSE OBRA

Sk Chairman Sk Chairman

CLYDE JEPHTAH BULATAO ARVIN ORPILLA

Sk Chairman Sk Chairman

JHONEL DULAY MELVIN DIEGO

Sk Chairman Sk Chairman

CHRISTIANE JAY MODUMO DHODDIE LIWAG

Sk Chairman Sk Chairman

AMHLOR AMBATAU JOURDAN CABUGASON

Sk Chairman Sk Chairman

FERNANDO GAJES JR. JIMAR DELA CRUZ

Sk Chairman Sk Chairman