Rationalize the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share of LGUs

1. Broaden the share of LGUs in national taxes;

2. Rationalize the sharing scheme;

3. Provide a more equitable sharing scheme among LGUs.

Rationalize the share of LGUs in the National Wealth

1. Broaden the share of LGUs in the proceeds in the utilization and development of national wealth;

2. ensure transparency in the collection and distribution scheme;

3. give latitude, consistent with local autonomy, to LGUs in the use of the share.

Localizing the authority over children's rights

1. General Welfare clause to include children's rights;

2. Legislative Committee on Women, Children and Family;

3. Creation of Local Councils for Children;

4. Expand powers of local Sanggunians to ensure the survival, development, protection and participation rights of children;

5. Masterlisting of children for child-friendly programs.

Broaden the devolved powers of LGUs

1. Expand the concept of general welfare clause to expressly authorize, pursuant to local autonomy, LGUs to exercise those powers not otherwise prohibited by law;

2. Remove the power of control of DENR over community-based Forestry projects;

3. Redefine "Devolution" to include powers devolved under RA 7160;

4. Add to the list of corporate powers of LGUs the power to create Private corporations and quasi-municipal corporations in conjunction with the hierarchical relations of LGUs;

5. Expressly delegate the following powers/ basic services to LGUs:

• Public Works funded from national and local funds;
• Low cost Housing for municipalities;
• Regulation of Lotto, casinos and jai-alai;
• Formulation of Labor policies/standards on women/minors;
• Implementation of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program;
• Regulation of intra-local operations of jeepneys and buses;
• Provincial Public Utilities.

Local Autonomy to include the right and duty of LGUs to define Its own Organizational Structure

1. The Salary Standardization Law be not applicable to LGUs;

2. LGUs shall define its own organizational structure and determine and employ its own personnel and set its own wage scales and benefits;

3. Minimize if not eliminate the "mandatory positions" to LGUs;

4. Delete the 45% / 50% cap on personnel administrative costs.

Give more powers to LGUs over local police forces while adhering to the 'one civilian national police' policy

1. Provinces, Cities and Municipalities, at the first instance, Be given administrative supervision (i.e. hiring, firing, transfer) Over local police personnel, subject to the review and approval By the NAPOLCOM;

2. In addition to the annual quota given, LGUs may employ additional police personnel, if needed;

3. The hierarchical relations between LGUs;

4. In the adoption of public safety plans and peace and order Activities, the Province must be accorded coordinative supervisory functions and responsibilities.

These six priority legislative proposals are already incorporated in the Omnibus Bill on the proposed amendments to the 1991 Local Government Code by Congressman Romeo Candazo, i.e. H.B. No. 7845.

ULAP adopted these proposals way back Oct. 10, 1998 and presented the same to His Excellency, President Joseph Ejercito Estrada during the 7th Anniversary celebration of the 1991 LGCode at the Manila Midtown Ramada Hotel in Manila and the President said in his speech that he will certify these measures as urgent.

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